After finishing the writing, Tianxuan casually let go of Jiang Li's arm, her cheeks under the veil surprisingly warm.
Even though she usually flirted, this kind of intimate gesture still made her a bit nervous because Kaiyang, Tianpeng, and Yun Jiuye were all nearby, and if they were discovered...
Thinking about it like that seemed somewhat thrilling.
Complex emotions brewed inside her, giving her a sensation of playing with fire, almost making her sideways glance at Jiang Li.
Then she saw Jiang Li unnaturally stroking his long hair, covering his slightly red ears.
Was this guy feeling embarrassed too?
Tianxuan suddenly felt a desire to laugh.
Noticing Tianxuan's improved mood, Jiang Li also felt a desire to laugh.
Master and disciple each silently chuckled in their hearts, but on the surface, Tianxuan calmly said, "Above the 'Fish Mouth,' King Shu may seize the opportunity to connect the Golden Dam, and his cultivation of the Yellow Dragon Transformation is the Earth Element Technique, restraining Wuzhiqi's Water Element Technique. The terrain and people are all in King Shu's favor, the odds of victory and defeat should be six to four."
"Even with connecting the Golden Dam, it's only six to four?"
Both Tianpeng and Kaiyang looked solemn, Elder Tianpeng stared at the giant ape hundred zhang tall and whispered, "The Huai River True God truly lives up to his name."
You should know the Dao Artifact of the Golden Dam was embedded with the Dao Fruit of Yu King, naturally restraining Water Demons, even a Great Demon like Wuzhiqi has to suffer suppression before it. Yet even under such suppression, Wuzhiqi still had a forty percent chance of winning, indicating the old demon's cultivation was no small matter.
Even in Wuzhiqi's eyes, his odds of winning were probably higher. Daring to battle King Shu near the Golden Dam, his confidence was clear.
This battle, its outcome was unpredictable.
Splash—
The river surged, and the giant ape had already stepped into the river, its knees submerged, creating rolling waves as it moved through the water.
The river, capable of transforming thousands of li into a marshland following a breach of the Golden Dam, felt like a mere stream to him, barely reaching his knees. Note that the legs of this ape were unlike human's, comprising a smaller proportion of its body.
Compared to this giant ape, even King Shu, who could be considered well-built among ordinary people, seemed as tiny as an ant.
As Wuzhiqi approached, a fearsome wind struck, casting a huge shadow on the dam, King Shu looked up only to see the giant ape blocking the midday sun.
"Gaga, if you surrender now, you might still live. Otherwise, today I will get a taste of fourth-rank blood and flesh."
Wuzhiqi's eerie laughter echoed, forming waves of sound, at first loud, but soon creating an earth-shaking force, making the air dense like water and sending out ripples.
The changes in the air twisted everything visible, mountains inflated and contracted, blood inside the body seemed to flow backward, veins pulsing as if they were about to burst.
"Heavenly Dragon Chant of the Dragon Palace…" Jiang Li whispered, moving closer to Tianxuan.
He was technically still a patient and couldn't exert himself too much.
Previously in Nether City, Jiang Li had personally sent Wuzhiqi's son to his demise, experiencing the Heavenly Dragon Chant for the first time. Compared to Wuzhiqi, that Flood Dragon's Crown Prince's genuine dragon chant seemed weak and insignificant.
Wuzhiqi's eerie laughter used the method of the Heavenly Dragon Chant from the Dragon Palace, integrated with his own Water Element Path, shaking heaven and earth, penetrating the brain, and urging blood. If one couldn't resist, the sound waves would shatter the brain, and every blood vessel and organ in the body would be blasted apart.
The sound waves entered the mountains, echoing through caves and fissures, until finally, the mountains themselves seemed to turn into loudspeakers, continuously amplifying his voice, the air surged as if about to transform into terrifying waves.
"Boom—"
As Wuzhiqi's voice spread wider and grew louder, thunder boomed, and a Yellow Dragon burst into the sky, its chest expanded, emitting the sound of Heavenly Thunder, thundering across the land.
The Ji Family's Kui Drum Thunder Sound!
A sound technique devised from the Ancient Demon Beast Kui Niu, clashed with the Heavenly Dragon Chant of the Dragon Palace. Thunder shook, sound waves rippled, above in the sky, on the water, inside the mountains, waves of sound interacted, causing explosions, rocks fragmented into gravel, fierce winds ruptured into chaotic currents, river waves exploded into towering jets of water.
In comparison to the confrontation between Jiang Li and Witch Di, just the initial testing movements of these two fourth-rank beings were as intense as the previous fierce battle, truly staggering.
"Ao! Yu King aid me."
The Yellow Dragon, fully displaying its scale armor, roared, its Earth Energy suppressing the waves, significantly more effective than the previously seen Sea Suppressing Eye Divine Ability of Daoist Shen Hou.
The surrounding mountains also were covered in an earth-yellow Divine Light, appearing as one entity, suppressing the sound waves.
With a roar from the Yellow Dragon, its majestic and regal body emitted even more of a royal aura, its body arched like a bow, violently lunging forward, its Dragon Claw heavy, carrying the force to suppress mountains and rivers.
Despite its dragon body being just dozens of zhang long, much smaller than Wuzhiqi's hundred zhang demon body, its dragon claw size still far exceeded ordinary weapons, King Shu transformed the claw into the sword, the variations in his five-fingered dragon claw were evidently hiding the intricacies of sword styles, his sword path definitely belonging to the Ji Family's Sealing Mountain Sword Skill.
"Si!"
Wuzhiqi also let out a fierce cry, lifting his simian arm and striking out in mid-air.
Boom!
Upon their initial clash, the results were evenly matched!
Wuzhiqi's palm gathered Ren Gui Divine Thunder, strong and overpowering, the Yang of Ren Water and Yin of Gui Water combined in one palm, mighty and dominant.
King Shu vibrated with the Kui Drum Thunder Sound and suppressed with the Dragon Claw, embodying the profound heaviness of the earth.
When the monkey's palm collided with the dragon's claw, the Ren Water Divine Thunder and the Gui Water Divine Thunder exploded in a chain reaction like mother and child, while the claw sword was condensed and heavy, as if five mountains were gathered in the palm, crashing into the divine thunder.
Streaks of thunder and lightning exploded on the mountains, the divine light-infused mountains shook, and the underwater currents surged violently, even though they were suppressed by the Golden Dam, they were still intensely tumultuous.
"Ga!"
Wuzhiqi let out a monkey screech, and in his hands, the essence of Ren and Gui water transformed into a giant sword like a mountain peak. With a backhanded slash, the sword Qi surged like waves, and the gloomy wind howled as if millions of water demons were roaring in fury.
The Yellow Dragon, transformed by King Shu, did not retreat. It lashed out with both claws, thick sword Qi emerged on the dragon claws, clashing hard against the giant sword.
When they clashed again, it shook heaven and earth!
Sword waves surged, sword Qi shook the void, the Yellow Dragon maneuvered the sword with its claws, like a strange peak rising abruptly, while Wuzhiqi turned his sword into a flood, sweeping across the world.
One was like a mountain, the other like an ocean. The tsunami shook the mountain, the mountain suppressed the sea, and in their hard clash, the sword waves violently surged against the Yellow Dragon, causing scales on its claws to shatter, mingled with strands of earth-yellow blood.
For the dozens of meters long Yellow Dragon, even a trickle of blood was as conspicuous as a small stream, and as the blood flowed with the sword waves, it captured the gaze of all.
By the second move, King Shu was already wounded.
Though the Yellow Dragon Dharma Body was strong, compared to Wuzhiqi's demon body, it still seemed somewhat inferior. Wuzhiqi had merged with his Dao Fruit, essentially becoming another Huai River True God, a primordial species. In terms of physical strength, few in the fourth rank could match him.
Yet, King Shu had no thought of even momentarily avoiding the brunt.
Water is of utmost softness, but once it gains momentum, it can transform into a devastating flood. Should Wuzhiqi gain the upper hand, he would become stronger as the battle raged, turning into a tsunami that would swallow everything.
The Golden Dam seemed to sense King Shu's resolution; a vast and magnificent aura emerged from beneath the earth, merging into King Shu's body. The Yellow Dragon soared into the sky, transforming into the Heavenly Dharma of a flying dragon, surrounded by intense yellow light, manifesting the Divine Power of the "Nine Heavens Breath Soil."
The flying dragon reached out its claws, striking the giant ape.
The third move!
Wuzhiqi blocked the dragon claws with his giant sword, his demon energy soared to the sky, also showing no intention of dodging.
He had the upper hand, why would he retreat when his opponent did not?
However, when the collision occurred, Wuzhiqi suddenly found his Qi Mechanism constrained, as if a surging river had hit a massive rock, creating an obstacle.
"Boom!"
Thunder roared, the water shocked the heavens, and on the third collision, Wuzhiqi's feet suddenly sunk into the riverbed, sending shocking waves from the center of his legs, a wall of water shot into the sky.
Their third clash was again evenly matched, even putting Wuzhiqi at a slight disadvantage.
"Ah! Yu King!"
Wuzhiqi let out a sky-shaking bellow, frantically wielding his sword, the sword Qi surged like waves, evolving into countless demons, washing over with the force of a flood.
Meanwhile, the Yellow Dragon split waves and crushed above and below, its dragon body transforming like a bow, like a spear, each move and each style filled with utmost force, giving no ground and with no defense.
Both sides were all offense with no defense, or rather, offense in place of defense, each strike a matter of life and death, utterly thrilling.
As for King Shu's incarnation as the Yellow Dragon, his courage in battle was no less than that of the great demon Wuzhiqi. After exchanging over a hundred blows, blood flowed freely, splashing onto Wuzhiqi, washed away by the water, falling into the river and staining it with a bloodspring.
Such a performance made those who had doubted King Shu reconsider whether they had misjudged.
The Yellow Dragon and the giant ape fought over two hundred moves, the yellow light grew more intense, connecting the Golden Dam, the Yellow Dragon, and the mountains, suppressing the water's momentum, while Wuzhiqi grew increasingly fierce. The two massive beings clashed intensely, shaking the mountainous terrain, and even though the Golden Dam suppressed it, the ground and mountains continued to shake ceaselessly.
Without the Golden Dam, these mountains and lands would have crumbled.
"Yu King! Yu King! Yu King!"
Wuzhiqi, while fiercely battling, roared angrily, golden light shot from his eyes, and beneath his long white fur, traces of blood appeared.
"To hell with Yu King!"
He suddenly let out a piercing screech, a surge of unrestrained malevolence and resentment appeared in his eyes, his lips overturned, revealing his sharp teeth, releasing a terrifying aura.
In an instant, heaven and earth seemed to return to the ancient primordial era, and the giant ape's body was dyed with blood, its meridians bulging like dragons.
Great demon! Great demon!
At this moment, Wuzhiqi displayed the ferocity of a primordial species, a massive ape's phantom overlapping his form, his hundred zhang tall demon body even began to swell further.
With cracking sounds, like thunder exploding, his flesh expanded, and his bones stretched; the aura of the giant ape kept climbing as if it had no end.
"Boom!"
The suppression on Wuzhiqi was forcefully broken through by him.
"Within Wuzhiqi's Dao Fruit, there remains the residual will of the original owner," Tianxuan said solemnly, "This will was awakened by exploiting the suppression of the Yu King Dao Fruit. Through burning his essence blood, he forcibly awakened the will, merging with it, turning this Water Monkey completely into a demon."
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