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"You’re Wang Ye?"

"Yes...."

"Why do you study?"

"To live a good life, to wear the same clothes as you guys, to eat the same delicious food."

"Haha... even as an Imperial Scholar, there are things you can’t obtain. Now you’re aiming for the Imperial Scholar examination for fine clothes and good food, but what about after you become an Imperial Scholar?"

"I’ll think about it after I become one!"

"Good, then we’ll talk about it after you become one!!"

Liu Yu recalled his first encounter with Wang Ye within the memories, the youth with exceptional talent, his simple and unadorned aspirations, as pure as a drop of dew in the early morning...

So... it was all fake!

Bang!

Several fragments collided, causing complete chaos and fusion, while a few icy auras quickly locked onto this location!

"Liu Yu!!"

The horrifying figure captured him almost instantly, none other than Princess Royale Siao Mingyue, who had fallen into a tumorous monster.

Her last shred of reason prevented her from crushing Liu Yu to death immediately.

Her feral nature was forcibly suppressed, causing her muscles to twist and swell.

"Antidote!!"

"Oh..." Liu Yu sighed in the face of the terrifying monster: "I thought someone like you would always keep cool head. Seems I was wrong. Faced with the fear of true life and death, there’s no difference between you and the average person. Didn’t you consider that, with something like Divine Blood, there’s no such thing as an antidote? "

Howl!!!

The horrific roar instantly made the entire space tremble. Only after being infected with the Divine Blood did she realize its terror. The twisting and decay were not just physical; she could clearly feel that to be completely corroded by it would be worse than death!

"Then you might as well try it with me..." Siao Mingyue’s eyes were filled with venom.

Liu Yu sighed and shook his head. Indeed, the Princess Royale who had lost her composure was no longer as beautiful as before. Not only was her appearance corroded, but her inherent temperament had also completely disappeared.

This expression clearly further provoked Siao Mingyue. In her frenzy, her rotted blood exploded instantly, but somehow, it never reached Liu Yu. A power twisting the space around him made it seem like Siao Mingyue could no longer grasp the figure within her reach.

"Indeed, you’re not the former Siao Mingyue anymore," the voice of Liu Yu became muffled: "If it had been the previous Siao Mingyue, she would’ve injected me with Divine Blood the instant she caught me, leaving me no way out.

This delayed reaction has wasted the only chance my clever disciple had fought for you! "

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Yu completely shattered, and above in the sky, the Dragon King, who had been tearfully inert, started to move, making a cracking sound like that of a rusted jointed puppet, so stiff it didn’t seem alive at all!

"To think it’s really possible to achieve this with Mister Hua Pi!"

Chen Baifeng, who was enveloping himself with the flow of wind in the distance, had a pale face.

The five masters had unique abilities. Mister Hua Pi’s own strength was even lower than some low-level water demons, but he could transform a Super First Rank Warrior.

Now thinking about it, if he could transform a First Rank Warrior with such a huge disparity in strength, why couldn’t he do the same with the Dragon King?

Why didn’t he think of that?

Siao Mingyue and Gu Ying roared in unison, furiously charging towards the Dragon King mid-air.

It was obvious that their keen senses had already smelled it—the scent of Liu Yu on the Dragon King now!

"Break!"

The detached voice of Liu Yu spoke, and countless Qianluo Threads snapped in response. Subsequently, a terrifying force began to brew and explode, igniting a core that was even brighter than the sun with the Dragon King at its center!

Retreat!

Chen Baifeng didn’t even have the time to call out to his ancestors as he desperately moved back!

This was the first time after undergoing Dragon Transformation that he felt death so close. The genetic memories in his bones made it clear to him what that was!

The Qianluo Threads connected to the outside world, delivering energy and transforming the environment of the Eastern Sea. The sheer amount of power that could alter the environment of the entire Eastern Sea was enormous, and Liu Yu’s current action was to detonate this power directly!

Was Liu Yu mad?

Was he trying to drag everyone to their deaths?

Without time to think or even perform basic reasoning, Chen Baifeng could only frantically use the Wind Sorcerer’s ability to escape from this place.

But was there enough time?

The scorching white light quickly enveloped everything he could see, and no matter how desperately he used various techniques to block, it was futile. The essence of techniques is the manipulation of energy, but when energy reaches a certain magnitude, all skill becomes worthless.

The numerous temporary techniques were as fragile as bubbles and instantly dissipated. Chen Baifeng could only be engulfed in the engulfing white light with endless reluctance!

The Chen Family, whose ancestral lineage for establishing their clan book dated back 500,000 years, had endured through vast epochs. Among their descendants, Chen Baifeng was the one who came closest to fulfilling his ancestor’s wishes...

As his consciousness was consumed, the only memory in Chen Baifeng’s mind before setting off was his elder’s inquiry.

"You’re just one step away from the Chen Family’s eternal aspiration. Are you really willing to take this risk?"

"Ancestor, this is a chance not to be missed!"

Was it greed that got the better of me?

In the blinding white light, eyes that were instantly scorched seemed to see the image of several Chen Family heads being burned to ashes in the distance, and I wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but they seemed to be looking at me.

Was I wrong?

Chen Baifeng was filled with confusion.

Bang!

A massive palm came flying towards him, a force as imposing as Mount Tai, but it became as gentle as a breeze when it reached Chen Baifeng, lightly touching his forehead.

Chen Baifeng’s pupils constricted; he thought he could vaguely make out what it was.

It was the great ancestor of the Overbearing Bloodline!

My physic should have been destroyed instantly; what is this?

"Still one breath short..."

Chen Baifeng: "..."

Is it really you, Ancestor?

"When you make your next choice, you must remember, everything must prioritize the continuation of the family!!"

"Ancestor?"

There was no response, but a warmth enveloped me, a force so comforting that Chen Baifeng, his eyes closed, felt it then—the power of the soul. The genetic memories in his bones made him instantly understand what it was.

It was the Dragon Soul...

The Dragon Clan’s most costly blessing, far more so than the blessing of Dragon Blood, for once the Dragon Soul blessing was used, it meant your soul was completely splintered, with no chance to enter the Path of Yin and Yang and continue the fight!

Dragons are not like the Human Race; even if they travel to the Path of Yin and Yang, they won’t become the prey of Evil Ghosts.

"Ancestor??"

A dragon’s mourning cry, filled with sorrow, roared within the tremendous energy.

"Do not grieve, child..." Several Dragon Souls appeared around him, tightly enveloping the charred body of Chen Baifeng: "You are the strongest, so it’s only logical for you to survive. Even beasts know that the survival of the fittest allows for the chance of a stronger lineage..."

"You did no wrong; you are the most outstanding child the Chen Family has seen in many years, your decision is not wrong... the Chen family... it’s all on you now..."

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"The continuation of the family, huh? Such a tedious obsession..."

Liu Yu, who was already miles away, looked at the energy-drained seas with a cold, mocking expression on his face.

"Right, Zi Yue?"

Liu Yu did not turn his head, but he seemed to have expected Zi Yue to follow him.

In the twisted space, purple light flickered, and a familiar figure stepped out from the distortions, the very Zi Yue who had been observant during the great battle.

"You’re as despicable as ever..." Zi Yue said to Liu Yu: "That’s why I told Ali, how could someone as despicable as you die so easily?"

Liu Yu smiled faintly and turned to look at Zi Yue, the power of Flying Star allowing him to evade many things in the world, but not the person in front of him, which he understood the first time he and Ali were targeted by this individual.

The mention of Ali brought back many pleasant memories to Liu Yu.

Initially, when he and Ali explored Twilight Mountain and gained the power of Twilight for the first time, he took that beautiful girl on a tour of most places in the world, believing he truly possessed the whole world...

Until he met the creature before him, the monster who had pursued him relentlessly for three full years!

"You knew I wasn’t dead, yet you didn’t try to find me; were you trying to comfort Ali, or yourself?" Liu Yu asked Zi Yue.

"From the moment you betrayed the King of Qin, your fate ceased to matter to me; like those Twilight Sorcerers before you, you are nothing but an eyesore to be done away with if encountered." Zi Yue let out a cold laugh.

"You couldn’t kill me in three years back then; can you now?"

"You hid behind a young girl and still have the face to brag about it?"

"Oh my... your story is so complicated..."

The exasperated voice of Chen Qing came from behind them.

Liu Yu abruptly looked behind Zi Yue. Zi Yue hadn’t died, it was her unique characteristic.

As long as he activated Flying Star, she could follow him.

He had tested this countless times before; no matter how dangerous the place he lured her to, if he could escape, so could she.

Her Technique... was naturally the bane of his own.

But why... was Chen Qing also here?