by Dragon King
Swoosh… Splashing through the puddles, the Ferrari dashed toward the seaside road.
With driving skills as excellent as Hao Zhonghua’s and reflexes that improved after cultivating the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll, Hao Ren was able to control the car excellently. Like a flash of red light, the car flew across the road.
Thud!
Zhao Yanzi lost her grip of the handle on the door, and she fell into Hao Ren’s arms upon a sharp turn.
“It’s not too late for you to go back,” Hao Ren said coldly, stepping hard on the gas pedal.
“No!” Zhao Yanzi said as she bit her lip.
She was worried about Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang’s safety. After all, her parents had the protection of the troops of East Ocean, but Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang were just mortals!
She didn’t want Hao Ren’s parents to be hurt in the conflict between the dragon clans because of her!
Her fingernails cut into her palms, leaving deep marks.
Roar… The Ferrari sped up on the straight road even more.
The dark clouds hovered low in the sky and stretched across the shoreline, running hundreds of kilometers.
In the dark night, Hao Ren saw several purple light beams flashing in the distant sky.
“Little White!” Hao Ran yelled.
Roar!
Little White leaped up, turning into its snow lion form. With the forward momentum of the car, it flew up into the sky.
Hao Ren stepped on the brake abruptly, and the Ferrari immediately slowed down on the slippery road.
“Move!” Hao Ren grabbed Zhao Yanzi’s arm with one hand. While the car slowed down, he leaped up by kicking his right foot lightly on the steering wheel, jumping onto Little White’s back.
Hao Ren’s movements were smooth and efficient.
On the other hand, Zhao Yanzi scrambled onto Little White’s back and turned around under the momentum, crashing onto Hao Ren’s chest.
Beneath her jacket, she was wearing a thin and loose pajama. Therefore, her body completely pressed against Hao Ren’s.
“Speed up!” Hao Ren applied more force to Little White with his legs. Then, Little White kicked hard with its paws and flew high up over the hill quickly.
Zhao Yanzi found herself being clenched onto Hao Ren’s body tightly as if Hao Ren was holding a teddy bear with one hand. When she looked up, she saw his determined expression in the pouring rain.
Hao Ren’s clothes and hair were soaked, and they stuck to his body. However, in the lightning flashes of the storm, he looked quite heroic.
Zhao Yanzi wanted to struggle and yell, but now her body turned to jelly in his arms, and she remained silent.
In each girl’s heart lived a hero. Right now, Hao Ren’s silent figure in the lightning storm merged with the vague hero in her heart.
The purple flashes floated dashed out in the distant sky. With Zhao Yanzi in his arms, Hao Ren concentrated all his attention on scanning the road and searching for the white Ford in the storm.
“Little White, Southwest!” Hao Ren yelled.
With two chirps, Little White flew swiftly in the southwest direction.
A dark red energy sphere was there in the stormy night, and inside the energy sphere was Hao Zhonghua’s white Ford.
Sitting in the car, Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang were talking while listening to music, oblivious to the red energy sphere around them.
It was clear that Zhen Congming created the energy sphere.
Hao Ren found Zhen Congming quite honorable since the latter stayed with Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang and protected them!
“Uncle, Auntie!” Zhao Yanzi yelled in excitement.
Sitting in the car, Yue Yang and Hao Zhonghua couldn’t hear her yells or see them in the high sky. They were animatedly discussing the results of the Enzymatic Hydrolysis Technique.
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss! Three purple nets suddenly shot toward Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi from three directions.
Alerted, Little White immediately retreated at the sight of the nets.
However, another purple net appeared behind it.
Ambush!
Hao Ren had a bad feeling about this.
The landslide was only a bait, and the prey was Hao Ren who would definitely come out to search for his parents!
Swoosh… Hao Ren released all 160 sword energies.
Ding! Ding… The sword energies collided with the nets, making metallic noises. However, the sword energies couldn’t break the nets, and many of the sword energies dashed passed the nets through the holes on them!
“Two Dragons Array Formation!” Hao Ren’s sword energies immediately formed two tornados.
Like two intertwined dragons, the two tornados pounced at the crack between the nets, breaking an opening.
Having stayed with Zhen Congming for a long time, Little White learned some things from him. Immediately, it carried Zhao Yanzi and flew out of the broken crack Hao Ren had created. Then, it fled toward the east.
When it flew with full force, even a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator couldn’t catch up with it.
The purple flashes chased after Little White immediately.
Obviously, Zhao Yanzi was also the target on top of Hao Ren.
Hao Ren was sure that the trap was set up by the cultivators from the West Ocean Dragon Clan!
“They are still afraid of Zhen Congming who had burned half of the West Ocean Dragon Palace. Not daring to make a move against him, they are trying to lure me out with the trick of a landslide! If Zhen Congming isn’t in the car, they would have made a move against my parents!” At this thought, Hao Ren was burning with rage!
Silver lightning energy crackled like crazy all over his body.
Hundun lightning could break anything made of the five elements!
The current Hao Ren was no longer the same Hao Ren who just reached Zhen-level!
A grey sword energy rose in the sky.
In such stormy weather, the lightning energy in nature was at its peak!
Hua… Hundreds of lightning bolts crashed down from the clouds like raindrops!
Instantly, the hills, the road, and the ocean surface were lit up as if it was daytime.
All the signals in this area were cut off.
Astonished at the blinding white flashes around them, Yue Yang and Hao Zhonghua who had been talking turned their gazes to the outside world.
Bang! Bang… Hundreds of lightning bolts struck the ocean surface, the hill, the forest, and the beach at almost the same time. The big trees were cut in half, huge waves surged in the sea, and huge holes were put into the hills!
The elders from West Ocean who were hiding in the area were all exposed!
The places with greatest essence intensity attracted the heavenly lightning the most. As a result, these elders who cultivated nature essence were the targets of the lightning bolts.
In the blink of an eye, everything sank into darkness.
Hiding in the darkness, the West Ocean elders held their breaths.
Even though he was trapped in the Purple Spirit Immortal Killing Net, Hao Ren just pointed his finger at the sky and activated the power of nature. These elders were stunned.
The Purple Spirit Immortal Killing Net was one of the treasures they had taken out of the Nine Dragon Palace. However, such a treasure couldn’t even lock Hao Ren down!
There were 16 Dui-level elders here, and four of them controlled the Purple Spirit Immortal Killing Net from each direction. They built a huge trap to catch Hao Ren!
The West Ocean Dragon Clan wanted to get a vital bargaining chip before the war officially began!
364 Losing His Temper!
As a primitive dharma treasure that was taken from the Nine Dragon Palace, the Purple Spirit Immortal Killing Net was made of hundun materials and couldn’t be broken by ordinary five-elemental cultivation techniques. It was impossible for Hao Ren to break out when this ancient dharma treasure was controlled by 16 Dui-level cultivators and locked him down in four directions.
Bang!
Hao Ren released two hundun sword energies with his palms.
They struck the net, creating wave-like vibrations. However, sword energies couldn’t crack the net.
Since the ancient dharma treasure was not made of five-elemental materials, and Hao Ren was only at Zhen-level, he couldn’t break such a treasure that was from the Nine Dragon Palace even with hundun godly lightning!
Obviously, the West Ocean Dragon Clan had purposely chosen this dharma treasure to deal with Hao Ren’s unique cultivation technique.
Releasing one hundun godly lightning consumed a lot of his nature essence. Different from Fifth Heaven, First Heaven had very low essence intensity, and thus he couldn’t replenish his nature essence in a short period.
The four nets connected, forming a pyramid and trapping Hao Ren in the center. With the net shrinking from all directions, Hao Ren had less and less space around him. He would be wrapped up like a dumpling very soon!
The dark purple pyramid hovered above the hill, but the intense storm concealed it.
Since the area returned to darkness, Yue Yang and Hao Zhonghua continued their topic on the Enzymatic Hydrolysis Technique after a moment of hesitation.
Sitting in the back seat of the car, Zhen Congming played PDA while secretly maintaining the simple dark red energy sphere around them, not noticing that Hao Ren was trapped in the Purple Spirit Immortal Killing Net hundreds of meters above the ground.
Swoosh! A five-colored light beam arced into the night; it was Little White returning with Zhao Yanzi on its back.
There were four Dui-level elders from West Ocean chasing after them, but these cultivators couldn’t possibly catch up with Little White.
Seeing the return of Zhao Yanzi and Little White, Hao Ren knew they had come back to check up on him.
Sure enough, seeing Hao Ren trapped in the shrinking pyramid, Little White barked anxiously while Zhao Yanzi cried, “Uncle! Uncle!”
“Well… You’re still calling me ‘Uncle’ at this moment in time…” Hao Ren was speechless.
With Zhao Yanzi on its back, Little White turned around the pyramid, traveling at the speed of the Nascent Soul Realm and spitting out fireballs.
The fireballs that were containing Samadhi True Flames struck the exterior of the Purple Spirit Immortal Killing Net and shattered into fire sparks, leaving no damage on the net.
Bang! Bang!
Little White spat out two more fireballs.
Obviously, Little White was desperate.
At only the Foundation Establishment Realm, Zhao Yanzi had no offensive abilities and could do nothing but sit on Little White’s back in anxiety.
At this moment, she wished that Xie Yujia was here. Maybe Xie Yujia’s Life-Death Notes could break this net.
“Also, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili, and Su Han…” Zhao Yanzi was at a loss for where to find help; her combat ability was even weaker than Little White.
The four Dui-level cultivators got closer to Little White and Zhao Yanzi.
The West Ocean Dragon Clan had sent out 20 Dui-level cultivators. If Zhao Kuo were still at his peak state and were here, he could have killed them all easily. However, for Hao Ren at Zhen-level, Zhao Yanzi at the Foundation Establishment Realm, and Little White who was still a level 1 spirit beast, the 20 Dui-level elders were almost a legion of cultivators!
Due to the rage of the old Grandma, the West Ocean Dragon Clan lost many Qian-level and Kun-level masters. However, their force was still strong and could send out a team of Dui-level cultivators without straining their resources!
With the natural Mystic Crystal, West Ocean Mystic Ice, the West Ocean Dragon Clan would regain its no.1 position among the four oceans after about two hundred years!
“Uncle, I’ll go and get Sister Linlin and Sister Lili to help you!” After a few seconds of hesitation, Zhao Yanzi finally made her decision.
Dui-level dragon cultivators were equivalent to low-tier Nascent Soul Realm cultivators. Hao Ren was equivalent to a Core Formation Realm cultivator, and Zhao Yanzi just got to the Foundation Establishment Realm; they were no match for the 20 Dui-level elders from West Ocean.
However, if Lu Linlin and Lu Lili, who were equivalent to Qian-Level cultivators, were here, the situation would be different.
Little White swiftly flew to the house by the ocean.
“Hey…” Trapped in the Purple Spirit Immortal Killing Net, Hao Ren tried to stop them, but it was too late.
In her rush to get help, Zhao Yanzi didn’t think of taking Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang with her. The 20 Dui-level cultivators were planning to catch Hao Ren by slowing shrinking the net. But seeing Zhao Yanzi flying back for help, they decided to fasten the process. While 16 of them continued to control the net, two of them chased after Zhao Yanzi and Little White while the last two flew toward the car on the road.
According to the rules of the Dragon God Shrine, the dragon cultivators were not allowed to attack mortals. However, with the war between the East and the West Ocean Dragon Palaces drawing near, West Ocean disregarded the rules!
If Hao Ren were rescued, the West Ocean Dragon Clan would lose their last chip. With their Crown Prince in the hands of the East Ocean Dragon Clan, the West Ocean Dragon Clan had no hope for negotiations and would undoubtedly be defeated.
They didn’t expect that Hao Ren’s hundun godly lightning could manage to counter the Purple Spirit Immortal Killing Net in the short time. The only option left for them was to capture Hao Ren’s parents and force him to surrender!
Bang!
The first dharma treasure struck the red energy sphere Zhen Congming had built.
The energy sphere Zhen Congming constructed quickly could barely block the attacks from one Dui-level cultivator, but it couldn’t withstand anything more than that!
After the second dharma treasure crashed toward the energy sphere, the dark red energy sphere that was protecting the car immediately shattered.
The road shook as the mud and rock on the hill slid and fell. Small rocks crashed onto the car door, making loud banging sounds.
In the car, Hao Zhonghua immediately took Yue Yang into his arms.
“Congming, get down!” He shouted.
To them, it seemed like another landslide was happening.
If this landslide were violent enough, the three of them would be pushed into the ocean from the road.
At this critical moment, Hao Zhonghua acted quite manly. Covering Yue Yang with his body, he grabbed Zhen Congming into his arms.
“Sh*t!” Zhen Congming who was playing on his PDA tossed the device aside and yelled angrily.
When he lived in the Demon Sea, even the level 8 and level 9 demon beasts had to greet him with respect. After he became Qiu Niu’s disciple, all the cultivators, no matter if they were on the Qian-level or Dui-level, looked at him with caution!
“Who dares to break my energy sphere!”
Zhen Congming had always regarded himself as a mild kid, but now he had lost his temper.
Boom!
At this moment, a small silver dragon flew one hundred meters up into the air, covered in a purple net!
Thousands of lightning bolts shot out of the clouds!
Hao Ren forced himself into Dui-level!
He transformed into a dragon!
365 The Soldiers and the General
After forcing himself into Dui-level, Hao Ren instantly reached the traveling speed of the Nascent Soul Realm. Even though he was experiencing a burning sensation as if his body was being torn apart, he felt the exhilaration when he flew in the sky as a dragon!
Forming sword energies with his nature essence and piercing through the locked openings in his dragon core by sword energies! The newly formed openings started to absorb nature essence like crazy!
Even the Purple Spirit Immortal Killing Net couldn’t stop Hao Ren’s dragon transformation process!
Transforming into a dragon was the natural process of each dragon cultivator when Dui-leve
l was achieved!
Even the primitive dharma treasure from the Nine Dragon Palace couldn’t stop such a natural event!
Instantly, the wind and clouds surged up while the essence within an area of 1,000 kilometers swarmed toward Hao Ren.
With the Purple Spirit Immortal Killing Net wrapped around him, Hao Ren broke into the clouds in the high sky.
Bang! Bang… Tens of thousands of chaotic lightning bolts crashed toward him from all directions.
The dragon cultivators usually transformed into dragons in storms since they were more sensitive to nature essence in such weather, and it provided perfect conditions for them to temper their dragon bodies with lightning!
When tens of thousands of lightning bolts crashed toward Hao Ren, the first barrier between them was the Purple Spirit Immortal Killing Net.
The 16 Dui-level elders who were controlling the Purple Spirit Immortal Killing Net didn’t expect Hao Ren to transform into a dragon. Seeing him break into the clouds, they realized that he was trying to break the Purple Spirit Immortal Killing Net with the power of lightning bolts activated by his dragon transformation.
Boom! Boom… The 16 Dui-level elders who were hiding in the area turned into 16 black dragons, rushing into the high sky.
It was dragons’ innate ability to fly into the clouds and command wind and rain. Although heavenly lightning could harm the cultivators, the dragon cultivators in their dragon forms wouldn’t be affected as much.
However, dragon cultivators nowadays seldom appear in their dragon forms. They could only do so during their first transformation and when they encountered great enemies. Otherwise, they would be severely punished by the Dragon God Shrine!
Seeing Hao Ren trying to break of the Purple Spirit Immortal Killing Net with heavenly lightning, the 16 Dui-level elders from West Ocean had to break the rule and surround Hao Ren in their dragon forms.
Sixteen dragons flying high up into the sky was a scene that was rarely seen before!
The West Ocean Dragon Clan was desperate!
Crack! The overwhelming lightning bolts crashed toward Hao Ren who was transforming into a dragon for the first time!