Chapter 1778: Slaying the Dragon

Until that very moment, most people were still convinced that Yun Che and Qianye Ying'er were half-joking, or at most, making an extremely unwise, even quite foolish and childish, display of defiance.

Because that was a Dragon God!

When the Northern Divine Region previously fought the Eastern Divine Region, it had consistently maintained a posture of not daring to provoke the Western Divine Region. Now, with the three sides facing each other, it was no surprise that the Northern Divine Region would assert its dominance before the Southern Divine Region. However, under no circumstances should it have provoked the Dragon God Realm, which dominated and led the Western Divine Region.

No, as Yun Che's words echoed, this was more than mere provocation; it was an unequivocal declaration of war, leaving no room for retreat!

Among all living beings in the current era, the Dragon Race was undoubtedly the strongest. At the same level of profound cultivation, due to their unparalleled vitality and formidable power, dragons were simply unmatched by other races. Therefore, "dragon slaying" was considered the ultimate challenge in any era.

And killing a Dragon God... even "as difficult as ascending to heaven" wasn't enough to describe it.

Yet, from Yun Che's mouth, slaying a dragon was even easier than killing a chicken. To anyone who heard this, it would not evoke shock, but only laughter.

At least the Ash Dragon God was the first to burst into loud laughter, his boisterous cackle making everyone's ears ring: "Hahahahahaha... Well said, exceptionally well said! Truly befitting the Northern Region Devil Master; you've certainly opened my eyes, hahahahahaha!"

Amidst his wild laughter, his gaze towards Yun Che was completely devoid of anger, replaced only by contempt: "A deranged butcher, like a mad dog, slaughtered a half-asleep, half-awake fat pig accustomed to ease, and overnight swelled with arrogance, believing he could slay dragons. Southern Sea God Emperor, how do you think future generations will remember and view this joke?"

"Heh heh, events in the world are unpredictable," the Southern Sea God Emperor said with a smile. "How can the judgments of future generations be predicted by those living in the present?"

The Ash Dragon God shot him a sidelong glance, his voice laced with mockery: "The rumored Southern Sea God Emperor was said to be sharp and uninhibited, but it seems rumors are indeed largely unreliable. A sheep whose courage has been shattered, in my eyes, is not even as good as a sleeping pig."

The expressions of the Southern Region elites subtly changed, but no one dared to react. The Southern Sea God Emperor's expression remained unchanged, still smiling faintly: "Ash, rumors are indeed not always credible. But what you see with your own eyes can be very different. Your judgment is a bit premature. Why not calm yourself, sit down, and have a few drinks? Perhaps in another quarter of an hour, your conclusion might be different."

"No need," the Ash Dragon God said proudly. "My Dragon Race never deigns to attack first. But there has never been a second outcome for those who insult my Dragon Race. Surely you are not unaware of this?"

He cast a sidelong glance at the four God Emperors of the Southern Region: "Isn't this precisely what you most wish to see?"

"How noisy," Yun Che said impatiently, his voice faint. "Kill him."

In this Southern Sea King Palace, facing a Western Region Dragon God, those three words were uttered directly from his mouth, as effortlessly as ordering someone to shoo away a fly.

The moment Yun Che's voice fell, the three Yama Ancestors, who had been as still as corpses a moment ago, instantly transformed into three streaks of black, as a heaven-spanning dark aura completely erupted. The light in the Southern Sea King Palace was utterly devoured in an instant.

The three Yama Ancestors, second only to Yun Che, were the epitome of dark power!

When their Yama Devil power was simultaneously unleashed, it brought upon those present the most terrifying dark pressure they had ever experienced in their lives.

Even though the atmosphere had been extremely tense moments ago, no one believed Yun Che would actually attack the Ash Dragon God. Because once he acted, it would mean completely offending the Dragon God Realm, leaving no room for retreat.

"Wait, and..." the Southern Sea God Emperor quickly spoke out, but his voice was immediately swallowed by an earth-shattering explosion of air.

BOOM!!

The moment the three Yama Ancestors made their move, the Ash Dragon God soared into the sky. As the Southern Sea King Palace collapsed, he burst through its roof, carrying a vast dragon might that caused space for a thousand miles to condense.

The Ash Dragon God certainly couldn't defeat the three Yama Ancestors, but with his Dragon God status, who in this world could stop him? He looked down from the air, facing the dark profound energy of the three Yama Ancestors, his gaze still arrogant and mocking: "You actually dared to lay hands on me, Yun Che! It seems calling you an idiot is an overstatement."

"Foolish devil, prepare to endure true dragon's wrath!"

With a soul-shaking roar, the Ash Dragon God prepared to turn and leave.

Yun Che remained seated in his chair, his body unmoved, only a soft murmur escaping his lips:

"Get down."

Blue light burst from his eyes, but in just a flash, it transformed into an incomparably profound black light. A pitch-black dragon silhouette abruptly appeared above Yun Che, its eyes like a devilish abyss, and its wide-open maw unleashed an ancient dragon roar, filled with endless dragon might and boundless hatred.

ROAR————

The sky fractured, the King Palace cracked, and the God Emperors, Sea Gods... their souls were struck as if by a heavenly hammer, their bodies trembling on the verge of collapse, their consciousness momentarily blank.

As for the Ash Dragon God, his dragon eyes rapidly lost color, changing from grayish-blue to deathly pale in an instant, then his pupils completely vanished, leaving only a terrifying panic he had never experienced in his hundreds of thousands of years of life.

That supreme dragon might emanating from the Ash Dragon God, which had originally enveloped a thousand miles of space, was instantly dispersed without a trace. His body, which had been proudly looking down from the air just a moment ago, plunged downwards, crashing straight onto the ground.

The moment he landed, even the dragon energy naturally emanating from his body had largely dissipated.

At this moment, three dark figures suddenly pounced, and three pitch-black ghost claws from the Yama Ancestors mercilessly descended, piercing into the Ash Dragon God's shoulders and chest respectively.

The body of a Dragon God was considered the strongest in the world; forcibly breaking through a Dragon God's body was nearly impossible.

However, the Dragon Race's powerful dragon soul, which surpassed all living beings, when facing Yun Che's unique Dragon God Domain, endured soul suppression nearly ten times greater than other beings.

Because that was the ancient heavenly might of a true Dragon God.

The dragon soul completely collapsed in fear and subservience, inevitably accompanied by the collapse of the Dragon God's power. The three Yama Ancestors' ghost claws pierced into the Ash Dragon God's dragon body with virtually no effort. Three incredibly terrifying streams of Yama Devil power instantly surged in and erupted, furiously devouring the Dragon God's body beneath their claws.

The God Emperors of the Southern Region quickly recovered from their momentary blankness of consciousness and saw the Ash Dragon God fallen to the ground. His body was pierced by the three Yama Ancestors' dark claws, and his body, even his face, was rapidly being stained with a grayish-black color.

"Ahhh... ah!!"

The excruciating pain, as if from the depths of hell, rapidly restored clarity to the Ash Dragon God's eyes, and in his refocused dragon eyes, what appeared was profound shock, terror, and trembling.

He had not personally attended the Profound God Convention that year, nor had he personally endured Yun Che's despair-filled dark soul outside the Blue Pole Star. And the Dragon Monarch, the only one who understood everything, would absolutely not let the world know that Yun Che's dragon soul belonged to an ancient Dragon God... the very source soul of the god their Dragon God Race worshipped.

Had he known even a little, he might not have been so utterly humiliated at this moment.

"You..." His first reaction was not to struggle or escape, but to look at Yun Che, extreme terror and disbelief making his bulging eyes almost explode.

The fact that Yun Che possessed a dragon soul was already common knowledge.

But only the Dragon God Race could recognize what an inconceivable dragon soul he carried.

In utter shock, the Ash Dragon God's eyes nearly burst from their sockets. He let out a roar, and gray dragon energy suddenly erupted. Accompanied by a world-shaking roar, a pair of massive dragon wings unfurled in the gray energy, revealing his true dragon form.

The Dragon God Race usually maintained a human form on a daily basis, as this minimized their consumption and burden. Their true dragon form, however, was the state in which their body and power were most potent.

The Ash Dragon God's true form was a thousand zhang immense. His grayish-white dragon body reflected a chilling gleam, more profound than metal. Just a glance at that cold light was enough to make even Divine Sovereigns and Divine Masters feel a distinct sense of oppression, even despair.

The instant his true form appeared and his Dragon God power erupted, the resulting surge of energy was enough to overturn the heavens and seas, forcibly pushing back the three Yama Ancestors. But on his dragon body, the three clusters of Yama Devil dark light were not dispelled; instead, like three invading devil gods, they continued to furiously devour his originally indestructible dragon body.

The Ash Dragon God, now in his true form with doubled dragon might, did not utter another word. His wings tore through the air, and he fled with all his might, amidst the trembling of the entire Southern Sea King City.

This was also the first time he so desperately and humiliatingly wished only to escape... and with his complete Dragon God body, no less.

All of this happened too shockingly fast, so much so that even the God Emperors barely had time to react. Only Qianye Ying'er, who glanced at the Ash Dragon God's dragon silhouette fading into the distance with dark energy, gave a mocking smile.

ROAR————

The dark dragon roar, imbued with ancient heavenly might and hatred, echoed once more above the Southern Sea. This time, the Ash Dragon God was prepared, but with the dragon soul fully unleashed, his pupils still instantly lost color.

In his world, a dark colossal dragon appeared. It was as vast as a star realm... no, the entire Chaos seemed to be enveloped by its dragon body. And his own dragon body, which had once proudly overlooked all worlds and beings, was as tiny as an ant before it. His originally noble and supreme bloodline and soul were so lowly before it that he dared not look directly at it, dared not bow his head.

Those world-shrouding dragon eyes seemed to be staring at him, and in just a single instant, or even a mere thought, he could be completely erased from existence, like flicking away dust.

Baseness, fear, soul collapse... The gray dragon body briefly froze in mid-air, its vast dragon energy wildly scattering, and then it plunged downwards from the air once more.

However, this time, under soul resistance, the duration of his soul collapse was much shorter than before. He forcibly regained some clarity amidst his terror when he was halfway through his descent.

But before the three Yama Ancestors, this brief soul collapse had already sealed his fate; three dark devil claws had once again pierced his dragon body.

Having just been forced back by the Ash Dragon God's full-power dragon energy, this was an absolute humiliation for the three Yama Ancestors. When they pounced again, they no longer held the somewhat playful stance from before, but instead attacked with grim determination, baring their fangs.

BOOM!!

The immense Southern Sea King City was engulfed in terrifying, absolute darkness in that instant.

The three Yama Ancestors' dark power was already extremely terrifying, and the Ash Dragon God, with his soul collapsed, had no time to gather any resistance. Three streams of fully unleashed Yama Devil power instantly spread through his bones, meridians, and profound veins, fiercely suppressing and simultaneously mercilessly devouring his body and profound energy.

BOOM!!

The immense dragon body crashed heavily onto the ground under the force of the three Yama Ancestors, causing the King City to tremble violently. The immense pain twisted the Ash Dragon God's face, but he stubbornly refused to let out a scream. His dragon eyes bulged, his dragon scales trembled, and even as his pain intensified, he struggled with all his might amidst a low roar.

Two world-shaking dragon roars later, the Ash Dragon God, who should have proudly fled, was thus suppressed by the three Yama Ancestors... in just a few short moments!

The soul deterrence endured by the Southern Region God Emperors was far less terrifying than what the Ash Dragon God experienced, but it was by no means light. Looking at the Ash Dragon God, who had become so disheveled in the blink of an eye, their still dazed souls simply couldn't believe what they were seeing.

"Devil Master, this..."

"Heh, he's still attempting to struggle." The Southern Sea God Emperor had just opened his mouth when he was interrupted by Qianye Ying'er's voice. Ignoring the Southern Sea God Emperor's words, she gave a contemptuous smile and said, "You two, make him be quiet."

Behind her, Qianye Bingzhu and Qianye Wugu's figures blurred, appearing above the Ash Dragon God. Two golden lights descended, pressing down horizontally upon the dragon's body.

Three Yama Ancestors and two Brahma Ancestors—all five Ancestors suppressed him together.

The Ash Dragon God's frantically surging, chaotic dragon energy completely dissipated. Even the trembling of his body, down to every single whisker and scale, completely ceased.

Under the power of the five Ancestors, let alone struggling, even breathing or a slight twitch of his dragon claws became an impossible luxury.

The world fell silent. Even the swirling dust suddenly vanished without a trace.

A terrifying suffocating silence permeated the largely collapsed Southern Sea King Palace. As they watched everything unfolding, they, like the Ash Dragon God, found themselves unable to breathe.

Forcing a mighty Dragon God to be utterly unable to move – with their level of cultivation and experience, they could barely imagine what kind of power that was.

Or perhaps, they still dared not believe that everything happening before their eyes was real.

That was the Ash Dragon God, one of the Nine Dragon Gods of the Dragon God Realm! A being whose status in the eyes of the world was almost on par with that of a God Emperor. Even someone as strong as the Southern Sea God Emperor could not defeat him in a short amount of time.

And in the blink of an eye... in just a single blink, he had fallen to such a state?

Amidst the terrifying silence, Yun Che slowly stepped forward, facing the Ash Dragon God's rapidly shrinking dragon eyes, his calm gaze as disdainful as if looking at a mere ant: "Dragon God? Are you even worthy?"