Chapter 951: Dragon Vein

Zuoqiu Yong, suspended in mid-air, looked down at Li Sui, Li Huowang, Bai Lingmiao, and Dice. Despite them having just conspired to kill his other half, Zuoqiu Yong's face showed no hint of seriousness.

"Oh, I admit I underestimated you before. I didn't expect you all to cooperate with each other," he said. "However, if you think these little tricks can defeat me, a Bodily Fated, then you're sorely mistaken."

Li Huowang glared intensely at the self-satisfied old eunuch before him. "You're a Fated," he retorted, "do you think I'm not?"

The next moment, Li Sui moved close to Li Huowang, peeled back the skin on his back, and burrowed inside, dragging a mass of dense tentacles and human heads. The black tentacles, wrapped around human heads, swelled Li Huowang's body, emerging from various parts and writhing wildly.

"Let's go!" Li Huowang exclaimed, pulling Bai Lingmiao by her sleeve. They lunged at Zuoqiu Yong with incredible speed, clearly intending to use the same tactic they had employed against the previous Zuoqiu Yong.

However, Zuoqiu Yong seemed to anticipate Li Huowang's move. He raised both hands and gestured towards the sky. A dragon's roar suddenly echoed. Sixteen golden dragons surged from all directions, converging on Zuoqiu Yong's body under everyone's gaze, transforming into sixteen coiled tattoos on his skin.

Witnessing this, Li Huowang's expression turned grim. With the sixteen shimmering golden tattoos adorning him, any Heavenly Dao not inherent to Zuoqiu Yong's body was now isolated, including Bai Lingmiao's Heavenly Dao of Death! This wouldn't do. If Bai Lingmiao couldn't inflict death, the man would never die.

"First, remove the dragon veins from him!" As soon as Li Huowang finished speaking, the tentacles covering his body immediately wrapped around Zuoqiu Yong. Li Sui's tentacles quickly flattened, adhering to Zuoqiu Yong's body like frescoes, aiming to entwine the sixteen dragon veins.

However, as Zuoqiu Yong raised his hands, the tentacles Li Sui extended shattered into dust, inch by inch. The next moment, with a glare, his flesh rapidly transformed into a half-dragon form. Immediately, within a hundred zhang (approximately 333 meters) radius centered on him, all beings froze instantly.

Zuoqiu Yong smiled slightly. "It seems you don't know the origin of these dragon veins," he said. "They bear the Heavenly Dao of Pan Chi, the Fated of Order. You saw that I control sixteen Heavenly Daos of Order, and you still dare to confront me head-on? I wonder if I should call you fearless newborns or as stupid as pigs."

Li Huowang, suspended in the distance, struggled desperately but couldn't move an inch. It was as if his body were made of wood and wasn't meant to move at all. Seeing himself about to be dismembered, Li Huowang's eyes widened. Peng Longteng, wreathed in flames, instantly appeared on a giant horse to Zuoqiu Yong's left. She raised her massive flaming halberd and smashed it violently towards Zuoqiu Yong.

But that wasn't all. Zhuge Yuan, clad in white, suddenly leaped from behind Peng Longteng, holding a judge's brush, and charged at Zuoqiu Yong. As Li Huowang's mind raced, everyone he had fought or interacted with over the years continuously emerged, rushing towards Zuoqiu Yong. These individuals were also affected by the Heavenly Dao of Order; they could freeze at any moment, transforming from living beings into inanimate objects. However, whenever this happened, under Li Huowang's gaze, the frozen person would gradually become transparent and vanish, only for a new version of them to materialize once more. Their varying strengths naturally meant they were no match for Zuoqiu Yong, but they bought Li Huowang time to escape.

Nun Jingxin's filthy, massive body plummeted from the sky, crashing onto Li Huowang and his companions. Her greasy fat completely enveloped Li Huowang, who then rolled away like a meatball, rapidly moving more than a hundred zhang from Zuoqiu Yong. When Li Huowang regained control of his body, he saw a rain of blood and flesh falling from the sky. All the beings he had just conjured, including Master Danyangzi and Zhuge Yuan, had been torn apart into blood and bone, scattering across the ground. These people were real; they truly had flesh and blood. The opponent's displayed power was immense, surpassing the sum of everything Li Huowang had ever encountered.

"Don't panic, Dad," Li Sui said. "He has dragon veins, but so do we."

"Senior Brother Li!" A familiar voice called from behind. Li Huowang turned and saw five dragon veins swimming towards him, led by none other than Gao Zhijian. Clad in a dragon robe, Gao Zhijian lay atop the layered dragon veins, his long, narrow body rapidly twisting as he swam towards them. "Senior Brother Li, we've come to help you!" Gao Zhijian, who had been in the palace, was well aware of the critical situation unfolding. He immediately rushed over with the other dragon veins, arriving just in the nick of time.

Observing the dense dragon energy on all the dragon veins, Li Huowang nodded vigorously at Gao Zhijian, then slammed both hands onto the ground. The next moment, with an earth-shaking tremor, a gleaming golden bronze tree emerged from the earth, lifting all five dragon veins. Simultaneously, Li Huowang's hands, along with Li Sui's dense tentacles, formed hand seals, together beginning to unleash the Dragon-Slaying Immortal Extermination Array. Two dragon horns sprouted from Bai Lingmiao's forehead. Scales continuously rose and fell on Li Huowang's skin, and even dragon whiskers began to grow on the heads of Li Sui's tentacles.

"Well, well, I never thought the Great Liang's dragon veins would be so close to you," Zuoqiu Yong said, smiling, as he approached Li Huowang.

Li Huowang exhaled heavily, two plumes of white smoke erupting from his mouth. He took a step with his right foot towards Zuoqiu Yong, then another. The feeling of his entire body freezing had vanished. Even the Heavenly Dao of Growth he possessed and the entire Yansheng array had no effect on him now.

"Since we both now have the Heavenly Dao of Order, it seems we're left with a head-on confrontation?" Li Huowang clenched his fists, gritting his teeth, as the tentacles covering his body simultaneously rose. "And it looks like I have more people on my side," Li Huowang said, veins throbbing on his forehead. As soon as he finished speaking, dense throngs of figures appeared around him—these were his new helpers. In his sixth cycle, he had truly achieved the ability to turn his thoughts and intentions into reality.

"Heh heh," Zuoqiu Yong chuckled, picking up a broken bone and using it like a scraper to peel the skin and flesh from his hand. "Oh, really? I don't think so."