Dragon Blooded War God

There was an explosion. This time, both Long Chen and Zhao Kongming were thrown back. With a dull thud, both of them landed and retreated ten steps, forming craters beneath their feet.

If this were in the Ten Thousand Nations Territory, they would not have just formed craters—the whole piece of land would have been destroyed!

This exchange had ended in a draw.

Oh no! This was not a good thing for Long Chen. He had less essence than his opponent, and the Emperor’s Arrival technique had almost exhausted all of it. But his opponent still could use his trump car again!

Long Chen stabilized his feet with slightly furrowed brows. Not even ten breaths of time had passed yet, but he would not let himself be at a disadvantage. Therefore, he chose to use Rewind to restore his strength to the way it was before he used the Emperor’s Manual.

Under the ancestral dragon’s control over the law of time, huge amounts of essence appeared in his body, as if out of thin air.

Long Chen once had a curious idea. He wondered if he could use Rewind on Blood Sacrifice. The activation of that technique required about three to four breaths of time. Then he would use the remaining six breaths’ time to unleash at least one attack. With the help of Blood Sacrifice, his attack would be boosted. Not caring if his attack injured his opponent, he could use Rewind to return his body to its state ten breaths ago. Could he avoid the regression in cultivation level and prevent injuring his Martial Soul that way?

He had asked Little Cat before, to which he replied, “In your dreams! You cannot break universal laws. The ancestral dragon may control certain laws, but it is also bound by even higher-level laws, which is the boundless universe itself. The ancestral dragon’s powers have a ceiling too. For example, Blood Sacrifice is a very powerful technique. The more powerful the user is, the more impressive the technique will be. If the user didn’t end up injured afterwards, wouldn’t the Ancient Bloodsoul Dragon far surpass the other ancestral dragons? Therefore, the world had to place limits on the Ancient Bloodsoul Dragon so that it could not use Blood Sacrifice so casually. This is the law of the world. No being can break it, not even the other ancestral dragons. That includes the dragon of time, the Primordial Time Dragon!

“If your logic was correct, you could recover from anything using Rewind. However, even the Primordial Time Dragon was unable to break the laws of this world, so you will need to accept the regression of your cultivation level.”

“The world?” Long Chen started to understand. This world, or this universe, was like a boundless cage. Everyone, including the ancestral dragons, was trapped in it.

In that case, the ancestral dragons were also looked down upon by the owner of the cage.

This was just a revelation on Long Chen’s part. He was still very, very far from that level. When Long Chen touched that level, he would be very close to the peak.

By relying on Rewind, Long Chen’s essence returned to its almost-peak state once more.

Whoosh!

He stabilized himself and he felt his opponent’s immense killing intent once more.

The Killing God Sutra was fired at him once again.

He looked up and saw Zhao Kongming charging.

Zhao Kongming was actually even more shocked. He never thought that such a young kid could withstand his Divine-tier combat technique. This was extraordinary.

What cultivation level is he at? The Third Heavenly Martial Stage or the Seventh Heavenly Martial Stage? Zhao Kongming realized he could not tell at all. ᚱ𝐀Ꞑȫ₿ÈS̈

Whether it is the Third or Seventh, all I need to do is test him and I will know. If he is at the Third Heavenly Martial Stage, his essence should be used up by now!

With that thought, Zhao Kongming clenched his jaw once more and used the Killing God Sutra!

“Massacre Claw!”

The claw that seemed to tear through the heavens swiped at Long Chen once more!

“Emperor’s Manual, Emperor’s Arrival!”

He threw a punch!

This time, Long Chen used his left fist. It carried earth-shattering power and radiated a chilling aura. A black fist seal as regal as the king of the world shot out at Zhao Kongming!

This attack emptied Long Chen’s essence once more!

However, after his first attack, he was much more familiar with the technique. He managed to force Zhao Kongming back with this attack!

Zhao Kongming tumbled through the air several times, and then he landed.

Almost all of Long Chen’s essence was exhausted, and it was the same for Zhao Kongming. He never thought that this duel would be this difficult. Long Chen really was an expert who was on the same level as himself.

Both of them were almost completely spent. They both stood up, panting heavily as they looked at each other.

This guy is about as strong as I am. Long Chen was clear that if neither had any better techniques, then they would continue tiring each other out. Then, if another expert came along, they would reap the benefits of this duel.

After using the same attack twice in a row, Long Chen felt dehydrated and weakened. However, fighting at the brink of death also filled him with energy. Strong battle spirit surged in his weakened body, and the world in front of his eyes turned blood-red!

“Kill!”

A dragon-like roar was unleashed from Long Chen’s mouth!

This duel had made his scalp go numb from anxiety. It had been a long time since he had met such an equal opponent. This triggered all his potential. A blood-red dragon appeared on every muscle, tendon, and bone in his body.

“I will not end this fucking fight until either you or I die!”

Zhao Kongming knew that this fight would only result in a stalemate, but with such great temptations before him, he chose to fight to the end. Both cultivators with almost-exhausted essence continued to fight for a while until they separated once more, more tired than before. However, the blood-red desire to fight in Long Chen’s eyes did not diminish at all.

Long Chen’s understanding of the Heavenly Martial Realm deepened greatly through this fight against Zhao Kongming.

I can’t use Heavenly Fortune Pills over and over. Plus, high-quality Heavenly Fortune Pills are worth at least a hundred thousand Emperor Crystals. I can’t afford that. If I study the Heavenly Martial Fist Manual slowly, it'll probably take me at least thirty years to reach the Divine Martial Realm!

No! I cannot wait thirty years! I must become stronger!

A scream directed at the heavens erupted from his body.

During this intense fight against Zhao Kongming, Long Chen realized that something was happening to the mysterious dragon jade in his sea of consciousness.

The Dragon Jade Pendant’s eye lit up for a very brief moment, as if it had opened like a real eye, and Long Chen felt a tremble in the depths of his soul. That drop of ancestral dragon blood also trembled, but it only calmed down after a long time.

This momentary distraction almost made Long Chen get hit by Zhao Kongming’s attack!

What happened? After the dragon jade’s eyes closed, the gray ball in the Primordial Realm, the True Martial Overlord Soul, started moving too. The small, gray ball flew out of the Primordial Realm on its own, and a huge force blasted Zhao Kongming back.

“What’s that...”

The ball floated in front of Long Chen, then approached the spot between Long Chen’s eyebrows. Long Chen sensed that he could not move his body at all, and Zhao Kongming could not approach either.

“What is that thing?” Zhao Kongming was stunned. If it was so powerful, then it was surely some extraordinary treasure too.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Long Chen did not know what was going on either.

He could not move, so all he could do was watch the True Martial Overlord Soul in stunned silence. It was just like the Primordial Dragon Talisman before—Long Chen could not fight back at all as it entered his head. Once it had completely merged with him, Long Chen felt like he had an extra eye.

The gray ball turned into a gray eyeball between his brows. It connected with his tendons, veins, bones, and muscles, thus becoming part of his body. He even felt like the gray eyeball could communicate with his Martial Soul, as if there was an invisible thread between them.

What is …

When Long Chen did not activate the gray eyeball, there would only be a gray, vertical line between his brows. But when he opened his third eye, the vertical line would split open to reveal a third eye. Within the third eye was a faint gray human-shaped silhouette.

When it was completely merged with him, Long Chen felt himself change.

When he looked through the new eye, it was as if the whole world had become clearer. He could now see many things that were previously too tiny to see.

Most importantly, Zhao Kongming, who was charging at him, became slower and slower until Long Chen could analyze his every action. He could even see the flow of his essence inside his body.

What’s going on? What are the functions of the True Martial Overlord Soul?

While Long Chen was asking himself these questions, his opponent approached him. He was forced to fight again after a brief respite.

Very soon, he understood what extraordinary functions the True Martial Overlord Soul had.

While he fought, he could analyze every movement and essence flow of his opponent. It was just like having a mentor while he studied the Heavenly Martial Fist Manual, and this mentor was teaching him how to cultivate through dueling.

While he fought his opponent, he had a feeling like he was quickly cultivating the Heavenly Martial Fist Manual!

He smiled.

Is my cultivation speed going to increase quickly now?