Supreme Dragon Seal

Above the forest outside the city, the once gentle air suddenly turned icy cold. The large trees below trembled incessantly, and leaves and branches fell like rain.

Qi Bei’s mouth curled into a mocking smile as he stood still, his gaze fixed on Huang, the yellow bearded old man, not far away. There was a bloody killing intent in his eyes.

This old man must die today!

“My friend, we don’t need to fight to the death for a woman, don’t you think?” Huang Xu suddenly spoke, his tone showing signs of surrender.

Qi Bei remained unmoved, maintaining his impeccable combat stance.

“I, Huang, will back off and no longer interfere with the Huo family’s affairs. How about that?” Huang Xu said again.

“That’s fine.” Qi Bei smiled, seemingly relaxing his guard.

But just then, Huang Xu swiftly swung his sword, and layers upon layers of earthy yellow sword energy instantly arrived.

Qi Bei’s figure disappeared in an instant, and a golden radiance swiftly aimed for Huang Xu’s groin.

Huang Xu dodged to the side, but suddenly burst into laughter. “I almost fell for your trick. You’re just a King-grade warrior pretending to be a Earth-grade powerhouse.”

Indeed, Qi Bei had only reached the realm of a King-grade warrior. With a single move, he exposed his true strength to Huang Xu.

However, although the battle qi cultivated by Qi Bei was indeed at the level of King-grade, what about the internal energy of Divine Dragon Art?

Qi Bei pretended to be shocked, feinted with a sword strike, and with a flicker of golden Qi wings, escaped into the distance.

“Still trying to escape? Leave your life behind!” Huang Xu regained his confidence and roared as he chased after Qi Bei, launching attacks.

“Earth Cage!” When Huang Xu caught up to Qi Bei a hundred meters away, he suddenly shouted. He swung his sword, emitting a yellowish glow, and an energy beam shot out.

However, the target of the energy beam was not Qi Bei but the ground.

As the energy beam penetrated the ground, a sudden earthquake and upheaval occurred. Soil waves surged up a hundred meters high, engulfing Qi Bei in an instant.

Immediately, Qi Bei seemed to have turned into a magnet, as all the soil and rocks converged around him, forming a massive spherical earthen barrier.

Huang Xu, feeling extremely pleased, knew that as long as he detonated this huge earthen sphere, even if there was a Earth-grade powerhouse inside, they would be severely injured.

“Boom!”

The enormous earthen sphere exploded instantly. Unlike a normal explosion, the energy shockwaves were focused on the center, Qi Bei’s location.

However, in an instant, Huang Xu’s face froze as he felt a terrifying aura amidst the flying soil and rocks.

“Roar!” A deep roar shook the heavens, as if a furious dragon was bellowing.

Suddenly, a golden light shot out, and just as Huang Xu’s pupils contracted, a dragon claw darted towards his heart fast as lightning.

Huang Xu tried to dodge, but his body couldn’t keep up with his intentions.

Therefore, he could only choose to withstand the attack. He held his long sword in front of his chest while simultaneously enveloping his body in a thick and solid earthy yellow battle qi armor.

“Bang!” The force of the dragon claw was like several mountains crashing down upon him, unimaginably powerful.

In Huang Xu’s horrified gaze, his long sword shattered inch by inch, the dragon claw effortlessly breaking it into pieces. With undiminished momentum, the claw reached his battle qi armor-covered body.

To his surprise, the armor cracked and shattered under the claw’s force, leaving widespread fractures. Before he had a chance to repair it, it crumbled apart, and the dragon claw carved out a large piece of flesh and blood from his chest.

Facing the dragonized Qi Bei, Huang Xu was filled with terror. Qi Bei’s single strike had nearly taken his life. He had no intention of continuing the fight and fled as far as he could.

“You can’t run.” Qi Bei grinned savagely. As he unleashed his first claw, a strange feeling surged in his heart. He discovered that during this dragonized attack, he felt incredibly comfortable and agile, as if he were a fish in water.

Claw after claw, Qi Bei relentlessly attacked Huang Xu, with such intensity that Huang Xu couldn’t afford to divert his attention and escape.

However, Huang Xu had many treasures on him and managed to block seven or eight of Qi Bei’s claws. Nevertheless, his body was drenched in blood, devoid of any intact flesh.

“Spare me!” Huang Xu now realizing he could no longer resist, fell to his knees, begging for mercy.

“I told you, you must die.” Qi Bei cruelly smiled and instantly crushed his head with the dragon claw.

A wisp of black smoke floated out from Huang Xu’s corpse, and Qi Bei’s black sword trembled, absorbing the wisp of black smoke.

“Dark Soul Bind.”

After receiving this information from the black sword, Qi Bei also received fragmented scenes, frequently featuring the image of Emperor Han Mo, who appeared to be controlled by the forces of darkness. Could it be that all of this was his doing? Qi Bei couldn’t help but suspect Emperor Han Mo once again.

Sensing that several people were flying towards them from a distance, Qi Bei reverted his dragonized arms, took off the spatial ring from Huang Xu’s finger, and disappeared from the spot.

Before long, dozens of powerful individuals arrived one after another. Most of them were high-level warriors, with a few being king-tier powerhouses. They looked at the pitiful state of Huang Xu’s corpse on the ground, their expressions filled with shock.

A Earth-grade powerhouse, killed just like that. The impact on them was unimaginable.

“Even if that bearded man has the strength of earth-grade, how could he kill Old Huang in such a short time?” A king-tier warrior expressed disbelief.

“The gap between powerhouses of the same level is significant. It’s easy to injure, but difficult to kill. It seems that the bearded man has at least reached the pinnacle of the Earth-grade.” Another mage spoke.

“Let’s inform everyone. For now, let’s not provoke the Huo family. With such a powerful individual protecting them, even the lord of the country will have to reconsider.”

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“Master, great news! Old Huang is dead, his head has been crushed.” A king-tier warrior flew over, excitedly informing Huo Qitian.

The Huo family had their own king-tier powerhouses, but when facing an Earth-grade powerhouse, they were like an ant before a giant.

“What?” Huo Qitian stood up in shock, his face filled with disbelief.

“Old Huang is dead, I saw it with my own eyes,” the king-tier warrior said.

“Hahaha, that’s great news! Let’s see who dares to mess with our Huo family now. By the way, where is that master?” Huo Qitian laughed, relieved of the frustration he had been feeling for days.

“He wasn’t there. He had already left when we arrived,” the king-tier warrior replied.

“It’s alright, Qin’er is still here. He will come back,” Huo Qitian said with a smile.

In the backyard of the Huo family, Huo Siqin and Feng Ruoyu also received this news.

“I knew it, he wouldn’t lose,” Huo Siqin murmured, her expression relaxed and a hint of a smile appeared on her lips.

“I didn’t expect him to be so powerful,” Feng Ruoyu said, the image of the bearded man still lingering in her mind, the familiar feeling unable to dissipate.

….

Qi Bei removed the big beard from his face and replaced it with a magic mask adorned with a mustache. Only then did he return to the Sunset Royal City.

The atmosphere in the entire Sunset Royal City had changed. Almost everyone was discussing this matter, adding a sense of restlessness to the usually tranquil city.

Qi Bei returned to the inn across from the Sunset Royal Academy and sat cross-legged in his room, starting to recover his energy.

During the battle with Huang Xu, the Earth-grade powerhouse, Qi Bei noticed that even after unleashing nine claws in his dragonized state, he didn’t show signs of exhaustion. He still had over half of his internal energy remaining, and he believed he could even unleash ten claws without much difficulty. This puzzled him.

Previously, Qi Bei had suspected that he hadn’t fully comprehended the Dragon Transformation technique. In his opinion, the Dragon Transformation couldn’t simply be used for a desperate struggle, exhausting all internal energy after a few moves and waiting for death. However, he hadn’t been able to figure it out.

Could it be that he inexplicably stumbled upon the secret of the Dragon Transformation?

Qi Bei closed his eyes and began to recall the situation at that time.

During the massive explosion, a tremendous amount of energy gathered towards him, and it was at that moment that he started to dragonize. Then, when he unleashed the first claw, he felt something different, as if…

“Soul!” A realization dawned on Qi Bei’s mind, as if he had grasped the key.

While performing the Dragon Transformation, Qi Bei’s soul resonated with the Divine Dragon Art. And then, during the attack, it triggered the integration of the surrounding massive energy into the attack, naturally reducing the consumption of internal energy.

Yes, it must be the soul. After a breakthrough in his soul, his strength didn’t substantially improve, which had puzzled him. But now, he realized that the utilization of the soul should be able to fuse into the attacks. Perhaps it wasn’t just the Dragon Transformation; other attack techniques might also apply in the same way.

Qi Bei recalled the peculiar dreams he had, sensing some connection between them and the soul.

Taking two deep breaths, Qi Bei entered a state of etherealness, his whole being immersed in exploration to find the entrance to his soul.

Gradually, Qi Bei began to forget his own existence, his consciousness floating in a realm of chaos.

Then, the chaos suddenly exploded, and Qi Bei found himself in the same void as the countless floating light points in his previous dreams.

“Is this where my soul resides?” Qi Bei had a realization.

In the past, in his dreams, Qi Bei only had a partial consciousness, with most of his consciousness still in slumber.

But now, he possessed a fully awakened consciousness as he entered this realm, feeling a stark difference. As he touched these floating light points, he felt as if he was touching his own soul.

Similar to the previous dreams, shortly after Qi Bei entered the realm of the soul, the green-clothed woman suddenly appeared ahead.

Qi Bei approached, and the green-clothed woman turned her head, revealing a pair of dazzling and brilliant eyes. The gaze in those eyes seemed to penetrate through time and space from a distant place.

As Qi Bei drew closer, the green-clothed woman dispersed into countless specks of light.

“I remember this gaze.” Qi Bei caught a few light specks in his hand and suddenly spoke to himself.