NOVPUBChapter 235: Next time we gather, I can appear mysterious and powerful
The sudden attack startled and enraged the Flood Dragon.
It roared and was about to attack the human beside it.
Did a mere Nascent Soul dare to be so presumptuous?
With such cultivation, it couldn’t even break its dragon scales.
In an instant, its power surged, and its dragon scales filled with strength.
Its defense greatly increased.
Even though its cultivation had fallen to this level, it was not something a Nascent Soul could bully.
A dragon’s chant sounded as it began its counterattack. But in an instant, it felt a mountainous pressure in its spirit.
Divine ability, Divine Might.
The Flood Dragon snorted coldly.
A mere Divine Might pressure dared to show off in front of it?
Its dragon soul vibrated, instantly breaking through everything.
At the same time, a moonlight appeared before its eyes, and a Heavenly Saber followed, slashing down.
Boom!
The Heavenly Saber collided with the dragon scales.
Crack!
To the Flood Dragon’s astonishment, its scales shattered, and the saber penetrated three inches into its body.
The moonlight blade continued its relentless arc, its formidable presence threatening to cleave its target in two.
The Purple Qi surged, wreaking havoc on the body.
In a state of panic, the Flood Dragon sensed the breath of death.
It hesitated no longer, its dragon soul leaving its body.
As the Moon Slash descended, Jiang Hao raised the Heavenly Saber once more, with the Mountain Suppressor manifesting in his wrist, intent on utterly annihilating the Flood Dragon.
But before the blade could fall, a shadowy figure fled from the Flood Dragon’s body—the dragon soul.
Jiang Hao changed the direction of his blade, striking directly at the dragon soul.
Clang!
A barrier of light protected the dragon soul, while an attack approached from behind Jiang Hao.
It was the dragon soul attempting to restrain his Mountain Suppressor.
However, Jiang Hao ignored the attack behind him, gripping the Heavenly Saber tightly and slashing down once more.
Boom!
The barrier shattered, and the Mountain Suppressor swept over the dragon soul, inflicting severe damage.
The attack from behind reached him in an instant, but the Nine Heavens Armor automatically protected its master.
With a loud bang, a powerful force penetrated the armor and struck his back, fortunately with diminished strength.
Without further contemplation, Jiang Hao extended his hand toward the fleeing dragon soul, activating a spell.
Universe in the Palm.
The Purple Qi roiled, swiftly trapping the severely wounded dragon soul within it before retracting it.
Jiang Hao stood midair, a bead of Purple Qi resting in the palm of his hand, containing the remnant soul of the Flood Dragon.
Its body, meanwhile, fell heavily onto the water’s surface.
As blood seeped out, to avoid arousing suspicion downstream, he once again used Universe in the Palm to seal the Flood Dragon’s corpse.
“What kind of divine ability is this, human?”
The remnant soul of the Flood Dragon asked with some trepidation.
At this moment, Jiang Hao had already sheathed his saber, holding the remnant soul of the Flood Dragon in his left hand and the body in his right.
After a moment’s hesitation, he decided to appraise the remnant soul.
【Flood Dragon Remnant Soul: The soul of the Flood Dragon that has just escaped its body, pursued by a formidable enemy, cursed, with only a tenth of its strength remaining. Now that you have killed it, it is like a candle flickering in the wind. Attracted by the dragon qi, it hid in the Huangsha River, hoping to seize an opportunity. Its location could be discovered at any time.】
“Hmm?”
The appraisal result surprised Jiang Hao; it felt familiar.
After a moment, he recalled the complaints of the Fairy Gui.
She had always said that the Flood Dragon had escaped again.
His gaze then settled on “only a tenth of its strength remaining,” which meant that at its peak, the Flood Dragon’s strength far surpassed that of a Nascent Soul.
Even such a powerful Flood Dragon had no choice but to flee from Fairy Gui.
This confirmed that the individuals on the stone tablet were no ordinary beings.
‘Attracted by the dragon qi, it seems Xiao Li is not entirely useless.’
No longer pondering, he stared at the remnant soul of the Flood Dragon and asked.
“Who is pursuing you?”
“What are you talking about?” The Flood Dragon feigned confusion.
“Cursed, pursued by a woman, you’ve managed to escape several times by relying on your innate ability to hide from fate,” Jiang Hao said calmly and indifferently.
“Do you understand what I’m talking about now?”
Hearing Jiang Hao’s words, the remnant soul of the Flood Dragon was shocked, unable to imagine how the other party knew all this.
“I don’t know who she is. I just disturbed her by accident and was chased by her. At that time, she was in a secret realm, and she probably thought I had seen something valuable, so she pursued me relentlessly,” the Flood Dragon said with some indignation.
“If it weren’t for her, I might have had the chance to transform into a true dragon.”
“Is that so?” Jiang Hao sighed as he looked at the Flood Dragon.
“Anything else you want to say?”
“I can take you to that place and acknowledge you as my master. I have the potential to transform into a true dragon and can do many things for you,” the Flood Dragon quickly said.
“That’s fine,” Jiang Hao nodded.
As the Flood Dragon rejoiced, the edge of the Moon Slash appeared between his fingers, moving to strike the remnant soul.
In just a moment, the Moon Slash’s blade light cleansed the Flood Dragon’s remnant soul.
With that, he clenched his fist, turning everything into ashes in his palm.
“What a pity you’re too strong. With my cultivation level and knowledge, I can’t control you. I have to wrong you,” he said.
With the remnant soul of the Flood Dragon killed, what remained was its body.
According to Fairy Gui, the Flood Dragon had swallowed something of hers.
This meant that there must be a treasure within the Flood Dragon’s body.
This was why Jiang Hao had decided to kill the Flood Dragon—its words did not match those of Fairy Gui.
Between the two, he chose to believe Fairy Gui.
Not for any particular reason, but simply because he believed there was no danger in doing so.
It was better to kill the Flood Dragon sooner rather than later.
After a moment of hesitation, Jiang Hao strengthened the seal and then threw it towards the river surface.
Thud!
The seal plunged straight to the bottom of the river, burying itself ten meters deep.
“That should do it.”
He dared not touch any of the items inside for fear of being detected by those who could peer into fate.
Once detected, the trouble would be significant.
Might as well give up like this.
After finishing these tasks, Jiang Hao finally returned to shore.
At this time, Xiao Li was still holding her big fish, casually wiping the gold ring she had.
Seeing Jiang Hao approaching, she exclaimed with surprise.
“Senior Brother Jiang.”
Seeing that she didn’t seem to care about the Flood Dragon, Jiang Hao was somewhat surprised, but he didn’t bring it up and simply said.
“Let’s go to your house.”
“Great, I caught a fish, later Senior Brother can eat with grandma and the others.” Xiao Li said with a smile.
“Grandma have been asking about you recently, it seems they hope you will visit. Senior Brother Cheng said you were still on the way, and it turned out to be true.”
Jiang Hao just nodded.
“Where’s the rabbit? Why didn’t the rabbit come?” Xiao Li looked around and asked.
“It’s watching the house.” Jiang Hao answered succinctly.
Xiao Li gave an “oh” and led the way ahead, hopping and skipping happily.
On the way, Jiang Hao took out the Secret Whisper Slate to check and found that Fairy Gui was still looking for him.
It seemed that the location of the Flood Dragon was really about to be confirmed.
With a slight smile, Jiang Hao put away the slate, not planning to inform her of the situation just yet.
No rush, he would casually mention it at the next gathering to complete the task before she notified him.
It would give a slight shock to those present.
This would add a sense of mystery, and he had only struck the Flood Dragon corpse once.
It wasn’t anything spectacular, but she couldn’t gauge his true strength.
However, with Universe in the Palm to assist, he had a powerful aura.
With this, he could secure his place at the gathering.
The undercover work could proceed smoothly.
Coming out this time was indeed the right choice.
Although it was just a spontaneous act of kindness, the rewards were substantial.
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“Grandpa, Grandma, I’m back, look who I brought with me.”
As soon as they arrived at the courtyard, Xiao Li shouted inside.
She was extremely happy.
Seeing her smile, Jiang Hao sighed inwardly.
Xiao Li seemed unaware of anything amiss; perhaps in her eyes, the days ahead would always be like this.
Some time in the sect, then back to accompany her grandparents.
Little did she know that these days were coming to an end.
