CHAPTER 630: CHAPTER 87: THE ASSASSIN INSIDE THE DRAGON PILLAR

Since ancient times, aside from a few individuals with the innate talent of Summoners, contracting a Dark Beast has always been a difficult task.

But how difficult it is, most people never get the chance to find out in their lifetimes.

And now, Yue Minzhi is deeply experiencing these difficulties.

A brief quarter of an hour feels longer than a night and a day.

When his broad palm touched the Dragon Pillar, all kinds of distracting thoughts kept emerging uncontrollably in his mind.

Starting from the mysterious disappearance of his father Yue Nian and the overnight upheaval of the Duke Mansion, to the separation of flesh and blood. He, once the prideful Young Duke, soared high above the clouds and then plummeted into the mire, becoming a lowly family of decline.

He faced disdain and went so far as to swallow his pride and dignity to seek introductions to his father’s old acquaintances for a chance to enter the Dragon Rider Reserve Camp.

Humiliation and resentment engulfed him like a fierce torrential vortex.

He deeply understood the importance of the cracked and flawed Dragon Pillar beneath his hand. If he could successfully summon the dragon, he would once again pick up the dignity of the Duke Mansion, but if he failed...

"A quarter of an hour has passed, do you choose to continue to awake or try another Dragon Pillar," amidst his chaotic thoughts, Lord Zhan’s words struck like a hammer, bringing Yue Minzhi’s disordered mind back to reality.

Yue Minzhi blankly stared at his own palm, already covered with fine sweat.

That gray Dragon Pillar remained dull and unchanged, without any reaction.

The first awakening attempt, failed?!

"A focused mind is the prime principle of summoning dragons. Yue Minzhi, was the past year’s training all in vain?" Lord Zhan’s face showed his exasperation, clearly Yue Minzhi had just been distracted.

Even though Lord Zhan also knew that the Young Duke was shouldering too much, the more so, the greater the chance of success should be.

Yue Minzhi couldn’t help but feel ashamed in his heart; indeed, he had been distracted earlier.

"Lord Zhan, please give me another chance, I will still choose this Dragon Pillar," Yue Minzhi did not give up immediately, he tried to awaken the second Dragon Pillar for the second time.

His choice elicited quite a few criticisms. Most people believed that when faced with an unfavorable start, one should immediately move on to the second Dragon Pillar.

"Failed," after Yue Minzhi made his second choice, Long Rui and several new Dragon Knights also arrived by the training ground.

This time, Lord Zhan did not scold Yue Minzhi again.

Yue Minzhi walked up to the same Dragon Pillar again, wiped the sweat from his palms slowly, and resolutely placed his hand on the rough surface of the Dragon Pillar.

Even without turning his head, Yue Minzhi knew that countless eyes were watching him from behind.

Among them, some were waiting to see him fail, full of mockery and hostility. But two pairs belonged to the two people closest and dearest to him.

He could not let them down; ever since the night his father Yue Nian disappeared, Yue Minzhi promised that he would take his father’s place to look after his mother and sister at home and never let them feel heartbroken or disappointed.

"In my name, I make this vow; oh sacred and noble Sub-Asian Dragon within the Dragon Pillar, heed my heart’s voice. I, Yue Minzhi, swear by the ancestral name of the Blood Cherry Duke Mansion that should we forge a contract today, I shall never leave nor forsake thee for as long as I live. Thy life be mine, thy death, and should thou perish, I shall not live gracelessly," Yue Minzhi chanted softly in a voice only he and the Sub-Asian Dragon within the Dragon Pillar could hear clearly.

Not far from the white Dragon Pillar, Ji Xuechen was brimming with disdain. The Human Race is indeed the most cunning of all, bowing and scraping only when in desperate need. Once they find the other party no longer valuable, they do not hesitate to reveal their shameless faces.

"So be it, the harsh slap of reality will soon catch up to this overconfident Quasi-Dragon Knight," Ji Xuechen thought of what was about to transpire in front of thousands and felt a surge of excitement.

As its emotions fluctuated, faint ripples of Dark Power began emanating from the white Dragon Pillar.

The ripples of Dark Power were slight, almost negligible to most present, but Yue Jinghua, being both a Dual Summoner and Demon Summoner, was keenly aware of the subtle Dark Power fluctuations within the training field.

These were the ripples of the Five-Colored Jiao Dragon. Ji Xuechen was sealed within the white Dragon Pillar, and what was her elder brother taking great effort to awaken now?

Yue Jinghua became somewhat anxious. She wanted to speak out and warn Yue Minzhi, but with Zhan Tian vigilantly standing by, she had no chance to inform him.

"Eh, did anyone hear something?" Ji Yun, standing on the side of the field and having the best hearing among everyone due to the Elixir Pills, heard a crackling sound akin to eggshells breaking—a "pip pip pop pop" noise.

"It is! It’s the Dragon Pillar, the one in front of Yue Minzhi has cracked," the Dragon Riders couldn’t help but exclaim.

After two awakenings, Yue Minzhi finally succeeded in awakening a Dragon Pillar.

Everyone looked forward with great anticipation, to see if they would witness the legendary Five-Colored Jiao Dragon.

Just as the sensation felt earlier by those beneath Yue Minzhi, even before the awakening, there were already cracks on the Dragon Pillar’s surface.

Just now, after several awakenings by the Quasi-Dragon Knights, which expanded the cracks on the Dragon Pillar’s surface to varying degrees, Yue Minzhi’s second awakening finally caused the fissures to fully burst open.

Cracks spread across the surface, resembling cracked earth, and soon the whole Dragon Pillar crumbled like a collasping wall before Yue Minzhi’s eyes.

From within the Dragon Pillar, that Sub-Asian Dragon finally showed its true form.

Yue Minzhi let out a sigh of relief; at last, he had awakened a Sub-Asian Dragon. Right then, he was eager to see what kind of creature this Sub-Asian Dragon he was about to contract with would be—could it be the legendary Five-Colored Jiao?

Imprisoned inside the Dragon Pillar for a month, the Sub-Asian Dragon had long lost its patience. Its first reaction upon inhaling fresh air was to leap and bound excitedly.

Unlike other Sub-Asian Dragons that stirred immediately upon release from the Dragon Pillar, the one awakened by Yue Minzhi remained still for an extended time.

Just as Yue Minzhi grew impatient and prepared to inspect it closely.

Yue Jinghua felt a sudden throbbing between her brows—this feeling...

Realizing something was amiss, both Yue Jinghua and Zhan Tian shouted at the top of their lungs, "Elder Brother (Yue Minzhi), retreat at once!"

Everything happened too swiftly, so fast that Lie Rou in the stands couldn’t see clearly. She could only hear a sound resembling the tearing of fabric, and the next moment, Yue Minzhi felt an intense pain, blood spreading rapidly and a fishy scent wafting from his neck.

"Ah!" Long Rui, who was standing close by, only saw a gray shadow pause on Yue Minzhi’s neck.

Blood, listless blood, drop by drop, it fell, staining the training field red.