CHAPTER 751: CHAPTER 462: ONE SHOT BREAKS TEN THOUSAND SWORDS

Ji Xinghuo didn’t need to remind Cang Ya, she already knew time was of the essence.

She suppressed her excitement, stood in front of the iceberg, and looked at the huge head of the Cloud Sea Dragon in front of her, and briskly ordered, "Look at me!"

The Cloud Sea Dragon was enduring electric shocks and was in immense pain.

As soon as it saw Cang Ya right in front of it, it immediately opened its mouth to emit a Breath, but Ji Xinghuo, who was on high alert, swung a punch just in time right beside its mouth, causing the Dragon Breath to be stifled back with stars appearing in the dragon’s eyes.

Angered by the pain, the eyes of the Cloud Sea Dragon flared with even more intense rage and a hint of madness.

Cang Ya was somewhat worried upon seeing this.

Wild dragons were hard to tame, and the more powerful the wild dragon, the harder it was to subdue. However, she also understood that Ji Xinghuo was intentionally appearing very brutal; in fact, he was playing the part of the bad guy. He would act as the heavy-handed one, and then she would step in to play the good cop, winning the Cloud Sea Dragon’s affection.

This strategy had already been communicated in advance.

"Be a bit more gentle." Cang Ya’s face was filled with distress as she prevented Ji Xinghuo from further beating the Cloud Sea Dragon.

"Then hurry up," Ji Xinghuo said gravely, "You don’t have much time."

"I know."

Cang Ya promptly nodded.

She took out a bracelet with "Mind Link" capability and activated it, connecting to the Cloud Sea Dragon’s mind, and began to communicate with it with a softened expression.

Ji Xinghuo continued to maintain the electric current, preventing the Cloud Sea Dragon from turning into mist and escaping.

The Cloud Sea Dragon struggled nonstop, showing resistance in its gaze.

Every time it became furious or struggled more intensely, Ji Xinghuo would immediately strike hard to subdue it.

"Behave!"

"Any further resistance and I’ll slaughter you. If you don’t submit, you die. There’s no way I’m letting someone else benefit from this," Ji Xinghuo threatened grimly, his blows ruthless.

Meanwhile, Cang Ya constantly soothed the Cloud Sea Dragon, persuading it gently through the mind link, showing it the benefits of following her, as well as her own background, the power and standing of the Canglong Family, and the treatment it could expect in the future.

However, it was of little effect.

The Cloud Sea Dragon was nearly deaf to her words, intent on resisting and struggling.

Every time the control weakened, it would seize the opportunity to attack Cang Ya immediately, not diminishing its hostile intent one bit, but instead growing more hateful.

Ji Xinghuo shook his head.

This Cloud Sea Dragon was already at Meteor Level, highly intelligent, and smarter than most people. Even without contact with civilized society in the Sea Abyss, it wasn’t easy to deceive. It might have seen through the ruse between him and Cang Ya at a glance.

Yet Cang Ya remained extremely patient, continuously communicating and persuading the beast.

In any other situation, with time, she might have been able to tame this Cloud Sea Dragon, but the current situation didn’t allow it.

"Someone is coming."

Ji Xinghuo’s Electromagnetic Induction detected others already within 200 kilometers, flying towards them at high speed.

Cang Ya’s face showed a slight change, but she continued communicating.

Soon, a dragon with colorful scales appeared in view. Over fifty meters long, its scales were dazzling with varied hues that formed neat patterns, adorned with spots like stars across its wide wingspan as it approached, resembling a rainbow against the horizon.

This was a Xingban Dragon!

Sitting on the dragon’s back was a beautiful female True Dragon with coral-colored elaborate long dress flowing behind her, carrying two swords.

Seeing the frozen Cloud Sea Dragon within the iceberg, her eyes erupted with excitement.

"That’s Xingban Lan."

Cang Ya obviously recognized the newcomer and quickly said, "She’s of common birth and joined the Xingban Family as an adult. She usually lives on Donghuang Island and visits me often; we have a good relationship, and she’s considered a friend."

Though she claimed friendship, her face was full of vigilance.

Ji Xinghuo also realized that friends were the most dangerous at the moment; when it was time to act, he would strike without hesitance.

In front of the huge benefits of the Cloud Sea Dragon, not just friends, but even kin, would turn their faces.

The Xingban Dragon sped swiftly towards them.

Before long, it halted ten kilometers away, and Xingban Lan atop it called out, "Sister Ya, what a coincidence! I thought it was someone fighting the Cloud Sea Dragon and rushed over. I didn’t expect it to be you!"

While she spoke, she wasn’t looking at Cang Ya but focused on Ji Xinghuo, as if pondering who he was.

Cang Ya responded indifferently, "Xingban Lan, if you consider me a friend, then it’s best you stay back right now."

She addressed her by name, her tone serious.

Xingban Lan was silent for a few seconds before replying, "Sister Ya, I also want this Cloud Sea Dragon, what should I do?"

"You’re not qualified enough," Cang Ya responded coldly.

She needed to communicate with the Cloud Sea Dragon and maintain control over it with the Ice Soul Dragon, while simultaneously keeping the iceberg frozen. There wasn’t time for her to act.

But Ji Xinghuo was there.

One hand on the Cloud Sea Dragon’s head, maintaining an electric current to prevent it from fogging away, Ji Xinghuo’s figure briefly blurred, as a shadow separated from his body instantly forming a Shadow Clone.

This Shadow Clone was infused with 16,000 points of Star Power, nearly half of Ji Xinghuo’s current Star Power, and its combat strength reached 70% of the original body.

In order to increase strength, this time the Shadow Clone was not equipped with any weapons.

Ji Xinghuo tossed the Skyfire Dragon Tooth Spear to the clone.

The Shadow Clone grasped the long spear, turned, and locked eyes on Xingban Lan ten kilometers away; white light swept over its body, and it vanished in a blink.

The next second.

Ji Xinghuo’s Shadow Clone appeared near the Xingban Dragon, instantly achieving "Acceleration" to go supersonic, the spear striking forth like a dragon.

Xingban Lan, prepared, let out a soft shout as the two swords on her back flew out.

In an instant, the two flying swords transformed into a sky full of sword lights, multicolored, numbering in the thousands, forming arrays, giant swords, barriers, and more. Torrents of red and blue sword light moved to meet the Shadow Clone of Ji Xinghuo.

At the same time, the Xingban Dragon flapped its wings, drawing a graceful arc as it widened the distance from Ji Xinghuo.

The massive figure was incredibly agile, and faded quickly, becoming invisible and disappearing.

In the sky, only countless rainbow sword lights remained.

Bang!

Ji Xinghuo charged forward relentlessly, accelerating madly. Just as the red giant sword torrent was about to strike, he suddenly changed direction, first avoiding the sharpest point of the sword, then swiftly turned back, the longsword sweeping horizontally, striking the middle of the sword light.

The hundreds of meters long sword light torrent exploded instantaneously, creating a firework display in the sky.

Ji Xinghuo’s speed only paused slightly, for a very brief moment, before he accelerated again towards the second blue giant sword.

This time, he didn’t avoid it but chose to strike head-on.

Long spear thrust!

From the tip of the spear shot a superheated beam of light, thick as a pillar and red as fire, colliding directly with the blue giant sword torrent. The winner was decided in a flash; the laser pierced into the center of the giant sword, dissolving it from within.

The exploded sword light carved into Ji Xinghuo’s body, sparking countless flecks, but unable to inflict the slightest injury.

Ji Xinghuo sprinted through the sky filled with sword lights.

Regardless of the color of the flying swords or the effects they carried, all attacks against him were either deflected or shattered, and even failed to slow his flying speed. Sword lights, arrays, and barriers were all pierced through by his spear.

Ji Xinghuo’s speed increased even more.

The sound of the explosion shook the heavens.

Finally, Ji Xinghuo broke through all the sword light barriers. The Skyfire Dragon Tooth Spear thrust forward, its high-temperature beam exploded out as if puncturing an invisible membrane, and with a loud bang, colorful ripples appeared in the air, bursting forth.

The enormous figure of the Xingban Dragon appeared in the sky.

On the dragon’s back, Xingban Lan’s face showed panic and disbelief as Ji Xinghuo’s spear tip beam stabbed into her chest.

Boom!

Xingban Lan was knocked down, blood spurting wildly from her mouth.

The Skyfire Dragon Tooth Spear, unstoppable as a bamboo splitter, aided by Ji Xinghuo’s acceleration, plunged into the dragon’s back. Colorful dragon scales shattered, and a high-temperature beam penetrated its flesh and organs, piercing out from the belly.

The Xingban Dragon let out a painful roar, frantically flapping its wings and rolling, trying to throw off the enemy on its back while its back scales also burst into colorful flames.

Ji Xinghuo stomped hard.

A muffled sound.

The dragon scales beneath his feet collapsed, and the terrifying force made the rolling Xingban Dragon seem as if it got smacked hard by an invisible giant hand, its bones breaking, while it let out a wail plummeting towards the sea surface.

Boom...

The Xingban Dragon fell into the sea, frantically diving into the water to flee.

However, Ji Xinghuo had already left, a flash of white light as he star realm jumped back to his original body, merging back.

Dozens of kilometers away, the Xingban Dragon surfaced and flew into the sky, with the pale-faced Xingban Lan on its back.

She and her dragon were both seriously injured.

"Who are you?"

Xingban Lan asked with lingering fear, still unable to believe that she’d been defeated by an unremarkable opponent.

What she found most unacceptable was that it was just a shadow clone that had struck.

In a single encounter, the opponent’s shadow clone, using sheer strength, speed, and defense, had inflicted severe damage on her and her dragon, and it was clear that he had held back. However, no matter how she observed and sensed, this person was merely at the Legendary First Dan.

If it weren’t for the pain reminding her that she had truly been beaten up, she might have thought what had happened was an illusion.

Now she just found this man inscrutable.

Ji Xinghuo didn’t answer.

Xingban Lan stared at him resentfully, then turned to Cang Ya, "No wonder Sister Ya is so confident, even able to capture a Cloud Sea Dragon, it turns out there is such a strong ally."

"I told you, you’d better stay far away," Cang Ya said lightly.

She was shocked as well.

She knew of Xingban Lan’s strength—already at Sixth Rank Second Dan at such a young age and quite famous in the Donghuang Sea, as well as having a place in the Star Ascension Sequence, although only in the Fourth Sequence, she was still far superior to the average Sixth Rank powerhouse.

Cang Ya had competed with Xingban Lan before and mostly won, but never easily.

But in front of Ji Xinghuo, Xingban Lan had fared so badly.

It would be as easy as flipping one’s hand to kill her.

And Ji Xinghuo had not even used his full strength; it was just a shadow clone. It might not even be half of his true strength.

Seeing that Cang Ya was unwilling to speak further, Xingban Lan could only withdraw to a distance.

But she didn’t leave.

Instead, she flew over twenty kilometers away, keeping a safe distance, and landed on the sea surface to heal herself and her dragon. She knew that taming the Cloud Sea Dragon wouldn’t be easy for Cang Ya and that there would definitely be others vying for it. Perhaps she still had a chance to profit from their dispute.

Cang Ya let out a sigh of relief.

She continued to communicate with the Cloud Sea Dragon, but within a few minutes, Ji Xinghuo issued a warning again, his expression even more solemn.

Three Sea Abyss Hunters appeared from different directions.

At the same time, a familiar figure appeared in the sky through star realm jump; the tall, strong, and fierce-faced Jing Qin, but he did not bring his dragon along, likely due to insufficient jump level.

Cang Ya was about to speak when she realized that Ji Xinghuo’s attention wasn’t on Jing Qin at all but rather focusing on another direction.

The void rippled, forming a dark rift.

The sky seemed to have been torn open, and a few seconds later, a huge shadow emerged from the void, appearing instantly in the airspace above the sea.

When everyone present saw it clearly, they were all surprised.

Cang Ya’s beautiful eyes widened with tension, "The Xukun Dragon!"