Dragon-Marked War God

In an instant, the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda flew up, broke free of Dragon Shisan’s hand and shot straight toward the Lightning-Gathering Peak. Its light blazed and its momentum was like a rainbow. Jiang Chen reached out and grasped it, and the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda immediately suppressed the giant lightning dragon.

“Bastard! Damned human, you’ll die a horrible death! How dare you resist! Go die!”

Zheyu shrieked and roared, the giant lightning dragon thrashing about. The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda had completely suppressed it, but the dragon’s thrashing also made it hard for the pagoda to seal it completely, because this giant lightning dragon was simply too powerful. Jiang Chen now finally understood that this giant lightning dragon had most likely been feigning weakness back then, deliberately revealing an opening so that the Second Palace Lord would think he had a chance. The strength of this giant lightning dragon was definitely comparable to ten Half-step Divine Emperor experts. Jiang Chen’s heart turned cold. It seemed this Zheyu Drought Heavenly Lightning was even stronger than the Dawn Sky Golden Lightning and the Nine Stars Heavenly Tribulation Lightning.

“I must refine it. Now it all depends on who comes out on top. Who will laugh last is still undecided.”

A faint smile curled at the corner of Jiang Chen’s mouth. The Zheyu Drought Heavenly Lightning wanted to devour him, but didn’t he want to make the Zheyu Drought Heavenly Lightning his own as well? If he did, his strength would advance by leaps and bounds.

Jiang Chen controlled the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda and kept grappling with Zheyu. He had to admit that he had still underestimated the Zheyu Drought Heavenly Lightning’s abilities. It was definitely equal to ten Half-step Divine Emperors. Even if he gave it everything he had, he couldn’t force it back. At this moment, he had no way out at all. The might of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda was gradually fading too. Facing that heaven-destroying Heavenly Lightning origin, Jiang Chen was already finding himself unequal to the task. Although the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda kept struggling against the Zheyu Drought Heavenly Lightning and holding it in balance, it couldn’t do the slightest harm to it. The giant lightning dragon still looked down on everything. Jiang Chen’s efforts were being dismantled step by step by the giant lightning dragon, which was like a bolt from the blue for Jiang Chen.

“You can never escape from my grasp. Even if that human who has been locked in a standoff with me for tens of millions of years appeared before me right now, he couldn’t do me the slightest harm, because my origin power is far from as simple as he imagined. Hahaha. Truly foolish humans. I wonder when you will ever wake up from your ignorance.”

The giant lightning dragon was extremely arrogant, its enormous head circling. The origin lightning in its body raged violently. Jiang Chen was knocked down again and again, heavily injured again and again. His body was already on the verge of collapse. This Heavenly Lightning origin was more than ten times stronger than the Dawn Sky Golden Lightning and the Nine Stars Heavenly Tribulation Lightning. Although Jiang Chen didn’t know how strong the Heavenly Lightning in the Rushing Thunder Chart was, he suspected it wasn’t necessarily more terrifying than this Zheyu Drought Heavenly Lightning, because he had already used every trick he had and still couldn’t shake it.

“I can’t die. I still have to find my Xiao Yu. I still have Qingcheng, I still have Sister Ning, I still have that dead monkey, I still have Big Yellow! I still have my father, my father waiting for me to come home in Linhe Boundary… I can’t die!”

Jiang Chen kept roaring in his heart, struggling desperately. The violent baptism of lightning made him truly feel the might of being suppressed by Heavenly Lightning. Before, Jiang Chen had disregarded any Heavenly Lightning or Pill Lightning, but now he knew what it meant that there was always someone stronger, always a heaven beyond the heavens, because the origin power of this Heavenly Lightning was simply not something he could contend with.

Relying on sheer will, Jiang Chen kept charging, kept being knocked down, and his belief that he would escape grew ever stronger.

Dragon Shisan suddenly turned his head. He seemed to sense the danger Jiang Chen was in, but he could barely protect himself either. At this moment, all he could do was stay alive and wait for Jiang Chen to appear.

“Bang——”

Dragon Shisan was forced back by Dou Qing once again, but like an undying War God, he stood up once more. What held him up was endless battle intent and his unwavering faith in his brother, even unto death. He couldn’t die. Even if he really had to die, he had to see Jiang Chen one last time. As his brother, he was not someone who would flee from the battlefield!

“I, Dragon Shisan, will never yield! Who is fit to fight me? Only heaven and earth, only Jiang Chen! Hahaha! Little Chen, don’t let me down. I believe you will definitely rise again from this desperate situation.”

Dragon Shisan grinned broadly, calm and composed. Although he was heavily injured, his faith in Jiang Chen remained unchanged, and he looked upon death as going home.

“Let’s see how much longer you can hold out. You and that so-called Jiang Chen are both people who don’t know what’s good for them. You clearly have good talent, yet you insist on going against the heavens. The weak should behave like the weak. You will never be able to defy the might of the strong. Get lost!”

Dou Qing roared again and again. This Dragon Shisan was like a War God who couldn’t be beaten to death. His ability to take a beating was simply too strong, as if he had an immortal body. Every attack Dou Qing landed on him failed to kill him. The ferocity of the Battle Saint Technique also stirred covetousness in Dou Qing’s heart. If he could obtain this Battle Saint Technique, it would be like giving wings to a tiger. For this mere Hierarch to have obtained it was simply a waste of a heavenly gift. In his hands it would never be as powerful as in Dou Qing’s own.

Dragon Shisan swore not to stop until death and fought Dou Qing and the other two to the end. Even if his oil was used up and his lamp burnt out, even if his injuries were critical, his belief was still there. That one thought was enough to send him soaring to the sky, fearing no one.

“Finally at your end? Hahaha. The insignificance of humans can never be changed. I was born of heaven and earth, and I exist alongside heaven and earth. What are you?”

Zheyu’s dragon eyes flickered. The lightning origin in its belly had nearly pierced through Jiang Chen’s entire body. Invisible, shadowless lightning chains bound Jiang Chen completely, so that he could hardly move. Jiang Chen’s aura had withered to the extreme.

Suddenly, Jiang Chen sensed a faint aura in his body, as if it were drifting about, surging toward the dantian within him. It was an indescribable feeling of exhilaration and excitement. Jiang Chen took a deep breath. He clearly sensed the existence of that thing.

“Great Emperor Dao Essence!”

Jiang Chen’s heart was shaken violently. Originally, Great Emperor Dao Essence was simply not something he could control, because only after reaching at least the Great Emperor Realm could one possess one’s own Dao. But Jiang Chen’s Emperor Realm soul and his grasp of the Dao of Heavenly Domination had gradually given rise to the embryo of a Dao. He had truly sensed the existence of the Dao. Although it was still very weak, this was simply not something a Hierarch expert could ever sense.

Even for Great Emperor Realm experts, if they had no Great Dao path of their own, carving out a true broad road was almost as hard as ascending to heaven. Many Great Emperor Realm experts might be very strong, but their Dao Essence was not necessarily able to look down on the world. Some Great Emperors of low strength were able to overturn the heavens precisely because they had a Dao of their own. True Great Dao essence could change everything.

The Dao Essence in Jiang Chen’s body was as thin as a gossamer thread, drifting around inside him. Although it was very weak, Jiang Chen was certain it was Dao Essence without a doubt.

“Great Emperor Dao Essence… the Sui Tian Seal?”

Jiang Chen’s eyes lit up. He suddenly remembered the first seal of the Heavenly Derivation Seal he had obtained on the ninety-first floor of the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, the Sui Tian Seal.

Jiang Chen knew that it was his only, and his last, hope!