Dragon-Marked War God

Jiang Chen could not help having some doubts. Could this place already have been occupied by someone? Did the Thousand Flames Annihilation Lightning still exist?

“Stop playing tricks. Who’s there?”

Jiang Chen roared, his eyes sharp as he looked into the canyon ahead.

At that moment two figures appeared at the same time, one in black and one in white, both with an extremely cold air in their eyes.

“Kid, with your strength you are not qualified to enter this place. Get out of this area, get out of the Rushing Thunder Mountains, and perhaps you will still have a chance to live.”

The white-robed old man said coldly.

“Don’t tell me the Rushing Thunder Mountains belong to your family? Hmph, what right do you have to make me leave?”

Jiang Chen stood with his arms folded across his chest, looking proud.

“Heh, do you think this is some peaceful place? Countless people have wanted to set foot here, and in the end they all died, Divine Emperor Realm experts included. You are a mere Half-step Divine Emperor. What qualifications do you have to enter?”

The black-robed old man said coldly. His eyes were as still as an ancient well, as if he did not take Jiang Chen seriously at all.

“Who exactly are you?”

Jiang Chen asked in a deep voice.

“We are the guardians of the Rushing Thunder Mountains. Leave at once, or don’t blame us for being rude.”

The white-robed old man flicked his sleeve, and a terrifying gust of qi tore through the void, coming straight at Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen remained calm and composed, as steady as Mount Tai. He threw a punch and shattered the gust outright, sending it back into nothingness.

“Good skill! But you are still not qualified to enter this place.”

The black-robed old man and the white-robed old man exchanged a glance and attacked together. Gusts of qi came at him one after another, covering the sky and the earth. Jiang Chen’s face turned livid. After taking more than twenty moves from the two of them in a row, he finally began to show signs of defeat. Jiang Chen knew both of them were beyond the Early Divine Emperor Realm. With the two of them attacking together, he was no match for them. More importantly, they had the formation to rely on, and that was the most infuriating part. There was no way Jiang Chen could fight them to the bitter end.

“Damn your ancestors’ coffin boards. I’ll be back sooner or later.”

Jiang Chen retreated in order to advance and quickly flew backwards. After suffering a setback at the hands of these two old geezers, his face looked even grimmer. He had never expected there to be such experts in this godforsaken place. This Heavenly Lightning was protected by a formation and guarded by experts, so there must be something here that tempted them. Besides, the Heavenly Lightning was extremely wild and untamed, so it was impossible for them to be after the Heavenly Lightning itself. But the identities of these two were extremely mysterious, and Jiang Chen could not see through them. At least until he had figured out their background, Jiang Chen knew he would never rush in recklessly again.

“Big brother, big brother, are you all right?”

The Blazing Marten asked in a small voice, looking very nervous.

“I’m fine. Do you know where those two came from?”

Jiang Chen said, feeling very frustrated.

“I don’t. Every time I passed by here before, I never noticed those two. Those two old men are so strong. I feel like they could slap me to death with a single palm.”

The Blazing Marten said pitifully.

“Maybe when you passed by here you didn’t touch the formation, so they never showed up. It looks like we’ll have to think this over carefully.”

Jiang Chen felt troubled. The current situation was extremely unfavorable for him. He had found the Heavenly Lightning, but this part of the mountains was sealed off. Together with those natives he had met earlier, Jiang Chen felt as though something big was about to happen in the Rushing Thunder Mountains.

“I know! There’s a big crocodile that might know where those two came from.”

The Blazing Marten’s eyes lit up.

“A big crocodile?”

Jiang Chen said, puzzled.

“Yes. Not far from here there’s the Dragon Pool Swamp, and a big crocodile lives there. My mom said that guy seems to have lived here for hundreds of millions of years. He must know what goes on here. Nothing that happens in the Rushing Thunder Mountains escapes his notice.”

The Blazing Marten said very excitedly.

“All right, then let’s go ask this big crocodile.”

The corners of Jiang Chen’s mouth curled up slightly. Heaven never seals off every road. It seemed that by not killing this Blazing Marten, he had gained a great helper.

There was no time to waste. With the Blazing Marten leading the way, Jiang Chen quickly arrived at the Dragon Pool Swamp. It was a vast stretch of marshland that stretched as far as the eye could see, covered with streams, water plants and thick mud. Yet Jiang Chen and the Blazing Marten searched for a long time without finding the big crocodile it had mentioned.

Instead, Jiang Chen came across another clash. Above the Dragon Pool Swamp, two groups of people were facing off, and things were already at sword point.

“Princess of the Azure Feather Clan, our Young Master Leng Mo would like to invite you to the Forbidden Demon Clan for a chat. How about it?”

A person wrapped entirely in a black robe said with a smile. Except for the eyes, everything was hidden by the robe.

There were more than ten of them in the group, and every one of them looked the same, carrying an aura of black demonic qi.

Opposite them were five people. The woman in the lead was dressed in white, her face covered by a green veil, but it still could not hide her peerless beauty. Her figure was like jade and her beautiful eyes were like ice. Her bearing was extraordinary and otherworldly, with no one able to compare with her, like a star in the Nine Heavens, dazzling and brilliant.

The four women beside her were dressed in blue. They were all beautiful as jade, and full of cold severity.

“So you are people of the Forbidden Demon Clan.”

The white-clad woman frowned slightly and said coldly. It seemed that the matter of the Azure Feather Clan coming to the Forbidden Divine Clan for a marriage alliance was already known to them.

“Heh heh, that’s right. Our Young Master Leng Mo has been drooling over the young lady’s beauty. I wonder if the princess would do us the honor?”

The black-robed man said with a smile. Their intention could not have been more obvious. Put plainly, they had come to steal the bride. They had not come to chat with the Azure Feather Clan at all. The fringes of the Forbidden Divine Land were in turmoil all year round, and the struggle between the Forbidden Divine Clan and the Forbidden Demon Clan was growing fiercer and fiercer. Now that the Azure Feather Clan wanted to form a marriage alliance with the Forbidden Divine Clan, the Forbidden Demon Clan would certainly not sit idly by. If they could kill the princess of the Azure Feather Clan at this time, or imprison her, the Forbidden Divine Clan would surely be scorned by the Azure Feather Clan. By then the Forbidden Divine Clan would be unable to look after both head and tail, completely overwhelmed, and that would make the Forbidden Demon Clan even happier.

“You’re only here to snatch someone away. Do you really think my Azure Feather Clan is easy to bully?”

The white-clad woman said coldly. She had long since seen through what these people of the Forbidden Demon Clan were thinking. At such a time, she naturally could not afford any complications.

“Heh heh, if you won’t drink the toast, you’ll have to drink the forfeit. Then don’t blame our Forbidden Demon Clan for not giving you face.”

The black-robed man said with a cold laugh.

“The princess of the Azure Feather Clan is a peerless beauty. I, Leng Mo, would never be rough with the princess.”

A young man in black armor slowly walked out. He was none other than Young Master Leng Mo of the Forbidden Demon Clan. His hoarse voice made him even harder to read.