Dragon-Marked War God

Having survived the calamity, Jiang Chen now lay completely limp on the ground. Although his Myriad Qi Body had restored some of his strength, the terrifying lightning lotus formed by gathering and fusing four kinds of Heavenly Lightning had almost drained all the divine origin qi in his body, leaving him completely on the back foot. Otherwise, he would not have been driven to a dead end when Shangguan Hongyan tried to kill him.

The Ancestral Dragon Emperor had taken a lot of attacks, but fortunately he had held the situation steady. Otherwise, things would surely have been extremely difficult for Jiang Chen. Shangguan Hongyan was far stronger than he had imagined. A Late Divine Emperor expert. He was the expert closest to the Great Emperor Realm that Jiang Chen had ever seen. Even the Ancestral Dragon Emperor did not have that kind of strength now.

But in the end, Shangguan Hongyan had not dared to chase him out of the Bamboo Sea Mountains, because he did not know who had saved Jiang Chen. What if it was someone he could not match? Then he would be in even greater danger. Jiang Chen’s fusion of Heavenly Lightning had already left him badly wounded. No one could guarantee that Jiang Chen did not have another trick up his sleeve, nor what background this person with an unknown face really had.

“My strength is still too weak after all. Facing a truly strong expert, I can’t contend with him at all. If not for you, Senior Ancestral Dragon Emperor, that Shangguan Hongyan would surely have made me wish I were dead. Even if I managed to escape, it would have been extremely hard.”

Jiang Chen said in a low voice, sighing in his heart and unable to help letting out a faint breath.

“Your strength is already very great. If that person hadn’t blocked your blow of fused Heavenly Lightning, he wouldn’t have had an easy time either. He would hardly have had the strength to keep fighting.”

The Ancestral Dragon Emperor said in a low voice. Jiang Chen was clearly still not very satisfied with his own strength, but the Ancestral Dragon Emperor knew very well that the current Jiang Chen was already strong enough. Being able to push a Late Divine Emperor expert to this point was already formidable enough. The Divine Emperor Realm was not like the Hierarch Realm. The Divine Emperor Realm was the hardest realm to pass through on the way into the Great Emperor Realm. Many people could not cross it even in their whole lives. Each stage also had three smaller stages, which showed how hard it was for Divine Emperor experts to break through.

“But it’s still not enough. I still can’t avenge my master. Shangguan Hongyan probably didn’t even bring out his full strength. It seems the road I have to walk is still very long.”

Jiang Chen knew very well in his heart that only by becoming stronger could he gain more say and stand firm in the Central Region Divine Land. He still had a way to go for that.

Because the Ancestral Dragon Emperor had used up a great deal of soul power, he also went into rest. Jiang Chen looked toward the pale glow on the horizon. At this moment, it was already early dawn.

Jiang Chen rested for three days. But just as he woke up, he heard a heart-rending cry coming from deep in his soul.

“Father, where are you, Father…”

Red Lotus’s fragile, sorrowful voice appeared in Jiang Chen’s ears. Her painful wailing made one feel despair.

“What’s wrong?”

Jiang Chen frowned and asked in a low voice.

“I dreamed that my father was suffering inhuman torment. I felt as if he were enduring the agony of reincarnation.”

Red Lotus said in great pain.

“Those scenes were as if they were happening right before my eyes. Although they were blurry, I could truly feel his existence. He’s my father, and he’s suffering terribly right now…”

Red Lotus’s mouth carried incomparable bitterness, and the despair deep in her eyes made Jiang Chen’s heart ache.

“I have to go find my father. Although I don’t know where he is, I can feel that he exists.”

Red Lotus said resolutely.

“All right, I’ll go with you.”

Jiang Chen’s gaze steadied, and he said in a low voice.

“You have more important things to do. I don’t want to drag you down. I can go by myself.”

Red Lotus shook her head.

“My strength has now reached the Early Divine Emperor Realm. Although I may not be able to do whatever I please, I still have a place in the entire Central Region Divine Land. It would be impossible for anyone to capture me.”

Red Lotus did not want Jiang Chen to be distracted, because he was already overwhelmed now. She did not even know where her father was, so she absolutely could not let Jiang Chen run around everywhere with her. Red Lotus could not be so selfish, even though she also hoped Jiang Chen could go with her.

“It’s fine. I’ll go with you to find your father first.”

Jiang Chen said.

“You may not have the time for that.”

A low voice appeared beside Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen frowned. When he looked up, he saw a man in black, the very man in black who had once saved his life.

“I haven’t had the chance to thank you for saving my life back then. What do you mean by that?”

Jiang Chen asked. He did not know who this person was, but this person had truly saved his life, and Jiang Chen would not forget it. A life-saving kindness had to be repaid many times over. Although Jiang Chen did not even know this man in black’s name, his appearance made Jiang Chen more and more suspicious. He could not even begin to guess at his identity.

“Because you may have something more important to do.”

The man in black said calmly.

“Please, speak freely.”

Jiang Chen continued.

“At the Profound Connection Divine Palace, you will find the woman you’re looking for.”

After the man in black finished speaking, he turned and left. At that moment, Jiang Chen’s pupils contracted. He wanted to ask more, but the man in black’s figure had already disappeared, like a beam of light fading into the void, becoming a speck of light on the horizon.

“Is it Sister Ning? Or… Xiao Yu?”

Jiang Chen said in a deep voice, narrowing his eyes. The excitement in his heart was beyond words. The man in black’s words left Jiang Chen half believing and half doubting. How could he know where Jiang Chen’s women were? How could he know who Jiang Chen was looking for? What if all this was a trap?

Jiang Chen did not suspect that the man in black would harm him, though. If the man in black had wanted to harm him, he would only have had to join forces with Louis XVII and Dongfang Lianshuo back then, and Jiang Chen would have had no way to escape even with wings. Instead the man in black had saved him, so at least Jiang Chen’s trust in him would not change. It was just whether the Profound Connection Divine Palace really had news of his woman. For Jiang Chen, that required thinking it over carefully before acting.

“Is it news of them?”

Yan Qingcheng asked in a low voice. The appearance of the man in black had made her very curious too. In the earlier battle, Jiang Chen had moved Yan Qingcheng into the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, so she had not taken part. Otherwise, with his own life hanging by a thread, he would have had no way to look after Yan Qingcheng.

“Very likely.”

Jiang Chen nodded silently, extremely anxious in his heart, his thoughts turning a hundred times over. Everything he did was to find the people he loved. But the news the man in black had brought him was ambiguous. Jiang Chen could only choose to believe it now. He had no other choice.

He only hoped the man in black was not lying to him.