Going All Out for Follow-up Reads

Going All Out

The five Golden Dragons loosened their claws and dropped the giant cocoon of Willow Branches from high in the air. It landed squarely on the mountaintop.

Without Xu Changqing deliberately maintaining the Second Soul Skill, Wandering Body Bind, the restraints were no longer so tight or strong. The Dragon Loach struggled fiercely within, and before long, its enormous head squeezed out from the mass of thick Willow Branches.

However, what greeted it was not the free air, but five golden beams as thick as water vats. The beams descended from the sky with razor-sharp force, like five divine punishments striking down!

The Dragon Loach's eyes widened. Just as it was about to move, it was completely engulfed by the five beams. In an instant, the entire mountaintop thundered and rumbled, shattered stones flying everywhere as if a landslide had occurred. The commotion did not subside for a long while.

High in the distant sky, Xu Changqing stood atop the Wood Dragon's head, his teeth aching at the sight. Five Golden Dragons launching Heavenly Walk Rupture together truly had terrifying destructive power. They had blasted a sunken crater directly into the mountaintop. The surrounding rock looked as though it had been carved apart by countless sharp sword energies. Flat chunks of broken stone fell one after another, too many to count, leaving the ground in utter chaos.

Tsk!

Wonder how that Dragon Loach is doing now.

After a minute, the commotion on the mountaintop gradually weakened. Only then did Xu Changqing control the Wood Dragon and slowly fly over to inspect the situation.

Before he could get close, countless water arrows suddenly shot up from the ruins below. Accompanied by a thunderous boom, the Dragon Loach swept its tail and sent innumerable shattered rocks flying. Mixed with the water arrows, they whistled toward the Wood Dragon in the sky like cannonballs.

"It's still not dead?"

Startled, Xu Changqing immediately ducked back, using the Wood Dragon's massive body as a shield and hiding himself atop its head. The next moment, dull impacts rang out one after another, accompanied by powerful tremors beneath his feet.

Under Xu Changqing's control, the Wood Dragon coiled its enormous body through the sky. Rocks and water arrows rising from below blasted its belly full of pits, but it was useless. Within a breath, those injuries had already healed completely.

A Wood Dragon condensed from wood elements was no different from a Golden Dragon condensed from gold elements. Aside from reaching the end of its summoning duration or using its ultimate move, Wandering Body Bind, every other means of attack was ineffective. Those attacks might injure it, even blast it into pieces, but killing it? Sorry, that was impossible. There was no such option.

Moreover, the Wood Dragon of the Second Soul Skill had been summoned by a 2,500-year Soul Ring. Its bodily defense far surpassed that of the Golden Dragon from the First Soul Skill. The Dragon Loach's ordinary attacks were little more than scratching an itch.

The Dragon Loach on the mountaintop clearly realized that its attacks had achieved little. It immediately seized the chance while the Wood Dragon was coiled defensively in the sky, sweeping its tail to shake away the rubble covering its body. Ignoring the blood-soaked wounds all over itself, it swung its tail and tried to flee down the mountain.

Unlike some soul beasts that could only live in water, the Dragon Loach's combat ability was greatly reduced on land, but simply moving about was not much of a problem. In fact, it was not even particularly slow on land.

Moreover, the Dragon Loach possessed extremely powerful recovery abilities. Its skin secreted a mucus that could accelerate the healing of its wounds.

If they had been in water, Xu Changqing truly would not have had many ways to deal with it.

Unfortunately, this was land. Even a tiger that had fallen onto the plains could be bullied by dogs. It was destined not to stir up much trouble here.

Xu Changqing was not about to let the Dragon Loach escape so easily!

He had put quite a bit of effort into luring it here. His work could not go to waste!

As soon as the attacks stopped, the Wood Dragon in the sky flicked its tail and dived toward the Dragon Loach. Standing atop its head, Xu Changqing raised a hand and summoned the Five Dragon Lyre. With a casual sweep of his right hand, his fingertips lightly brushed over the first and second strings. Yellow and purple Soul Rings immediately flew from beneath his feet, splitting from two into four, four into eight, eight into sixteen. In the end, a total of thirty-two Soul Rings spread out and surrounded the Dragon Loach.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!"

Dragon roars rang out one after another, echoing endlessly throughout the region. Countless birds took flight in alarm, while soul beasts within several kilometers fled into the distance in groups.

In the sky, Divine Dragons of gold and green roared as they shot out from the Soul Rings. Their bodies stretched wide and crisscrossed through the air, completely occupying the heavens. Layer after layer of shadows fell below; calling it sky-covering and sun-blocking would not be an exaggeration.

The Dragon Loach below had stopped crawling. It raised its massive head and met pairs of majestic dragon eyes as large as lanterns. It fell directly into despair.

"My Soul Power is nearly exhausted. If you can still escape under these circumstances, what harm is there in sparing your life?"

Atop the Wood Dragon's head, Xu Changqing's face was slightly pale, but the corners of his lips curled upward.

This was the terror of a Summoning System Soul Master!

Countless underlings—aren't you scared?

Not scared?

Then I'll annoy you to death!

If you want to fight me, you first have to get past my underlings.

As long as I still have Soul Power, I am invincible!

Standing atop the Wood Dragon's head, he swept out his hand. The thirty-two Golden Dragons and Wood Dragons that had long been poised to strike immediately charged down in an orderly formation.

The leading Wood Dragon was the first to unleash its ultimate move, Wandering Body Bind. Countless Willow Branches rose from around the Dragon Loach like a cage, forming walls on all four sides and blocking every path before, behind, left, and right.

The Wood Dragon then vanished, and several Golden Dragons behind it immediately filled the gap. Three Heavenly Walk Ruptures crashed down from the sky. The Dragon Loach had nowhere to dodge and was struck in an instant. Its shrieks came one after another, the wounds on its body burst open, and the mucus on its skin vaporized as rumbling explosions rang out once more.

These Golden Dragons and Wood Dragons strictly followed a one-bind, three-attack strategy. Their coordination was incomparably seamless, without the slightest mistake.

In the distance, several hundred meters away.

Sword Douluo and Ning Rongrong, drawn over by the massive commotion, hid on the branch of an old tree dense with leaves. They watched through gaps in the foliage.

Sword Douluo's face twitched repeatedly, his expression one of utter disbelief. Forgive him, but he truly could not hold it together at the sight of that battle. He had never heard of or seen anything like it in his life. Was this really a battle that a two-ring Great Soul Master could produce?

What kind of Soul Master was this?

He could actually summon soul beasts resembling the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul to fight for him?

Could this kid be from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan? Had his martial soul undergone some kind of mutation?

Sword Douluo's heart churned with stormy waves.

Ning Rongrong did not think as deeply as he did. She only felt that the young man standing atop the Wood Dragon's head, smiling faintly, was incredibly powerful and imposing. That scene was deeply branded into her young heart, and perhaps she would never forget it.

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