First update today: Chapter 1994! 1/3!
Xu Kun's body began to change. His hands and feet turned into dragon claws, dragon scales emerged across his body, and his head transformed into a dragon's.
His entire body resembled crystal, flowing with three-colored radiance!
Ice-Water True Dragon!
The dragon head turned back, glaring viciously at the nine tool dragons that had pulled the carriage.
At that moment, the nine tool dragons transformed into dragon-headed humanoids, each of them looking at Xu Kun with half-smiles.
"My lord, we have guided you this far. The rest of the road is yours to walk."
If Xu Kun still did not understand, then he was an idiot.
Previously, these Nine Dragons had been captured by Bai Qi under the Qin Emperor's orders, meant to bolster Xu Kun's prestige during his expedition to the western regions.
As true dragons of the Eastern Dragon Court, they were naturally immensely proud. How could anyone in the world use them as mounts? Thus, they had been extremely resistant at the start.
Only after he displayed his pure Dragon Race bloodline, suppressing them through bloodline pressure, and promised to release them after they accompanied him on one journey—
Did they agree to humble themselves as mounts.
Afterward, when Xu Kun ascended the Heavenly Ladder passage, he honored his promise, removed their shackles, and let them leave.
But now that he was heading to the Dragon Race, Bai Qi had brought them back again—and this time, they had come willingly.
Xu Kun had thought they had been cowed by his domineering aura and True Dragon Bloodline, and wanted to follow him for a better life.
But he had never expected these Nine Dragons to harbor ill intentions all along.
"Did Zhu Jiu order this?"
"Please do not be angry, my lord.