Golden Scales

Upon hearing Yi Yun's words, a glint flashed in Cang Wu's eyes; it seemed that Yi Yun had anticipated all of this.

"Yi Yun, you wouldn't be telling me that the outcome of my entering the Kanglong Ding was something you had already planned out, would you!"

Yi Yun smiled faintly. He had indeed calculated that Cang Wu would follow him in. He deliberately opened the cauldron lid to draw Cang Wu's attention, and then sealed the cauldron in a very short time, making Cang Wu think that he was afraid.

With time so pressing, Cang Wu had no time to think things through. As a martial artist, not to mention someone as ambitious as Cang Wu, most people would take a gamble when faced with danger and opportunity; otherwise, what would be the point of pursuing the path of martial arts?

"This is interesting!" Cang Wu sized up Yi Yun. "Your cultivation seems to have reached the eighth level of the Dao Palace Realm? Such rapid advancement in cultivation, coupled with lagging laws and an unstable foundation, is harmful to you. You don't naively believe you can kill me, do you?"

"Why don't you try and see? I've just made a leap in my cultivation, and my internal energy is about to overflow. I need an opponent to hone my skills, so after much deliberation, I've chosen you!"

As Yi Yun spoke, he gently moved his wrist, and golden lines flashed across the back of his right hand, looking like golden tattoos.

"I was talking about that person who's about to die..."

Yi Yun looked at Diaoshaomei, who was still immersed in immense fear. Cang Wu's indifference towards him had chilled him to the bone. Although he was unwilling to admit it, he was slowly realizing that Cang Wu really would kill him!

He never imagined that his simple act of urinating next to the Kanglong Ding to attract attention would cost him his life.

Startled by Yi Yun's call, Diao Shaomei was completely disregarded by the fact that Yi Yun had called him "a person who is about to die."

"What... what are you doing?"

Yi Yun smiled slightly, and suddenly, his figure shot out like a ghost, his right hand flashing with golden light, and he pressed down directly on Diao Shaomei!

Yi Yun's strike was like a mountain pressing down, causing Diao Shaomei to be greatly shaken. He retreated rapidly, and at the same time, he activated his Protective Vital Energy, producing a Longsword in his hand to block Yi Yun's attack with all his might.

Even knowing it was a drop in the ocean, he didn't give up his dying struggle.

"Uncle-Master Cang Wu, save me!"

Diao Shaomei cried out in despair, but Yi Yun's attack had already arrived.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, Yi Yun pierced through Diao Shaomei's Protective Vital Energy as Yi Yun as paper, and grabbed Diao Shaomei's arm.

"Snap!"

With a crisp crack of bones breaking, Diao Shaomei let out a scream as Yi Yun crushed his arm. Yi Yun then kicked Diao Shaomei in the chest and, with a flick of his right hand, pulled Diao Shaomei's sword into Yi Yun's grasp.

"Lend me your sword!"

Yi Yun's Illusion Snow Sword was taken away by the Myriad Gods Ancestor, and now he has no suitable weapon. The reason he attacked Diao Shaomei first was because of the sword in Diao Shaomei's hand.

At this moment, Diao Shaomei was kicked away by Yi Yun. His sternum completely collapsed, and he didn't know how many ribs were broken. His lungs were already shattered, and then bone fragments pierced them!

Upon hearing Yi Yun's words, Diao Shaomei spat out a mouthful of blood. He almost cried. If he wanted his sword, he could have just asked. He wouldn't have dared to refuse. But Yi Yun didn't say a word and attacked right away, killing him half to death!

With the Longsword in hand, but still bearing the Divine Seal left by Diao Shaomei, Yi Yun couldn't use it immediately.

At this moment, Cang Wu had silently appeared behind Yi Yun, holding a strangely shaped weapon in his hand, resembling both a knife and a sword. The weapon itself was winding and serrated, with one side being a blade and the other side being serrated. The blade was dark and dull, as if it could devour light, and it pierced directly towards Yi Yun's back!

"Buzz!"

The blade trembled, and as the weapon arrived, countless gray ripples appeared in the space. These ripples resonated with the serrations in the weapon, as if the void itself was about to be cut open!

"Huh? What's this?"

Looking at the gray ripples, Yi Yun's pupils contracted slightly. He sensed a terrifying destructive power within those gray ripples.

Yi Yun retreated rapidly, but the blade still grazed his Protective Vital Energy.

Click!

A huge gash was torn open in Yi Yun's Protective Vital Energy, and a powerful tearing force invaded his body along Yi Yun shattered Protective Vital Energy, penetrating straight into his meridians and wreaking havoc!

This force was like countless leeches tearing at Yi Yun's body, as if it wanted to rip him apart.

Yi Yun's expression changed; this kind of move was truly bizarre.

"Hehe, it didn't feel good, did it!"

Cang Wu licked his lips. He already had a somewhat bewitching appearance, but after taking out this black blade, he completely lost the majesty of the sect leader's eldest disciple and became even more sinister and eerie.

His long hair was loose and flowing, which, combined with the bizarrely shaped weapon, made him look like a demon.

"You're truly remarkable. This weapon of mine is called Ghost Slash. Anyone who is even slightly touched by my slash will be instantly pulverized! The fact that you can still withstand it is truly astounding. You're only at the eighth level of the Dao Palace Realm. Once you break through to the Venerable Realm, I won't be your match. You have a bright future ahead of you, but unfortunately, you're too arrogant. You actually dared to plot to kill me. You're overestimating yourself."

Cang Wu stroked the serrated edge of the Ghost Slash sword and spoke slowly and deliberately.

"Cut... strangle..."

Yi Yun felt the raging gray energy within his body. This was a law that Cang Wu had comprehended and infused into his weapon. Any opponent who fought him would have their body torn apart if they were even slightly grazed by this law.

The laws that Cang Wu cultivates are extremely rare, and coupled with his own cultivation level at the late stage of the Venerable realm, the support of this cultivation alone makes his cutting law incomparably powerful.

If Yi Yun hadn't consumed the Dragon Emperor Sarira, which activated his life potential and made his physical body a thousand times stronger, he probably wouldn't have been able to withstand this cutting law at all.

"That's all. Your laws, though strange, are not the Supreme Great Dao. With these, becoming an ordinary Divine Lord is the limit. It's impossible to even fuse with the Divine Lord Seal. No wonder you desperately wanted the opportunity within the Kanglong Ding. You've probably heard the Ancestor mention the <Dragon Emperor Art>, right? Do you want to obtain this technique?"

Yi Yun said sarcastically. He meant it that way because he was fighting Cang Wu and would not miss any opportunity to undermine Cang Wu's Martial Heart. Martial artists who reach the Venerable level almost all have their own special opportunities, but the difference between good and bad opportunities is huge.

Yi Yun disliked his own cultivation technique, but in reality, his fragments of the "Myriad Demons Sacred Canon" were already top-tier techniques that would make countless people envious.

"Speaking nonsense!"

Cang Wu roared, but his voice froze as soon as he opened his mouth. He clearly felt that the gray law power within Yi Yun's body was being rapidly destroyed.

Yi Yun's physical body was like a perpetually regenerating furnace. As his blood vessels circulated, the power of the laws was constantly eroded until it eventually disappeared without a trace.

This Cang Wu Cangwu. Yi Yun's bloodline actually possessed this characteristic?

"You are indeed extraordinary! It seems your flesh and blood are precious in themselves. No wonder the ancestor wanted to use you to refine medicine. Today, I will kill you here and refine your bloodline into a precious medicine!"

Cang Wu roared, his body rippling with black waves, and Ghost Slash came down again.

Yi Yun remained calm and composed. He casually flicked his Longsword, and with a soft "poof," the half-dead Diao Shao Yi Yun behind him let out another scream. The Divine Seal he had left on the Longsword was directly erased by Yi Yun.

"Call out!"

With a single sword strike, it moved like a dragon swishing its tail.

Yi Yun's sword strike did not utilize any laws, yet he unleashed his life potential and infused it with his powerful physical strength!

"When!"

With a deafening clang of metal clashing, a large number of gray ripples in the void were shattered by Yi Yun's sword!

However, Yi Yun also felt a tremendous force of recoil, which disrupted the flow of qi and blood within his body.

"Too light!"

Yi Yun frowned. This sword was too light. After practicing the Dragon Emperor Art, Yi Yun's physical strength had increased wildly without him realizing it, which gave him the idea of wanting a heavier weapon.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

Gray ripples gathered and surrounded Yi Yun's body.

"Drink!"

Yi Yun roared, activating the Dragon Emperor Bloodline within him. This Dragon Emperor Bloodline caused golden patterns to form on the surface of Yi Yun's skin, resembling a golden carp.

"Nine Forms of Kanglong - Golden Scales!"

Apart from the Dragon Emperor, who was born from chaos at the beginning of time, all other dragons were cultivated later in life.

The dragon has nine sons, none of whom resemble dragons!

The descendants of the Dragon King are born from the union of the Dragon King and other living beings. Although they have dragon blood flowing in their veins, their appearance is very different from that of a dragon.

To ultimately transform into a dragon, one must endure tribulations and encounter opportunities to finally awaken the Dragon Emperor Bloodline. This is similar to how practitioners of the <Dragon Emperor Art> eventually forge a dragon within their bodies!

Like a fish leaping over the dragon gate, soaring through the sky!

The Teng Snake spews mist, transforming into a dragon over billions of years!

Whether it's the fish leaping over the Dragon Gate to become a dragon, or the Teng Snake transforming into a dragon after billions of years of absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, both are extremely difficult processes.

Moreover, as the Dragon Queen's descendants multiply and their bloodlines become increasingly distant, the Dragon Emperor's Blood slumbers deeper and deeper, making it even more difficult for her to transform into a dragon.

But transforming a Yi Yun a dragon is even more difficult than that!

Because the concentration of his bloodline is far inferior to that of the Dragon Son, he needs to use divine objects from heaven and earth to improve his bloodline. This is the process of cultivating the <Dragon Emperor Art>.

The Nine Forms of Kanglong are a technique that uses the bloodline within the body to simulate the power of a dragon's offspring, first activating the dragon's power within the body.

Golden Scales, also known as Dragon Carp, are one of the dragon's offspring.

A golden carp is no ordinary fish in a pond; it transforms into a dragon once it encounters wind and clouds!

At this moment, Yi Yun unleashed the Nine Forms of Kanglong, using the Dragon Emperor Bloodline within his body to simulate the power of golden scales.

This is also the only move that Yi Yun has learned among the Nine Forms of Kanglong.

The Nine Forms of Kanglong - Golden Scales!

Unleashing Yi Yun's life potential can multiply his attack power in a short period of time; even burning his life essence wouldn't achieve the same result!