However.
The next moment, the expression on Candle Dragon's face froze.
Just as his claw was about to suppress and kill Qing Tian, a pearl appeared silently, rippling with ten thousand acres of azure waves. Endless Essence of Gui Water spread out and blocked him directly.
Ancestor Dragon Pearl!
At this critical moment, Qing Tian had actually successfully refined the Ancestor Dragon Pearl and forcibly snatched it away from Ancestor Dragon!
Candle Dragon's pupils contracted sharply, and he thought, This is bad.
"Dragon God Soul Shattering Palm!"
He roared and unleashed the Dragon Clan's peerless divine ability, striking viciously toward Qing Tian.
He knew very well that if he wanted to reclaim the dragon pearl, he had no choice but to suppress and kill Qing Tian. There was no other way.
Qing Tian sneered. The World-Destroying Millstone suddenly vanished, and the Taiji Diagram unfurled, causing a black hole to emerge.
Ao!
A dragon roar rumbled. A chaos-colored dragon claw reached out from the black hole, also grabbing toward the Ancestor Dragon Pearl.
Ancestor Dragon God Splitting Claw!
Ancestor Dragon knew how formidable Qing Tian was, so he had used an extremely sinister and venomous technique the moment he attacked.
Boom!
The two terrifying dragon claws collided in an instant, erupting with boundless power.
The entire Undying Mountain shook violently. The ground split open with hideous cracks, while the leaden clouds in the sky roiled and were torn apart. Countless spatial rifts spread out, shattering the entire world into countless fragments.
Many living beings screamed and turned to dust in an instant. The qilin and phoenixes frantically retreated, while Phoenix Ancestor and Shi Qilin attacked at the same time to block the aftershocks of the battle.
In the void, hundreds of thousands of giant dragons screamed simultaneously. Some of them shattered outright, transforming into countless streams of blood that splattered onto the ground. Only a few giant dragons in the Hunyuan Golden Immortal Realm remained relatively intact, but they had still suffered severe damage to their vitality.
The two most terrifying dragons of the Dragon Clan had clashed, and the might they unleashed had actually reached such a level!
Qing Tian laughed loudly and stepped out into the void. While Ancestor Dragon and Candle Dragon had yet to react, he grabbed the Ancestor Dragon Pearl in one motion, then looked at the two giant dragons with great interest.
Ancestor Dragon and Candle Dragon were both stunned. What was going on?
The two of them had attacked in fury, practically giving it their all. They had originally been aiming for Qing Tian, but through a twist of fate, they had instead struck their own side.
"Qing Tian!"
Ancestor Dragon reacted and threw back his head with a long howl. He transformed into a chaos-colored shadow and pounced viciously.
How could he not understand that he had clearly fallen into Qing Tian's scheme?
"You're courting death."
Qing Tian's gaze was indifferent.
The Taiji Diagram appeared again and transformed into a golden bridge spanning heaven and earth.
He stood upon the golden bridge, with the Ancestor Dragon Pearl rotating above his head and radiating ten thousand zhang of light. He grabbed at the void with his right hand, and the Heaven-Opening Axe abruptly appeared, as if it intended to split heaven and earth in two.
Rumble!
At the instant Ancestor Dragon charged over, the Heaven-Opening Axe suddenly swung and came crashing down!
How terrifying was the might of an Innate Supreme Treasure?
Even the Heavenly Dao Incarnation could not withstand a single strike from Qing Tian, let alone Ancestor Dragon, whose vitality had been severely damaged.
Without any suspense, Ancestor Dragon was sent flying by the blow. The dragon horns on his head snapped in half, and chaos-colored blood spilled down like rain.
Everyone was stunned by this sight.
"Another... another Innate Supreme Treasure?"
Shi Qilin's voice began to tremble.
What kind of terrifying existence was this? He actually possessed so many supreme treasures!
He could not help but mourn for Ancestor Dragon.
Provoking such a powerful being was practically courting death!
"Phoenix Clan, heed my command. From today onward, when you see Dao Venerable Qing Tian, regard it as seeing me. You must not show the slightest discourtesy."
Phoenix Ancestor made a prompt decision and issued an order to the Phoenix Clan, afraid that some fool might provoke Qing Tian in the future. Would that not bring about a calamity of the heavens?
Meng Wu's beautiful eyes glimmered, and her heart remained unable to calm down for a long time.
This was her master!
Even Phoenix Ancestor had to show him considerable wariness!
Originally, becoming a mount had been a great humiliation for the Phoenix Clan.
But now, it clearly seemed to be an enormous blessing.
After knocking Ancestor Dragon back with a single axe strike, Qing Tian walked through the air, grabbed the broken dragon horns, and laughed. "These are good things. They'll be greatly nourishing!"
Ancestor Dragon was so furious that smoke seemed to pour from his seven orifices. He let out a hysterical howl, flames of rage blazing in his eyes.
Candle Dragon also flew over at this moment and landed beside Ancestor Dragon, watching Qing Tian warily.
Now that the Myriad Dragon Refining Realm Great Formation had been broken by Ancestor Dragon's attack, it could no longer display its previous power. He and Ancestor Dragon had both suffered severe damage to their vitality. Even if they continued fighting, they might not necessarily be able to defeat Qing Tian.
Ancestor Dragon, however, paid no attention to any of this. As his magical power surged, his broken dragon horns regenerated, and the aura around him continued to grow stronger. Clearly, he had no intention of letting the matter rest.
"Ancestor Dragon has been blinded by hatred. I'm afraid he won't escape this calamity."
Shi Qilin spoke with schadenfreude.
The Three Innate Races had stood at the apex of the Primordial Wilderness, and friction between them had never ceased. The main source of conflict was the Dragon Clan.
Now that he saw Ancestor Dragon suffer a loss, he was naturally delighted.
"This is a desperate measure. The Ancestor Dragon Pearl has fallen into Qing Tian's hands, so he must reclaim it at any cost. Otherwise, without the Ancestor Dragon Pearl suppressing their Destiny, the Dragon Clan will face a great calamity!"
Phoenix Ancestor shook her head. She now had a much clearer understanding of Qing Tian's strength.
Boom!
Without hesitation, Ancestor Dragon attacked again. He descended from the void, his entire body stretched taut like a battle spear, with his dragon head as the tip, stabbing down toward Qing Tian.
Candle Dragon, meanwhile, traveled close to the ground and transformed into a hidden dragon ascending to the heavens. As Yin-Yang Qi circulated, it formed a terrifying vortex that sucked Qing Tian's body in, destructive power emanating from within.
Those among the hundreds of thousands of giant dragons who still retained their strength also attacked at this moment. They once again formed a great formation, sealing the void in all directions and cutting off Qing Tian's escape routes.
This was the Dragon Clan's final gamble.
If they failed, they would die!
Qing Tian's expression remained calm. The World-Destroying Millstone appeared beneath his feet, then rapidly descended, suppressing the Yin-Yang Qi around Candle Dragon.
The Taiji Diagram expanded and swept toward all directions. Spatial power spread out, and the remaining members of the Dragon Clan had no time to resist before they were all devoured.
"Heaven Cleaver!"
He unleashed the Dharma Appearance of Heaven and Earth divine ability. His body continued to grow taller, transforming into a ten-thousand-zhang giant, and the Heaven-Opening Axe suddenly swung in his hand.
At this moment, Qing Tian seemed to have transformed into Great God Pangu, carrying out the act of Heaven-Opening!
Pfft!
The Heaven-Opening Axe came down, accompanied by the sound of flesh being torn apart. Great masses of dragon blood fell from the sky, as if a rainstorm had begun.*
The dragon roar was deafening, echoing across hundreds of thousands of li.
Thud!
Two severed dragon bodies crashed heavily onto the ground, their lives and deaths unknown.
The sight left countless people so shocked that they could barely close their mouths.
That had been Ancestor Dragon—the genuine article, an Innate Demon God whose strength surpassed that of a Quasi-Saint and had reached the terrifying Sub-Saint Realm. Yet he had been beaten down by Qing Tian, completely lacking the power to fight back.
"This... How is this possible?"
Candle Dragon felt his heart pounding with fear.
While his attention had been divided for even a moment, the World-Destroying Millstone above his head came crashing down, smashing him until his head was broken and bleeding, with most of the scales on his body shattered.
Looking at Qing Tian, whose aura was icy cold in the void, Candle Dragon no longer had the courage to continue attacking. He hurriedly unleashed the Nine Transformations of the Wandering Dragon divine ability, transforming his body into a streak of light that vanished into the void as he attempted to escape.
Unfortunately, he still had a fatal weakness here.
That was Ancestor Dragon!
As the Dragon Clan's second-strongest expert, Candle Dragon would never abandon Ancestor Dragon here, no matter what.
Even if it meant sacrificing his own life, he had to protect Ancestor Dragon.
The void was torn open, and a claw silently reached out, grabbing toward Ancestor Dragon.
Throughout the entire process, Candle Dragon was terrified, afraid that Qing Tian would discover him.
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