Evil Dragon Li Mazi

2024-07-14

Chapter 370 Evil Dragon Li Mazi

"Old Man Chang will be able to take flight and transform into a dragon in just one more year!"

"I've heard that dragons truly exist in the Martial World world!"

Looking at the churning dark clouds in the sky and the gigantic monster that appeared and disappeared in the distance, Luo Jun recalled the descriptions he had heard before...

Therefore, it's understandable that the giant snake was not an ordinary wild beast, and that the Jueyan Tribe revered it Deity!

"This is it..." A Jueyan Tribe suddenly knelt on the ground, letting the rain soak his animal hide, and burst into tears. "Li Mazi has crossed the Dragon Pass first, and we'll never have a good life again..."

"What good days are we talking about!" Another person also collapsed to the ground, trembling and clutching their head. "Our Jueyan Tribe is probably going to be wiped out by it!"

At this moment, the little girl became unusually brave, stepping forward and kicking both of them to the ground. "You spineless cowards! We have the blessing of Old Man Chang on us. Even if Old Man Chang isn't here, we will still fight against Li Mazi and not let him take over the Black River Mountain Range!"

As she spoke, the girl pulled open her collar, revealing a glowing bone pendant. Then she drew a curved knife from her waist, pointed it at the sky, and roared in a language that Luo Jun couldn't understand.

Luo Jun then noticed that the girl's sword was not made of metal. The sword was entirely white, seemingly crafted from animal bones or teeth. Under Luo Jun's special vision, the ancient sword was enveloped in a lustrous aura, clearly indicating that it was no ordinary weapon!

The unsheathed ancient sword seemed to provoke the monster hiding in the air, as the dark clouds churned even more violently, and then a bolt of lightning struck down towards the girl!

At that critical moment, a swift figure flashed by, snatched the girl away, and narrowly escaped the Heavenly Thunder!

"It was you?" The girl looked at Luo Jun, who had saved her, but showed no gratitude whatsoever. "You medicine thief, let me go!"

Luo Jun released the girl and frowned, asking, "What exactly is going on? Who is Old Man Chang? And who is Li Mazi?"

Although she was unhappy with Luo Jun's theft of the medicine, the girl explained, "Old Man Chang and Li Mazi are two Spirit Serpent that live on both sides of the Black River. Legend has it that they were sworn enemies a thousand years ago. After a great battle, they finally used the Black River as the boundary, with Li Mazi in the north and Old Man Chang in the south, mutually deterring each other from crossing the boundary."

"But for the past thousand years, these two Spirit Serpent have been diligently cultivating and gathering heavenly materials and earthly treasures, hoping to evolve into dragons. They are both snakes, so neither can defeat the other, but if one of them can transform into a dragon first, it can completely annihilate the other!"

"However, although these two Spirit Serpent are of the same kind, their personalities are quite different. Li Mazi is inherently cruel and will stop at nothing to cultivate, having devoured Jueyan Tribe north of the Black River. On the other hand, Old Man Chang is kind-hearted and not only lives peacefully with us, but has also stepped forward many times to protect us from Natural Disaster. But precisely because of this, Old Man Chang's cultivation progress is a notch slower than Li Mazi's..."

"Our clansmen also know that if Li Mazi were to transform into a dragon first, it would be a great disaster. So, generation after generation, we have helped Old Man Chang collect medicinal herbs and plant them in that valley rich in Spiritual Qi. Thanks to these herbs, Old Man Chang was able to accelerate his cultivation, catch up with Li Mazi, and even have the momentum to surpass him."

"This year marks the thousandth anniversary of Old Man Chang's cultivation, which is of paramount importance to the Spirit Serpent. Old Man Chang has specially prepared several spirit medicine for this day, hoping to successfully transform into a dragon before Li Mazi and completely defeat that evil snake!"

"But now, you've stolen the medicine, Old Man Chang has disappeared, and Li Mazi, for some unknown reason, has successfully transformed into a dragon ahead of schedule... This is terrible! Once this evil dragon emerges from seclusion, not only the Jueyan Tribe but the entire Central Plains will be plunged into chaos!"

Luo Jun frowned upon hearing this. "You mean, which Old Man Chang has disappeared without a trace?"

The girl nodded. "When we went to the valley a few days ago, we found that the medicinal herbs and Old Man Chang were gone... At first, we thought that he had dug up the herbs and gone into Closed Door Cultivation to transform into a dragon, but three days ago, the tribal shaman received Thousand-Li Transmission wandering tribesman who said that he had seen Old Man Chang's medicinal herbs in Eight Paths Market, so we rushed over to check the situation!"

Thousand-Li Transmission? That must be a means of transmitting messages over long distances. And that valley in the Black River is only three days away from here and before... It seems that the Jueyan Tribe in the Deep Mountains has quite a few tricks up their sleeves and is not as backward as the people of the Central Plains imagine.

"I understand..." Luo Jun looked up at the dark clouds in the sky. "Although it was unintentional, I caused the trouble, so leave this to me!"

With that, Luo Jun strode into the merchant guild's warehouse, found the enormous Dragon Gall, grabbed it, rushed out of the guild, waved it at the sky, and shouted, "Want this? Come with me!" After saying that, he turned and rushed out of Eight Paths Market without looking back, heading towards the wilderness outside the city.

Strangely enough, the dark clouds in the sky actually followed him.

After listening to the girl's description, Luo Jun roughly deduced the truth of the matter.

These two Spirit Serpent, which had been locked in a standoff for a thousand years, were now on the verge of transforming into dragons. Although Old Man Chang was kind and benevolent to people, good snakes don't always get good rewards. He was killed by Luo Jun, who was unaware of the truth, when he passed by and mistook him for a wild beast. Luo Jun even dug out his gall bladder.

After Old Man Chang died, the first person to notice was not the Jueyan Tribe, but his old rival Li Mazi, who was located on the other side of the Black River.

The giant snake sensed the disappearance of the aura that had been locked in a stalemate for a thousand years. It stealthily crept to the south bank, discovered Old Man Chang's corpse, swallowed it, and hid somewhere, attempting to transform into a dragon using the vital energy absorbed from the corpse. This is why, apart from the medicinal herbs, even Old Man Chang's enormous corpse had vanished from the scene.

However, judging from the results, although the transformation into a dragon seemed to have been successful, it was not a complete success.

Because Luo Jun had taken away the Dragon Gall, one of the organs richest in Spiritual Qi from the snake's corpse!

Because of this missing piece, Li Mazi did not obtain the most ideal power after transforming into a dragon, which is why he chased after Zhou Daye to Eight Paths Market in order to find the Dragon Gall that Zhou Daye had lost!

Before coming to [Martial World], Luo Jun had heard about dragons in this world. According to legend, a fully-formed dragon should have the power of Ascension-level, at least not inferior to Mosayus of [Utopia].

But the dragon in the sky clearly didn't reach that level!

Luo Jun made this judgment based on two reasons.

First, no matter how fast he is, he can't outrun lightning. The reason he was able to successfully rescue the girl from the lightning strike was because he anticipated the danger. The giant dragon in the sky had a brief period of charging up before the Lightning Strike, which Luo Jun caught and acted in advance to save the girl.

However, a true Feather Transformation attack of this level would not reveal such an obvious flaw!

Secondly, just now, as the girl was telling him the whole story, a long-lost mission notification sound rang in Luo Jun's mind!

"Triggering the quest: Save Eight Paths Market from Li Mazi"

"Mission Difficulty: 75"

Severity Coefficient: 12 times

"Mission Consume: Five Uses"

"Mission Quota: Twelve uses"

"Accept or not?"

(End of this chapter)