The golden light was blocked by the black light and, at an even faster speed, turned back again.
The black light behind it clung tightly to its tail, its speed not falling behind in the slightest!
When the black light swept past Jing Qian, a flash of pale-blue Magic Power spiritual radiance flickered briefly in his perception.
That black light was actually a seventh-rank blue-blooded great demon!
Judging by its shape, it was a crocodile-dragon covered entirely in black scales.
The crocodile-dragon was not particularly large, only seven or eight meters long, but its dragon head and crocodile body were exceptionally fierce, making anyone who saw it shudder with fear!
The crocodile-dragon's cultivation was two major realms higher than the Dragon Carp's. With the Dragon Carp locked onto by it, the only thing it could do was flee for its life, gradually falling under the crocodile-dragon's control.
The crocodile-dragon did not suppress it directly. Instead, it used its advantages in Magic Power and speed to forcibly confine the Dragon Carp within a circle.
Whenever the Dragon Carp tried to break through that range and flee into the distance, the crocodile-dragon would suddenly accelerate, turn into an even faster streak of black light, and intercept it, driving it back.
In Jing Qian's eyes, the golden light could only be seen darting and circling through the seawater, incredibly nimble.
Yet it was firmly held in the black light's grip!
With the Dragon Gate Grass Ball as the center, whenever the golden light flew outward, the black light would inevitably block it.
But when it flew inward, it could move freely, without the slightest hindrance.
Slowly, the golden light's range of movement grew smaller and smaller, until only the one-li radius around the grass ball remained.
Just then, the crocodile-dragon abruptly sent out a voice of Magic Power that reverberated across the sea:
"Dragon Carp, since you couldn't resist the temptation and have revealed yourself, stop thinking about escaping!"
"Settle down and eat this grass ball properly, then complete your advancement."
"I can promise you this: if you advance successfully, I'll only take ninety percent of your vital blood and spare your life!"
The crocodile-dragon's aura of Magic Power churned across the sea, and the pressure it placed on the Dragon Carp grew heavier and heavier.
Seeing that it truly could not break free, the Dragon Carp resigned itself and burrowed toward the grass ball.
It began eating the Dragon Gate Grass Ball again. It was still eating grass, but before, it had been acting of its own accord; now, it was doing so under duress.
A thoroughly helpless, half-dead sense of workplace fatigue actually arose from the Dragon Carp.
With the crocodile-dragon lurking outside, Jing Qian did not dare leave the Void Realm for even an instant.
He had long since abandoned his interest in the Crimson Scale Dragon Carp. Instead, he treated the scene before him as a grand spectacle!
A seventh-rank crocodile-dragon was incredibly rare. Where would he normally get the chance to see one?
Jing Qian simply regarded this as an opportunity to broaden his horizons.
The Crimson Scale Dragon Carp no longer thought about escaping. It devoted itself wholeheartedly to devouring the Dragon Gate Grass Ball, and its speed naturally grew faster and faster.
In less than half an hour, the grass ball was devoured completely.
Then, streaks of blue-and-white Magic Power spiritual radiance suddenly began to spread from the Dragon Carp's body.
It had actually begun to elevate the essence of its life, advancing from the White Fang rank toward the Azure Wing rank!
The Crimson Scale Dragon Carp was a specialty spirit fish of the Hun Continent's seas. Legend had it that it was a unique bloodline evolved after a true dragon above the Golden Root rank had fallen in these waters countless millions of years ago.
This spirit fish could use its White Fang flesh and blood to bear a trace of Purple Pupil dragon blood, making it nothing short of a wonder of creation.
And precisely because of that trace of dragon blood, the Crimson Scale Dragon Carp displayed extraordinary value.
For living beings, consuming Dragon Carp flesh and blood could increase their Lifespan and strengthen their physiques.
For dragon breeds such as the crocodile-dragon, it could additionally purify their bloodlines and deepen their innate foundations.
Thus, the Dragon Carp could also be called a living spirit medicine whose value far exceeded its rank.
The reason such a rare yet weak spirit medicine had not gone extinct was entirely due to two traits of its own.
The first was the secret technique from its dragon bloodline: Dragon Travel Technique.
This secret technique could grant the Dragon Carp an exceptionally terrifying speed in water.
Any existence below the seventh rank could not even touch its edges.
The second trait was the Hidden Dragon destiny that every Dragon Carp possessed.
This destiny could conceal every trace of its supernatural aura, maintaining the appearance of an ordinary sea fish.
As long as they did not break their disguises themselves, even seventh-rank enemies could not distinguish them from the endless multitude of fish in the ocean.
Relying on these two traits, the Crimson Scale Dragon Carp was genuinely rarely captured by others.
That, in turn, drove up the value of this spirit fish even further.
For centuries, countless fishing enthusiasts had dreamed of catching a Crimson Scale Dragon Carp, instantly achieving financial freedom and rising through the social ranks on the spot.
The Dragon Gate Grass Ball had emerged precisely from those fishing enthusiasts' efforts: a specialized bait designed to target Dragon Carp.
This grass ball was refined from a seventh-rank spirit herb called Dragon Saliva Grass, which was likewise a treasure related to true dragon bloodlines.
When the Crimson Scale Dragon Carp consumed Dragon Saliva Grass, it could greatly elevate the essence of its life and the purity of its bloodline. It was a unique spirit bait powerful enough to lure Dragon Carp into breaking through their own concealment.
As long as they were within the grass ball's range, all Dragon Carp would abandon their disguises and rush over at the first opportunity. Its effect was far stronger than using catnip to tease cats!
The grass ball's effect was excellent. It had only one shortcoming: its cost was far too high, and it was difficult to refine.
If one used a grass ball and caught only one Dragon Carp, it would inevitably be a crushing loss. Catching two was the bare minimum needed to break even.
So free grass balls were still the best!
At some point, among the fishing enthusiasts who used Dragon Gate Grass Balls to chum the waters and fish for Dragon Carp in the Hun Continent's seas, anyone without seventh-rank Prolonging Life realm cultivation was, by default, considered to have a death wish!
That was because the moment the grass ball was put down, a seventh-rank dragon-blooded great demon would inevitably come following its scent.
If Jing Qian had not had the Void Realm to conceal himself, he would already have been buried in the crocodile-dragon's stomach by now.
As the first seventh-rank living being to arrive, the crocodile-dragon had occupied this Dragon Gate Grass Ball and even used its Magic Power to declare its sovereignty.
Normally, a single Dragon Carp, though precious, was not worth a seventh-rank existence competing over openly.
But once this Dragon Carp, which had already reached the peak of the White Fang rank, began its crucial advancement, everything changed!
No dragon-breed great demon could give up an eighth-rank Golden Dragon Carp after its advancement!
After completing its advancement, the trace of Golden Root dragon blood within the Dragon Carp would be enough to raise the bloodline of a seventh-rank dragon breed by an entire level!
Precisely because of this, a plump pink giant softshell turtle and a flawless white-jade dragon shrimp appeared outside the sea region the crocodile-dragon had circled off, at some unknown point.
The two seventh-rank blue-blooded great demons, both carrying true dragon bloodlines, stood silently at the periphery, staring intently at the Dragon Carp's advancement.
If it truly advanced successfully, a seventh-rank battle would become completely unavoidable!
Jing Qian was also filled with anticipation.
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