Tricking the Master's Dragon

Bing Lin frowned, surprised that Chen Tong would give her the source of his power. Moved, but also a little angry, she said, "Do you know this is the source of your power? Once it's gone, you'll become useless!"

"I know!" Chen Tong said casually. "But what does it matter? Because that person is you."

Bing Lin looked at Chen Tong with a complex expression. "If you give it to me, what about you?"

"The scene inside isn't really suitable for me to enter!" Chen Tong said, deliberately avoiding her eyes. "I'll wait for you here. Once you find your sister, come out quickly."

"Alright then!" Bing Lin no longer refused and took the Divine Essence into her hand. "I'll return it to you after I rescue my sister." With that, she walked towards the stone cave.

"Wait a moment!" Chen Tong suddenly called out! Bing Lin's delicate body trembled, and she turned her head to look at Chen Tong in confusion. "What is it?"

"That..." Chen Tong awkwardly tossed a storage ring to Bing Lin. "Those people inside, please trouble you to save them too. This ring has clothes for girls inside! Heh heh... Heh heh, go on!"

Bing Lin glanced at the ring, then deeply at Chen Tong, and without asking further questions, she charged in.

"Sigh, why do I always feel like something bad is about to happen?" Chen Tong muttered to himself, occasionally glancing towards the distant west.

"Kid, are you crazy? Giving the Divine Essence, something equivalent to your life, to that girl? Are you tired of living?" the Death Underworld Dragon's furious voice echoed from his Sea of Consciousness.

When Chen Tong took out the Divine Essence, it had wanted to stop him, but that damned Chen Tong had sealed his spiritual sense at that moment. Now that it was unsealed, how could it not be furious? It knew its life was tied to Chen Tong's.

"Don't I still have you? How could I die so easily? Besides, she needs the power more than I do right now, so of course, I have to help."

"Help? Hmph!" The Death Underworld Dragon was furious. "Don't forget you're on that guy's territory right now. Without the Divine Essence, any stray cat or dog could send you flying."

"Tch!" Chen Tong scoffed. "I'm not as weak as you think."

"Oh... really?" The Death Underworld Dragon roared thunderously in the Sea of Consciousness! The immense dragon's roar emanated from the Sea of Consciousness, shaking the outside world into a state of chaos.

"You... you damn dragon, what are you doing?" Chen Tong was panicked now.

Heh heh... Didn't you say you weren't as weak as I thought? Then let's test it! Let's see how much power you have left without the Divine Essence.

"You... you despicable, shameless, dirty, filthy, vulgar, disgusting, stupid dragon."

"Curse all you want. Even if you curse until the sky turns dark and the ghosts wail, you can't stop my magnificent dragon roar from alarming the entire West Phoenix Mountain. Heh heh! Kid! If I were you, I'd find a place to hide right now."

"You...!" Chen Tong was pacing anxiously. "Death Underworld Dragon, don't forget, if something happens to me, you won't be able to live either."

"You're wrong. As long as you don't die, I can live. Don't worry, you won't die. I'll come to save you when you have only one breath left. Alright, I'm going to sleep."

"You...!" Chen Tong was furious. Damn it, is this what it's like to have a master who gets tricked? Having a System was one thing, but now there's a stupid dragon too.

"Quick! Children, gather at the back mountain! There's movement at the back mountain."

Although Chen Tong had lost his Divine Essence and couldn't use his spiritual sense, his hearing was still good. He heard the commotion of the demons gathering from afar.

"Damn it!" Chen Tong was in a dilemma, unable to run or stay. He glanced at the dark cave entrance and gritted his teeth, forcing himself to charge in! He hoped his Death Domain was a passive skill, otherwise, he might die inside.

He knew the Yin energy here was so dense it could manifest forms. Coupled with the absence of his Divine Essence, barging in would be suicide. But he had no choice; outside were a bunch of demons. Even if he survived, he'd definitely be beaten!

He, a dignified Grand Unity Divine Immortal, who was on par with Tathagata and the Jade Emperor, if he were beaten by a bunch of minor demons, how embarrassing would that be! Entering the cave was his only hope.

As soon as he reached the cave entrance, a gust of Yin Sha wind pierced his soul, causing him to tremble uncontrollably from the pain!

Damn it, this wretched dragon! Just you wait, I'll settle this with you later. Chen Tong had lost count of how many times he had cursed the Death Underworld Dragon in his heart, having already insulted its entire ancestry.

"Beep!"

Just then, the long-lost voice of another master who tricked him rang out!

[Beep, detected that host has not completed Mission 4. Please proceed to Fire Cloud Cave to stop Tathagata and save Sun Wukong.]

"Get lost!!" Chen Tong wasn't excited about the System's mission; instead, he roared in anger. "Save, save? Why don't you save me?"

He was currently enduring the pain, like an eighty-year-old woman, leaning against the stone wall, moving step by step like a snail, slowly deepening into the cave, his situation utterly pathetic.

[Beep, detected host dissatisfaction. System warning! Warning!]

"Warning your sister! Get lost! I don't want to deal with you."

Any transmigrator would treat their System like their own parents, cherishing it dearly! But Chen Tong now was extremely defiant, as if he was about to confront the System.

[Beep, System detects host has no hope. System decides to terminate.]

"Thump!"

With a crisp sound, Chen Tong knelt on the ground without hesitation, abandoning his previous defiance and anger. He wailed, tears and snot streaming down his face. "System, I was just practicing my cultivation! This kind of cultivation requires this method to be successful. System, you must understand! Don't worry, I'll complete the mission immediately."

[Beep, detected host remorse. Decided to give one last chance.]

The System fell silent again.

Chen Tong breathed a sigh of relief. "Hoo... I managed to bluff my way through. So, Fire Cloud Cave! Tathagata!" Chen Tong endured the pain and thought for a moment! It seemed that to complete the mission, he had to get out first.

Chen Tong glanced at the outside of the cave, his eyes flickering with confusion! Wasn't Tathagata at Spiritual Mountain? Why did he go to Fire Cloud Cave? Was he going to fight the Three Sovereigns? No, since the Three Sovereigns were there, the monkey should be fine. Why did I still need to stop him?

A pile of questions assaulted Chen Tong's mind. At this moment, frequent footsteps and noisy chatter could be heard from outside the cave entrance!

"Commander!"

"How is it? Did you find the source of that sound?"

"The source of the sound should be around here, but I've searched everywhere just now and found nothing."

Listening to the voices outside, Chen Tong's face grew increasingly grim. "Damn it, I wonder if Bing Lin has found her sister yet?"

"Commander, you're going into the cave entrance?"

Eventually, the voice Chen Tong feared the most reached him from outside. He endured the pain and continued to move deeper into the cave entrance, hoping Bing Lin would come out quickly.