Kun Peng had never expected this.
Two tiny young dragons in the late Golden Immortal stage had become Dragon Clan powerhouses in the early Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage in the blink of an eye.
What had originally been harmless prey had become the hunters just like that.
It was just as the saying went...
High-level hunters often appeared in the form of prey!
Kun Peng thought he had gone from hunter to prey, but he didn't know...
He had been prey from the very beginning!
After that blazing sun locked onto him,
Kun Peng felt as though a star weighed down on him, and he immediately lost the ability to flee.
Instinctively, Kun Peng tried to break free of the heavy burden.
But he discovered, to his despair,
that with his current strength, he simply couldn't.
"Caw!"
Kun Peng couldn't help letting out an angry cry.
At the same time,
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
Two mighty dragon roars rang out.
Vast dragon might descended.
Combined with the pressure of that blazing sun,
Kun Peng could no longer hold on. He was driven straight into the sea and embedded deep in the seabed.
And that wasn't all.
The blazing sun in the sky seemed like a falling star as it slammed viciously into Kun Peng.
"Caw!"
Kun Peng let out another cry.
But compared to the last one, this cry was filled with despair.
It hadn't been long since Kun Peng's birth.
His cultivation had only just reached Perfected Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
How could he possibly stand against two Grand Unity Golden Immortals?
Kun Peng was filled with despair.
Over the years,
he had secretly eaten many members of the Dragon Clan.
If the Dragon Clan caught him,
he could imagine what his fate would be!
"No!"
At the thought,
a powerful Law Power burst forth from Kun Peng.
Judging by its fluctuations,
it was unmistakably the Law of Speed!
The next moment,
Kun Peng shot into the sky.
Under the two dragons' astonished gazes, he transformed into his roc form.
His wings, vast as clouds hanging from the heavens, flapped fiercely.
He was about to flee!
Kun Peng had cultivated the Law of Speed.
His escape speed was astonishing!
Even though his cultivation had not yet reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage,
Kun Peng was quite confident he could get away.
However,
just as Kun Peng spread his wings and soared furiously into the sky,
"Bam!"
A violent impact rang out.
Kun Peng saw stars.
His already gravely wounded body staggered on the verge of collapse.
As it turned out,
just as Kun Peng tried to escape,
a golden barrier had appeared across an area ten thousand li in every direction.
It was clearly a trapping formation!
When Kun Peng came to his senses, he was utterly despairing.
Trapped in the formation, he had no chance of surviving.
At the same time,
a cold voice sounded beside Kun Peng's ear...
"You vile beast! I've finally caught you!"
The speaker was a gigantic dragon covered in gold.
He was also the leader of the operation to capture Kun Peng...
The Great Sun Heavenly Dragon, Ao Yue!
Seeing the despair on Kun Peng's face,
Ao Yue couldn't have felt more satisfied.
He had waited far too long for this day.
The Ancestral Dragon had given him only a thousand years.
And yet that loathsome Kun Peng had been so patient.
It was only when the thousand-year deadline was almost up
that Kun Peng finally gave him a chance to capture him.
Fortunately,
he had succeeded in the end!
"What kind of race are you? How can you take such a form?"
Ao Yue stared intently at Kun Peng, his eyes full of confusion.
He had clearly seen Kun Peng in two different forms.
From what Ao Yue could sense,
whether in his "kun" form or his "roc" form,
Kun Peng's combat strength far surpassed what his cultivation level should allow.
His "roc" form was especially formidable.
If Ao Yue hadn't set up the trapping formation in advance,
the strange beast might really have escaped!
As the Dragon Clan's Crown Prince, Ao Yue had never heard of a race with such extraordinary gifts.
However,
when faced with his question,
Kun Peng felt a surge of hope and kept his mouth shut.
Kun Peng was exceptionally clever.
Now that he had been caught by the Dragon Clan, he had almost no chance of surviving.
And the Dragon Clan member before him was clearly very interested in him.
That gave Kun Peng his only possible opening to escape alive.
In the original story,
Kun Peng had escaped this way as well.
Meanwhile,
though Ao Yue was furious, he still refrained from killing Kun Peng outright.
After beating Kun Peng until he was gravely wounded,
Ao Yue released a streak of golden light. It entered Kun Peng's body and sealed him.
The thousand-year deadline was almost up.
The journey was long.
Ao Yue had to take Kun Peng to the East Sea first and report in.
After that,
Ao Yue would have plenty of time to torment Kun Peng properly.
Ao Yue didn't believe Kun Peng could keep his mouth shut forever!
But what Ao Yue didn't know was...
When he beat Kun Peng until he was gravely wounded,
a faint figure had quietly appeared in the sky above him.
The figure made no rash move. Instead, he quietly followed behind Ao Yue.
It was just as the saying went...
The mantis stalked the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!
For this capture operation,
Ao Yue and another Dragon Clan Grand Unity Golden Immortal had both taken the form of young dragons to serve as bait.
There were also many Dragon Clan Great Experts standing by outside the area.
It was fair to say
that once Kun Peng fell into the trap, he would have no chance of escape.
And just as Ao Yue had hoped,
he had captured Kun Peng with ease.
Ao Yue immediately dismissed the many Dragon Clan members, then carried Kun Peng off by himself and headed for the East Sea at top speed.
In Ao Yue's mind,
with his cultivation at the early Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage, and with the sea always beneath him,
it was like strolling around his own vegetable garden.
Completely safe!
But just as Ao Yue reached the edge of the North Sea and was about to enter the East Sea,
he suddenly stopped.
In his perception, a figure had appeared out of nowhere, leisurely blocking his path.
Ao Yue's heart gave a sudden lurch, and he immediately had a bad feeling.
"I am the Dragon Clan's Crown Prince, the Great Sun Heavenly Dragon, Ao Yue!"
"Who are you, to dare block my way?"
"Do you have a death wish?"
Ao Yue immediately bellowed.
Ao Yue was extremely proud. Even though the being blocking his path had appeared out of nowhere in a strange and sudden manner,
he didn't send out a distress signal. Instead, he announced his identity and demanded an explanation.
What Ao Yue didn't know
was that this cost him his last chance.
The next moment,
Ling Tian's handsome face was reflected in Ao Yue's eyes.
"Little Loach, long time no see."
Little Loach?
Ao Yue: "..."
Hearing Ling Tian call him that,
Ao Yue was so furious he could have spat fire!
He was the dignified Dragon Clan Crown Prince, and Ling Tian had called him Little Loach.
Anyone could tolerate that—but not Ao Yue!
Ao Yue felt rage surge through him. He casually tossed Kun Peng, whom he had been carrying like a dead dog, off to one side.
"Ha!"
With Ao Yue's furious shout,
the Myriad Stars appeared.
Another blazing sun manifested in the sky.
This Great Sun was far more powerful than the one that had defeated Kun Peng before.
Ao Yue was furious.
He unleashed his full power as soon as he attacked.
Seeing this,
the glimmer of hope that had just risen in Kun Peng's heart at Ling Tian's appearance vanished in an instant.
Given Ao Yue's strength,
there was absolutely no way this strange-looking creature before them could be his match!
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