Continuing the Deception (Seeking Collections and Follow-ups)

Watching the Ice Dragon King fall from the sky, face-planting into the dirt with white foam spilling from his mouth and a tear in his pants, Yu Tianshuo knew the serious discussion had come to an end.

He shook his head with a smile. How had he ever thought to trick two idiots? They were already foolish enough; he didn't need to put in any effort at all.

Seeing the two of them about to start brawling again, Yu Tianshuo interrupted with a chuckle.

"Alright, stop fighting for a moment. Since the Ice Dragon King asked, I suppose I can tell you a thing or two."

Seeing that he had captured their attention, Yu Tianshuo carefully began to weave a tale out of things he could actually talk about.

Although the two were idiots, they were still Dragon Kings. While they looked stupid and weren't exactly geniuses, they still knew a great deal about the world.

He wouldn't bluff; he would simply mix truth with lies.

"Ahem, this story begins a very long time ago..."

As Yu Tianshuo explained, the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King finally understood.

Yu Tianshuo was indeed not a native dragon; he came from another star system and had merely reincarnated onto the Douluo Planet.

In his description, he hailed from an incredibly powerful planet that also possessed creation-level Dragon Gods. The difference was that, unlike the Dragon God they knew, his world had more than one such powerful entity.

They were the Storm Dragon God Ao Xing, the Astral Dragon God Aurelion Sol, and the Furywing Dragon God Shyvana. All three were creation-level Dragon Gods, while he was just a notch weaker than them.

However, he possessed a special ability that the other Dragon Gods lacked: the power to forge artifacts of conceptual levels, the strongest of which was the Crown of Champions.

It possessed the power of an absolute one-hit kill, capable of slaying even a Dragon God instantly.

But fate is fickle; he was ambushed and slain by the three Dragon Gods combined, leaving him no choice but to reincarnate into his current form.

However, before he died, he had managed to take the Astral Dragon God Aurelion Sol down with him.

As he finished his story, Yu Tianshuo looked at the expressions on the two dragons' faces and confirmed that his fabrication had successfully fooled these two simpletons.

The existence of three creation-level Dragon Gods was true—at least in Teamfight Tactics, where three ten-cost cards were surely creation-level.

That he, as a Golden Scale Dragon, could obtain artifacts after activating his bond was also true.

He had merely added a bit of artistic flair; how could that be considered lying?

Look at the Fire Dragon King—his eyes were already welling up with tears.

"Wuu wuu wuu, Brother Golden Scale has suffered so much. To be besieged by three Dragon Gods on my father's level... just thinking about it makes me feel the despair. I never imagined Brother Golden Scale could escape from right under their noses. It truly wasn't easy, wuu wuu wuu..."

Watching the Fire Dragon King's display, the Ice Dragon King shot him a look of disdain. However, he believed a portion of Yu Tianshuo's explanation, so he spoke up.

"I wonder, Brother Golden Scale, what are your plans now that you have reincarnated into this world?"

Seeing the Ice Dragon King hit the nail on the head, Yu Tianshuo feigned a sigh and continued his fabrication.

"The top priority is, of course, to recover my strength. However, when I arrived in this world, I utilized a portion of the Astral Dragon God's authority to glimpse a part of this world's future."

Hearing this, the eyes of the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King turned serious once more, eager to hear about the future of this planet from Yu Tianshuo.

Seeing them get serious, Yu Tianshuo prepared to drop a bombshell that would make them even more foolish.

"Ahem, regarding the future of this planet: forty thousand years from now, the throne of the Dragon God will be inherited by someone else."

As soon as this news broke, the two dragons were ecstatic, but they suddenly sensed something was wrong.

The Fire Dragon King couldn't hold back and blurted out, "Brother Golden Scale, what do you mean by 'inherited'? Aside from Father, no one has the ability to fuse the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King. It is fundamentally impossible for anyone to inherit the position of Dragon God!"

The Ice Dragon King thought more deeply and meticulously than the Fire Dragon King, but limited by his knowledge of the past and present, he voiced his own conjecture.

"Did the Silver Dragon King succeed in devouring the Golden Dragon King? Although the probability is slim, it is the only method I can conceive of."

Yu Tianshuo shook his head and revealed the result directly.

"Someone obtained the Golden Dragon King's bloodline and combined it with the Silver Dragon King, giving birth to a child possessing both bloodlines."

Silence.

The air became deathly still.

The Fire Dragon King was so shocked that his jaw hit the ground—literally hit the ground.

The Ice Dragon King wasn't doing much better; his entire body was trembling, his eyes filled with disbelief.

What had they just heard?

Someone had actually managed to neutralize the madness and brutality inherent in the Golden Dragon King, and then the Silver Dragon King had mated with that person to give birth to a Dragon God???

They wouldn't even dare to dream of such a thing.

The Ice Dragon King retained a shred of reason, but his voice trembled as he asked, "How is this possible? Not to mention that even we, as Dragon Kings, could not inherit the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, how could a mere human possibly suppress that brutality and madness?"

The Fire Dragon King hurriedly chimed in, "Exactly! And why would the Silver Dragon King not devour the one carrying the Golden Dragon King's bloodline to become the Dragon God herself?"

Just then, the Ice Dragon King's pupils constricted as he thought of a possibility. He asked in a trembling voice, "Could it be... that a God King interfered!?"

Seeing Ice Dragon King guess correctly, Yu Tianshuo nodded, confirming the answer.

When even Yu Tianshuo affirmed the answer, the expressions of Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King turned instantly unsightly, as if stained by ink, black as the bottom of a pot.

Fire Dragon King's rage erupted like a volcanic explosion; his body was entwined by raging flames that leaped and danced, casting his silhouette into a particularly ferocious display.

Simultaneously, Ice Dragon King's fury swept through his entire body like a cold front, rapidly condensing a thick layer of solid ice around him. These ice crystals were translucent yet radiated a heart-palpitating chill.

However, the anger of these two Dragon Kings did not merely remain on the surface.

Their energy surged like crashing waves, stirring up a massive disturbance within Yu Tianshuo's sea of consciousness.

The sea of consciousness, originally as calm as a lake, became turbulent and restless under the impact of these two powerful energies.

Just then, Yu Tianshuo spoke with a hint of anger in his tone.

"Enough!"

In an instant, the space returned to tranquility.

Whatever flames or solid ice existed were shattered by Yu Tianshuo's will in a heartbeat.

Only then did Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King regain their senses, remembering that they were still nothing more than Yu Tianshuo's prisoners.

Yet, Fire Dragon King still spoke with an unwilling tone.

"Brother Jin Lin, are we really just going to watch as the God King schemes against us?"

Ice Dragon King nodded as well, agreeing with his younger brother's words.

But the moment this question was asked, Yu Tianshuo flashed a toothy grin and revealed his ultimate goal.

"There is a very simple solution."

Hearing this answer, anticipation filled the eyes of both Dragon Kings.

"It's simple: what if I become the Dragon God myself?"

The air fell silent once more.