Heavenly Black Monkey Exceeds the Mission! Eighty-Thousand-Year Green Flood Dragon!

Ye Qing turned his head with a hint of helplessness and glanced at the outspoken and violent scorpion.

"I say, Ice Empress, you've been the overlord of the Far North for hundreds of thousands of years."

"Could you broaden your vocabulary and speak a little more politely?"

"Ha?"

Ice Empress scoffed without any politeness.

"Are you out of your mind, talking to a Ferocious Beast like me about human formalities?"

"Stop trying to disgust me with your hypocritical human rhetoric."

Snow Empress sat quietly on a round stone bench not far away.

A faint smile graced her ethereal, otherworldly face.

Her slender, jade-like fingers were playing with a slowly rotating hexagonal ice crystal.

"Alright, let's get down to business."

A clear, ethereal voice cut in at just the right moment, interrupting Ice Empress's daily bickering.

"That Heavenly Black Monkey outside has been waiting for half a day."

"It caught the Soul Beast you wanted."

A glint of shrewdness flashed in Ye Qing's eyes.

This monkey is quite efficient.

He stopped arguing with Ice Empress and instead took Dugu Yan's still burning hand in his own.

"Come on, let me show you your Sixth Soul Ring."

The open space outside the Water Curtain Cave was a mess.

Everywhere there were branches of ancient trees that had been roughly broken.

The enormous, hill-like body of the Heavenly Black Monkey was crouching in the very center.

Its thick Da Hei claw, as thick as a pure black iron tower, was firmly pressed into the mud.

Beneath its claws lay a massive, long dragon, over ten zhang in length, its body covered in emerald green scales.

The Green Flood Dragon lay limply on the muddy ground, most of its body slumped over.

A large patch of its originally hard and dazzling green scales was scraped off, revealing the bloodied flesh underneath.

Acrid, green, venomous blood kept spilling from the dragon's mouth.

Only its thick, long tail was still frantically thrashing about in the muddy water, clearly unwilling to give up.

Each time it strikes the ground, it carves a trench several feet deep.

Upon hearing the footsteps coming from the Water Curtain Cave, the Heavenly Black Monkey's enormous, protruding ears immediately stood up.

They saw Ye Qing stride out.

This infamous overlord of the Sea of Buried Corpses immediately put on an extremely fawning and ingratiating smile.

In an attempt to impress its master, it viciously increased the pressure of its black claw gripping the dragon.

"My lord, look!"

"This is Green Flood Dragon with 80,000 years of cultivation, possessing poisonous attributes, which I captured for you!"

The Heavenly Black Monkey was so excited that it spat out its saliva.

"I had my men search this entire sea area, and all we found was this one top-grade Poison Flood Dragon with a trace of True Dragon blood in its body."

"That guy is incredibly cunning, as slippery as an eel."

"He personally led the team, and the monkey troop below cornered it for three days and three nights before finally capturing it alive in a Poison Miasma swamp!"

"Oh? A dragon?"

Ye Qing took two steps forward at a leisurely pace.

His gaze fell on the pitiful Green Flood Dragon, and he felt a surge of admiration.

Originally, they were only hoping that this black monkey could bring back a top-tier venomous snake Soul Beast that was seventy or eighty thousand years old.

I didn't expect it to exceed expectations.

They actually managed to kidnap a high-level dragon with dragon blood.

Top-tier Soul Beast with dragon bloodlines produce Soul Skill of significantly higher quality and attribute enhancements than snakes.

However... 80,000 years is really a bit excessive.

Ye Qing turned his head and carefully examined Dugu Yan beside him.

Eighty thousand years, double the usual limit.

If Dugu Yan were to be forced to absorb the nutrients step by step...

Even with one's own protectors, there are still unpredictable risks.

A more gentle and thorough approach to integration is necessary.

"Roar--!"

The Green Flood Dragon on the ground let out an extremely low and mournful roar.

Its mangled body twisted and struggled wildly under the black claws, trying to make a final desperate stand.

"You dare to insult me in front of me?"

"Do you want to die?!"

The Heavenly Black Monkey felt he had lost face in front of his master and immediately flew into a rage.

"You better lie down and behave yourself!"

With veins bulging on his arms, he exerted force and pressed the Green Flood Dragon's enormous head deep into the filthy mud pit.

The mud splashed all over the Green Flood Dragon's face, but it didn't behave itself at all.

Ye Qing raised an eyebrow, sensing something amiss.

"Could you understand what it was trying to say when it was barking and yelling?"

Yes, you can.

The Black Monkey of Heaven and Earth scratched a bunch of black hair on the back of his head very honestly.

"My lord, you are unaware of the truth."

"Although this thing hasn't reached 100,000 years of cultivation, its intelligence is exceptionally high."

"It even learned to transmit sound point-to-point using mental power without being taught."

"It was just cursing me in my head, wishing me a terrible death."

"Oh? It can transmit sound?"

A sharp glint flashed in Ye Qing's deep eyes.

It turned out to be a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast with extremely high intelligence.

This is where things get really interesting.

At this moment, Ice Empress and Snow Empress also emerged from the Water Curtain Cave one after the other.

Ice Empress first glanced at the dirty Green Flood Dragon on the ground with some disdain.

Then he looked at Ye Qing, who was standing still and had not made any further move.

"Hey, what are you standing there for, spacing out like an idiot?"

"Hurry up and kill this serpent so your little mate can absorb the Soul Ring!"

Ye Qing completely ignored Ice Empress's words.

He released Dugu Yan's hand and walked straight to the front of the Green Flood Dragon that was being suppressed.

He lowered his eyelids slightly.

An extremely vast, almost tangible spiritual force poured out from between his brows without reservation.

That spiritual power transformed into invisible tentacles, silently probing into the depths of the Green Flood Dragon's Sea of Consciousness.

"..."

An eerie, deathly silence descended upon the surrounding air.

The two, one human and one dragon, fell into a state of absolute silence.

They are engaging in some extremely secretive form of spiritual communication.

Time passed by, second by second.

Not long after.

Ye Qing's tightly closed eyes suddenly snapped open.

A strange and domineering blue flame leaped wildly deep within his pupils.

Without any warning, he released his innate Martial Soul — the Chaos Green Lotus.

The deep, pure blue light, like a suddenly rising blue sun, completely illuminated this dark, dense forest.

A huge and mysterious lotus phantom slowly bloomed behind him.

The hundreds of blue lotus petals stretched out in layers in all directions.

One Soul Ring after another began to rise from beneath Ye Qing's feet.

Three purple, four black, four red!

A total of eleven ultra-high-end Soul Ring.

The terrifying Soul Ring was stacked one on top of the other, perfectly sealed together.

Dugu Yan was startled.

What is Ye Qing trying to do?

Are they going to kill the Green Flood Dragon?

Ice Empress also frowned deeply.

"You..."

She had just opened her mouth, ready to ask what was wrong with this kid.

"Bing'er."

Snow Empress shook her head slightly, a strange light flashing in her insightful eyes.

"Don't make a sound yet."

"Just watch quietly and don't disturb him."