A Promise of a Path to Heaven! Sacrificial Light!
Their gaze returned to the Green Flood Dragon on the ground.
One second ago,
It was still desperately twisting and struggling under the massive black claws of the Heavenly Black Monkey, which felt like Mount Tai pressing down on it.
But everything changed when Ye Qing revealed his Martial Soul and Soul Ring.
Especially that last Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
The True Dragon essence of the Flowing Flame Red Dragon made it tremble all over.
The suppression of the bloodline of a superior True Dragon by a lower-ranking serpent has never been based on any logic.
The Green Flood Dragon, which was fighting desperately just a second ago, now had its entire slender body taut like a solid steel plate.
Its pair of emerald vertical pupils, which had originally gleamed with a ferocious, eerie light, contracted violently.
Within half a breath, the pupil shrank to an extremely fine pinpoint.
All the screams, struggles, and rolling around came to an abrupt halt.
Even every single scale on its body that had been standing upright completely ceased its activity at that moment.
The entire space was eerily quiet, with only its extremely heavy, frantic breathing filling the air.
"Sizzle--Sizzle--"
Its scorching breath sprayed into the muddy water, and the Green Flood Dragon's massive body trembled uncontrollably.
After a moment of silence.
Ye Qing decisively put away the Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul.
The eleven Soul Ring rings, exuding overwhelming pressure and enough to terrify even ordinary Titled Douluo, obediently disappeared into his powerful body.
Ye Qing lowered his deep eyes, looking down at the Green Flood Dragon on the ground.
"I have shown you the way."
"The conditions were clearly stated."
"Now, let's see if you, a dragon with dragon blood, have the audacity to gamble with me."
"..."
The Green Flood Dragon did not move.
Its gaze was fixed intently on Ye Qing, its massive body making absolutely no unnecessary movements.
The onlookers unconsciously slowed their breathing, afraid of breaking the delicate balance.
Time slips away, bit by bit.
A long time has passed.
The Green Flood Dragon's enormous head, which was pressed firmly into the mud, nodded with great difficulty but with unwavering determination.
It agreed.
Seeing this, a smile of extreme satisfaction finally spread across Ye Qing's sharply defined face.
"Monkey."
"Let it go."
Upon hearing this command, the enormous Heavenly Black Monkey visibly paused for a moment.
"Ah?"
This Da Hei monkey, who only knew how to reason with its fists, was clearly not in the mood to react.
It scratched the back of its furry head, its huge eyes filled with great confusion.
"My lord, this serpent is a treacherous and cunning ruthless character, extremely ferocious!"
The Heavenly Black Monkey was so anxious that he stared wide-eyed.
"If we release it like this, what if it suddenly attacks and hurts Madam?"
"Stop talking nonsense, just release it obediently."
"Well... okay."
The Heavenly Black Monkey was filled with unease.
It curled its huge mouth in a sneer, silently complaining.
Judging from this, Lord Ye Qing must have just made some kind of secret deal with this Green Flood Dragon using his mental power.
The world of the big shots is something this monkey truly doesn't understand.
How could it dare disobey this old man's orders?
The black monkey immediately and reluctantly moved away the Qian Jun black paw, afraid that moving too quickly would make it seem like it was losing face.
It didn't forget to bare its two rows of pale white fangs at the Green Flood Dragon and let out a few warning growls.
After completely releasing the suppression of the Green Flood Dragon, the monkey's massive body immediately took a half-step to stand loyally beside Ye Qing and Dugu Yan.
It was ready at any moment to deliver a physical, dimensional-reducing blow to this Green Flood Dragon.
Green Flood Dragon felt a lightness on his back.
The "mountain" that had been pressing down on it, almost displacing its internal organs, has finally been removed.
It slowly rose from the muddy ground, its massive, broken body rising.
Each of the reverse scales was covered in dark red blood and black mud, making it look extremely disheveled.
It vigorously shook off the filth and mud that had clung to its enormous head.
To everyone's surprise.
This high-level Soul Beast, which had just regained its freedom, actually neither ran away nor launched any desperate attack.
It simply curled up obediently in place, tucking its long tail to its side, raising its majestic dragon head high, and quietly looking at Ye Qing.
The bloodthirsty ferocity and despair that had been in those emerald green vertical pupils had completely vanished.
Instead, there is a complex, almost anthropomorphic scrutiny, and a deep sense of awe.
One can even discern a very subtle hint of fanaticism within it.
Dugu Yan stood to the side, her red lips slightly parted, her heart pounding rapidly.
This ferocious beast was as docile as a pet snake waiting to be fed by its master in front of Ye Qing.
Suppressing her shock, Dugu Yan quickly walked to Ye Qing's side.
She reached out her slender fingers and gently tugged at the man's sleeve, unable to contain her curiosity.
"Ye Qing, what exactly did you say to this big guy just now?"
"How did it suddenly become so docile? It's like it's a completely different species."
Ye Qing squeezed her soft palm with his other hand.
The warm touch instantly calmed Dugu Yan's restless mind.
He turned his head slightly, a calm and composed smile playing on his deep eyes.
"Nothing."
"I simply showed it a completely different path."
"A supreme path to heaven, far more challenging than simply being killed, becoming a corpse, and ending up with cold Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and filled with infinite possibilities for evolution."
The words "The Road to Heaven" were uttered.
Not only Dugu Yan,
Even the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, who were standing to the side to keep things in order, couldn't help but raise their delicate eyebrows.
As the true rulers of the Far North, they understood the fate of the Soul Beast Clan better than anyone else.
Hundreds or even thousands of years of arduous cultivation often end up becoming nothing more than stepping stones for human Soul Master to advance.
The so-called ascension to godhood is, for Soul Beast, simply an unattainable and illusory legend.
And now, this man has casually promised an 80,000-year-old Green Flood Dragon a path to heaven.
How much confidence and audacity does that require?
Just as everyone was having different thoughts.
A sudden and unexpected change has occurred ahead!
The Green Flood Dragon, which had been coiled on the ground, suddenly raised its enormous head and let out a clear and high-pitched dragon roar that pierced the clouds!
"Hold head high--!"
This dragon's roar no longer carried the previous shrillness and resentment; instead, it conveyed an extreme sense of desperation and a certain madness.
Immediately afterwards.
Amidst the astonished gazes of the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress, and the Da Hei monkey, the Green Flood Dragon's massive body began to glow.
At first, it was just a tiny, extremely faint, emerald-green firefly.
In an instant, that tiny firefly spread like wildfire, growing wildly and transforming into a blinding beam of light that shot straight into the sky!
The Green Flood Dragon's scales gradually became transparent in the light.
Its massive, hill-like body began to burn and decompose bit by bit, turning into countless pure emerald green specks of light that frantically converged in the direction of Dugu Yan.
The two peerless Ferocious Beast, Ice Empress and Snow Empress, exchanged a glance.
For the first time, a look of genuine shock appeared on their stunningly beautiful faces.
Having lived for hundreds of thousands of years, they understood all too well what that burning light represented.
That was the most tragic and resolute highest contract of the Soul Beast Clan — the Sacrificial Light!!!