Star Dou Great Forest, Life Lake.
Seeing her good friend Bi Ji make the list, Zi Ji felt oddly relieved.
Her strength surpassed Bi Ji's, and she had trained in her dreams far more frantically than Bi Ji had.
It was only a matter of time before she made the list. If Di Tian found out, so be it!
"Zi Ji, what's wrong? You don't look well." Di Tian's voice came from behind her.
Zi Ji composed herself and turned around.
Di Tian was looking at her with concern, and a flicker of guilt crossed Zi Ji's heart.
But it vanished in an instant!
It was all Brother Cao's fault for being so forceful. Even with her dragon body, she couldn't beat him—he'd thoroughly conquered her!
Their dragon clan had always respected the strong, so it wasn't her fault, right?
Besides, it had only been a dream. It didn't count as cheating!
Di Tian hadn't yet connected this to the Golden Ranking. After all, in his mind, Zi Ji had cultivated for less than three hundred thousand years.
They were both dragons. One was the clan leader of the Hell Demon Dragon clan, and the other was the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King. They could be called a match made in heaven.
Di Tian had never imagined that Zi Ji would betray him!
Di Tian didn't think much of it. His gaze returned to the Sky Screen, and he sighed. "At least Bi Ji hasn't betrayed the Soul Beast Clan. I hope her ultimate life force can heal our lord. Human Soul Masters have grown vastly stronger. Only if our lord recovers her full strength will we have any hope of fighting them."
Zi Ji stood silently at his side, thinking, Our lord, indeed. The Silver Dragon King has become my good sister. The two of us, along with Bi Ji, often bare ourselves to each other in our dreams.
I hope Di Tian won't fall apart when he finds out!
Just then, the Sky Screen updated again.
On the screen, a terrifying, deep-purple demon dragon wound through the air. Its enormous body blotted out the sky, and Abyssal Demon Fire coiled around it, scorching the very space until it twisted and warped.
Its imposing majesty and invincible power made every living being who saw it tremble.
Then purple light blazed!
The enormous demon dragon turned into a streak of light, slowly condensing into a slender figure.
She had a voluptuous figure and graceful curves, and long purple-black hair cascaded down like a waterfall.
Her eyes were deep purple, and even her lips shone bright violet, seductive and dangerous.
A jet-black scale on her forehead rippled with layers of purple light, lending her an air of mystery and nobility.
It was Zi Ji!
[Combat Power Ranking, 8th Place: Zi Ji.]
[Identity: One of the Ten Great Fierce Beasts, clan leader of the Hell Demon Dragons (can freely switch between human and Soul Beast forms).]
[Strength: 990,000 years.]
[Techniques: Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique, Heavenly Demon Chaotic Dance.]
[Rewards: 10 Teleportation Talismans, which can transport the bearer anywhere on Douluo Continent; a 10,000-year increase in cultivation, exempt from tribulation; divine skill, Hell World-Extinguishing Claw.]
Boom!!!
A golden pillar of light descended from the heavens, completely enveloping Zi Ji's voluptuous figure.
Zi Ji closed her eyes, feeling the power surging within her and the mysteries of the divine skill. With a single strike, the Hell World-Extinguishing Claw could annihilate the world.
The corners of her lips slowly curled into a seductive yet dangerous smile.
Originally, Zi Ji had been second only to Di Tian among the dragons, but there had been a huge gap between their cultivation levels.
Ever since she met Brother Cao, Zi Ji's cultivation had gradually caught up with Di Tian's.
Now, with the Sky Screen's reward, she had surpassed him.
The dragon clan's instinct to admire the strong had brought about a tremendous change in Zi Ji's mind. She no longer respected Di Tian, that "weakling."
"Boom!"
Zi Ji suddenly opened her eyes. Two vortexes spun within her purple irises.
She looked down at her hands, the smile on her lips growing wider and wider.
Then she lifted her head and looked at Di Tian.
Zi Ji said calmly, "Di Tian, the Sky Screen has bestowed a new divine skill upon me. I want to test it out—to see whether your Dragon God Claw is stronger or my Hell World-Extinguishing Claw."
The moment she said this, everyone was stunned!
Di Tian's golden, slit-pupiled eyes contracted sharply.
He could no longer bring himself to be angry. He could already sense that something had changed profoundly in his beloved's heart.
Her gaze, her tone, her bearing—they were nothing like the gentle Zi Ji he remembered.
There was no need for words.
As the Co-Lord of Soul Beasts and the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, he would never allow anyone to challenge his authority.
"Come on, let me see this so-called Hell World-Extinguishing Claw."
Zi Ji cried out, her whole body blazing with purple light!
She appeared above Di Tian in a flash.
Di Tian's pupils shrank. So fast!
Zi Ji thrust out her right hand. Her slender, fair palm transformed in an instant into a fearsome dragon claw wreathed in Abyssal Demon Fire!
A terrifying, despairing aura of the Abyss erupted like a volcano!
"Hell World-Extinguishing Claw!"
Di Tian narrowed his golden, slit-pupiled eyes.
So strong! He didn't dare be careless, and thrust out his right hand as well!
"Dragon God Claw!"
"Rumble!!!"
The two terrifying dragon claws collided violently in midair!
In an instant, heaven and earth lost their color! A terrifying storm of energy swept in every direction, tearing space to shreds!
The lake exploded, sending towering waves crashing skyward!
Even Xiong Jun, King of Ten Thousand Demons, and the other Ferocious Beasts were driven back again and again by the shock wave, their faces pale.
When the storm subsided,
Di Tian lay on the ground, twitching faintly.
His right hand was twisted and torn, drenched in blood. Dragon scales littered the ground.
His golden dragon eyes brimmed with disbelief.
"Zi Ji... you..." His voice was hoarse and feeble.
Zi Ji looked down at him from above, her bewitching face utterly expressionless.
"The Dragon God Claw is nothing special."
"Why not let me take the position of Co-Lord of Soul Beasts..."
"Pfft!" Di Tian spat out a mouthful of blood, staining the earth beneath him red.
It wasn't because of his injuries, but because his heart had been wounded.
His beloved, his partner, the Zi Ji he'd thought would accompany him for the rest of his life—she'd been sleeping with a human.
And now she even wanted to take his position.
Xiong Jun and the other Ferocious Beasts were utterly dumbfounded.
When had Zi Ji become so powerful? Now she was even trying to seize the position of Co-Lord of Soul Beasts?
Just then,
"That's enough."
The Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena's figure slowly appeared.
"Bi Ji, treat Di Tian."
Bi Ji hurried forward. Green life light gathered in her palm, and she gently laid it over Di Tian's injured right hand.
Gu Yuena looked at Zi Ji. "Zi Ji, Di Tian has devoted himself tirelessly to the Soul Beast Clan. He is a worthy Co-Lord. Stand down for now, and don't interfere in this matter."
Zi Ji bowed slightly. "Yes, my lord!"
Though Zi Ji and the Silver Dragon King were sisters in their dreams, she couldn't disobey Gu Yuena's command in reality.
That was the way of Soul Beasts: the strong were revered.
She turned and transformed into a streak of purple light, disappearing into the hidden place.
Gu Yuena gazed in the direction she had vanished and sighed.
Brother Cao was insatiably greedy!
Was having her, the Silver Dragon King, not enough?
He'd even corrupted both Bi Ji and Zi Ji, his own subordinates!
Thinking of the scenes from her dreams—the two dragons playing with a pearl, the three phoenixes fighting over a branch—her face burned with embarrassment!