Space-Time Dragon

Looking at the mangled corpses, feeling the blood splatter across his body.

Chen Ye panted softly. It was his first time killing someone. The blood splashed across him, making his body begin to tremble.

Looking at the corpses and remains strewn across the ground, a strange wave of nausea rose within him. Chen Ye immediately opened his mouth and vomited violently.

The young man on the other side, who had already wet himself in terror, saw the fear in his eyes replaced by despair.

He had watched Cheng Tian die with his own eyes, watched all his brothers perish. He did not believe the boy would spare him.

He got to his feet, a short blade appearing in his hand. Though his eyes held fear, there was even more savage ferocity in them.

His legs spasmed as he charged over madly, while Chen Ye was still vomiting.

Seeing this opening, the young man raised his hand, a viciousness born from terror taken to its extreme appearing in his eyes.

"You little bastard, die! I'll kill you first, then kill your little sister!"

The young man's voice was filled with madness, as well as the joy of being about to kill Chen Ye.

But just as the dagger in his hand rose, about to stab into Chen Ye—

Chen Ye suddenly felt his mind grow hazy.

The two utterly incompatible powers within him began to make contact in a strange manner, then slowly fused together.

It happened so suddenly that Chen Ye did not even have time to react.

Yet his palm had already risen, and the short blade slashed down onto his hand.

Chen Ye stared at his hand. His once-normal palm was now covered in a layer of dusky white scales.

At the same time, the phantom of a giant dragon appeared behind him. It was not large, but its entire body was exceptionally translucent.

Seeing the dragon phantom appear, Chen Ye was visibly stunned for a moment. Then, streams of information surfaced in his mind.

"Space-Time Dragon, the Dragon God's personal guard. This is the true, complete Space-Time Dragon."

Feeling the information that had suddenly appeared in his mind, Chen Ye froze for a moment, but his other hand reacted even faster.

With a flash of silver light, his dragon claw swept past, and the young man's body was likewise split in two.

Looking at the young man's fallen corpse, Chen Ye dropped to the ground.

All kinds of information continued to surface in his mind, all of it concerning the Space-Time Dragon.

But as he looked through that information, Chen Ye's expression became somewhat strange.

He had originally thought he possessed only the pure powers of time and space. He had not expected that the power he wielded actually belonged to the Space-Time Dragon.

It was only because his martial soul had just awakened and his body could not withstand it that the powers had needed to fuse continuously.

Yet after this slaughter, the knot in his heart had loosened. Instead, it allowed him to fuse his martial soul in one stroke and form the Space-Time Dragon martial soul.

"The powers wielded by the Space-Time Dragon itself are time and space. Unlike that boy named Xie Xie twenty thousand years later, it did not evolve from the powers of light and darkness."

"Looking at it this way, the power I possess truly belongs to the Space-Time Dragon."

"As the Dragon God's accompanying guardian, the Space-Time Dragon has at least God King-level potential. Once it grows, anything will be possible for me in the future."

As Chen Ye spoke, he rose to his feet. A trace of ferocity appeared on his impoverished face as he reached up and wiped the corner of his mouth.

The smell of blood permeated the area. Breathing in that rusty scent, Chen Ye went inside and searched for a long while, even rifling through several corpses before finding the money they had hidden there.

Taking the money, Chen Ye calmly walked out, returning only when he reached his home halfway up the mountain.

In the room, his little sister was still asleep.

Chen Ye went to the side room, changed clothes, and washed himself clean. Then he silently lay down on the small bed beside the side room and gradually drifted into sleep.

In the morning, brilliant sunlight spilled across the earth, reflecting the peaceful scene beyond the window.

Yet at that moment, the village chief's door was suddenly pounded on. When the door opened, the village chief emerged leaning on a cane. His stern face looked at the young man before him, his eyes filled with inquiry.

"What happened? Why are you in such a panic? As the next village chief, how can you be so unable to keep your composure?"

"Something terrible happened, Father! Stop keeping your composure—something huge has happened!"

"Cheng Tian and those hooligans were all killed! They died together, and their deaths were horrific. Their bodies were sliced open! Hurry and take a look!"

As the young man spoke, he could not hold it in and nearly vomited.

Seeing his son's expression, the village chief frowned and hurriedly followed him to the scene.

Quite a few villagers had already gathered around. Looking at the miserable corpses inside, many of them began discussing it in hushed voices.

"What exactly happened? They must have committed too many sins, so this is their retribution, right?"

"Who knows? Do you think Chen Ye did it? Those short and fat ones stopped that kid yesterday!"

"It's possible. Those thugs stole his family's money and even wanted to sell his sister. That kid awakened soul power above rank five—he really might have sought revenge."

"A teenager beating adults? Are you joking? Do you people have any common sense?"

As the villagers chattered back and forth, someone suddenly shouted, "The village chief is here!" Several people hurriedly moved aside, clearing a path.

The village chief entered the house and glanced casually over the corpses lying there.

He quickly discovered signs that the house had been searched. All the money inside had been taken, and even the money on the bodies had been stripped clean.

It was most likely not the villagers' doing. After all, they did not have that kind of courage.

But if it had truly been an expert, someone capable of killing five people so easily would not have been interested in such a small amount of money.

So, since the other party had not come for money, they had most likely come for revenge.

At that thought, the village chief's expression became rather strange. He could more or less confirm that Chen Ye was responsible.

But he did not announce it. He merely swept his gaze over the villagers.

"What are you looking at? Go do whatever you need to do! Stop standing around here enjoying the show!"

"Xiao Di, find some people to stay behind and clean up their corpses. Then write a letter and send it to Cheng Tian's older brother."

The village chief fell silent at that point.

Upon hearing about Cheng Tian's older brother, the expressions of many villagers turned extremely ugly. They hurriedly dispersed, and no one dared remain.

After everyone left, the village chief finished instructing his son and came to the small house halfway up the mountain.

Seeing that the door was already open, he went inside and discovered that most of the clothes and other belongings were gone.

Only a dilapidated little house remained, along with some nearly unusable pots, bowls, and utensils.

Looking at the departed Chen Ye and Chen Yue, he was somewhat puzzled, but then he remembered.

Ordinary people needed an identity pass issued by the village to leave and attend school, but as apprentices of Spirit Hall, they seemingly did not need one.

"I hope the two of them can get away. Cheng Tian's older brother is a three-ring expert, not someone people like us can afford to offend."

"Ah, this village chief has not treated you fairly. I never looked after you these past years."

"It's good that you left. Good that you left. I'll do my best to delay him for you. I hope you can find a good place where Cheng Tian's older brother cannot find you."