"Karma?!"
The moment they heard that word,
Huai Lie and the Lord of the Land both shuddered violently.
"Thank you, Exalted Lord! This grace shall never be forgotten, even if Little Dragon's teeth all fall out!!"
Huai Lie dropped to his knees again.
Luckily, Lu Chen was quick enough to grab him and pull him up. "All right, Old Dragon King. An immortal kneeling to a mortal—no matter how thick my lifespan bar is, I can't survive you kneeling like this!"
Huai Lie apologized again and again, ashamed yet grateful. "Little Dragon was presumptuous! Little Dragon was presumptuous!"
For the sake of an entrusted duty, he'd been willing to lie dormant for a hundred years... Looking at the old dragon before him, Lu Chen couldn't help but feel a measure of respect.
He smiled faintly and turned his gaze toward the four floating Dragon Pearls. "So all I need to do now is drip blood on them and claim them as my own?"
"That's right, Exalted Lord. One drop of essence blood for each pearl is enough."
"Should've skipped the hospital..."
Lu Chen shook his head at his bandaged wound.
"Whatever. I'm not short one more bite."
He bit his fingertip and let his blood drip onto the four Dragon Pearls.
The blood slowly seeped into the pearls. The dragon spirits that had been tranquil suddenly stirred, light flowing within the pearls as though living beings were desperate to break free from their shells.
Huai Lie flicked his dragon claw, and golden light enveloped the four Dragon Pearls. At the same time, he shouted solemnly, "Children, why aren't you recognizing the Exalted Lord as your master? Return to your places at once!"
"Roar!!!"
The next instant, four clear dragon roars rang out within the inner palace!
Four dragon-shaped phantoms leaped