Meanwhile.
On the other side of Crane Mountain's summit, an old man in a blue robe sat quietly in meditation on a chair, his eyes closed as the power of lightning swirled around him.
What shocked Duan Yu was that the terrifying lightning power was actually extending from inside the house toward Crane Mountain.
"Little Leaf, he hasn't discovered us, has he?" Duan Yu asked uneasily.
"Discovered my ass."
Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid said irritably, "Unless a Title Douluo-level powerhouse appears here, there's no chance of being discovered."
"Are you really that cowardly? A mere lightning patrol scared you this badly?"
Duan Yu realized that he had made too much of it and said awkwardly, "I was just worried we'd suddenly be discovered."
With Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid's assurance, Duan Yu stopped treating the lightning still flickering overhead and putting on a show as a threat.
Duan Yu released his martial soul, and the Spatial Dragon King appeared behind him, accelerating the cutting of spatial power.
Bit by bit, dragon aura was slowly cut away without alerting the other side.
Even Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid, with its hundred-thousand-year cultivation, had never seen a cutting method like Duan Yu's and could not help praising him.
"Kid, not bad. You definitely don't look like this is your first time doing something like this. You're quite experienced."
"Of course. When I was robbing people, you were still stuck in the mud."
On Crane Mountain, Duan Yu climbed the steps one by one, speeding up the cutting of spatial power.
After roughly half an hour, Duan Yu had stolen away all the dragon aura inside Crane Mountain.
Only the summit of Crane Mountain, where the Dragon Bone Fragment was hidden, still contained dragon aura.
"Kid, have you made up your mind?"
Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid glanced at Duan Yu and asked, "Once you make a move here, the commotion definitely won't be possible to hide."
"Of course. If it can't be hidden, then we won't hide it. We'll just pin it on Spirit Hall afterward."
As soon as he spoke, Duan Yu's four soul rings collided and fused. Specks of spatial power emerged from the void, forming the phantom of a Dragon King.
Along with a clear, soaring dragon roar, the Spatial Dragon King flew toward Duan Yu and turned into a longsword in his hand.
Duan Yu took the longsword, glanced at Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid, and swung it directly at the final Dragon Bone Fragment atop Crane Mountain. Silver light blazed from the sword in his hand, and its power surged dramatically.
The instant the sword swept out, enhanced by Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid, its sword aura shot skyward like a rainbow as countless strands of spatial power were detonated at once.
With a boom, Crane Mountain exploded.
After the Dragon Bone Fragment emerged from within, it originally intended to fly directly toward Yu Yuanzhen. Yet after sensing the True Dragon Bloodline that compelled it to submit, it flew back and landed in Duan Yu's hand.
"Kid, run! I can sense that the one from True Dragon Mountain is coming too."
Hearing Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid's warning, Duan Yu did not hesitate. Spatial ripples surfaced around him, and with a flash of silver light, he vanished from where he stood.
Just as Duan Yu disappeared, a figure in a blue robe appeared the next instant and rushed straight to Crane Mountain.
Then Soul Power at level ninety-five suddenly erupted. He slammed a palm down without holding back, and with a bang, dust filled the air and rubble scattered everywhere, leaving the already destroyed Crane Mountain even more devastated.
Under that palm strike, not only Duan Yu, but even everything within a hundred li around Crane Mountain was affected by the lingering force.
Yet within Crane Mountain, aside from a single leaf from a Seven-Star Spatial Orchid, nothing else remained.
Yu Yuanzhen stared at the fallen leaf, his expression indescribably grim.
He could wield spatial laws as easily as breathing. Other than Bone Douluo Gu Rong of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he could not think of anyone else capable of escaping right under his nose.
But the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had always minded their own business. Logically, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had no reason to attack them.
Inside Crane Mountain, Yu Yuanzhen's palm strike had instantly helped the mountain lord break free from the spatial barrier Duan Yu had set up.
The mountain lord hurried over, only to meet the gaze of Yu Yuanzhen, whose face was dark with fury, before he could even understand what had happened.
Yu Yuanzhen looked at the blasted-apart Crane Mountain, with rocks strewn everywhere, and his expression became even darker.
As the lord of a mountain, he had not even known outsiders had infiltrated it. He truly had lived backward with age.
Yu Yuanzhen looked at the mountain lord, venting all his anger on him as the pressure of a level ninety-five Title Douluo crashed down upon him.
"That was close."
Several breaths later, in a secluded spot on another mountain peak.
Duan Yu's figure appeared out of thin air. Still shaken, he said, "That scared me to death."
He had nearly been locked onto by Yu Yuanzhen and killed with a single palm strike.
At his current strength, he could not withstand the full-force attack of an enraged Title Douluo.
Within the Spiritual Sea, Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid looked at the rather small amount of dragon aura and said blandly, "That's about it."
"There wasn't much dragon aura, and the Dragon Bone Fragment was nothing special either. I really don't know what that old bastard was grieving over."
Duan Yu: "..."
It was even more ruthless than he was. If Yu Yuanzhen heard that, would he not slap this brat to death?
However, Duan Yu stared at the glowing Dragon Bone Fragment before him and fell into thought.
Aside from containing a trace of dragon aura and a dragon soul, it was no different from anything else. Could it be that all nine Dragon Bone Fragments had to fuse together before they became useful?
The more he thought about it, the more his head hurt. Duan Yu simply found a secluded place, knocked out a passerby, and went to sleep himself.
When he woke the next morning, Duan Yu calmly disguised himself as the disciple he had knocked out the previous night and put on an act as he blended into the main group.
"Did you hear? Crane Mountain was robbed last night."
"Robbed? How is that possible? Who would be tired of living enough to come steal from us?"
"Why would I lie to you? A friend who was at Crane Mountain last night told me. I heard the thief blew up Crane Mountain just to steal something."
"What?! He blew up Crane Mountain? Did the sect master catch him?"
"I heard the thief got away, so the entire sect is searching now."
Overnight, everyone in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan learned that something had been stolen and Crane Mountain had been blown up.
Even within one of the teams Duan Yu had infiltrated, people were whispering among themselves.
Now that he had what he wanted, the rest was none of Duan Yu's concern. The only thing on his mind was how to obtain the remaining Dragon Bone Fragments as well.
After last night's disturbance, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would definitely strengthen its patrols. It would likely be difficult to make another move.
"Kid."
Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid, within the Spiritual Sea, looked at the pensive Duan Yu and asked in confusion, "Why aren't you hurrying up and leaving? What are you staying here to watch for?"
"What's wrong with watching the excitement? If I don't watch more of it, how am I supposed to get information?"
Duan Yu said calmly, "Besides, it's already been blown up. Since we've already offended them beyond repair, there's no real difference between blowing up one mountain and blowing up two."
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