Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid: "...I'm afraid you'll get caught and drag me down with you."
"Don't worry."
As Duan Yu surveyed the other eight mountains, he said, "With you here, I won't die."
"I spent all night thinking about it yesterday, but I couldn't figure out why the other mountains, aside from True Dragon Mountain, had to be blown apart to retrieve the Dragon Bone Fragments."
"Only now have I finally understood."
"Kid, you wouldn't be planning to..."
Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid stared at Duan Yu in disbelief. "You're planning to make a move on True Dragon Mountain?!"
"Relax. I won't blow up the mountain this time. If I'm careful, Yu Yuanzhen shouldn't notice me."
"Brother, I really don't have time to fool around with you!"
Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid looked at him in despair. "You're on someone else's territory right now. Can't we just behave ourselves and keep our heads down?!"
Duan Yu smiled. "That probably won't work. The word 'obedient' isn't in my dictionary."
Duan Yu looked at the towering mountains, a glint of coldness flashing through his eyes.
"These Dragon Bone Fragments are fated to be mine. They should belong to me."
"Give me a break."
Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid glanced at him disdainfully. "No matter what it is, as long as you so much as look at it, you say it's fated to be yours."
"..."
Duan Yu glared at the grass that was undermining him and gritted his teeth. "Little Leaf, I suggest you watch your mouth. Otherwise, I'll pluck off your leaves one by one and turn you into a bald weed."
Upon hearing this, Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid swallowed the mocking words that had been about to leave its mouth. It looked at Duan Yu, gritted its teeth, and said, "That's a blatant threat."
"Oh? So what?"
Duan Yu replied indifferently.
He was just that kind of villain. Being a good man was exhausting in the end. Being a villain was far more carefree.
Another night passed.
After nightfall, the entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan did not sink into silence as usual.
After last night's incident involving an intruder, everyone in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was on edge, afraid that they might do something at such a time and provoke Yu Yuanzhen's ire.
With Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid's help, Duan Yu quietly infiltrated True Dragon Mountain alone.
Yes, he acted the moment he made up his mind.
Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid had originally thought Duan Yu was just talking, but after following him all the way here, it realized that this kid truly intended to make a move against True Dragon Mountain.
This was no longer a case of a newborn calf not fearing a tiger. He simply did not take Yu Yuanzhen seriously at all.
"Kid, stop sneaking around. Yu Yuanzhen isn't here."
Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid looked at the furtive figure and reminded him, "There's no Title Douluo aura on this mountain. Yu Yuanzhen may have gone to another peak."
"He's not here?"
Duan Yu froze for a moment at those words. He sensed the spatial fluctuations and indeed did not detect Yu Yuanzhen's aura.
Seeing that Yu Yuanzhen was not here, Duan Yu simply stopped sneaking around.
After merging himself with the surrounding space, he strode openly inside and arrived at True Dragon Mountain without the slightest concealment.
What he had not expected was that a red-haired woman dressed in red was sitting atop the throne of True Dragon Mountain.
Judging by her posture, the red-haired woman did not possess much elegance.
The moment he saw that red-haired figure, Duan Yu recognized her as Liu Erlong, Yu Yuanzhen's niece and Yu Xiaogang's admirer.
"Kid, should we make a move?"
Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid asked, "Yu Yuanzhen has gone out, so he probably won't be back anytime soon. I can conceal the space around her.
"Hurry and look for the Dragon Bone Fragments. Remember, don't blow up the mountain if you can avoid it. If you really have to blow it up, tell me in advance."
Without Duan Yu needing to say anything, Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid could tell at a glance that the woman before them was merely a Soul Saint, nowhere near Yu Yuanzhen's level.
"Alright."
Duan Yu nodded and stepped forward, fully releasing his martial soul as he tried to see whether he could establish a connection with the Dragon Bone Fragments.
Just as he had guessed, True Dragon Mountain, as the foremost of the nine mountains, was indeed different from the other peaks. It actually possessed a trace of spirituality?!
Seeing that True Dragon Mountain possessed a trace of spirituality, Duan Yu shouted, "Little Leaf, conceal the space properly. Don't let any energy leak out."
Before Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid could answer, a silver-gray giant dragon appeared behind Duan Yu.
Duan Yu's second martial soul—the Time Dragon King.
At the same time, three black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings pulsed behind him.
The third Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring lit up, and silver-gray light began to flicker.
The Time Dragon King's third soul skill—Time Retrospection.
A dial hung suspended in the void as the phantom of the Time Dragon King circled it, slowly setting its hands in motion.
The retrospection soul skill granted by the fifty-thousand-year soul beast Time Crocodile could trace the origins of people and objects, retracing their history.
After sensing that True Dragon Mountain possessed a trace of spirituality, Duan Yu had released the Time Dragon King martial soul without hesitation.
He wanted to use the power of time to trace back True Dragon Mountain and determine which Dragon King had fallen here.
As the dial gradually took shape, silver light surged from Duan Yu's body. Before long, it transformed into a pillar of light that shot into the heavens.
In an instant, his entire body was swallowed by the silver light, and he vanished completely.
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Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid sensed Duan Yu's disappearance. Its pupils constricted as it stared at the place where he had vanished in disbelief.
Calming itself, it waved its seven leaves, trying to sense Duan Yu's whereabouts.
After sensing for quite a while...
"Damn! Where did this kid go? Why is he suddenly playing disappearing tricks? Don't tell me he ran off on his own."
Seeing Duan Yu vanish, Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid suddenly lost confidence.
If it were not afraid that Duan Yu might suddenly return without its cover and end up staring directly at Yu Yuanzhen and the others, it would have run away itself.
Elsewhere, silver light swirled.
Since this was his first time using his third soul skill, Duan Yu was somewhat unskilled with it.
When his consciousness finally cleared again, he discovered that he had arrived in a silver world.
It was a wondrous space. Everything around him seemed to be formed from layers upon layers of overlapping space.
These spaces resembled fragments, yet also independent planes. Whenever they merged and touched one another, all kinds of changes occurred.
As a master of space, he naturally knew that space was the most profound existence in the world, second only to time.
In a sense, every plane and world was composed of space and time. From the universe above to a speck of dust below, all were the same.
The wondrous space before him gave him a strange feeling. This space had been formed from the powers of both time and space.
Although space changed in countless ways and time was impossible to grasp, their combination could produce an immense effect. Yet each still possessed its own unique laws.
The space here operated according to those specific laws and was exceptionally stable. Time, meanwhile, was hidden within this space.
But hadn't he used Time Retrospection? Why had he been brought to this place filled with space?
Could it be that the one who had fallen on True Dragon Mountain was the Spatial Dragon King?!
Before he could think further, the wondrous, stable space before him suddenly shattered. The surrounding scene emerged, transforming into mountains, rivers, and earth.
Upon the mountains and rivers, an earth-yellow giant dragon lay sprawled there in slumber.
The moment Duan Yu saw this giant dragon, he immediately determined which Dragon King's fall had created True Dragon Mountain.
It was the Mountain Dragon King!
Even Duan Yu had not expected it to be the Mountain Dragon King, one of the Dragon God's nine great Dragon Kings, who governed mountains, rivers, and land!
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