Teaching Lesser Demons a Lesson, Meeting the Dragon King

Ao Xi wrestled with her doubts.

In the end, she decided to go along with Wang Shi's wishes.

"All right, Daoist Shi. As long as you can take me back to the West Sea Dragon Palace, I'll do my best to meet your demands."

Wang Shi chuckled and wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth.

Then he looked up into the air.

"Which great figure has graced us with their presence? You've watched the show long enough. Isn't it time you showed yourselves?"

A party of three slowly came into view.

One had a human head and a bird's body, another a dragon's head and a snake's body, and the third had horns on his head.

They looked at Wang Shi with grim expressions.

"Boy, killing our Demon Generals was bad enough, but you even roasted and ate them. Don't you think that's going too far?"

Wang Shi chuckled.

"What, did watching all this make you hungry too? I can share some with you."

He waved the chicken drumstick in his hand and flashed a friendly smile.

The sight of that expression sent a chill through all three of them. This man was arrogance incarnate.

One of them was about to lash out, but the humanoid Great Demon with deer antlers stopped him.

"Do you realize that you're making an enemy of the entire Demon Court? Vast as the world is, I'm afraid there will be nowhere for you to hide."

"If you surrender now and hand over that Dragon Girl, you might still have a chance to live. Otherwise..."

He never spelled out his threat, but the murderous intent in his eyes already said it all.

Wang Shi chuckled.

"Otherwise what? My master told me that when traveling the world, I should take joy in helping others. You bully a Little Girl as you please, yet won't let me uphold justice?"

"As the saying goes, cause and effect come full circle, and retribution never misses its mark. They deserved their bad luck."

The three Great Demons exchanged glances, terrifying murderous intent pouring from each of them.

"Kill!"

"Deploy the Three Talents Formation!"

"You fool, what did you think we were doing? We were merely buying time."

At some point, a formation had already enveloped Wang Shi.

The dragon maiden Ao Xi was horrified.

"This is bad! The Three Talents Formation is best suited for trapping enemies. They're trying to buy time. Daoist Shi, we need to leave!"

She mustered all her Daoist power and charged fiercely in one direction.

Clearly, she meant to break through the formation there.

With a bang, the Dragon Girl flew backward in despair.

"Ah, damn it! When did they set up the formation? I didn't notice a thing!"

Wang Shi looked curiously at the formation anchors around him.

"They set this formation up pretty quickly. I was wondering why they were tossing those stones around. So it was to set up a formation."

The Dragon Girl stared at him in astonishment, trembling with anger.

"You saw them setting up the formation? Why didn't you stop them?"

Wang Shi scratched his head awkwardly.

"Why would I stop them? Is this formation that powerful?"

The three Great Demons burst out laughing.

"You fool, you've never even heard of the Three Talents Formation? It has only one function: as long as the three of us remain alive, this formation cannot be broken."

"And both of you are weaklings. You want to attack us? Not a chance."

Wang Shi gave them an odd smile, looking at them as though they were idiots.

Where did this bunch get the baffling confidence to provoke me like this?

"Oh, really? I've honestly never seen anything like that!"

He suddenly surged forward, then casually threw a punch. All three Great Demons immediately spat blood and went flying backward.

The power of that punch had been so immense that it had severely wounded all three of them outright.

"What terrifying strength! Who exactly are you?"

The three stared at Wang Shi in shock. Only now did they realize that they had truly kicked an iron plate this time.

The strength of the man before them was anything but ordinary.

Wang Shi looked at them in surprise as well.

"Well now, not bad! You actually survived a punch from me. This formation really is unusual—it can even spread out the force of my punch."

"Otherwise, that punch alone should have crippled all three of you."

He shook out his shoulders. "Then let's try again. I'd like to see just how many punches you can withstand."

These demons weren't particularly powerful. They should have been somewhere between Golden Immortal and Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, at the perfected Golden Immortal realm—neither here nor there.

Just then, the three Great Demons exchanged glances.

"Boy, you win this round. Let's go!"

They turned and fled with astonishing speed.

Wang Shi still wanted to give chase.

But the Dragon Girl clung tightly to him.

"Don't kill them! They're the sons of Demon Marshals. I've met all three of them before."

"If you kill them, you'll bring terrible trouble down on yourself. Even the Dragon Tribe won't be able to protect you."

Wang Shi had no choice. His own ally had actually forced him to stop.

Only when the Dragon Girl felt him settle down did she breathe a sigh of relief.

This big fellow is far too bloodthirsty. At the slightest provocation, he wants to slaughter someone and roast them.

Along the long coastline, a group of Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals kept searching for something.

"Hurry up and search! Where on earth has my poor daughter gone?"

The West Sea Dragon King's heart was filled with anxiety.

Just then.

A voice rang out behind him.

"Father, I'm back!"

Ao Xi ran happily toward the West Sea Dragon King.

The West Sea Dragon King instantly flew into a rage.

"You little brat! How could a young girl like you leave without a word? Do you know how worried I've been all this time? The Primordial World is full of chaos. What if you ran into someone wicked?"

Ao Xi stuck out her tongue. She knew she was in the wrong and didn't dare talk back to her father.

"But I'm fine, aren't I?"

"Father, let me introduce you. This is Daoist Shi. If he hadn't escorted me all the way back, I really might never have made it home."

Wang Shi gave a bashful smile.

"This was a deal between the dragon princess and me. I merely acted according to our agreement."

The West Sea Dragon King frowned.

"Oh? May I ask what deal you made with my daughter, fellow Daoist?"

Ao Xi tugged at the West Sea Dragon King's hand.

"Father, you have to agree to this. He did save my life, after all!"

"It's really nothing major. He wants to borrow our Dragon Transformation Pool."

Wang Shi nodded vigorously.

"Princess Ao Xi is right. I only want to use the Dragon Transformation Pool. I have no other demands."

The West Sea Dragon King was greatly startled and immediately refused.

"Impossible. The Dragon Transformation Pool is a supreme treasure of our Dragon Tribe, the key to our entire race's legacy. We cannot let you use it, fellow Daoist."

"Besides, you possess no Dragon Tribe bloodline whatsoever, so you have no need for the Dragon Transformation Pool! It has no use at all for anyone outside the Dragon Tribe."

Wang Shi chuckled.

"This was a deal between the dragon princess and me. I advise you to honor that promise, Dragon King. As for whether the Dragon Transformation Pool is useful, I'll only know after I've used it."

His tone was utterly calm. He showed no fear that the West Sea Dragon King might go back on the agreement.

Just then, thunderclouds inexplicably shrouded the clear sky. Masses of black clouds appeared from every direction and converged on their location, as though a storm were about to break.