"Boom!"
Under the Plane Spirit's attack, the webs between Tang Hao's thumbs and forefingers split open, blood gushing out. He clung to the hammer's handle and advanced instead of retreating.
"Hahahaha!" Tang Hao laughed uproariously, ignoring his wounds. "You old fossil, I really would have had trouble dealing with you if you'd stayed hidden down there. To think you dared come out on your own!"
The Plane Spirit had actively mobilized its power to attack him, which would burn through enormous amounts of plane origin.
Once this counterattack passed, he would take over the plane even faster!
Tang Hao swung the Clear Sky Hammer, braved the lightning head-on, and brought the hammer down toward the Silver Dragon King in midair.
"My lord, ignore him! Extract the blood!" Di Tian roared.
His enormous black dragon body blocked the way, and he spewed a mouthful of Destruction Dragon Flame at Tang Hao.
The enormous silver dragon Gu Yue had become spiraled upward, trapping Tang Hao and Tang San's phantom firmly within a seven-colored Elemental Storm.
In the underground chamber.
Na'er formed hand seals so quickly that only afterimages remained visible.
"Out!"
At her sharp cry, Tang Wulin let out an utterly bloodcurdling scream.
A mass of savage, frenzied golden blood was forcibly stripped from his body.
The blood writhed wildly in midair, letting out dragon roars that shook space until it cracked.
Tang Wulin lost consciousness completely, his face deathly pale and his breathing almost imperceptible.
Tang San's phantom in midair flew into a rage, swinging the Sea God Trident wildly as he tried to break through the Elemental Storm's blockade.
"How dare you, you wretch!"
Gu Yue blocked his path and slammed down her dragon claw. "You're not getting through!"
Without pausing, Na'er stepped straight into the center of the Magic Array.
"Gu Yue, receive the origin!" Na'er shouted, looking up.
A pure silver light shone between her brows. Then a silver thread of blood, radiating a gentle glow, began streaming out of her body and headed straight toward Gu Yue above.
This was the silver dragon king origin within Na'er!
Gu Yue opened her dragon jaws and swallowed the endless stream of silver dragon king origin.
The seven-colored radiance instantly surged!
Gu Yue's wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and her aura climbed higher and higher!
Gu Yue looked down at the Tang father and son, her voice ringing through the heavens. "Now it's my turn."
Meanwhile, as Na'er continued releasing the silver dragon king origin, she used both hands to guide the raging mass of golden dragon king bloodline in midair toward her own body.
Blood replacement!
She would replace the silver dragon king bloodline within her with the golden dragon king bloodline!
Tang San's phantom looked at Gu Yue, whose aura was soaring, then glanced at Tang Wulin below, who was on the verge of breathing his last. His face twitched violently.
If this dragged on any longer, Tang Wulin would surely die.
The imprint he had left within his son would also dissipate completely.
Tang Hao spat out a mouthful of bloody froth and glanced at the rapidly waning plane power in the sky.
The Plane Spirit's power was nearly exhausted. It could not keep them here.
Tang Hao made an immediate decision. "Go!"
He swung the Clear Sky Hammer and unleashed an earth-shaking attack with all his might, forcibly tearing an opening in Gu Yue's Elemental Storm.
Tang San's phantom immediately transformed into a streak of blue-gold light, swept up Tang Wulin from the ground, and shot through the opening.
Di Tian was about to give chase.
Gu Yue stopped him. "Don't pursue a cornered foe!"
Although Tang Hao had suffered a backlash, the plane power was still in his hands.
If they truly fought until the fish died and the net broke, it would jeopardize their next plans.
More importantly, Na'er's Blood Replacement Ritual had reached its most critical moment.
An extremely faint sigh came from the depths of the plane.
Acting this time had diminished its power yet again, bringing forward the moment when Tang Hao would take it over.
"I hope... there's still time..."
The Plane Spirit's voice faded away completely, and the plane repulsion suppressing Tang Hao vanished with it.
Na'er's entire body was wrapped in golden blood, and savage power rampaged through her.
She clenched her teeth, desperately guiding those powers into her bones and blood.
Above, Gu Yue was meditating as she absorbed the silver dragon king origin Na'er had returned, her eyes closed as she regulated her breathing and digested that immense power.
Di Tian took human form and stood guard at the edge of the Magic Array, watching their surroundings warily.
Everything seemed to have settled, the dust finally fallen.
Just then.
An exceedingly strange blood-red ball of light shot out of the ground without warning!
It moved incredibly fast, completely ignoring the defensive Magic Arrays around the chamber as it hurtled straight toward Na'er at the center of the Magic Array!
Di Tian's expression changed in alarm. He raised his hand and unleashed a Black Dragon Slash. "Who's there?!"
The blood-red ball of light twisted nimbly in midair, dodging Di Tian's attack.
It did not attack Na'er. Instead, it lunged straight at the golden dragon king bloodline in midair that had yet to fully merge into her body!
At the same time, an exceedingly fine red thread split off from the light, silently winding around the small portion of silver dragon king origin Gu Yue had not yet fully refined!
Gu Yue's eyes snapped open, and seven-colored dragon breath erupted from her jaws. "You're courting death!"
The blood-red ball of light actually managed to dodge it!
Then it sucked fiercely, forcibly pulling a mass of golden dragon king bloodline away from Na'er and, through the red thread, wrenching a small mass of silver dragon king origin from Gu Yue.
It had succeeded!
The blood-red ball of light instantly contracted into a long, slender streak of blood-red light, plunged into the ground, and vanished without a trace.
The entire process took less than a second.
Speed was not the crucial point. The crucial point was that, throughout the whole process, not even Di Tian had managed to stop it from escaping!
The chamber fell utterly silent.
Na'er stared blankly at her empty hands. The once-abundant golden dragon king bloodline had lost a full tenth of its volume!
Gu Yue's face was livid. She could clearly feel that someone had forcibly bitten a chunk out of the origin she had just recovered!
Di Tian roared, his immense divine sense instantly blanketing all of Eastsea City. "Who did this?!"
Nothing.
There was nothing at all.
The blood-red ball of light had simply vanished into thin air, leaving no trace of its aura.
Di Tian hurriedly dropped to his knees. "My lord, I failed in my duty. I'll go after it right now!"
"Enough." Gu Yue raised a hand to stop him, her expression so dark it seemed water might drip from it.
"My lord! That was..." Di Tian stepped forward anxiously.
"I told you to stop." Gu Yue cut him off. "Our opponent could ignore my Killing Array and escape from your hands unscathed. Even if you turned Eastsea City upside down, you wouldn't find them."
"Who could it have been?" Na'er gritted her teeth. "Tang Hao was already forced away by the plane's backlash, and Tang San's imprint fled with Tang Wulin. Who else could intervene at a time like this?"
Gu Yue closed her eyes, carefully recalling the sudden turn of events in that fleeting instant.
That blood-red ball of light had been too fast, its aura too strange. Most importantly, it seemed to have been wrapped in a layer of extremely unusual power.
Even she could not decipher that power.
Gu Yue opened her eyes. "Our opponent had been lurking in the shadows all along, waiting for us and Tang Hao to leave each other battered and wounded."
"What a scheme. What a fine scheme."
Gu Yue clenched her fists, fury burning in her eyes. "We'll remember this debt for now. Na'er, hurry and merge with the remaining bloodline. Di Tian, stand guard!"
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Given that forty percent of the silver dragon king bloodline is released at a rate of x, and one hundred percent of the golden dragon king bloodline is absorbed at a rate of y.
How long will it take Na'er to complete the blood replacement? (๑•ૅω•´๑)
Before you continue