Chapter 222

After a long silence, he spoke:

"Apep, do you submit or not?"

"N... not!"

Apep roared; as one of the ancient Seven Elemental Long Wangs, even though he had been defeated, he would still not yield.

"Oh!"

"So stubborn?"

Jiang Yan descended; he hadn't expected that Apep, beaten by him into such a state, would still refuse to submit.

He suddenly grabbed Apep's head and, with a mighty heave, lifted it up.

"Bang!"

With a tremendous crash, Jiang Yan slammed Apep's head into the ground with a single slap.

Rather than reasoning, Jiang Yan preferred to use force to make him submit.

"Submit or not?"

"Not!"

Bang!

"Submit or not?"

"N... not!"

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!!

Every time Jiang Yan asked "Submit or not?", as long as Apep said "not", he would grab the other's head and slam it against the ground once.

After being slammed countless times, Apep finally exploded.

"You are pushing me too far!!"

Apep struggled with all his might, trying to lift his head.

But in the end, Jiang Yan once again grabbed his head and smashed it into the ground.

"Quite a tough temper!"

Jiang Yan chuckled and sat down cross-legged.

"Hey, Apep, consider joining me?"

"Impossible!"

Apep glared at Jiang Yan; this person had inexplicably beaten him up and now asked if he wanted to join him.

Did he really think Apep had no temper?

"Don't be so quick to refuse."

Jiang Yan tapped Apep's head, producing a dong-dong-dong sound.

"You, a broken remnant, scraping out a life on this barren, rocky desert."

"Do you really plan to drag out your existence like this forever?"

Jiang Yan said with a smile.

"What does that have to do with you?"

Apep stopped resisting, for Jiang Yan's words had pierced his heart like a sharp sword.

When the Nail of the Sky fell here, turning everything into a desert, Apep understood.

The era of the Seven Elemental Long Wangs had long passed.

Since then, it had fallen silent.

Until now.

"What if I say... I have a way to restore you to your prime?"

Jiang Yan looked at it with a smile.

"Impossible!"

"Have you seen my prime?"

Apep stared straight at Jiang Yan; he did not believe a single word Jiang Yan said.

If there truly were a method to fully restore him, he would have done it long ago.

But for all these years, there had been none.

"Tsk, in this day and age, why is no one believing the truth?"

Jiang Yan was amused by Apep's reaction.

"Do you think I have any reason to lie to you?"

Apep thought for a moment; indeed, he did not.

After all, the other had knocked him down in just a few exchanges.

"Then why do you want to help me?"

Apep did not quite understand Jiang Yan's actions.

Why beat him up without a word, yet now claim to cure him?

Are you sick?

If Jiang Yan heard those words, he would definitely stand up and beat the other person again.

Damn it, helping you and getting scolded for it?

"Didn't I say? I want you to be my mount!"

Jiang Yan's tone was full of righteous confidence.

"......"

Sincerity is always the ultimate move.

That is truly well said.

Jiang Yan's sincere words successfully silenced Apu.

He never expected the boy to state such things so bluntly.

"If you can truly return me to my peak state."

"What harm is there in becoming your mount?"

Apu's voice carried a dull tone.

Since there was no other way, trusting the person before him would cost him nothing.

"If you had said so earlier, you would have recovered long ago."

Jiang Yan said with a smile.

"Are you not afraid... that I will not fulfill my promise after recovering?"

Apu looked at the man before him, deeply puzzled.

"Come on, since I dare to restore you, it proves I possess the strength to defeat you in your full prime!"

Jiang Yan smiled faintly and took out a Senzu Bean from his robe.

"Here, eat it."

Saying this, Jiang Yan tossed the Senzu Bean in his hand, throwing it into Apu's massive mouth.

"What is this?"

Due to the vast size difference between the Senzu Bean and his own body.

Before Apu could react, the Senzu Bean had already entered his stomach.

He saw streams of warm qi rising from within Apu's body, and immediately, light suddenly burst forth around Apu.

A giant green dragon appeared before Jiang Yan.

"ROAR!!!!"

With Apu's roar, the heavens and earth shifted, and the wind and clouds changed color.

The entire world seemed to celebrate the Grass Long Wang's return to his full prime state.

Jiang Yan watched calmly as the excited Apu roared continuously before him.

Meanwhile, in the distance, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, who was observing, also changed expression.

Damn it! What was the boy Jiang Yan thinking?

Did he really restore Apu to his full prime state?!

"Boy! Well done!"