Chapter 293: One Must Pick the Softest Persimmon to Squeeze

Overseas, hundreds of millions of acres of seawater crashed down with a thunderous roar.

A rainbow light appeared on the horizon; Lu Yang stood within it, his sleeves whipping in the wind, and as he gazed into the distance, he immediately spotted an island comparable in scale to a continent.

The Four Seas Sect.

The Dragon Palace was located on East Island; at this moment, its halls stretched continuously, its pavilions and towers shimmered with golden splendor, and countless formation prohibitions crisscrossed throughout, truly making it a paradise for myriad demons.

In the past, Lu Yang possessed neither the ability nor the courage to gaze directly at the Dragon Palace like this; after all, that Dragon Lord of the Four Seas Sect resided deep within, and such bold spying would inevitably result in being seized and refined on the spot, but times had changed, and now the situation was different.

'What a magnificent Dragon Palace.'

Lu Yang activated the 【Exquisite Heart】, observing from afar, and could not help but sigh in admiration.

Clearly, the Dragon Palace contained formations laid down by the Dragon Lord; unless he wasted his precious opportunity to falsely hold the Golden Position, barging in recklessly would certainly yield no good results.

'However, conversely, as long as I do not barge in recklessly, the problem is not significant.'

Thinking of this, Lu Yang calmed himself down.

"Foundation Establishment Great Perfection! How can it be Foundation Establishment Great Perfection!?"

While Lu Yang was still pondering, the remaining demon soldiers below were filled with panic, their faces pale, scrambling to flee backward one after another:

"Rumble!"

Just then, a clear light suddenly rose from the direction of the Dragon Palace, covering tens of thousands of li in an instant, arriving before Lu Yang before abruptly splitting apart.

Immediately after, a handsome young man walked out from within; he possessed sword-like eyebrows and star-bright eyes, looking heroic and extraordinary, and amidst his thick hair, a pair of foot-long horns protruded, their rugged appearance symbolizing his identity as a true dragon bloodline descendant, while a pair of molten-rock-like fiery dragon pupils stared straight at Lu Yang.

"I am Tian Qiu."

Although this Dragon Palace Crown Prince possessed a noble bloodline, he lacked much arrogance and spoke politely: "With a cultivation base as high as yours, fellow Daoist, why make things difficult for a few juniors?"

"It cannot be considered making things difficult."

Lu Yang chuckled lightly, then opened his palm to reveal two souls within, which were none other than Chong Ying and Chong Ling, whom he had just pinched to death with a single hand.

Upon seeing this, Tian Qiu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as they were still alive, it was fine; at worst, they could reincarnate for another life. Chong Ying and Chong Ling were still young, and it would not take long to restore their cultivation bases through reincarnation and re-cultivation.

However, the next second.

"Bang!"

Before Tian Qiu could open his mouth to demand the souls of the two Dragon Kings, Lu Yang closed his five fingers, crushing the two souls directly, scattering their spirits and destroying their poxes!

"Now this is called making things difficult."

As Lu Yang's words fell, Tian Qiu's expression instantly turned gloomy.

His initial politeness was already out of respect for Lu Yang's strength; otherwise, why would he have spoken so much? He would have acted immediately, just as he had dealt with Suo Huan.

Yet he had not expected Lu Yang to show absolutely no face, killing the two Dragon Kings, Chong Ying and Chong Ling, right before his eyes. As the Dragon Palace Crown Prince, if he continued to swallow his anger after this, then in the future, let alone commanding the overseas regions, even the internal affairs of the true dragon clan would be in an uproar!

Thinking of this, Tian Qiu dropped his polite demeanor.

"Given face but refusing to take it, seeking death!"

As his words fell, his lips split open to reveal a mouthful of sharp teeth, and his molten-rock-like golden dragon eyes framed Lu Yang's entire body within them.

The next second, he closed his eyes.

In an instant, as Tian Qiu's eyes closed and the image of Lu Yang vanished from his vision, Lu Yang himself felt a mighty force sweep over his body.

His figure actually began to become illusory!

Tian Qiu closed his eyes, removing the sight of Lu Yang from his vision; such an image directly interfered with reality, attempting to erase Lu Yang's true form from existence along with it!

'【Framing the Sun and Moon】!'

Such a domineering and evil divine ability made even Lu Yang reveal a look of surprise, yet he remained completely unruffled, quietly watching Tian Qiu employ his methods. Immediately after, Tian Qiu shook his body, his human form collapsing explosively to reveal the scales and armor beneath his flesh and blood, supporting a celebratory cloud of mysterious light that filled the sky; he had actually transformed into his true form, revealing himself to be a hornless green qiu dragon, which coiled up tens of thousands of golden lightning snakes as it moved, its dragon head splitting open a blood-filled maw.

Judging by this posture, he actually intended to swallow Lu Yang in one bite!

'A rogue cultivator from beyond the heavens, a frog at the bottom of a well, how could you know my methods?'

'This one bite will cause your Dharma body to collapse!'

Tian Qiu thought ruthlessly, his sharp fangs snapping together up and down, truly like a guillotine; no matter what indestructible body you possessed, it would be bitten into pieces!

However, the next second, he only felt emptiness in his mouth.

There was no solid sensation of having bitten onto something.

Looking back, he saw that Lu Yang, whom he had immobilized with 【Framing the Sun and Moon】, had already dissipated into a cluster of illusory shadows, while his true form stood intact a hundred meters away.

"Hmm? Dodged it?"

Having failed to hit with one strike, Tian Qiu immediately dispersed his dragon body, which was too large a target, reverting to his human form, and a trace of astonishment clearly appeared on his handsome face:

'No, this does not seem like a rogue cultivator from beyond the heavens...'

This sequence of moves, which seemed ordinary on the surface, was actually one of his major killing moves.

If an enemy's cultivation was insufficient and they did not understand karma, unable to calculate the profound transformations within, being bitten by this mouth would immediately cost them half their life.

Yet Lu Yang had dodged it easily.

Thinking of this, Tian Qiu immediately became secretly vigilant.

'What are this person's true roots?'

While Tian Qiu was filled with shock and suspicion, his thoughts racing, Lu Yang on the other side truly breathed a sigh of relief, and even a trace of relaxation floated into the depths of his eyes.

'This Tian Qiu is not strong!'

After all, this was a remote border region overseas, incomparable to the four major powers.

'Indeed, coming overseas first was the correct move... rashly heading to the inland ultimately carries certain risks; one must pick the soft persimmons to squeeze first.'

Compared to those at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection in the inland, Tian Qiu absolutely belonged to the weaker category; in his previous life, he could even be singly killed by Suo Huan, who had obtained the boost of a Dao Court official position and was also at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, proving his abilities were truly not high; measured by Patriarch Ting You's standards, he was merely at the level of a rogue cultivator.

Thinking of this, a fiery passion immediately arose in Lu Yang's heart.

'One Foundation Establishment Great Perfection expert equals one strand of Golden Nature... if I swallow him with the 【Book of Hundred Lives】, that will be one golden talent! How many Great Perfection experts are there in this world?'

Lu Yang vaguely began to understand the thoughts of the True Persons.

They were all leeks growing splendidly!

It was just a pity that nowadays the True Persons lived in seclusion, leaving these leeks unharvested... he would have to work hard and do the harvesting himself!

'The efficiency of reopening the 【Book of Hundred Lives】 to select talents is still too low, and there is no guarantee of obtaining anything; directly robbing Golden Natures to refine talents is much faster!'

Start by making an example of the true dragon clan!

"【Heaven-Bearing Net】!"

Lu Yang flicked his sleeve, and the divine ability halo behind him immediately expanded, revealing the sun, moon, and stars, mountains, rivers, and valleys, drawing bows on both sides before closing them together in the center.

"Boom!"

In an instant, earth-shaking roars echoed across several surrounding sea regions.

In an era where True Persons lived in seclusion, a battle between Foundation Establishment Great Perfection experts could already be considered a peak war, immediately attracting the attention of countless people.

"Who is that person?"

"A rogue cultivator from beyond the heavens... actually able to fight the Crown Prince of the Dragon Palace?"

(End of Chapter)