Chapter 377: The Coveted Dragon, Moon Star Exploded

That's a dragon!

An unmistakable true dragon!

More importantly, this being named 【True Dragon】, which radiated an incomparably alluring aura, was extremely tiny (Baichuan normally maintained a hundred meters after reaching True Immortal), and in the eyes of these dim-witted Beast Gods, this was the finest delicacy!

At this, in an instant, the gazes of all the Beast Gods orbiting around Lan Hai Xing changed, as if they had seen the most precious treasure and delicacy!

After all, not only was it greatly nourishing, but its power (size) was incomparably weaker than theirs—how could these Beast Gods not be hungry and drool?

Their instincts told them that once they swallowed this true dragon, they would obtain unimaginable benefits!

The next instant, gazing at this true dragon that had not even crossed through space, the Beast God closest to Baichuan moved—a tree-shaped Beast God formed as if from gathered flesh and blood, called by the people of Lan Hai Xing the Flesh-Blood Mother Tree, wielding Authority over flesh and blood. Not only could it split off countless Blood Beasts, but every inch of its flesh contained a power that could cause ordinary beings to mutate—it was the Supreme God pursued by the Flesh Cult.

Only to see this tree of flesh and blood rooted on the Blood-colored Satellite swaying those branches strung together from countless limbs of various creatures. In an instant, countless Blood Beasts of different forms detached from its trunk, scrambling to pounce toward the opened void, leaving behind a road paved with blood through space along the way.

If a powerful expert of Lan Hai Xing were present to witness this scene, they would surely be shocked by the terror of these Blood Beasts! Because these were actually the rarest and most powerful Blood Kings among the many Blood Beasts split off by the Flesh-Blood Mother Tree!

These were terrifying beings—any single one of them descending into their world, even if not in its true form, merely with its consciousness attached to an ordinary Blood Beast, would force a Pillar of the Nation to pay a grievous price just to barely strike it down!

Yet now the number of such Blood Kings was beyond counting, almost piling up into an exaggerated Beast Tide, and all in their most powerful true forms!

"Heh, looks like I'm being underestimated?"

Yet at this moment, facing this tide of Blood Kings that shocked and even terrified the people of Lan Hai Xing, Baichuan, the dragon who was one of its targets, merely chuckled softly. Even though he had not truly descended and could not move left, right, forward, or backward, able only to face this terrifying Beast Tide head-on, he still showed no fear.

"Want to devour my flesh and blood?" Baichuan lowered his brilliant, seemingly eternal dragon eyes and murmured softly. With just one glance he saw what this Beast Tide desired—nothing more than to devour the powerful force flowing within his flesh and blood. But: "No matter, the question is whether you can withstand this power?"

While murmuring, Baichuan gazed at the incoming Beast Tide, and the dragon's mouth gently exhaled. Then a single tiny strand of hair detached and drifted from the mane fluttering behind his dragon head, floating toward the Beast Tide under an invisible force.

The moment this seemingly tiny strand of hair detached and headed toward the Beast Tide, it visibly swelled with the wind, expanding to several times its original size in a short time, spanning the direction from which the Beast Tide was charging. Immediately, an even denser and more alluring aura spread out.

In an instant, under the temptation of this dense aura, the charging tide of Blood Kings visibly froze as a group, all halting in place, nearly causing a serious stampede.

Yet the next moment, the stampede that had just been controlled truly happened!

The already crimson beast-eyes of all the Blood Kings completely lost their reason. Droplets of viscous, foul-smelling saliva flowed out as if unable to stop, almost converging into a river! As if stripped of all rationality, they tensed every twisted muscle in their bodies and pounced toward that strand of mane-hair. Anything daring to stand in their way here would be torn to shreds!

And at this moment, not only the tide of Blood Kings, but even the Flesh-Blood Mother Tree behind the tide of Blood Kings, and all the surrounding Beast Gods, went mad as well!

The aura was already incomparably alluring, but because it was faint, it barely allowed the many Beast Gods to maintain a sliver of weak reason. Yet now, under Baichuan's action, the little rationality and intelligence they possessed was instantly ignited, burning to ash under the alluring Dragon Qi.

Beast God after Beast God could hold back no longer, each exerting every ounce of their power to scramble forward, all for the sake of swallowing a single bite of that alluring strand of dragon mane-hair! Those pairs of beast-eyes, once awe-inspiring in their might, now seemed to hold nothing but burning, fierce hunger and desire—and that strand of fragrant dragon mane-hair!

A dragon's entire body is treasure—this is no empty reputation, as can be seen from this!

Close! Close! Getting closer!

As the closest to that "food" named True Dragon, the Flesh-Blood Mother Tree felt the Blood Kings finally approaching, and the branches strung together from countless creature limbs swayed slightly, urgently urging the Blood Kings—a part of itself—to feed!

The next instant, the Blood Kings, as parts of it, did not disappoint its expectations. They hungrily opened those great bloody maws, and translucent threads of viscous saliva slowly stretched from within, like a great transparent net connecting the upper and lower jaws lined with sharp teeth. Then they bit down one after another!

At the same moment, countless Blood Kings opened their stringy bloody maws together and bit down, viciously seeking to devour the 【Dragon】's power!

Streams of invisible power slowly melted and released from within the dragon's hair. After being devoured by the Blood Kings, the layer of power protecting it seemed to vanish—

Thus, all the Blood Kings froze—not only the ones that had devoured it, but the Flesh-Blood Mother Tree behind them as well!

Within those stiff, massive bodies, on those nearly hairless surfaces, wisps and strands of eerie purple light began to emerge, flickering and flowing like light patterns across the vast bodies of these Blood Kings and the Flesh-Blood Mother Tree, emitting a deadly and eerie purple glow!

Hot! Hot!! Hot!!!

Pain! Pain!! Pain!!!

It was a pain far more intense than what had always been entwined upon them! If pain had a grading system, for the Beast Gods, the pain that had always been etched upon them as losers could be called Level Ten—then the pain now upon the Flesh-Blood Mother Tree was Level One Hundred!

The Flesh-Blood Mother Tree, whose expression had been full of comfort just a moment ago, froze, its entire body trembling uncontrollably. It had no idea what was happening to its body!

It had only just swallowed what it considered a delicacy, the unceasing hunger within its body had only just stopped, the fullness and warmth had only just been born—why had it changed?

The warmth gradually transformed into a burning heat that caused beasts pain, and the fullness gradually transformed into distending pain!

It was as if endless energy was constantly being born within its body, or perhaps it was merely an illusion—its own body had been ignited! Its entire body had become a source of endlessly leaking energy!

The next moment, a high-concentration force as if burning and collapsing was slowly born within the bodies of the Blood Kings that had fed. The eerie purple light seemed to have accumulated to its limit, or perhaps the Blood Kings and even the Flesh-Blood Mother Tree had reached their capacity. A dense, dazzling purple light exploded outward from their bodies with a boom.

"BOOM!!!"

One after another, earth-shattering explosions erupted!

These were terrifying explosions that still thundered even in space, where sound could not travel due to the lack of medium!

The nearly visible shockwave transformed into a pillar of purple light shooting skyward, illuminating the entire expanse of space!

Even denser energy and 【Dragon Qi】 escaped outward—this was the alluring 【Dragon Qi】 that had been transformed and fermented within the Flesh-Blood Mother Tree's body!

In this explosion, the Beast Gods that had just charged forward were instantly sent flying backward, as if being flipped by a massive wave in the ocean!

The next instant, still not understanding what was happening, they were directly robbed of their senses by the increasingly rich 【Dragon Qi】, falling into madness, frantically devouring the flesh and blood remains left behind by the fallen Flesh-Blood Mother Tree and Blood Kings.

Yet, having just swallowed these flesh and blood remnants drifting in space, the Beast Gods froze once more, as if struck by unbearable pain, rigid in place!

Just like the Flesh-Blood Mother Tree before—only they were luckier, for the violent 【Dragon Qi】 they endured had already been transformed by the fallen Flesh-Blood Mother Tree.

At this moment, what exactly had happened, perhaps only Baichuan, with his light smile, understood.

His flesh and blood were not so easy to consume. As a being from a Subspace utterly different from this universe, every substance composing his body was, for the beings of this Xingkong, both a great tonic and a deadly poison!

Once they came into contact with the entirely different opposing substance, an unstoppable 【Violent Reaction】 would occur. As long as one could control this energy, unimaginable destructive power could be unleashed—just like his overwhelmingly powerful stance when he fought True Immortal Guyue.

But if one could not control it, or even comprehend it, then there was only one outcome: turning into a brilliant firework under the destructive energy of this violent reaction!

As the saying goes:

If you can bear it, it is a great tonic.

If you cannot bear it, then it is deadly poison!

And clearly, this group of dim-witted Beast Gods, mere Earth Immortals, could not contain the destructive energy carrying a portion of True Immortal-level power!

All that awaited them was explosion!

……

Meanwhile, inside Lan Hai Xing.

"I have a feeling something big is going to happen today?"

"Why does my heart feel so uneasy?"

Having once again annihilated a group of evil organizations, the nation's pillar Hulan, while basking in the love of his people, couldn't help but press a hand to his chest, frowning and muttering to himself; those sharp eyes, ringed with a trace of fatigue and dark circles, were full of confusion.

For some unknown reason, ever since he had begun annihilating evil organizations based on the prophecy to prevent the descent of the 【Mysterious Beast Shadow】 and the destruction of the world, he had felt increasingly uneasy with each passing day—a feeling that grew even more intense after he discussed it with a friend who was a Xinglao.

It seemed as if their interpretation of the prophecy had been wrong, and everything they had done was all for nothing…

How could that be?!

If Tao Xing's initial divination might have been mistaken, the later ones were performed jointly by countless Xinglao! They had gathered the power of every Spirit and Xinglao in the entire world!

"Ah! T-the sky—"

"Quick, quick, look at the sky!"

"The—the sky has changed! A purple sky!!"

"No, that's Moon Star exploding!!!"

Suddenly, a scream jolted Hulan from his thoughts. Puzzled, he stopped walking, frowned, and looked around, only to find that everyone, without exception, was looking up at the sky, their faces filled with intense shock, as if they had seen something they couldn't believe.

Seeing this, Hulan also noticed that the color of the light around him seemed a bit off?

It was clearly the most blazing moment of noon—everything around should have been bright and tinged with gold—yet now not only was the surroundings dim like dusk, but they were also mixed with a blood-red glow and an eerie purple light?

Not knowing what was happening, influenced by those around him, he slowly raised his head. In an instant, his azure-blue eyes snapped wide open; those once blade-sharp eyes were now filled with nothing but blankness, his pupils dilating uncontrollably, for he had clearly seen an unbelievable sight—

Moon Star had exploded!!!

To be precise, the Blood Moon—one of the Ten Moon Phenomenon born on Lan Hai Xing after the Beast God's invasion, representing the Supreme God 【Flesh Mother Tree】 worshipped by the Flesh Cult—had exploded!

For some unknown reason, it exploded within a beam of eerie purple light, transforming into a brilliant firework, witnessed by every single person on Lan Hai Xing!

A god had fallen!

Since the birth of that world-destroying prophecy, the first god had perished!

And it was the Flesh Mother Tree, who was by no means a weakling among the gods!

Realizing this, Hulan felt a violent wave of dizziness crash over his heart, nearly causing him to faint.

"Could it be… could it be that everything we've done… is all in vain…?"

Under the crushing weight of defeat, Hulan—who had been pushing himself to the limit, running and fighting against evil organizations without rest or sleep—finally felt a tide of exhaustion threatening to drown his spirit. For the first time, his once strong and powerful body was overcome by a sense of powerlessness and deep weakness.

So much so that in an instant, he simply sat down on the ground, staring blankly at the slowly dissipating Blood Moon. After the god's fall, the traces of its existence seemed to be being erased by some unknown force!

But the next moment, before Hulan could recover, another brilliant "firework" burst open—this one different from the previous blood-red, instead a Canglan blue, faintly shaped like a wolf!

It represented the Wolf God! The embodiment of the North Wind.

And this time, perhaps because he had been staring fixedly at the sky, he finally caught a fleeting glimpse within that eerie purple light—a slender 【Mysterious Figure】 that flashed past in an instant!

"The Mysterious Beast Shadow has descended!!!"

At this, Hulan truly understood: all their efforts to prevent it over this period had been nothing but wishful thinking! Everything they had done was utterly useless…

No! No! I have to pull myself together!

We must have made a mistake somewhere!

There's still time!

Hulan, if even you, a pillar of the nation, give up and collapse, who else can save the Eastern Alliance, this world?!

Muttering to himself, though he felt as though he were bearing the weight of a mountain ten thousand zhang tall, Hulan struggled to rise from the ground.

He had to return to the main hall to discuss plans with everyone—absolutely before that terrifying figure truly descended upon the world!

Thinking this, Hulan broke into a stride, ignoring his aide who was hurrying alongside him, and rushed toward the central main hall of Tianhai City…

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(End of Chapter)