Chapter 222: The Dragon Keeper

Its size only matches some smaller huyu; compared to adult huyu, it is utterly incomparable.

Fang Xu, however, wasn't too worried about how much danger it might face.

After all, no matter how small, it is a pure-blood divine dragon; its bloodline is incomparable to that of the long dragon-type beasts that evolved into divine dragons.

To put it bluntly, judging by the dragon blood concentration in a long dragon's body, spending a lifetime to grow a fifth claw and become an ordinary divine dragon would already be not bad.

But the little dragon is different.

It is born a five-claw dragon.

That is the purest divine dragon.

If there is opportunity later, it has the hope of becoming a Dragon God.

After the little dragon rushed to the front of the giant's corpse, it instantly attracted the attention of the huyu feeding inside the corpse.

Those small huyu, upon seeing the little dragon, all tilted their heads, appearing quite curious.

They seemed not to understand how this 'fellow' could look different from themselves.

But those adult huyu were different upon seeing the little dragon.

Hiss!

Hiss!

……

All adult huyu looking at the little dragon had a flicker of greed in their eyes.

They seemed to all know that the little dragon was the thing that escaped from the sealed space at the giant's brow.

Possessing dragon blood, the huyu could clearly sense the pure dragon blood aura on the little dragon, which was a deadly temptation for them.

Swish!

Swish!

……

In an instant, a large number of huyu heads protruded from the giant's corpse!

It looked as if the giant's corpse had instantly grown a dense coat of white fur, making one's scalp tingle.

Moreover, Fang Xu in the distance saw on the giant's corpse a huyu he had never seen before.

It was a huge huyu, enormous in size, its whole body flashing with silver-gray light, with a slight bulge on its abdomen.

Presumably, that huyu was the king of the entire huyu clan.

At that moment, the little dragon also noticed the terrifying number of huyu, and immediately turned and ran toward the distance.

It was somewhat righteous, remembering Fang Xu's words, and did not flee directly toward the position of the giant's skull.

The little dragon fled, and those huyu all swarmed in pursuit.

These huyu are very fast, and they also have some control over spatial laws.

In chasing the little dragon, their speed is extremely fast.

But this speed is still insufficient before the little dragon.

As for mastery of spatial laws, the little dragon is obviously more proficient.

It seems to be a favorite of space, its body shuttling back and forth between the void and space, each time precisely dodging the huyu's attacks.

Moreover, while shuttling between the void and real space, it often attacks some weaker huyu, then captures them in the void to enjoy.

After it has completely eaten the huyu, it reappears to go hunting again.

The numerous, terrifyingly fast huyu seem to be food naturally prepared for it.

As for dodging their attacks, the little dragon handles them with ease.

Seeing this, Fang Xu also completely put his mind at ease, preparing to let it play on its own.

Sitting cross-legged on the giant's skull, he continued to contemplate the cultivation method of the Divine Soul Dao.

Having stayed in this broken world for an unknown length of time, Fang Xu felt he had now completely grasped the cultivation system of the Divine Soul Dao.

His Soul Realm had also reached a terrifying state.

At the end of cultivation, he could even feel the divine soul's disdain for the flesh.

Yes, that is disdain.

At this moment, the divine soul is like an extremely noble existence.

While the divine soul that originally housed the flesh now resembles a clay chicken and tile dog unworthy of the divine soul.

Feeling this, Fang Xu hastily stopped cultivating.

His complexion looked somewhat grim.

The divine soul and flesh ought to be tightly integrated, but now, due to cultivating the Divine Soul Dao, his divine soul and flesh have become less compatible.

It seems that if he continues cultivating, the divine soul will involuntarily abandon the flesh!

Is this the reason why cultivators of the Heavenly Radiant Realm who have achieved perfection in the Divine Soul Dao all abandon their flesh?

No!

His own flesh should be the best!

From the start, he never intended to abandon his flesh.

That is to say, from now on, he cannot continue cultivating the Divine Soul Dao.

Standing up from the giant's skull, Fang Xu looked toward the distance, where the little dragon was still hunting huyu.

Perhaps it can no longer be called the little dragon now.

After this period of hunting and devouring huyu, the little dragon's body has grown to over ten zhang in length, and its scales have fully formed.

All over, its scales shimmer with a cold silver light under the starlight.

Now, the offense and defense have reversed, and the Hidden Venom clan has become the side being hunted.

Usually, they didn't even dare to show their heads.

If Xiao Long had eaten his fill, they could still have a moment of peace.

Once Xiao Long began hunting, they were completely doomed.

Except for the existence of a suspected Xieyu king in the Xieyu clan, which had never suffered an attack from Xiao Long, all the other Xieyu had been ambushed by Xiao Long.

However, some Xieyu relied on their strength to narrowly escape, while others were not so lucky.

They were directly seized by Xiao Long into the void and treated as a tasty snack.

"Xiao Long."

Fang Xu called out with the power of his soul.

In the void, Xiao Long, who had just eaten and was absorbing and digesting, opened his eyes.

The next moment, his body merged directly with the surrounding void and appeared before Fang Xu.

"You've slept for a long time."

This time it's no longer a soul-to-soul communication.

Xiao Long can already speak human language.

What surprised Fang Xu was that Xiao Long was actually female.

That clear, little girl's voice sounded somewhat pleasant.

"Can you speak now?"

Fang Xu asked curiously.

Xiao Long gave him a sideways glance and said, "Is that so hard?"

"Not only can I speak, but before long I'll also be able to turn into a human form like yours."

A monster taking human form means Xiao Long has at least reached the level of a great demon.

But as a pure-blooded dragon clan, Fang Xu felt Xiao Long's strength was definitely more than just a great demon.

After all, in his perception, those adult Xieyu already had the strength of a demon king, equivalent to the human Dharma Appearance realm.

Xiao Long could toy with them in the palm of his hand and even treat them as food, so he must at least possess the strength of the Dharma Appearance realm.

"How strong is that Xieyu king?"

Noticing the massive Xieyu king on the distant giant's corpse looking over here, Fang Xu asked.

"Very strong."

The little snake said seriously, "I can't beat it."

"But if we two join forces, perhaps it would be different."

"Join forces?"

Fang Xu hesitated a moment and asked, "Just who is this giant's corpse?"

"They are called Dragon Nurturers."

Obviously, as his strength increased, Xiao Long also awakened many memories and learned the giant's identity.

"Dragon Nurturers?"

Fang Xu was a bit curious and asked, "Then what is the relationship between your dragon clan and them…"

"It's complicated." Xiao Long tilted his head, thought for a moment, and said, "You can understand it as a cooperative relationship."

"We help them fight, and they can let me plant a small portion of my dragon soul inside their body."

"That way, if I ever die in battle, I can rely on that portion of my dragon soul within them to be reborn."

"But the price is his life."

"My Dragon Nurturer was killed by someone before he could nurture me, so these years I haven't been able to emerge."

After hearing this, Fang Xu finally understood what was going on.

He had originally been curious as to how a pure-blooded dragon like Xiao Long could have been born from the brow of a giant.

"And what's the deal with the Xieyu?"

Fang Xu asked curiously.

"They are—"

"They are a notorious bunch."

"Xieyu feed on the corpses of the strong; once they find a powerful corpse, they settle on it, breed offspring, and only stop after they have completely devoured the corpse."

"This Xieyu tribe has likely devoured many strong corpses, making its strength relatively great."

"Fang Xu, help me kill them."

"If I devour them all, I should be able to recall more."

Fang Xu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Sure."

"But when I later go out, will you come with me?"

"Go out?"

Xiao Long looked up at the defective sky above and said, "Of course together; there's nothing left to do here."

"I have a powerful enemy out there." Fang Xu added.

"How strong?" Xiao Long asked curiously.

"About the will of heaven and earth of a great world."

"They are called immortals."

Boom!

As Fang Xu's words fell, Xiao Long's body suddenly burst forth with a strong killing intent!

"What's wrong with you?"

Fang Xu hurriedly asked.

Xiao Long retracted the murderous aura on his body, but his voice remained icy as he said: "I'm not sure, but whenever I hear the title 'Immortal,' I can't help but feel a surge of killing intent."

Upon hearing that, Fang Xu roughly understood: Xiao Long must have originally died at the hands of an Immortal.

Only this can explain why, upon hearing the title 'Immortal,' its reaction is so intense.

It's good to have a common enemy.

Having a pure-blooded dragon clan as an ally will make it easier later to oppose the heavenly will of the Great Expansion Dao Sect and the Heavenly Mystery Realm.

"Shall we act now?"

After glancing at that Huyu King, Fang Xu spoke.

His Soul Spirit Dao has advanced so much; he also wants to test just how strong he is now.

Xiao Long nodded: "Help me lure away those ordinary Huyu."

Upon hearing that, Fang Xu directly shook his head: "No need for that trouble."

As his words fell, a sharp long sword appeared directly in his hand.

Gripping the sword hilt, facing the corpse of the Dragon Keeper, Fang Xu directly slashed out a sword aura!

The instant that sword aura flew out, it split directly into two, then four...

By the time the sword aura reached the Dragon Keeper's corpse, it had become an all-encompassing presence!

Seeing this, all the Huyu, including the Huyu King, burrowed into the Dragon Keeper's corpse.

The terrifying sword aura passed straight through the Dragon Keeper's corpse and then vanished.

"The Dragon Keeper's physical body is very strong; your attack is useless."

Seeing that Fang Xu's attack had no effect, Xiao Long spoke.

Then Fang Xu confidently smiled: "Just wait a moment and you'll find out."

As his words fell, a sudden explosive shout came from within the Dragon Keeper's corpse.

Immediately after, that Huyu King stumbled out from inside.

Its appearance showed no wounds, but its aura was considerably weakened.

After a moment, several stronger Huyu also emerged from inside, their condition worse than the Huyu King's.

Each one staggered about as if drunk.

"Huh?"

Seeing this, Xiao Long curiously asked: "What's wrong with them?"

"What about the other Huyu?"

The Huyu tribe before her, after her hunting, although its numbers have greatly decreased,

but there are still at least several thousand.

But now, after Fang Xu's round of attack, those Huyu that had surfaced are left with only a few dozen.

"They should all be dead."

Scanning with his Soul Spirit toward the Dragon Keeper's corpse, Fang Xu spoke.

His previous strike was an attack directed at the soul.

The Dragon Keeper is already dead and has no soul of its own.

Its flesh naturally cannot block Fang Xu's attack.

The sword aura pierced straight through the Dragon Keeper's corpse, slashing the Huyu souls hiding inside.

Although this strike was dispersed, its power was not as strong as imagined.

But the Huyu souls themselves are not very strong; they were almost completely slain by Fang Xu.

"Weaker than imagined."

As Fang Xu spoke, he directly lifted the long sword in his hand, preparing to launch another attack.

But Xiao Long stepped ahead and said: "Let me do it!"

"A noble dragon clan, the prey it hunts itself is fragrant!"

Before her words even fell, she charged straight at the Huyu King and the remaining Huyu.

Fang Xu also followed her to the front of the Dragon Keeper's corpse, ready to help at any moment.

The battle between the two sides was very primitive.

It was straight-up fist-to-flesh close-quarters combat.

But Xiao Long occupied the advantage of five dragon claws, and furthermore the Huyu King's soul had suffered Fang Xu's attack, sustaining some damage.

Soon it was beaten by Xiao Long into a bloody mess.

Seeing this, Fang Xu felt somewhat moved.

In ancient times, whether terrifying demon beasts or gods, when they fought they were truly violent.

It was nothing like the imagined clash of magical arts.

Most of the time, they fought each other with the primal instincts of wild beasts.

Soon, Xiao Long pressed the Huyu King to the ground!

Scorching lava contacting the Huyu King's corpse could not harm it in the slightest.

Xiao Long opened his massive dragon mouth and bit down on the Huyu King's neck.

The Huyu King emitted a painful hiss.

But no matter how it struggled, it was to no avail.

As its blood flowed away, its struggling grew weaker and weaker.

"Fang Xu, here's something good for you."

Seeing the venomous lurker king already dead, the little dragon's one dragon claw precisely stabbed into the venomous lurker king's corpse, then it grabbed a bloody huge mass of flesh from within and flung it toward Fang Xu.

Fang Xu used his soul power to suspend that thing in midair, then examined it carefully.

Heart!

The thing the little dragon threw over was precisely the venomous lurker king's heart.

"Eat it, this is a good thing."

The little dragon, while happily gnawing on the venomous lurker king's corpse, shouted at Fang Xu.

Eat?

Looking at the bloody heart before him, then glancing at the corpse of the dragon keeper beside him.

He furrowed his brows.

This venomous lurker thing eats corpses.

Eating its heart myself……

Inside, he found it hard to accept.

But sensing the terrifying energy contained in the venomous lurker king's heart, Fang Xu hesitated again.

The strength of the dragon keepers is beyond doubt.

This venomous lurker king knows not how many dragon keepers' flesh and blood it has devoured; the essence contained in its heart is estimated to be the bloodline essence of the dragon keepers.

If I were to devour it, my physical body would likely rise by more than one level.

With my physical body enhanced, I can continue cultivating my soul path.

He is now not far from mastering the Divine Descent Technique.

But……

Suppressing the discomfort in his heart, Fang Xu pondered for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up.

How could I have forgotten about them?

With a slight stir of his mind, a large mass of blood-red silhouettes burst from within him, swarming toward the venomous lurker king's heart! (End of chapter)