Chapter 177: Northern Earth Vein — Water Current

Smacking his lips, Fierce Beast Hou looked at Yinglong, the only one standing in the arena.

Yinglong, already feeling incredibly uneasy, shuddered all over, instantly sensing a terrifying pressure descending upon him.

Taking a deep breath, he roared loudly and lunged toward Fierce Beast Hou in the air.

The opponent's aura was simply too strong; if he waited any longer, Yinglong feared he wouldn't even have the courage to strike.

Looking down at the ground, Fierce Beast Hou frowned slightly and raised a massive palm.

Without any superfluous movement, he swatted his palm toward the charging Yinglong.

He was currently at the Peak Primordial Golden Immortal realm; dealing with a Great Luo Golden Immortal dragon was as easy as pie.

In this short time, Fierce Beast Hou had recognized the dragon before him: the once-renowned Crown Prince of the Dragon Clan, Yinglong.

It was a pity that after so much time had passed, the other's cultivation had not improved in the slightest.

Fierce Beast Hou's casual palm strike appeared to Yinglong like the sky collapsing upon him.

No matter how he tried to dodge, that giant palm descended directly toward the top of his head.

The gap! The gap between them was too vast! How many years had passed outside for this Fierce Beast to have cultivated to such a realm?

As the thought flashed through his mind, Yinglong felt a powerful force strike him, and his body plummeted at an even greater speed.

Amidst the whistling wind, the panicked voices of many clan elders could be heard.

Yet, under the power of Fierce Beast Hou, he had absolutely no strength to resist.

Having swatted Yinglong away with a casual palm, Fierce Beast Hou let out a low roar and lunged toward the dragons on the stone pillars.

Ever since following Tian Yuan, he had not devoured any members of the Dragon Clan.

Now that so many were laid out before him, and all were Great Luo Golden Immortal dragons, how could Fierce Beast Hou resist?

The many dragons, already worried about Yinglong, saw this and their expressions turned even uglier.

Being suppressed here meant they included almost all the top members of the Dragon Clan after the Great Calamity.

If they were killed in battle, so be it, but now they were to be devoured by Fierce Beast Hou while watching helplessly.

Many dragons roared and struggled fiercely, but the chains binding them emitted an inexplicable Dao Rhyme.

Even Zhulong, the strongest among them, could only let out roars, watching everything unfold.

Before Fierce Beast Hou could land, he saw a figure fleeing rapidly from below.

Fierce Beast Hou paused for a moment, looking at the approaching Yinglong with slight surprise, and reached out to grab him from the air.

Yinglong, who had already revealed his true form, was casually held in Fierce Beast Hou's palm.

A long, long time ago, the other was a presence he dared not approach, but now, in his eyes, he was just a little long dragon.

Squeezing the struggling dragon in his palm, he casually moved it toward his mouth.

Terror filled Yinglong's eyes; his magic power surged, but he could only struggle powerlessly.

The many dragons all around saw this, their eyes splitting with rage. Heaven-shaking roars accompanied the clanking of iron chains.

Zhulong's expression also changed drastically, but with his Hunyuan Golden Immortal cultivation, he could not break free from the stone pillar.

"Enough!"

Just as the many dragons were filled with anger and fear, a calm voice arrived.

The voice was indifferent, yet it reached the ears of every dragon clearly.

Fierce Beast Hou, who was about to send Yinglong into his mouth, felt a flicker of gloom in the depths of his eyes.

It had been a while since he broke through the Array, and with Tian Yuan slow to appear, how could Fierce Beast Hou not understand the other's intent?

Glancing at the firmly held Yinglong, Fierce Beast Hou tossed him aside, and the other fled in a panic.

Cooperating in his heart, he had thought there might be a chance to gnaw on one or two dragons, but he hadn't gotten a single one. Pouting, Fierce Beast Hou didn't really mind.

He was now a Peak Primordial Golden Immortal existence; such trivial gluttony no longer mattered.

The sudden voice instantly silenced the many dragons in the arena, and they immediately raised their heads to look at the firmament.

They had originally thought the Array was broken by the combined efforts of the Dragon Clan, but now it was clearly not the case.

The Array that had trapped the Dragon Clan for countless Great Eras had actually been broken from the outside.

Fierce Beast Hou had an extraordinary origin and a physical body even tougher than the Dragon Clan; what kind of existence could subdue him?

The many dragons, including Zhulong, all widened their eyes and looked toward the top.

A figure stepped out from where the faint light had just flickered.

A... a stone man? Looking at the slightly petite stone man, all the dragons were stunned, their eyes filled with disbelief.

Fierce Beast Hou had a massive form, so this stone man, only sixteen feet tall, was indeed incredibly petite.

In their view, the existence capable of subduing Fierce Beast Hou must be extraordinary; they never expected it to be a stone man.

This should be the most ordinary creature in the Primordial World; how could he have such great ability?

However, sensing carefully, they discovered that the aura on the stone man was not the least bit inferior to Fierce Beast Hou.

The Primordial World was a place that valued origins; only with an extraordinary background could one step into higher realms.

The Fierce Beast was one thing, but how could a mere stone man have such a realm? What exactly had happened to the Primordial World? But not a single dragon spoke; they all watched the appearing stone man nervously.

Bound to the stone pillars, their life and death rested entirely on the other's whim.

Tian Yuan, having revealed his form, did not pay attention to the many dragons below, but instead calmed his mind to sense this space carefully.

Upon seeing that great marsh, Tian Yuan had vaguely thought of the dragons suppressed in the North, but he had not expected their situation to be so miserable.

However, Tian Yuan was more curious about the formation here; it was shrouded in a faint will, seemingly closely connected to the Northern Land formation in his Consciousness Space.

And beneath these towering stone pillars, Tian Yuan sensed an extremely familiar aura.

There were fluctuations of a dense Earth Vein, as well as the massive aura of a Fierce Beast.

Zulong was suppressed within Longquan Cave to resist the erosion of Chaos against the Eastern Land, but these dragons were not the same.

Those stone pillars were shrouded in an inexplicable will, connecting to the Array covering the North, and were likewise closely linked to the Array in the Consciousness Space.

Tian Yuan had always been puzzled; even if the Northern Earth Veins had been damaged during the Beast Calamity, how could there not be even a few remnants left behind?

Moreover, at that time, the might of Mount Buzhou still remained, and the Earth Veins would have recovered on their own.

Yet the reality was that the North was completely barren, with not a shadow of any Earth Vein to be seen, and now he finally understood the reason.

It was because of the Dragon Clan; these dragons had suppressed the Earth Veins.

When it comes down to it, Earth Veins are the Qi between Heaven and Earth; they are not singular existences, and they are inherently formless, manifesting through mountains and waters.

And now, in this Northern Land, the form of the Earth Veins is Northern Water.

This is also why the location of the Northern Ancestral Vein is a vast marsh rather than a celestial mountain.

The Dragon Clan is born with the ability to control water, and aided by the Heaven and Earth Will, they trapped the entirety of the Northern Ancestral Vein beneath the great marsh, making it difficult for it to recover.

Zhulong and the others likely still think that the Dragon Clan suppressed the Northern Water in a vain attempt to wash away the clan's Karma, not realizing that what they have trapped is actually the Main Vein of the Northern Land.

With such powerful causality, it is no wonder that even after several Great Calamities, Zhulong and the others have not been seen emerging.

On the contrary, many of the remaining Dragon Clan in the Four Seas perished during the Great Calamities.

These simpletons were probably deceived by someone!

(End of this chapter)