Chapter 396: Dragon Race Never Becomes Slaves, As Long As You Pay (Three-in-One)

On the Dragon Horse Hall, Xu Wenhua's face revealed a solemn expression, and his figure suddenly vanished.

When Xu Wenhua reappeared, he was already not far in front of the Red Dragon King, Yanasansi.

At this moment, Xu Wenhua was already in a state of overloading his Mental Power; the intense Mental Power manifested into a milky-white shockwave several feet thick, charging straight toward the Red Dragon King.

A Sixth-tier Beastmaster also possesses great power in their own right.

Yanasansi, the Red Dragon King, had no time to react before being struck head-on by the milky-white shockwave; it was as if a giant hammer were striking its brain, and its mind instantly went blank, causing it to hover in mid-air unknowingly.

This turn of events came and went quickly; in the blink of an eye, the gaze of the Red Dragon King Yanasansi regained clarity, and it wanted to ram into Xu Wenhua.

Bika~

A booming sound of the air being shattered rang out; the Red Dragon King Yanasansi instinctively raised its head and closed its eyes, only to be fiercely whipped across the face by a thick, icy-blue tail.

Under the immense force, the Red Dragon King Yanasansi let out a painful Dragon Roar; even though the Mystery of Guard mitigated some of the damage, its face was still whipped into a bloody mess, and it fell straight from the sky toward the ground.

After whipping the Red Dragon King away, the slender body of the Six-Winged Frost Centipede turned, releasing a large amount of biting icy-blue aura from its body surface, which quickly condensed into a giant ten-zhang-tall iceberg in the air; with a whistling wind, it smashed directly toward the falling Red Dragon King.

Roar~

Before hitting the ground, the Red Dragon King Yanasansi flapped its wings, forcibly halting its descent; with its bloody dragon head held high, it sprayed a stream of scorching Dragon Breath from its mouth onto the base of the iceberg.

Before the iceberg could strike the Red Dragon King, it was turned into water vapor by the scorching Dragon Breath and vanished into the air, as if it had never appeared.

At this time, the Six-Winged Frost Centipede rushed over again, doing its best to entangle the Red Dragon King Yanasansi to buy time.

In the sky, with the help of the Savage Giant Beast, the Green-Eyed Golden-Eyed Beast, and the Red Li Bird, they successfully transported the young Red Dragon captured by Ning Bizhen onto the Dragon Horse Hall.

Returning with them was Xu Wenhua; at this moment, his face was slightly pale, as the overload of condensing Mental Power had caused some tremors in his Consciousness Sea, but he would fully recover after resting for a day or two.

Even if the Red Dragon King Yanasansi attacked the Dragon Horse Hall, with the Hall's powerful Restriction, it could at least hold out for a short while; furthermore, there were many Demon Pets standing on the Dragon Horse Hall, and with the addition of the Six-Winged Frost Centipede, it would be enough to give the Red Dragon King Yanasansi a hard time.

The angry Red Dragon King did not give up and charged toward the Dragon Horse Hall, unwilling to accept defeat; it pulled its wings in tight, and when it spread them again, two flame light blades over ten feet long shot out, landing instantly on the Restriction of the Dragon Horse Hall.

Bo~ Bo~

The Flame Light Blade was extremely powerful, sinking deep into the Restriction; the water-blue Restriction fluctuated violently, as if it could be broken at any moment, giving one a heart-stopping feeling.

It was also at this moment that the Demon Pets on the Dragon Horse Hall launched their attacks one after another; various colored light pillars, light blades, light orbs, and light beams surged out, and the Red Dragon King had no time to dodge, becoming submerged in the colorful energy tide.

Among these long-range attacks, there was no shortage of powerful Monarch-level Demon Pets, covering all ten types of energy; as soon as the energy tide took shape, a chemical reaction occurred.

Rumble~

An exceptionally intense explosion rang out, the sky seemed to shake violently, and the multi-colored energy surged in all directions, making it difficult to see the scene within a hundred meters for a time.

In an instant, a huge figure fell from the energy storm; before it could steady itself, the Six-Winged Frost Centipede once again condensed bursts of icy aura, forming a biting Blizzard and a large amount of hail, completely shrouding a hundred-meter radius.

Roar~

Under the shroud of the blizzard, the Red Dragon King Yanasansi let out an exceptionally painful sound; it endured the pain as scorching flames enveloped its massive dragon body, and under the propulsion of the flames, it almost turned into a red phantom.

The Six-Winged Frost Centipede had no time to react before being struck head-on by the Red Dragon King; the moment the two made contact, the flames clinging to the Red Dragon King's body erupted, sweeping toward the surroundings.

The Six-Winged Frost Centipede was instantly assailed by the flames and looked up, letting out a painful sound; however, it still endured the excruciating pain, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth shrouded in icy-blue cold light, and bit down on the abdomen of the Red Dragon King Yanasansi.

Ssh-la~

The Six-Winged Frost Centipede forcibly tore off a piece of Dragon Skin, and a large amount of dragon blood gushed from the Red Dragon King's abdomen, spilling onto the ground below.

After this round of attacks, the Red Dragon King Yanasansi was severely wounded; sensing that its life was threatened, it no longer cared about its offspring and subordinates, and took the opportunity to fall toward the main peak of the Rongduan Mountain Range.

The Six-Winged Frost Centipede had no time to intercept it and was powerless to stop the Red Dragon King, which was determined to escape; after chasing for two or three breaths, it could only watch helplessly as the Red Dragon King Yanasansi crashed into the lava lake and vanished.

Countless lava splashed, and the lava lake rippled with surging golden-red waves, many of which overflowed directly from the mountain peak, causing the surrounding air to become rapidly much hotter.

Not far away, seeing the Red Dragon King Yanasansi defeated, the Black Dragon Harikuchi secretly thought it was bad and turned to run away.

Divine Imprisonment!

Just as the Black Dragon was about to flee, the Archangel waved a thick, milky-white pillar of light, which transformed into milky-white pillars as thick as a bowl, forming a huge Light Prison that surrounded the Black Dragon Harikuchi.

The Black Dragon Harikuchi slammed fiercely into the Light Prison; in terms of strength, it was far stronger than the Mingluo Kun, and even though the other pillars were sharing the immense pressure, it still exceeded their capacity to bear.

Clatter~

The Light Prison held on for a moment before it could no longer be maintained, exploding into a large patch of milky-white light spots and dissipating in the air.

However, the Light Prison had blocked it after all, and the Six-Winged Frost Centipede arrived in time, opening its mouth to spray a biting Ice Breath that struck the back of the Black Dragon Harikuchi directly.

Crackle~

A large patch of frost and ice crystals condensed on the Black Dragon's back, and even its dragon wings were affected; it flapped its wings hard, shattering the ice crystals on its back, and tried to flee in a sorry state.

The next moment, an ice pillar, a fire pillar, and a light pillar surged from three directions; the Black Dragon Harikuchi had no choice but to grit its dragon teeth, knowing full well that if it dodged the attacks, although it could temporarily avoid some damage, it might also be left here forever.

Because of this, the Black Dragon Harikuchi could only take the hits with its dragon body; this caused it to be severely wounded, but it also successfully broke through the encirclement and fled in a panic at top speed.

The Six-Winged Frost Centipede, the Archangel, and the Three-Legged Fire Crow pursued for a while, but in the end, the Black Dragon successfully escaped into a lake and disappeared.

Seeing this situation, Xu Wenhua shook his head with regret and said to Li Zhangsheng and the others, "Let's go back too!"

Xu Wenhua was not without gains; after the Red Dragon King Yanasansi escaped into the lava lake, his several Monarch-level Demon Pets successfully captured an adult Red Dragon.

After the dust settled, the Dragon Horse Hall started up again and flew toward Luo City.

On the Dragon Horse Hall, everyone was not idle; they began to contract the various Red Dragons they had captured.

Compared to the others, Li Zhangsheng's was the most troublesome because he was still a Third-rank Royal Beast Master, while the one he captured was an Elite-level young Red Dragon, making the difficulty of the contract far greater than for the others.

【Spirit Beast Name】: Red Dragon (Growth Stage, Top-tier Exotic Beast)

【Spirit Beast Realm】: Elite 5th Rank

【Spirit Beast Race】: High-Level Monarch

【Spirit Beast Quality】: Superior Quality

【Spirit Beast Bloodline】: Ancestral Red Dragon (Pure)

【Spirit Beast Attribute】: Fire Element

【Spirit Beast Status】: Healthy

【Spirit Beast Weakness】: Water Attribute

Li Zhangsheng had also looked at the other few captured Red Dragons, and these few Red Dragons were also all of Superior Quality without exception.

Additionally, the juvenile red dragon he captured had another advantage; other red dragons were of the sparse-grade ancestral red dragon bloodline, while the one he captured was a step further, of the pure grade.

Although the bloodlines only differed by one tier, as both were juvenile red dragons, Li Changsheng's juvenile red dragon was significantly stronger in build than He Yan's.

He Yan's juvenile red dragon was about ten meters long, while Li Changsheng's juvenile red dragon was a full thirteen meters long.

However, because the juvenile red dragon's rank was higher than his, Li Changsheng could only choose a temporary contract.

From the very beginning, Li Changsheng had never even considered using a formal contract; even though the juvenile red dragon possessed a high-level monarch species and could reach the lord rank upon adulthood, it was only of superior quality, and unless he was willing to spend a large amount of precious resources, it would be difficult for it to advance to the demon king level on its own.

At this moment, the juvenile red dragon slowly woke up and opened its fist-sized dragon eyes.

As soon as it opened its eyes, the juvenile red dragon saw Li Changsheng, and instantly, fury burned in its heart; it subconsciously wanted to bite him.

Unfortunately, the wild beast clamped down on its neck; the juvenile red dragon tried to struggle, but it couldn't break free at all, and was then brutally pushed to the ground by the wild beast.

"Humble human, my mother is the King of Red Dragons, the master of the Rongduan Mountain Range—Yanasansi. Release the great Xier Yasina immediately, and I might spare your life!"

The juvenile red dragon gritted its teeth and spoke in the awkward Common Tongue. Having just fainted, it naturally hadn't seen the scene of the King of Red Dragons Yanasansi fleeing in a sorry state, otherwise, it wouldn't be so arrogant.

While speaking, the juvenile red dragon stood up from the ground again, holding its massive dragon head high with an arrogant look.

Red dragons are also the most arrogant of the great dragons.

Xier Yasina's words were naturally heard by the others, and they couldn't help but look at Li Changsheng with strange eyes.

Damn it!

Li Changsheng cursed inwardly. At the time, he had only discovered that Xier Yasina was the highest-quality juvenile red dragon, but he hadn't expected it to be the offspring of the King of Red Dragons Yanasansi, which gave him a headache.

After all, Xier Yasina was the offspring of the King of Red Dragons Yanasansi; it might bring Li Changsheng some trouble in the future, or even pose a danger to his life.

However, wanting Li Changsheng to give up Xier Yasina was an impossible thing.

As the head of the five-colored dragons, the value contained within a red dragon was truly too high; look at the quasi-god eggs in the Sprite Egg Shop of the Ye City Trading Market, all of them cost millions of Soul Crystals.

This price was certainly inflated, but as one of the strongest quasi-gods, if a red dragon were placed in an auction house, it would really be very likely to sell for millions.

Li Changsheng wasn't too worried either; as chaotic evil five-colored dragons, they were naturally cold-blooded and heartless, and often attacked each other, which could be seen from the previous confrontation between the black dragon and the King of Red Dragons.

"Xier Yasina, I cannot let you leave!" Li Changsheng flatly rejected Xier Yasina's 'proposal'.

"Hmph, humble huma... ah!"

Before Xier Yasina could finish speaking, Adai waved a claw; Xier Yasina's dragon wing felt as if it were made of paper, and it was directly pierced by Adai's huge claw on the left side.

Xier Yasina let out a miserable shriek, its eyes filled with extreme terror; it subconsciously wanted to curse, but when Adai's other claw hovered over its neck, it was so scared that it didn't dare to speak nonsense anymore, fearing that Adai wouldn't be able to hold back its claw.

In the face of death, Xier Yasina cowered.

Great dragons have a heritage; from the moment they are born, they receive the knowledge passed down by their ancestors, which naturally includes information about various powerful spirits.

Among the various quasi-god spirits, the Behemoth can be said to be one of the existences that great dragons least want to provoke; even with the sturdy dragon body of a great dragon, they still dare not engage in hand-to-hand combat with a Behemoth.

The wild beast is a devolved form of the Behemoth, but it possesses the same characteristic of ignoring physical defense as the Behemoth, and Adai's size was almost not inferior to a Behemoth, which was the reason why Xier Yasina was afraid.

"Human, the Dragon Clan never becomes slaves. What will it take for you to let me go?"

Under the threat of death, Xier Yasina had to restrain its arrogance.

In order to successfully contract Xier Yasina, Li Changsheng decided to use both soft and hard tactics; on one hand, he let Adai intimidate the opponent, and on the other, he prepared to offer a carrot, mainly to avoid Xier Yasina slacking off in the future.

The binding power of a temporary contract was too weak; existences like Xier Yasina could easily break free from the constraints of a temporary contract. If Xier Yasina were to slack off or directly break the contract during a life-and-death battle, that would be too dangerous.

Wanting to restrain Xier Yasina, Li Changsheng thought of one thing, and that was—gold, silver, and treasures!

The Dragon Clan never becomes slaves, as long as you pay them!

The reputation of great dragons being greedy for wealth had long spread throughout the Heavens and Myriad Worlds; they valued wealth as much as their lives, loved to plunder wealth, and their hobby was sleeping on gold, silver, and treasures.

Among them, the evil five-colored dragons were the worst.

In order to obtain more treasures, the five-colored dragons could be said to stop at nothing; slaughtering cities went without saying, and they also loved to plunder the wealth of their juvenile offspring, the kind that wouldn't leave even a single silver coin behind.

So Li Changsheng felt that Xier Yasina was likely a pauper!

"Xier Yasina, look at what this is!"

While speaking, Li Changsheng reached out and waved, and a small mountain made of gold, silver, and jewelry appeared in the open space, many of which were the treasures of the black dragon Harikuchi.

Of course, this was still only a part of it.

Xier Yasina didn't speak; it stared blankly at the small mountain that was not much shorter than itself, its eyes turning directly into 【symbols】.

Under the temptation of gold, silver, and treasures, Xier Yasina forgot the danger to its life and subconsciously wanted to pounce on them.

Adai grabbed its hind leg, and Xier Yasina fell directly to the ground, but it still used its hands and feet, struggling to crawl its body, its right claw stretched out, trying its best to grab that pile of gold, silver, and treasures.

Regarding Xier Yasina's performance, Li Changsheng found that he seemed to have underestimated the attraction of gold, silver, and treasures to a great dragon.

After discovering that it couldn't break free from Adai's restraint, Xier Yasina hurriedly changed to the most amiable tone and said: "Ao, friendly human, as long as you give them to Xier Yasina, you will gain the friendship of the great Xier Yasina!"

Just as Li Changsheng had guessed, Xier Yasina was a pauper.

From birth until now, Xier Yasina had never left the Silent Forest, and its gains were always snatched away by its mother, the King of Red Dragons Yanasansi, the kind that wouldn't leave a single silver coin.

It was also because of this that Xier Yasina was very eager for gold, silver, and treasures; its greatest dream was to sleep on them!

However, according to the growth cycle of a great dragon, it still had to spend over a hundred years to reach adulthood.

"Xier Yasina, as long as you are willing to follow my orders, in the future, I will distribute some gold, silver, and treasures to you at my discretion based on your contributions!"

Li Changsheng felt that his approach was like spending money to hire mercenaries.

"As long as you give me enough rewards, the great Xier Yasina is willing to follow your orders!"

Xier Yasina hurriedly agreed; for the sake of Gold Coins, it was willing to sell its freedom.

"Very good, now I want you to contract with me, and these will be your rewards!"

Li Changsheng grabbed a few handfuls from the small mountain, placed them in front of Xier Yasina, and put the mountain-like gold, silver, and treasures back into his Space Ring.

"Stingy human, this little bit is not enough for the great Xier Yasina to lie down and sleep on!"

Li Changsheng shrugged and said: "In the future, as long as you make more contributions, I guarantee that you will soon be able to sleep on a pile of Gold Coins! My patience has its limits; if you are unwilling, I will have no choice but to auction you off publicly!"

"Th... that's fine then!"

Xier Yasina hesitated for a moment, and finally agreed very reluctantly.

Under Li Zhangsheng's signal, Adai let go of Xier Yasina's thigh.

Xier Yasina pounced on the small pile of jewelry like a dog, hugging the jewelry and rubbing against it with a mood of ecstasy; it finally experienced the pleasure of rubbing its cheeks against jewelry.

The next moment, Xier Yasina immediately stared at the people around it with a vigilant gaze; having experienced several scenes of being robbed by its mother, the Red Dragon King Yanasansi, it was terrified at this moment that someone would snatch its jewelry.

Contract!

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng cast a Temporary Contract.

From beginning to end, Xier Yasina did not resist at all, and the contract was completed by Li Zhangsheng.

The Temporary Contract turned into a special mark, branded on Xier Yasina's forehead.

Whew!

Li Zhangsheng let out a light breath; the juvenile red dragon was, after all, an Elite Quasi-God Sprite, which directly caused Li Zhangsheng to consume a large amount of Mental Power.

After the contract was completed, Li Zhangsheng directly put Xier Yasina into the Monster Pet Bag.

Clatter~

The Monster Pet Bag could not hold physical objects, so after Xier Yasina disappeared, the jewelry it had been hugging fell all over the floor.

Everyone...

"Hmm, I'll keep it for you first!"

Li Zhangsheng muttered to himself, then calmly put it into his Space Ring.

Poor Xier Yasina, it couldn't break the space of the Monster Pet Bag at all.

Soon, the Dragon Horse Hall returned to Luo City.

Xu Wenhua discussed it with City Lord Qin Fangxin, and he decided to stay in Luo City for a period of time, waiting until the matter of Hei Long Ha Li Ku Qi was dealt with before saying anything else.

Even if he couldn't kill Hei Long Ha Li Ku Qi, at the very least he had to drive it to another place to ensure the safety of Luo City as much as possible.

After all matters were concluded, the Dragon Horse Hall descended upon the Li Family Manor; Xu Wenhua did not stay in Luo City, but prepared to stay at the Li Family for a few days.

Clan Leader Li Wenbo warmly entertained Xu Wenhua, treating him as an honored guest, and arranged one of the best courtyards to serve as Xu Wenhua's temporary residence.

By the time Li Zhangsheng returned to his room, night had already fallen.

Knock knock~

There was a knock on the door.

Li Zhangsheng hurriedly opened the door and saw Ning Bizhen standing at the entrance with a charming smile; her little head kept turning, afraid of being seen by others.

I don't know what happened, but Ning Bizhen was no longer wearing the thick black sweater and had changed back into a relatively light white garment.

"Instructor, let's forget it for today. You must be tired too; you should go back and rest early!"

"No, how can cultivation be abandoned halfway!" Ning Bizhen flatly rejected Li Zhangsheng's suggestion and entered Li Zhangsheng's room.

Li Zhangsheng shrugged his shoulders and had no choice but to follow helplessly.

Soon, the two sat face to face on the bed; Ning Bizhen didn't know what she was thinking, her pretty face flushed red, and she lowered her head, not daring to look at Li Zhangsheng.

"Let's start cultivating!"

Ning Bizhen replied in a voice as soft as a mosquito.

Li Zhangsheng didn't think too much and began to enter the cultivation state; soon, a thin pillar of starlight shot down from the sky, shrouding him in silver starlight.

Soon, Ning Bizhen used her Vigorous Mental Power to guide down a significantly thicker pillar of starlight; under her powerful control, the starlight pillar turned slightly and landed on Li Zhangsheng.

As before, Ning Bizhen tried her best to smooth out the violent factors and killing power within the Starlight Power, reducing Li Zhangsheng's pain.

Being distracted by two tasks was extremely draining on Ning Bizhen's Mental Power; soon, her forehead was covered in beads of sweat, and her thin garment gradually showed signs of being soaked through by sweat.

Time passed slowly, and soon half an hour had gone by; at this moment, Li Zhangsheng's body shook violently, and on his forehead, a gorgeous point of light suddenly bloomed.

With the help of Ning Bizhen's unilateral contribution, in just three days, Li Zhangsheng once again opened the first star mansion of the Southern Vermilion Bird—Jing Wood Tapir!

Soon, the cultivation ended!

Li Zhangsheng opened his eyes and saw Ning Bizhen's pale, pretty face; the clothes on her body had long been soaked through by sweat, revealing her exquisite curves.

During the day, Ning Bizhen had fought with Hei Long Ha Li Ku Qi for a long time and had anxiously searched for Li Zhangsheng for several hours, which consumed a large amount of her energy; coupled with her unilateral contribution tonight, it left her feeling exhausted.

"I'm going back first!"

Ning Bizhen endured the exhaustion and wanted to get off the bed, but as soon as she stood up, she felt dizzy, and her body swayed as she tilted to one side.

Li Zhangsheng hurriedly stepped forward and subconsciously supported Ning Bizhen.

"I... I'm fine, just let me hug you for a while!"

Ning Bizhen wrapped her arms around Li Zhangsheng but did not struggle to get up; instead, she kept her eyes tightly closed, her long eyelashes trembling, not daring to look at Li Zhangsheng at all.

This was already the greatest courage she could muster!

Li Zhangsheng was not a block of wood; how could he not sense Ning Bizhen's feelings? He stared quietly for a long while and whispered, "Will you let me take care of you from now on?"

"Hmm! Huh?"

Ning Bizhen gave a surprised cry, and when she opened her eyes again, what came into view was Li Zhangsheng's face drawing closer and closer.

(End of chapter)