Chapter 150: Controlling the Kun Mang

Kun Mang let out a roar at the Dragon Ape, the purple scales on its neck unfurling one by one, half warning, half threatening. Clearly, for it, the Dragon Ape ranked third on the Earth Spirit Tablet is a formidable opponent.

"Hmm! Not bad! Not bad! That's the way!" Lu Fan nodded and smiled, "No matter what, you are still a dragon‑blood descendant; you can't just follow beastly instincts, you must have some caution and make some choices!"

The onlookers around were stunned, each staring at Lu Fan with a look as if they had seen a ghost.

At such a critical moment, he was actually talking to the Kun Mang as if reasoning, leaving everyone speechless.

"Hmph! Lu Fan, what twisted scheme are you cooking up? This Kun Mang swallowed the alchemy crystal furnace, and you've just lost a precious treasure out of thin air. How about we join forces and snatch it back together?"

A low, sneering voice came from the wild beast, and at this moment it actually proposed to team up with Ye Fei.

As soon as those words fell, the Kun Mang let out another roar, its aura of pressure surging toward the wild beast. It naturally sensed the terror of the five‑legged monster before it, yet as a dragon‑blood descendant it retained its own arrogance.

Boundless awe‑inspiring pressure almost took shape; above the entire Dragon Tower, wind and clouds surged in an instant, a vortex of air column descended from above, striking down.

The wild beast let out a cold snort, stood upright, its massive mouth opening and closing, and with a gagaga laugh said, "Considering your cultivation is hard, spit out the crystal furnace and I might let you go. Otherwise…"

It paused, a scarlet tongue flicked out, lightly licked its lips, then shot forward, blasting straight through the vortex column descending from above.

The two ferocious beasts, their auras dazzlingly powerful, locked onto each other, intimidating the crowd.

"Hey! We're all on the same side, don't spoil the harmony!"

At this critical moment, Lu Fan shuffled over, smiling as he spoke, gesturing with his hands as if mediating.

In this scene, not only the onlookers but even the Dragon Ape was speechless. At such a time, shouldn't one watch the fight from the mountain? Why does this kid rush in himself? He's courting death!

"Lu Fan, stop meddling in other people's affairs!" Nalan Qiusha spoke, instinctively feeling that Lu Fan shouldn't be allowed to act recklessly, "You and I made a pact; I think it's about time to fulfill it!"

At that point, Nalan Qiusha glanced and turned toward the ghost‑faced man, her cold gaze icy and hostile.

"Heh heh! Miss Nalan has greatly misunderstood Wan," Wan Li chuckled, "Since you and Lu Fan are teaming up, I have no choice!" He turned his head toward Zhang Heng in the distance and said, "Brother Zhang, the grudges and fates within the tomb are not yet settled; shall we join forces again?"

"Fine! Brother Wan speaks so, how could I refuse!"

Zhang Heng immediately clapped his hands and leapt forward. In this situation, no single person could stand firm. He had long wanted to team up, and Wan Li was a perfect match!

Nalan Qiusha frowned, turned and sized up Lu Fan. He didn't even glance at her, as if oblivious to the situation, squinting slightly, smiling as he examined the Kun Mang and the wild beast.

"Gagaga! Stinky kid, someone's calling you, why aren't you hurrying over!"

The wild beast had just suggested teaming with Lu Fan against the Kun Mang, but now it seemed to have changed its mind. In its view, the Kun Mang's aura was strong, yet it could not match Lu Fan. Rather than keep a scheming, powerful kid nearby, it preferred to handle it alone.

No matter how powerful the Kun Mang is, it cannot suppress it. It has even prepared to find a chance to slip into the beast's mouth, locate the crystal furnace, and reclaim its vital source qi.

"Weren't you asking what twisted scheme I'm planning? I'll tell you right now!"

As soon as that voice rang out, Lu Fan leapt upward, sprinting toward the Kun Mang.

He moved as fast as lightning, as if teleporting, springing from the ground to reach the Kun Mang's head.

The Kun Mang's gaping maw was slightly ajar, as if a mere sniff could turn into a gale that would swallow Lu Fan whole.

In fact, it did exactly that. The stored demonic yuan power surged, almost instantly enveloping Lu Fan. The Kun Mang let out a long howl, a faint lightness in its voice, wind sweeping the remaining clouds, instantly swallowing the whiff of bloodlike wind into its belly.

The crowd felt baffled, a hint of both laughter and tears.

When events defy the norm, a monster must be involved! The lad surnamed Lu is full of tricks; he could never make such a mistake. He must have been dazzled!

Most of the onlookers thought likewise, their gazes wandering, searching for any abnormality.

The nearby Dragon Ape seemed to sense something and bellowed, "Careful!"

That warning was clearly aimed at the Kun Mang. Yet the Kun Mang didn't react, smacking its mouth twice, about to repeat the trick and swallow the little stinky bug before it, when suddenly its head sank!

Lu Fan's form materialized, standing steadily atop the Kun Mang's head, with massive arm‑sized horns on either side of his body.

"Five‑Element Spirit‑Control Technique, formation seal solidifies!"

With a resonant shout, the Kun Mang felt deafening, its mind reverberating; a thick, intense azure light surged out, instantly enveloping its head.

The Kun Mang never truly reacted; its consciousness had already slipped into slumber. Yet to onlookers it merely seemed to sway its head, its ferocity unchanged.

"Damn! So that's the scheme you had."

The wild beast only realized at this moment that Lu Fan was about to control the Kun Mang again. With the beast's might under Lu Fan's command, it had no chance of victory and could only be subdued.

"No! Absolutely not! I will no longer let you command me; you can't!"

The wild beast went berserk, suddenly leaping and charging straight at Lu Fan atop the serpent's head.

"Tsk tsk, you only understand now—it's already too late!"

Lu Fan shook his head, then lightly patted the horn on the serpent's head. The Kun Mang instantly twisted, coiling around the Dragon Tower and climbing upward.

"Stop! He's heading into the Dragon Tower, block him!"

That voice came from the Dragon Ape, booming like a great bell, shocking the entire scene. As soon as the words fell, the Kun Mang had already coiled to the summit of the Dragon Tower, then twisted and spiraled down.

Like celestial stars falling from the heavens, its unmatched momentum chased the wind, forming a wave of qi that immediately struck the wild beast.

"Aooo!"

The wild beast let out a howl; it felt an endless force battering it. Even stronger than that was the formless, shapeless Dragon Majesty pressure. Even it, for a moment, could not muster a rival heart, drifting with the wind.

"Quickly summon the Dragon Origin Purple Qi, or you won't be able to block it!"

The Dragon Ape strode forward, each step heavy and forceful as if a pile driver, hammering firmly into the ground. Its shout startled the wild beast.

Its pores opened, streams of purple qi billowed out. Within the entire Dragon Tower's secret realm, on the Earth Spirit Tablet, it is a model figure. Apart from the Kun Mang, no other person or beast can match it in Dragon Origin Purple Qi.

Of course, Lu Fan is not on the Ascending Dragon List, thus excluded.

"Hmph! A mere little snake, really think you can turn yourself from dragon to phoenix?"

The wild beast let out a cold snort, its five legs coiled, its body tightly wrapped, forming a fist that slammed upward.

"Bang! Clap!"

The boundless wave of qi instantly split open a huge gash. In appearance the momentum seemed unchanged, but its true power was halved.

The Dragon Ape immediately dove into the gash, evading the qi wave, then leapt upward, a burst propelling it to the Dragon Tower.

Its entire scaled armor unfurled like blades, standing upright, staring straight at Lu Fan. Though it saw through his intent, it did not know how to act next.

With the Kun Mang's aid, Lu Fan is far beyond its match. Gaining a temporary edge is possible, but if severely wounded, the surrounding human warriors eyeing them will never let it go.

"The Dragon Tower has its own rules; you'd better slip aside or face death and ruin. The hard‑won spiritual insight turning into muddled chaos isn't worth a single point."

A sound suddenly rang out, not from the ears but exploding in its mind; faintly, a sliver of blue light appeared in the dragon ape's four eyes, and the radiant glow that shrouded the colossal serpent's massive head was almost indistinguishable.

Amid the beast tide, Lu Fan not only used the Five Elements Spirit‑Control Technique to command the colossal serpent; the dragon ape before him had also been driven by Ye Fei.

"You think you can!"

At that moment, the wild beast's twisted fist slammed forward, a swing cracking the dragon ape's body open. Immediately, without regard for gathering Qi, it surged from above to below, booming through the air.

"Bang!"

The colossal serpent was massive, its force ten thousand tons. Adding the guerrilla strike from the summit of Dragon Tower, that might could not be withstood by a mere fist. There was no stalemate; the massive fist was struck into the ground, crashing down and sinking several zhang.

"Hmph! Overestimating yourself!"

Lu Fan let out a cold snort, then slapped the raging serpent's horn once more, and casually tapped the floating Earth Spirit Tablet before Dragon Tower.

"Aooo—"

The colossal serpent roared, a hidden dragon chant within, its body flipping, the massive head of varying size surged, actually charging at the three‑foot crystal tablet.

A towering form of thirty to forty zhang, how vast! The three‑foot crystal tablet before it was almost negligible.

Such a charge left everyone bewildered.

"My goodness, this kid named Lu is truly something. Controlling that big fellow, who could rival him?"

"Impressive indeed, but what does this move mean? Could the Dragon Tower entrance be above the Earth Spirit Tablet?"

"I don't know. In past openings of the Dragon Tower's secret realm, many entered, yet few can explain the method of entry and exit clearly!"

While the crowd debated, the colossal serpent's head had already reached the crystal tablet, not yet colliding, when boundless Qi already hammered it.

Streams of violet mist swirled outward, yet under the raging wind they did not disperse, instead coalescing into a rolling mass.

In an instant, a flash of light burst from within, the radiant glow rippling, a mysterious mechanism arising. A massive surge of power erupted, wildly expanding, and in a heartbeat tore the void open.

The colossal serpent's head just touched the fissure, and its whole body was instantly drawn into it, along with the natural flow and Lu Fan.

"What is happening? Such a cryptic spatial fluctuation—does this count as entering the Dragon Tower?"

The wild beast's massive fist opened, its five legs hovering, and it asked the dragon ape in a low, heavy tone.

The dragon ape's gaze was unsettled, seemingly surprised by the sudden disappearance of the colossal serpent and Lu Fan.

Within the fissure, violet qi drifted, mist shrouded the surroundings, the Earth Spirit Tablet flickered faintly, and the first row of colossal serpent sigils on it shimmered erratically.

"Since Lu Fan has already entered, this must be the Dragon Tower entrance, absolutely can't be wrong!" Nie Xing walked over, his face both excited and worried, "I tell you two, you're at least the second or third on the Ascending Dragon Ranking, hurry and go in!"

He was clearly impatient, urging them thus.

"Hmph! Human kid, why the rush? Just wait to go in and die!"

The dragon ape let out a cold snort, mocking politely. It had restrained itself for a long time, not only out of jealousy toward Lu Fan but also fear of the colossal serpent. Its lingering beast nature kept urging it, on the brink of a frantic outburst.

"Isn't the Dragon Tower supposed to be entered according to the positions on the Earth Spirit Tablet? Why isn't Lu Fan following that?"