Chapter 555: You Are Not Qualified (13)

Outside the massive Hagulongshou, that person's figure stood alone in the high sky, looking down from a position of superiority.

Although he wore no hood, it was impossible to see his face clearly from any angle; one could only feel a vast pressure emanating from his body.

And that pressure was even more astonishing than when the Black Tortoise Lord had dueled Sikong Yu at the Sword Casting Hut previously.

He wore a black robe, upon which was embroidered a ferocious cyan azure dragon.

In the Butian Alliance, this outfit had only one meaning, and only one person was qualified to wear it.

The Azure Dragon Lord.

"Pool Master, I have already brought the sacrifice; why do you still avoid me?"

The Azure Dragon Lord's voice echoed incessantly, causing the entire world to rise and fall with the rhythm of his voice.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

But even so, the Hagulongshou transformed from the Dragon Transformation Pool still showed no reaction at all.

The tightly shut dragon mouth seemed to be mocking this person's pathetic and pitiful nature.

"... Ridiculous."

The Azure Dragon Lord fell silent for a moment, then his voice grew colder, and he said indifferently: "You don't really think your little tricks can actually stop me, do you?"

"This is my final warning to you."

"If you truly make me lose my patience, I may not be able to do anything about other places, but I will destroy all of these Heavenly Palaces in the east."

"We don't know who you are, nor do we know what use those palaces have, but since you personally appeared to block me last time for the sake of a palace, you must care about them."

"You know I am not joking with you."

And just after the Azure Dragon Lord finished his threat, the world remained silent; the unknown existence seemed to be resisting in silence.

"Heh, since you insist on this, don't blame me."

And just as the Azure Dragon Lord let out a cold snort and slowly raised his hand, about to take action, a change finally appeared: an illusory figure emerged above the Hagulongshou.

"Presumptuous!"

It was a young girl who looked to be no more than sixteen years of age, wearing a colorful crown; although her face looked somewhat youthful, her expression was extremely stern, and she possessed a terrifying aura of authority as a superior.

She wore a gorgeous bright yellow robe with eighty-one dragon patterns of various sizes, and those dragon patterns were constantly moving across the yellow robe.

"The Dragon Transformation Pool is a forbidden ground of the Heavenly Court! How dare a fellow like you, who hasn't even reached the Ascension Realm, be presumptuous here! Withdraw at once!"

Facing the powerful Azure Dragon Lord, she did not change her attitude in the slightest, directly rebuking him angrily without showing any mercy.

"Heh, you say I am presumptuous?"

"I respect you as an ancient true spirit, but you really think you are something?"

The Azure Dragon Lord sneered, then slammed his raised hand down.

"I am being presumptuous, so what can you do about it?"

Boom!

A half-collapsed building in the distance was completely shattered, turning into dust under the Azure Dragon Lord's Dharma Power!

"How dare you!!?"

The yellow-robed girl was shocked and furious, rebuking him angrily, "If you do this, the Heavenly Court Imperial Guard will punish you!"

"Punish me? Let them come!"

The Azure Dragon Lord sneered, saying coldly: "The Immortal Gods have all fallen; I want to see who else in this world can punish me!?"

"Who else has this qualification!?"

"Pool Master, stop playing the fool here; you have been awake for so long, don't you understand what the situation is now?"

"You know very well that the world has long since changed, and the Heavenly Court is no longer the Heavenly Court of the past."

The Pool Master mentioned by the Azure Dragon Lord, that yellow-robed girl, was silent for a moment, then sighed slightly.

It was just that she knew this all too well.

It was only that ever since Yaochi had awakened from the Dragon Transformation Pool, she had not dared to believe, nor was she willing to believe, the truth before her eyes.

How could such a powerful Heavenly Court have vanished into time?

What exactly happened in that battle back then?

When she was forcibly sealed in the Dragon Transformation Pool by her mother back then, Yaochi had only thought she would miss a battle; she never expected to miss an entire era.

Upon waking again, the seas had turned into mulberry fields, the world had changed, and the heavens and earth had withered.

And after waking from the Dragon Transformation Pool, she had lost her original physical body and developed an inexplicable connection with the Dragon Transformation Pool; her Divine Soul turned into a true spirit, becoming what they called the Pool Master.

Seeing that Yaochi was no longer playing the fool, the Azure Dragon Lord snorted coldly and ordered: "Since you understand, then open the Dragon Transformation Pool at once."

"Do not put up a desperate struggle; Zhongzhou has no other water source besides the Dragon Transformation Pool at this time, and you have nowhere to run."

"Obediently let me enter the Dragon Transformation Pool, and I can spare your life in consideration of your contributions to the ancient Heavenly Court."

If what the Black Tortoise Lord had shown before the people of Beiming was arrogance, then what the Azure Dragon Lord was displaying at this moment was undisguised tyranny.

"I have already brought the sacrifice, a demon dragon at the Ask Dao Peak; although his lifespan is short, he meets the original requirements. I have already verified this matter, so don't think you can deceive me."

Back then, for the Dragon Transformation Pool to have the dragon race contribute their true blood, the absolute minimum threshold was the Ask Dao Peak; anything lower was not needed.

And although Ao Zhun was old and frail, he did indeed barely meet the qualifications.

"That demon dragon does indeed meet the conditions and can barely contribute his essence blood."

Yaochi regained her composure, looked at the Azure Dragon Lord who appeared high and mighty in the sky as if he could shake the world, shook her head, and said indifferently: "However, there is one thing you got wrong. I did not respond to you before not because I was deliberately making things difficult, but because you are not qualified enough."

The corners of her mouth curled up, and she shook her head with pity.

"What did you say?"

The Azure Dragon Lord had originally felt that victory was certain this time and that he would finally succeed in opening the Dragon Transformation Pool, but he had not expected to hear such an answer from the Pool Master.

"You say I am not qualified enough!?"

"You actually say I am not qualified enough!"

He roared in anger, feeling that he had been played by Yaochi.

"I am the Azure Dragon Lord of the Butian Alliance! The Butian Alliance is the successor to the Ancient Heavenly Court; how could I not be qualified?"

"In this current era, the Heavenly Court is no longer the master of Heaven and Earth; the Butian Alliance is the master of this world."

"On what grounds do you say I am not qualified?"

As the Azure Dragon Lord's anger reached its peak, his figure dissipated, and then the entire world darkened, with a vast expanse of thunderclouds appearing over the entire eastern part of Zhongzhou.

The sky turned black.

After a bolt of lightning illuminated the world, it lit up the world once again.

Not long after, the entire East heard a thunderous explosion.

Boom!

The figure of the Azure Dragon Lord appeared within the clouds, transforming into a massive, terrifying figure holding lightning; he pointed the lightning at Yaochi below and asked angrily:

"Is this qualified enough?"

"I am asking you! Right now! Is it qualified enough!!?"

With the sound of power shaking the air and lightning flashing, the Azure Dragon Lord truly looked like a Linglei in the flesh at this moment.

Yet, under such terrifying intimidation, Yaochi actually began to laugh, the gloom previously on her face gone.

"You think that by putting on this display, you are qualified?"

She sneered:

"Ridiculous."

"You aren't even a Human Immortal, so what kind of might are you trying to show off here?"

"In the past, people like you wouldn't even compare to the Imperial Guard of the Immortal God."

Boom!!!

The Linglei incarnation of the Azure Dragon Lord let out a roar and bellowed: "But it is no longer the past! The Ancient Heavenly Court has already become history!"

Yes.

It has already become history.

I certainly know that!

A sense of sorrow flashed through Yaochi's heart, but she then suppressed this emotion and continued to rebuke the fellow who did not know the height of Heaven and the depth of the Earth:

"Even if it has become history, the Heavenly Court cannot be provoked!"

"You!"

"Are not qualified!!!!"

Crack!

In a fit of rage, the Azure Dragon Lord made his move; he flung the lightning condensed in his hand directly, blasting it toward the girl.

Swoosh—

Just at the moment the girl was about to be destroyed by the lightning, her long hair danced, but there was no fear in her eyes; instead, she opened her mouth to rebuke him angrily.

"Presumptuous!"

Following Yaochi's rebuke, the Hagulongshou beneath her feet suddenly seemed to come alive; it raised its head high and let out a silent roar at the Linglei in the sky.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Accompanied by three crimson lightning bolts striking the dark clouds, the Azure Dragon Lord's tall figure was actually shattered directly, and having returned to his original form, he fell from the clouds in a sorry state.

The Azure Dragon Lord's injuries were not heavy; those three lightning bolts could not severely wound him, but his heart was filled with incomparable shock.

"Damn it! This is the power of rules!?"

"How can there still be the power of rules in this Zhongzhou!"

"If Zhongzhou still has the power to resist, then the plan must be delayed!"

By the time the Azure Dragon Lord landed on the ground, his injuries had completely recovered; there was no sign that he had been attacked, and even his aura had not changed much.

Yaochi was not surprised by this; although the other party was arrogant, he truly had the qualifications to be proud. At the stage of Asking Dao, the other party had already traveled very, very far.

It was even not much different from when she herself was at the stage of Asking Dao back then.

But what resources did she enjoy back then? And what resources did the other party have? There was simply no comparison between the two.

One could imagine how much effort and sweat he had expended to reach his current level of strength.

But this effort could not make Yaochi look at him differently, because of the previous matter, her attitude remained cold.

"Also, you said just now that you are the successor to the Heavenly Court?"

Thinking of this, Yaochi suddenly laughed, a laugh full of hidden meaning that made the Azure Dragon Lord feel a chill down his spine, "You..."

The Azure Dragon Lord had just wanted to ask what the problem was with that, but immediately after, he heard the girl's mocking question:

"Who agreed to this?"

"Has Heaven and Earth acknowledged you? Have all living beings tacitly accepted it?"

"And who bestowed this title of successor?"

"It wouldn't be yourselves, would it?"

"A Heavenly Court not acknowledged by Heaven, Earth, and all living beings—what kind of Heavenly Court is that? Even if you dress it up to look the part, even if you manage to deceive yourselves, it is nothing more than a few children playing house."

"A bunch of rabble."

Boom!!!

"Shut up!!!" The Azure Dragon Lord's anger, which had finally calmed down, was ignited once again. If not for his fear of that power of rules, he would have loved to transform into the Linglei again to teach the other party a good lesson.

Yaochi did not care about his anger; instead, she asked with some curiosity:

"Besides, you can already be considered to have attained the Dao in an alternative way. Although you are not comparable to a true Immortal God in terms of lifespan, there is not much difference in strength. Why must you be so fixated on a shortcut like the blood of an Azure Dragon?"

She truly did not understand.

Since you already possess such strength, why must you insist on taking this shortcut that is not exactly a Great Dao?

"You ask me why?"

The Azure Dragon Lord, who had been arrogant and overbearing all this time, suddenly quieted down after hearing this question; he was silent for a moment, and unexpectedly removed the concealment from his face.

The mist dispersed, revealing a face so aged it hardly looked human.

"This is the answer."