Chapter 616

Then he turned to the Water God King,

"I'll give you ten breaths to lead us to the Dragon, or the next one to die will be someone else!"

427 didn't hurry, let me take a look at the Dragon

Fire-Thunder Lei Gang Qi is a unique divine art of the Destruction Demon Body.

By absorbing fire and thunder energy, every strike infuses the true essence with this Fire-Thunder Lei Gang Qi.

Those whose cultivation is lower than yours, once touched by this Fire-Thunder Lei Gang Qi, will have their cultivation burned away.

After burning their cultivation to ash, it then consumes their body until all is reduced to dust.

The Fire-Thunder Lei Gang Qi unleashed by the Immortal of Master Changsheng is naturally not something an ordinary person can endure.

Thus, whether the aquatic folk on the boat or this aquatic expert, they were instantly reduced to ash.

Before death, all they could do was let out piercing screams that sent chills through the heart.

The other aquatic expert, seeing his companion die so horribly, could no longer hold back and said,

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you! The Dragon lies beneath the Fire Lake…"

"How dare you!"

The Water God King flew into a rage and moved to strike him.

But before he came, he had already been wounded by Di Er Daohuang's Seven Cuts of Severed Emotion, and his cultivation had been directly shattered by the Divine General.

Now he was nothing more than a cripple who could barely lift his own hand.

"Good! Very good!"

The Immortal of Master Changsheng beamed and waved his hand,

"Lead the way! This god is about to slay the Dragon!"

Then the two divine attendants each seized one and led the way ahead.

Five hundred divine messengers and several top experts surrounded the luxurious palanquin as they marched toward the other side of the island.

The eastern side of this Dragon God Island still had the normal appearance of a sea island.

But the western side was utterly barren, the ground seething with heat.

Had this party not generally possessed the power of the Earthly Immortal Realm, they would have been halted by this terrain.

Under the guidance of the aquatic expert, they arrived at a peculiar lake in no time.

The lake occupied more than half of the island's western side.

But the lake's contents were not water—they were boiling magma.

Pointing at the magma lake, the aquatic expert said,

"The Dragon rests beneath this Fire Lake; it will not emerge except on the Day of Auspicious Omen, when we make our offerings."

Even the Immortal of Master Changsheng, though well-traveled, could not help but marvel at the magma lake.

Upon hearing the Dragon lay beneath the Fire Lake and would only emerge on the Day of Auspicious Omen, he frowned.

Just as the Zhengzhunbei Sect's experts prepared to descend and investigate, Old Fahai stepped forward to advise,

"My Lord, the heat of this lake is beyond what ordinary experts can endure."

"Moreover, until the Day of Auspicious Omen, the Dragon's power reaches its peak!"

"To slay the Dragon, you must wait until the Day of Auspicious Omen—that is, tomorrow!"

The entire plan to slay the Dragon had been calculated and orchestrated by Old Fahai from start to finish.

Since he said so, the Immortal of Master Changsheng abandoned the idea of probing further.

He ordered the left divine attendant to station divine messengers to monitor the site continuously for twelve hours, reporting any movement immediately.

Then he led the main force back to the eastern side of the island, set up camp, and prepared to slay the Dragon tomorrow.

After receiving the order, the left divine attendant assigned twenty divine messengers, two per group, to monitor the Fire Lake's edge.

They rotated every hour.

At midnight, the relief shift happened to be a divine messenger captain and a regular divine messenger.

After taking over from the previous watchers, the two stared at the blazing, fiery lake and marveled again.

The regular divine messenger suddenly said,

"Captain, what do you think the Dragon looks like?"

The divine messenger captain, eager to show off, replied,

"Dragons? They all have ox-like bodies, deer-like horns, shrimp-like eyes, elephant-like ears, snake-like necks, snake-like bellies, fish-like scales, phoenix-like claws, and tiger-like paws!"

"During the great battle in Great Ming's Jingcheng, I happened to be on assignment there."

"I was lucky enough to see a black dragon!"

The divine messenger's eyes lit up at the mention of the black dragon and asked again,

"A black dragon? Could it be the same one that Senior Xiaoyaozi, one of the Four Dragon Lords of the Qinglong Society, brought out from the War God Temple?"

In all the world, the only dragons known to have appeared are the War God Temple's black dragon and the Long Yin Cave's Divine Dragon.

The Long Yin Cave battle was the highest-tier conflict in the Nine Provinces; every participant was among the top twenty on the Heavenly Dao Golden List.

Thus, the Divine Dragon is unknown to ordinary people.

Ordinary people know of, or have even seen, only the black dragon that appeared outside Great Ming's Jingcheng.

"If not that one, which one could it be?"

The divine messenger captain immediately began boasting, describing how mighty the black dragon was and how it had terrified the Great Ming's hundred-thousand rebel army.

As he spoke, the divine messenger glanced up at the sky.

Noticing his distraction, the divine messenger captain asked,

"Why are you looking at the sky? The Dragon is beneath the Fire Lake!"

"Oh! Captain, I was just checking the time! Look, the moon is already at the zenith — clearly it is already the Day of Auspicious Omen."

"How about we go down and take a look — what does this dragon actually look like?"

"I heard every auspicious beast is a treasure from head to toe!"

"We're just sneaking a peek — even if we don't get any treasure, it'll still broaden our horizons!"

The divine envoy suddenly cast a furtive, shifty glance toward the fire lake and said to the divine envoy captain.

The divine envoy captain gave a light smile and said to the divine envoy,

"You brat are only at the mid Earthly Immortal Realm — at the bottom of the heap throughout the entire Search God Palace."

"The temperature of this fire lake, I'm afraid, even a peak Earthly Immortal Realm couldn't withstand it."

"If you go in, it won't be broadening your horizons — it'll be reporting to the gates of the underworld!"

The divine envoy heard this, could not help being startled, and nodded,

"The captain speaks reasonably, it's just such a pity! Not being able to take one look at the dragon."

"What's there to pity? Once day breaks, the God brings the main force over, and naturally will force the dragon out…"

The divine envoy captain was just about to say something.

Suddenly he saw the look of astonishment on the divine envoy's face as the envoy stared behind him.

His heart stirred, and he immediately turned to look at the fire lake.

Sure enough, the fire lake that had been calm suddenly began to churn.

Beneath the glowing red lava, a dark shadow faintly appeared.

"What is that? A dragon?"

The divine envoy was both delighted and alarmed.

"Most likely! Go quickly and inform the God — say the dragon is about to wake."

The divine envoy captain drew his weapon, stood ready, and instructed that divine envoy.

"Don't rush — let me take one look at the dragon…"

The divine envoy, however, did not leave at once.

"You idiot — have you forgotten how the God gave his orders?"

But the moment he finished cursing, the lava in the fire lake over there suddenly erupted.

Like a volcano exploding, it shot up into the sky.

The lava, reaching the high air, turned once more into volcanic ash, falling densely all around.

"Run…"

The divine envoy captain saw the danger and immediately pulled the divine envoy along, retreating together toward the direction of the camp.