Chapter 447

Āyàn, watch your step!

Liu Mu and I issued a warning at the same time.

Everyone panicked when they saw the huge white dragon's head.

Only Liu Junyan stood motionless there, seemingly not hearing our voices and not noticing the white dragon's head.

He was still looking up at the sky.

I followed his gaze and saw dark clouds rolling overhead, lightning flickering between the layers of clouds, yet it showed no sign of striking down.

What's going on?

Liu Junyan's Millennium Great Tribulation, could it be only six heavenly thunders?

But if it were only six, the lightning should have ceased by now and the clouds should have dispersed.

Hu Yulin hissed, his Zhé shàn resting on his chin as he pondered: 'Where exactly did things go wrong?'

The white dragon's head rose higher and grew clearer.

Everyone moved at this moment…… then the next moment, they all stopped.

A low dragon roar issued from the white dragon's body, non-aggressive, like a call, like a murmur.

Liu Junyan finally lowered his head, his gaze meeting the white dragon beneath his feet.

Their eyes locked, staring at each other for a long time.

Finally, Liu Junyan slowly raised the Ancient Bronze Sword in his hand.

Plop!

The sound of entering the water rang out abruptly.

We looked toward the direction the sound came from and saw that the one who had leapt into the sea was Liu Mu.

Liu Junyan gripped the Ancient Bronze Sword with both hands, holding it above the white dragon's head; the blade trembled incessantly, as if resisting.

The Ancient Bronze Sword is Liu Junyan's natal magic artifact, yet a natal artifact rebels against its master…… Is that reasonable?

That's not reasonable.

Unless…… the white dragon was once the master of the Ancient Bronze Sword!

The moment that thought entered my mind, my eyes widened suddenly!

This Ancient Bronze Sword was given to Liu Junyan by Liu Mu; could it possibly have originally belonged to the little white dragon?

The little white dragon and Liu Mu loved each other for many years, then suddenly vanished from the human world; did they leave behind this Ancient Bronze Sword?

Liu Junyan fought underwater for so long, slaying all those fēnshēn, yet he suddenly emerged from the water, his whole body bewildered—why?

At this moment, I felt I had an answer in my heart.

Liu Junyan faced the little white dragon in the Pagoda Formation, and the little white dragon was merely a fēnshēn.

Liu Junyan sought to slay all fēnshēn, but when confronting the little white dragon, his natal artifact clashed; at that moment he perhaps realized…… the white dragon fēnshēn before him was his father!

When the Sea Dragon King initially informed Liu Junyan of his father's identity, he could accept it.

He could accept that his father was a solid white dragon fēnshēn.

But soon after, he would have to kill him with his own hands!

To proceed, Liu Junyan must commit patricide!

If he cannot, he will forever be restrained and manipulated; all our joint efforts to reach today's achievement will be destroyed in an instant.

Dilian can remain so calm, holding back troops, because Dilian is waiting for this moment to arrive.

Thus Liu Junyan became bewildered.

He wanted to question Heaven: why treat him this way!

He also wanted to ask Heaven: is patricide truly his only choice?

Yet the white dragon closely followed him as he surfaced, he waited silently.

No attack, nor any resistance.

I suddenly felt reluctant to look further down.

Patricide…… this crime is enough to crush anyone.

The seventh heavenly thunder also seemed to be waiting for this moment's arrival.

That would become the most advantageous strike to confirm Liu Junyan's guilt!

Whoosh!

Accompanied by a water column shooting skyward, Liu Junyan's body was violently shoved aside; the next moment, the Ancient Bronze Sword was firmly grasped in Liu Mu's hand.

Liu Mu placed the Ancient Bronze Sword on the little white dragon's head, gritted her teeth and said: 'Don't make things hard for the child; you owe me, today I will take it back myself!'

The next moment, the icy blade of the Ancient Bronze Sword fiercely pierced and split the white dragon's head from top to bottom, blood spraying forth……

All this happened in a flash; everyone was stunned by the sudden change before their eyes, and even Liu Junyan, having just steadied his stance, was violently halted upon seeing the scene.

No!

He let out a heart-rending scream, wanting to rush forward, when the seventh heavenly thunder condensed into a bolt and struck straight down from midair.

In the blood‑stained sea, the Ancient Bronze Sword returned to Liu Junyan's hand on its own.

Liu Mu transformed into a golden dragon, yet her form was not solid.

The golden dragon and the blood‑soaked white dragon coiled tightly together.

The heavenly thunder struck them precisely……

I instinctively glanced toward the Sea Dragon King and just saw Xiaoye forcibly pouring Liu Mu's inner elixir into the Sea Dragon King's body.

Liu Junyan's second and third uncles each gripped one side of the Sea Dragon King, holding him fast; the Sea Dragon King nearly wept blood: 'Fool! Why are you always so foolish!'

Back then, when Liu Mu entered the Dragon Transformation Cauldron, the Sea Dragon King bound his fate to hers; they ought to share life and death.

Clearly, just before Liu Mu leapt into the sea, she forcibly broke the bond and left her inner elixir to her brother.

She is too smart.

At the moment the little white dragon appeared, she understood what predicament Liu Junyan would face.

She also made her choice immediately.

She personally killed the little white dragon!

And she died for love!

They finally embraced each other, deeply in love…… yet it was eternal.

A mouthful of fresh blood spurted from Liu Junyan's mouth; I could wait no longer, I had to rush over.

At this moment, he needs me!

My waist was bound by a snowy white fox tail; Hu Yulin grabbed my arm, desperately urging: "Xiao Jiu, don't be impulsive, this path is hard to walk, but this is only the beginning, truly only the beginning!"

The corpses of the golden dragon and the little white dragon burned in the seawater as they fell rapidly; the speed was astonishing.

That was not a natural fall, but a powerful suction from the seabed pulling them down.

I have experienced this scene before.

Back then, I was sucked into the abyss in this way, entering the Pagoda Formation.

Struggling is useless; moreover, corpses don't struggle.

Finally there's movement, right?

Ji Luan finally couldn't hold back and made a move, right?!

Not long after, the ground trembled again.

This time we could clearly sense that the source of the vibration came from the seabed.

It seemed as if something was about to burst out from the seabed.

Just now, all the emotional shock, excitement, and difficulty accepting were blown away by this impact.

Beneath the sea surface, a faint silvery-white shadow kept rising, its framework huge; as it rose, seawater surged outward in all directions on its own.

When the huge silvery-white dragon gate's lintel emerged from the water, we clearly saw that the dragon gate Liu Junyan had waited for so long was actually made of enormous dragon bones.

Even I began to doubt if I was mistaken; on those dragon bones, fresh blood seemed to be continuously dripping down……

Dragon bones, fresh blood…… the golden dragon and little white dragon that had just died……

When the bloody reality lay before everyone's eyes, it turned out to be unimaginably cruel……