Chapter 74: It Seems That Today Will Be Hard to Resolve Peacefully
"Divine crystals…"
Looking at the vast stretches of purple crystals, Zhou Chen could not help but feel excited.
With these fifty tons of divine crystals, he could mass-produce powerful Soul Masters, increasing the strength of the Ziwei Palace by hundreds or even thousands of times.
By then, whether it was the Upper Three Sects or the Lower Four Sects, or even the two great empires, they would all be nothing but chickens and dogs, utterly unworthy of mention. Even the Spirit Hall…
Uh, forget it. The Spirit Hall was too powerful, with seven Great Worship Elders, nine Grand Elders, nearly twenty Titled Douluo, tens of thousands of Soul Masters, and two First-Rank Gods. They were not easy to deal with.
Better to develop steadily first.
Thinking this way, Zhou Chen's gaze toward the purple divine crystals grew even more fervent.
"Roar!!"
However, at that moment, accompanied by two thunderous roars, waves of red and blue light suddenly flickered from the remains of the two Dragon Kings.
Immediately after, the red and blue light gradually solidified, transforming into two enormous phantom figures. Or rather, these were dragon souls.
Each of these dragon souls was hundreds of meters long, still retaining the form of giant dragons.
One dragon soul emitted a watery blue radiance, its wings spread wide, its neck long and elegant, and its entire body covered in sapphire-like, crystal-clear scales, appearing graceful and beautiful.
The other dragon soul was crimson red, with formless flames seemingly rising from its body. Its long tail dragged behind it, and its foreclaws were incomparably sharp, looking robust and ferocious.
Both dragon souls released dazzling light, and their overwhelmingly powerful auras swept forward like hurricanes, actually blasting Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing back hundreds of meters.
"Did they come back from the dead?"
Zhou Chen was both shocked and terrified. These two dragon souls were clearly those of the Water Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King.
With the strength of two First-Rank Gods in life, even if only remnants of their souls remained, their current power would still be terrifying.
"Ding… Warning! Warning! High-energy reaction detected ahead. Energy intensity comparable to a level ninety-nine Ultimate Douluo!"
"Damn it!"
Zhou Chen was completely stunned.
Before this damned system arrived, it had sworn confidently that this place was an abandoned prison of the God Realm with no danger.
Yet now, two dragon souls comparable to Ultimate Douluo stood right before him. What was he supposed to do?
Online waiting, very urgent.
However, this was only the beginning.
After the dragon souls of the two Dragon Kings awakened, a chorus of dragon roars suddenly echoed in Zhou Chen's ears.
In the next instant, above the remains of every fallen true dragon within the Dragon Graveyard, clusters of dragon souls of various colors rose up.
One had to know that several thousand true dragons had fallen within this God Realm prison. In other words, several thousand dragon souls were now awakening.
At first, these thousands of dragon remnants merely hovered above their remains, emitting meaningless dragon roars.
But soon, they regained awareness, and their gazes turned in unison toward the only two humans present.
Within their enormous vertical pupils surged intense hatred and killing intent.
As the saying went, when enemies meet, their eyes blaze red. The gods of humanity had exterminated the Dragon Clan, so every true dragon naturally hated all humans to the bone.
At this moment, the dragon souls of the two Dragon Kings drew even closer to Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing, their bodies radiating fierce and oppressive auras.
Stared at by thousands of dragon souls filled with killing intent, Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing knew that this situation could not possibly be resolved peacefully.
Still, Zhou Chen felt that negotiation might save the situation.
After all, dragons were highly intelligent beings. Even though these were remnants with limited intelligence, communication should still be possible.
"Two honored Dragon Kings, and all the dragon brothers and sisters present, the two of us merely stumbled into this place by mistake and disturbed your rest. For that, we sincerely apologize. If you do not mind, we can leave immediately."
Zhou Chen raised his head, looking at the overwhelming multitude of dragon souls before him, and put on what he believed was a friendly smile.
However, the response he received was the Fire Dragon King's soul whipping its massive tail toward him at extreme speed.
Facing this incomparably terrifying strike, Zhou Chen immediately wrapped an arm around Zhu Zhuqing and transformed into a streak of golden light, vanishing from the spot.
Third Soul Skill—Golden Light Traversing the Earth!
Boom!!
The gigantic dragon tail slammed into the ground, instantly creating a massive crater with a radius of several hundred meters. A mushroom cloud formed by the violent impact slowly rose into the air.
Meanwhile, Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing reappeared on a small hill a thousand meters away.
"It seems that today will be very hard to resolve peacefully."
Zhou Chen said coldly, his face dark as he watched the dragon souls slowly closing in around the hill.
Two Dragon King–level dragon souls surpassing Ultimate Douluo, along with thousands of true dragon remnants equivalent to Soul Saints and Soul Douluo—today's situation truly filled him with despair.
However, he would not show such despair on his face. A man, no matter how bitter or difficult things became, had to keep it buried in his heart.
If you want to kill me, Zhou Chen, you dead dragons will have to pay a sufficient price!
"Martial Soul, possess!"
With a cold shout, a towering golden giant several zhang tall slowly appeared behind Zhou Chen.
The giant wore a jade crown with twelve hanging tassels and was clad in an apricot-yellow, gold-embroidered imperial robe. Around him appeared phantom images of mountains and rivers, vegetation, the sun, moon, and stars.
This was Zhou Chen's first martial soul—Xuanyuan Huangdi.
At the same time, Zhou Chen held his second martial soul in his hand, the Xuanyuan Sword.
With both martial souls unleashed, this was already Zhou Chen's strongest state, clearly revealing his resolve to fight with everything he had.
"Zhuqing, enter the Shadow Plane first and protect yourself."
Zhou Chen turned his head and spoke to Zhu Zhuqing.
"Mm, be careful."
Zhu Zhuqing did not object, nor did she say anything emotional. She knew that if she stayed, Zhou Chen would have to divide his attention to protect her, preventing him from fighting at full strength and making things even more dangerous.
As she spoke, her second soul ring lit up, and her figure gradually disappeared into the air.
This was Zhu Zhuqing's second soul skill—Shadow Void, which allowed her to hide within the Shadow Plane for more than three hours. During this time, as long as the enemy could not perceive the Shadow Plane, they could not harm her.
Of course, such a powerful skill naturally came with restrictions.
First, it could only be used once every ten days. Second, once she began to move, the skill would immediately fail.
Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing was temporarily safe, Zhou Chen let out a breath of relief.
Then, looking at the thousands of dragon souls surrounding him, he said coldly, "Everyone, we have no past grudges and no recent enmity. You were slain by the gods of the God Realm, and it has nothing to do with me, Zhou Chen. I'll ask one last time—can you let us leave?"
"No."
The crimson Fire Dragon King replied just as coldly.
Clearly, even after death and becoming a remnant soul, he still possessed sufficient intelligence.
"Then there's nothing left to discuss."
Zhou Chen suddenly smiled freely, as if he had seen through life and death.
In the next moment, he gripped his sword with both hands, raised it high into the sky, and then drove it fiercely into the ground.
"First Soul Skill, Xuanyuan Sword Emerges—Mountains and Rivers Shatter!"
End of Chapter
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