BTTH: From Genius to Invincible

Chapter 579: The Second Dragon Emperor

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Though Zi Yan was Dragon Emperor, she had ascended to that position only recently. Against her stood three Dragon Kings, one a 4-star Dou Saint and two at late-stage 3-star, all possessing Dragon King-level bloodlines. Working in concert, they held their ground rather effectively.

Without Yao Xiaotian and Yao Ce, the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe’s strength had plummeted dramatically. Yao Ming was their sole remaining Dou Saint. Joining Eastern Dragon Island’s cause would be like tossing a cup of water onto a burning cart; it wouldn’t accomplish much.

At first glance, the three Dragon Kings appeared to hold the upper hand. Yet who said Eastern Dragon Island had only one Dragon Emperor?

"Grandmaster Xiao Yan, what is your current cultivation?" Though Yao Ming had in truth already made his decision, curiosity compelled him to ask.

Σ⊙▽⊙!!!

This gamble was worth taking!

"Understood!"

Streaks of black light shot onto the battlefield. The Eastern Dragon Island warriors, who had been steadily losing ground, were saved from a complete rout. With this unexpected reinforcement, they began to stabilize their positions.

Have these Nine Serene Deep Ground Pythons gotten water in their brains?? Just because they’re long and serpentine, they think they’re dragons?!

The three Dragon Islands weren’t the only ones baffled by the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe’s sudden defection; even Eastern Dragon Island’s Elders wore expressions of bewilderment. What’s going on? You’ve been playing double agent this whole time, and now you suddenly want to be the hero?

His words left the First Elders of the three Dragon Islands stupefied. You’re an outsider! What’s all this about ’forsaking darkness’? Since when did we become the darkness?

"Yao Ming, you’ve truly lost your mind. He’s merely some human plaything, yet you treat him like the Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Tribe?!" Lie Shan snarled through gritted teeth. They didn’t recognize Xiao Yan. How could they possibly guess that such a young human was a late-stage 2-star Dou Saint?

After all, if the Dragon Emperor were to choose a consort, it would undoubtedly be Xiao Yan. Round that up, and he was indeed a Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Tribe.

"Are you Xiao Yan of the Yan Alliance?" Feng Huang, leader of the Three Phoenix Saints, furrowed her brow and asked in a deep voice.

At the mention of ’Yan Alliance,’ the Dou Saint Elders of the three Dragon Islands furrowed their brows. Even they, who lived adrift in the void, had heard of the Yan Alliance.

And ’Xiao Yan of the Yan Alliance’ had long thundered in their ears.

Xiao Yan flew unhurriedly before the Three Phoenix Saints. "If your Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe is also willing to assist Eastern Dragon Island, then whatever terms the three Dragon Kings offered you, I believe that as a 9th-tier alchemist, I’m fully qualified to match their price."

The declaration startled even the distant three Dragon Kings still besieging Zi Yan. After all, tier 9 medicinal pills held value even for the likes of them!

"Unfortunately, what we need is something you cannot provide."

Xiao Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly, a ruthless gleam flashing through them. If fighting could be avoided, he naturally preferred that path. Zi Yan held no clear advantage against the three Dragon Kings; the time since she had accepted the inheritance was still too short.

BOOM!!

"Late-stage 2-star Dou Saint?!"

The aura of a late-stage 2-star Dou Saint exploded outward, tearing the void asunder. Even Feng Huang, foremost of the Three Phoenix Saints and a cultivator of the same realm, was driven stumbling backward by that ferocious pressure.

A 9th-tier alchemist at the late stage of 2-star Dou Saint????

On this entire battlefield, only the three Dragon Kings possessed 3-star Dou Saint cultivation. A single combatant at that level was enough to shatter the existing balance and grant Eastern Dragon Island, which had been steadily losing ground, a genuine chance at victory!

"I’ve heard the Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe’s Three Phoenix Saints, when joining forces, can contend with a 3-star Dou Saint." Xiao Yan’s Spiritual Strength locked onto the trio in an instant, his tone carrying a hard, steely edge. "I’d like to see if that’s true."

The Three Phoenix Saints saw Xiao Yan looking very much as if he intended to take all three of them on by himself, and battle intent stirred in their hearts. Kun Huang lifted his chin.

His domineering aura surged skyward. As one of the Three Phoenix Saints of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe, he was certainly no coward.

"Kun Huang Leaping Sky Formation!"

The Kun Huang soared through the void. Unlike the Ancient Heaven Phoenix with its magnificent plume, its tail resembled a whale’s massive fluke. That mountainous tail swung with ferocious force, and a thunderous crack split the air as it lashed down toward Xiao Yan.

"Vajra Glass Body!"

A roar echoed through Xiao Yan’s mind as his body swelled to ninety-nine feet in an instant, transforming into a towering giant of living glass. A suit of purple-gold Dragon Phoenix Ancient Armor materialized around his massive frame, and his thunderous war cry shook the surrounding land.

Was this man truly human?!

It was universally acknowledged that magical beasts possessed powerful bodies but weaker Spiritual Strength, while humans wielded formidable Dou Qi at the cost of physically inferior bodies. Yet Xiao Yan seemed to have no weaknesses whatsoever. Even his physical form had reached Saint entry level!

The Kun Huang’s massive tail came crashing down. Xiao Yan clenched his right fist and drove it straight upward. With a bestial roar, the Three Thousand Burning Flame coiled tightly around his fist. As his punch blasted out, Dragon Fist power erupted, and the Three Thousand Burning Flame spewed from his knuckles like an erupting volcano.

Flames roared. Fist force detonated. That single punch proved utterly unstoppable. The gargantuan fist collided with the giant tail, and a shrill, agonized scream tore through the air. The Kun Huang’s tail shattered instantly. The massive phantom, seemingly solid just moments before, crumbled like paper beneath Xiao Yan’s fist.

The Kun Huang silhouette fragmented with ease. Kun Huang, at the formation’s head, couldn’t withstand the blow at all. Blood sprayed from his mouth as he was hurled backward, the violent impact rippling outward to jar the other two Phoenix Saints as well.

"Grandmaster Xiao Yan... it’s only been a few years since we last saw him! And he shattered the Three Phoenix Saints’ bloodline formation with a single punch?!" Hei Qing was thoroughly stunned. Xiao Yan was barely thirty-one years old. Even counting from the womb, that was only some thirty years of cultivation. How could his strength have risen so rapidly?!

"How can such a terrifying person exist on Eastern Dragon Island?!"

"Three Phoenix Saints? You still aren’t enough." The glazed giant that Xiao Yan had become looked down at them. His voice rolled like thunder.

In the end, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe amounted to only this much. They were no match for the Ancient Void Dragon Tribe; the gap in true strength was immense.

A Demon Phoenix Holy Statue materialized in the air, its form closely resembling the Ancient Heaven Phoenix. Unlike the Heaven Demon Phoenixes, however, five long tail flames burned at its rear. Those five-colored Phoenix Clan tail flames lent it an air of even greater solemnity and nobility.

The gigantic Demon Phoenix’s power had reached the true 3-star Dou Saint level, yet Xiao Yan remained utterly unimpressed. A faint smile curled his lips.

"Yellow Spring Finger!"

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!

Yellow Spring Finger, severing life and death!

"Demon Phoenix Bell!"

CLANG!!!!!

The sonic blast ravaged every corner of Eastern Dragon Island. Even in the void beyond the island, that deep, rolling toll could be heard.

The Yellow Spring Three Forms were never meant to be used separately. They formed a chained sequence, each form building upon and surpassing the last. It was only because Yao Xiaotian and the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe had been unable to master Yellow Spring Divine Anger, and struggled even with Yellow Spring Palm, that they had resorted to using the forms independently.

"Yellow Spring Palm, One Palm Suppresses the Nine Serenities!"