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Chapter 197: The Final Battle with Xuan Ziming (Part Two)
On the Nine Provinces Continent, the legend of the Tenth Level Professional being invincible was well-known. It was said that every emperor who could unify the Nine Provinces had a Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon by their side, capable of summoning winds and rains. Ye Huan had once doubted this, thinking that such creatures were mere myths. However, when he witnessed one with his own eyes, disbelief washed over him.
Since Ye Huan returned from the Eastern State, Xuan Ziming had been his mortal enemy. In the heat of battle, Ye Huan had forgotten what it truly meant for an emperor to conquer Huaxia Nation in just three months—a glory recognized by heaven and earth. Now, Xuan Ziming’s Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon stood as the perfect example of that glory.
"Damn it, whether it's real or not, I'll find out!"
Feeling skeptical about the authenticity of the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon, Ye Huan cursed under his breath. He was done with idle chatter and summoned an RPG Rocket Launcher, aiming it directly at the so-called dragon before quickly pulling the trigger.
It was no surprise that Ye Huan acted so impulsively. In his previous understanding, a dragon's appearance would be majestic and imposing. But now? What he saw was a massive serpent seemingly embedded with gold, sporting two deer-like antlers on its head and claws resembling those of a tiger. There was no sense of pressure at all; since the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon appeared, Ye Huan hadn’t felt any fluctuations of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.
Boom!
A dull explosion echoed as Ye Huan snapped back to reality, focusing on what lay ahead. He could clearly see that in front of Xuan Ziming, the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon effortlessly grasped the rocket in its claw with just one paw, causing it to explode in its grip. Afterward, it curiously leaned its oddly shaped head closer and opened its claw to examine the fragments left behind.
“...”
Whether in the air or on the ground, both Ye Huan and the members of Dragon Hall were frozen in shock. Their mouths agape and eyes wide open, they looked as if they had witnessed the most unbelievable sight in the world.
The Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon, losing interest in the debris, lifted its head to gaze at Ye Huan, who was still stunned. Its enormous mouth opened and closed as it spoke human language: “Human, why did you attack my master?”
“Master? No way! You’re a Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon and you’re willing to obey a human…”
Filled with shock and confusion, the corners of Ye Huan's mouth twitched as he asked an incredibly foolish question. Even the members of Dragon Hall thought it was absurd; since the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon was created by Xuan Ziming, who else could it possibly listen to?
This question was clearly pointless...
To everyone's surprise, at that moment, the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon displayed a surprisingly human-like gesture. It tilted its head slightly in thought, and after a while, as if it had come up with something, it nodded and said to Ye Huan, "As a great Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon, I require a large amount of food and treasures. Therefore, I signed a master-servant contract with him; he provides me with food, and I help him with his tasks..."
Ye Huan tossed aside the rocket launcher while muttering to himself. He then pulled out a Barrett rifle and addressed the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon, saying, "Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon, your master is my enemy. How about we make a deal? You take care of your master for me, and whatever treasures and food he gives you daily, I'll double it for you."
"Impossible, human. You must understand that once we Nine-Clawed Golden Dragons sign a master-servant contract, if we kill our master, we will surely face divine punishment..."
The Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon wore a serious expression as it spoke in front of everyone. The situation seemed far more bizarre than before. However, the next sentence from the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon left everyone, including Xuan Ziming, dumbfounded as it continued, "But... if I just step aside and let you handle it yourself, can I still receive double the treasures and food?"
Looking at the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon acting almost cute, Ye Huan couldn't help but feel delighted. Just as he was about to agree, he heard Xuan Ziming's furious roar: "Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon! As the guardian beast of my Southern Xiongnu Empire, how can you make such an absurd decision!? You should know that I consumed nearly one-third of my blood just to awaken you!"
"Nonsense! Don't think I don't know; you brought me from Huaxia. As for the blood you used to awaken me, it seems you now possess strength not inferior to that of a Ninth-Level Practitioner among humans?"
Rolling its eyes, the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon was unceremonious in its response to Emperor Xuan Ziming. It turned its head away without even glancing at him, which infuriated Xuan Ziming to no end. However, he couldn't retaliate; after all, what the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon said was true—it had indeed been brought back from Huaxia by him.
If Xuan Ziming remembered correctly, when he first discovered the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon in Huaxia's Xuanling region, it had only been in the form of an egg. It was only after he infused a large amount of blood into that egg that the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon hatched. This was also why Xuan Ziming's face looked so pale now. However, it seemed entirely normal for the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon not to assist him.
"Alright! Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon! If you won't help me, someone else will! Lingxiao, it's your turn!"
Seemingly pushed to his limits by anger, Xuan Ziming threw aside his jade crown with ferocity. His expression resembled that of a madman. Yet upon hearing his words, Ye Huan felt a sense of urgency; earlier on, he had sensed six other presences in the square—likely Blood Puppets controlled by Lingxiao using Divine Sense.
Thinking of this made Ye Huan look down at his feet and call out a warning: "Everyone be careful!"
Hearing what Ye Huan said, the members of Dragon Hall instinctively tightened their grips on their M4A1 assault rifles, their expressions tense as they scanned the surroundings.
Perhaps it was because they were focused on their surroundings that almost none of the Dragon Hall members noticed that as Xuan Ziming shouted the command for Lingxiao to take action, a milky white Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy had already spread across the ground, forming a spider web pattern that continuously expanded outward.
"Not good, it's the Six-Star Spider Web Formation!"
Standing in mid-air, Ye Huan was the first to notice the anomaly on the ground. When he saw the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy forming a spider web, he let out a startled cry. In Eastern State, every cultivator who witnessed this scene would likely associate it with the Six-Star Spider Web Formation.
This wasn't to say that the Six-Star Spider Web Formation was common; rather, among the formations available to cultivators, it was quite simple to execute—requiring only six people—and its power was immense. It would gradually entangle those within its grasp using Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy until they suffocated. Almost every cultivator encountered this formation during their initial training. Even Ye Huan, who hadn't spent much time in Eastern State, had heard about it from Yu Wuxia. This illustrates just how famous this formation was.
"That's right, it's the Six-Star Spider Web Formation! Lingxiao told me that with this formation, Ye Huan, you are destined to wait for death! Ha ha, tremble beneath the Nine Provinces Sovereign!"
A flush of red appeared on Xuan Ziming's pale face as he laughed maniacally. It seemed that once this formation was activated, he believed victory was already in his grasp. Little did he know that he had spoken with such confidence when the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon had appeared earlier.
To be fair, while Xuan Ziming was overly confident, Ye Huan couldn't find any reason to refute him. After all, he was a hastily trained cultivator who didn't even know how to set up a formation, let alone break one.
Slowly descending to the ground, Ye Huan furrowed his brow as he looked around. He wanted to see if he could find any weaknesses in the formation that would allow them to break free. However, before he could make a move, the milky white Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy began to move rapidly on the ground, quickly ensnaring one of the Dragon Hall members like spider silk.
Once there was one victim, there would be another. In just over ten seconds, aside from Ye Huan who could quickly ascend using his Flame Sun Sword, nearly all of the Dragon Hall members were tightly bound like rice dumplings. The spider silk-like Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy seemed to have an upward trend as well. Ye Huan hurriedly ascended a bit higher, which drew laughter from Xuan Ziming outside the formation. He even mocked Ye Huan by saying, "Ye Huan, can you fly? Let me tell you, no matter how high you fly, you won't escape the binding of the Six-Star Spider Web Formation!"
'Binding?! Can't I leave this place?'
Inspired by Xuan Ziming's words, Ye Huan suddenly had an idea and quickly determined a direction to charge forward. However, just as he flew near the edge of the plaza on the ground, an invisible wall abruptly blocked his path, preventing him from moving forward at all. It was clearly an effect created by the formation on the ground. This left Ye Huan flustered; after all, if he truly died at Xuan Ziming's hands, then without question, not only would Huaxia Nation face annihilation the next day, but even his friends would suffer as well.
The more anxious he became, the less clear-headed he felt. Worried about what might happen to the Dragon Hall members, Ye Huan glanced down at his feet. But that single glance left him stunned in place; it turned out that what he saw from high above—the Six-Star Spider Web Formation—was essentially a flat diagram that clearly displayed its layout. At least Ye Huan could see that due to its spider web structure, closer to the edges of the formation, all of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy became increasingly sparse—so sparse that there were only two strands of energy forming webs every meter apart.
'Why can't I cut off the fundamental strands on the ground?'
A thought suddenly popped into Ye Huan's mind. Just as he was about to test the feasibility of this idea, he noticed that in the brief moment of distraction, a large amount of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy had already formed threads that were racing toward the sky, shining brightly like steel wires. If he were to be ensnared by them, it would surely be more terrifying than being bound by actual steel.
In a rush, he ascended a bit higher, constantly sorting through everything he could use in his mind. Somehow, Ye Huan suddenly thought of C4 plastic explosives. He hurriedly summoned several blocks, but just as he was about to set the timer on the C4 before throwing it down, he saw that the members of Dragon Hall were still below. He had no choice but to stop his actions, feeling anxious to the extreme and questioning himself on what to do next.
“Got it! I still have the Barrett!”
Frantically scratching his head, Ye Huan accidentally brushed against the Barrett that was hanging behind him. Suddenly, an idea struck him. He quickly began tossing down blocks of C4 plastic explosives like petals scattered by a celestial maiden. Soon enough, he used continuous summoning to cover every corner of the Six-Star Spider Web Formation with C4 explosives. However, considering the safety of the Dragon Hall members, Ye Huan did not set a timer for these explosives.
After throwing down over a hundred blocks of C4 explosives, feeling that it was enough, Ye Huan finally stopped summoning. Instead, he grabbed the Barrett from his back, chambered a round, and controlled the Flame Sun Sword beneath him to gradually rise. He was completely unaware of how shocking his actions were at that moment.
Through the Six-Star Spider Web Formation, at least Xuan Ziming and others saw that Ye Huan was almost suspended in mid-air, holding a deep green Barrett over a meter long in his hands while standing on the golden Flame Sun. Below him, numerous threads formed from Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy continued to extend upward. Perhaps with one misstep, Ye Huan would be engulfed by those threads.
Bang!
After a brief moment of aiming, a flash erupted from the muzzle of the Barrett as Ye Huan finally fired his first shot. On the ground below, one block of C4 exploded in response, instantly severing several strands of threads on the ground and even igniting them. The threads that were relentlessly pursuing Ye Huan seemed to momentarily halt their ascent.
“Cool!”
Encouraging himself further, Ye Huan aimed for the second block of C4…
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