As the former guardian beast of the Huaxia Nation, the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon had absorbed a significant amount of Ye Huan's blood during its hatching. It was constantly aware of everything concerning Ye Huan, especially in the current situation. Just as Ye Huan focused on the crimson light, the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon instinctively directed its gaze toward what lay directly in front of Ye Huan.
A sudden flash of insight struck the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon, which possessed countless memories from numerous reincarnations. It finally recalled the origin of the blood light. Its small, bulb-like eyes fixated on the crimson glow as it murmured, "Blood light, long sword... Could it be the long-lost Blood Refinement Sword Qi?"
"Blood Refinement Sword Qi? What is that? Why have I never heard of it?"
Bai Yulin, who stood beside the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon, listened intently to its words. Despite having lived for nearly a thousand years, he was still unfamiliar with this Blood Refinement Sword Qi and couldn't help but inquire further. At that moment, the blood-colored sword light manipulated by Luo Yufeng was already closing in on the first Riot Shield in front of Ye Huan.
With a sharp crack, the sound echoed in everyone's ears as the Riot Shield, which had been infused with a large amount of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, shattered into pieces in an instant, unable to withstand even a moment against the blood-colored sword light.
It seemed that the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon had anticipated this outcome. As it watched the blood-colored sword light fly toward Ye Huan's second Riot Shield, it answered Bai Yulin's question slowly: "If I remember correctly, the last time Blood Refinement Sword Qi appeared was two thousand years ago. It is an extremely malevolent cultivation method that feeds swords with human blood—one life per feeding, three times a day. With minor success, one can merge blood light into sword energy and kill invisibly; with great success, it becomes even more terrifying—destroying heaven and earth is no exaggeration!"
"Destroying heaven and earth?"
Bai Yulin felt a cold sweat in his palms as he glanced at Luo Yufeng, whose appearance was grotesque. His expression shifted repeatedly before he finally couldn't contain his curiosity any longer and posed a crucial question to the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon: "Golden Dragon, since you can tell that that sow is using Blood Refinement Sword Qi, does that mean she has achieved great success with it?"
"Great success? Right now, she wouldn't even qualify as having minor success! To master Blood Refinement Sword Qi proficiently requires feeding the sword for eighty-one days—according to heavenly numbers—using two hundred forty-three people's blood. As for minor success, if there aren't tens of thousands of lives' worth of blood in the sword, it's simply impossible. Achieving great success is even harder; even if all people from Eastern State and Jiuzhou were wiped out, it still wouldn't be enough to feed the sword. Otherwise, two thousand years ago, people from Eastern State and Jiuzhou would have been slaughtered completely!"
The thought of that murderous maniac from two thousand years ago brought a flicker of fear to the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon's eyes. Even its body trembled slightly in mid-air. It turned out that two thousand years ago, as Huaxia Nation's guardian beast, the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon had participated in that battle and suffered severe injuries, forcing it to transform into a Golden Egg form. It could only hatch by absorbing blood; otherwise, it would fall into eternal slumber.
After all this time had passed, every time it surpassed Tenth-Level Beast status as Huaxia's Guardian Beast, the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon felt an innate aversion to Blood Refinement Sword Qi due to its need to absorb human blood to manifest in this world.
Fixing its gaze back on Blood Refinement Sword Qi, the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon made a resolute decision: no matter what happened, it would ensure that this Blood Refinement Sword Qi vanished completely from both Eastern State and Jiuzhou!
"Ye Huan, hold off that Blood Refinement Sword Qi! I will attack its master!"
Ignoring the fact that Bai Yulin and Black Shadow Flower were consuming the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon's earlier words, Ye Huan shouted loudly. The Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon swiftly charged towards Luo Yufeng's direction, transforming into a streak of golden light. It aimed to eliminate Luo Yufeng before the Blood Refinement Sword Qi could strike Ye Huan, thus paving the way for the ensuing battle and preventing everyone from being helpless against the Blood Refinement Sword Qi.
However, while the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon had good intentions, it was Ye Huan who suffered. After the Blood Refinement Sword Qi had destroyed over a hundred Riot Shields in front of him, Ye Huan decided to temporarily avoid its onslaught to conserve his Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy. Little did he expect that the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon would suddenly say something, forcing him to grit his teeth and summon an Apache Attack Helicopter.
Suspended in mid-air, as soon as the Apache Attack Helicopter appeared, it began to plummet due to the lack of support for its weight. Fortunately, Ye Huan reacted quickly, using his Cultivator abilities and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy to lift the helicopter.
Realizing the significant drain on his Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy at his Dantian, Ye Huan immediately dove into the Apache Attack Helicopter without hesitation and started it up. Once the helicopter's spinning rotor blades lifted it into the air, he finally turned his gaze towards where the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon was located.
In just two seconds, Ye Huan saw that despite its small size, the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon was incredibly fast and had already engaged Luo Yufeng in combat. Each swing of its nine golden claws generated powerful gusts of wind filled with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, forcing Luo Yufeng to retreat repeatedly without daring to confront it directly. Just then, a blood-red light shot towards the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon from behind at high speed.
"Not good!"
Knowing that the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon was nowhere near its peak strength, Ye Huan gasped as he saw the Blood Refinement Sword Qi closing in on it. He quickly pressed several buttons on the Apache Attack Helicopter's control panel, activating a new feature gained after he advanced to Seventh-Level Summoner: auto-locking!
It might be hard for anyone to believe that the original Apache Attack Helicopter already had an auto-locking attack target feature. However, when faced with a Cultivator's terrifying speed, this auto-locking became nearly useless as it couldn't keep up.
Fortunately, after Ye Huan's power increase, the auto-locking function underwent significant changes. In addition to tracking fixed targets, it could even double or triple the impact speed of Hellfire Missiles, effectively accelerating their launch.
Almost immediately after Ye Huan pressed both the auto-lock button and the launch button for the Hellfire Missiles, a deafening explosion echoed as sixteen Hellfire Missiles launched from the Apache Attack Helicopter in an instant. The tremendous force even pushed the helicopter back slightly as they soared through the overcast sky, leaving fiery trails behind them.
Boom!
The sixteen Hellfire Missiles struck simultaneously against the blood-red sword light, resulting in a massive explosion that filled the air with flames and billowing black smoke. A blood-red sword emerged from within the smoke and circled around before heading straight for where the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon was located. To Ye Huan's surprise, sensing the presence of Blood Refinement Sword Qi, the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon left Luo Yufeng's side and swiftly approached the Apache Attack Helicopter.
"Golden Dragon, why did you come back?"
After consuming a large amount of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy from the Summoning Book and Dantian, Ye Huan furrowed his brows, unable to understand why the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon had returned empty-handed. He climbed out of the cockpit of the Apache Attack Helicopter and confronted the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon, leaving the helicopter hovering in mid-air with its propellers spinning loudly.
Taking a couple of deep breaths, the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon dared to say that he didn't want to return like this either. He could only explain to Ye Huan in frustration, "That woman is not simple. Besides her Blood Refinement Sword Qi, her cultivation level is even higher than yours. With my current strength, it would take at least two hours to kill her."
Two hours?
Considering the energy consumed to summon the Apache Attack Helicopter and to keep it airborne, Ye Huan had to admit that the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon was right. However, with the Blood Refinement Sword Qi back in Luo Yufeng's hands, killing her had become nearly impossible.
As he pondered this predicament, just when Ye Huan felt somewhat helpless, Bai Yulin and Black Shadow Flower, both Tenth-Level Beasts, slowly approached him. A glimmer of battle intent flashed in their eyes. Bai Yulin spoke up to Ye Huan, "Ye Huan, how about we go confront that sow?"
"What are you two..."
Given that Bai Yulin and Black Shadow Flower did not have a strong relationship with him, Ye Huan's first instinct was to stop them from getting involved in this matter that had nothing to do with them. But when he saw the eager expressions on their faces and thought about the dragon race's combative nature, what came out of his mouth instead was, "Alright! Just be careful."
"Don't worry."
Bai Yulin smiled slightly at Ye Huan and then pulled Black Shadow Flower along as they quickly moved toward the center between Ye Huan and Luo Yufeng. They provocatively shouted at Luo Yufeng, "Hey, sow demon! Watch as this dragon takes you down!"
Sow demon...
Hearing every word Bai Yulin said, Luo Yufeng instantly became furious. The already unpleasant expression on her face turned even redder, clearly infuriated by Bai Yulin. However, upon noticing that Bai Yulin was holding onto another woman, she realized that going up alone might put her at a disadvantage. Luo Yufeng suppressed her anger and turned her head toward Lingxiao, using a soft and delicate voice for the first time as she said, "Husband, everyone else is fighting together as couples; can you help me out?"
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