Chapter 2157 - 513: Dragon Slayer

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Chen Jie watched as the ice on the Flood Dragon slowly started to collapse. That terrifying power—it couldn’t even be fully frozen by the mighty forces of nature—this dragon was the Overlord of the waters, the strongest creature beneath the Earthly Immortal.

Chen Jie wasn’t particularly surprised that his ice couldn’t seal this Flood Dragon. After all, this creature wasn’t something he could deal with now, even if he practiced the Three Divine Skills of the Human Emperor, the Four Seasons Celestial Phenomenon Technique.

No matter how strong he was, even with the Tai Sui Pill under a state of Three Gods United, activating this strongest Cold Ice Power [Frozen Heaven and Earth—Xuanming Fist] would not be able to shake this mythical creature in the slightest.

Even though this move was pushed to a near Molten God Second Transition strength by Chen Jie, what use was it? Not to mention Chen Jie was merely close to the strength of Molten God Second Transition, even the true Molten God Second Transition, Ba Son, the Siamese State Preceptor was nothing but a useless waste in front of the Flood Dragon.

Thinking it through, a sense of despair emerged in Chen Jie’s heart. After all, he no longer had any effective means to deal with the Flood Dragon in front of him. A feeling of helplessness spread over him.

He was just human, with a fragile side, but Chen Jie did not regret anything now.

This world is indeed survival of the fittest. If you want to live well, you need to fight, to seize, to snatch, to pull teeth from the Tiger’s Mouth, betting on a sliver of hope with your life.

Chen Jiusi, a fisherman’s son, was supposed to live his whole life in a small place like Xiantao Village, living a mediocre life in the countryside, letting his wife and children lead such humble lives.

To busy oneself every day for three meals, either maintaining a broken fishing boat or managing a thin plot of one tael field.

The most fearful thing was getting sick, because illness in this era means selling sons and daughters, land and houses, or even oneself into slavery, becoming a tenant farmer for the landlords.

Your descendants too would be born into servitude, working as cattle and horses for the wealthy landlords. Even if your son and daughter get married, and the landlord takes a liking to your daughter-in-law, she must surrender her first night to the landlord—this is the price for living under the landlords’ rule; no one can help you.

Because your family still depends on the landlord’s household to survive. If they refuse and don’t let you farm their land, your whole family would be left starving, with no way out.

Such is the sorrow of people in this era.

And to escape this sorrow, you must dare to stake everything on your life. Chen Jiusi has walked this path, daring to stake his life, so he rose from a simple fisherman’s son to the leader of the Fishing Guild, using it as a stepping stone to become a prominent figure in Mianshui County.

Leveraging the power of the era, coupled with his boldness to fight and determination to risk, he climbed step by step to his current position, becoming the actual ruler of the entire Huangzhou Prefecture, even Hubei Road.

In the entire land, he is a character of standing.

It was because he dared to fight that he gifted his wife, Su Yunjin, a life she never dared to dream of before, transforming her from a village woman into the most noble woman in Hubei Road, even having the chance to become the most noble woman in all the land.

Now they can eat whatever they want without having to worry about a mouthful of food, all because Chen Jiusi fought hard for it.

Even he, as a fisherman, wed the Commandery Princess of the time—what a proud success!

Which one of these accomplishments didn’t require risking one’s life?

This era is like this. Not only Chen Jie but also Zhu Chongba and Zhang Jiusi, and other heroes, all fought for their future with their lives, as long as the reward was great enough, they feared no danger.

Because they constantly understood one thing, which is, in this era, if you don’t fight, you can only submit to others and entrust your fate to them.

If you want to control your own destiny, you have to be willing to risk your own life.

Today, it’s the same.

Chen Jiusi knew there was a Flood Dragon beneath this sea, one that he might not be able to contend with, yet he still wanted to dive into this deep sea for a glimpse and find that one chance to become stronger because this era is like this.

Big fish eat little fish, little fish eat shrimp; if you don’t want to be eaten, you must seize every opportunity to become stronger, or you may fall behind at every step.

Chen Jie came here precisely because of such thoughts, and now facing the dangerous Flood Dragon, he still maintained peace, even with the panic and helplessness inside him starting to subside.

Yes, he was relieved. This world is about devouring, and Chen Jie didn’t want to be eaten, having exerted all of his efforts.

And as long as he tried, Chen Jie felt he had no regrets in his heart. It was merely a matter of bad luck, destiny as such, even if he met his end today, there would be nothing to complain about.

In an instant, Chen Jie was relieved, and his mood began to ascend; he even somewhat understood the word of Dao that Master Zhang had given him. Dao is precisely like this, this is Dao.

Chen Jie’s Dao is to become stronger, to become the strongest man in the world, to become the Emperor, leading his loved ones to a good life, ascending the Peak of Martial Arts, and while within his power, making life better for the people.

Nothing more.