Chapter 1199: Blood Dragon Body Detonation Art

With a soft “pfft,” there was no roar. But under everyone’s astonished gaze, Lan Xuanyu’s punch had actually punched straight through the Fire Dragon King Divine Dragon Armor on Qi Tianlong’s back, striking directly onto his true body.

Qi Tianlong’s entire body burst with firelight. In the instant before, he had already sensed something. The Fire Dragon King Divine Dragon Armor on his body suddenly exploded the moment it was struck, transforming into countless terrifying fragments of firelight that splattered in all directions.

If Lan Xuanyu were still in dragon form at this moment, his enormous body would certainly have taken the full brunt of the impact. But as a human, his surface area was far smaller.

Seven-colored light burst forth, blocking the vast majority of the splattering Fire Dragon King Divine Dragon Armor fragments. And that punch of his slammed fiercely into Qi Tianlong’s back.

His body flew backward, wings beating, propelling him back.

In the next instant, Qi Tianlong’s long saber had already slashed back toward him. A moment later, and he would have been struck by the blade light.

But in the very next instant after that saber was swung, a low rumble suddenly exploded within Qi Tianlong’s body. Streaks of four-colored lightning spread and burst from his back, wreathing him in arcs of electricity. An enormous bloody hole had blown open along his spine, and one could clearly see the broken ends of vertebrae and mangled muscle within.

With a furious roar, Qi Tianlong’s enormous body rapidly shrank, reverting to his original human form. Only by bracing his long saber against the ground did he keep himself from collapsing. But anyone could see that punch had heavily wounded him.

Who could have imagined that in this peak showdown, the ones who would ultimately gain the upper hand and heavily wound their opponent would be Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu?

Even among the Dragon Knights, not one had favored “them” to win. Because the Dragon Knights all knew what Qi Tianlong’s cultivation level was.

As the Celestial Dragon Head’s chief disciple, he could have ascended to god rank long ago, but he hadn’t—all so he could ultimately claim victory in the Rising Dragon Competition!

Whether it was Bai Xiuxiu’s Heaven Demon Dance Heavenly Mystery heaven-and-earth reversal, or Lan Xuanyu’s final position swap and feint—it could only be described as godlike skill. Turning the impossible into possible, heavily wounding Qi Tianlong.

Qi Tianlong’s expression at this moment was a complex mix of emotions. He raised his head to look at Lan Xuanyu, who had flown back into the air to rejoin Bai Xiuxiu, blood constantly seeping from the corner of his mouth.

At this moment, the Divine Annihilation Lightning Lan Xuanyu had charged and driven into his body was rampaging madly, destroying everything inside him.

Under normal circumstances, even a charged strike couldn’t have so heavily wounded Qi Tianlong. But that attack had come right after he had taken his own full-power strike head-on. The timing chosen was exactly when he was at his most vulnerable.

Qi Tianlong knew he had lost. Not in terms of strength, but in underestimating his opponent and being caught off guard. Whether it was Lan or Xiuxiu, all the abilities they had used in today’s battle against him were ones they had never used before.

Precisely because of this, he had fallen into their trap.

Teacher! Are techniques truly useless? Then why did I lose to technique?

No, I cannot lose. I am the Dragon Clan member who will inherit the Celestial Dragon Head’s position in the future. How can I lose this match? If I lose, I must become her servant. And once that happens, how could I have any face left to become a Dragon Knight? To become the future ruler of the Dragon Clan?

Thinking of this, Qi Tianlong’s eyes lit up. The unstable flames burning around his body were no longer the previous golden-red. In an instant, the flames turned blood-red, transforming into blood-red light flames, and his body had completely become a single shade of blood-red.

“The Blood Dragon Body Detonation Art?” The Second Seat sitting on the dragon-force pillar said in shock, while also looking toward the Celestial Dragon Head beside him, whose expression had turned grim.

All the Dragon Knights present knew what the Blood Dragon Body Detonation Art meant. It was a secret Dragon Clan technique. Only the strongest Dragon Clan members had the chance to be taught it. It was the ultimate life-burning method. With Qi Tianlong’s strength, he originally wasn’t qualified to learn the Blood Dragon Body Detonation Art. It was precisely because he was the Celestial Dragon Head’s disciple that he had learned it in advance.

The Blood Dragon Body Detonation Art was extremely domineering. It could instantly burn one’s own bloodline—not for tempering, but for explosion. Under this frenzied burning, not only would one’s strength surge, temporarily suppressing injuries, but the burning dragon blood could also temporarily protect all wounds, restoring peak combat power. Although the duration was brief, it was the ultimate life-burning method. But once used, with the bloodline depleted, not only would one’s strength suffer greatly, but there was also a risk to one’s life.

“Should we stop it?” the Second Seat, Dawn Dragon Knight Zhong Zhichang, asked in a low voice.

The Celestial Dragon Head silently shook his head. He hadn’t expected such a situation to arise either. He had earlier encouraged his disciple to ignite Qi Tianlong’s fighting spirit. But he hadn’t expected that this wager would plunge his own disciple into such a predicament.

What Qi Tianlong had thought of, he had naturally thought of as well. In this match, Qi Tianlong could not afford to lose. If he lost and became Lan Xuanyu’s servant, then his future in the Dragon Clan would be completely lost. So he could not lose—even at an enormous cost, he could not lose.

The Blood Dragon Body Detonation Art might be fatal to other Dragon Clan members, but for Qi Tianlong, with proper recuperation, future recovery was still possible. And without using the Blood Dragon Body Detonation Art, he had already lost right now. Even the Celestial Dragon Head would not be willing to see his carefully cultivated disciple ruined just like that.

Watching the bursting blood light, Lan Xuanyu’s brows furrowed tightly. He held Bai Xiuxiu’s hand, and the two of them exchanged and stimulated each other’s Dragon Force, recovering their earlier expenditures.

At this moment, Qi Tianlong’s entire body blazed with blood light, but his aura continued to climb. The damaged spine on his back, covered by the blood light, seemed to have been reconnected by that blood color.

He leaped out of the pit in the ground and let out an earth-shaking roar toward the sky. In an instant, blood-colored light flames erupted, like a vast sea of blood, sweeping toward Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu in the air.

“This is my battle with him. Xiuxiu, trust me.” Leaving these words behind, Lan Xuanyu stepped forward into the void. The seven-colored light on his body suddenly ignited, transforming into seven-colored light flames.

The instant that seven-colored light flame ignited, his entire body had become crystalline seven-colored. Even the blood-colored light flames rising from below were suppressed by a fraction in that instant.

“Roar—” A loud dragon cry burst from his mouth, and Lan Xuanyu ferociously descended from the sky, pouncing straight at Qi Tianlong, who was in the midst of the Blood Dragon Body Detonation Art.

Qi Tianlong let out a furious shout. At this moment, there was not the slightest bit of love left in his heart for “Lan.” Stimulated by his boiling blood, he only wanted to defeat his opponent.

The two figures collided almost instantly, erupting with a deafening roar.

Lan Xuanyu used his fists, Qi Tianlong used his saber. This time, there was no technique at all—just a hard, head-on, forceful battle.

“Boom—” Lan Xuanyu’s body was directly sent flying by a saber strike, blood-colored light flames surging all over his body. But in the next instant, those blood-colored light flames were extinguished by the seven-colored light flames burning on his body. He instantly bounced up and, without any hesitation, pounced at Qi Tianlong once again.

Qi Tianlong had already pursued. The two collided again. Scales splattered from Lan Xuanyu’s body, but he did not yield in the slightest. Under the burst of seven-colored light flames, the blood-colored light flames were shaken out in large ripples. This time, Qi Tianlong also staggered backward.

Lan Xuanyu was knocked flying, his body plowing furrows into the ground. But in the next instant, he flew up once again, as if gone mad, charging straight at Qi Tianlong.

No technique—just a hard, head-on, forceful clash. This scene caused even the god-rank Dragon Clan powerhouses watching to hold their breath.

That was the Blood Dragon Body Detonation Art! In this state, Qi Tianlong was even stronger than in his previous peak condition. And at this moment, Lan Xuanyu had not only abandoned his earlier clever fighting style to clash head-on, but had even prevented Bai Xiuxiu from participating in the battle.