Chapter 787 786: Jiang Qingyao's Desperate Plea, the Frost Bone Dragon's Grand Entrance

CRACK~~

The crisp sound of cracking rang out again.

Another crack, as thick as a fingernail and deeper than the last, appeared on the Soul Guardian Bottle.

Jiang Qingyao's Divine Soul, residing within the Soul Guardian Bottle, was so terrified it nearly dissipated on the spot.

Her voice trembled uncontrollably.

"How... how is this possible?!?"

"Even an expert at the True God Realm would have to expend a Great Divine Power just for a chance to destroy a Divine Level Lower-Grade Treasure."

"You're merely at the Divinity Transformation Realm! How could you possibly have the power to destroy a Divine Level Magical Treasure?!?"

She couldn't comprehend it at all.

The Soul Guardian Bottle was a genuine Divine Level Lower-Grade Treasure.

Moreover, it was specifically designed for saving one's life. Its material was incomparably durable, and its Law Patterns were reinforced layer by layer.

Forget the Divinity Transformation Realm.

Even cultivators at the Void Refinement Realm or Integration Realm couldn't possibly shatter it by force.

Only a cultivator at the True God Realm or higher had any chance of breaking it.

But Gu Yuexi completely ignored Jiang Qingyao, continuing to destroy the Law Patterns on the Soul Guardian Bottle.

Jiang Qingyao was now in a complete panic.

"Gu Yuexi..."

"No, Fairy Gu, this young la—"

"No, Fairy Gu, I was wrong."

"You are magnanimous. Please, spare me."

"I promise, I'll never dare to bother you again."

Jiang Qingyao cast aside her status as a young lady of the Jiang Family and began to beg piteously.

She now understood completely.

Gu Yuexi had no regard for the Jiang Family whatsoever.

Any threats she made would only deepen Gu Yuexi's killing intent.

In the face of Jiang Qingyao's pleas for mercy,

Gu Yuexi gave no response.

Even the expression on her face remained unchanged.

She held the Soul Guardian Bottle between her fingertips, her Divine Thought seeping into it to carefully sense the Law Patterns on its surface.

Then, she slowly infused her Divine Power, following the patterns to corrode and destroy them bit by bit.

The creation of any Magical Treasure requires a complex Law Divine Power Array to be inscribed within it, forming the treasure's core.

Other than the refiner themselves,

it was nearly impossible for anyone else to decipher the specific patterns of the Divine Power Array, even if their own Law Level was higher.

Therefore, the only practical way to destroy a Magical Treasure was to smash it with brute force.

Even for an expert above the True God Realm who wanted to destroy a Divine Level Lower-Grade Treasure,

the only method was to bombard it with brute force.

But Gu Yuexi's method was different.

Her understanding of the Laws had long ago reached the Immortal Realm Level.

In her eyes, the Law Patterns of a mere Divine Level Lower-Grade Treasure were no different from a child's scribbles.

She could see through to its core with ease.

She didn't need to rely on brute force at all.

She just needed to find the core nodes and destroy the Soul Guardian Bottle's Law Patterns.

This Divine Level Lower-Grade Treasure, renowned for its life-saving abilities, would instantly become as fragile as an ordinary flower vase.

It would shatter with a single squeeze.

And that would be the moment of Jiang Qingyao's death.

Just as Gu Yuexi prepared to act, to completely crush the Soul Guardian Bottle,

Xiao Feng, who was standing nearby, could no longer remain idle.

"Gu Yuexi, stop!!!"

He roared as the full might of his Integration Realm Divine Power unfurled.

In a flash, he charged toward Gu Yuexi.

Gu Yuexi had been far too decisive when she killed Jiang Qingyao's physical body a moment ago.

Xiao Feng never imagined that Gu Yuexi would show absolutely no deference to the Eight Great Clans.

She had killed without a shred of hesitation.

It had caused him to react a beat too slow.

In the end, he could only watch helplessly as Jiang Qingyao's physical body was crushed.

Fortunately, Jiang Qingyao still had the life-saving Soul Guardian Bottle.

As long as her Divine Soul was intact, reconstructing her body was just a matter of time.

But just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief,

something even more unexpected happened.

Gu Yuexi actually had the ability to destroy a Divine Level Lower-Grade Treasure!

She was only at the First Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm!

Snatching Jiang Qingyao's Divine Level Magical Treasure earlier had been somewhat understandable.

After all, Gu Yuexi's combat experience was clearly leagues above Jiang Qingyao's.

But destroying a treasure was a completely different concept from snatching one!

With his Integration Realm cultivation, even he couldn't inflict the slightest bit of damage on the Soul Guardian Bottle!

Let alone Gu Yuexi, who was only at the Divinity Transformation Realm.

Jiang Qingyao's life hung by a thread.

Xiao Feng had no time to ponder how Gu Yuexi had managed it.

'I have to stop Gu Yuexi!'

If he allowed Gu Yuexi to crush the Soul Guardian Bottle and completely kill Jiang Qingyao,

how would he answer to Master Jiang Wei?!

How would he answer to the Jiang Family?!

How would he answer to the entire social circle of the Eight Great Clans?!

Although he was a member of the Law Enforcement Team and prided himself on impartiality,

he was also a scion of the Xiao Family and a member of the Eight Great Clans.

He could be impartial when a disciple from the Eight Great Clans bullied a Loose Cultivator, handing out a fine or a few days of confinement without issue.

But he could not stand by and watch a Direct Lineage disciple of the Eight Great Clans be killed on the spot by an outsider Loose Cultivator—to have even their Divine Soul extinguished.

If that were to happen,

his, Xiao Feng's, reputation within the circles of the Eight Great Clans would be utterly ruined.

At this moment,

Xiao Feng could no longer care about fairness or justice.

He had to stop Gu Yuexi and save Jiang Qingyao's Divine Soul.

He would not hesitate to kill Gu Yuexi if that's what it took!

'If worst comes to worst, I'll just quit the Law Enforcement Team!'

Xiao Feng's Speed was immense.

Unleashing the full power of his Integration Realm cultivation, he appeared before Gu Yuexi in the blink of an eye.

Just then,

the sky around them suddenly darkened without warning.

It was as if dark clouds had abruptly blotted out the sun, the light instantly dimming by more than half.

The surrounding crowd of onlookers stopped their chatter, looking up at the sky in confusion.

A colossal Bone Dragon, hundreds of meters long, hovered in midair. Its skeleton was a crystalline, translucent white, radiating a faint, frosty chill as it blotted out the sky.

"A... a dragon! From the Dragon Race!!!"

Someone cried out, their voice trembling, so frightened their legs gave out.

Although the Dragon Race's Dragon Palace was located on the South Sea Shore, not too far from Luoping City,

very few people had ever seen a real dragon. For most, they were the stuff of legends, heard of but never seen.

Only a few Elder Cultivators, those over a hundred thousand years old,

turned deathly pale the moment they got a clear look at the Frost Bone Dragon.

Memories of the catastrophe from a hundred thousand years ago surfaced uncontrollably in their minds.

Back then, the City Lord of Luoping City, a mighty expert at the Celestial God Realm Peak, had died at the hands of a Frost Giant Dragon.

If a little boy in a red belly-band hadn't appeared in the nick of time to suppress the Frost Giant Dragon,

the entirety of Luoping City would have been annihilated by its Dragon Breath!

And the appearance of this Frost Bone Dragon before them...

was identical to the Frost Giant Dragon from a hundred thousand years ago!!!

"It... It's the Evil Dragon from a hundred thousand years ago!!!"

"It... It actually came back!!!"

Someone quickly recognized the Frost Bone Dragon's identity and screamed at the top of their lungs, their voice filled with terror.

"Run! The Evil Dragon is back for revenge! It's going to slaughter the city!"

"What rotten luck! Of all the times for this to happen, the City Lord isn't even in Luoping City!"

"The City Lord may be gone, but what about the Eight Great Clans? Don't they have Supreme Elders at the Celestial God Realm?"

"Hah! Young man, you look too young to have been around for the Evil Dragon's rampage a hundred thousand years ago,"

an Elder Cultivator running alongside him snarked.

"Back when the City Lord fought the Evil Dragon in a world-shaking battle, the Eight Great Clans didn't send a single soldier. They all just cowered in their manors and played dead."

"The moment they smell an ounce of profit, they pounce on it faster than anyone."

"But the second they sense danger, they run faster than us Loose Cultivators!"