Chapter 1833: Desperate Situation Canglan (8)
Chi Wuyue's words left the Dragon Gods with no ripples in their hearts or expressions—they only found them laughable.
Baihong Dragon God gave a light snort and was about to voice ridicule when suddenly his entire body went cold, his breath seizing.
The seven Dragon Gods simultaneously turned their gazes toward the Dragon Emperor.
His face had darkened, and his entire body radiated an aura of fury that, despite being suppressed with all his might, was still utterly terrifying... This rage did not flash and fade; it persisted, not dissipating even at this moment.
He was the Dragon Emperor, the sole sovereign of the divine realms, the most exalted existence in all of the Chaos. The greatest power, the most revered status, hundreds of thousands of years of lifespan, and a mind and heart matched to that experience.
Even if ten thousand mountains collapsed before him and myriad realms shattered, it would not cause him the slightest stir. Those who boasted or mocked in his presence would not provoke even the faintest ripple in his soul, for they were nothing but ignorant, meaningless jokes.
To say that the Dragon Emperor was unworthy of being compared to someone? In anyone's eyes, there was no more forced, more foolish, more base insult in the world—it didn't even have the right to make the Dragon Emperor twitch an eyebrow.
But...
Crack!
Crack!
The crisp, heart-shivering sounds came from between the Dragon Emperor's tightly clenched fingers.
"...!!??" The gazes of all the Dragon Gods, Dragon Lords, Master Dragons, and Divine Emperors flickered between the Dragon Emperor's face and hands, shock and disbelief overwhelming their hearts.
"??" The five Withered Dragon Venerables also furrowed their brows slightly.
As the supreme Dragon Emperor, to be angered by such lowly words?
Baihong Dragon God was dumbfounded for a full few breaths before suddenly snapping to his senses. The light mockery he had intended turned into a sharp rebuke: "Preposterous! Does my Dragon God Realm fear some mere Demon Lord?"
"Oh?" Chi Wuyue glanced sideways. "Indeed, it seems not only the Dragon Emperor, but all the Dragon Gods are a bunch of hypocrites. You have the face to do it but not the face to admit it. Truly birds of a feather."
"To seize the moment when our Demon Lord is not present, you even went so far as to use the Qiankun Dragon City... Why bother maintaining this facade and making a fool of yourselves in front of the world?"
"Heh, heheh!" Baihong Dragon God sneered disdainfully. "Demon Empress, you seem to have forgotten. Your so-called Demon Lord, Yun Che—if not for the mercy and shelter of our Dragon Queen back then, he would have died without a burial place long ago! Now, what face do you have to speak in front of me—"
Crash!!
This sound was so loud it seemed as if the Dragon Emperor had snapped his own finger bones.
Baihong Dragon God's voice cut off abruptly. His body suddenly went cold, so cold it trembled, and the words behind his lips could not come out.
And this chill that directly pierced his dragon soul came from none other than the Dragon Emperor.
Cangzhi Dragon God kicked Baihong Dragon God's shin... Among all the Dragon Gods, he was the only one who had vaguely sensed something in recent days. But the Dragon Emperor was deeply reticent—how could he dare speak a single word recklessly?
Baihong Dragon God turned his head, his face full of bewilderment.
"Hahahahaha!"
Cang Shitian's loud laughter rang out. As if to live up to the title of "Mad Dog" he had just bestowed upon himself, this time his laughter was especially wild: "What a joke! What kind of figure is the Demon Lord? He carries the Evil God Inheritance, possesses the Demon Emperor's Relic, and has the Heavenly Poison Pearl recognize him as its master—those are a Creation God, a Demon Emperor, and a true Mystic Heaven Supreme Treasure!"
"With profound power at the Divine Sovereign Realm, he possesses might comparable to a Divine Emperor! His age is merely half a Jiazi! Who in this age can compare? Who can match him? The Dragon Emperor? Hahahaha! Before the Demon Lord, he's nothing more than an old worm that has lived for three hundred and fifty thousand years."
All of Dragon God Realm showed anger, but the Dragon Emperor's mood was strange, and no one dared to act rashly.
Cang Shitian continued: "Speaking of which, everyone in the divine realms knows of two great beauties: the Dragon Queen and the Divine Maiden. The Divine Maiden is already the Demon Lord's exclusive concubine. And the Dragon Queen... heh, if the Demon Lord had been born a few hundred thousand years earlier, there would have been no chance for you, Dragon Emperor! She would rather be the Demon Lord's concubine than deign to look at you!"
Boom—!
The space for dozens of miles around the Dragon Emperor violently expanded, nearly exploding.
The Withered Dragon Venerables, Dragon Gods, and Dragon Lords behind him were all knocked back half a step. They looked at the Dragon Emperor and were all frozen in place there.
Long Bai's pale, clean face had turned a livid black. His lips, nose bridge, brows—every muscle on his face was twitching and trembling violently.
The space around him distorted sharply. If that terrifying rage were ever to truly lose control, it would surely cause the surrounding infinite space to collapse directly.
"Your Highness?" Suxin Dragon God frowned deeply. As the sovereign of Chaos, Long Bai sometimes showed no trace of emotional change for thousands of years. To see him like this now—she had never witnessed such a thing.
Everyone knew the Dragon Queen was the Dragon Emperor's greatest reverse scale, but these were merely a few reckless words. However it could not be to such an extent...
Watching the Dragon Emperor's dramatically changed expression and his fury that was nearly on the verge of exploding, Cang Shitian was stunned for a moment. Then his eyes widened, his lips twitched, and he erupted into a maddened, frenzied laugh: "Heh... heheh... ha... haha... hahahahaha!"
Those words had been transmitted to him by Chi Wuyue. He had thought that involving the Dragon Queen might provoke Long Bai slightly—only slightly—but that would have been enough to satisfy him.
He never imagined that he would make the dignified Dragon Emperor so furious that he looked so ugly!
He raised both arms, his ten fingers like claws, his features splitting, every pore opening as he laughed until his whole body shook, nearly fainting.
He didn't even know that every single word he had just spoken was like the world's most venomous knife, piercing with perfect precision into the most untouchable part of Long Bai's heart.
Cang Shitian's mad laughter was far too piercing. Long Yi let out a disappointed sigh and said, "Dragon Emperor, do not lose your dignity."
Long Wu also spoke with disappointment in his tone: "As the Dragon Emperor, you should remain unshaken even before ten thousand calamities. These are but a few foul words from petty scoundrels—why sink to this level?"
"Damned bastard!"
Qingyuan Dragon God roared and surged forward. A green claw shadow appeared on his right hand... but suddenly, a pale palm appeared before him, pressing firmly against his heart, forcefully halting his movement.
The one who acted was none other than Long Bai.
The distortion of the space around him stopped. His expression seemed to return to normal, only the arm stretched across Qingyuan Dragon God's front rippling with an extremely terrifying surge of air.
Qingyuan Dragon God quickly stepped back two paces, not daring to move again.
His arm slowly dropped. Long Bai raised his head, and his eyes once again shot out a divine light like the blazing sun in the high heavens: "Where is Yun Che now?"
His voice was flat, his emotions indecipherable.
"Oh my, the Dragon Emperor need not be so wary and worried." Chi Wuyue said slowly, leisurely. "I can tell you quite frankly that although the Demon Lord is rushing here at full speed, unfortunately he is too far away. To return here, it will take at least five or six hours."
"So I must say, your painstaking efforts to avoid our Demon Lord this time have been truly successful—you've avoided him for a full five or six hours!"
"But! I want to see..." Chi Wuyue's voice turned icy cold, black mist rising from her body, the space for a thousand miles around turning frigid: "In these five or six hours of opportunity, how much can you, Dragon Emperor, finally grasp?"
"Hmph."
A cold, indifferent snort. Long Bai looked down upon Canglan, his dragon eyes as majestic as the sky collapsing: "Good. Very good. Then I will wait for him for six hours!"
The moment these words were spoken, both the Western Domain profound practitioners and the Northern Domain ones stood frozen on the spot.
"Your Highness!" Feimie Dragon God turned and said urgently: "This Demon Empress has a heart like a poisonous abyss and is full of demonic words. Do not let her—"
"Shut up."
The cold rebuke instantly cut off Feimie Dragon God's voice. Long Bai's voice remained cold, but it inexplicably sent a chill through Feimie's soul: "Do you think that a mere Demon Empress is worthy of deluding me?"
Feimie Dragon God's whole body tightened, and he hastily said: "No! Feimie never meant that."
"Enough." Long Bai's voice deepened slightly: "A bunch of dark beasts—are they worthy of tarnishing even half the prestige of our Dragon God clan? Since they think I fear their so-called Demon Lord, then I will wait for him to crawl back here."
"Well said!" Wanxiang Divine Emperor reacted quickly and immediately echoed with a clear voice: "Dark beasts are ultimately dark beasts. Not to mention six hours—even six hundred hours, what can they do?"
"Exactly," Chilong Emperor added. "Let us use these six hours to grind down their last pitiful shred of self-respect. A pack of filthy demon people—worthy of defiling the name of Dragon God Realm?"
With two Divine Emperors chiming in, and the Dragon Emperor's terrifying aura, no one dared speak another word.
"Oh?" Chi Wuyue raised her eyes and cast a faint glance at Long Bai: "Dragon Emperor, why torment yourself for that pitiful bit of dignity? What if, after our Demon Lord returns, he peels off your dragon hide? Wouldn't that leave your prestige and face even more shattered? By then, regret will be too late."
Long Bai did not even look at her. He turned around directly and said coldly: "Within these six hours, no one is to make a move. Violators will be executed!"
The Dragon Emperor's decree—every word carried immense weight.
Under this terrifying, almost irrational imperial order, everyone fell silent in fear. Not only would no one dare to make a move, but no one dared to take another step forward.
"What's going on?" Feizhi Dragon God whispered. "Could it be that the Dragon Emperor has been silently invaded in his soul by the Demon Empress?"
"Impossible," Suxin Dragon God said. "However, the Dragon Emperor is indeed irrational... quite strange."
"These dark beasts will surely use these six hours to find an opportunity to flee."
"No," Suxin Dragon God said calmly. "If they wanted to flee, they would have scattered long before we arrived, not formed a battle formation."
"Don't overthink it," Cangzhi Dragon God warned. "The Dragon Emperor's actions must have a deep meaning. Just obey orders."
Long Bai turned his back to Canglan, staring coldly into the void. His ten fingers remained in a clenched state, as if they had never relaxed.
He feared Yun Che?
He was inferior to Yun Che?
The biggest joke... the biggest joke!!
He would prove to Yun Che, to the world, and most of all to Shen Xi, that Yun Che was only fit to struggle, wail, despair, and die under his hand!
Yes! He would make him taste the most cruel pain and despair in this world!
Crush his body, trample his dignity, kill all these dark wings and hopes of his!
And if these things couldn't be witnessed by Yun Che's own eyes, how could they give him the ultimate despair?
"Good," Chi Wuyue said, the black mist around her slowing. "I hope that six hours from now, when the Demon Lord returns, you will not regret this."
With that, she turned and walked away.
"Demon Empress." Yan Tianxiao and Fen Daoqi quickly stepped forward, their gazes earnest... Behind them, all the Northern Domain profound practitioners focused their eyes on the Demon Empress, their hearts surging with endless waves.
"Stay here and wait quietly for the Demon Lord to return to the realm!" Chi Wuyue's demonic order spread, and the Western Domain profound practitioners outside the barrier also heard it clearly: "Within these six hours, without my command, no one is to leave or act recklessly!"
"Yes!" Everyone accepted the order.
Six hours... With just a few words, like an unbelievable miracle, Chi Wuyue had effortlessly—or at least seemingly effortlessly—secured a full six hours from the Dragon Emperor!
They understood all too well what these six hours meant for the Northern Domain, and for the Demon Lord who was still in the Zhou Tian Divine Realm.
"You stay here too," Chi Wuyue said in a lowered voice to Yan Tianxiao and Fen Daoqi. "Do not make any unnecessary moves, and do not say anything reckless. Avoid anything that might disturb the other side... Survive these six hours peacefully."
Yan Tianxiao and Fen Daoqi both nodded in silence.
Just as Cang Shitian was about to speak, Chi Wuyue's voice reached his ears: "Cang Shitian, you did not disappoint me."
"Demon Empress, if you have any further instructions, please command freely." Cang Shitian bent his waist, his tone carrying a hint of fawning: "Since I have already declared myself the Demon Lord's mad dog, I will naturally be the Demon Empress's mad dog as well."
At this point, he was following Chi Wuyue's commands with complete willingness.
Chi Wuyue glanced upward. Above the Canglan barrier, that crack like a rift in the heavens still stretched across it, shocking to the eye.
Cang Shitian read her expression and grasped her intent. He grinned and said: "The Demon Empress is brilliant! Deceive their minds with a barrier at thirty percent power. Now that we've secured six hours, it's enough to secretly replenish the barrier's power from seventy percent to one hundred percent. Then we can—"
"No," Chi Wuyue denied. "Keep the barrier unchanged. What you need to do next is control the remaining seventy percent power, keeping it in a state that can be released instantly at any moment."
"?" Cang Shitian looked confused.
"..." Chi Wuyue's lips moved slightly, and she spoke four words.
Instantly, Cang Shitian's eyes blazed with sharp light, and he let out a low howl: "The Demon Empress is brilliant, the Demon Empress is brilliant... Hahahaha!"