This Young Master is not Cannon Fodder

Chapter 452: Once Again

The Dragon Emperor charged forward, like a golden comet. He flew faster than ever with the suppression of Donghai Longzi’s domain of destruction. His hands reached out and grabbed the severed limb.

‘I got what I wanted. Time to leave,’ the Dragon Emperor thought.

He spared a glance, just in time to see a colossal tail whipping toward him. The layer of golden qi protecting him expanded as he raised his saber into a defensive position. The tail struck him with a mighty thump and sent him flying. By allowing the attack to connect, the Dragon Emperor converted the momentum for his own use.

With his prize in hand, the Dragon Emperor shot off into the distance.

“Bastard!” Demon Empress Bluefeather shouted. She wanted nothing more than to fly after him and make him pay, but she didn’t. The Dragon Emperor’s last attack had caused her to feel fear. She had a feeling that if she continued to entangle with the Dragon Emperor, she would fall.

The Vermillion Bird glanced at Donghai Longzi, who was clutching his missing limb. She sighed in relief, thanking the latter for not flying into a rage, as most demons might.

Although he didn’t fly into a rage, Donghai Longzi was gazing at where the Dragon Emperor was last seen, eyes narrowed.

“It won’t be too late for revenge once you enter the Demon Emperor Realm,” Demon Empress Bluefeather comforted.

Donghai Longzi still gazed at the same spot, but he replied, “Yeah.”NewW novels updates at novelhall.com

His form started to shrink and shrink until it was humanoid standing a little less than two meters and with two horns protruding from his forehead. Black robes adorned him, but his left sleeve flapped in the Vast Void, clearly empty.

Finally, he looked at Demon Empress Bluefeather. “Where do we go from here?”

“Follow me.” With that, Demon Empress Bluefeather transformed into a blue streak and flew into the distance, followed by a black stream of light. The two didn’t re-enter the Tieniu Realm and flew away.

They didn’t know when, but their battle might have caught unsavory attention outside of the Demon Clan’s plan, so the two needed to hide their tracks. If they regrouped with the other demons inside the Tieniu Realm, it would only cause their tracks to become more obvious.

Better to split up. This way, the humans would prioritize searching for her, instead of some miscellaneous demons, even if they are true demons that have entered the True Demon Realm and above.

Of course, Demon Empress Bluefeather was unaware that the commotion they caused had long been noticed by the Immortal Court. She probably never imagined that as she was in the heat of the battle with the Dragon Emperor, everything that happened was being relayed to a certain individual in the Primordial Realm.

“Well, at least they aren’t foolish,” the Dragon Emperor muttered to himself. Gone was his dragon transformation, and in its place was his original appearance. The golden light around him had dimmed, as he had attempted to cloak it to mask his presence and actions as much as possible.

If Demon Empress Bluefeather and that black dragon chased him, he didn’t mind gathering more trophies from the two. Although a qingluan’s flesh and blood wouldn’t be as useful to him, it was still a rare material in the modern era.

The Dragon Emperor stared, not sure if Xi Tianyi was lying or not. Still, what did it matter? Whose body he took no longer mattered. The karma between him and Xi Tianyi would only end when one side died.

Golden scales appeared all over the Dragon Emperor’s body as he transformed into a humanoid dragon. He relaxed his grip and allowed the black dragon’s limb to hang untethered in the Vast Void. His eyes turned to the color of molten gold as he stared at his arch nemesis.

A golden saber, one bearing many similarities to the one still pinched between Xi Tianyi’s finger appeared in his hand. “Come!”

Xi Tianyi didn’t move and simply stared at the Dragon Emperor, totally different from the heated battle the latter had envisioned. Just as it seemed that silence would turn awkward, Xi Tianyi let go of the saber and pointed at the Dragon Emperor. No, he wasn’t pointing at the Dragon Emperor, but the discarded dragon limb.

Then, the Dragon Emperor sensed it. The simmering qi within the black dragon limb started to boil. Acting on instinct, the Dragon Emperor formed a shield of golden qi and shot away from his trophy, but it was too late. With a catastrophic boom, the scaled limb exploded, catching him within its blast radius.

Less than a second later, he escaped out of the cloud of black smoke, but black flames lingered on his body, eating away at his golden shield. The Dragon Emperor frowned. ‘The power of destruction is even stronger than when that black dragon used it.’

He didn’t have time to ponder why as a figure approached him from the side. Without even turning his head, the Dragon Emperor unleashed his saber, the saber intent within roared madly with tyrannical might. This seemingly simple slash would cow even veteran immortal emperors, yet all it amounted to was stopping at Xi Tianyi’s delicate-looking palms.

Before Xi Tianyi could close his fingers around the blade, the Dragon Emperor retreated. He glanced at his foe’s palm, only to see a thin mark just slightly whiter than the skin. ‘Even that couldn’t make him bleed? Just how hard is his skin?’

A sense of discontent arose within the Dragon Emperor’s chest, one that he used to fuel his fighting intent. He really wanted to force Xi Tianyi to use his technique before he brought out his own stronger techniques. If he didn’t, it meant that he was already at a disadvantage. No, not just a mere disadvantage. All of Xi Tianyi’s actions told him that the former didn’t consider him a threat anymore.

His mind and gut were telling him to use every possible means to flee, but his heart was raging. The Dragon Emperor intensified his glare. If looks could kill, Tianyi would be nothing more than a pile of unrecognizable meat chunks.

The Dragon Emperor stared. He kept his attention on Tianyi, but he carefully observed his surroundings. Nothing changed. The stars still shone brightly, but the Dragon Emperor’s instincts told him something was wrong. It told him to flee yet again.

However, he did not have time to think as Tianyi moved. No, Xi Tianyi didn’t attack after somehow exploding his trophy. Instead, a sword appeared in Xi Tianyi’s hand. The latter grasped the handle with his right hand and pulled it out of its scabbard.

The Dragon Emperor recognized the sword. How could he not? He has seen Xi Tianyi wear it when he was only in the Nascent Soul Realm. It was a plain sword with a simple yet elegant hilt.

Xi Tianyi unsheathed and released the scabbard, which disappeared into nowhere. Next, he brandished the sword at the Dragon Emperor.

A sense of humiliation arose in the Dragon Emperor’s chest. What did Xi Tianyi mean by this? He would admit that compared to ordinary cultivators, Xi Tianyi was talented in the way of the sword, but it wasn’t even a tenth of his own talent in the saber technique.

Did he think he could win with his stupidly strong body? No, the Dragon Emperor refused to allow Xi Tianyi to stomp on his pride.

The Dragon Emperor raised his saber and brandished toward Xi Tianyi. As his saber’s tip pointed at his arch nemesis, so, too, did his eyes. Two gazes interlocked and sparks clashed.

This would be a duel of sword and saber.