At the outermost edge of Heifeng Divine Palace, the guardian of Heifeng Abyss was already this powerful. What about the bottom of the valley? What about the innermost sanctum of the palace? No wonder not a single Transcendent had managed to breach it in hundreds of thousands of years! Dongbo Xueying, assessing his own strength, admitted that he still lagged far behind the current number one under heaven, Mountain Master He. He was only daring to attempt this because he wielded three second-tier True Intentions!
Regardless of success or failure, he could still enter the underground hall through the crack at the bottom of the valley—and from there, enter the vast Transcendent World!
“Fifty years ago?” The great black dragon’s golden eyes flickered with a trace of confusion. “I still have a vague memory.”
Back then…
A dark-clad youth, like a phantom, was swept into a high-speed descent by the swirling black winds!
Through the thick black winds, the black dragon had indeed caught a brief glimpse.
“Hmm, it really is you.” The dragon scrutinized Dongbo Xueying’s features, then let out a booming laugh from its massive black head. “Haha! I never imagined that within just fifty years, that ordinary mortal from back then would now become a Peak Saint-level Transcendent!”
“Thankfully you didn’t attack me back then, or I would have certainly perished, utterly powerless to resist,” Dongbo Xueying smiled.
“I would never attack a mortal! My master’s command was only directed at Transcendent beings,” the colossal black dragon’s head spoke. “So, now that you’ve become a Saint-level Transcendent, you dare to challenge me?”
“I do wish to give it a try,” Dongbo Xueying replied with a smile.
“Boy, you should stay far away! Go investigate the secrets of Heifeng Divine Palace in your Xia Capital first. Heifeng Divine Palace isn’t a place any ordinary Transcendent can just barge into. Even if I don’t intend to kill you, if I accidentally exert too much force, even a ripple of my power could end your life!” The dragon’s head deliberately radiated a surge of aura, causing the entire Heifeng vortex to tremble violently. “Your Xia Clan’s genius, Chi Qiubai! Even at the Saint level, he couldn’t defeat me! Though he later became a Half-God and wielded a divine artifact, he only barely bested me. But I was merely the outermost guardian. The powerful defenses within Heifeng Divine Palace easily defeated him. His strength was still far from sufficient!”
“If even he failed, tell me, how can you, a mere Saint-level Transcendent, hope to win?” the dragon’s head roared.
“But I still want to try!” Dongbo Xueying grinned.
“Roar~~~ You, a Saint-level Transcendent? You can’t even defeat me! Come on then, let’s see what you’ve got!” The dragon’s head let out a deep growl, shaking the surrounding space with its voice. The sheer force of its sonic waves made both Dongbo Xueying and Yu Jingqiu subtly change expressions.
“What terrifying power! Even just the sound waves are this strong!” Yu Jingqiu exclaimed in shock.
“Judging purely by strength, it must be on par with a Peak Half-God,” Dongbo Xueying nodded.
“So powerful, and yet it’s only the outermost guardian?” Yu Jingqiu marveled at the grand scale of Heifeng Ancestor’s craftsmanship. She herself was a Transcendent mage. When Dongbo Xueying told her he intended to challenge Heifeng Divine Palace, she had specially investigated related information—and was left stunned. “Senior Brother Xueying, you must be careful. This Heifeng elder is a mage nearly on par with a deity. Mages are meticulous and cunning. The techniques he left behind have left Transcendents for hundreds of thousands of years helpless!”
“Don’t worry, wait for me outside,” Dongbo Xueying said confidently.
“Alright.”
Yu Jingqiu immediately flew backward, retreating to the edge of Heifeng Cliff and standing there to watch everything unfold.
Heifeng Abyss was wide, spanning several kilometers.
The swirling black winds were surging wildly. The dragon’s head was like a small mountain peak, dozens of meters tall.
“Boy, you really want to try? This could cost you your life!” the dragon’s head rumbled.
“Just a test,” Dongbo Xueying looked downward.
“Tell me your name,” the dragon’s head said. It had begun to reassess Dongbo Xueying. Those who dared to challenge it were usually either extremely foolish or possessed some skill.
“My name is Dongbo Xueying!”
“Excellent!”
Boom~~~~
From within the thick black winds, a massive figure rapidly rose. The black dragon’s entire body, a full kilometer long, fully emerged. Now coiled and resting, its enormous golden eyes fixed upon Dongbo Xueying. Its surging aura erupted without restraint, making even Dongbo Xueying feel a slight pressure!
“What immense power,” Dongbo Xueying marveled.
Compared to a human’s height, a kilometer-long black dragon was colossal. He was like a tiny speck before it.
This massive body granted the black dragon immense strength! Even Chi Qiubai, a master of offensive techniques, had still been defeated by this dragon at the Saint level. Perhaps in many aspects like skill and realm, the dragon was inferior, but sheer strength on the level of a Peak Half-God was enough to stop many Transcendents in their tracks. And this was only the outermost guardian!
“Come!” The massive dragon suddenly soared into the sky, its head rising to match the level of Heifeng Cliff. It looked down upon the ‘tiny’ Dongbo Xueying with golden eyes full of fury. Then, its massive head dove downward in a fierce charge, its blood-red maw snapping directly toward Dongbo Xueying.
“It’s begun!” Yu Jingqiu, watching from the cliff’s edge, felt her heart tighten. The dragon’s might was overwhelming!
Dongbo Xueying watched the dragon’s rapid descent, especially the razor-sharp teeth lining its gaping maw. As a Half-God-level alchemical being, the hardness of its materials was terrifying.
Yet…
Dongbo Xueying made no move to evade. He calmly stood in midair, watching the blood-red maw rapidly approach!
“Hmm?” The dragon itself felt puzzled. Why wasn’t he dodging? Was he trying to take a direct hit? Was this Saint-level Transcendent actually seeking punishment?
“Chi!”
Suddenly, Dongbo Xueying let out a sharp cry.
Buzz!
An invisible domain of the mysteries of cosmic law immediately enveloped the charging dragon! The entire black dragon’s body abruptly tensed, as if an invisible force had wrapped around every part of it! Then, the black dragon was sent hurtling backward, writhing but unable to resist this unseen force.
Flying backward at high speed!
“Boom!!!” With a deafening explosion, the kilometer-long black dragon was slammed flat against the cliff wall of Heifeng Abyss like a pancake, stuck fast! Its body twisted and struggled, but it could not break free.
The Gravitational Domain of Star True Intention!
“Ahhh!” Yu Jingqiu stared in shock. Without even seeing her senior brother move, that overwhelmingly mighty black dragon had been sent flying and smashed into the cliff wall! Fortunately, the cliff wall of Heifeng Abyss was protected by formations, remaining unscathed. Otherwise, such an impact would have reduced ordinary mountains to rubble.
“What’s going on? This… this is…” The black dragon writhed, unable to escape the wall. The invisible force of gravity was too overwhelming.
“You’ve lost,” Dongbo Xueying smiled. His gravitational domain could cover a radius of a hundred miles around him. Like the Polar Penetration, which could strike from near or far, the range of the Gravitational Domain was also controllable. Simply put, wherever his mastery of cosmic law extended, that was his gravitational zone. His mastery’s maximum reach was a hundred miles. To avoid harming too many ordinary lives, Dongbo Xueying had only covered the area around himself and the dragon.
The Gravitational Domain wasn’t this overwhelming when targeting a human Half-God.
But who could blame the dragon for its massive size?
With a body a full kilometer long, under the same gravitational force, the repelling force it experienced was vastly greater than that of a human Half-God! Even with Peak Half-God-level strength, it was still utterly repelled and pinned against the cliff wall, unable to break free even slightly!
“I… I…” The dragon was furious but helpless against the repelling force. Its massive golden eyes brimmed with unwillingness and frustration as it let out a low growl. “I lost!”
“Buzz.”
At Dongbo Xueying’s mental command, the gravitational domain vanished.
Only then did the dragon break free from the wall, its earlier confinement extremely uncomfortable.
“Boy, don’t get too cocky! I never expected you to wield such a strange Gravitational True Intention!” The dragon grumbled, disgruntled at being defeated by a Saint-level Transcendent. “This Gravitational True Intention just happens to counter me! But this domain isn’t suited for actual combat. I’m only the first layer of defense. The other guardians within Heifeng Divine Palace are far more dangerous!”
“Thank you for the warning,” Dongbo Xueying smiled, then looked up toward Yu Jingqiu at the cliff’s edge. “Jingqiu, wait here for me. I’ll go down and see just how formidable Heifeng Divine Palace truly is.”
“Senior Brother Xueying, be careful,” Yu Jingqiu replied, secretly astonished. Hadn’t she heard that her senior brother only mastered the second-tier True Intention, Penetrating Intention? When had he learned Gravitational Intention? She understood that Dongbo Xueying had performed it in front of her as a sign of trust.
Whoosh!
Dongbo Xueying swiftly dove downward. The power of the Heifeng vortex was now no more than a gentle breeze to him, not affecting him in the slightest.
“Defeated by a Saint-level Transcendent? I was actually defeated by a Saint-level Transcendent?” The dragon still struggled to accept it. “Fifty years ago, he was still just a mortal!” Back then, he had barely noticed that falling mortal youth, regarding mortals as fragile as ants. Yet now, he had been pinned against the cliff wall, helpless to break free.
“He just happened to have an advantage over me. He’ll get his comeuppance soon enough! I should go down and see for myself!”
The dragon’s massive, coiled body twisted and surged downward, following him into the abyss.
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