Bu Fang thought the Blood Illuminating Dragon would not wake up, but that was only his wishful thinking. The dragon loved to sleep, but it would still wake up.
Just as his hand touched the Nine-leaf Yellow Spring Grass, the Blood Illuminating Dragon opened its eyes as if it had been electrocuted and gave a roar. As the deafening roar rang through the skies, a huge dragon claw struck the ground. Then, the dragon moved its gigantic body, lowered its head, and fixed its eyes on Bu Fang, spewing a puff of foul gas from its mouth.
Bu Fang furrowed his brows, quickened his movements, and grabbed hold of the Yellow Spring Grass.
With a whirring sound, the dragon's tail lashed out at Bu Fang's head. The void kept rumbling as if it were about to crumble to pieces. This Blood Illuminating Dragon was extremely formidable. Although Bu Fang had attained the cultivation base of a Little Saint, he wasn't sure that he could resist the attack from the tail. So, he moved, uprooting the Nine-leaf Yellow Spring Grass without hesitation. The soil broke and fell from its root.
Roar!
The dragon's pupils constricted. Monstrous killing intent exploded out from its body, while its tail flashed through the void and was almost on Bu Fang's head.
Looking at the approaching tail, Bu Fang raised the Nine-leaf Yellow Spring Grass in his hand and held it in front of him. The dragon's nostrils flared, its scales stood up, and its wings flapped. It gave a somewhat dumbstruck roar and halted its tail.
A gust of strong wind broke Bu Fang's velvet rope and caused his hair to wave freely in the air.
"Oh? So it works?" Bu Fang's eyes lit up. He didn't expect the dragon to stop its tail. Was it because of the Nine-leaf Yellow Spring Grass? He felt that the Yellow Spring Great Sage must have instilled in the dragon the idea of protecting the grass, so it didn't dare to hurt it. "This is going to be interesting…" He twitched the corner of his mouth.
The next moment, the tail lashed out toward him again, but this time, it came from another angle. The dragon would never stop until it killed Bu Fang. However, he just held up the Nine-leaf Yellow Spring Grass and turned around, and the dragon halted its tail once more.
The Blood Illuminating Dragon was very angry. Slapping the ground with its claws, it raised its head and roared furiously.
"I can't play with this dragon any longer…"
Taking the opportunity that the dragon couldn't do anything to him, Bu Fang flew at high speed out of the valley. However, the dragon flapped its huge wings and suddenly stopped in front of him. It seemed that this dragon was not so foolish after all.
Bu Fang frowned as he saw the dragon stop him from leaving. He felt more and more pressure. If he didn't get out of the valley soon, he wouldn't have a chance to escape when the Yellow Spring Great Sage came back.
Bu Fang seemed to be able to see the provocative look in those eyes. Looking at it, he suddenly had an idea. He entered his spirit sea and said to the Golden Divine Dragon, "Goldie… Go out there and help me roar at that dragon."
The Golden Divine Dragon's body twisted immediately. The next moment, Bu Fang's hair turned blond at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Yo-ho… A pure-blooded young female Illuminating Dragon…" Blond Bu Fang looked up at the huge dragon. His eyes suddenly lit up, and he stuck out his tongue and licked his lips.
The Blood Illuminating Dragon was slightly taken aback. It found that the aura of this despicable human had changed greatly. The next moment, it flew into a rage, for it sensed that Blond Bu Fang was flirting with it! As a female dragon, how could it allow a human to molest it? Was this human a psychopath who would molest even a dragon?!
"ROAR!"
Blond Bu Fang's eyes suddenly widened, and he took a deep breath. Then, he opened his mouth and let out a dragon roar that was countless times louder than the Blood Illuminating Dragon's. At the same time, a majestic golden dragon appeared and wheeled behind him, exuding great pressure.
The Blood Illuminating Dragon was stunned.
"Girl, give thyself up to the mighty Nicholas the Handsome Dragon!" Blond Bu Fang laughed triumphantly.
In his spirit sea, Bu Fang looked speechless. He told Goldie to roar back, not to flirt with the dragon. Suddenly, his expression changed, and blond Bu Fang, who was laughing, was stunned.
A terrifying pressure suddenly came crashing down, freezing blond Bu Fang's face. The next moment, he bent his body and sped away into the distance, like a tightly coiled spring that had been released. He wanted to run away.
"You still want to leave after stealing my Nine-leaf Yellow Spring Grass?!" A deafening voice rang through the whole valley.
With a thud, blond Bu Fang hit an invisible barrier and bounced back. "F*ck! It hurts! Little Host is courting death… I can't believe he provoked such a top Great Saint!" The corner of his mouth twitched violently.
The next moment, the void was torn apart, and the Yellow Spring Great Sage stepped out of it. Holding a grass in his hand, his eyes were cold and ruthless, full of terrible killing intent. He saw blond Bu Fang at a glance.
"It's you!"
Of course the Yellow Spring Great Sage knew Bu Fang. It was this boy who stole one of his One-leaf Yellow Spring Grass, which made his heart ache for days. Now, this boy had come to steal his grass again!
"Boy… You've already got the Senseless Lotus. Isn't that enough? Why can't you just leave my Nine-leaf Yellow Spring Grass alone?" The Yellow Spring Great Sage was furious.
With a buzz, Bu Fang regained control of his body, and his hair turned black. He looked at the Yellow Spring Great Sage in midair with a straight face and took a deep breath. The void around him had completely frozen, so he couldn't enter the Heaven and Earth Farmland. The Yellow Spring Great Sage's strength was beyond his expectation.
'The Golden Divine Dragon said that he's a top Great Saint… It's kind of scary… Even so, he was slapped and thrown out of the blood mist by the mysterious existence in the bronze palace. How strong is that mysterious existence?!' Bu Fang couldn't help thinking.
…
Lu Cheng hovered in midair and looked deep into the valley. The Yellow Spring Great Sage had left, and Zhang Xuan had died. The other Nether Prison experts all collapsed to the ground, panting fiercely.
"Captain… What should we do now?"
Lu Cheng took a deep breath and twitched the corners of his mouth slightly. "Let's get out of here quickly. That Immortal Cooking Realm chef has angered the Yellow Spring Great Sage. He's dead."
Despite their loss, he was a little excited. Every time he thought of the way Bu Fang looked at him, all his hair stood up. He felt better knowing that the psychopath was going to die.
Led by Lu Cheng, the group of experts sped away from the valley. All of a sudden, everyone's expression changed. A figure flew from the distant sky and smashed into the ground like a meteor. With a rumble, the ground exploded and completely shattered.
The Nether Prison experts gasped and looked incredulously at the figure in the pit.
Lu Cheng's heart gave a jerk. He immediately unleashed his divine will, while a huge puppet in a black robe appeared behind him.
As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated and settled down, the appearance of the figure in the pit was revealed.
It was a skeleton in golden armor, with blue ghostly fire in each empty eye socket, beating as if to attract people's attention. Its armor was so dazzling that no one could look straight at it, and on its back, it carried two spears with sharp tips.
"The skeleton of the Cave of the Fallen Gods!" Lu Cheng's eyes narrowed. He felt a terrible and suffocating murderous air from the skeleton. It was… very strong!
He turned to the Nether Prison contestants and said, "You go first… I'll hold it back! Go back to Yellow Spring Town first!"
Hovering in midair, Lu Cheng's face grew very serious. This trip to Earth Prison was a little more dangerous than he had expected. No wonder Nether Prison had not captured Earth Prison for so many years. The main reason was that there were too many almighty experts here. Although they had killed the previous Nether King, there were still many powerful beings.
The Nether Prison contestants had already turned pale. They were no match for the Yellow Spring Great Sage, and now, they were not even the match for this skeleton.
Lu Cheng raised his hands. His divine will turned into threads and wound around the Sacred Nether Puppet behind him, which immediately flew over and hovered in front of him.
At this point, the Nether Prison contestants turned and flew toward the distance without hesitation.
The ghostly fire in the golden-armored skeleton's eye sockets twitched. It took no notice of the fleeing group. "Those who stop us will be mercilessly killed." Its jaws moved and produced a clear voice.
"Hmph! The skeletons of the Cave of the Fallen Gods… I've always wanted to get a sense of how strong you are!"
Lu Cheng suddenly rose, sat cross-legged in midair, and spread his arms. His hands were as delicate as a woman's and even shone like jade. Threads kept falling from them. The next moment, a loud rumble rang out as the puppet's black robe was torn to pieces.
A bright silver light bloomed as the Sacred Nether Puppet's appearance was revealed. It was made of metal and had sharp edges and corners. On its chest was a gem shining with blue light. It was its energy source, the legendary Sacred Nether Puppet's heart.
Facing the huge Sacred Nether Puppet, the ghostly fire in the skeleton's eyes twitched, and then it drew a spear from its back. The next moment, its slender skeleton legs bent and suddenly straightened. Like a spring, it shot into the air, pointing its spear at the puppet!
The battle broke out in midair in an instant! Only, as soon as it had begun, Lu Cheng felt a terrible, menacing aura come hitting him in the face.
…
Bu Fang and the Yellow Spring Great Sage were looking at each other. In the Great Saint's eyes, Bu Fang was already a dead man. Anyone who dared hold his grass must die. His Nine-leaf Yellow Spring Grass was his treasure, and to take away his treasure was like killing him!
Bu Fang's face was very calm. He looked at the Yellow Spring Great Sage and let out a long sigh. 'I've been discovered… It seems I've no other choice,' he thought to himself.
"It was my fault that I took your One-leaf Yellow Spring Grass last time. After all, you grew the grass…" he said.
"You're begging for mercy? It's no use… Since you stole my grass, you must die!" the Great Saint said coldly.
Bu Fang shook his head and said, "This Nine-leaf Yellow Spring Grass is born of heaven and earth and belongs to nature, so it naturally belongs to those who are destined to own it. Since I can hold the grass, it shows that it is destined to be owned by me…" His expression was very serious.
The corners of the Yellow Spring Great Sage's mouth twitched violently. "Fib all you like… I'll not fall for it! The grass is everything to me, and if it dies… I'll kill everyone!" he said fiercely. He had been planting grass at the source of the Yellow Spring River for tens of thousands of years, but he still cannot grow a lot of Nine-leaf Yellow Spring Grass. To him, this grass was his rarest treasure!
"Fib? Do you think I'm just making it all up? Everything in the world is about fate. What is yours is yours in the end, and what is not yours will never be yours… Since I can hold this grass, it naturally shows that it… doesn't belong to you." Bu Fang looked at the Yellow Spring Great Sage with a straight face and continued to fib… no, to explain.
"That's enough! I don't want to listen to you anymore! Even if you're the man protected by that mangy dog, you must die now!"
The Yellow Spring Great Sage roared, and his hair floated up. The next moment, he threw a palm at Bu Fang. For a moment, the air seemed to solidify, filled with monstrous killing intent as an enormous palm smashed through the void and went for Bu Fang!
Bu Fang held the Nine-leaf Yellow Spring Grass in his hand with a calm face. Looking at the approaching palm, he let out a long sigh and thought, 'Looks like I must use the trump card now…'
"Stop. Don't you want to know why I took this Nine-leaf Yellow Spring Grass? If you give me the grass today, I will give you back a piece of grassland in the future…" he looked straight at the Great Saint and said seriously.
The palm descended and stopped abruptly an inch from Bu Fang's nose.