Chapter 669: Who Let The Dogs Out

Chapter 669: Who Let The Dogs Out

“Roar!”

As soon as Ye Qing reached the other side, an angry roar came from the bottom of the Dragon Nursing Gorge. Then, while surrounded by bloody fog, the Blood Serpent rushed toward Ye Qing once more.

Ye Qing did not look at it, however. He clasped his hands behind his back and continued forward almost as if he hadn’t heard or felt the Blood Serpent.

Right before the Blood Serpent would leave the gorge completely, it abruptly flew backward as if it was pulled by some sort of invisible hand. Such was its force that it smashed against the cliff side.

This triggered the Blood Serpent’s innate violence and caused it to let out another roar. Again and again it tried to go after Ye Qing, and again and again it was pulled back to the Dragon Nursing Gorge.

Someone who was looking closely would notice that the Blood Serpent’s limbs were restrained by four invisible chains. That was why the Blood Serpent was unable to stray too far from the Dragon Nursing Gorge.

The lake of true dragon blood and the Great Hidden Wind Dragon Nurturing Array could accelerate the growth of a Blood Serpent, and the Blood Serpent could protect Dragonrider Mountain from danger and ensure a glorious future, it wasn’t all benefits and no drawbacks.

A Blood Serpent was naturally cruel and difficult to tame. If it evolved into a Blood Dragon, but there was no one in Dragonrider Mountain who was powerful enough to restrain it, then it was entirely possible for it to turn against its own people or even destroy them. That was why Trueman Dragonrider had set up a restriction that trapped the Blood Serpent within the Dragon Nursing Gorge and prevented it from straying too far. Gett your favorite novels at no/v/e/lbin(.)com

That was why Ye Qing dared to do what he did and even turn his back on the Blood Serpent.

Meanwhile, the Blood Serpent grew increasingly violent and irritable as its prey grew farther and farther away from it. It began ramming the cliff sides and tearing and biting at the chains restraining its limbs. Its struggles were such that the entire Dragonrider Mountain were shaking a little.

Unfortunately for the Blood Serpent, Trueman Dragonrider had made the two mountains that were Dragonrider Mountain the roots of its restriction. Unless the Blood Serpent was strong enough to rip both mountains from their bases, it would never be able to break free.

A furious but futile struggle and a couple of defiant roars later, the Blood Serpent finally gave up and sank back into the lake of blood. Ye Qing smirked when he sensed this.

If he were to be honest, he had crossed the Dragon Nursing Gorge through a combination of luck and trickery.

The luck part came from him realizing that he could sense and even manipulate the lake of blood at the bottom of the Dragon Nursing Gorge upon arrival. Since the lake of blood was created from the blood of true dragons, his blood naturally desired to consume it. Add to the fact that he cultivated the “Blood Demon Sutra”, a blood manipulation martial art that was based on blood, and he found himself capable of manipulating the lake of blood as he pleased.

The trickery part came from him exploiting the fact that the Blood Serpent could not move too far away from the Dragon Nursing Gorge. First, he lifted the lake of blood away from the Dragon Nursing Gorge to rile up the Blood Serpent. Then, he struck it with the full weight of the lake and temporarily repelled it, buying him enough time to cross the Chain of Supreme Yin like nothing and stunning the masses as he intended. After that, well, there wasn’t an after that. The Blood Serpent could not leave the Dragon Nursing Gorge, so as soon as he was out of range, he had already won.

“Kill him!”

“Kill him!”

The crowd was well and truly riled up. The roars subsided a little only when Jiang Youhu motioned for them to quiet down. He stared at Ye Qing and began arrogantly, “You heard that? The honor of Dragonrider Mountain must remain intact. If you’re smart, you will fall on your knees and kowtow nine times in apology. Only then will you have a sliver of a chance of surviving this. Otherwise, this day next year will be the anniversary of your death.”

In response, Ye Qing smiled and dug his ears a little. “Man, it’s so noisy around here. Who let the dogs out?”

“The audacity!”

“How dare you insult us! Are you courting death?”

“Kill a soldier, but never humiliate them! You will die for this!”

The crowd grew even louder and angrier. They could not wait to rip Ye Qing into shreds.

Jiang Youhu’s expression turned ugly. “Don’t you think that your arrogance is a little too much, Joyless Ye?”

"Of course. If I wasn’t arrogant, then I wouldn’t come here in the first place, would I?” Ye Qing admitted. “Anyway, I thought you were planning to duel me? Come on then. If you defeat me, then you can act just as arrogant as I am!”

“If you want to die that badly, then sure!” Bloodthirst quickly covered Jiang Youhu’s eyes completely. “Remember this: your killer is Jiang Youhu of the Dragonmorph Hall!”

Before he even finished talking, Jiang Youhu was already jumping into the air and extending his right hand when he was about ten meters away from Ye Qing’s head. At the same time, the image of a sky dragon scattered the wind and clouds with a stretch of the limbs before extending a claw toward Ye Qing.

“Sky Dragon Stretches Claw”

Even before the claw landed, a draconic roar deafened the ears and tore a gashin the air. It was quite the aggressive opening.

1. Bro, not even the ninth ranker Xie Taohua thought it was safe to fight Ye Qing while he was still injured by a tribulation lol. ☜