Hell Emperor.

Chapter 258 Shura Jie-Dragon

A divine dragon is flying rapidly among the misty clouds.

Looking closely, it looked extremely miserable, with a huge hole in its belly, and even half of its tail was gone, replaced by a clean cut.

Warm dragon blood spilled along the way. The once majestic dragon body was now in a mess. It could hardly even maintain flying. It was shaky and could fall at any time.

Finally, the pain overwhelmed its nerves, and the dragon let out an unbearable long roar, and its body slammed heavily to the ground, splashing up a lot of dust.

"Damn it! I've memorized your smells. When I recover from my injuries, I will eat you alive and not let any of you go!"

The wounded Chi Demon King was wriggling in pain on the ground. Dust and smoke were everywhere, and its golden dragon scales were covered with mud. Its expression was distorted, and its words were filled with resentment.

Born as a Chi, it crawled on the ground for hundreds of years. Now it turned into a dragon, soaring in the sky, but was ruthlessly beaten back to the ground. Its body crawling on the ground looked like a dying snake. How could it accept this?

The Chi Demon King let out an angry roar, imagining the wonderful scene of taking revenge in the future. Suddenly, he raised his head sharply and noticed something strange.

The Chi Demon King's pupils shrank, and his sight was fixed on a certain direction beside him. There came the sound of dead branches breaking. Although the sound was extremely subtle, it was still caught by him. Someone was approaching.

Amidst the smoke and dust, a Shura walked out slowly.

He was dressed in a black robe, with no discernible aura. He looked no different from the wandering ghosts that could be found anywhere. On his face, he wore a hideous Shura mask, which gave off a creepy aura. Through his eye sockets, one could see a pair of eyes as deep as the abyss, eyes so deep that one could not see the bottom, as if they wanted to devour the souls of others.

The Chi Demon King arched his body, like the instinctive reaction of a wild beast encountering a natural enemy.

Although the man's aura was not obvious and his realm was not even comparable to that of a juvenile Chi, the Chi Demon King still felt inexplicably uneasy. The sense of oppression he brought to the Chi Demon King was even greater than the magic sword in Li Fei'e's hand.

"Who are you……"

The Chi Demon King growled, signaling the man not to come any closer. If the man came any closer, he would be attacked by it.

"Who am I? That's a good question."

Ye Jie smiled faintly, but the sound was so harsh to the Chi Demon King's ears that it made him uneasy. He opened his bloody mouth as if he wanted to swallow Ye Jie: "Enough! No matter who you are, if you keep coming closer, you will become my delicious meal!"

Endless murderous intent was overwhelming, but Ye Jie was not panicked at all. Instead, he had expected it and spoke slowly: "Do you know? There are three kinds of people in this world. The first kind is stupid pigs, like you. The second kind is domesticated dogs, like those people in the Yellow Dragon Army..."

From his words, the Chi Demon King felt a chill and subconsciously asked, "What's the other kind?"

"The last type is the dragon crossing the river, and me, I am the dragon." Ye Jie's tone was flat, as if he was stating an obvious fact.

As the words fell, Ye Jiezhou's aura changed drastically. The weak and powerless disguise disappeared without a trace, and was replaced by a powerful aura that shook the nine heavens.

The Chi Demon King trembled as he felt a strong sense of oppression coming towards him, which made him instinctively feel frightened. He was like a snake crawling on the ground. When he saw the real dragon roaming across the sky for the first time, he had no other thoughts in his mind except kneeling on the ground in admiration.

Under the gaze of the Chi Demon King, Ye Jie's body was undergoing incredible changes. His body swelled up, and his bones made a sound like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube. The vast dragon power burst out from his body, and in the blink of an eye, he turned into a giant Nine Sky Divine Dragon that was a hundred feet long!

"It's you……"

The Chi Demon King was horrified, and his dragon pupil shrank into a tiny slit.

The Chi Demon King was very familiar with the aura of Ye Jie. Thanks to Ye Jie's transmission of dragon essence, it was able to break through the shackles of many years and successfully transform into a dragon.

According to the previous conditions, if Ye Jie helped it transform into a dragon, it would help Meng Junyao escape. However, the greedy Chi demon king broke the contract on the spot after transforming into a dragon. Not only did he not help Meng Junyao escape, he also chased her all the way, intending to eat her.

Ye Jie stared at it, and there was a hint of accusation in his angry golden eyes. The Chi Demon King dared to break the contract, and what awaited him next was the wrath of the dragon.

"I gave you a chance, but unfortunately, you were unwilling to cherish it. In this case, just return the Dragon Yuan to me." Ye Jie spoke slowly, his murderous intent undisguised in his words.

The might of the Nine Heavens Divine Dragon made the Chi Demon King tremble all over. He screamed, "I know I was wrong, Divine Dragon, please forgive me this time!"

Ye Jie smiled with satisfaction: "Since you already know that you are wrong, then... in your next life, you must repent."

After saying that, a sharp light flashed in Ye Jie's eyes, and the brutal murderous aura unique to Purgatory Shura burst out. Ever since the Chi Demon King attacked his family, he sentenced the Chi Demon King to death.

Ye Jie raised his dragon head and roared loudly: "Divine Dragon Transformation - Hidden Dragon Soars into the Abyss!"

The roar was like thunder, vast and endless, and rolling waves of air swept past. Those who heard the sound felt their hearts tremble, their blood rushed, and the heaven and earth seemed to tremble. Contained in it was the most domineering power of the Divine Dragon Transformation. With one move, it could engulf the Dragon Essence of the Eight Desolate Places!

The Chi Demon King let out a roar, and his already injured body became even more shriveled. The strength in his body rapidly drained away. To be precise, it was being drained away by an external force, and the source of that external force was Ye Jie, who had transformed into a dragon.

"No... my dragon essence..." The Chi Demon King screamed, regretting his decision. If he had known that he would offend such a powerful dragon, he would never break the contract. But now it is too late!
Feeling the strength in his body slipping away bit by bit, the Chi Demon King squirmed his snake body and tried to escape in a hurry. But how could Ye Jie give him such a chance?

The huge body of the dragon swooped down, casting a deep shadow on the ground. Ye Jie opened his dragon mouth, revealing his sharp dragon teeth. He bit the slender dragon neck of the Chi Demon King, and hot dragon blood spilled out.

Under such a fierce attack, the Chi Demon King wailed incessantly, and his slender body kept struggling and swinging on the ground, trying to shake off Ye Jie who was biting him, causing the earth to shake continuously, just like a dragon turning over.

Ye Jie had anticipated this, so how could he give the Chi Demon King such an opportunity? He used his strong and powerful blue dragon claws to suppress the Chi Demon King below. No matter how the Chi Demon King struggled, he remained motionless, cutting off the possibility of its escape. The Chi Demon King in its prime was still no match for Ye Jie, let alone its current state. The Chi Demon King's struggle became weaker and weaker, and his consciousness gradually became blurred. His dragon pupils lost focus and spread out, and even the last breath of life was completely cut off. In the end, the once majestic dragon body was left with only a flat dragon skin.

Under the influence of Qianlong Tengyuan, the dragon essence, dragon marrow, dragon blood and dragon bones in the body of Chi Monster King were all transformed into nutrients, swallowed up by Ye Jie, and transformed into the power of the Divine Dragon Transformation. A generation of monster king fell in such a sad way.

The power of Qianlong Tengyuan was so overbearing. Only Ye Jie, who had cultivated the Divine Dragon Transformation to the Dao Initial Stage, could use Qianlong Tengyuan to devour the demon king who was at the third level.

After finishing the exercise, Ye Jie's body returned to normal and he once again became that inconspicuous low-level Shura.

Ye Jie stood beside the corpse of the Chi Demon King and let out a long sigh.

When the Chi Demon King successfully transformed into a dragon and showed the realm of a third-level great demon, Ye Jie thought it was bad, and no one in his family might be its opponent. But he never expected that things would turn around later, and under the effect of the Nether Spirit Divine Art, everyone worked together to repel the Chi Demon King.

The threat from the Chi Demon King also invisibly brought the family closer together. Even the aggressive Ren Changhong finally untied his knot and reconciled with Shen Qingge. Thinking of this, Ye Jie couldn't help but be happy for them.

Ever since the death of the Chi Demon King, the six stitching pages in Ye Jie's arms have been vibrating constantly, with the amplitude far exceeding any previous time.

Ye Jie reached into his bosom and took out the six stitched pages, only to see new words appear on them:
[Bookkeeping of life and death:]

[In the summer of the 639th year of the Moro calendar, Shura Jie killed the third-level great demon.]

【Xura Jie gained 18 million Yin De.】

"Eighteen million..." Looking at the record, Ye Jie was quite emotional.

If Chi wants to transform into a dragon, it needs to lie dormant for a thousand years. It is unknown how many living creatures it has to devour and how much dragon veins and energy it has to absorb. Judging from the extremely greedy character of the Chi Demon King, he has often killed others, and his good deeds have fallen to the sky.

With the help of Shura's power, killing the Chi Demon King brought Ye Jie extremely great merit.

The only pity is that the highest authority of the six-sided stitching page is to modify the skills to the Daoshi stage, and it cannot be modified further. Even if you have a lot of good deeds, it is useless and you can only accumulate them first.

At this moment, Ye Jie suddenly paused and looked towards an inconspicuous corner: "How long do you plan to hide? Come out."

As soon as he finished speaking, a burly man walked out from the corner. He looked at Ye Jie with eyes full of admiration and awe, as if he was a humble subject looking up to the emperor. This man was Zhang Long, the leader of the Yellow Dragon Army.

Zhang Long said with awe: "What you just performed was the Divine Dragon Transformation? You used the Hidden Dragon Soaring Abyss to drain all the power of the Chi Demon King. Hidden Dragon Soaring Abyss, that is clearly the secret method of the Divine Dragon Emperor. You are the successor chosen by the Divine Dragon Emperor!"

At the end, Zhang Long was filled with emotion. The tall man actually had tears in his eyes: "Descendant of the Divine Dragon, you are finally here. I and other Yellow Dragon survivors have been waiting for you for a long time in this strange land inhabited by monsters... You must be here to save us from suffering!"

Ye Jie was silent for a while, then he said: "I'm not the person you are looking for."

Zhang Long was immediately anxious: "But, you have used the Divine Dragon Transformation, how could you not be the descendant of the Divine Dragon? As long as you give the order, the Yellow Dragon Army will immediately welcome you as the Divine Dragon Emperor and be at your disposal."

"I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in becoming a king. I just want to go back to my family." Ye Jie shook his head.

Zhang Long was stunned. He half-knelt on the ground, filled with pain and at a loss: "How could this happen... Ever since the failure of the Dragon Emperor's Eastern Expedition, we have been stranded in Dongsheng Shenzhou, longing for the day when the Dragon Emperor will return. Has the Dragon really abandoned us?"

Ye Jie thought for a moment and asked again: "After so many years, why don't you return to your homeland?"

Zhang Long sighed, "The last order from the Dragon Emperor was for us to hold on here. As the outpost for conquering Dongsheng Shenzhou, how could we give up the land we conquered with great difficulty? We held on all the way, and even though we were attacked by demons day and night, we never gave in. However, after so many years, there has been no news."

After a pause, Zhang Long trembled and said, "Some people say that the Dragon King has fallen, but I never believe it. I believe that the Dragon will never abandon us. Now, we have finally got the Dragon we have been waiting for..."

After that, Zhang Long looked at Ye Jie, with a glimmer of hope in his eyes. In response, Ye Jie just sighed: "I don't want to discourage you, but the person you are waiting for may never come."

"What..." Zhang Long was trembling. His strong body couldn't withstand the blow and he almost collapsed to the ground.

"The Dragon Emperor has fallen. Now the Southern Continent has a new dynasty, and the country is called Tang." Ye Jie spoke slowly and told the truth. "Go back. The King of Tang there is very open-minded. As long as you explain the situation, the King of Tang will not pursue the past and will treat you equally. You can also return to your homeland and return to your roots."

Zhang Long's body was trembling, and the courage in his heart was completely gone. He seemed to have aged by dozens of years. All the hard battles with the demons and the desperate confrontations with the Goguryeo people over the years suddenly lost their meaning. The things he held on to in his heart collapsed.

After a while, Zhang Long finally accepted Ye Jie's proposal and said respectfully: "Since it is the order of the descendant of the Divine Dragon, I and the other survivors of the Yellow Dragon should obey it..."

After saying that, he turned and left, and his figure quickly disappeared from Ye Jie's sight.

Ye Jie looked at his back and sighed. The people here had been staying here for so many years and suffered so much, all because of the emperor's order. It was really touching. He just hoped that they could return to Jambu Continent smoothly and not run into any monsters.

Zhang Long returned to the camp with a depressed look. It was originally a flat mountain road, but he walked for a long time. By the time he returned to Wanglong Peak, the sky had gradually darkened.

Before he got close, a terrible smell of blood drifted into his nostrils.

The smell of blood was so strong that Zhang Long couldn't ignore it even if he wanted to. The appearance of the bloody smell also sent him a very bad signal, which meant the coming of killing.

Zhang Long walked quickly into the camp, but saw that the camp, which used to be bustling with people, was now dead silent. The nearby roads were littered with broken limbs and arms. Familiar people who had passed by were now all lying on the ground. All these situations made Zhang Long heartbroken. He wondered what kind of demon had broken into the camp.

(End of this chapter)