Destiny is ashes

Chapter 985 The Battle for the Dragon Girl
"No need."

An Jing simply waved dismissively at Su Xinbai's eagerly anticipated invitation.

He refused decisively, without the slightest hesitation. At this moment, the Golden-Winged Roc had already arrived at its destination, reaching the lair of the Netherworld Dragon Worm, above the Yin Earth Forbidden Land.

"Go."

An Jing gestured for the Golden-Winged Roc to fetch the Netherworld True Talisman, and it happily agreed before swooping down. An Jing and You Ruhui landed on the ground together, looking at the dragon girl who had descended with them.

"As you know, the Trial of Time and Light that you experienced when you ascended to the Ancestral Dragon Palace was actually orchestrated by me."

Watching the golden-winged roc fly away, An Jing turned to Su Xinbai and asked calmly, "What do you think of my cosmic divine power?"

“If we don’t take into account your ‘prophetic abilities,’ even my master would not have been a match for you at the same age.”

Upon hearing this, Su Xinbai was not discouraged by An Jing's refusal. Instead, she bowed even more respectfully. She was probably the first prodigy to see this and was not surprised at all.

As for An Jing's question, she replied matter-of-factly, "To possess such divine power in a human body, Lord Tianming truly deserves to be called the Master of Nature."

As she said this, she gently placed the golden potion in her hand in mid-air and used a gentle spiritual aura to slowly push it in front of An Jing.

“We understand your refusal. After all, your power has long transcended racial boundaries.”

Su Xinbai spoke sincerely: "But you can keep this bottle of 'Heavenly Dragon Blood Essence'. Whether you give it to your relatives and friends to use, or just throw it away and destroy it, or even use it to study and decipher it, it's all fine."

"If you intend to study how to crack it, we also have relevant development materials here. Although there is a lot of material, most of which is stored outside, even if I unfortunately perish in the Zhaolin Realm, as long as you take this bottle of Heavenly Dragon Blood Essence to my master, he will understand your meaning and hand over all the development materials to you."

"This……"

Such a frank attitude, however, made An Jing somewhat suspicious.

He reached out and carefully cradled the bottle of Heavenly Dragon Blood Essence with his refined internal energy, probing it with his divine sense to examine and scan it meticulously.

After a moment, he was even more confused. He looked up at Su Xinbai, his brows furrowing slightly: "At a glance, there's no hidden trickery, nor any trace of demonic corruption... In fact, the core dragon blood here seems to be..."

"It is Lord Qixu's own dragon blood."

Su Xinbai smiled and readily admitted it, while An Jing frowned even more: "Putting everything else aside, isn't this completely exposing the weakness of one's bloodline to others? If it were to fall into the hands of someone like the Blood Sea Demon Sect who specializes in this, I'm afraid it would cause endless trouble and leave us at their mercy?"

"No matter what you do or what dream you want to achieve, there will be people who will 'block' you, and you will experience 'obstacles and trials,' which are also known as 'tribulations.'"

Su Xinbai said solemnly, "If that weren't the case, how could you believe in my master's sincerity? Compared to gaining the trust of someone like you, what are the schemes and plots of the Blood Sea Demonic Sect?"

An Jing remained silent.

He silently examined the Heavenly Dragon Blood Essence in his hand.

He originally thought that Jin Qixu's behavior was just an exaggeration, like those people in the world who boast to attract investment and find allies. They talk a lot of nonsense, but in reality, they are just trying to achieve some kind of selfish benefit and purpose.

But the [Heavenly Dragon Blood Essence] is different.

It truly is the 'blood of the Heavenly Dragon,' containing an extremely unique and profound law that can gently fuse the blood of the Heavenly Dragon with the bloodline of any intelligent being, thereby turning 'humans' into 'dragon people,' and giving them an innate and extremely strong adaptability to cosmic light supernatural powers.

It sounds complicated.

In reality, it uses the essence blood of the Heavenly Dragon, along with the "Ascension to Heaven Dragon Transformation Technique" sealed within the bloodline, which has reached the level of "the law possessing primordial spirit," to spontaneously urge the person taking the potion to circulate the true spirit to transform into a dragon.

The most crucial and core element of this creation is that the catalyst it uses is truly the blood of a celestial dragon.

It is Jin Qixu's own, the true original dragon blood, without any dilution or modification.

Having realized this, An Jing couldn't help but doubt the other party's sincerity. That's why he was even more puzzled.

"Alright, I'll just assume that Jin Qixu really intends to turn everyone into dragon people..."

An Jing pondered for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "But why is that?"

"Making everyone a dragon person might indeed be a kind of 'great love,' but didn't Jin Qixu say anything more?"

He had a guess in his mind, a guess that had just stemmed from the secret of the dragon-man skeleton. Therefore, he needed an answer to confirm it.

Sharing one's strength with others is a beautiful thing, a 'right' thing.

The Heavenly Demon will surely stop it.

But conversely, precisely because the Heavenly Demon will stop it, this very act can... fight against the Heavenly Demon.

Anjing awaits an answer.

"In order to fight against the Heavenly Demon."

Su Xinbai calmly gave the answer that was exactly the same as An Jing's guess.

"To fight against all the 'corruption' in this world."

"Interesting... Just as I thought."

An Jing and You Ruhui exchanged a glance, both of them looking somewhat enlightened.

They had just glimpsed the true nature of corruption from the dragon-human skeleton tainted by the Heavenly Demon, learning of the ugly pact between the Great Chen Imperial Court and the Heavenly Demon. Now, Su Xinbai and Jin Qixu behind her have come for the same reason: to fight against the corruption of the Heavenly Demon.

This is no coincidence.

Or rather, all truly capable, dream-driven, and ambitious individuals in this world will ultimately converge on the same path.

"I can roughly guess what you're thinking."

An Jing seemed to be deep in thought, playing with the Heavenly Dragon Blood Essence in his hand. He nodded slightly and slowly said, "The dragon is the king of true spirits, and humans are the head of all spirits. In fact, any intelligent creature can become a dragon or a human if it is willing. So, conversely, humans and dragons are the collection and completeness of all intelligent creatures."

"However, dragons vary in strength, innate supernatural powers, and whether they are born through transformation or from a womb. Some are even born after birth and leap over the dragon gate. Humans are the same; there are high and low, noble and lowly, strong and weak bloodlines, intelligent and not, hardworking and lazy... All living beings are born different."

"So... Jin Qixu wants to bridge this gap."

Everyone becomes the most powerful, a celestial dragon or dragon-human born with certain cosmic supernatural powers.

All innate differences will be erased, and no living being will be fundamentally different. Everyone will become equal and transform into dragon-people, almost like celestial dragons, possessing theoretically the highest level of potential in this world.

Jin Qixu was probably deeply affected by that argument with his sister Jin Yanhua back then, which led him down this path.

"Yes."

Su Xinbai was very happy because An Jing truly understood their ideals. She sincerely said, "This is a noble purpose. I know that you and Commander You may have some doubts, but that's okay. You can think about it slowly, and we will be there for you at any time... um?"

Boom!

Just as Su Xinbai was speaking, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the sky.

Suddenly, clouds surged in the cloudless sky, gathered into a vortex, and then gave birth to thunder—this thunder was not aimed at An Jing and You Ruhui, but only at... Su Xinbai!

Immediately afterwards, a winding dragon shadow appeared behind the layers of flowing clouds, its eyes flashing with blue lightning and filled with rage.

“Anjing, Ruhui! And you… Suxinbai!”

Accompanied by a thunderous dragon roar, the dragon shadow descended rapidly. During its descent, its form rapidly transformed into a dragon girl clad in silver-gray armor.

Before she even landed, the spear in her hand flew out and transformed into a silver-blue lightning bolt, crashing down where Su Xinbai had originally been!

Su Xinbai's expression changed, and she retreated to dodge.

boom!
The spear landed, and the earth trembled violently once more, creating a huge crater.

The armored dragon girl who had just appeared was already behind the deep crater where the spear had crashed.
Jin Yanhua raised his hand, summoning a lightning spear flowing with lava from the deep pit, and then pointed it at Su Xinbai, whose brows were slightly furrowed. His voice was icy: "Don't come over here and spout your twisted theories to the young people!"

Sure enough, not long after An Jing and Su Xinbai arrived... Jin Yanhua also arrived!

"Wait, Sister Jin."

However, compared to Jin Yanhua, who was full of anger and even somewhat excessive, An Jing stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and blocked Jin Yanhua, who was about to fight.

Not only was Jin Yanhua stunned, but even Su Xinbai, who was also condensing a radiant spear and preparing to fight Jin Yanhua, was stunned.

An Jing, however, remained calm, not at all feeling that his actions were out of line. Instead, he turned his head and asked with some confusion, "Sister Jin, everyone can become a dragon, that's a good thing, why do you think this path is wrong?"

"Humph……"

When An Jing stopped Jin Yanhua, she realized that she had overreacted. Jin Qixu really didn't have any hostility towards her as his younger sister. The two had actually talked many times afterward, and they weren't as mutually exclusive as outsiders perceived them to be.

However, it is precisely because of this understanding that they cannot work together if they have different paths. That is why she was extremely angry when she saw that Su Xinbai seemed to be planning to promote that kind of thing to her juniors, An Jing and You Ruhui.

However, now that An Jing has asked, she naturally won't act rashly. Jin Yanhua exhaled, dispelling the thunderous spear in his hand, and looked at the expressionless Su Xinbai with some annoyance: "Heavenly Dragon Blood Flower, everyone is like a dragon... It sounds nice, as if self-sacrifice is the right thing to do... Not to mention that this is a self-indulgent 'sacrifice' that has slowed down my foolish brother's advancement speed."

“Anjing, you need to understand that some things are not meant to be shared, but rather given as charity.”

"He is condescending, thinking himself better than others, superior to other creatures, arrogant to the extreme—that's why he wants people to become 'his likeness' rather than 'his likeness'."

"If you ask me, this is the devil!"

"The Fourth Princess..."

At this moment, Su Xinbai narrowed her eyes and changed the way she addressed the two dragon girls. Her anger spread between them: "Your prejudice is too deep. Even though I received the bloodline of the Lord, it didn't make me become Him. Instead, it made me become myself."

"Does that mean that having the power to help others achieve their goals but choosing not to is a better choice? In my opinion, the sharing of bloodlines, like your passing on the Five Weapons Thunder Technique to Lord Tianming and Commander You, is nothing more than giving a seed of power."

"It's an expectation, a belief. Ultimately, being willing to share one's strength is definitely not a bad thing. If this is what it means to be a demon, then there are far too many things in this world that can be considered demons!"

The two sides were unwilling to yield to each other, clearly indicating that they had argued and fought many times in the past.

In the past, they must have fought each other.

But this time it was different.

Both Jin Yanhua and Su Xinbai turned their attention to An Jing.

(End of this chapter)