Yefutidaolu

Chapter 367 Rushing into Destruction
Obviously, no one expected the Dragon King to use such a thing to test his insightful opinions.

However, according to the other party, this is indeed the case, reasonable and almost without fault.

Just as the Dragon King said.

Wind, thunder, rain, and dew—the spirit of heaven.

Mountains and rivers, famous local products, the spirit of the land.

Talent, learning, and writing are the essence of human beings.

The purpose of the three powers (heaven, earth, and man) is nothing more than to use one spirit to govern the universe; this is the essence of humankind.

The reason it is called the "most intelligent of all creatures" is that there must be something about it that surpasses all other creatures and becomes the "most intelligent." The so-called "most intelligent" is actually a "strength" that is superior to all other living beings.

What the Dragon King said was that literacy, talent, and even the ability to think are human strengths, which make humans superior to other creatures. In other words, humans are simply smarter than others.

Even if demons transform into human form, cultivate, and gain higher intelligence, their minds will still be dumber than those of humans of the same level.

This can be seen from the 'writing'. In fact, the current writing and language were invented by humankind. Humankind created a way to transmit information without the need for divine inspiration.

This is why the whole world speaks the official language of the human race. Of course, there are dialects or racial slang in different places, but in the end, these languages ​​are basically based on the language invented by the human race.

There is only one exception: a true dragon.

True dragons have their own language, which was not invented by humans in this world. They brought their own dragon language from beyond the heavens. However, since everyone speaks human language, over time, the true dragons only use this dragon language internally, and they basically use the official language of humans to the outside world.

Now, the Dragon King will obviously test your insightful opinions using the areas where humans excel.

The dragon princes held their breath and focused intently.

Gao Jian also became serious. He knew that if he wanted to kill Yuan Lu, this was a very important hurdle.

Because this challenge, though seemingly reasonable, is actually quite tricky! How can a sixth-realm human, no matter how talented, compete with a thirteenth-realm Earth Immortal, the Dragon King of the East Sea, in terms of knowledge and wisdom? It's like a firefly trying to outshine the moon.

Gao Jian also abandoned his unrestrained demeanor at the dinner table, and his expression became extremely solemn.

He knew this hurdle was fraught with danger, and it was crucial to the smooth progress of his subsequent plans to deal with Yuan Lu. He took a deep breath, focusing his mind, preparing to face any possible questions.

However, at this tense moment, when the swords were about to break out—

The Dragon King of the East Sea raised his hand:

"Ah……"

"You've passed the checkpoint, just go in."

what? !

These words were like a thunderclap exploding in the calm depths of the sea! They instantly ignited the minds of everyone present.

Dan Sha's hand holding the incense burner trembled violently, and the incense ash almost spilled!

The other dragon sons also bit their lips hard to keep from crying out, their hearts churning with turmoil!

You passed? Just like that... you passed?

What's going on? Are you kidding me?
Why are they being so lenient with this human?! This is against the rules!
The other dragon princes and princesses looked at each other in disbelief, their eyes filled with extreme shock and bewilderment.

The show's over before it even started? What makes this sixth-realm human so special?! Just because of those few pretentious lines of poetry?!
The Dragon King's close advisors standing by also showed undisguised astonishment. Clearly, even they had not expected the Dragon King to make such a decision. This was simply a childish game regarding the qualification to comprehend the Dragon Clan's secret treasures!

Even Takami himself was stunned!

Even with his deep mind and meticulous planning, he was caught off guard by the Dragon King's sudden turn of events.

He passed? So easily? He hadn't even started preparing for the test! What information did the Dragon King's playful gaze and that "heh" convey? Did he see through some of his trump cards?
Countless thoughts flashed through Gao Jian's mind, but he reacted extremely quickly! Regardless of the Dragon King's motives, the current outcome was in his favor!

He immediately suppressed all his surprise and doubt, his face instantly regaining just the right amount of respect and flattery, and bowed deeply towards the throne: "As Your Majesty commands! Thank you for Your Majesty's grace!"

Gao Jian's voice was calm and composed, without the slightest hint of panic.

The Dragon King seemed completely unconcerned by Gao Jian's reaction, casually waving his hand and turning his gaze to Yuan Lu:

"Hand over the agreed-upon supplies for inventory. Once everything is in order, you two..." He paused, his gaze lingering on Gao Jian for a moment, "then go inside."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Yuan Lu's deep voice rang out, carrying an barely suppressed urgency, like the urgency before a volcanic eruption!

The moment the Dragon King finished speaking!
Yuan Lu didn't even wait for his close advisors standing by to step forward and count the supplies! His figure, shrouded in black robes, suddenly stood up! His deep, abyss-like aura instantly became violent and uncontrollable!

call--!
An unimaginable, terrifying power erupted! Yuan Lu's black robe billowed like a raging sea!
He didn't care about the occasion at all, and completely ignored the horrified looks of the dragon princes and princesses around him!
A withered hand shrouded in thick black mist, like a ghostly claw tearing through space, shot out with lightning speed and grabbed Takashi's arm, which was right in front of him!

"go!"

A low shout, containing the pent-up desire and madness accumulated over hundreds of years!

He couldn't help it!
Om-!
Space violently distorted and collapsed! Yuan Lu and Gao Jian's figures, along with the torn water wave, instantly transformed into a twisted black line that devoured light!

The next moment!

The black line has disappeared!

All that remained were fragments of jade that had shattered from the power eruption on Yuan Lu's seat, and a ripple that had not yet subsided.

Yuan Lu and Gao Jian have vanished without a trace, leaving not even a trace of their presence.

The Dragon King simply watched silently.

Meanwhile, Gao Jian was already being pulled away and instantly left the Dragon Palace!
Gao Jian felt a sense of helplessness; this feeling of not being able to keep up with the speed was really uncomfortable.

He felt the scene before him blur and distort instantly. Before the dizziness brought by Yuan Lu's violent traversal had completely subsided, an even more terrifying and primal aura of destruction rushed towards him!

That was Yuan Lu unleashing his full power.

We've arrived at the true dragon's hidden lair.

He had just been forcibly taken away from Yuanting Palace by Yuanlu and appeared at the entrance of a deep abyss.

This is no ordinary seabed, but a place of utter desolation, surrounded by chaotic undercurrents and an ancient, chilling pressure.

However, at this moment, this already dangerous space has been completely transformed into a raging inferno!

At this very moment, within the Dragon Palace—

The Dragon King of the East Sea simply flicked his tail.

boom--! ! !
Above the entrance to the abyss, the once relatively calm seawater was violently stirred up as if by an invisible, colossal club that pierced through the heavens and earth! The raging currents instantly lost all order, transforming into billions of water spears formed from kinetic energy, powerful enough to pierce through metal, which surged upwards from the bottom of the abyss towards the sky above at unimaginable speed!

Billions of water spears pierced the sea surface, soaring straight into the sky! The sight was as if the entire ocean had been instantly poured into the sky! The boundary between sea and sky was completely erased at this moment, and the raging seawater collided violently with the low-hanging thunderclouds, producing a continuous and deafening roar that could tear apart the soul! It was as if the sky itself was about to be burst apart by this boundless seawater!
But this is just the beginning!
The Dragon King's power triggered an even more terrifying chain reaction of nature!

Under the unbearable force, the seabed crust groaned, sinking rapidly and massively! It was as if a gigantic maw had opened wide on the seabed! Endless seawater, as if finding an outlet, surged madly towards the suddenly appearing massive pit, forming a terrifying, all-consuming vortex! The seawater frantically accumulated and compressed above the pit, gathering destructive potential energy!

Immediately afterwards, the direction of the Dragon King's power changed again!

The sunken seabed crust was instantly lifted up by an even more terrifying force! Like a sleeping giant turning over!

The boundless seawater, compressed to its limit and accumulating above the pit, surged upwards again with devastating force, like a spring compressed to its limit, towards the sky that had just been pierced by the water spear! This impact was even more violent than before! The seawater frantically gathered again near the top of the sky, as if trying to create another ocean above the firmament!
Then... the Dragon King's power disappeared.

He only made two seemingly simple movements—pressing down and then lifting up.

But the disaster it caused has only just begun to reveal its true fangs!

The law of gravity, a natural force, is the eternal power that maintains the balance of heaven and earth! Seawater must maintain a relatively balanced plane, called a horizontal plane, which is actually the equipotential surface of water.

The large-scale, unnatural vertical displacement of seawater forcibly created by the Dragon King, with its violent sinking and surging, completely shattered the gravitational balance of this sea area!

To restore sea level, countless tons of seawater were forcibly lifted to the top of the sky.

How many exactly?

Gao Jian put his mind to it.

This simple arithmetic can be done even with your toes: mass equals density multiplied by volume.

The ocean has a volume of about one ton per cubic meter. That is to say, one cubic kilometer contains one billion cubic meters, which is about one billion tons.

The water waves that have been pulled up in front of us, which cover a range of hundreds of miles and are tens of miles deep, are probably hundreds of thousands of cubic kilometers in volume and at least five or six trillion tons.

That's right, the unit is trillion tons.

Such a massive mass of matter collided at a speed of tens of meters per second.

It was obvious that Gao Jian had good mental arithmetic skills, so he quickly came up with a rough answer.

The power is roughly on the order of 10^17 joules. This answer is not rigorous, but rather extremely inaccurate. It is an estimate based entirely on visual observation and mental calculation, and apart from the order of magnitude, it has little reference value.

But what kind of number is this order of magnitude?

It is likely enough to drive the continental shelf to move and change global weather and climate.

The tsunami will originate from this location, then cross the entire ocean, crashing heavily onto the coast of China, creating giant waves that will cause enormous property damage and casualties.

The aftershocks of the explosion may circle the entire universe before gradually dissipating.

The seismic waves will reach at least magnitude nine, and will reverberate through the earth's veins for several days before returning to normal. Earthquakes are inevitable.

The mere tremor could shatter glass thousands of miles away and permanently alter the topography of many islands!
Driven by the laws of nature, the water, like a primordial beast unleashed, spread wildly in all directions from the wave source area, attempting to regain the lost balance!
Rumble, rumble—! ! !
A visible, hundreds-of-meters-high, circular wall of water surged violently toward the boundless ocean at an unimaginable speed! Everything in its path was swallowed up! Reefs, seamounts, sea creatures unable to escape, even low-lying clouds… were all crushed into dust by this destructive wave driven purely by gravity!

The thunderclouds in the sky were completely torn apart and dispersed by the shockwave carrying moisture! As far as the eye could see, all that remained was the violent, turbid, and destructive color of the sea!
However, at the very center of this raging inferno, a power unleashed by the Dragon King that could shake even mountains and seas, atop the crest of that newly formed, ring-shaped gravitational wave representing destruction, expanding outwards with unparalleled force—

A sudden change occurred!

In a certain direction, the towering wave that should have been unstoppable and destructive instead crashed into an invisible, indestructible wall of sighs!

Pure, brute-force physical power!
boom--! ! ! !

A deafening roar, more muffled and more shocking than all the previous booms combined, erupted!

The terrifying wave wall, hundreds of meters high and containing the weight of billions of tons of seawater, was actually dented back by an unimaginable brute force!

It was like an invisible giant spanning the sky and the sea, throwing a powerful punch at the wave of destruction!
The wave wall suddenly caved inward from the point of impact! The raging seawater was forcibly squeezed and churned back! Forming a brief but eerie reverse vortex!

Immediately afterwards, in the center of that sunken wave wall, a tiny figure, yet exuding a terrifying aura that shook heaven and earth, suddenly burst forth like a black meteor tearing through the void!
It is the Yuan Law!
At this moment, where is even a trace of the composure and restraint he displayed in the Dragon Palace?
The black robe that covered his entire body had long since been reduced to dust by the violent burst of power! Revealing the... terrifying flesh beneath it that defies description!
Its spine, like a living dragon, wriggles and undulates, each rise and fall causing tremors in the surroundings! This is a symbol of the "Marrow Sea" reaching its peak, with blood and qi surging like mercury, and vitality reaching its zenith!
He released all restraint over his physical body! He unleashed the superhuman power of his body, which he had honed in the Netherworld, without reservation!

You should know that the Netherworld has a very effective system for tempering the physical body. The Yuan Law itself has three gates open, so the physical body has no weaknesses!
"Roar--!!!"

Yuan Lu let out a roar that was not human, and the sound wave actually drowned out the roar of the tsunami! He completely ignored the destructive gravity waves and chaotic currents in front of him that were enough to crush everything!
Step out!
boom--! ! !
He was going to take his insightful views and charge into the Dragon Clan's secret treasure trove!
(End of this chapter)