Yefutidaolu

Chapter 373 Immunity?

The dragon's roar shattered the seabed, and the immense water pressure solidified into a gigantic hammer that slammed into Gao Jian!
The Azure Scaled Dragon's vertical pupils shrank to the size of needles, and its gaping jaws revealed sharp teeth like guillotines capable of cleaving mountains. Its raging dragon might drove the ocean currents, crushing the hundred-foot-long reefs inch by inch.

How could a dignified eighth-realm true dragon be so openly insulted as to be "worthy of being beaten" by a mere seventh-realm human brat?!

"hold head high--!"

Before the dragon's roar had faded, a 60,000-cubic-kilometer stretch of sea had been transformed into a cage! A colossal, 9,600-foot-high, inky wave converged from all directions, its crest condensing into countless ice crystals, each reflecting Gao Jian's tiny figure—

The true dragon's ability to control water can unleash natural disasters with a mere flick of its wrist!

Gao Jian remained calm, his figure advancing instead of retreating, his right fist thrusting out smoothly. No fierce winds cleaved the sea; only a sliver of crimson light disappeared into the towering, turbid waves. The next instant—

"Tsk!!!"

Like a red-hot iron piercing through a snowdrift! Wherever the fist struck, the ink waves seemed to meet their nemesis, hissing and disintegrating!
That crimson light was the martial arts internal energy he had refined by fusing all kinds of energy!
Martial arts internal energy, no matter how much you boast about it, such as "Cangming Chongshui" or "Xuanming Zhengang," or any other kind of magic or technique, will be swallowed up the moment it touches it!
Wherever the fist passed, a ten-thousand-foot wall of water was instantly melted into a hundred-foot passageway, which vaporized and rose before it even got close, turning into a sky-covering white mist!

"Such pure martial arts internal energy..." The Azure Scale True Dragon frowned slightly, but it already had a plan in mind. It immediately changed tactics and its dragon claw tore through the mist barrier and slammed down.

Before the claws even arrived, the claw winds had already crushed the underwater mountains, carrying millions of dragon horses down with them!

Gao Jian did not dodge; instead, he flipped his left wrist and lifted it upward, his palm swirling with crimson energy like a furnace.

"clang!!!"

The sound of metal clashing echoed throughout the East China Sea! Where claws and palms collided, a thousand-foot-high bubble exploded, and the shockwave reduced the surrounding area to dust!
The dragon felt a sharp pain in its claws, and its scales, comparable to divine metal, were branded with scorch marks on its five fingers! Even more terrifying, a wisp of crimson energy rose up its claws, and wherever it passed, the dragon scales crackled and burst, and the pure water essence evaporated like boiling water!
"Not enough!" The Azure Scaled Dragon roared, shaking the sea. Flesh sprouted wildly from the severed claw, and new scales covered the scorch marks at a visible speed.

It's just regeneration, isn't it? Even a true dragon's body can do that!

However, the opponent's physical body was far too powerful. It didn't look like a seventh-level expert at all. Fighting him felt like facing a grandmaster of two levels.

Upon realizing this, the true dragon suddenly retreated.
Having just opened his Qi Sea, and only one of the three Qi Gates is open, the quality and quantity of the opponent's martial arts internal energy will not be very high.

Smash him to death, beat him until his internal energy is exhausted!
The next moment, endless waves crashed down!

The plot is exactly the same. Wherever the martial arts internal energy passes, it melts away like snow in the spring sun, crumbling inch by inch! The martial arts internal energy surges against the wind, going against the raging tide, heading straight for the head of the true dragon!
"Huh?!" Yuan, the true dragon, suddenly narrowed his vertical pupils, a hint of surprise flashing across his face.

It never expected that the inner energy of this mere seventh-realm human would be so strange and domineering, capable of causing such a backlash!
pity--

"A mere trick! In the East Sea, the dragon reigns supreme!"

The Azure Scaled Dragon roared, its massive body swung violently! The sea within a thousand feet radius instantly boiled! It was no longer a simple undercurrent, but rather billions of tons of seawater being forcibly drawn in, compressed, and shaped by its supreme dragon power!
"Condense! Profound Origin Heavy Water!"

Crash-!
Thousands upon thousands! Azure waves of water, formed from the purest, heaviest, and most powerful Xuan Yuan Heavy Water imbued with dragon energy, appeared out of thin air! Each wave was over ten zhang long, incomparably sharp, and as heavy as a mountain! Natural dragon patterns flowed across the waves, clearly indicating a high-level spell!
The attack came like a reversed Milky Way, or the fangs of countless deep-sea monsters, overwhelming and sealing off all of Gao Jian's escape routes, aiming to annihilate the martial arts internal energy along with Gao Jian himself into dust!
This is the power of a true dragon to control water, drawing upon the power of the ocean. It is not a supernatural power, yet it surpasses even supernatural powers! Calling it a natural disaster would not be an exaggeration!
The sounds of metal clashing and energy dissolving mingled into a cacophony of jarring noise! ​​The scene was both eerie and spectacular!
The massive Xuan Yuan Heavy Water wave, powerful enough to split mountains, crashed into the seemingly insignificant vortex of martial arts internal energy, and vanished as if it were a mud ox entering the sea!

As the two sides clashed, the martial arts internal energy, instead of retreating, advanced, coiling upwards like a bone-deep infection! Wherever it passed, the dragon patterns on the dark blue water dimmed and disintegrated inch by inch!
The pure and vast Xuan Yuan Heavy Water was frantically drawn in and devoured by the martial arts internal energy. The spell became thin and transparent at a speed visible to the naked eye. Finally, with a "bang", it completely exploded into the most primitive water vapor, which was then swallowed up by more martial arts internal energy!
This torrent, a hundred feet in front of Gao Jian, was forcibly carved out a huge, ever-expanding hole! No matter how turbulent the water behind him tried to replenish it, it could not cross this barrier even a step! A hundred feet around Gao Jian seemed to form an absolute "qi" forbidden zone! Impenetrable to all water!
"Let's see how much you can swallow." The true dragon hardened its heart, its ferocity fully unleashed!
It no longer relied solely on water control; its massive, mountain-like dragon body trembled violently, and its true form, three thousand feet long and covered in azure scales, was fully revealed!
The true dragon's transformation is revealed at this moment!
His ever-expanding body demonstrates his power!

Each scale is as large as a house, gleaming with a cold, hard metallic luster, its tendrils twisting and turning like a mountain range, containing terrifying brute force capable of shattering stars!
With a flick of its tail, the dragon stirred up a raging torrent, transforming into a streak of azure lightning that tore through the deep sea. Abandoning magic, it aimed to crush Gao Jian into a pulp with the most primal and violent physical power! At the same time, the dragon energy that had been torn apart and devoured by Gao Jian's martial arts internal energy was rapidly regenerating within its body, as if it possessed endless life!
Gao Jian frowned slightly.

Not right.

He could sense that the effect of his martial arts internal energy on his opponent was... getting weaker and weaker.

The dragon underwent some kind of change that he was unaware of, so much so that after two moves, Gao Jian clearly felt that the pressure on him had increased significantly.

But he wasn't afraid.

"Well done!"

Gao Jian's eyes burned with fighting spirit! Facing the dragon head that crashed down like a mountain, he neither dodged nor avoided it!
He exhaled and made a sound as loud as thunder in the heavens!

His right fist clenched tightly, his entire arm instantly enveloped in a layer of martial arts internal energy, his palm changing color as if forged from unyielding iron! Martial arts internal energy condensed and compressed on his fist.
Punch out!

Silent and still, yet it seemed to drain all light and sound from within a hundred feet! Only a red line pierced through the dark depths of the sea, striking with perfect precision the forehead of the true dragon, which was covered with the thickest dragon scales!
"Boom——!!!"

A deafening roar, as deep as the sound of two stars colliding, suddenly erupted!

Centered on the point where the fist and scales collided, a terrifying shockwave, visible to the naked eye, exploded outwards in a ring! Seawater thousands of feet deep was instantly emptied and vaporized! The hard rock layers on the seabed, like fragile glass, cracked and collapsed on a large scale, forming a bottomless crater!
"Crack——!"

A faint yet distinct cracking sound rang out!

The dragon scales on the dragon's forehead, which were harder than divine iron, were actually cracked with spiderweb-like fissures under Gao Jian's punch!

At the center of the crack, the terrifying martial arts internal energy from the fist tore open a fist-sized, deep wound that exposed the bone! Dark golden dragon blood gushed out like magma, instantly being devoured and melted by the surrounding martial arts internal energy!
The immense water elemental power contained in the shockwave was instantly decomposed by the domineering internal energy. The pure power impact, which was enough to crush mountains, was withstood by Gao Jian through his physical strength! Gao Jian's figure remained as steady as a rock amidst the violent impact. His clothes were blown apart and his skin and flesh were torn apart, but his bones held off the three-thousand-foot-long dragon!

"Boom——!!!"

Fist and tail collide!

Contrary to expectations of a deafening roar, a muffled, deafening sound resounded! A terrifying ripple of power instantly spread, completely draining the seawater for miles around, creating a massive, waterless cavity! A huge, temporary vacuum sphere was formed!
But a moment later, Gao Jian let out a muffled groan, his body being violently sent flying like a meteor, crashing into a huge underwater rock behind him, which shattered with a deafening roar! His entire body groaned in unbearable pain, his body completely disintegrated!

Fortunately, his vital energy had returned, and he recovered quickly. However, the true dragon was far from unscathed! A clear, charred fist mark had appeared on its scales, which were harder than divine metal! The scales around the fist mark were cracked extensively, and a domineering, scorching energy with strong devouring and melting properties was frantically burrowing into its flesh like a maggot, eroding its vitality and preventing its powerful regenerative abilities from functioning!
The enormous dragon body rolled in the seawater, mobilizing its immense water elemental power to wash away the wounds and attempt to expel the martial arts internal energy.

The flesh at the wound writhed and shimmered with silver light, and a powerful regenerative ability began to emerge. The charred fist mark was slowly healing, and the cracked scales were trying to heal. However, the dark gold energy was like a stubborn poison, greatly slowing down the regeneration process!

As Gao Jian's physical body was restored, it was discovered that the true dragon's physical body had also been restored.

"Ha...hahaha, brilliant idea! You've lost. You'll pay the price for your arrogance." At this moment, the true dragon spoke.

As he spoke, one could see that the martial arts internal energy that had been clinging to the dragon's body was gradually falling off.

Gao Jian remained silent.

Honestly, he couldn't see any chance of the other side winning, and he didn't know where the other side's confidence came from.

The two sides clashed again.

One move after another, one move after another, the human figure and the dragon figure clashed in the deep sea. At first, Gao Jian had the upper hand, using his understanding of martial arts, the nature of martial arts internal energy, and his abnormally strong physical body to suppress the true dragon.

Of course, something was not quite right. Gao Jian's physical body was actually that of a Grandmaster of the Two Realms, which was much stronger than that of an ordinary Seven Realms cultivator. Moreover, he had not used the power of the Divine Realm until now, so he believed that he was basically guaranteed to win.

Despite the suppression, Gao Jian couldn't achieve a quick victory, but he wasn't in a hurry. After all, Gao Jian had already unlocked his full potential, and his current reserves would allow him to easily fight a long and protracted battle.

Soon, a quarter of an hour had passed in the battle.

The surrounding scene was shattered; an entire reef on the seabed had been broken and sunk, leaving no place to stand. They fought in the water, the current constantly breaking them apart and then merging back together.

Gao Jian himself was only moderately destructive, but the true dragon could mobilize hundreds of miles of water flow at a time, thus the area of ​​destruction became larger and larger.

Another collision.

With a loud bang, Gao Jian was repelled as always, and then recovered.

The true dragon should have been more seriously injured, but this time... the opponent grinned and then launched an unexpected attack!

The dragon was unharmed during this attack!

The brilliant attack failed!

Too fast! Too sudden!

He never expected that after taking his full-force attack head-on, his opponent would be able to launch such a swift counterattack without a scratch!
Caught off guard by the sudden attack, Gao Jian's body exploded, the pain far exceeding that of having his flesh and bones ripped out!
Gao Jian suddenly retreated, and his shattered flesh and bones rapidly reassembled and healed as if time had reversed! In a few breaths, a complete Gao Jian reappeared in the same spot, but his face was as pale as paper, and his eyes were filled with unprecedented solemnity and astonishment!

My moves have been countered?
No, it's not hacking!
That is--

evolution.

"Immunity?" Gao Jian was somewhat taken aback.

This was his first time facing a true dragon directly, and he was actually testing the dragon's strength. After all, Gao Jian was now bursting with confidence and thought he was incredibly powerful. He believed that a mere eighth-level dragon could not possibly have any conflict with him and that the dragon was no match for him.

However, the current situation is beyond his expectations.

The dragon displayed extraordinary power before him.

This is not simply destructive power, but a kind of 'adaptive' power. His attacks felt less and less effective as they hit the opponent.

By now, the other party is 'immune' to my attacks!?

"Hmm, do you understand now? That's why I said I could win?" the True Dragon said softly.

The wounds left by Takami's attack on its massive body, covered with jade-like scales, had long since disappeared.

On its surface, a faint yet strange luster flowed, causing Gao Jian to feel a chill run down his spine. That luster seemed to contain some kind of constantly adjusting and optimizing law, specifically targeting the characteristics of Gao Jian's power!
Gao Jian's heart sank.

This was the first time he had truly fought a life-or-death battle against a pure-blooded dragon.

Originally, relying on his formidable strength—having broken through the seventh realm and fused with the divine essence of transformation and return to origin—he was brimming with confidence, believing that a true dragon of around the eighth realm was not enough to pose a real threat to him. He even fought with the intention of testing the dragon race's strength.

However, reality dealt him a heavy blow!
The terror of a true dragon's body is far more complex than he imagined! It's not just about immense strength, impenetrable defense, and enduring vitality!
It is also a racial talent that can be described as heaven-defying, constantly "evolving" in battle and developing "adaptive immunity" to the enemy's power!

Attack nullified!
Are you kidding me? What the hell is this?

Looking at the opponent's sinister smile filled with absolute confidence, and feeling the increasingly "perfect" defensive barrier within the opponent's body, adjusted to counter his power.

A chilling coldness rose from the depths of Gao Jian's heart for the first time.

(End of this chapter)