83: Chapter 83 Hunter and Prey

Upon hearing Ancestor Ye Rongming's telepathic message, Ancestor Wei Xinghe did not dare to delay for even a moment. He struck Cang Ming away with a sword strike, retreated from the battlefield with Patriarch Wang Lingyun, and after rendezvousing with Ancestor Ye Rongming, immediately summoned his Magic Treasure gourd and flew towards the mainland.

Cang Ming had been stripped of one-seventh of its flesh by the three of them while still alive; how could it possibly let them return to the mainland so easily? Opening its massive maw, it roared furiously, "Damned humans, where do you think you're going!"

"Dragon Roar — Light Wave!"

A magnificent wave of Spiritual Qi flew toward the three of them. Just as it was about to strike Ancestor Wei Xinghe's Magic Treasure, Ancestor Ye Rongming hurriedly formed hand seals and released a defensive barrier to block Cang Ming's attack.

"Prison — Turbid Water!"

A layer of turbid spiritual light protective barrier shielded the Magic Treasure at its center, easily blocking Cang Ming's attack. Cang Ming was too severely injured; its current attacks were simply incomparable to its Peak state.

Seeing that its attack was ineffective, Cang Ming did not give up. Instead, it trailed far behind the three of them, providing the direction of pursuit for its father, Clan Leader Cang Lan.

"Brother Ye, what's wrong? Did you sense something?" Ancestor Wei Xinghe asked Ancestor Ye Rongming while maneuvering the Magic Treasure to fly rapidly toward the mainland. The bond between the three had warmed up rapidly through this hunt for the Flood Dragon, transitioning from the previous "Fellow Daoist Ye" to the current "Brother Ye."

"There is a Yao Beast with an aura even more powerful than the Flood Dragon before us, and it is rapidly approaching," Ancestor Ye Rongming said, glancing at the black Flood Dragon still following behind them. "I suspect another old Flood Dragon has emerged from the Inner Sea."

"It wouldn't be a Level 6 Yao Beast, would it?" Patriarch Wang Lingyun asked worriedly.

"Impossible. If it were a Level 6 Yao Beast, I wouldn't be able to sense its existence at all. I estimate it is likely a Peak Level 5 Yao Beast," Ancestor Ye Rongming said with certainty.

"Peak Level 5?" Ancestor Wei Xinghe's pressure increased significantly. "Whatever acceleration secret techniques or Talismans you have, bring them all out. If we get caught by this Yao Beast, we'll likely lose our lives here today."

As Ancestor Wei Xinghe spoke, he first took out a Spirit Stone of extremely high quality. Patriarch Wang Lingyun looked at this Spirit Stone and said, "Brother Wei, you are truly generous, even taking out a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone to accelerate the Magic Treasure's flight speed."

After using the Mid-Grade Spirit Stone, the speed of the flying ship surged, doubling instantly, widening the distance from Cang Ming and shaking it off.

"Brother Wang, stop teasing me. If you have any good acceleration items, bring them out quickly! I certainly don't want to fight a furious Late Stage Level 5 Flood Dragon," Ancestor Wei Xinghe said anxiously; he didn't want to lose his life here.

"Here, take it and run!" Patriarch Wang Lingyun had just obtained great benefits, so naturally, he didn't want to face the old Flood Dragon chasing them from behind. The three of them had struggled just to bully one injured Early Stage Level 5 Flood Dragon; facing the old Flood Dragon behind them would be precarious. They would likely end up like Cang Ming, with their own flesh being sliced off.

Patriarch Wang Lingyun took out a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone, keeping his eyes fixed on Ancestor Ye Rongming, as if saying, "Fellow Daoist Ye, what are you going to bring out? You aren't trying to freeload, are you?"

"Brother Ye, how far is the old Flood Dragon from us?" Ancestor Wei Xinghe, seeing Patriarch Wang Lingyun's little act, stepped in to smooth things over.

Among the three, only Ancestor Ye Rongming had the ability to sense Yao Beasts. This counted as Ancestor Ye Rongming's contribution; angering him would benefit no one.

Ancestor Ye Rongming seemed not to understand Ancestor Wei Xinghe's hint. He took a Level 5 Talisman—a Speed Talisman—out of his Storage Pouch and handed it to Ancestor Wei Xinghe, saying anxiously, "Use this on the Magic Treasure to increase the speed a bit more; that old Flood Dragon is still chasing after us."

"What?"

Ancestor Ye Rongming's words shocked the two of them. After shaking off Cang Ming, Patriarch Wang Lingyun had relaxed, lying lazily in Ancestor Wei Xinghe's Magic Treasure gourd, humming a tune with his eyes closed, likely using his Divine Sense to count today's gains. Upon hearing this, his entire chubby body jumped up.

Ancestor Wei Xinghe fared no better. Although he still maintained high-speed flight, his body and mind had just completely relaxed, and now his entire being tensed up again.

"Brother Ye, how far is it from us?"

"I don't know either."

"How can you not know?" Patriarch Wang Lingyun said, on the verge of a breakdown.

"I only know that it is still following us. The last time I sensed it, it was only 1,500 kilometers away from us." Ancestor Ye Rongming stated his sensing truthfully so that everyone could be prepared.

"Roar!"

Clan Leader Cang Lan looked at the boundless ocean ahead, the wrinkles on its aged face bunching together. It rubbed the glowing red Dragon scale in its hand; if one looked closely, one would notice two red dots constantly moving inside it. "To injure my child to this extent and still think you can return to the mainland unscathed? Keep dreaming!"

"Space Shuttle!"

Another Flood Dragon with a trace of True Dragon Bloodline!

"How can it still locate our position?" Patriarch Wang Lingyun asked, puzzled. Without Cang Ming to point out the direction for the old Flood Dragon, how did it manage to catch up?

"It must be this Dragon scale!" Ancestor Ye Rongming had also been pondering this question. There shouldn't be anything on the three of them that could provide tracking; they had merely torn off some of Cang Ming's flesh. Ancestor Ye Rongming even suspected that the few Yao Beasts in the beast bag were causing trouble, so he had secretly killed them all.

It was only then that Ancestor Ye Rongming thought of the Dragon scale that had helped the Tier 4 Flood Dragon escape.

"Why haven't you thrown it away yet!" Patriarch Wang Lingyun shouted.

"Roar!"

Just as Ancestor Ye Rongming was about to throw the Dragon scale away, a Dragon roar pierced the air. Eight massive water columns, a thousand meters long, surged up from the calm sea surface, trapping the three of them within.

"It's over."

"How is its speed so fast?" Ancestor Wei Xinghe said with a grave expression. With the acceleration from the Mid-Grade Spirit Stone and Ancestor Ye Rongming's Level 5 Speed Talisman, the Magic Treasure's speed had already increased threefold, yet they were still caught by the old Flood Dragon.

They were still thirty thousand kilometers away from the mainland!

"What do we do?"

Patriarch Wang Lingyun's forehead was covered in cold sweat as he looked at the old Flood Dragon in front of them, which was twice the size of the Flood Dragon they had just hunted. Could they even win against this?

"Roar!"

"Humans, pay with your lives!" Clan Leader Cang Lan's body expanded by another fold, and it charged straight at the three people surrounded by the water columns.

With just one claw, it crushed Ancestor Wei Xinghe's Magic Treasure gourd, and then with a flick of its tail, it swatted all three of them into the sky.

The three immediately unleashed their respective sovereign domains, shrinking them to the extreme to desperately resist Clan Leader Cang Lan's attack, but it was to no avail. Clan Leader Cang Lan fired three Dragon blasts, one for each, shattering their domains.

Ancestor Wei Xinghe reached out and pulled the two vomiting blood to his side to prevent Clan Leader Cang Lan from picking them off one by one. In this situation, being together was better than being separated!

"It's too strong!" Ancestor Ye Rongming said powerlessly. Clan Leader Cang Lan hadn't even used any Spells yet, and it was beating the three of them up, leaving them with absolutely no power to fight back!

"Roar!"

Clan Leader Cang Lan didn't care what the three were thinking; it only wanted to eat them to avenge Cang Ming. With a breath of Dragon fire, it sucked Ancestor Ye Rongming toward it, grabbed him with a claw, and sent him straight into its mouth.

"I'll fight you to the death!"

Just as Ancestor Ye Rongming was about to self-detonate to prove his Dao, a crisp sword hum echoed in the sky, and a giant sword plunged directly into Clan Leader Cang Lan's Dragon claw.

"Get lost!" A deep, resonant voice came from beyond the sky.