400: Chapter 400 Boom Boom Dragon

Because Zhou Yan had devoted his entire heart and soul to acquiring that Magic Treasure just now, his five senses and Divine Sense did not immediately detect any problems.

And by the time the shout of "Meng Zhang" rang out, it was already too late to react.

Zhou Yan only felt an impact from behind before his combat mode was automatically triggered.

Immediately following was an overwhelming torrent of water; the currents were like blades, striking the pillars and display cases with the sound of clashing metal.

If these objects hadn't been sturdy enough, they surely would have been torn to shreds in an instant.

This series of combo attacks left Zhou Yan a bit dazed, but he still reacted as quickly as possible, finding a nearby display case of similar size to hide behind.

But before Zhou Yan could prepare himself, a patch of water had already spread beneath his feet.

Within this water patch, a fist suddenly materialized, followed immediately by an entire person.

Only then did Zhou Yan discover that the target attacking him was that Dragon Clan kid.

Zhou Yan tilted his head to the left, dodging the punch, but the fist struck the display case and suddenly burst apart, turning into flowing water.

The water scattered, splashing all over Zhou Yan, but it wasn't over yet.

Ao Ye raised one hand, and the water that had already spread on the ground climbed up Zhou Yan's body to merge with the water splashed on him; soon, a water sphere enveloped Zhou Yan.

Rising.

Exploding.

This water-attribute mana fluctuation was dense to the extreme; at this moment, just the leaking energy was enough to destabilize the dao body balance of an ordinary Cultivator.

And even then it wasn't over; Ao Ye was still forming hand seals, seemingly with endless methods ready to be released.

But a large hand was faster than him.

Ao Ye's hand, which was about to form a seal, suddenly jolted. He felt a familiar yet strange aura coming from the water mist. That immense pressure made his hand seal a step too slow, and it was that one step that allowed a large hand to reach out from the mist.

It grabbed his throat in advance and threw him from the top floor to the outside of the railing.

Next, he only smelled the scent of a clear breeze before feeling a massive force from his abdomen, accompanied by waves of numbness.

Just now, Zhou Yan had found his rhythm amidst the opponent's instantaneous barrage of attacks.

First, he used Dragon Might to intimidate the opponent, then used a throat-lock throw to hurl Ao Ye away.

Simultaneously, he used a fist infused with lightning to apply a paralysis effect, moving the battlefield from the top floor to a wider area downstairs.

While still flying in the air, Zhou Yan knew that the opponent was also from the Dragon Clan and would certainly have high resistance to lightning.

So without a word, he prepared to deploy his Nascent Soul Domain, intending to use the Power of Law to crush the opponent directly.

The reason he was so decisive was also because Zhou Yan had previously obtained intelligence on this guy from Bai Ling.

This so-called Ao Ye could only be considered a mortal vessel for a big shot; the Suo Jialuo behind him was the truly troublesome figure.

He usually didn't like reading tales of the supernatural, let alone mythological novels of foreign races, so he didn't know what the opponent represented in the Dragon Clan.

He could only use his strongest means to resolve the opponent.

But just a second before Zhou Yan deployed his Domain, he suddenly felt a sensation of dampness on his arm.

Scanning backward with his Divine Sense, he discovered that the top floor was covered in pitch-black clouds.

“Is it rain?”

The moment Zhou Yan said those words, a raindrop about to fall on his back instantly transformed into Ao Ye's Dragon Transformation form.

Meanwhile, the Ao Ye who had already been knocked to the ground turned into a puddle of water.

Feeling the strike on his back and the injection of a large amount of violent mana, Zhou Yan's imminent Law operation was completely disrupted, and the deployment of his Domain was terminated.

“You fellow, you've become cowardly.”

“Only daring to use the New Law, have you already forgotten how to fight?”

The falling rain in the air suddenly shifted, as if it had come to a standstill.

Meanwhile, Ao Ye frantically shifted his form within every single raindrop; finally, three Ao Yes appeared simultaneously, constantly throwing punches at Zhou Yan.

Under this storm-like attack and the flushing of a massive amount of mana, Zhou Yan's Nascent Soul Domain was consistently unable to deploy.

This was one of the drawbacks of the Nascent Soul Domain.

After all, it was an extension of the New Law rather than the Foundation of the New Law, so when facing a Body Cultivator who also benefited from the New Law, it would still be overcome by brute force.

As long as one used sufficiently violent power and mana to flush it, the Nascent Soul Domain would be unable to connect with Heaven and Earth.

This was also the gap in the application of the Law between a Nascent Soul Domain and a true Soul Transformation.

Ao Ye's attack frequency grew higher and higher, and the rain that had been stationary began to fall rapidly, its speed increasing further.

“What's wrong, Meng Zhang? Only capable of taking hits but not acting? Why have you become so much weaker after Reincarnation?”

“Is it because you died so thoroughly that you reincarnated your cerebellum away?”

Zhou Yan ignored the trash talk from Ao Ye—or rather, Suo Jialuo—because he discovered that despite this barrage of attacks, his health bar barely dropped at all.

This made him somewhat emboldened, giving him time to think about why the opponent acted so familiar with him.

Recalling now, Zhou Yan seemed to understand something.

According to what Yu Kou and that Cang Tian said, Meng Zhang was the Azure Dragon Divine Lord, so Meng Zhang was of the Dragon Clan. And since Meng Zhang was a deity, he should also know other Dragon deities.

So, it didn't seem unreasonable for the opponent to recognize his fake identity.

Could he take advantage of this?

Zhou Yan thought about his trump cards and decided he could try it out first. After all, whether the opponent was doing it intentionally or not, the current damage was just like scratching an itch, leaving him plenty of room to maneuver.

Zhou Yan directly activated 18x speed.

In a situation where the enemy couldn't use the Law to interfere, the Time Pocket Watch was incredibly useful.

So even while being hit, Zhou Yan instantly deployed the ability. Because of his sudden burst of speed, Suo Jialuo failed to react and was sent flying by a punch.

As for his two Clones, Zhou Yan didn't even look at them. Whether in the eyes of the panel or the Golden Eyes of Delusion Breaking, these Clones were not high-quality.

With the main body being instantly broken, the Clones also froze for a moment. Seizing this gap, Zhou Yan also performed a Divine Ability to start contesting the clouds and rain of this place.

It was during this contest that he realized the opponent's authority and methods were much higher than his own. Even if the opponent briefly lost connection, he couldn't quickly take over; he could only temporarily influence the opponent's Divine Ability to prevent the rain from falling.

The Divine Ability did not bring the expected feedback; what responded to Zhou Yan was not the reclamation of authority over the rain clouds, but a blast of Buddhist light shooting into the sky.

This light clearly looked like it had no killing power, but this one hit caused Zhou Yan's health to plummet.

Realizing something was wrong, Zhou Yan quickly initiated his plan.

“Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei, Ji!”

Following Zhou Yan's summons, Seven Star Souls appeared instantly. Instead of attacking together as usual, the seven gradually merged into one.

An Azure Dragon circling Zhou Yan let out a roar, announcing Its descent.

At this moment, a brand-new, never-before-nerfed meta playstyle for the current featured equipment was initiated: Explosive Dragon Mode.

As Zhou Yan pointed a finger in the direction the opponent was sent flying, Suo Jialuo suddenly felt the Bloodline Rank of Ao Ye's body rise by one level. Just as he was secretly marveling...

The Azure Dragon from afar had already charged toward him.

He first clashed with the Azure Dragon; the water mist on his body constantly exploded, followed by countless whirlpools and torrents, as well as bursts of universal Buddhist light.

The Water Technique attacks were all casually swiped away by the Azure Dragon and easily neutralized by its powerful various mechanical stats.

Meanwhile, the Buddhist light that exceeded the Azure Dragon's health limit was blocked by Zhou Yan. As long as there weren't those high-damage attacks, relying on the Azure Dragon's defense, resistance, and recovery speed, Suo Jialuo—who could only use Ao Ye's Physical Body—was beaten into a steady retreat, making no progress.

Seeing that the opponent was at their wit's end, Zhou Yan directly became a micro-management Great Master.

Several Wood Techniques carrying the characteristics of Wind Techniques were struck out.

The penetration and adhesion effects allowed the Wood Techniques to be utilized to their fullest. Borrowing the water currents produced by the opponent, the Wood Techniques were rapidly expanding and evolving, locking the opponent down firmly.

The opponent did not panic upon seeing this, preparing to fully transform into a Dragon to cope, but just then...

Taking advantage of the opponent being trapped, the Azure Dragon deployed the Seven Star Formation and charged in.

And while the Formation was deploying, Zhou Yan also happened to throw a 'Hundred Rivers Convergence' into the field.

Now it was Suo Jialuo's turn to have his spellcasting interrupted.

Unexpectedly, the Azure Dragon did not initiate an attack, but instead came up and immediately performed a self-detonation.

The moment the Azure Dragon self-detonated, the Seven Star Souls were ejected, and the Azure Dragon Fusion also entered CD.

At the same time, Zhou Yan unequipped the Seven Star Souls. As the equipment was removed, the Formation that had just trapped Suo Jialuo was also dispelled.

However, the previously placed 'Hundred Rivers Convergence' just finished its wind-up, releasing to envelop Suo Jialuo, who had once again turned into flowing water.

Suo Jialuo's various methods had all vanished under the Azure Dragon's self-detonation just now, but Zhou Yan's skill was still there.

Special effects aren't on the same layer, kid!

Because the Azure Dragon was an allied summon, its attacks would not overwrite Zhou Yan's own attacks. Suo Jialuo was the first to enjoy this method of hiding a skill within a skill.

As the control effect took effect again, Suo Jialuo, still in his water state, was once again imprisoned within a water lotus.

Zhou Yan took the opportunity to re-equip the Seven Star Souls. The moment they were equipped, the greyed-out Fusion CD was restored to its original state. This was the strongest killing Move that hadn't had its bug fixed yet: The Dragon Clan Nemesis!

This Move utilized the Dragon Clan suppression characteristic inherent to the Azure Dragon, identical to the Cang Dragon Set. By stacking double suppression, it dealt even higher damage through self-detonation.

In the hands of an owner of both the full Cang Dragon Set and the Seven Star Souls, it was practically the sternest father to any Dragon-type boss.

Starting by giving the opponent a +1 to their Dragon attribute, one could then use their own high Dragon-suppression attribute along with the Azure Dragon's inherent Dragon-suppression to deal the highest Dragon-suppression damage of the early-to-Middle Stages.

Especially in the case of refreshing CDs by swapping equipment, as long as control was established beforehand, one could even fire it consecutively. However, this Move was very mana-intensive and only effective against Dragon Clan bosses.

After the number of Dragon Clan boss appearances was nerfed in the Late Stage and the equipment-swapping CD bug was fixed, this playstyle fell into obscurity.

It had to be said that the opponent's Water Technique attainment was truly high; even though 'Hundred Rivers Convergence' had passed its wind-up and started dealing damage, the opponent was still able to crack the Spell.

Looking at the dissolving water lotus, Zhou Yan didn't say a word; the Azure Dragon continued its shift, the Seven Star Formation rose again, and Zhou Yan prepared to start the fireworks.

This was a rare opportunity where the opponent's attributes were so complete; it would be a pity not to blow them up to his heart's content all at once, not to mention the opponent seemed to have misunderstood his identity.

Completing this combo would be good for him whether it further solidified his identity or cleared his name; either do it completely or don't do it at all.

“Since you want to come, then come, Suo Jialuo!”

Originally, seeing the Azure Dragon charging at him again, Suo Jialuo was still thinking of a countermeasure. But hearing Zhou Yan's words, he froze in place, seemingly falling into a memory.

Finally, just as the Azure Dragon was about to pounce and Ao Ye was almost scared to tears, he revealed a faint smile and looked at Zhou Yan.

“Roar!”

A dragon's roar thundered. Zhou Yan slightly closed his eyes, and even the Azure Dragon was knocked back a few steps.

“Phase two? Looks like it's about to end.”

Looking at Suo Jialuo, who had completely turned into a Dragon form, Zhou Yan didn't take it to heart.

Because the opponent's health bar was only half-full; entering phase two wouldn't solve the predicament, it was just a matter of a few more explosions, not to mention the knockback just now wasn't far.

The Azure Dragon had already charged forward again.

Just when Zhou Yan thought he had successfully taken down the opponent, he discovered that the opponent turning into a Dragon was only to make his body larger.

And after enlarging, he happened to coil around a treasure not far away.

Seeing that playful smile on the opponent's face, how could Zhou Yan not know what was happening?

But it was already too late; the light of teleportation enveloped Ao Ye's body, and the Azure Dragon's second self-detonation hit nothing but empty air.

And before leaving, the opponent only left one sentence.

“Meng Zhang, we shall meet again.”

After saying that, he just patted his butt and left.

Zhou Yan looked at the scene where his ultimate had missed, and at his female Incarnation hidden below, ready to release her Domain.

Finally, after a moment of silence, he let out a shout.

“Damn it!”

“Is he insane?!”

Zhou Yan was emboldened because he always had his female Incarnation ready to open a Domain as a safety net.

It was also because of this that he subconsciously forgot about the possibility of someone grabbing the goods and running away directly via teleportation.

And after realizing that even if he had opened the Domain just now, he couldn't have stopped the opponent, Zhou Yan became even angrier.

“No, he came up and beat me up without a word, and then ran away just when he was about to be killed?”

“Didn't Bai Ling say he was very talkative? Constantly talking trash and reciting Move names?”

“How come he barely said a few words to me?”

“And he runs away after hitting me, striking such a pretentious pose before leaving. Why does it feel like I'm the villain? Clearly, I'm the victim here!”