Chapter 255 – Crystal Maze of Terror (1/2)

The Azure Dragon’s body entirely exited from the space. It was thousands of miles in length, each scale was huge and shining with a greenish-blue light. The dragon smoothly drifted about in the air.

The Water God Palace spun around inside the claw, struggling to escape, but was swatted down by the claw every time it tried.

“Azure Dragon City Lord, you are challenging a God’s dignity!” Inside the palace, Claudia’s enraged but scared voice rang out.

“Claudia, you think you deserve to be called a God?” The dragon opened its mouth to speak. As its imposing voice rumbled throughout the region, the ocean quickly calmed down. The creatures in the sea also recovered from their fear and continued their happy lives. “Making a fuss in an area under my Azure Dragon City’s authority, I see you’re tired of living!”

Whoosh!

A five-colored light shone brightly as the diagram above the dragon head expanded quickly. Five domineering sword illusions flashed within the diagram that now covered the entire dragon.

“Five Elemental Swords Formation.” The Azure Dragon glanced at the diagram above its head. Suddenly, a wretched scream resounded from the Water God Palace. Then, the palace shrank into a miniature within the dragon’s claw. The Azure Dragon also vanished, revealing a middle-aged man with a steadfast figure and clear white complexion at its original spot.

The man was indeed Azure Dragon City Lord, Lei Ao.

“Azure Dragon City Lord, I shall not let you off!” Claudia’s voice rang out from somewhere. Lei Ao swept a glance and smiled coldly. “If you dare come, I don’t mind making you stay.”

“Damn it! It should have been ours! As long as the book devours the Water God Palace, the Elemental Mystery Realm will be restored by a fifth!” Wu Junxiao’s consciousness gnashed his teeth and viciously utilized his Divine power, urging the diagram to shine even more brightly and glued Lei Ao underneath.

“Is that Elementalist Wu Junxiao down there, sir?” Lei Ao asked respectfully as he stood mid-air.

“You knew it was me and yet you still have the guts to take my stuff?!” yelled Wu Junxiao.

“Heh, if I hadn’t come, you might not be able to retain the Water God Palace with your current condition anyway, sir.” Lei Ao smiled, completely indifferent.

“Humph! A tiny city lord dares to look down on me?!” Wu Junxiao’s face turned purple with rage. The five light swords in the diagram burst with a brilliant light. As the five elements of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth circulated, the space above Lei Ao crumbled into a huge black hole.

“Please calm your anger, sir. While my words didn’t sound very pleasant, they are still true, aren’t they?” Lei Ao stood straight in the spot. He wasn’t one bit fearful.

After some silence, Wu Junxiao’s consciousness suddenly laughed loudly. He lifted his hand and retrieved the diagram.

“Let’s skip the nonsense. You should at least give this successor of mine some benefits, no?”

“Please wait a bit, sir.” Lei Ao nodded and extended his hand with five fingers stretching out. With a rumble, the gigantic body of Terrible Wang Zhang was pulled up into the air by an invisible force.

“Azure Dragon City Lord, you’re forcing me to self-explode!” Terrible Wang Zhang tried to suppress its fear and made a threat.

“You are welcome to try.” An illusion of a coiling Azure Dragon formed behind Lei Ao. Its eyes flashing with a cold gleam, the dragon stared at Terrible Wang Zhang.

“Sacred beast Azure Dragon,” Terrible Wang Zhang groaned.

The water surged when Lei Ao pulled up Terrible Wang Zhang, revealing a bare area in its original spot. Suddenly, it was as if a continent had appeared out of nowhere on the ocean.

“Azure Dragon City Lord. While my power hasn’t fully recovered, my self-explosion can still heavily injure you even if you have the sacred beast’s protection!” Terrible Wang Zhang shrieked in terror as it was hung above the ocean.

“Even if your power is fully restored, you’re still nothing but a lesser God. What makes you think you can hurt me?” Lei Ao said aloofly and waved his hand. Instantly, a split emerged on Terrible Wang Zhang’s body. Fatty and Wu Junxiao’s consciousness forcibly flew out from the split.

“Greetings, Azure Dragon City Lord.” Fatty cupped his hands towards Lei Ao.

“Mhm.” Lei Ao nodded. Then, he spoke to Wu Junxiao’s consciousness respectfully, “Greetings, sir.”

“Heh, I’ve been dead for thousands of years, no need to call me ‘sir.’” Wu Junxiao’s consciousness waved his hand dismissively. “Benefits first.”

“I know you need to restore the Elemental Mystery Realm, sir. However, Divine items are too rare, not to mention this palace was refined from too many precious materials and even absorbed Eros’ Divine power. Wouldn’t it be a pity to use it just like that?”

“You mean you don’t want to give us a tad bit of anything?” Wu Junxiao glared at the city lord.

“This one doesn’t dare. What do you think of this monster?” Lei Ao pointed at Terrible Wang Zhang.

“Him?” Wu Junxiao stroked his chin. “Fine. Even though he lost more than half of Divine energy, it’s still better than nothing.”

“What do you want!?” Instinctively, Terrible Wang Zhang had a bad premonition.

“Nothing. We just want to borrow you a little.” Lei Ao extended his hand. The Azure Dragon illusion behind him let out a hum and extended a claw accordingly.

Rumble… A dragon claw hundreds of meters long emerged from thin air. As Lei Ao’s right hand fell, the massive claw smashed down at Terrible Wang Zhang.

“Ahhh! You forced me! You lot forced me!” Terrible Wang Zhang shouted madly, its body rapidly shrinking back as black billows of smoke rose up from it.

“Devour Zone!”

Darkness descended upon the region. A black shadow enshrouded Fatty and the two NPCs. A suction force appeared around, wanting to turn them into energy and devour them.

“Azure Dragon Breaks the Space!” Lei Ao shouted, and a dragon claw viciously lashed out. With a creaking noise, the darkness vanished and the dragon claw was tightly gripping the small Terrible Wang Zhang.