Chapter 41 - Xian Kong City’s Lord of Sulphur Island (1/2)

"According to historical data records, the Xiang Dragon is a godly beast, it possesses the bloodline of the dragon, heavenly horse, and Hou Lion, with all these three beasts are all ancient god species."

Among the four Shui Tu Clan Qi Practitioners that were chasing behind Zhong Yue, at the forefront was Shui Anshan, he quickly said, "The Xiang Dragon is uncommonly hard to come by, who knew there would be one in the Great Wilderness, moreover a cub! If we capture it and raise it in our clan, the Shui Tu Clan will definitely be able to rise a few ranks up among the top ten clans. We will trample the Lei Hu Clan and the others beneath us!"

One of the Shui Tu Clan asked curiously, "That Xiang Dragon was over two hundred feet long and it is still a cub?"

"Not only a cub, but it should just be at its early infant stage."

Shui Anshan laughed and said, "A matured Xiang Dragon will be like a god, it's body sized like a mountain, in a single step it could cross over from one side to the other of the sea or mountains. Thankfully, this one is still a cub, or else the elder will not have us chase after it but rather, he'd do it himself!"

The other three Qi Practitioners heaved a breath of relief. They smiled, "A cub at its early infant stage, this will surely be an effortless task, as easy as blowing off dust."

The moment Zhong Yue leaped out from the beast god seal, he instantly noticed the Shui Tu Clan's ship landing down, but he was now assimilated by the beast god essence and had turned into a Xiang Dragon, to the humans, his appearance was exactly like a monster beast. Hence, it was unwise for him to confront them. Plus, he did not have any good impression on the Shui Tu Clan, and so he immediately went away on his own.

I need to find a secluded and uninhabited place to concentrate on my cultivation so that I can refine the beast god essence in my body and revert to my human form as soon as possible. Otherwise, if I get mistaken for a monster beast and were to be wrongly slain by the humans, that would be too embarrassing.

But the Xiang Dragon form was indeed incredibly powerful; its speed was faster than when Zhong Yue's when he rode atop lightning in his human. And this was only the Xiang Dragon's baseline speed without exerting much of its excessive strength.

The Qi Practitioners of the Shui Tu Clan are drawing near!

Zhong Yue turned behind, and his heart rate quickened, What are they trying to do? Slay the monster beast? Oh right, with my current form, I am no different from the monster beasts and even more. If I ever open my mouth and speak, they will surely mistake me as one of the monster race. It would then further ignite their determination to exterminate me!

"He-he, little Xiang Dragon, be a good boy and come to me."

One of the Shui Tu Clan Qi Practitioners stood in mid-air and looked down at Zhong Yue who was rushing through the woods. He grinned as the God of Rivers, Hebo, suddenly appeared behind him. Tthe Hebo was enveloped in water currents, and he reached out his hands toward Zhong Yue!

It was the same visualization of the River God, Hebo, but there were significant differences in the strength of the Hebo cast by the Qi Practitioner and Shui Qinghe. The Hebo visualized by Shui Qinghe was exquisite and replete with flesh, blood, and bones. However, the Hebo visualized by the Qi Practitioner not only didn't lack any of that, but it was accompanied by a holy saint aura that was almost indistinguishable from the aura of a real god!

Hebo was a heavenly god, the ancient god that commanded all waters!

In addition, this Hebo was surrounded by water dragons around him and a sheathed sword on his waist, whether it be its dignified aura or its holy saint aura, this visualization of Hebo was way beyond the level of Shui Qinghe's!

The Hebo's hand extended out further as his arm protracted across tens of miles to grab Zhong Yue!

"Senior Martial Brother Anshan, if we captured this mythical beast, do you think the clan will reward us heavily for it?"

The Qi Practitioner who visualized the Hebo smiled as he said, "Will we be credited if we present such an auspicious beast to the clan?"

"Of course we will. [Wei Water Whiplash] !"

Shui Anshan laughed out loud, he pointed out his finger, and a wave of powerful Wei water current gushed out toward Zhong Yue who had just evaded the Hebo's hand. He laughed, "This beast managed to dodge your Hebo's hand, it is indeed worthy of the godly bloodlines in its body, being able to evade the strike of a Qi Practitioner even at its infantile stage."

The Wei water river was getting thinner and thinner, and eventually, it formed a whip akin to a giant water python capable of flight; it lashed out from behind Zhong Yue and caught up to him rapidly!

Zhong Yue clenched his teeth as he mustered all his strength in his legs and broke into a full sprint, the trees that lined up on the two sides flashed past his vision like a blur!

The four Shui Tu Clan Qi Practitioners were dumbstruck, their mind went blank, and they were stunned in mid-air. They had just witnessed the Xiang Dragon stand up and run away like a human on its rear legs at an inconceivable speed!

A mythical beast that was the amalgamation of the dragon, horse and tiger bloodlines with a long tail stood upright and ran away like a human. This was no doubt the weirdest scene they had ever met with in their whole lives!

"Is this really happening? Do Xiang Dragons stand and run with their rear legs?"

One of the Shui Tu Clan Qi Practitioners was perplexed, he asked, "Shouldn't it gallop like a horse?"

The other Qi Practitioners were as clueless as he was, no one was able to answer his question.

"It stood up… En, stood up and ran, it can't compete with us if we fly, we will chase up to it and capture the Xiang Dragon, we must not let it escape!"

Zhong Yue dashed like a bolt of lightning over the blur of mountains and rivers. Even with the four Qi Practitioners that were flying in the air, they were still unable to catch up to him. The four Qi Practitioners gazed at one another in shock.

"The dragon whistles, the clouds form; the tiger roars, the winds blow; heavenly horse birthed with two wings. The Xiang Dragon is a mythical beast that possesses godly speed, who would know that even with only two legs, it is still capable of such speeds!"

The four of them were shocked and were more convinced that the Xiang Dragon was one of the rarest living creatures to have ever existed in the world; even the Four Ken Beast in Swords Gate could not compare to it. Hence, their determination grew stronger as they resolved to capture it regardless of the cost.

"Gather our strength and power the Water Treader Skiff, actualize the Wei River with our psyches and push the Water Treader Skiff's speed to the greatest extent!"

Shui Anshai hollered, "I don't believe that we can't chase up to a baby Xiang Dragon!"

Another Qi Practitioner quickly said, "Senior martial brother, if we turn all our psyches into the Wei Water, it is true the Water Treader Skiff will tread faster, but the toll it takes on our psyches will also be greater."