Chapter 692: A Big Foot (1/2)

Dongfang Hao was at a loss and Holy Lord Ashu was caught off guard as well. There was no reason for Lu Yun to help Dongfang Hao survive his tribulation. What was even more shocking was that Lu Yun had absorbed the tribulation with a strange combat art!

“Did you refine the lightning rods with this kind of combat art?” Asha asked without thinking.

Lu Yun nodded and flashed him a meaningful smile.

“Blasted!” cursed the holy lord. Knowing the young man’s secrets marked him as one of Lu Yun’s. No matter how unwilling he was, there was no return from this!

The Yellow Springs emperor was a perfect example. Lu Yun had made him an ally of Dusk Province through a series of schemes, simply because he’d visited the province in person. And the emperor hadn’t even gained anything from the alliance!

Ashu wasn’t a living soul of the world of immortals, but a tomb keeper of the underworld. To truly come back to life, he needed to stay with Lu Yun.

He glared viciously at the Dusk governor for a long while before finally heaving a sigh. He was a smart man; he knew what choice he needed to make.

“Alright, what’s with the sour face? I’m not going to stop you if you want to return to the underworld. If you decide to stay in the world of immortals, though, you can’t be anything but one of mine!” Lu Yun smirked at Ashu like a cat that got the cream.

“The world of immortals isn’t yours,” grumbled Ashu.

“Not yet,” Lu Yun responded impassively, which earned an incredulous look from Ashu.

Not yet?

What did he mean? Was this brat going to conquer the world of immortals like the primordial immortal emperor of old?

“You better not even think about doing that…” Ashu sighed faintly. “The world of immortals isn’t as simple as it appears to be. If you dare conquer it, you’ll end up like the immortal emperor of the Primordial Era.”

“Let’s not go into this now… What do you think is Dongfang Hao’s tribulation beast? An unknown dragon type?” Lu Yun stared at the tribulation beast looming increasingly larger within the tribulation clouds.

Its form, body, claws, whiskers, and horns all resembled those of a dragon. At the top of its head, however, burned a ball of black flame that radiated a destructive presence.

“A torch dragon!” Ashu exclaimed. “These divine dragons were born in hell before Emperors Fall! They were masters of destruction and used to be guardians of human dao, but were slaughtered down to the last in the battle of Emperors Fall! So they’ve returned to the world as well?!”

Tribulation beasts were based on real creatures; they were projections cast into heavenly tribulations, which meant anything that appeared existed for real!

The torch dragon appearing in a heavenly tribulation meant that there must be a living torch dragon in the world now. The tribe of divine dragons were born with power that rivalled the human kings, and the most powerful of them had been emperors back in the day!

Unfortunately, all of them had been thought to be killed in the battle of Emperors Fall.

“Divine dragons born in hell...” Lu Yun fell into deep thought. The fire on top of the dragon’s head wasn’t hellfire, but another kind of black fire. Its destructive power made even Lu Yun shudder.

The torch dragon circled in the clouds and roared its fury, but hesitated from making a dive. The presence of the Sword of Slaughter was so intimidating that even the torch dragon dreaded it.

……

“It’s time.” Lu Yun cracked a smile. “Let’s go!”

“Go? Are we leaving already?” Ashu hadn’t caught up with his line of thinking.

Lu Yun laughed heartily. “We’re going to kill the dragon and take the tribulation essence!”

Swoosh!

Invisible hellfire enveloped his body and insulated his lifeforce, after which he flew into the tribulation clouds. Ashu went with the easiest route and concealed what little vital signs he projected. After his adjustments, he looked like a piece of rotten wood, completely devoid of life.

Cultivators’ tribulations targeted the living; lifeless things would naturally be ignored.