Chapter 1850 - Crushing (1/2)
Dust clouds flew as eyeballs threatened to explode from their sockets. Neither northern region nor western region profound practitioners dared to believe what they just saw.
Bang!
The earth suddenly became ripped in half as Long Bai shot to the sky before falling slowly back to the ground. His face was expressionless, his clothes were perfectly clean, and his appearance seemed as magnificent as ever. The embarrassing look from a moment ago was nowhere to be seen.
It was almost as if he hadn’t been punched so hard that he uncontrollably plowed the ground for fifteen kilometers straight.
“What… what…” The western region Divine Masters’ eyeballs were still bulging even now.
The Dragon Gods and Dragon Sovereigns looked like they wanted to say something, but didn’t dare to.
Although Long Bai looked perfectly unharmed—even untouched by the dust on the battlefield—right now, they all saw how his forehead crumpled inward where Yun Che had punched him.
There was nothing tougher in the world than a dragon’s bones, and the toughest bone in a dragon’s body was without a doubt the skull.
So how did a mere human punch it so hard that it crumpled inward? The skull of the Dragon Monarch no less?
In the end, they chose to tell themselves that what they saw was an illusion caused by the distortion of space… it was the only possibility!
Meanwhile, all the northern region profound practitioners were staring at the scene with their mouths agape.
Their greatest profound practitioners had fought Long Bai just a moment ago, and they all saw how abnormally strong he was. It was why they found it even harder to believe that their Devil Master had sent the Dragon Monarch flying with a single punch.
Their shock was so much greater than their joy that they had even forgotten to cheer for their Devil Master.
“How is this… possible?” Long Wu muttered in obvious disbelief as his gaze became fixed on Yun Che’s person.
All five Venerable Withered Dragons were stunned by the scene. They didn’t recover even after a long time had passed.
“His draconic energy suddenly crumbled earlier. Did he do it on purpose?” Long Yi asked in a soft voice.
The Venerable Withered Dragons couldn’t speak for the others, but they were certainly strong enough to sense that at least thirty percent of Long Bai’s draconic energy had suddenly dissipated when Yun Che’s power erupted.
“...it has to be. But I don’t know why,” replied Long Er.
“Hmph!”
An expressionless Long Bai let out a soft snort as he stared at Yun Che. He said in a cool and intimidating voice, “Looks like you did grow somewhat while you were inside the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm after all. Not bad.”
Long Bai maintained a lofty appearance despite having been sent flying in the first exchange. He spoke as if he was praising a junior, as if he had purposely shown weakness to gauge Yun Che’s strength.
Right as he finished speaking though, a warm sensation suddenly flooded his nose.
Blood jetted from his nostrils despite his effort to suppress it as quickly as he could. In fact, his interference caused them to erupt right in front of his nostrils and dye his white robes red.
It instantly destroyed the unconcerned image he was trying to present.
“By all means, please continue your act!” Yun Che said with a sneer. “It is so much better than that time you kneeled in front of the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor like an obedient pet! I cannot help but feel disgusted by it!”
“Hahi… haha… HAHAHAHAHAHA!” Cang Shitian suddenly burst into a mad laugh while clutching his chest. Every bout tore at his wounds and made him bare his teeth in pain, but still he laughed so hard that he was rocking back and forth.
The western region Dragon Gods shot him angry and murderous glares, but not only did he not restrain himself, he laughed even harder and continued to the point where he was nearly out of breath.
He had never seen Long Bai looking this ugly in his life. It was such a bizarre scene that it was beyond his ability to describe.
Cang Shitian’s mad laughter shook the northern region profound practitioners out of their shock and made someone laugh. One became two, two became four, and soon the entire god realm was ringing with uproarious laughter.
The expressions of the western region profound practitioners—especially the Dragon Gods—turned ugly.
They would’ve attacked already If it wasn’t for the Dragon Monarch’s order.
The Dragon Monarch’s expression remained unmoved despite the ear-piercing laughter. After wiping the blood stain away with his hand, he abruptly launched himself toward Yun Che.
Buzz—
Long Bai’s face was still devoid of emotion, but everyone could sense the anger behind his attack. When he threw a punch at the Devil Master just like the latter did earlier, space itself suddenly squeezed like a vice, and the world trembled before his draconic aura.
It was the greatest power in the current world after all; the draconic energy that suppressed all living beings and controlled the entire Primal Chaos.
The northern region profound practitioners’ breathless laughter ceased abruptly when a kind of suffocation like nothing they had ever felt before pressed against their faces. Their hearts immediately became dyed in deep fear and worry.
Yun Che’s clothes and hair flapped wildly to the storm that was flying his way, but instead of dodging out of the way, he met Long Bai’s punch with a punch of his own. Moreover, he still wasn’t using his darkness profound energy.
“Fool!” All seven Dragon Gods said the same word at the exact same time.
The power of a Dragon God was so strong that it crushed everything. At its peak, even profound arts were just shackles that limited its power.
Given the choice, no one in the entire world would dare to challenge the dragon god race to a contest of strength… much less the Dragon Monarch himself!
One human and one dragon’s power clashed violently amidst countless gazes.
All the space within fifty kilometers of the point of impact warped, distorted, and finally exploded into countless shards, leaving behind countless shuddering black scars.
Yun Che and Long Bai were frozen at the center of the distortion. Their strength looked to be equal, and neither had backed a step away from the other.
“Wh… what!?” every western region profound practitioner exclaimed in shock.
“What… What the hell is going on?” The Jade Dragon God growled. “This is impossible! This is absolutely impossible!”
Yun Che had endured Long Bai’s strength head on with just pure profound energy!?
Not only that, the mist of blood hovering around his chest and back area… reminded everyone that he had accomplished the feat after having injured himself!
Long Bai’s eyebrows were twitching slightly. At this point, even he couldn’t maintain a lofty and indifferent appearance any longer.
Rumble!
The two separated only when a spatial storm descended, and the colliding energies reached the final stage of the explosion. At the same time, a soul-stunning dragon’s roar cut through the air.
The thick, white image of a dragon’s talons appeared behind Long Bai’s arm. Then, Long Bai made a swipe for Yun Che’s solar plexus.
The fact that the pale image appeared meant that Long Bai was going all out this time.
Yun Che’s expression darkened, and he clenched his fingers tighter. Energy flooded his right arm as he punched a second time.
BOOMCRACK!
It sounded like the crack of a million thunder bolts. Hundreds of kilometers away, half of the Divine Masters watching the fight abruptly lost control of their bodies and fell to the ground. The world also shuddered visibly to the impact.
Even so, Yun Che and Long Bai were still frozen in the middle of the gigantic spatial storm.
The Dragon Gods and the Dragon Sovereigns felt like their hearts were tearing apart in shock.