Chapter 0386: Bad Luck?

The Thunder Gathering Vessel absorbed the thunder clouds and, along with the Wind-Thunder Pearl, turned into a stream of light and returned to Huang Long’s hands. Huang Long held the vessel without retreating, instead turning to glare coldly at the five members of the Terrence family, including Jared.
It was then that Bradd pulled his gaze away from the vessel in Huang Long’s hands and stepped beside him, both of them staring coldly at Jared and the others.
Jared—they finally met again!
However, Bradd’s appearance had been changed by Huang Long, so Jared didn’t recognize this “old friend” of his.
The five members of the Terrence family realized that Huang Long and Bradd hadn’t fled but instead stood there, glaring at them. While puzzled, they were mostly surprised.
Not fleeing? Surely they knew they couldn’t escape no matter what, so they stayed put.
Jared led the four others over and arrived in front of Huang Long and Bradd. Without rushing to attack, they focused intently on the Thunder Gathering Vessel in Huang Long’s hands.
The sight of the vessel absorbing thunder clouds and the Wind-Thunder Pearl had a profound impact on Jared. How could such a divine artifact exist? One that could instantly absorb thunder clouds and the Wind-Thunder Pearl? Even with his strength, it would take effort to retrieve the Pearl from those clouds—impossible to do so easily and quickly.
Just this vessel in the hands of this seemingly minor Upper God was an invaluable artifact! Jared’s heart burned with excitement. Without even mentioning anything else, having this vessel would make it much easier to search for the Wind-Thunder Pearl in the Sea of Wind and Thunder, saving time during the process, and also ensuring greater safety in the Sea Beast Kingdom.
The four men with Jared also stared intently at the vessel, just like him, ignoring Huang Long and Bradd.
In their minds, killing two ordinary Upper Gods was as easy as flicking their fingers—the vessel was already theirs.
“I can only say you two really have bad luck. After parting in Sea Plain City, here we meet again,” Jared said after a while, looking at Huang Long and Bradd with a smile.
“Bad luck? Hehe, have you ever had the God of Fate predict your destiny?” Bradd sneered at Jared.
“The God of Fate? Though he hasn’t predicted my destiny, I know your fate now—it’ll be miserable, extremely miserable!” Jared’s eyes flashed with cold light as he turned to Huang Long. “Kid, do you want to give me the vessel so I can kill you, or shall I kill you first and take the vessel afterward?”
Huang Long remained indifferent. “What if I don’t choose either?”

“Kid, do you think you still have a choice? I advise you to hand over the bottle to Elder Jared obediently. Otherwise, you’ll soon experience our Terrence family’s secret torture techniques,” said Laze, the young man beside Jared, pointing at Yellow Dragon and shouting.

Secret torture techniques?

Yellow Dragon sneered, “Attack!” Before Jared and his four companions could react to his order, Yellow Dragon and Bradd transformed into two beams of light and shot toward them.

Bradd targeted Jared, while Yellow Dragon went after Laze and the other three.

Among Laze and his three companions, Laze was the weakest, at the peak of Level 7 of the Dark King rank, while the other three were all at Level 8.

Although Yellow Dragon had evolved and strengthened himself again in the Ancestral Dragon Pool, fighting against Level 8 Dark King warriors was still very difficult for him.

The battle to come would surely be fierce!

As Yellow Dragon shot toward Laze and the others, beams of light appeared around him.

“Reincarnation Cutting Technique!”

Countless beams of light sliced through space, engulfing Laze and his companions.

Unexpecting that an ordinary High God like Yellow Dragon would dare to attack them first, Laze and the others reacted quickly. Seeing those countless beams approaching, they hastily unleashed their divine essences, unleashing powerful divine forces in retaliation. Yet to their shock, Yellow Dragon’s attacks were so fierce that they were momentarily thrown into chaos.

At that moment, Yellow Dragon flashed forward and appeared in front of Laze.

Of course, it wasn’t easy to kill the other three, so Yellow Dragon chose to target Laze, the weakest one first.

“Dying wish!” Laze deflected Yellow Dragon’s attack. Seeing that Yellow Dragon had chosen to attack him first, he grew furious. Instead of retreating, he advanced and lunged at Yellow Dragon. His top-tier divine weapon turned into a streak of flame. In a flash, it shot straight toward Yellow Dragon’s chest, aiming to split this annoying kid in two.

But to his surprise, Yellow Dragon didn’t defend against his attack but continued to charge at him. After this surprise, he felt a surge of joy.

“Die, kid!” Laze shouted as his sword slashed toward Yellow Dragon’s chest. Yet the moment his sword touched Yellow Dragon’s chest, the joy on his face vanished. In disbelief, he stared at the tip of his sword, which had stopped just outside Yellow Dragon’s armor, encountering terrifying resistance and unable to move forward another inch.

“What… is this?!” Laze stared in disbelief at Yellow Dragon’s armor, realizing then its uniqueness—the mysterious power emanating from it.

After evolving from the Ancestral Dragon Pool, the Yellow Dragon’s defensive capabilities had more than doubled. Moreover, its outer armor was a divine artifact crafted by the Yellow Dragon, along with the Bagua Purple Lifesuit. Even if it hadn’t transformed into a Golden Dragon, its defenses would still be beyond Laze’s ability to break through.

As Laze was filled with shock and disbelief, a strange glow flashed in the Yellow Dragon’s left eye. Laze felt the airflow around him slow down significantly. The Yellow Dragon then swung its Immortal-Slaying Sword in a single strike. In horror, just as Laze tried to counterattack, the sword had already sliced down from above his head.

Laze’s eyes widened as he froze in place, his mind going blank. A thin line of blood stretched straight from the top of his head down to the center of his body.

Seizing the moment of Laze’s shock, the Yellow Dragon used a special ability from the Chaos Divine Dragon’s left eye obtained from the Ancestral Dragon Pool—to control space and time, altering the flow of space and time around Laze. Thus, even if Laze tried to retaliate, his movements were much slower than before. Yet the Yellow Dragon’s attack speed remained unchanged. With such a speed difference and being so close, it allowed the Yellow Dragon to kill Laze in an instant!

Of course, this was also because of Laze’s carelessness. Otherwise, with his peak strength at Level 7 of theNether King King, it wouldn’t have been so easy for the Yellow Dragon to kill him.

Laze fell from great heights, but as he did, his body split into two halves. Blood splattered everywhere.

Laze’s screams shocked the other three, filling them with fear. Jared, who was fighting Braddock nearby, turned to look and was equally incredulous. A peak-level warrior at Level 7 of theNether King King had died at the hands of what they had thought to be just an ordinary high-ranking deity? And he was killed in a single strike despite the combined efforts of four people!

Unbelievable! But at that moment, Jared no longer had the mind to think further, as Braddock’s attacks came again.

One was an unparalleled warrior—someone who could kill a peak-levelNether King King in a single strike, with strength at least on par with Level 8 of theNether King King! And these were the two lowly high-ranking deities he had previously considered ordinary?

Their ability to conceal their presence was so advanced that even he, an elder of the Terrence family, hadn’t noticed and had been deceived?!

“Who the hell are you?!” After Laze died, Jared asked urgently, while parrying Braddock’s terrifying attacks one after another.

“Who we are? Hehe.” Braddock didn’t ease up on his attacks, sneering.

Huang Long did not speak. After killing Laze, the three Level 8Nether King King experts from the Terrence family quickly reacted and attacked Huang Long in a pincer move. Huang Long’s strength filled them with fear, so they unleashed their strongest attacks. Under the siege of these three experts, Huang Long could only dodge and occasionally counterattack.

However, thanks to his Immortal Escape technique, even with their full efforts, the three could not harm Huang Long for now.

All were shocked—Jared was astonished, and Bradd was equally stunned by Huang Long’s strength.

“When did the young master become so powerful?!” Bradd could hardly believe it if it weren’t for what he had seen with his own eyes. The young master, who had just reached the rank of Upper God, had managed to withstand the attack of three Level 8Nether King King experts without showing any signs of weakness!

Previously, Huang Long killing Laze, a peak Level 7Nether King King and Upper God, had already seemed incredible to him.

“And what about that concealment technique?!” Bradd watched as Huang Long often disappeared and reappeared mysteriously amidst the attack, which was extremely strange!

It was true disappearance—even his divine senses could not detect Huang Long.

Ignoring the shock of those around him, Huang Long focused on finding the best opportunity to summon 1.5 million mutated primordial beasts to deliver a devastating strike to the three.

After all, those three were Level 8Nether King King experts. Although the soul attacks of 1.5 million mutated primordial beasts were powerful, if they raised their defenses, it would not be enough to seriously injure them.

Roar! Suddenly, a furious roar came from nearby. Huang Long turned to see Jared, who was fighting fiercely with Bradd, roaring loudly as he underwent a remarkable transformation, turning into a massive monster resembling a centipede, thousands of feet long.

“Heavenly Centipede!” Huang Long’s eyes narrowed.

Among the six major families of the Netherworld, the descendants of the Luning family possessed dragon blood and could transform into dragon forms, while the descendants of the Terrence family had the body of a Heavenly Centipede.

Jared transformed into his Heavenly Centipede form, with dark blue flames erupting from his body, vaporizing tens of thousands of miles of seawater. Puffs of white mist rose from the seabed all the way to the high skies.

After a long battle, Jared had been at a disadvantage due to Bradd’s preemptive attacks, which enraged him as an elder of the Terrence family. Finally, he transformed into his Heavenly Centipede form.

At that moment, Jared’s overwhelming presence alarmed the sea beast tribes in the vicinity.

“What an incredible aura! This must be an unparalleled warrior!” A purple-haired old man millions of miles away stared with sparkling eyes.

“Peerless warriors… Hehe, we just hunted down one not long ago, and who would have thought we’d encounter another so soon.” A middle-aged man beside the purple-haired elder sneered, his eyes glowing with a bloodthirsty light. The two of them were indeed two peerless warriors from the Purple Scorpion clan, who had come from the Sea of Darkness to the Sea of Wind and Thunder.