Chapter 0421: Chester in Danger
“Yes, master!” The multicolored coiling dragon Greg replied respectfully.
Although he was a supreme god of the highest rank, he dared not defy the words of the Chaos Dragon before its demise. As the Chaos Dragon had said, even if the Yellow Dragon only merged parts of his divine body, its strength would be no less than that of the supreme god. If it merged both the body and the dragon head, its power would far surpass that of ordinary supreme gods!
In every regard, this new master, the Yellow Dragon, made it impossible for him to think of defying it.
The Yellow Dragon nodded and then rode the Wind-Flame Dragon Qilin out of the Land of Forgetfulness, with the multicolored coiling dragon Greg closely following. According to the Chaos Dragon, since its remaining soul was dissipating, the Land of Forgetfulness, closely connected to it, would also disappear soon. Therefore, the Yellow Dragon needed to leave as quickly as possible.
On the edge of the central area of the Land of Forgetfulness…
A young man with black hair looked gloomy. “It’s been over three months, and we still haven’t found even a trace of a Heavenly Sacred Fruit. What about the Nether Pearl? Our luck here in the Land of Forgetfulness can’t really be this bad.”
It was Sid from the Gibran family, who had been defeated by the Yellow Dragon during the competition for first place in his division.
Sid expanded his divine senses but found nothing. With a sigh, he descended back to the ground and said resentfully, “It’s all because of that Yellow Dragon. If I hadn’t met him during the competition, I would have made it into the top ten long ago. I wouldn’t have had to rush for over three months just to reach the edge of this central area.”
After losing to the Yellow Dragon in the competition, Sid still had to fight against other contestants from his division to determine the top thirty rankings, ending up in sixteenth place.
While the difference between the top ten and sixteenth wasn’t huge, it was still significant. Those in the top ten would be transported directly to the central area during the transfer, but those behind them would not.
Thus, Sid, who had lost first place to the Yellow Dragon, felt both fear and hatred toward him.
Yet, despite his hatred, Sid knew the outcome was already settled, and he could only accept reality.
“Huh?!” As Sid continued flying forward, suddenly, a sound of breaking wind came from behind. Expanding his divine senses, he was overjoyed and muttered to himself, “I was just looking for someone to vent my anger on. Who would have thought I’d run into them so soon? It seems my luck isn’t that bad after all.” With that, his entire body flashed with light as he disappeared, hiding nearby.
A moment later, the person from behind flew over.
“Hehe, Chester, where are you going?” When the person arrived, Sid, who had been hiding, stepped forward and looked at him with a cold smile.
It was Chester!
Chester was about to fly forward when he suddenly heard Sid’s voice. Seeing Sid appear in front of him, blocking his path with a malicious look, he was shocked and showed signs of panic. Although Chester had made it into the top 300, he had been defeated by Sid during the competition. “Surprised to see me? What’s there to fear?! Weren’t you quite proud following Huang Long around a while back?! What, now that Huang Long isn’t around, you can’t be proud anymore?!” Sid said coldly. Thinking of Huang Long, he felt hatred in his heart. Knowing he was no match for Sid, Chester tried to think of a way to escape. “Trying to run?” Sid sneered at Chester’s expression. “I advise you not to even think about it. Otherwise, if I accidentally kill you, it won’t be fun.” At that moment, Chester shouted angrily, then leaped up, a green long sword appearing in his hand. He swung it downward, sending a sharp blade of light toward Sid. The sword was a “divine artifact” from the formation given to him by Huang Long. Sid wasn’t expecting Chester to attack back. Filled with anger, he saw the green sword and dodged, saying, “Chester, using this formation ‘divine artifact’ on you is a waste. Hehe, will you hand it over obediently, or shall I cut off your arms first before taking it?” After seeing Sid dodge, Chester was shocked and tried to fly away. “Hehe!” Seeing this, Sid’s main body emitted a glow, summoning his divine clone—his mutated version with powers of darkness and death. “Wind of Devourment!” The merged powers of darkness and death created a dark blue storm that swept toward Chester. Everything within tens of thousands of miles was swallowed, absorbed, dissolved, and disappeared. Chester instantly flew thousands of miles away. Hearing the roaring storm behind him, he turned around in shock and saw the dark blue storm approaching from behind. His expression changed drastically. He had seen Sid use this terrifying move during the competition for first place. Although Huang Long had easily countered it back then, it was still a close call. Chester knew that if he were caught by that dark blue storm, he would surely die.
Just as Chester was in panic, the dark blue storm arrived hundreds of miles behind him in the blink of an eye, about to engulf him. In his desperation, he suddenly felt a piece of jade at his waist and, driven by panic, focused his divine power to shatter it. After breaking the jade, Chester and Sid were astonished to see golden lights emerging around Chester’s body, spinning continuously before forming columns of light. These columns emitted a hissing sound, with mysterious symbols seemingly flowing across their surfaces. Then, the dark blue storm finally reached them. Upon hitting the golden columns, there was a loud crash and friction sound, after which the storm flew back and gradually dissipated. “What is this? A defensive formation barrier?!” Sid exclaimed in shock from afar. Some advanced array mages could engrave such barriers into jade. Of course, not all advanced array mages in the Netherworld could do this—only a very small number could. After being shocked, Sid thought of the Yellow Dragon! Back then, when the Yellow Dragon competed with Ahieb from the Terrence family, it revealed itself to be an advanced array mage. Since Chester had just shattered the barrier jade, Sid guessed it must have been the Yellow Dragon giving Chester protection. In fact, not only Sid but even Chester hadn’t expected the defensive power of this barrier jade to be so strong—it had easily blocked Sid’s powerful attack from his mutated divine clone, filling Chester with joy. “That must have been given to you by the Yellow Dragon, right? I didn’t expect it to spare such a precious item for your protection!” After being surprised, Sid sneered at Chester, “But I wonder how long this defensive barrier will last?!” With that, he rushed forward, drawing a top-tier divine weapon and slashing downward. With a loud boom, the surrounding space trembled, and the golden columns protecting Chester dimmed significantly after swirling. Chester’s expression changed, and he flew away again. Sid followed closely, continuously attacking with his divine weapon. Under Sid’s attacks, the golden columns around Chester grew weaker and weaker. After more than a dozen attacks, they were on the verge of collapsing. Seeing this, Sid laughed sneeringly, “Chester, where do you think you can run?!” Then, with another fierce strike from his divine weapon, there was a crisp sound, and the golden columns protecting Chester finally shattered, revealing his figure completely.
At the same time, driven by the force of Sid’s final attack, the golden pillar shattered, and Chester was hit by the residual energy, flying backward and crashing to the ground. Sid descended, holding his divine weapon, and slowly approached Chester with a cold expression. Chester stood up, feeling as if his body had been shattered, and watched Sid approach, filled with despair. Just as Sid was a few hundred meters away from Chester, another sound of breaking air came from the sky, along with the spread of water-based divine power. Chester felt a surge of hope—generally, those who entered the Land of Forgetfulness to cultivate water-based laws were members of the Runing family. Sid tightened his grip on his divine weapon, also becoming alert. Before long, the newcomer finally appeared before them. “Fidel, it’s you!” When Chester saw that it was his arch-rival Fidel, his hopes plummeted. It had to be Fidel! When Sid saw it was Fidel, his alert expression relaxed slightly; he had heard about the feud between Fidel and Chester. After arriving, Fidel was stunned upon seeing Chester and Sid, but quickly understood what was going on. “Hehe, go on then.” Fidel stopped and said with a smile, seemingly determined to watch the fight unfold. Hearing this, Chester grew furious. If a member of the Runing family saw another family member being hunted by someone from another family and failed to intervene, they would face severe punishment according to the Runing family’s laws! But now, Chester could do nothing about it. Hearing this, Sid relaxed, glanced at Fidel, then slowly approached Chester again. “Brother Sid, after you’re done with Chester, save some strength for me—I want to finish him myself!” Fidel spoke up, “reminding” Sid as he watched him approach. “Hehe, that’s easy. Brother Fidel, I understand your feelings. Don’t worry; after I vent my anger, I’ll let you take your revenge!” Sid replied with a laugh. Fidel nodded in “satisfaction.” Unable to hold back any longer, Chester pointed at Fidel and shouted angrily, “Fidel, you’re shameless! You despicable wretch! If I survive, one day I’ll kill you myself!” “Survive? Don’t worry, I’ll send you to hell to meet your brother Angus!” Fidel sneered. Chester snapped, “So it was you who killed my brother Angus!”
Fide laughed and said, “So what? For someone who’s about to die, you shouldn’t worry about these things; you should be concerned about whether your body will remain intact after death!”