"Roar..."
The Flood Dragon Liu Xiaohei, covered in black scales, coiled its massive body atop a hill in the Gobi Desert. It raised its head, its emerald eyes glaring furiously at the sky, as the old serpent hidden within the dark clouds let out roars of fury...
As the old serpent thrashed in the thunderclouds, its enormous gray body writhed like a true dragon, creating a visual spectacle that stunned and terrified Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi, Ji Ruxue and Zhang Xian'er, Zi Qing, Qi Xiu, and the others watching from afar.
"This... this is too shocking...!"
Chong Ling'er exclaimed, her face filled with awe and fear. Such a scene was like something out of a science fiction movie. The gray serpent churning in the thunderclouds, sporting a pair of dragon horns, seemed like a true dragon dancing in the storm. Its imposing aura weighed heavily on everyone's hearts, making it difficult to breathe...
Rumble...
Dark clouds momentarily obscured the sun, accompanied by flashes of lightning and rumbling thunder. The gray serpent bathed in the electrical discharges, seemingly preparing to undergo its tribulation.
"If it successfully passes this tribulation and evolves into a flood dragon, who knows how many innocent lives it will harm."
Wan Yunting's eyes widened as he watched the gray serpent maneuvering through the clouds. It was clear that the Flood Dragon Liu Xiaohei was no match for it.
"Hahaha, this Venerable is about to undergo tribulation...!"
The old serpent's hoarse voice echoed through the region from within the thunderclouds. As the storm gathered overhead, the ground churned with sand and stones, resembling the end of days. Wan Yunting, Zhou Ruoxi, Ji Ruxue, and the others could not open their eyes. They could only hold hands and retreat to a small hillside in the distance to shield themselves from the wind and sand...
"Roar..."
The Flood Dragon Liu Xiaohei could only remain on the ground, its head raised, roaring at the old serpent in the sky. However, knowing that the old serpent was about to undergo tribulation and unable to fly, Liu Xiaohei also understood that it was no match for the elder serpent.
"You, come here!"
The Flood Dragon Liu Xiaohei spotted the giant red-eyed serpent Hong Tila hiding in the沟壑 of a distant hill, its crimson eyes filled with fear. Although Hong Tila was just beginning to gain sentience and understand human emotions, it sensed a familiar aura emanating from Liu Xiaohei, very similar to the aura of that human...
However, facing the terrifying presence of the old serpent writhing in the thunderclouds, Hong Tila felt a primal suppression from its bloodline and dared not emerge. Yet, at Liu Xiaohei's commanding roar, Hong Tila hesitantly stretched its triangular head out of the沟壑.
"Hurry up and come over...!"
Liu Xiaohei roared at it. Hong Tila, equally intimidated by Liu Xiaohei, cautiously crawled over, trembling.
From their vantage point on the distant hillside, Wan Yunting, Ji Ruxue, and the others watched as Hong Tila moved towards Liu Xiaohei. Above, the thunderclouds churned and surged, lightning flashed incessantly, and the gray serpent, sporting two dragon horns, tossed and turned in the clouds. Streaks of lightning flickered across its gray body, causing it to unleash earth-shattering roars!
"What are they doing?"
They then saw the black-scaled Flood Dragon Liu Xiaohei and the dark red giant serpent Hong Tila coil their bodies together, rearing up as if to charge into the sky.
This sight alarmed Wan Yunting. He stared wide-eyed as the entwined bodies of Liu Xiaohei and Hong Tila reached the thunderclouds crackling with lightning.
Meanwhile, the gray old serpent was engrossed in its tribulation. Its entire body shimmered with arcs of electricity as it endured the painful lightning strikes, its roars sounding like those of a dragon.
"Look, its head seems to be changing!"
On the ground, Qi Xiu, Chong Ling'er, Zhao Xuyan, and the others hiding behind the hill noticed the gray serpent within the thunderclouds. They clearly saw its head shedding skin, and the two white dragon horns on its head split further, growing by dozens of centimeters.
Barbed fins also appeared along its lower jaw, similar to a fish's dorsal fin. As it endured the lightning tribulation, its gray scales began to peel off, revealing blue scales. Its body gradually evolved, and a pair of legs slowly began to grow from its lower abdomen...
"It's about to evolve into a flood dragon!"
Wan Yunting's expression changed drastically upon witnessing this. He was inwardly shocked. Were they about to witness a flood dragon undergo tribulation and transform into the legendary flood dragon?
"Roar...!"
But in the next second, the entwined bodies of Liu Xiaohei and Hong Tila reared up on the ground. The black-scaled Liu Xiaohei opened its massive maw and roared towards the thunderclouds. Its head was the first to touch the storm, and a bolt of lightning immediately struck it, eliciting a pained cry: "Ah, this is killing me...!"
Hong Tila below also suffered, being zapped by the old serpent's tribulation lightning, its entire body smoking and blackened. The erect bodies of the two giant serpents trembled uncontrollably.
However, Liu Xiaohei's emerald eyes blazed with fury. It roared at the old serpent, which was immersed in its tribulation and transformation, "Even if it costs me my life, I will stop you from succeeding!"
With a furious roar, Liu Xiaohei, enduring the immense pain of the lightning tribulation, charged headfirst into the thunderclouds. It opened its maw and bit down on the old serpent's vulnerable seventh inch, interrupting its tribulation and evolution.
Enraged, the old serpent roared, "You damned little creature, interrupting my tribulation! I will skin you alive and devour your flesh, ah...!"
BOOM!
With a deafening explosion, before the astonished eyes of Wan Yunting, Ji Ruxue, and Zhou Ruoxi, the black-scaled Liu Xiaohei, biting the seventh inch of the old serpent that had only half-completed its evolution and grown its front legs, slammed down from the thunderclouds, completely disrupting the old serpent's tribulation.
"Ah, I will kill you..."
The old serpent, its tribulation interrupted, became utterly furious. It let out deafening roars and began to grapple with Liu Xiaohei on the ground, stirring up a storm of dust!
As a result, Hong Tila, from the hillside, hissed at the two struggling flood dragons and charged forward, joining the fray. It began tearing at the old serpent alongside Liu Xiaohei, sinking its jaws into the old serpent's newly evolved, yet still unstable, front legs, tearing one off immediately!
"Ah..."
The old serpent let out a piercing scream. These legs had just begun to grow and had not yet formed claws, making them the most vulnerable. Hong Tila ripped one off and swallowed it whole, causing the old serpent's blue eyes to bulge with rage as it roared, "I will kill you both, ah...!"
Rumble...
The dark clouds above obscured the sky, and lightning continued to flash. The rumbling thunder shook the heavens. In the next second, several thick bolts of lightning struck the three giant serpents locked in combat, eliciting their agonizing roars.
At this moment, Liu Xiaohei had truly gone all out. It was willing to sacrifice its own life to drag the old serpent down with it.
The old serpent continued to scream in pain. Although it fought back, its tribulation had been interrupted halfway. Both its combat strength and its spirit had collapsed, leaving it frenzied as it desperately counter-attacked, biting fiercely at Liu Xiaohei and Hong Tila.
However, it was in its most vulnerable state. Facing the combined might of Liu Xiaohei and Hong Tila, one of the old serpent's dragon horns was torn off by Liu Xiaohei and flung away!
"Careful..."
Seeing a two-meter-long dragon horn flying towards them, Wan Yunting quickly pulled Zhou Ruoxi and the others to safety. The flying dragon horn struck the sandy wall of the hillside. Qi Xiu and Chong Ling'er widened their eyes and rushed forward to examine the dragon horn, which was still dripping with blood.
"Quick, get a water bottle to collect the blood! This is the blood of a flood dragon. If used in medicine, it could refine excellent elixirs..."
An excited Qi Xiu took a water bottle from his junior sister Chong Ling'er and began collecting the blood dripping from the dragon horn.
"Ah, I hate this...!"
Over there, the three giant serpents continued their fierce struggle. The half-evolved old serpent let out a roar of regret and unwillingness. One dragon horn had been bitten off, and its two newly grown front legs had been eaten by Hong Tila. Its body, half-evolved and half-gray, was torn by Liu Xiaohei and Hong Tila, its scales shattered, flesh and blood mangled, its blood staining the brown sand.
The dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, signaling the failure of the old serpent's tribulation. Its spirit broken, it was finally pinned by Liu Xiaohei, whose maw clamped down tightly on its neck, blood gushing profusely. With a final crash, it fell, its eyes closing in unwilling defeat.
The dust storm gradually subsided, but Wan Yunting, Zhou Ruoxi, Ji Ruxue, and the others were still reeling from the shock. They saw Liu Xiaohei, scorched black by the lightning tribulation, and Hong Tila, also injured by the old serpent's bites, with wounds bleeding.
Liu Xiaohei lay panting on the Gobi Desert, but seeing the old serpent completely lifeless, it let out a low growl, as if saying, "It's dead. Mother, I've finally avenged you..."
"Quick, go take a look..."
Zhang Xian'er couldn't resist rushing forward to observe. Wan Yunting grabbed Yuan Gaowu. As for the two elders, Guan Yongwu and Ren Bo, he had sealed their acupoints with silver needles, rendering them unable to use their internal energy.
They looked at the massive old serpent lying on the ground, its body half-evolved from its tribulation, a broken dragon horn, blood flowing from its gill fins and dripping into the sand, and fresh blood constantly oozing from its mouth. Qi Xiu and the others eagerly rushed forward with their water bottles to collect the old serpent's blood.
"How are you?"
Wan Yunting asked Liu Xiaohei, who lay panting on the ground.
A weak voice reached his ears, "This aunt won't die. Hmm, you smelly thing, you're still drinking..."
Liu Xiaohei turned its head and saw Hong Tila behind it, gnawing on the old serpent's tail and continuously sucking its blood. For them, this was a great tonic!
Liu Xiaohei roared at Hong Tila, which startled it into releasing its grip. Hong Tila retreated with its massive body, its red eyes filled with fear. It looked at Liu Xiaohei, who had lifted its head, its two dragon horns on its head a clear sign of bloodline suppression, leaving Hong Tila with no intention of disrespecting or resisting Liu Xiaohei.
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