450. Dragon Roars to the Sky Has Been Found Out

When people are excited, they are all too prone to making foolish mistakes. That rule clearly did not apply only to humans on Earth.

When Long Yunfeng sensed the soul fluctuation of Long Xuan, she grew so agitated that she forgot to restrain her own energy, and as a result Chi Huo detected her. Yet in her excitement, she did not even realize she had made a mistake.

The moment Chi Huo discovered Long Yunfeng’s energy, he immediately gathered a large force of Chi Dragons and began preparing to encircle and capture them.

Chi Huo’s operation went smoothly until he reached the vicinity where Long Xiaotian and the others were hiding, where they were finally discovered. Long Xiaotian was already injured, and at this point there was no longer any chance of escaping unscathed.

Long Xiaotian and Long Yunfeng walked out of the cave and looked at the densely packed Chi Dragons in the sky and on the ground. They could not help feeling a trace of despair.

“Long Xiaotian, Long Xiaotian! Never thought this day would come, did you?” Chi Huo laughed triumphantly. Long Xiaotian was one of the finest of this generation’s Heaven Dragons; his inner core could surely prolong Chi Huo’s life by several thousand years. How could Chi Huo not be pleased with himself?

“Chi Huo, what do you want?” Long Xiaotian’s injuries were not actually severe, but there were at least five hundred Chi Dragons present. He and Long Yunfeng would have a very hard time escaping.

“What do I want? And you still don’t understand? Our Chi Dragon clan has been eyeing the inner cores of your Heaven Dragons for a long time now.” Chi Huo laughed wildly without restraint.

“If you want my inner core, dream on!” Long Xiaotian said angrily. His anger was only a mask. He wanted Chi Huo to grow arrogant, the more arrogant the better, until he became overconfident; only then would they have a chance to flee.

“Do you still have any other way out?” Chi Huo sneered.

“Do you know why, after all these years, your Chi Dragon clan has never managed to obtain an inner core from my race?” Long Xiaotian asked with a cold smile of his own.

“Why?” Chi Huo asked. It was indeed a question. Over the years, several generations of Chi Dragon chieftains had devised plans to hunt Heaven Dragons, and every time the losses had been heavy. Yet no one knew why.

“Because we can self-destruct. If I self-destruct, then none of you beasts will survive!” Long Xiaotian said.

“Try and scare someone else!” Chi Huo’s confidence visibly faltered, and he took two steps back.

...

After Long Xuan emerged from the space ring, he clearly sensed the soul fluctuations of his two relatives, and he too grew excited. He and Ye Shize did not speak for long before he came out.

“Mom, Little Dragon’s parents are here. They’re on the surface, and they’re in danger!” Ye Shize said directly.

“Huaihuai, what’s happening on the surface?” Ye Shihan asked.

“The situation is bad. The Chi Dragon army has already surrounded the couple. It looks like they won’t be able to escape,” Huaihuai replied. Conveniently, there was a satellite able to monitor Long Xiaotian and his wife’s movements.

Ye Shize’s hand had not left the Heaven Dragon inner core, so Huaihuai’s words, transmitted through Ye Shize’s brainwaves, were heard directly by Long Xuan. Excitedly, he said something to Ye Shize.

“Long Xuan asks whether we can find a way to save them?” Ye Shize relayed.

“They’re on the surface. There’s nothing we can do. Unless they can break out and make their way here,” Huaihuai said helplessly. In a ground battle, there was no way for them to interfere. All they could do was defend.

After hearing this, Long Xuan paused briefly, then the inner core flashed with a blinding light.

About thirty seconds later, the core returned to its original state, and then Ye Shize spoke again. “Little Dragon says he has already informed his parents. They’ll be coming over. Get ready to receive them.”

“No problem, but we need to make defensive preparations. Looks like this place is going to be exposed,” Huaihuai said.

Huaihuai was not too worried about defense. Over the past five years, the Madman and the others had not only developed and expanded the cave system, but had also used Huaihuai’s new technology to reinforce the cave entrance, allowing it to merge even more effectively with the ocean fortress and greatly increasing its defensive strength. Withstanding a Chi Dragon attack would absolutely not be a problem; it could hold for at least several hundred years.

“Then I’ll go tell the guards so there won’t be any misunderstandings,” Ye Shihan said, rising and leaving.

“Huaihuai, are you sure we can hold them off?” Amy asked.

“Of course. With the cave’s current defenses, a few Chi Dragons absolutely won’t get in,” Huaihuai said with confidence.

“That’s a relief. I’ll go discuss defense plans with the Madman and the others. The soldiers’ training hasn’t been neglected these years,” Hua Nongying said with a smile.

“Good. Everything’s set. Let’s show those monsters some color,” Huaihuai said with excitement. He was eager to test the defensive system he had designed.

...

Long Yunfeng and Long Xiaotian received Long Xuan’s message with great excitement. Long Xuan told them that they could follow the location in the soul signal to find him, and that place was absolutely safe for the time being.

At that moment, the Chi Dragons had just been frightened by Long Xiaotian’s threat, and he had a very good chance of escaping.

“You can try it. Those two steps you just backed away are useless. If I self-destruct, you definitely won’t get away!” Having found a direction, Long Xiaotian and Long Yunfeng quickly exchanged a couple of telepathic messages and settled on a plan. Then he said with a cold smile.

Chi Huo did not speak for quite some time, because he did not know what to say. The other side had made it perfectly clear that they feared no threats and would never surrender, and there really was nothing he could do to them.

“If there’s nothing you can do, then let us go. We can part on good terms, and we’ll leave Earth right now. We absolutely won’t come back. What do you say?” Long Xiaotian deliberately proposed an impossible compromise.

Chi Huo took the bait at once and roared in anger, “Impossible!”

“Then what do you want? Dragging this out forever won’t do either,” Long Xiaotian continued.

Once again, Chi Huo did not know how to answer.

“All right, then. I’ll stay. You let my wife go!” Long Xiaotian shouted.

“Brother Tian! No, how can we let you stay here alone?” Long Yunfeng said anxiously.

“Listen to me, Sister Feng. Today this has to be settled once and for all. If you move quickly, maybe there’s still a chance for me. So you must leave,” Long Xiaotian said in a low voice on purpose, yet just loud enough for Chi Huo to catch the meaning.

“This won’t do! Brother Tian, you...” Long Yunfeng was about to say more, but Chi Huo cut her off.

“Fine, then you stay. But how am I supposed to trust you?” Hearing Long Xiaotian’s words, Chi Huo immediately understood his meaning and quickly agreed. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

“You can seal my inner core first. Then you won’t need to worry about me self-destructing,” Long Xiaotian said in a deep voice.

“Aren’t you afraid I’ll go back on my word?” Chi Huo asked cautiously, fearing it might be a trap.

“If you dare go back on your word, I will never spare you!” Long Yunfeng said coldly.

That was precisely why Chi Huo believed Long Xiaotian’s proposal was genuine.

End of Chapter