Chapter 1185: Chapter 1185: Confrontation!
Long Taichu and others felt the aura emitted by Pei Yan and immediately understood his intention. After a brief hesitation, he decisively removed his defenses, handing over all his source energy to Pei Yan’s control. This was a very rare decision—to give the power of controlling one’s source energy to an outsider. Not to mention whether Pei Yan would use the source energy to harm him, there was also consideration whether he could resist the attacks of Candle Dragon. If the source energy becomes linked, then everyone’s success or failure is shared. If Pei Yan cannot withstand it, it will trigger a chain reaction and those connected to him would suffer more damage than if they resisted alone.
As the current king of the entire Dragon Realm, Long Taichu took the lead. His daughter, Long Jin, naturally supported her father’s decision, bravely stepping forward against the oppressive aura released by Candle Dragon and linking her own aura with Pei Yan’s. The other clan leaders of the Dragon Realm exchanged glances, despite having many concerns, nonetheless released their defenses and handed over the control of their source energy to Pei Yan.
Stomp! Although clearly walking in mid-air, Pei Yan, who could only resist Candle Dragon’s oppressive aura on the spot, made a crisp and loud stomping sound as he stepped forward. Upon hearing this sound, Bai Ze, who was retreating within the space passage while avoiding the turbulent spatial flows around the spatial cracks, stopped in his tracks and turned around with an incredulous look toward Pei Yan.
Stomp! As more and more clan leaders infused their source energy into Pei Yan’s body, Pei Yan took another step forward. At the same time, the weighty presence of Heavenly Guardian Pavilion, suppressed within him, was released. For a moment, the momentum coalesced into a tangible energy sphere visible to the naked eye, surrounding Pei Yan and counterbalancing the oppressive aura released by Candle Dragon.
Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! Pei Yan took five successive steps, with each step causing the aura around him to surge violently. Simultaneously, seeing Pei Yan’s actions, a sound of surprise emanated from within the spatial crack. Candle Dragon seemed shocked by Pei Yan’s display. Out of curiosity, a formidable momentum surged from the spatial crack, far surpassing the previous level as it swept past subordinates without hurting them. This time, it unleashed directly, sending Bai Ze and his party flying dozens of meters before they stabilized, while others were unlucky enough to be caught in spatial shards’ turbulent flows, turning into pulp.
Under such a powerful force, Pei Yan’s body was flung away, vomiting a mouthful of fresh blood. Those masters of Dragon Realm who supplied source energy were also affected, their faces turning pale. Facing the suddenly heightened pressure, Pei Yan did not retreat but grew braver in adversity. When support from the masters was insufficient, he mobilized the entire Dragon Realm!
Due to support from Long Taichu and all clan leaders, when Pei Yan connected himself with the dispersed aura within Dragon Realm, he was surprised to find that the aura did not resist his absorption but actively converged around him. From these auras, Pei Yan clearly sensed their emotions—anger. This place, nurtured by Ancestral God’s protection, had warmed generations of Dragon Realm clans. Now, being invaded and damaged by outsiders, this land was furious. But its owner, Ancestral God, was absent. At this moment, someone appeared with a similar aura as Ancestral God, who could also deploy this power, causing the aura of the entire Dragon Realm to converge upon him!
"Ah~ah!" At this moment, Pei Yan felt as if he were a true god, filled with power throughout his entire body, as if with a mere gesture he could destroy heaven and earth. Charging forward with the combined force of the presence of Heavenly Guardian Pavilion within him and the anger gathered from Dragon Realm, Pei Yan cried aloud skyward and stepped forth!
Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! This time he was no longer moving forward step-by-step but charging forward with giant strides, against the oppressive aura released by Candle Dragon. At this moment, watching Pei Yan, seemingly god-possessed, driving the tidal wave-like momentum, those desperately avoiding spatial turbulence and retreating into the space passage were terrified, quickly accelerating their pace.
"Clever! Pei Yan! The stronger you appear, the more it provokes my resolve to kill you. Initially, I weighed whether personally taking action to kill you would trigger intense retaliation from that woman. But seeing your current performance, I’ve decided that abolishing you here fits my interests better. This time, without her around, I wonder who can still protect you!"
Candle Dragon said and did as he promised as Pei Yan’s growth rate had surpassed his expectations. He had vaguely guessed Lin Junzhao’s plan but didn’t anticipate that she truly intended to implement it. Uncertain whether Pei Yan’s unpredictable nature would impact his plan, Candle Dragon resolved to kill him here! Even though this was just his avatar, making this effort might be somewhat difficult, he would forcibly act—even if he couldn’t kill Pei Yan, he would cripple him.
Candle Dragon’s expansive momentum, at this moment, condensed into a physical entity. Currently, Pei Yan was already considered a top-notch Qi manipulator, able to mold source energy into any form with his hands. Though it could morph into various forms, its essence remained as compressed and condensed source energy gas. Now, the source energy around condensed into a giant hand under Candle Dragon’s control, as if forged from steel, compressing all source energy to the limit, yet not breaking and tightly bonded together.
Facing this descending palm’s mountain-toppling momentum, Pei Yan understood that if caught, he would indeed become like Monkey Sun under Five Finger Mountain with no hope of overturning.
At present, the aura pouring from all directions solidified almost into substances. If it were someone else, merely standing firm would pose a problem. Now, Pei Yan, borrowing the Dragon Realm’s world momentum, managed to squeeze a passage through it, rapidly retreating to evade the palm’s grasp.
"Let’s see where you go!" Candle Dragon murmured lightly as the enormous palm continuously absorbed surrounding source energy, seemingly expanding faster than Pei Yan’s retreating speed, about to grasp him when suddenly a towering sword descended from the sky, slicing at the giant hand’s wrist.
Boom! Although formed of source energy, when it contacted the giant sword, it emitted a loud clash of metal, and as the hand fell to the ground, the compressed source energy within lost control, instantly unleashing its contained power. The violent source energy swept the field, directly launching Pei Yan and others flying, causing mountains to crumble, earth to crack, sand and stones to fly, the dust covering the sun. Incoming rubble crashed upon the protective source energy around people, crackling and sparking, and once they barely stabilized themselves, everyone squinted towards the sky at the origin of the towering sword.
"Candle Dragon, in my home, it is not your place to act wild!" The voice of the usually kind and approachable Ancestral God, now trembling somewhat from anger, echoed from the horizon.
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