Proud Sword Soaring Clouds

Chapter 374: Chapter 278: Who is More Cunning, Part 2

The Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon roared madly for a while longer, as if trying to threaten the souls trapped within its Sea of Consciousness. It used various methods to brutally suppress those restless spirits, but at the same time, it knew the human was telling the truth.

’If I can’t solve this problem, there’s really no point in worrying about the Heavenly Might.’

At this thought, the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon returned to its human form. One hand frantically rubbed its head as it fixed Ling Xiao with a vicious glare and roared, "Human, you win! But if you dare trick me, I won’t spare you!"

Ling Xiao’s Sea of Consciousness was also in chaos. Truth be told, his injuries were far more severe than the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon’s. The only difference was that the Flood Dragon hadn’t been able to hide its pain, while he... had.

A faint smile appeared on Ling Xiao’s face as he completely ignored the immense pain wracking his body. "Alright then," he said. "First, the blood."

"First, refine the elixir!" the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon roared.

"First, the blood. To be honest, I don’t trust you!" Ling Xiao still wore that same faint smile as he spoke, angering the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon so much that it began pacing furiously in front of him. Several times, the impulse to just swallow this damned human and be done with it nearly overwhelmed it.

In the end, however, reason won over impulse. ’Hmph, what does it matter if I give him a few drops of blood!’ The Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon glanced at the ordinary little porcelain bottle in Ling Xiao’s hand and sneered inwardly. ’This ignorant human. Doesn’t he realize that tiny bottle can’t even hold a single drop of my saliva? Still, that’s fine. He’s the one asking for so little!’

With that, the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon revealed its true form, coiling its massive body around Ling Xiao. It spoke with clear impatience, "Between my two scales... AHH!" Before it could finish, it let out a blood-curdling scream, then roared, "Dammit! We’re just letting a little blood! Who said you could rip my scale off!" Its giant head swiveled around to glare at Ling Xiao, its breath coming in heavy pants. But instead of a foul stench, there was only a faint, sweet fragrance, making it hard to imagine that this creature actually ate people.

Ling Xiao held the huge scale with a look of utter innocence. "How am I supposed to draw blood without removing a scale?"

"Fine, fine! Just hurry up! Don’t try my patience!"

In truth, the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon was already growing restless and anxious. This was the nature of all Magical Beasts. In a fight, they wouldn’t think twice about losing a little blood, or even a lot of it. But to be defenseless while someone was drawing their blood made them feel extremely uneasy.

Ling Xiao knew full well that ordinary blades couldn’t harm this creature’s body. Gripping the hard, sharp scale, he brought it down hard on the patch of skin he had just exposed on the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon!

The Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon’s body trembled slightly. The pain was nothing to it, really. It was just that in over ten thousand years, it had almost never been injured, let alone bled. Thus, it felt a primal, instinctive fear.

The location where Ling Xiao had plucked the scale was extremely precise! The blood of all Magical Beasts is divided into ordinary blood and Essence Blood. Ordinary blood is what flows through the capillaries. Essence Blood, however, flows through the major meridians and is blood that has absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi!

The spot Ling Xiao had cut was precisely where the Essence Blood flowed closest to the surface of the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon’s body!

The Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon itself probably didn’t even know this. Besides, for a creature over a hundred meters long, losing a little bit of blood truly felt like nothing.

But as the seconds ticked by, the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon started to grow impatient. It turned its head, its pair of huge red eyes glinting in the darkness, and snapped at Ling Xiao, "Are you done yet?"

Ling Xiao held up the small bottle, gave the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon a little shrug, and said, "See for yourself. It’s not full yet..."

The Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon was stunned for a long moment, a suspicious light kindling in its eyes. ’How is that possible?’ it thought. ’That little bottle should be full with just two drops of my blood.’ It tried to probe with its Spiritual Power and immediately let out a roar. Its body shot into the air and transformed back into its human shape. It reached under its armpit, wiped its hand, and licked it before staring grimly at Ling Xiao.

"Damn you... You, you dare to trick me with a Spatial Container!" The Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon suddenly felt dizzy, an experience it had never had in its ten thousand years of life!

Ling Xiao smiled faintly as he looked into the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon’s scarlet eyes, his face a mask of innocence. "You didn’t ask. I just assumed you knew." Inwardly, he almost burst out laughing. In that short amount of time, Ling Xiao had managed to draw over ten pounds of the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon’s Essence Blood!

’What is a Flood Dragon? A Flood Dragon is a branch of the Dragon Race! And the Essence Blood of a Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon is in no way inferior to the Dragon Blood of an ordinary dragon!’

’I’ve really struck it rich this time. If I could kill the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon, I could probably get over a hundred pounds of Essence Blood. The problem is, this thing is even stronger than a Sword Saint... To kill it... it’ll probably be many years before I can do that!’

So, Ling Xiao was already incredibly satisfied.

"Refine the elixir for me now! Or... I’ll kill you on the spot!" the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon roared furiously at Ling Xiao. At the same time, its eyes fell on the cauldron Ling Xiao had just taken out. The Flood Dragon’s senses were extremely sharp, so of course it could tell there was something odd about the cauldron; the Spiritual Power fluctuations from it were very strong. However, its mind was completely consumed by rage. ’Once he’s done refining the elixir,’ it thought, ’I have to kill this guy to vent my anger!’

’No, no, I can’t kill him yet. He said he has an elixir that can help me escape the Heavenly Might. Hmph, then I’ll just keep him. I’ll make it so he can never leave my cavern. I have countless Magic Beast Crystal Cores here, and endless treasures. Letting a mere human stay here is already a tremendous gift!’

The Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon schemed inwardly. Seeing Ling Xiao put away the cauldron and release the human girl, the Flood Dragon extended its tongue and licked its lips. ’Later, I’ll just eat this female human!’ it thought. ’Mmm, her flesh is sure to be delicious!’

Song Mingyue saw the malevolent look in the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon’s eyes and said to Ling Xiao, "Did you get its Essence Blood? How... how are we going to get out of here?"

"Don’t worry." Ling Xiao squeezed Song Mingyue’s hand to comfort her. Then his eyes scanned the surroundings, landing on a pile of sparkling things not far away. He couldn’t help but let out a low gasp of admiration. Song Mingyue followed his gaze and also couldn’t help but cry out in surprise.

The Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon chuckled smugly. It had heard the two humans’ conversation but had no interest in interrupting. ’Two tiny ants, thinking about how to leave after tricking me? Keep dreaming!’

However, seeing the two of them marvel at its collection still made the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon very proud. Its ancient voice echoed thunderously through the underground cavern, "So, what do you think? My collection isn’t too bad, is it! HAHA, I don’t even bother with Crystal Cores below the fifth tier!"

Ling Xiao walked over to examine the pile. ’It’s true,’ he thought. ’The Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon wasn’t lying. This huge pile has at least a thousand Magic Beast Crystal Cores, with the lowest being fifth-tier and the highest eighth-tier. They’re all just piled up messily here. For a being at the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon’s level of power, the energy that can be absorbed from Crystal Cores is already negligible!’

But the love that the Dragon Race, and even its offshoots, had for shiny treasures would never change.

Ling Xiao thought, ’I was just wondering where I’d find enough Crystal Cores to trap you! Since you have so many High-Tier Crystal Cores, this is perfect. This many will be more than enough to trap you for a thousand years!’

If the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon knew that the Crystal Cores it had painstakingly collected over countless years—all while carefully avoiding the Holy Sanctuary’s detection—would end up being the very things used to trap it, it probably would never have piled them up here.

Ling Xiao reached out, grabbed a handful of Crystal Cores, and said nonchalantly, "To refine your elixir, I can use these as I please, right?"

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