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240: Damn it! It Should've Been Me, Not Her!
🕑 Added 2025-04-27 20:34:02 +0000 UTCBang!
Jasmine's body slammed into the ground and bounced from the force of the impact, a deep crater forming beneath her as dust and rubble exploded outward.
When it came to speed and concealment, Jasmine was indeed unrivaled in the Primal Chaos. If the conditions were right, she could even assassinate people stronger than her. However, no matter how incredible her skills were, in the end, they still couldn't overcome the barrier of a higher cultivation level.
The Dragon Emperor was not only much stronger than her, but it also had a powerful soul and could detect her presence. It was already a testament to her abilities that she managed to get so close to the Divine Fruit without it noticing, until she made her move.
Boom!
Before her body could fall from the bounce, a gigantic dragon claw descended ruthlessly and smashed her frail body.
"Hmm?" However, when the claw slammed into the Star God, it passed through her, and her body faded like a mist.
At the same time, five more shadows appeared and moved at an astounding speed. One of them shot into the air in a burst of light, faster than lightning.
"Star God's Broken Shadow? Hmph!" The Dragon Emperor's ancient voice sounded as its dragon might once again descend upon her, and its body moved, chasing her.
Jasmine had barely crossed a few dozen kilometers when an immense pressure crushed down on her, as if the weight of ten thousand mountains had settled on her shoulders. She gritted her teeth and pushed herself to her limit, unleashing her full speed!
In an instant, her body split into six shadows, each streaking off in a different direction.
"Chase her!" The Dragon Emperor continued his relentless pursuit without hesitation. When he saw the shadows, he was completely unperturbed. With a thunderous roar, he commanded the other dragons to follow, focusing his attention on one of the shadows while continuing his chase.
ROAR! ROAR!
The other dragons roared in fury, enraged by the audacity of someone trying to steal their Divine Fruit. The first to react were the five Dragon Kings. Each of them picked one of Jasmine's shadows and pursued it with ruthless determination!
All of this happened in less than three seconds. From the moment Jasmine appeared, to when she was struck by the Dragon Emperor, and then when she fled and was pursued by all the dragons, it all happened in the blink of an eye.
In such a short time, the once peaceful and quiet territory of the Dragon Emperor of Absolute Beginning had been transformed into complete chaos, filled with the deafening roars of dragons echoing through the air.
At that moment, while all the dragons' attention was focused on Jasmine, an icy blue light flashed beside the glowing red Divine Fruit. Mu Xuanyin appeared suddenly, and with a swift wave of her hand, the fruit vanished. In the next instant, her figure faded into the same icy blue light, disappearing from sight.
This all happened so quickly, so fast, that it caught everyone off guard!
The dragons, who had been furiously chasing Jasmine, suddenly froze. The Dragon Emperor, in particular, halted in its tracks. It slowly turned its massive grey head, its gaze locking onto the spot where the Divine Fruit had once been, disbelief written across its face.
As the strongest being in the God Realm of Absolute Beginning, it was completely confident in its senses, its incredibly strong soul giving it the capital to have this confidence. The sudden appearance of Jasmine was already an unimaginable feat for her to reach such a distance without being noticed.
After all, she was the Heavenly Slaughter Star God. While it was amazing, it wasn't entirely unexpected for her to pull off such a feat.
Before chasing her, it had already ensured no one else was hiding nearby. It didn't expect that, aside from the Heavenly Slaughter Star God, there would be another person concealed.
This one possessed even more perversely powerful concealment skills, so powerful and obscure that the Dragon Emperor, who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, had never encountered anything like it before!
ROAAR!
Abandoning Jasmine, the Dragon Emperor unleashed its dragon domain once again. It was filled with deep fury and wrath, not only because these two had stolen its precious Divine Fruit, but also because they had tricked it, trampling on its inviolable pride!
The Dragon Domain affected the entire surrounding area, and from a distance, a blue light abruptly flashed as Mu Xuanyin's figure suddenly appeared.
She had a frown on her cold, beautiful face. Although the Dragon Domain's effect wasn't as powerful on her as it was on Jasmine, it still affected her and exposed her presence. But this didn't matter; when your enemy already knows you're there, even the most perfect hiding skills become meaningless.
Without caring about the furious Dragon Emperor, Mu Xuanyin's body turned into icy blue light, and she ran away. She had already taken the Divine Fruit, and there was no reason for her to stay and fight the Dragon Emperor. Although both of them were at the 10th level Divine Master, the Dragon Emperor was stronger than her, not to mention that this was its territory.
"HUMAN! DIE!"
The Dragon Emperor's colossal body defied logic, its speed terrifyingly disproportionate to its size. In mere breaths, it closed the distance with Mu Xuanyin, its world-shattering claws slamming down like falling mountains!
Crack!
Before the Dragon Emperor's claws reached her, the force generated from the attack caused the ground beneath her to crack! This place was the God Realm of Absolute Beginning, where the laws were incredibly strong. An attack from a Divine Master that could normally blast a planet wouldn't do as much damage here, but just the force from an attack that hadn't even landed yet was enough to cause such destruction.
Despite the claw drawing near her from behind, Mu Xuanyin's face remained calm. She didn't turn to look back and continued to run, but even then, she unfortunately couldn't escape it.
BANG!
The claw smashed into her back with devastating might!
Just as the Dragon Emperor began to feel some satisfaction from venting its rage—
Crack-crack-CRACK!
Mu Xuanyin's body suddenly turned to ice, fracturing into countless shards before dissolving completely into glacial dust.
"Nani?!"
The Dragon Emperor's eyes widened. It spread its senses and, sure enough, found Mu Xuanyin's figure far away. The most infuriating thing was that she had already joined with the Heavenly Slaughter Star God! Both of them had outpaced the other dragons and were about to escape!
These two despicable humans not only had they disturbed their peace, stolen their Divine Fruit, but they had also played them like fools! And now, they were about to escape!
ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!
Its grey eyes suddenly turned red, veins bulging in its eyes as it let out the most furious roar of its life! Not even when its mother died long ago did it feel this all-consuming wrath!
It changed direction and shot toward them with absolutely all its speed. It would never let these despicable creatures escape. It would catch them and grind them to dust, showing them the price of trampling on its dignity and pride!
The pride of the Dragon Emperor of Absolute Beginning!
Swoosh! Bang!
Mu Xuanyin held Jasmine's shoulder with her left hand, while her right hand gripped the Snow Princess Sword and shot a terrifying icy sword beam at a Dragon King chasing after them, carving a canyon of ice midair. With a frown on her face, she asked, "You suffered a direct attack from that Dragon Emperor. Are you alright?"
Their plan was for Jasmine to try to steal the Divine Fruit, and if she failed, she would attract their attention long enough for Mu Xuanyin to get a chance to steal it.
This was the plan proposed by Jasmine.
The original plan Yun Wuji came up with was for Mu Xuanyin to directly challenge the Dragon Emperor. With the pride of the Dragon Race, it would certainly accept the challenge and fight her one-on-one. Taking advantage of the moment when the Divine Fruit wasn't heavily guarded and all the other dragons were focused on their duel, Jasmine would use that chance to steal the Divine Fruit and run away.
At that time, Mu Xuanyin would take the chance to run away while the Dragon Emperor was distracted.
However, just as they were about to put the plan into action, Jasmine suddenly changed it.
Jasmine wiped the blood from her lips and spoke seriously, "That overgrown worm is ridiculously strong, one hit nearly shattered this princess's bones. However..." her expression suddenly turned into a sly grin, "Hehehe~ But this is perfect! Now I can milk Wuji's guilt and make him pamper me for at least a month!"
"..." Mu Xuanyin gave the Star God a speechless glance and chose to ignore her. Fuck! She finally understood why this redhead had changed the plan on her own; she wanted to use her injuries to get Yun Wuji's attention!
Maybe those injuries were even intentional!
As that thought crossed her mind, Mu Xuanyin's expression darkened. If they had stuck to the original plan, she would've been the one taking the biggest risk. After getting 'injured' by the Dragon Emperor, she would've been the one getting pampered by Yun Wuji right now!
Damn it! It should've been me, not her!
