Chapter 121: The Heavenly Dao Oath, Gaining Subordinates
“Hand over your soul blood, or die!” A cold, sinister voice came from your mouth. At the same time, you summoned forth all your artifacts: the Earth-rank high-grade Human Sovereign Banner, the Earth-rank mid-grade Divine Archer Bow, the Broken Immortal Sword, and more.
Your gaze was fixed dead on every Spirit Transformation cultivator present, killing intent undisguised in your eyes.
Even against eleven alone, there was not the slightest fear on your face. Only excitement!
Everyone looked at the Blue-Robed man in your hands, his life hanging by a thread, and none of their faces looked good.
“If I…” A female cultivator had just opened her mouth, her words unfinished, when a Broken Sword shattered the void and appeared before her.
With your mid-stage Spirit Transformation cultivation, combined with the Immortal Sword’s power, you executed the Returning Unity Sword. Its overwhelming force pierced through all her defensive artifacts in a single strike!
The Broken Sword’s power did not diminish, stabbing straight toward the female cultivator’s neck.
Facing the threat of life and death, the female cultivator dodged by instinct, leaning to the side. Though she avoided the fatal blow, half her neck was still pierced through by your Immortal Sword!
Just a hair more, and you would have severed her head!
After the Immortal Sword’s strike, it returned to your side. You looked at the female cultivator clutching her neck and let out a cold laugh.
“Though I cannot kill all of you, leaving half of you dead is no problem at all.”
“If you don’t believe me, any of you are welcome to try!”
“Hand over my soul blood? Impossible!”
“That’s right, if you want me to hand over my soul blood, I’d rather die!”
You looked at the crowd, listening to their tones, and you knew they had already begun to waver.
You knew that making everyone present hand over their soul blood was clearly an impossible task.
Among the core disciples of the Purple Firmament Immortal Dynasty’s various top factions, not all were willing to surrender their soul blood. If you truly pushed them to the brink, they would fight to the death, and that would not be good for you either.
After a moment’s thought, you addressed the crowd.
“Not handing over your soul blood is also fine, but you must all swear a Heavenly Dao Oath!”
“Within the Dragon Fall Lands, you must all obey my commands. You must not disobey, you must not rebel!”
“After leaving the Dragon Fall Lands, you must not seek out your elders to retaliate against me!”
“Otherwise, your cultivation will never advance a single step for the rest of your lives, and you will die without a burial ground!”
You looked at the still-hesitating crowd, your expression suddenly darkening. A trace of power radiated from the Immortal Sword in your hand, and the Human Sovereign Banner began to operate as well.
Facing the threat of life and death, someone finally agreed, swearing the Heavenly Dao Oath before your eyes.
Once someone led the way, naturally there was a second, a third…
“So the core disciples of these great factions don’t have as much backbone as I imagined.” After everyone had sworn the Heavenly Dao Oath, you clicked your tongue in wonder.
Your mockery quickly drew the furious glares of everyone present, but you did not care in the slightest.
“Wake up!” You threw the severely wounded Blue-Robed cultivator to the ground. “Hand over your soul blood, and I will spare your life!”
“No, wasn’t it supposed to be a Heavenly Dao Oath? Why is it soul blood for me?” the Blue-Robed man said, weeping.
“You? You don’t deserve it.”
To save his life, the Blue-Robed man ultimately handed over his soul blood.
“Excellent! It seems everyone knows how to play along.” You waved your large hand, and Yang Ji’s appearance appeared before the crowd.
“After you leave, I want you to gather the manpower of your respective factions and find this woman in the Dragon Fall Lands!”
“The moment you discover her trail, you must inform me immediately!”
“Do you all understand?”
“Fellow Daoist, rest assured. Matters of finding people — my Shadowless Sect is the best at it!” A thin man stepped forward, cupping his hands to you.
“Fellow Daoist, you should have said earlier you were looking for someone. Why go to such lengths?” a female cultivator said, cupping her hands.
“Indeed, indeed. Fellow Daoist, just say the word. Would we ever refuse?” another cultivator said, cupping his hands.
“Heh heh.” You let out a cold laugh. If they had not sworn the Heavenly Dao Oath, you truly would not have dared to use these people.
“No problem, then. You may all leave.” You opened the passage’s exit and watched the crowd depart.
You turned your gaze to Xiao Long in the Dragon Transformation Pool. At this moment, within Xiao Long’s body, the essence bloods of various demon beasts were devouring each other. The weak Xiao Long was himself affected considerably.
You waited patiently at the side. You had no demon race cultivation technique in your possession, and you knew little about demon cultivation.
As for you, if Xiao Long succeeded this time, then in the future you would have a dragon as a mount.
If he failed, then for you it was merely a waste of some time.
A low-investment, high-reward venture — why not?
A week later, you noticed the Dragon Transformation Pool beginning to dry up, the blood within the pool starting to sink.
At this rate, at most one more day and the Dragon Transformation Pool will be completely dry. Xiao Long, Xiao Long, you must not disappoint me!
Half a day later, half of Xiao Long’s body had emerged from the Dragon Transformation Pool. The Xiao Long who had already taken human form had reverted to Flood Dragon form.
A powerful aura surged from within Xiao Long’s body. His original first-layer Nascent Soul cultivation began to break through, and in an extremely short time he broke through three layers in succession, reaching the fourth layer of Nascent Soul directly.
You watched the Flood Dragon’s body begin to change. The small horns on his head began to grow, the claws on his limbs manifested, the scales, the tail…
When the changes to his body ended, you sensed a trace of dragon aura on Xiao Long!
Though this aura was immeasurably weaker than the previous dragon might, with this trace of dragon aura, you knew Xiao Long had succeeded!
The demon beast essence blood in the Dragon Transformation Pool dried up. Xiao Long abruptly opened his eyes, a pair of golden eyes looking toward you.
The entire Dragon Transformation Pool was silent for a breath, then Xiao Long soared into the nine heavens, letting out roar after roar.
Your eyes narrowed as you watched Xiao Long above, saying nothing.
After one round of soaring, Xiao Long appeared above you, opening his enormous bloody maw.
“Human, I have already transformed from Flood Dragon into True Dragon. What do you have to say?”
The corner of your mouth curved into an inexplicable smile. With a flash of your figure, you appeared atop Xiao Long’s head, and a fist the size of a sandbag smashed down heavily.
“ROAR! Damn human!”
“Owuu, I was wrong, wrong.”
“Master, stop hitting me, if you keep hitting me Xiao Long will die!”
You looked at Xiao Long with a smile, teasing. “What, are you clear-headed now?”
Three punches shattered the True Dragon soul. Only today do I know who I am.