Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

Chapter 340 Ancient Dragon Pearl

Usually, if it were simply a matter of combat, defeating the opponent would be the end of it, and Demon King Ox would never pursue a victory.

After all, reaching the Great Luo Realm, each is a well-known existence in the three realms and six paths, considered to be of top-notch strength.

No one knows how long the opponent has lived or how many tricks they have up their sleeve; rash pursuit could never guarantee survival when the opponent might unleash an unknown power at the brink of death.

But now, with blood-red eyes, Demon King Ox watched as his child was nearly killed. How could a mere defeat of the opponent quench his anger? He was fully intent on killing the opponent.

Even if the Fire Flood Dragon thought to turn and flee for his life, Demon King Ox would not give him the chance.

Boom, boom, boom...

With an iron stick in hand and demonic Qi filling the sky, Demon King Ox, in his Law of Heaven and Earth form, looked like a mountain. Staring with blood-red eyes, he slammed down the stick one after another like a massive pillar.

The formidable power of the blows forced the Fire Flood Dragon to continuously retreat, having been completely overwhelmed by the strength.

"You, do you want to perish together with me!?"

With a fiery temperament, the Fire Flood Dragon, after being suppressed for so long, had almost completely burned away his remaining reason with rage, seriously staring at Demon King Ox as he spoke.

Seeing as he, a figure of the Great Luo Realm, was prepared to flee, he had conceded defeat. Yet, the relentless pursuit entirely ignited the ferocity in the Fire Flood Dragon!

To the words of the Fire Flood Dragon, Demon King Ox paid no heed nor did he reply, but kept dropping the iron stick in his hand, answering through his actions.

"Fine, since you want to perish together! Then I will join you!" The fire-haired, elderly-looking Fire Flood Dragon, though appearing much older, possessed a temper far more intense than a young man.

The ferocity aroused, the Fire Flood Dragon took a deep breath and let out a resounding dragon chant, then swiftly, he hovered high in the air.

Opening his mouth, a red-golden pearl was spat out.

This pearl, roughly the size of a water jar and large though it was, naturally seemed like but a small pearl compared to the massive form of the Fire Flood Dragon.

Upon closer inspection, the red-golden pearl was bathed in red dragon fire. The semi-transparent pearl seemed to contain a red fire dragon within that continuously struck the inner walls of the pearl, stirring up ripples.

"Is this!? A Dragon Pearl!?" Demon King Ox's face, for the first time, changed as he spoke with a surprised expression.

Dragon Pearls are the essence of dragons and are only condensed by truly pure-blooded members of the Dragon Clan.

In ancient times, when the dragon and phoenix clans overpowered all others, Dragon Pearls were treasures that almost every dragon possessed.

It was both the repository of their essence and spirit and a supreme treasure of attack and defense for the Dragon Clan!

Unfortunately, following the great calamity between the dragons and phoenixes, the two clans declined and hardly any dragons could condense Dragon Pearls anymore.

The current Dragon Clan is but the descendants of those who managed to cross the Dragon Gate set by a great supernatural power expert on the ocean, turning carp into dragons.

In terms of bloodline, compared to the ancient dragons that dominated all clans, they are no more than house cats compared to tigers, only similar in form!

A mere Flood Dragon having a Dragon Pearl! Demon King Ox couldn't believe it.

Upon reflection, Demon King Ox suddenly realized; apparently, this supposed Flood Dragon had merely obtained a Dragon Pearl, which allowed it to reach its current realm.

Boom!

Not to mention the thoughts in Demon King Ox's mind, the now ferociously driven Fire Flood Dragon had sacrificed the Dragon Pearl, and then, engulfed in blazing flames, the pearl furiously smashed towards Demon King Ox, dragging a long fiery tail behind it in the air like a falling meteor.

Demon King Ox gathered his thoughts and lifted the iron stick in his hands to meet the Dragon Pearl head-on with a loud crash.

Even in his Law of Heaven and Earth form, Demon King Ox was hard-pressed to resist the impact of the Dragon Pearl, as he was sent flying.

"Come on, haha, didn't you want to fight me to the death!? Come on!"

Manipulating the Dragon Pearl, the Fire Flood Dragon, appearing maddened, yelled out. As he shouted, the burning Dragon Pearl continually smashed towards Demon King Ox.

Demon King Ox, who had just had the upper hand, now seemed to have lost all ability to resist under the attack of the Dragon Pearl, his form repeatedly blasted away.

"Hand of Healing!"

Seeing this scene, after several collisions that greatly reduced Demon King Ox's health bar, he quickly unleashed the Hand of Healing skill he had been holding.

In the void, a holy object was summoned and fell towards the Fire Flood Dragon.

Unfortunately, the Fire Flood Dragon had no intention of taking it head-on and dodged it with a quick move, not being suppressed by the holy object.

An invisible fluctuation spread out, slowly mending Demon King Ox's injuries.

"Die! Today you all will die!" the Fire Flood Dragon roared madly, blood oozing from his orifices. Yet he paid no attention to it and kept shouting loudly.

Clearly, forcibly wielding a Dragon Pearl not his own in battle was causing the Fire Flood Dragon terrifying backlash.

However, he disregarded his own situation, truly intending to drag the Demon King Ox down with him in a suicidal move!

"This Fire Flood Dragon's temperament is way too explosive, isn't it? How has it survived all these years!?" Seeing the Fire Flood Dragon's reckless behavior, Jiang Liu muttered to himself.

If its temperament hadn't been so explosive, then after he had previously offered the Ginseng Fruit, Nine Revolutions Golden Pill, and Demon Emperor Pill, the Fire Flood Dragon should have spoken to him sweetly to buy more time indeed...

"Husband, I'm here to help you!"

At that moment, because of the Guanyin Mantra and the Healing Potion, although Red Boy was still severely injured, his condition had at least stabilized without life-threatening concerns. Seeing the Demon King Ox being pushed back continuously, Princess Iron-Fan shouted loudly and took out her Banana Leaf Fan to rush forward and assist.

Far away, several hundred miles distant, Little White Dragon transformed into its dragon form, dancing through the skies.

Since Jiang Liu had not clarified the location of the Flood Dragon Pool, Sun Wukong and his companions dispersed after entering North Julu State, searching everywhere for Jiang Liu's whereabouts.

Fortunately, Little White Dragon arrived near Yunmeng Marsh.

"Hmm? Dragon!?" Even though he was still hundreds of miles away, Little White Dragon's gaze sharpened slightly, noticing the battle between the Demon King Ox and the Fire Flood Dragon.

With a thought, he swiftly flew towards the battle.

"Humph, humph, humph, the couple joins the fight, huh!? Very well, if that's the case, let's die together!"

As the Banana Leaf Fan waved, the terrifying wind made even the Fire Flood Dragon feel suffocated, but this only made the Fire Flood Dragon more frenzied.

At this moment, the Fire Flood Dragon looked exceedingly wretched, its form suspended in mid-air, bleeding from all orifices beneath the form of the flood dragon, even its skin splitting open.

Furthermore, with the Dragon Pearl leaving its body, the Fire Flood Dragon's form was actually regressing slowly.

From the form of a flood dragon, it was slowly regressing towards the form of a giant python.

In Jiang Liu's eyes, the health bar on the Fire Flood Dragon's head, which used to be about half full, was now barely left with around 20% as it continued to battle using the Dragon Pearl.

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Its condition looked very poor.

Despite the extremely critical injuries and facing life-and-death situation, the Fire Flood Dragon became even more determined to perish together.

Taking a deep breath and resigned to die, the Fire Flood Dragon laughed wildly.

With a death wish in mind, the flame burning on top of the Dragon Pearl suddenly retracted, collapsing and compressing inside the pearl...

"Oh no, you all need to run! This guy is going to self-destruct the Dragon Pearl!"

Seeing this scene, Demon King Ox shouted loudly.

"Run quickly!" Hearing this, Jiang Liu was shocked and quickly grabbed Red Boy, deployed his Feather Demon Blade with a fierce shake, and flew away lightning-quick towards a distant area.

In the midst of urgency, he looked back and saw the Demon King Ox and Princess Iron-Fan arguing, seemingly both unwilling to leave.

Just then, the Vajra Mantra had cooled down.

From afar, Jiang Liu could only point towards the Demon King Ox and cast the Vajra Mantra on him.

Boom!

Almost simultaneously, a terrifying explosion erupted, followed by a massive mushroom cloud rising up, completely engulfing the entire Flood Dragon Pool in this devastating explosion.

Even the fearsome shockwaves spread out, enveloping an area almost a hundred miles in radius.

As Jiang Liu was flying away with Red Boy, having just covered thirty to forty miles, the invisible shockwave passed through, instantly causing Jiang Liu to lose consciousness.

He didn't know how long had passed before Jiang Liu slowly opened his eyes, feeling as though his body was falling apart, utterly weak.

Barely examining his condition, his body was charred, his originally worn Pearl Kasaya now scorched and damaged, and his health bar was down to the last sliver.

He raised his hand, took out a Healing Potion to drink, and then applied the Guanyin Mantra on himself, which somewhat recovered his injuries.

Jiang Liu found that the entire Flood Dragon Pool had completely vanished, and the explosive scene around it was once again submerged by the waters of Yunmeng Marsh, appearing peaceful.

"Master, you're awake? Are you alright?" Xiaobai's voice sounded, and Jiang Liu looked down to see that Little White Dragon had caught him, preventing him from drowning in the water.

"Now, what's the situation?" Sitting up, Jiang Liu's face looked somewhat grim as he spoke.

Little White Dragon: "..."

"What happened? What exactly happened?" The silence from Little White Dragon made Jiang Liu feel uneasy inside.