TL: GoldenLung
The dark green dragon let out a low growl. Its wings, which had been tucked in, suddenly spread wide and swept toward the shops on both sides of the street, catching many of the various races before they could dodge. With so many beings crowding the street, there was nowhere for Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu to retreat either.
On the other side, a group of creatures was sent flying by the dragon’s wings, screams ringing out one after another. On Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu’s side, Lan Xuanyu held Bai Xiuxiu’s hand with one hand while abruptly lifting the other and reaching out to grab.
Bang!
He seized the edge of the incoming dragon wing, stopping it dead in its tracks.
The dark green dragon hadn’t even been looking at them. One of its foreclaws had already stretched into a shop, rummaging around before pulling out several large chunks of roasted at, about to toss them into its huge mouth. Then it suddenly felt its wing being caught. Startled, it twisted its head around and looked toward Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu in confusion.
Yes—confusion, not anger. To it, this was simply inconceivable. It had complete confidence in its own strength and didn’t care in the least about the lives of those lesser beings. It was just hungry and wanted sothing to eat.
“You can actually grab my wing?”
The dark green dragon beat its wings, trying to fling Lan Xuanyu away. To its shock, the wing felt as if it had been nailed in place, utterly unmoving.
What was going on? A Blue Sea person? Since when did the Blue Sea race beco this strong?
Just as doubt flickered through its mind, a cold female voice rang out.
“Stop disgracing the Dragon Clan.”
Light shimred within Lan Xuanyu’s body as he began to change, reverting to his exquisitely feminine disguise. He suddenly exerted force with his right arm. A trendous surge of power erupted, and he forcibly hurled the massive dark green dragon onto Dragon Avenue.
The dragon rolled once across the broad street, staring at Lan Xuanyu in utter disbelief.
It instantly realized what it had run into.
A Higher Dragon capable of transforming into human form? Since when did Higher Dragons disguise themselves as mbers of the Blue Sea race?
“You’re a Higher Dragon?”
The dark green dragon climbed to its feet. Instead of raging as Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu had expected, it looked over with keen interest.
“Wow, big sis, you’re so pretty! Are you here to participate in the Rising Dragon Competition?”
The dragon folded its wings, lowered its massive head, and stared in amazent at Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu, who had also returned to human form.
What was this situation? Was it possible that he could dominate the Dragon Clan just by looks alone? Lan Xuanyu had already been prepared for a fight, but the dragon’s reaction left him genuinely puzzled.
“You’re not attacking?” Lan Xuanyu asked.
The dark green dragon hurriedly waved its claws. “Dragons don’t fight dragons, unless it’s the Rising Dragon Competition. Big sis, hello! My na is Guibu. What are your nas?”
“I’m Lan. She’s Xiu,” Lan Xuanyu replied.
“Oh, oh. Are you hungry?”
As he spoke, Guibu sowhat fawningly offered over the roasted at in his claws.
Lan Xuanyu waved him off. “Not hungry. Don’t stir up trouble with other races and embarrass the Dragon Clan here.”
He wanted to provoke Guibu a bit more, to see how it would react. To his surprise, Guibu nodded repeatedly. After stuffing the roasted at into his own mouth, his foreclaws even bumped together in front of his chest as he said sowhat aggrievedly, “I was just hungry. When I’m hungry, I get a little irritable. Big sis, don’t be mad. I’ll be more careful next ti. Besides, they won’t die.”
As he spoke, the dark green scales on Guibu’s body suddenly turned jade-green. Imdiately after, a vast expanse of erald light spread out, almost covering the entire street.
Those beings who had been sent flying earlier had still been groaning on the ground. Under the erald glow, however, they quickly climbed back to their feet. Though terrified, they couldn’t help looking back toward Guibu.
“You can heal?” Bai Xiuxiu exclaid in surprise.
Guibu chuckled. “Yeah! I’m an Erald Dragon. I’m a Higher Dragon too—just can’t transform into human form yet. Can you teach how to do it?”
An Erald Dragon? This was the first ti Lan Xuanyu had ever heard of such a dragon. Without question, Guibu possessed powerful large-scale group healing abilities, sowhat similar to Erald Swan Bi Ji. From Guibu’s aura alone, Lan Xuanyu could tell it had cultivation at the Titled Douluo level, with physical strength nearing that of a Super Douluo. No wonder he had treated the encounter with such caution earlier.
“Figure it out yourself. And stop causing trouble,” Lan Xuanyu said. “We still have things to do.”
With that, he took Bai Xiuxiu’s hand and turned to leave. Guibu didn’t stop them, only staring at the direction in which “they” departed, his gaze sowhat dazed.
After turning a corner, Bai Xiuxiu suddenly burst out laughing.
“What are you laughing at?” Lan Xuanyu glanced at her.
Bai Xiuxiu suddenly raised both hands and cupped his face. “You’re truly ‘overthrowing nations and dragons alike.’ I think there’s no need to even fight in the Rising Dragon Competition—you could make it to the finals on looks alone.”
Lan Xuanyu broke out in a cold sweat. “What nonsense are you talking about? How do you know he wasn’t interested in you?”
Bai Xiuxiu laughed. “Definitely not . Its eyes were on you the whole ti. Tell , I’m not any worse-looking than you—so why do all these dragons ignore the mont they see you? Huang Yuanlang was like that, and now this one too. Do you have so special charm that strongly attracts male dragons?”
“Pah, pah, pah! Let’s hurry back!” Lan Xuanyu dragged her along helplessly toward the royal residence.
In truth, he had thought about it too. The only explanation was that the aura of the Golden Dragon King bloodline he now radiated had an exceptionally strong attraction for dragonkind.
Back at the residence provided by the Huang Family of Rising Dragon City, Huang Yuanlang still hadn’t returned. Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu went back to their room to rest.
Early the next morning, Huang Yuanlang woke them up. A lavish breakfast had already been prepared. He had changed into a tight-fitting outfit covered with tiny scales, which suited his figure quite well.
Seeing Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu looking him over, Huang Yuanlang smiled. “The preliminary round of the Rising Dragon Competition is next. I’m wearing this mainly to make it easier to don the Divine Dragon Armor later—this outfit is technically part of it. Eat up. I already handled registration yesterday. Since this is our first ti participating, we’ll be competing together with all other contestants in the first round.”
Lan Xuanyu took a sip of the sweet, fresh fruit juice. “What’s the first round?”
“Ascending the Dragon Platform,” Huang Yuanlang replied. “There’s a special repulsive field within a certain range around it. You have to break through that repulsion to ascend. Only those with sufficient strength can make it up. All participants must rely on their own power to fly up—it’s the basic proof that you’re qualified to compete. For Lower Dragons hoping to advance to mid-ranking status, failing to reach the platform ans no chance at all.”
“After reaching the platform, we’ll be grouped. Since we’re Higher Dragons, we only need to pass three elimination matches in the preliminaries to advance to the next round—the round-robin stage. That’s where things really get serious for us.”
Lan Xuanyu nodded. “Mm.”
Bai Xiuxiu smiled. “So later, we’ll get to see a spectacle of a thousand dragons dancing?”
Huang Yuanlang nodded proudly. “Exactly. It’s one of the grandest events on Celestial Dragon Planet, broadcast live. All races will cheer for us.”
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