Super Combat Soldier

Chapter 2306: Chapter 2304: [Little Eight-Armed Evil Dragon]

Time didn’t pass fast, but it didn’t pass slow either. It’s just that the changes of this past year or so made everything feel completely different, like everything had been altered, the whole world had become utterly unlike before. You could say it overturned everyone’s old worldview. This is the era when the Magic Laws of the Martial Arts World are in chaos; no corner of the universe can escape, all living beings have to survive under this law-chaos, and trying to stay alive is anything but easy!

In the recorded history of the Martial Arts World, in every age of Law Chaos, all kinds of unbelievable things appear: Immortal Elixirs that extend life, paths to become Immortal, various lucky chances and opportunities, birthing countless defiant, heaven?defying Demon?level experts, all living together in this vast world, fighting over Cultivation Resources, slaughtering their way along the road to Immortal. Only the strongest one can survive, only that person can protect what they wish to protect.

Under one sky, there can be only one Supreme Strong. This is the common rule of every era, like saying one mountain can’t hold two tigers. Only here, that ”mountain” has been raised to the whole cosmos, the whole world. Then it’s not hard to imagine what kind of era it truly is when such a time of Law Chaos arrives!

A blood?soaked era, a cruel era, a slaughter?filled era—this is the era of Law Chaos in the Martial Arts World!

Ye Tianchen had just found Desolate Stone Village when something that cut him to the heart happened. Dongfang Meng, Shuanger, Zhang Ruotong, Liu Rumei—the four women who had waited for him, who had watched over him—were all dead, all lying in cold graves. To say he wasn’t sad, to say his heart didn’t ache, would be a lie. It’s just that the current situation, the current circumstances, did not allow Ye Tianchen to indulge in grief and heartache!

The words of Little Zhu Yan and the God Beating Bowl still gave Ye Tianchen some hope. Maybe one day, when he becomes a Supreme Emperor, steps into the Immortal Domain, and becomes an Immortal who is Immortal, there will be a way to let these four dead women live again. Then, can Ye Tianchen really become a Supreme Emperor, command the Heavenly Vault, and hold the universe in his hands? Can he really set foot in the Immortal Domain and find a Resurrection Skill?

Back then, in Penglai’s Ancient Martial World, the elf?like girl he rescued—Xiao Ling—has now grown into an open and elegant beauty. Not seeing her for these few years, Xiao Ling had grown a lot. However, she still looked like an ordinary person and had not stepped onto the path of Cultivation as a Martial Artist. Although Ye Tianchen found it a bit strange, he also understood: not every ordinary living being wants to step onto the road of Cultivation, not everyone wants to pursue even stronger power!

In the hundreds of millions of years of evolution in the Martial Arts World, many awe?inspiring experts have indeed been born. But in a world without a single actual case of Eternal Life as an Immortal, even those who reach the Emperor Realm as Supreme figures still turn into dust in the end. It’s just that they live far longer than ordinary beings. Yet many people know that to become a Supreme Emperor?level figure, to be that kind of overlord who looks down on the Heavenly Vault, the hardships and pain you must endure are far more than those of ordinary people, far more than those of other Martial Artists!

Not everyone has that level of endurance. A simple example: those who can reach the Supreme Emperor Realm can basically live out a lifespan of ”thirty thousand years.” That’s much longer than ordinary people and other Martial Arts Experts. Leaving aside all the slaughter and bloodshed along the way, even just living to that age—by then, not to mention friends and family, even your enemies are all gone. What meaning does that have?

So, many living beings choose not to walk the road of Cultivation, just live a short few decades, spend their days together with their family and friends, happily pass a lifetime—what’s wrong with that?

Ye Tianchen didn’t know what Xiao Ling wanted to show him. Seeing this girl acting all mysterious, he couldn’t help but smile and followed behind Xiao Ling, heading toward the other end of the Underground Palace!

They walked for about an hour before Xiao Ling finally stopped. When Ye Tianchen glanced ahead of Xiao Ling, he couldn’t help but freeze for a moment, then asked suspiciously, ”Isn’t this that pond? Did those two scoundrels move it here?”

”Mm!” Xiao Ling nodded and said.

”Heh, looks like this has become the water source for these villagers. This water’s pretty good—drinking it can prolong life, and the Dragon Whisker Fish inside are practically Spiritual Medicine!” Ye Tianchen said with a smile.

”Brother Ye, that’s not what I want to show you. You’ll know in a moment!” Xiao Ling said, looking at Ye Tianchen.

Bang!

Swoosh!

A dull sound echoed from within the pond, and right after that sound, something shot out of the pond. It was only the size of a fist, and in a flash it flew onto Xiao Ling’s shoulder. The little thing had a Dragon Whisker Fish clamped in its mouth, and before Ye Tianchen could even react, it swallowed the fish in one bite, gulping it straight down into its belly!

”This is... an Eight-Armed Evil Dragon? Don’t tell me that egg has hatched?” Ye Tianchen said as he recalled.

Looking at the little thing standing on Xiao Ling’s shoulder, it was like a ”four?legged snake,” extremely cute, with a chubby, tiger?headed look. Only, it had eight legs, and its whole body was radiating a faint Immortal Energy. Ye Tianchen immediately thought back: when he first arrived in Penglai’s Ancient Martial World, he met Xiao Ling, and Xiao Ling had asked him to help her ”steal an egg,” the very egg of an Eight-Armed Evil Dragon. It was then that Ye Tianchen first learned a bit about this creature, the Eight-Armed Evil Dragon!

After they stole the Eight-Armed Evil Dragon Egg, it hadn’t been put to any practical use. Xiao Ling decided to keep the egg by her side, saying that once it hatched she’d raise the Little Eight-Armed Evil Dragon as a pet. At the time she’d scared Ye Tianchen half to death. The Eight-Armed Evil Dragon was born even earlier than the Ancient Alien Race in the Martial Arts World, absolutely not some docile good?natured thing. Not much is known about its origins or stories, but just hearing the name ”Eight-Armed Evil Dragon” tells you it’s not some gentle creature!

”Yeah, it’s this little guy!” Xiao Ling said, sounding rather helpless.

”It hatched this fast? Didn’t you say you had to nourish it once a year with powerful Spiritual Energy, and it would take at least several hundred years to hatch?” Ye Tianchen asked in puzzlement.

Xiao Ling glanced at the Little Eight-Armed Evil Dragon on her shoulder, then smiled and said, ”Back when we left Penglai’s Ancient Martial World, Little Zhu Yan and the God-beating Stone decided to bring me and Old Fisherman Senior along, and at the same time they took this Divine Spring Pond as well. Naturally, I brought the Eight-Armed Evil Dragon Egg too...”

So, when those two scoundrels, Little Zhu Yan and the Divine Bowl, brought Xiao Ling and Old Fisherman away from Penglai’s Ancient Martial World, of course they thought of that Divine Spring Pond and the Dragon Whisker Fish in it. There was no way they’d abandon such Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. Shameless to the core, they used Rune Skill to uproot the entire Divine Spring Pond and forcibly transplant it here into this Underground Palace. And Xiao Ling kept the Eight-Armed Evil Dragon Egg close to her chest; she discovered that inside the egg, there was slowly some movement, as if some lifeform was active within. This surprising discovery was something Xiao Ling didn’t dare tell anyone. After all, the egg of an Eight-Armed Evil Dragon contained its own Immortal Energy, something many Martial Artists coveted. Especially with Little Zhu Yan and the God Beating Bowl being so sneaky—if they found out, this Eight-Armed Evil Dragon Egg definitely wouldn’t be safe; those two scoundrels would absolutely find a way to eat it!

One day, Xiao Ling was idly carrying the Eight-Armed Evil Dragon Egg while fishing by the Divine Spring Pond, and she accidentally dropped the egg into the pond. Just as Xiao Ling was panicking, terrified the egg would be harmed and about to call for help, the egg didn’t sink at all, but floated on the surface of the Divine Spring Pond. She could even hear playful sounds coming from inside, like some little lifeform was inside, just wrapped in the eggshell, playing around!

”After that incident, this Eight-Armed Evil Dragon Egg was like it really had a lifeform in it, staying in the Divine Spring Pond all day, playing around whenever. Without realizing it, more than a year passed. Not long ago, Little Zhu Yan and the God-beating Stone discovered it; they actually wanted to eat the egg. While those two scoundrels were secretly roasting the egg when I wasn’t looking, the shell suddenly cracked open, and this little thing crawled out. It scared those two scoundrels so badly they bolted...” Xiao Ling said, looking at Ye Tianchen.

”So something like that happened... This Eight-Armed Evil Dragon Egg is really special. Normally it takes more than a hundred years to hatch, with constant nourishment from powerful Spiritual Energy before it’s even possible. This Little Eight-Armed Evil Dragon clearly hasn’t reached several hundred years, so why did it hatch? And it looks perfectly alive too!” Ye Tianchen frowned and said.

Swoosh!

Swoosh!

A figure rushed over quickly, and the Little Eight-Armed Evil Dragon standing on Xiao Ling’s shoulder darted straight into the Divine Spring Pond, startling Xiao Ling so much that she hurriedly turned and shouted, ”Hey, you’re scaring it again. If you keep this up I’ll get mad!”

”Heh heh, I was just joking around, testing this guy’s reactions a bit!” Little Zhu Yan appeared, smirking wickedly as he spoke.

”Cut the crap. You’ve ambushed it plenty of times already. Let me tell you again—don’t even think about it. This is my pet!” Xiao Ling said irritably, glaring at Little Zhu Yan.

Little Zhu Yan looked at Xiao Ling with a face full of envy, jealousy, and bitterness, and said, ”To have an Eight-Armed Evil Dragon as a pet, I’m afraid you’re the only one in this world that badass!”