CHAPTER 277: CHAPTER 129: TRUE DRAGON DAGGER

"Wretched woman, you think your pitiful dagger can harm me?" Qin Gang, the honored National Guardian General of Shang Kingdom, even with the support of the Royal Family, built his Dark Skill Cultivation with true grit and material.

His cultivation of Dark Energy is fierce and peerless. Facing two women and children with inferior Dark Energy, he only needed to exert fifty percent of his Dark Power to form an impenetrable Protective Xuan Qi Shield around himself.

Even with merely half his Dark Power, it was enough to withstand Lie Rou’s desperate assassination attempt. In the midst of speaking, he smugly clutched Yue Chen’s neck, gripping it tightly.

Lie Rou expended all her energy to thrust the dagger, but upon meeting Qin Gang’s Protective Xuan Qi, it clearly faltered, as if stuck in mud, rendering her efforts fruitless.

"Why, why," she looked at Yue Chen, his face turning crimson as he flailed his limbs, strangled by Qin Gang.

Tears fell like broken pearls from Lie Rou’s eyes; in her sight, Yue Chen was still the baby in swaddling clothes she had raised single-handedly.

Although not related by blood, she raised him through hardships. Even though the child was mostly silent, it was he who reached out to her in her most vulnerable moments, calling her "Mom" in an earnest voice.

The word "Mom," light yet heavy, was enough to stir her protective maternal instincts.

Lie Rou let out a low growl, akin to a mother beast defending its young, disregarding the barrier of the Dark Power Shield, and stabbing ferociously at Qin Gang with the dagger.

She clutched the dagger with all her might, refusing to let go; each stab grated harshly against her tender palm, and after several attempts, her grip could not withstand any longer and ripped open.

Blood poured down, streaming along the dagger.

Yue Chen was turning beet red; he struggled to reach into his bosom, but being small with short arms, he could not touch the Jade Tube within.

A shadow flashed, and the charming flower demon Ye Zi stood by the side.

"Ye Zi, save her," Yue Chen sought Ye Zi’s help, "My spirit core is damaged; I can only use Spirit Summoning once a day and can’t exert any more strength."

"If the Young Clan Leader agrees to come with me to the Senming Realm, I will help," stated Ye Zi, looking at Qin Gang with irritation so intense, she wished she could immediately unleash her flower vine into his nostrils, causing his body to burst apart.

Ye Zi had been hiding alongside Yue Chen all these days.

When Fa Xiaoyi and the others met with misfortune that day, she planned to seize the opportunity amidst the chaos to steal the Sky Sun Shuttle and Earth Yin Escape. Little did she know, Yue Jinghua didn’t give her the chance, so she had to follow Yue Chen and others out of the city, waiting for the opportunity to steal those two Spiritual Treasures from Yue Jinghua.

After following Yue Chen for several days, Ye Zi acutely noticed that the Young Clan Leader had changed significantly.

She was already aware that the Young Clan Leader had reincarnated due to the influence of the Reincarnation Holy Wood, his Cultivation regressed, and his memories from his past life were mostly lost. However, his disposition should not have changed much in theory.

Yet in recent days, the Young Clan Leader acted like a child, often clinging to that woman Yue Jinghua, even throwing tantrums, a stark contrast to his former self.

The cause of this transformation could only be that woman before him and her foul Yin Yang Face daughter.

"We cannot allow the Young Clan Leader to be influenced any further. We need a king who can lead the rise of the Senming Sea. A king doesn’t need kinship nor family; what he needs is a woman who can stand shoulder to shoulder with him. In this world, only I am fit to stand side by side with our king," Ye Zi’s lips curled into a smile, watching Lie Rou’s frenzied behavior.

"Wretched woman, have you gone mad?" Qin Gang was also startled by Lie Rou’s madness.

Lie Rou’s blood and tears soaked her clothes, her hair disheveled, like an orchid in the valley battered by the storm, on the verge of scattering petals and leaves.

"Hiss," a hot, bloody mist sprayed out.

Yue Chen felt the iron-like grip on his neck loosen, and Qin Gang’s body swayed.

His eyes bulged lifelessly, gaze gliding downwards to his heart area, where, despite being shielded by Dark Energy, a dagger had been thrust in.

The blade of the dagger had entirely submerged into Qin Gang’s chest, with Lie Rou’s blood and severed hair entwined around its hilt.

Ye Zi beheld the scene in disbelief.

A frail woman, bereft of any Dark Energy, was actually able to pierce a Dark Heavenly powerhouse’s Protective Xuan Qi with an ordinary dagger. What exactly was going on? Was there a problem with Qin Gang’s Cultivation, or could it be...

"Mother, let go," Yue Chen seized the opportunity to wriggle free from Qin Gang’s grasp and leapt down, with the bruises around his neck instantly fading to their natural color.

The more Yue Chen tried to move forward and pull Lie Rou away, the tighter she gripped the dagger, refusing to let go as if her life depended on it.

Her eyes were hollow and bewildered, completely oblivious to Yue Chen’s escape from peril. Her mind was filled with the image of Yue Chen being strangled, Qin Gang wanting to harm her child.

"Kill him, kill this person who has harmed her, the cause of Huahua and Chenchen’s imminent destitution and wandering," Lie Rou’s fingernails snapped as she pushed the dagger several inches deeper with hands that were already a bloody blur.

"You wench... you think by stabbing a vital spot on this general... you can take this general’s life," Qin Gang, after advancing to Dark Heavenly, hadn’t suffered such a serious injury in a long time.

He had been careless tonight, not exerting his full strength, and in turn, Lie Rou took advantage of the mistake and stealthily gave him a stab.

His eyes turned bloodshot in fury, like a dangerous beast driven into a corner, he forcefully flung Lie Rou and Yue Chen away with a fierce swipe of his hand.

The dagger was firmly embedded in his chest, looking to be forged from Red Sand Gold, delicate in design, with a semblance of Dragon Pattern engravings. Such daggers were common self-defense tools for the women of wealthy homes.

Qin Gang exerted force in his hand, attempting to pull out the dagger.

Just as a mere inch of the blade had been pulled out, suddenly, brilliant golden light burst forth from it.

"Aooo--" A deafening roar of a mystical beast echoed as, amidst the blinding light, a glittering form burst forth from the dagger, penetrating Qin Gang’s body with a loud bang.

Ye Zi and Yue Chen, who heard the roar, felt a buzzing in their ears.

The golden Dark Beast, having entered Qin Gang’s body, elicited a brief cry for help from him.

"Bang--" His body, under the golden light, exploded into pieces.

"It’s... a dragon..." Ye Zi felt an unprecedented, immense oppressive force.

Yue Chen also bore a pale and grim expression. He glanced at Lie Rou and saw her yearning eyes fixed on the golden light, murmuring, "Yue Nian."

After Qin Gang’s body was shredded into bits, the golden light, like a meteor passing through the sky, disappeared swiftly.

The dagger fell beside Lie Rou, reverting to its appearance as an ordinary dagger.

Lie Rou remained in a daze.

Yue Chen picked up the dagger and placed it back in Lie Rou’s hand, sighing,

Yue Chen’s fingertip touched Lie Rou’s forehead, "Mother, you don’t remember anything. You’re tired; take a good rest."

A streak of emerald Crystal light pierced into Lie Rou’s brow, and she felt a wave of drowsiness enveloping her, gradually falling into a deep sleep.