80: Dragon scales swallowed, Wilderness Trial tentatively set [Good reviews + 4 updates]

"Hmm?!"

Ao Yuan's eyes suddenly widened.

He discovered that not only was Su Jue unharmed, but his aura was several times stronger than before!

His soul was condensed, and his blood essence was vigorous!

His cultivation had actually reached the fifth level of the True Essence Realm!

"Good! Good! Good!"

Ao Yuan was instantly overjoyed, letting out a deafening roar of laughter.

"As expected of my son, Su Jue! The Saint Realm pressure not only failed to harm you, but it even made you advance further! Hahaha! This talent, this innate bone structure, it's simply tailor-made for my Dragon Clan!"

He looked proudly at Ao Shang beside him, praising, "Shang'er, you did well this time! Not only did you save your brother, but you also allowed him to turn misfortune into a blessing. Your father will reward you handsomely later!"

As he spoke, his gaze inadvertently swept over Ao Shang's dragon body, and the smile on his face suddenly froze.

He saw that a piece of origin dragon scale was missing from Ao Shang's left dragon abdomen.

Although the wound there had healed, the newly grown scales were dull in color, clearly a sign of severe vital energy depletion.

Ao Yuan was stunned at first, then as if he remembered something, he suddenly lowered his head to look at Su Jue in his palm.

He smelled a familiar scent.

A unique scent belonging to Ao Shang's origin dragon scale.

And this scent was emanating from Su Jue's shiny little mouth... Ao Yuan: "..."

The air in the Time Garden instantly fell silent.

Ao Yuan slowly raised his head, looking at his eldest son with an extremely complex gaze.

In that gaze, there was shock, heartache, confusion, and more than anything, the impulse to slap him to death.

"You..."

Ao Yuan's voice trembled.

"You... you gave him your origin dragon scale... to eat?!"

"You prodigal son!!"

Ao Yuan's roar almost overturned the entire Ten Thousand Dragon Fortress.

"I told you to save him, not to provide poverty relief! That's a Peak Saint Realm origin dragon scale! It's not cheap cabbage! Do you know how precious that thing is?! Do you know how much it depletes you to pull one off?! You..."

He was practically going mad with anger.

He had thought that Ao Shang merely went to scare Lei Xiaotian a bit. He never expected that he would make such a huge sacrifice!

This was no longer generosity; this was having a hole in his brain!

Facing Ao Yuan's thunderous wrath, Ao Shang merely stiffened his neck and snorted coldly.

"I didn't give it to him, he snatched it himself!" He would never admit that he had been soft-hearted for a moment and bestowed the dragon scale upon that little brat, only for it to be eaten... "He snatched it?!" Ao Yuan grew even angrier, "A True Essence Realm brat, he can snatch an origin dragon scale from a Peak Saint Realm Expert like you?! Do you take me for a fool?!"

"I..."

Ao Shang was speechless for a moment, unsure how to refute.

Just as the father and son were about to erupt into a more intense argument, a cold voice softly rang out.

"Enough."

Elizabeth had opened her eyes at some point, her golden dragon pupils sweeping over Ao Yuan and Ao Shang.

"What are you arguing about?"

Her voice carried an undeniable authority, instantly deflating the furious Ao Yuan.

She slowly shifted her gaze to Su Jue, scrutinizing him carefully.

A moment later, she spoke indifferently: "His foundation is stable, his soul is condensed. It seems he digested that dragon scale quite well."

Her tone was calm, betraying no emotion.

But Ao Shang read... approval? from his mother's eyes.

This made him even more depressed.

So, his severe vital energy depletion actually turned out to be a good thing?

"Hmph, it's nothing more than unconventional methods."

Elizabeth's tone shifted, returning to her usual coldness.

"Greed for too much leads to indigestion. Having so many mixed laws in his body is like a powder keg that could explode at any moment."

"True powerhouses specialize in one path, and then all methods cannot invade them."

As she spoke, she looked at Su Jue, seemingly waiting for his reaction.

However, to her surprise, Su Jue wasn't listening to her grand philosophy at all.

While Ao Yuan was scolding him, this little rascal had secretly pulled out a black metallic core.

It was the remnant of the energy core of the flagship Thunder God, which was seized from K-7 Planet earlier — the heart of the thunder god.

Under the watchful eyes of the Dragon Emperor, Dragon Queen, and Dragon Crown Prince, three top-tier powerhouses of the universe.

Su Jue hugged the metallic lump, which was larger than himself, opened his mouth, and took a fierce bite.

"Crunch!"

Sparks flew.

Ao Yuan: "..."

Ao Shang: "..."

Elizabeth: "..."

The entire Time Garden once again fell silent.

The three Dragon Clan bigwigs just stared blankly at the small figure, happily gnawing on a tenth-grade energy core as if it were the most delicious piece of chocolate.

After a long while.

Elizabeth felt somewhat weary.

She felt that her

"iron-blooded elite education" philosophy, which she had upheld for billions of years, had completely collapsed in front of this adopted son.

She took a deep breath, seemingly having made a decision.

"Since you like to grow wild so much."

Her voice slowly echoed through the garden.

"Then I shall grant your wish."

"Ao Yuan, Ao Shang."

"Hmm?" The father and son looked at her simultaneously.

"Let him go to the Barbaric Star System for the fifth trial planet."

Elizabeth's voice was decisive.

"There, he can come into contact with all sorts of Law powers."

"Barbaric Star System?!" Ao Yuan and Ao Shang were both stunned.

That was a notoriously dangerous place in the universe!

The savage beasts there wielded various Law powers, each possessing special abilities to fight above their level!

Of course, the greater the storm, the more valuable the fish; the crystal cores within savage beasts were also priceless universal hard currency.

For the savage beast crystal cores, many powerhouses of various universal races fought there year-round, bathed in blood.

Just as the father and son were shocked, Su Jue suddenly looked up, half a piece of metal still in his mouth, and asked indistinctly:

"Uh... the Barbaric Star System... what's it for?"

"Are the... big monsters... on the planet tasty?"

"…"

The Dragon Emperor, Dragon Queen, and Dragon Crown Prince collectively turned to stone... Billions of light-years away from the Demon Dragon Star Domain.

Lanxia Universe Federation, Capital Star Domain, Blue Star.

AWeiblue planet guarded by countless star rings and space fortresses.

In the synchronous orbit of this planet, a massive military fortress floated.

The fortress was entirely black, shaped like a battle-axe, filled with an aura of grimness and iron-bloodedness.

This was precisely the secret headquarters of the Lanxia Universe Federation's First Legion, the Black Armor Army.

"Boom!"

A bloody stream of light, in an almost suicidal manner, crashed through the highest-level helipad of the headquarters.

The stream of light dissipated, revealing a blood-soaked, disheveled figure.

It was none other than Lei Xiaotian, who had fled back in a panic from K-7 Planet!

"Marshal!"

"Marshal Lei is back!"

The guards on the helipad were greatly alarmed and rushed forward.

When they saw Lei Xiaotian's tragic state, everyone gasped.

His right arm was severed at the shoulder, and a dominant dark-golden power lingered around the wound, preventing flesh regeneration.

His chest was caved in, and his Saint Realm body was covered in cracks.

His iconic metal mask was long shattered, revealing a face extremely contorted by pain and anger.

Was this still Lei Xiaotian, the Saint Realm Expert who had shaken the Federation?

He looked just like a stray dog whose spine had been broken!

Who was it?

Who could injure a Saint Realm Expert to such an extent?!