Chapter 105: Fish on the Chopping Block

Wu You struck a pose atop Qiongqi's head, gazing down relying solely on his formidable vision.

In observation mode, he shared a sensory link with Ao Guang; if Ao Guang was attacked, he would feel the pain too.

A vampire would fly over from time to time to capture a close-up shot of him.

Through the lens, the malevolent nature of the Qiongqi contrasted sharply with the calm, weathered composure of the "immortal" atop its head.

Other vampires darted at high speeds around the battlefield where the Azure Flood Dragon and the Blood Flood Dragon clashed, capturing footage from various angles.

Some flew onto and above the city walls to film.

They did not forget to record the reactions of the surrounding crowd as well.

Indeed, Wu You's intention this time was to produce a fantasy short film.

Looking down at the battlefield below, aside from the initial clash, Ao Guang held the absolute upper hand for most of the fight.

Wu You retracted his gaze and looked toward the high ground far outside the city. A group of people, clearly representatives of various martial arts factions, were also staring transfixed at the battle between the two dragons.

Quite a few of them had noticed the vampires flying swiftly through the air.

At a corner of the city wall, a vampire flew near the crowd, filming at an oblique angle.

Seeing this winged "human" land nearby, pointing a "strange weapon" toward the two colossal beasts, the crowd only dared to whisper in hushed tones.

"Is that a human? Those wings..."

"Shh... Are you crazy? Keep your voice down."

"Oh no, it's coming over!"

...

Seeing the vampire point the camera toward them, the group drew their weapons with a series of sharp clangs.

They stared at the creature in tense apprehension.

Yet, after they stood on guard for a long while, the winged freak merely maintained his posture, occasionally shifting slightly from side to side.

The strange weapon in his hands showed no sign of discharging an attack.

Once he had captured enough footage, the vampire took off to continue filming elsewhere.

The crowd remained tense for a moment longer before slowly lowering their weapons.

"Are these flying things monsters?"

"I don't know..."

"They seem to be with the immortal in the sky?"

"Now that you mention it, there is one of those winged things right next to the immortal."

"Oh, there really is."

Many in the crowd looked up at the sky once more and indeed saw a vampire circling the "immortal."

This brought them a great deal of relief.

At the very least, the words the immortal had spoken at the beginning offered them immense comfort.

...

On the high ground where the major martial arts factions gathered, the crowd watched with solemn expressions as a winged vampire flapped its way toward them.

However, they merely tightened their grip on their weapons without reacting rashly.

Two men dressed in black warrior soft armor and official hats stepped forward from the crowd.

They bowed respectfully toward the front, then addressed the vampire who had landed nearby to film.

"May we ask which faction Your Excellency belongs to? Are you allied with the immortal in the sky?"

A long moment passed, but the other party ignored them completely. After capturing a few shots from different angles, the vampire flew away.

The atmosphere on the high ground grew slightly awkward.

However, their attention was quickly drawn back to the two colossal beasts battling in the distance.

At the center of the battlefield, a series of deafening booms rang out, mingled with exploding sprays of water.

The two flood dragons were now coiled around each other, thrashing and rolling in the water.

The azure one was relatively slender, while the red one was hideous and massive.

Their tails and bodies repeatedly lashed the water's surface, sending up massive waves with every strike.

The top of the nearby Jiulu City wall was already being drenched as if by a heavy downpour.

*Hiss...*

*Boom!* A wall of water exploded upward like an inverted waterfall.

A massive azure silhouette was swept out of the water.

After being flung back several hundred meters, Ao Guang stabilized himself above the actual surface of the Tiansha River.

He hovered there, refraining from entering the water.

Clutched within his massive, sharp foreclaws was a handful of bloody scales.

Yet, Ao Guang had already cast aside his playful, mocking demeanor.

Opposite him, the Blood Flood Dragon glowed with a brilliant scarlet light, and the bloody crest on its head began to shrivel.

*Hiss...*

In the water surrounding it, droplets began to bounce rapidly off the surface, as if a powerful vibration were affecting the current.

*Crack...*

*Boom...*

*Boom...*

Several bolts of lightning struck down from the sky in rapid succession.

Ao Guang was not about to idle by and watch the Blood Flood Dragon gather strength for what was clearly a devastating ultimate strike.

A flurry of silver, snake-like lightning danced down upon the Blood Flood Dragon's head. While it drew a pained shriek from the beast, it also reduced visibility to a certain extent.

*Thud...* *Boom...*

The people on the city wall stumbled as a web of cracks snaked across the ground from afar right to their feet.

A section of the wall, which had already sustained impacts during the opening and middle stages of the clash, collapsed under the Blood Flood Dragon's sudden charge.

This was no ordinary ancient Earth city wall, which rarely exceeded ten meters. This was a realm where martial artists leaped to great heights; the wall stood a full eight zhang high—nearly twenty-odd meters.

Quite a few bold spectators who had fled to the corners of the wall had crept back closer to observe.

Caught completely off guard by the sudden collapse, those standing atop the wall fell, screaming in terror.

But most of them never hit the ground.

A massive, blood-colored maw, moving with a speed and agility that defied its gargantuan size, swallowed them one by one.

The commoners gathered near the wall felt the ground heave as if the earth dragon were turning over, and they fled in panic toward open ground.

By the time the tremors subsided slightly and before the dust kicked up by the collapsing wall could settle, a true nightmare emerged from the breach.

Paying no heed to the falling lightning or to Ao Guang behind it, the Blood Flood Dragon charged into the city, vacuuming up anyone it saw into its mouth.

The crowd scattered in all directions amidst desperate cries of "Help!" and "Run!"

Unfortunately, let alone these malnourished and exhausted people, even healthy, robust men could never hope to outrun the Blood Flood Dragon.

From high above, Wu You could see clearly that every time the Blood Flood Dragon devoured a few people, the crimson hue on its body grew a shade deeper.

Before he could even issue an order, Ao Guang had already charged through the breach of the collapsed wall into Jiulu City.

The two flood dragons clashed fiercely once more inside the relatively dry city.

*Boom...*

*Boom...*

...

Thrashing, tail-sweeps, and head-on collisions caused buildings, both low and tall, to collapse one after another.

Shattered stones shot in all directions like stray arrows.

A massive cloud of dust billowed along the path of their battle, and the ancient city of Jiulu lost all traces of its former glory.

Amidst the chaos, some people managed to run out, while others collapsed along with the buildings.

At times like this, the Blood Flood Dragon would abandon its struggle with Ao Guang, turning instead to devour the fleeing crowds.

Shaking off Ao Guang once more, it swallowed several women who were fleeing while clutching their children.

*Bang!*

*Screeech!*

The Blood Flood Dragon actually detonated all the remaining scales on its body, shooting them outward.

Many of them pelted Ao Guang, forcing him backward to collapse onto several houses with a rumbling crash.

Stripped of all its scales, the Blood Flood Dragon's body now looked as though it were coated in a thick, flowing layer of blood plasma.

Ao Guang coiled himself back up from the ruins of the houses.

*Roar!*

Amidst his draconic roar, a dense barrage of thunderbolts struck down upon the Blood Flood Dragon with a deafening rumble.

However, the lightning had little effect on it now.

That thick coating of blood plasma made the lightning bolts seem to simply slide off its body.