Time seemed to stop at that moment.
The man who had appeared in his dreams countless times, the man who had appeared before Long Chen countless times, appeared clearly before him again. He could not believe his eyes.
But all of this was real.
That feeling was not an illusion. He was too familiar with Long Qinglan. That gentle gaze, deep and natural, was completely different from the tens of thousands of him around him.
He had appeared just like that without warning …
Long Chen's mind went blank.
He seemed to be able to see through everything in Long Chen's heart and knew everything that had happened. Every time he appeared, he would be able to see through everything. And this time, a gentle smile appeared on his face. He stretched out a hand and stroked Long Chen's head. He lightly laughed and said, "You've grown up."
His smile was full of vicissitudes and traces of time.
No matter how cold or cold-blooded Long Chen appeared in front of others, he seemed to have returned to the day he was buried in Baiyang Town. He listened quietly to everything this man said to him.
That time, it had been extremely peaceful.
This time, the world had been turned upside down. Almost all lives had been destroyed, and danger was everywhere.
The Black Yama Beast seemed to be fighting with Long Qinglan, and had no intention of touching the people of Eternal Dragon City.
"Father …"
Long Chen was filled with excitement. Of course, he knew that his appearance would only last for a short moment. His body was already dead, and the Black Yama Beast was the one supporting him now.
"Kill me."
Long Qinglan interrupted him and said softly.
"Use the Dragon Enslaved Bow, Dragon Enslaved Arrow, and the power I left behind."
Clearly, the last traces of his bloodline and power in his body could not compare to the Black Yama Beast. It was a miracle that he could even speak to Long Chen …
After saying that, he reached out and pushed. The vast power pushed Long Chen down, passing through the bodies of countless Void Universe Dragons until he returned to the ground of Eternal Dragon City, where he was surrounded by all the warriors …
When he looked up again, the meatball rolled, and the human figures on it changed. All of them were fierce human figures. The real Long Chen had disappeared.
Perhaps all of this was just an illusion on Long Chen's part.
Perhaps he had never appeared.
"Father."
Long Chen stared blankly at the sky. He had already disappeared without a trace. The Black Yama Beast had also stopped its painful howls and regained full control of its body.
Long Chen knew that everything he said to him was true.
"Kill him, Dragon Enslavement Bow …"
That was his desire and resistance. Just like how he felt when he heard his own cry, the last trace of bloodline in his corpse awakened. That was his pride and hard work.
Just like him, he had been fighting.
However, because he had died long ago, there was very little he could do to resist. Therefore, he could only rely on Long Chen to help him kill him and make everything go away.
Long Qinglan disappeared.
However, the Black Yama Beast reverted to its original form. It looked down on the heavens and earth. It extended countless Void Universe Dragons and charged towards Eternal Dragon City again. This time, there was no hesitation. It was very fast. Clearly, it wanted to destroy the entire Eternal Dragon City as soon as possible. Then, it would slaughter the rest of the people.
Once again, everyone was enveloped by death.
They had long been scared out of their wits. Now, they were numb to it as they watched death descend upon them.
What shocked everyone was that Long Chen had actually shot up into the sky once again, charging towards the Black Yama Beast without any hesitation.
He did not represent himself. He carried Long Qinglan's last bit of faith and strength, his last bit of anger and roar. He stood proudly in the sky. Although he was insignificant compared to the Black Yama Beast, he did not retreat in fear. He was like a miracle. He did not fear death again and again.
In fact, many people could not understand him.
He was about to die. Why fight pointlessly?
They would never be able to understand Long Chen, because fighting was his life.
One could die, but not without dignity, pride, and faith.
Long Chen was not fighting alone. When Long Qinglan pushed him, there was an almost imperceptible and terrifying power that entered his body. At this moment, he was not just himself. He was also a part of Long Qinglan. They were fighting together.
"Father …"
It was as if he was standing behind him, looking at him with those warm, deep eyes.
Long Chen took a deep breath and wiped the tears of anger from the corner of his eyes. This was not because he was timid, but because he was furious.
"Dragon Enslaved Bow."
The 700 Dao pattern dao treasure appeared in his left hand. A golden enslaved dragon coiled around it.
The Dragon Enslaved Arrow appeared once again.
It was the other enslaved dragon.
The two enslaved dragons fused together.
As the Black Yama Beast descended, Long Chen nocked the Dragon Enslaved Arrow into the Dragon Enslaved Bow, allowing them to fuse as one. He could not help but pour all his strength into the bow until he was panting and about to die from exhaustion. But he still could not draw the Dragon Enslaved Bow. The two dao treasures were too demanding of him. He could not do it now.
"What is he doing?"
"He first relied on these two Dao tools with seven hundred Dao patterns to fight with this monster. Even the Dragon Emperor was unable to defeat him, so what can he do?"
Everyone could not help but cry.
In their eyes, Long Chen was like a laughable ant. He was trying to use his thin, almost invisible arm to fight against the elephant's leg.
Such resistance was weak and powerless. It was just a joke. He might as well just stand there and wait for death.
Everyone in the world was going to die anyway. It did not matter if they died together.
Long Chen did not need their understanding.
His life was a struggle towards glory and glory. Those who did not understand would never understand.
"Ah."
His arm was almost broken. His fingers holding the bowstring were almost broken. Fresh blood flowed continuously.
His entire body was covered in bulging veins. He gritted his teeth so hard that they almost shattered.
The Spiritual Cultivation Fire was already burning to its limit. He had even poured all the power of the God Nation into his arm. Under his desperate pull, the Dragon Enslaved Bow was finally drawn, becoming rounder and rounder.
He could actually control these two dao treasures with a total of 1,400 Dao patterns.
The two enslaved dragons almost fused into one, becoming a complete golden enslaved dragon.
Of course, this alone could not kill the Black Yama Beast. It could not even hurt it.
Just as everyone was waiting for death, just as the Black Yama Beast was about to descend on them, that mysterious power transformed into a transparent dragon. It quietly flowed from Long Chen's arm to the Dragon Enslaved Arrow.
No one saw it.
Only Long Chen knew that these two dao treasures were no longer the same. They had undergone a terrifying transformation under Long Qinglan's power. They were no longer dao treasures, but Long Qinglan himself.
At the moment he desperately pulled the Dragon Enslaved Bow, Long Chen felt as though the man behind him had already approached him. He had replaced him, holding the Dragon Enslaved Bow and Dragon Enslaved Arrow. Long Chen was like a bystander, watching as the man calmly held his weapon, his eyes quietly watching the Black Yama Beast descend.
His eyes were so peaceful, as if the arrow was not pointing at the corpse he had left behind.
As Long Chen gripped the Dragon Imprisoning Bow and Dragon Imprisoning Arrow once more, it was as if he could see his younger self. Proud, powerful, knowledgeable, and invincible. He was a miracle born in the Dragon God Domain. If not for him, even Long Chen would not have appeared in this world.
"Chen 'er, the battle has just begun. Do you really think I have lost?"
Suddenly, he turned his head and smiled proudly at Long Chen. Just like when he was young, disdainful, confident, and unrivaled.
It had just begun.
Long Chen thought it was over, but he said it had just begun.
He had lost so much that he did not even have his life, but he said, "Do you really think I have lost?"
He was proud, mysterious, and always a mystery. But he had always worked hard to build himself up.
The wind blew, and the people were shaken.
Hundreds of thousands of martial practitioners knelt on the ground, bowing their heads as they awaited the judgment of death.
Only Long Chen trembled as he watched Long Qinglan look at the sky again. His lips were still curled into a smile, right up until the moment he released the Dragon Enslaved Arrow.
Ding.
With a crisp sound, the Dragon Enslaved Arrow disappeared into the sky.
In that moment, Long Chen felt intense pain all over his body. Only then did he realize that he was still holding the Dragon Enslaved Bow. The moment he released the Dragon Enslaved Arrow, he was covered in blood. His body had almost been torn apart by the tremendous force. Even his face was a bloody mess, and the fingers that had gripped the bowstring had exploded into a bloody mist.
"I shot it …"
Long Chen stared blankly at the Dragon Enslaved Bow in his hand.
He raised his head in shock and looked at the shadow in the sky. The Dragon Enslaved Arrow and Long Qinglan were nowhere to be seen.
Time seemed to have stopped. Even the gigantic Black Yama Beast in the sky was motionless …
Three breaths later, everyone looked up in shock. They saw Long Chen holding the Dragon Enslaved Bow, covered in blood, and the motionless Black Yama Beast.
"Why isn't he killing us?"
They could not help but think that waiting for death was too painful. If that was the case, they would rather die a little faster.
But after another ten breaths, there was still no movement.
"What's going on?"
They stood up.
At that moment, they saw the hundreds of Void Universe Dragons dissipate with a bang. They turned into pieces and completely disappeared from the world.
They saw the black ball of flesh ignite with an invisible flame. It was an unimaginable fire, and the tens of thousands of Long Qinglan's burned with an earth-shattering blaze. Then, they disappeared into the flames. All of the disasters were burned away in a very short time.
The invisible flames swept through the sky. Other than that, everything was quiet.
In the end, the flames began to shrink, and finally coalesced into a man in the sky.
That man looked exactly like the tens of thousands of people on the ball of flesh, but also different.