Longevity Begins with the Seven Injuries Fist-Chapter 376 - 222: Dragon Shadow

At this moment, members of the noble families joined the fray.

Not only did other islanders, but even the brave and calm-looking bronze-skinned woman couldn’t help but change her expression.

"Retreat! Ask the Dragon God for help!"

The bronze-skinned woman thought the ancient giant dragon should have absorbed quite a bit of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, sun and moon essence, and could move, so she immediately transmitted her voice to the other islanders.

Hearing this, the other islanders waved their weapons, gave the opponent a feint, and then pushed off with both feet, intending to retreat.

"Trying to escape?"

Gu Yulong sneered, emitting astonishing Gang Qi all over his body.

His palms first slapped the water, and the whole person suddenly rushed towards the islanders.

Seeing Gu Yulong had infiltrated among the islanders, fearing he would hurt them, the bronze-skinned woman immediately stood firm with the sword and greeted Gu Yulong.

The two immediately engaged in close combat.

Close combat is much more perilous than the previous exchange of Gang Qi across the seawater.

If earlier, one knew they couldn’t withstand the Gang Qi, they could dodge.

However, it’s difficult to dodge at this moment.

Gu Yulong waved his palms, taking advantage of his body technique, drawing closer to the bronze-skinned woman.

For the bronze-skinned woman, her stone sword suddenly became a cumbersome item.

At this distance, fists and palms undoubtedly have the upper hand.

Gu Yulong seized the bronze-skinned woman’s weakness, parted the seawater with a palm, and struck hard on her shoulder.

Immediately, there was a crunching sound; the woman’s shoulder was dislocated, and a mouthful of blood spat out from her ruby lips and pearly teeth.

It formed a bleeding arrow in the water, and then it dissipated into mist.

Due to the shoulder dislocation, the stone sword the woman held also slipped away.

Gu Yulong struck another palm, hitting the woman’s abdomen.

At this moment, the woman spat out another mouthful of blood, and her entire body flew backward.

Just as Gu Yulong pushed off with his feet, preparing to go up and deliver another palm, fully ending the woman’s life.

Suddenly, everyone present, including Su Que, felt a pressure from a distance over the sea advancing toward them.

It seemed there was a gigantic creature pushing aside the seawater, rapidly swimming towards them.

Soon, they saw a massive shadow approaching at great speed.

’What kind of exotic beast is this? Could this be the opportunity?’

Su Que’s heart skipped, and then he employed Lightweight Skill, pushing off in the water, his figure swiftly retreating.

And his peripheral vision caught sight of two groups of people who had been spectating also retreating like him.

Seeing Su Que also retreating swiftly, those two groups couldn’t help but glance more at Su Que.

However, just like how Su Que couldn’t see their appearances or sense their true Martial Arts cultivation level.

These people also couldn’t penetrate Su Que’s details.

But precisely because of this, these people’s gazes lingered on Su Que, obviously setting their minds on him.

Su Que pretended not to care about these people, maintaining a certain distance from them.

In the next moment, the gigantic shadow already approached.

It stood as tall as three or four stories, with an extremely robust body.

In everyone’s hearts, a sense of oppression immediately arose.

And at this moment, everyone finally got a clear look at the appearance of this monstrous creature.

Its gigantic head resembled the head in paintings and sculptures of the auspicious beast dragon with about eighty to ninety percent similarity.

All had long mouths, fangs, and nostrils large enough to accommodate a person.

However, this monstrous creature’s head was completely bald, lacking the mane and double horns of a dragon.

It had only pitch-black, rough, and resilient scales and skin.

Moreover, unlike the auspicious beast dragon, it wasn’t elongated but nearly upright, having four limbs.

Its entire body was pitch-black; if the auspicious beast dragon descended from the nine heavens, then this ancient giant dragon climbed up from the abyss beneath the earth.

"What kind of exotic beast is this?"

Except for the Court’s people, others, although seeing the sky’s anomaly, knowing opportunity was present here.

They had never linked the opportunity to this ferocious gigantic exotic beast.

"It’s the ancient giant dragon!"

A noble family disciple suddenly recalled the description he had read in an ancient book and shouted out immediately.

Roar!

After arriving here, the ancient giant dragon immediately swung its right claw in the sea!

Instantly, three sharp Qi forces emanated from its right claw’s fingers, accompanied by the fierce might from its bloodline, slicing through the seawater.

This swing blocked Gu Yulong, who wanted to go before the bronze-skinned woman and deliver another palm.

Seeing the formidable Qi force, Gu Yulong immediately clenched his fists and took a horse stance in the sea.

Celestial Spirit Child Skill was fully exerted, a solid Gang Qi, flickering with various Divine Intents, exploded from his body, pushing aside seawater and shielding his surroundings.

Among the three Qi forces, one cut into his body with a bang, immediately breaking through his Gang Qi, making him float back.

"Everyone, go capture this dragon for me!"

Though Gu Yulong’s Protective Gang Qi was shattered by a single strike from the ancient giant dragon, he focused again, showing another layer of Gang Qi around him.

Listening to this, the Court’s people brought by Gu Yulong were more prepared.

Because before coming, they knew what they were facing, mentally prepared, they weren’t so frightened.

However, those noble families’ people, upon seeing this monstrous creature, immediately became timid and retreated.

"If you assist me in capturing this dragon, the treasures obtained from it will have your share!"

Gu Yulong shouted while employing Lightweight Skill, seeking an angle to attack the ancient giant dragon.

This ancient giant dragon had a large form; purely competing in strength, he knew that even with his current power, he might not be able to match.

But also because of this large form, the dragon had blind spots.

He could use his agile body technique to move into these blind spots, delivering consistent attacks to bring down the ancient giant dragon.

After Gu Yulong shouted, though those noble families were moved, none of them moved forward, and they all retreated.

Gu Yulong wanted to use them as the vanguard, while they planned to wait for the Court’s people and the ancient giant dragon to fight to mutual destruction, then stepping in as fishermen benefitting from the law.

"You bastards! Once ashore, you’ll all die!"

Gu Yulong saw the noble families retreat, his gaze turned cold, and he said fiercely.

Crash!

The ancient giant dragon suddenly swung its claw again, the power stirring the seawater and hacking towards them.

This force was so formidable that even Su Que, standing afar, had to retreat slightly, lest he got affected.

And as the claw swung out, two Imperial Guards unable to evade were immediately struck by the claw force, their bodies splitting, innards flowing out.

Gu Yulong and other Court’s people immediately employed Lightweight Skill, dodging away.

Just as everyone was retreating again, unwilling to confront the ancient giant dragon head-on, they saw the dragon suddenly turn, grabbing the badly injured bronze-skinned woman with one hand.

With a mighty swing of its gigantic tail, it turned and swam away.

’The dragon is leaving!’

Seeing this scene, everyone gasped in shock.

The most surprised was Gu Yulong.

If others failed to capture the dragon, it wouldn’t be a loss.

But if he failed, returning would mean facing Lian Jiuying’s inhuman punishment.

"Chase!"

Gu Yulong gritted his teeth and shouted, leading the Court’s people, rushing forward.

At this moment, he had no time to care about those fleeing noble families.

For fear that if delayed a bit more, the dragon would vanish.

Su Que and others also followed Gu Yulong with the Court’s people, pursuing ahead.

Yet, as Gu Yulong’s group chased for a while, the ancient giant dragon suddenly turned again, swinging its claw towards Gu Yulong’s crowd!

The claw force burst out, and the seawater churned.

Five Imperial Guards who couldn’t evade were instantly smashed by the claw force.

Broken bones, flesh, and viscera floated in the sea.

The ancient giant dragon suddenly inhaled, sucking these fragmented corpses into its mouth.

Afterward, the dragon moved its mouth, seemingly savoring the taste of flesh, and used a blood-red tongue to lick its massive fangs.

While licking, it cast an arrogant glance at everyone.

Then, turning again, it swam away.