King of Creation Chapter 1645 - 1630: Is There Really a One-in-a-Million Chance?
Previously on King of Creation...
Ye Zhen pondered deeply to himself, "How exactly can I throw myself into the fight?"
Yuann Yinying's cultivation base stood out clearly, yet his true fighting strength remained a massive enigma.
Take Yuann Hongying as an example: even though he lingered at just the Ninth Stage of the Dark Palace Realm, he could crush mid-stage Realm Kings with ease. Armed with three Acquired Spirit Treasures, he overwhelmed even late-stage Realm Kings.
What if the younger brother Yuann Hongying wielded such horrifying battle prowess? Then imagine the explosive might of his elder brother Yuann Yinying, boasting peak Ninth Stage of the Realm King Realm cultivation!
Since Yuann Hongying owned three Acquired Spirit Treasures, his older brother Yuann Yinying must possess at least one or two, no doubt about it.
A Martial Artist's cultivation level determines the might unleashed by Acquired Spirit Treasures.
The gap in potency between Acquired Spirit Treasures powered by Yuann Hongying's peak Ninth Stage Dark Palace Realm and those fueled by Yuann Yinying's peak Ninth Stage Realm King Realm wasn't just a tiny sliver.
Rather, it exploded several folds stronger.
Ye Zhen figured Yuann Yinying's fighting strength could at minimum match Second or Third stage Dao Realm foes. Should it surge higher, it might challenge even Fifth or Sixth stage powerhouses.
Regardless of which scenario played out, Yuann Yinying would crush Ye Zhen effortlessly—the sole variance lay in how many strikes Ye Zhen might survive.
It hinged not solely on power levels but also sheer fortune.
Frankly speaking, surviving merely three blows from Yuann Yinying posed deadly peril for Ye Zhen.
Yet right from the start, Ye Zhen burned with envy toward Yuann Yinying's Five-clawed Silver Dragon.
Through practicing the Black Dragon Tyrant Body, Ye Zhen grasped the immense worth of Five-clawed Silver Dragon Essence Blood.
The Essence Blood of a Five-clawed Silver Dragon held several times more energy and primal origin force than that of a Five-clawed True Dragon.
Even more crucially, faint urges from the Black Dragon Spirit Pillar let Ye Zhen detect that this Five-clawed Silver Dragon descended from a lineage close to the Ancient Black Dragon Bloodline.
Such descendants, with bloodlines near the Ancient Black Dragon Bloodline, packed their Essence Blood with dragon clan origin power far exceeding types like the Blue-scaled Dragon King.
In plain terms, it boiled down to heritage—the ancestry of the Blue-scaled Dragon King versus this Five-clawed Silver Dragon's forebears.
Though Yuann Yinying trampled the Five-clawed Silver Dragon, stripping its pride, the Blue-scaled Dragon King wouldn't dare exhale loudly in its presence if it showed up now.
Such was the vast bloodline gulf inside the Dragon Clan.
To break it down, the Blue-scaled Dragon King started from the dragon clan's basest Flood Dragon bloodline, gradually ascending through endless ages of cultivation into Horned Dragon, Ying Dragon, True Dragon, and finally brushing the edge of Five-clawed True Dragon.
Now consider the Five-clawed Silver Dragon beneath Yuann Yinying's foot?
Born straight as a Five-clawed Silver Dragon, it inherited a supremely rare and exalted Five-clawed Silver Dragon Bloodline.
Down the line, even should the Blue-scaled Dragon King seize heaven-defying luck to upgrade its bloodline to Five-clawed Silver Dragon level, it would pale before this innate-born one.
This gap ignored cultivation or know-how—it stemmed purely from ancestry, their inborn bloodlines.
Fate decreed it so!
Thus, one pound of Essence Blood from this innate Five-clawed Silver Dragon would boost Ye Zhen beyond what a hundred pounds from the Blue-scaled Dragon King could achieve.
Above all, their refinement speeds diverged wildly.
The richer the force in True Dragon Essence Blood, the fiercer the bodily overhaul for Ye Zhen's Black Dragon Tyrant Body practice, hence quicker progress.
For example, a thousand pounds of Five-clawed Silver Dragon Essence Blood matched ten thousand pounds of Blue-scaled Dragon King Essence Blood in pushing Ye Zhen's Black Dragon Tyrant Body to Third Stage.
With a mere thousand pounds of Five-clawed Silver Dragon Essence Blood, Ye Zhen's Black Dragon Tyrant Body would hit Third Stage in at most one month.
In contrast, ten thousand pounds of Blue-scaled Dragon King Essence Blood might demand five full years to lift Ye Zhen's Black Dragon Tyrant Body to Third Stage.
That marked the stark contrast between them.
Right now, Ye Zhen required not just True Dragon Essence Blood for Black Dragon Tyrant Body progress but also ample time.
Securing some Essence Blood from this Five-clawed Silver Dragon would grant Ye Zhen vital training resources while slashing his timeline dramatically.
For comparison, a hundred pounds of Five-clawed Silver Dragon Essence Blood outvalued the Divine Communication and Saint Assistance Pill—which had propelled Ye Zhen's cultivation from mid-Third Stage Divine Communication to late-Fourth Stage Divine Communication—by over tenfold.
The instant Ye Zhen laid eyes on this Five-clawed Silver Dragon, overwhelming greed surged within him.
Back then, though, Ye Zhen knew no path existed to claim even a drop of Five-clawed Silver Dragon Essence Blood.
But with developments reaching this juncture, Ye Zhen abruptly saw a slim shot at seizing that priceless Five-clawed Silver Dragon Essence Blood.
Still, this shot brimmed with dire hazards, potentially fatal ones.
To date, Ye Zhen retained roughly eighty thousand barrels—around eight hundred thousand pounds—of Blue-scaled Dragon King True Dragon Essence Blood.
That leftover Blue-scaled Dragon King True Dragon Essence Blood would fuel Ye Zhen's Black Dragon Tyrant Body training for another two or three years.
That said, after employing Blue-scaled Dragon King True Dragon Essence Blood to reach Second Stage in Black Dragon Tyrant Body, Ye Zhen's advancement pace had dipped noticeably.
All the same, laying hands on this nearby Five-clawed Silver Dragon's Essence Blood would let Ye Zhen rocket the Black Dragon Tyrant Body to Third Stage in no time.
At Third Stage, Black Dragon Tyrant Body rendered fleshly body as tough as a High Grade Suppressing Device. Ye Zhen could tank Realm King Realm expert assaults barehanded.
For such a prize, Ye Zhen deemed the gamble worthwhile.
Against Yuann Yinying, he might endure three strikes.
"Fortune favors the bold!"
As this phrase blazed across Ye Zhen's thoughts, he resolved instantly.
"Yuann Family's Third Young Master, you demand I step out and endure three strikes from you? Simple enough—I'll accept, but for me to emerge and tank those three hits, conditions apply!" Ye Zhen blurted out suddenly.
"Conditions? Name them, spit it out!" Urgency gripped Yuann Yinying right then. Desperate to reclaim his dignity yet unable to spot Ye Zhen, he yielded to whatever terms Ye Zhen proposed.
"I'll withstand your three strikes. Should I fall, no complaints from me. But if by some miracle I survive them, I claim one... a million jins of your Five-clawed Silver Dragon's Essence Blood!" Ye Zhen dropped the bombshell.
At first, Yuann Yinying found the demand routine, nothing odd.
His ride, a purebred dragon breed Five-clawed Silver Dragon, boasted essence blood of utmost rarity. Folks often begged for ten or eight jins of Five-clawed Silver Dragon Essence Blood—par for the course.
Di Kuohai nursing that idea seemed natural too.
That changed when 'a million jins' hit Yuann Yinying's ears, stunning him with Ye Zhen's outrageous ask.
Damn it, was this a grab for Five-clawed Silver Dragon Essence Blood or straight-up its demise?
Boasting keen wits, this Five-clawed Silver Dragon hadn't human-shifted yet but grasped human tongue perfectly.
Ye Zhen's demand jolted it rigid.
A million jins of essence blood—heavens, that'd drain seventy to eighty percent of its total essence blood, wouldn't it?
Afterward, death might evade it, but cripplehood loomed close.
The Five-clawed Silver Dragon figured its master would never consent.
"Di Kuohai, you messing around? Scared to brawl and won't show? Admit it outright. No need for absurd ultimatums like this!" Yuann Yinying snarled.
"Scared of fighting? That's you!" From concealment, Ye Zhen bellowed back at Yuann Yinying.
"You're the one summoning me for a square duel, urging me out to eat your blows."
"Blast it, I'm answering your call to clash now, yet you balk, too gutless for even this minor stipulation—are you man enough?"
"Fear me? Dread defeat? Then scram! Spare us the shame! Failing such a paltry term screams your terror of loss!"
"Hahaha, a peak Ninth Stage Realm King Realm bigshot, half-step into Dao Realm, cowering before a puny Fifth Stage Divine Communication Realm like me! Haha, word of this will skyrocket Di Kuohai's fame worldwide!"
"Ladies and gentlemen, all you onlookers, bear witness today for Di Kuohai! Not I, Di Kuohai, shirking battle, but this punk Yuann Yinying quaking at defeat!"
Ye Zhen's roars triggered roaring guffaws surging from every side like ocean tides.
Ye Zhen's barbs painted Yuann Yinying and his Yuann Family siblings as utter cowards and worthless scum.
Ye Zhen's jeers flushed Yuann Yinying's face crimson, his fingers quivering in fury.
Curse that Di Kuohai brat—talking utter nonsense!
He'd meant to argue that surviving three moves would doom his mount via that demand...
Hold on, scratch that!
If?
Yuann Yinying snapped alert: no "if" existed here!
How could defeat touch him?
How might Di Kuohai weather his three assaults?
Utterly inconceivable!
For impossibilities, what harm in consenting?
Lure Di Kuohai out, slay him in three blows, scatter his soul, settle all scores—flawless!
Even so, Yuann Yinying, battle-hardened across All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds, sensed unease stirring.
Di Kuohai seemed to maneuver him into accepting this ludicrous term, dragging him along like a puppet.
Except Di Kuohai held zero odds!
After pondering a few breaths, Yuann Yinying banished the suspicion, then growled deeply, "Who claimed fear? Di Kuohai, your condition's accepted!"