Urban Divine Doctor Descends the Mountain Chapter 2682 - 2681: Earth Dragon Treasure Technique?

With the final strand of illusion vanishing completely, Lin Dong gradually lifted his eyes, his stare now infused with fresh resolve and steadiness.

Glancing about, he spotted Yun Ruoxian, Tang Yun, Tian Kong, and the Crescent Wolf Emperor stirring from their individual illusions. They shared a meaningful look, without uttering a sound, grasping that the event they'd just endured was only a small challenge within the third phase of the examination.

"It looks like we've all overcome the temptation trial." Yun Ruoxian slightly parted her crimson lips, her snow-white robe gleaming brighter than fresh frost. Despite battling allure, she held onto her otherworldly and graceful air, resembling a fairy freshly emerged from an artwork.

Tang Yun flashed a playful grin, brushing dirt from her clothes, and chuckled, "Such alluring tricks are mere games for folks like us. How could a genuine powerhouse falter before simple attractiveness?"

Her grin brimmed with assurance and rebellion, magnetically pulling others into her easygoing vibe.

Tian Kong stayed quiet, yet his gaze gleamed with keen intensity, as if pondering the shape of the challenges to come.

As a scion of the Heavenly Clan and the prior era's Son of Heaven, this kind of exam meant little to him.

The Crescent Wolf Emperor emitted a deep rumble, radiating imperial authority.

"Just attractiveness attempting to lure us? What a gross underestimate of our strength."

"Friends, don't get too relaxed," Lin Dong warned gravely. "This allure test is merely the opening to the third phase; the true challenge awaits. We must stay even more alert."

All five agreed with nods.

They realized the path forward brimmed with mysteries and perils, and the third phase wouldn't prove so straightforward.

Right then, the area surrounding them twisted abruptly, as a mighty surge of force erupted from the emptiness, like some entity stirring to life.

"Looks like the actual test is starting," Lin Dong inhaled deeply, his eyes keen like an eagle's, aware that each move ahead would prove vital; a single slip might result in total defeat.

A brilliant glow suddenly shattered the quiet around them, akin to the night sky's most vivid star, seizing everyone's focus at once.

The glow stemmed from an old tome that abruptly hovered in the air, emitting a soft and enigmatic aura of treasure, as though it held boundless might and knowledge.

Across the tome's surface, four bold characters were carved in archaic, forceful strokes—"Earth Dragon Treasure Technique."

Every character appeared to harbor the power of a dragon racing across the skies, inspiring reverence in those who beheld it.

Among the group, the Crescent Wolf Emperor reacted quickest, his eyes igniting with avarice at the sight. He unleashed a low bellow, his frame darting like a bolt of thunder, pouncing toward the old tome while roaring with laughter:

"Haha, Earth Dragon Treasure Technique, a top-tier relic like this rightfully falls to me!"

His velocity was blinding; even before his shout ended, his hand stretched out to seize the old tome.

Yet, right as the Crescent Wolf Emperor neared the tome, Tian Kong materialized next to him like a spectral figure, both reaching under the tome nearly together.

Tian Kong bore a faint smirk, his voice laced with unyielding certainty: "Crescent Wolf Emperor, aren't you acting too overbearing? The Earth Dragon Treasure Technique belongs to no one yet; where do you get 'mine' from?"

With those words, the air between them thickened instantly, charged with fierce hostility.

The Crescent Wolf Emperor's gaze reddened, fixing on Tian Kong like a furious wild animal. He abruptly hurled a punch, winds roaring alongside it, straight for Tian Kong's features.

Tian Kong refused to yield. His shape blurred, sidestepping the blow effortlessly, while striking back with a single hand strike that smashed against the Crescent Wolf Emperor's fist in the air, yielding a thunderous boom.

The abrupt shift stunned Yun Ruoxian and Tang Yun, who had been watching passively. Now pulled into the heavy tension, they pondered inwardly about intervening.

Yun Ruoxian turned to Lin Dong, her eyes blending bewilderment and question: "Lin Dong, why aren't you moving to claim the Earth Dragon Treasure Technique?"

Lin Dong kept his focus on the old tome and the growing oddity of its surroundings. He creased his forehead and, after brief reflection, spoke deliberately:

"This doesn't strike me as straightforward. In the Earth Dragon Palace's third phase, a key trial, how could such a valuable treasure technique appear so readily for us? Plus, the Earth Dragon Treasure Technique's emergence feels overly abrupt, lacking any warning, which seems illogical."

Lin Dong's statement, akin to pebbles tossed into still waters, rippled outward, hinting at a brewing tempest.

His remark hung in the atmosphere, laced with a subtle trace of concern and disquiet.

The space, responding to his doubts, started to warp and shudder inexplicably, making even firm principles appear brittle and unsteady right then.

Amid the turmoil, the old tome's radiance flared intensely, then the glow seemed to animate, dividing into twin shafts of brilliant light, resembling twin shooting stars slicing the darkness, which plunged straight into the forms of the Crescent Wolf Emperor and Tian Kong.

In that instant, their faces twisted sharply, the once-clear eyes swiftly consumed by a crimson tint—the shade profound and sinister, as though shifting into shadows, dread, slaughter, and chill.

Breaths grew ragged, torsos rising and falling wildly, like an ancient, potent energy inside was rousing, desperate to erupt and wreak havoc.

The Crescent Wolf Emperor roared skyward, his cry blending agony and rage, his frame swelling abruptly, sinews swelling like steel, with subtle emerald lines pulsing beneath his hide—this marked the wolf man lineage's surge, also signaling his slipping grip on his might.

He sprang at Tian Kong, talons glinting coldly, intent on ripping apart every barrier in his way.

Still, Tian Kong wouldn't back down. Flames of combat fervor blazed in his stare, mingled with a touch of frenzy.

His silhouette stretched into a blur, clashing savagely with the Crescent Wolf Emperor. Their fight shed any pretense of strategy, becoming a raw showdown of power and resolve. Each strike poured full might, each block demanded total commitment, as if set on dragging the foe to destruction.

Their actions blurred into a whirlwind. Their energies quaked the void.

The Crescent Wolf Emperor's talons ripped the atmosphere, carving scary fissures. Tian Kong's punches whipped gales of ruin, shattering rocks and scorching flora in their wake.

In this bloodless conflict, both had morphed into killing engines, unleashing every ability and exposing every hidden ace.

The Crescent Wolf Emperor activated his signature wolf man shift, his bulk towering like a peak, power vast enough to rattle lands and streams. Tian Kong, on the other hand, invoked his hidden pinnacle move, wreathed in bolts and blazes, commanding the wildest forces of nature.

But this frenzy and destruction yielded no thrill or fulfillment. Rather, it hollowed their gazes further, deepening their bewilderment.

They acted as if puppeted by some unseen power, forsaking their selves, reduced to base urges for slaughter.

Yun Ruoxian and Tang Yun observed with racing pulses, attempting to advance and halt them, yet the awful aura pouring from the pair barred any nearness.

They stood helpless, witnessing the duo plunge relentlessly into devastation's depths.

"This... what's really going on?" Yun Ruoxian's tone quivered, struggling to make sense of the spectacle.

Now, even Tang Yun glanced at Lin Dong, seeking insight from him.

Lin Dong's eyes glinted as he mused, "This could be another type of trial!"