Night of the Broken Gliph

Chapter 455

Chui Yim sped forward, too fast for the other participants to catch even if they gave it their all and nothing was dragging them back. Thus, they could only watch Chui Yim get further from them, slowly turning into a small black dot.

Lam Zaa was in a bad mood. He was a brilliant teenager, and he caught the hidden meaning in the first teacher’s words. The first teacher never mentioned that rankings mattered; all that mattered was they made it to the end.

Those like Hung Ching Sun – leading yet still taking malicious actions against the other participants, which led to his own elimination – were idiots. Even so, Lam Zaa still saw the purpose in getting first amongst all the elites in his generation.

And now, Chui Yim got a steal…

“Eh? What's wrong with that kid?”

Lee Bak's voice attracted the attention of everyone as he stopped his spar with Kam Chin Kee out of horror. The teenagers watched Chui Yim enlarging in their vision again.

“Why is he back?” Kam Chin Kee asked, not understanding what was wrong with Chui Yim.

But after a few seconds, everyone understood and stopped in their tracks.

“How shameful can you get!? The man with the surname of Song!” Right now, Chui Yim couldn't care less about the first teacher's status and cursed loudly. He ran back with all his might, and his muscular body was revealed because there was a burnt hole in his white robe and the inner red singlet!

He dashed forward for his life because there was a dragon chasing after him!

“Ancient divine dragon!? How can this be!?” The participants immediately remembered the information they had read in the books.

An ancient divine dragon was a divine beast in the far reaches of ancient times. In the books, it was written that dragons were beasts that had been around since the birth of the world. However, it was only recorded in the books as nobody had seen an actual dragon.

There were nine characteristics to a divine dragon: the head of a camel, horns of a deer, eyes of a rabbit, ears of a cow, nape of a snake, belly of a sea monster, scales of a carp, claws of an eagle, and the palms of a tiger.

At the same time, the number nine is the number of extremes, symbolising the supremacy of the dragon.

It was recorded in the books that newborn divine dragons had the power of a grade five beast, and adult divine dragons were so powerful that they couldn't be determined by cultivation state and possessed the ability to turn the world upside down with just a thought. The world would welcome pleasant weather when the dragon was in a good mood, but inclement weather otherwise.

This divine dragon the participants were facing was definitely less than a grade five beast, because if it was, one glance was capable of turning them into ashes. Yet it was obviously comparable to at least a beast at the peak of grade three.

Moreover… they were in the dragon’s home court!

Dragons were beings of the clouds, and given how high up everyone was right now, they were in the divine dragon's home court!

The participants also realised that the divine dragon was pitch-black in colour with a pair of emotionless orbs; it was clearly drawn!

Even so, it could still leave the participants breathless.

However, Chui Yim at the front was suffering the most.

He was leading previously, but before he could reach the mountain peak, an ink dragon appeared out of nowhere, spitting pitch-black fire that hit Chui Yim and nearly burnt him into barbecue!

Facing life and death, Chui Yim activated all his special abilities, from bronze skin to his flame hair in order to escape its claws! He turned around and started running for his life!

Feeling the aura of a divine dragon, even though it was lesser than recorded, colour drained from the teenagers' faces as it was still at least of the grade three state, and far ancient divine dragons were born to be stronger than ordinary gliphic beasts. 

The only person that was not really affected was Mung Si.

Mung Si currently wore a cold glance. She was already performing the powerful Hundred Phoenix Feather.

Once the gliphility was activated, it couldn't be stopped, and the sight of the dragon had Mung Si deviate the attack towards it!

Countless flame feathers took a sharp turn, drawing beautiful curves in the air as if there was a burning meteor shower high up in the air!

Boom boom boom boom！

The feathers landed on the ancient divine dragon, resulting in balls of flame. The shockwave even stopped the dragon in its tracks temporarily!

Even Lam Zaa's face fell.

Leaving others aside, his special body form was best in defence, and yet the best special body form in defence in the world was now feeling threatened under Mung Si's Hundred Phoenix Feather. He suspected that the energliph shield of his special body form might not be able to take the attack successfully!

Roar!

The divine dragon might’ve been fake, but under consecutive attacks from Mung Si, it let out an angry roar, and formidable pressure came for the participants!

“Is this… Dragon’s Might?”

Kam Chin Kee was utterly shocked. There wasn't much description regarding the divine dragon; it was a legendary beast, after all, unknown if it actually existed. But two of its most powerful attacks were mentioned – Dragon's Breath and Dragon’s Might.

Dragon’s Breath was just like its name – the breath of divine dragon. It’s the most powerful beast fire of all, not only because of its high temperature but its capability of destroying vitality. Other than the Heaven's Flame, it was known to be the scariest flame in the world.

Dragon's Might on the other hand was pure pressure from the prestigious beast. It was simple, just as mice feared cats while cats feared dogs from the depths of their consciousness. This was the difference in nature. If the might was purposefully activated, it turned into a scary mental attack. That was Dragon’s Might. It would at least destroy someone's mental state and send them to death at worst.

This fake divine dragon naturally could not take their lives with just Dragon's Might, but it was enough to scare them badly and make them fear going against it.

Roar!!

The divine dragon roared again, and a grayish black flame was spit out, going over everyone’s heads and landing directly on the thick chains behind them!

Crack…

The destructive black flame started turning the chains into ashes!

The participants were stunned. It was unknown who, but someone shouted “Run!” and woke all of them up.

Crack…

The divine dragon seemed uninterested in them but the giant chains instead, which it exerted the Dragon's Breath on, creating tons of cracks!

At this moment, the participants felt like they might be doomed!

Crack!

This was the last sound before all of them fell!

“What the hell is this!?” Yeung Tin Hun cursed and stuck himself to the chain with his silver spear, dropping down with it.

The rest of the teenagers hugged or grabbed onto the holes or joints of the chain tightly!

Bang!

The chain bridge broke in half and banged into the walls of the mountain hard.

Things were still okay for Mung Si and Man Yee Ho, who had the ability to stop in the air for a short while, but under such a harsh situation, they lost their ability to think and stayed confused in the middle of the air for a short while before reaching toward the huge chain.

Kam Chin Kee's ten fingers moved rapidly in the air, and the red bird puppet's claw grabbed his shoulder, allowing him to fly for a short while and escape the danger.

But not everyone was so lucky.

Boom boom boom!

Their bodies that hung from the chain also slammed into the stone wall of the cliff, the huge force causing them to vomit blood. Chui Yim was similarly feeling pain all over his body, but he was not seriously injured. Lam Zaa who had the Hundred Streams body was also fine; the energliph shield shrunk around him, allowing him to remain safe and uninjured.