This Is My Planet - Chapter 102 - Chapter 102 – Xiang Yuxuan
The little loli struggled fiercely at first, but then seemed to suddenly realize something.
Her movements abruptly stopped as if her power had been cut off, and she hung there limply like a salted fish, swaying slightly.
To those present, it appeared as if the once majestic Azure Dragon was now dangling like a dead snake, held by the scruff, swaying back and forth.
It seemed like a completely different creature from the one that had just withstood the star destroyer cannon, creating a bizarre scene.
The mushroom cloud at the center of the explosion obscured all external views, including those from satellites and ray analyses, which couldn’t penetrate it. A new barrier seemed to be forming, isolating this area into an independent space.
Spatial manipulation, creating its own world.
Gongsun Jiu quickly realized something and decisively ordered, “First Division, continue the attack to create the appearance of an offensive. Divisions Two, Three, and Four, prepare for immediate action, target the outer space.”
Within the explosion zone, Xia Guixuan smiled slightly, “This level of attack… Gongsun Jiu is indeed smart.”
Shang Zhaoye and Hun Yuan were both staring blankly at him.
Xia Guixuan was still holding the dragon with one hand, while the other hand grasped the serpent chains and the spear, single-handedly controlling three Wu Xiang, yet still managing to coordinate with Gongsun Jiu.
Of course, none of the three were resisting.
The Azure Dragon had completely turned into a dead snake, and Hun Yuan was in a daze.
Shang Zhaoye, recognizing the situation, let go of the spear, knelt on one knee, and bowed her head, saying, “Greetings, Divine Creator.”
Hun Yuan glanced at her, his mouth twitching for a moment. He didn’t kneel but bowed slightly, saying, “Greetings, Divine Creator… I… no, I was disrespectful to you earlier. Please punish me.”
His disrespect had been extensive, making him feel extremely awkward.
Mistaking Xia Guixuan for a human envoy was one thing, as that was due to Divine Creator’s own acting. But speaking in front of him about Divine Creator’s lust and calling him Yan Wuyue’s lover… and expressing a desire to bypass Divine Creator and establish his own authority… all of this was beyond awkward.
He even attempted to ambush the Azure Dragon, which essentially meant trying to ambush Divine Creator himself.
If he hadn’t stopped at the last moment and attacked Shang Zhaoye instead, his ashes would probably be scattered by now. Xia Guixuan’s delay in taking action was actually him observing this!
Even though Xia Guixuan praised him now, who wouldn’t feel anxious? Who knew what this strange Divine Creator, who wore a deceptive smile, was truly thinking?
To make matters worse, what was the relationship between the Azure Dragon and the Divine Creator? If they were extremely close, wouldn’t his ambush still have deeply offended them?
Hun Yuan’s mind was in chaos; he didn’t even know what to think.
“You plotted against me? Honestly, it’s not much of a crime,” Xia Guixuan said with a smile. “This is called defying the heavens.”
A strange look flashed in Hun Yuan’s eyes.
Xia Guixuan continued calmly, “Of course, when the Heavenly Dao is not a vague concept but embodied in the Divine Creator, this heaven defying act becomes a betrayal. For your personal desires, you dared to harm the Divine Creator who guided your cultivation and Dao… A slight punishment is in order.”
As he spoke, he fused the eight serpent chains into one.
Hun Yuan let out a cry of pain, large beads of sweat streaming down his face, his expression contorted in agony, yet he dared not resist.
Those nine serpent chains were actually his nine heads. He was a nine-headed sea serpent, each head a vital part of his essence… every head could invade a person’s sea of consciousness and achieve soul control.
But now, the nine heads were forcibly merged into one. The pain was indescribable, even threatening to set back his cultivation.
Despite the pain, Hun Yuan didn’t dare harbor any thoughts of resistance. Instead, he felt a sense of relief.
This punishment meant the incident was being put to rest. Divine Creator ultimately showed leniency because he considered Hun Yuan’s concern for the bigger picture at the last moment, not joining in the attack on the Azure Dragon.
Xia Guixuan glanced at Shang Zhaoye with a faint smile but said nothing, letting her kneel there.
Shang Zhaoye’s forehead was also covered in cold sweat, and she didn’t dare speak.
The “dead snake” Azure Dragon suddenly spoke, “This woman betrayed me.”
Xia Guixuan responded with a hum.
“Help me punish her.”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“Because she discussed this betrayal with me, and I didn’t know the fake Azure Dragon was you…”
The Azure Dragon let out a soft “Oh,” sniffled, looking aggrieved, and even appearing ready to flee.
Sure enough, Xia Guixuan sneered, “You’ve certainly improved, haven’t you? Using the cultivation techniques I taught you and the dragon’s breath I gave you to impersonate an Azure Dragon, using my name and enjoying the prestige… How should I peel you of your skin, my… nominal disciple?”
Shang Zhaoye and Hun Yuan widened their eyes, sweating even more profusely.
A disciple… not an enemy.
This is a disaster.
“No, no!” The Azure Dragon struggled violently. “I thought Master had died, becoming the Dao of Heaven in this world. These ‘junior brothers and sisters’ are so unreliable, always fighting among themselves. I couldn’t stand it…”
“Who told you they were your junior brothers and sisters? You’re not even my direct disciple, just someone I taught a few tricks!” Xia Guixuan snorted. “Now you’ve broken the rules, you’re expelled…”
“No, Master!” The Azure Dragon cried loudly.
“Change back to your human form. Who wants to see a big dragon crying like this? Are you trying to cause a rainstorm?”
With a “pop,” the several-mile-long Azure Dragon transformed into a little girl.
She wore a green dress, had cute dragon horns, and her little face was tear-streaked as she cried, “Master, don’t expel me. I was wrong…”
“I’m not your master.”
“Uwaaa…”
Only now did Shang Zhaoye and Hun Yuan realize that this girl didn’t possess the terrifying strength of a peak Wu Xiang being but was merely a young Qian Yuan dragon.
So how did she withstand the star destroyer cannon?
And… they had seen this girl before.
She was Xiang Yuxuan, the current little princess of the largest interstellar merchant fleet in this star system, infamous for being the most shameless interstellar merchant, known for selling junk that infuriated the realms.
She had even tried to sell strange items to them before, such as the “Guaranteed Human Womb Fertility Elixir” to Shang Zhaoye and the “Hair Reviving Shampoo for Snakes, Smooth as Silk” to Hun Yuan, only to be driven away without any suspense.
How had they not noticed she was dragon-kin?
The little girl cried pitifully, but Xia Guixuan was unmoved, his face stern as he said, “Stop with the act. They started a ritual to summon my arrival, so how could they summon you instead?”
The little loli’s eyes darted around shyly. “Because… because I’m covered in Master’s things. So many…”
Xia Guixuan almost threw her out.
But seeing her shifty eyes, he ultimately didn’t, instead sighing, “You… have you been collecting the fragments of my treasures scattered in the universe? The hilt of the Sovereign Sword you gave Shang Zhaoye… And the divine descendants attacking this southwestern sea area for the so-called Sea Covering Pearl, did you sense that there are remnants of my formation stones here?”
The little girl fell silent, staring at him, then whispered, “Master isn’t dead… that’s great.”
Shang Zhaoye and Hun Yuan turned their heads to look at her, thinking, How old are you?
“I don’t, I don’t secretly like Master!” The little girl seemed to sense the strange looks, turned around, tore open a space rift, attempting to escape.
With a “bang,” the space closed, and the girl, as if hitting an invisible wall, slid down slowly, arms and legs spread out.
“I’m not trying to lock you up.” Xia Guixuan said sternly. “The external space right now is lethal.”
As he spoke, satellite waves from outer space transmitted a message they caught clearly:
“Level One Alert, Level One Alert! Zerterians have breached the Donglin star domain defense zone, Zelt invaders have breached the Donglin star domain defense zone!”
Almost at the same time, the naval guns that were pretending to bombard this independent space stopped, and in the distance, visible to everyone with the naked eye, countless huge warships took off and flew into space in neat rows.
These ships had been waiting for some time. It was predictable that, in the unseen star systems beyond, warships from various defense zones would swarm like locusts, forming a vast net across the entire star domain.
Xia Guixuan said coolly, “While you’ve been plotting and staging various dramas, Gongsun Jiu has been fully preparing for the Zeltis invasion. Watching these iron eagles soar, do you still want to play house?”