DNDAS

Chapter 28: Examination

After dragging his two juniors back to the ocean, Qing Yan spat out a large mouth of blood.

"Uncle!" The two azure dragons had just reached adulthood and were used to acting in an oppressive manner. Never once had they thought that Zhuang Qing would have the guts to make things difficult for their azure dragon clan.

"I'm fine," Qing Yan waved his hands. He hadn't expected Zhuang Qing's cultivation to have reached such a level of profoundness. The only reason he persisted was so he could prevent Zhuang Qing from seeing through him, but now, he was unable to hold on any longer. He was just about to transform into his dragon form and swim back to the dragon palace when he caught sight of a submarine moving ahead furtively. Upon focusing spiritual qi at his eyes, he realized that the people inside differed in skin tone and hair color from their human forms.

The him who was in a bad mood merely flung his sleeves and the submarine was sent hurtling above the surface of the water. In recent years, these ships had constantly been floating back and forth above their dragon palace, forcing them to set up a concealment barrier throughout all four seasons in a year. It was practically an endless source of frustration for the dragons.

The chief of the submarine whose head was spinning from the hurtling had just regained his wits when he saw a large motionless warship not too far in the distance.

The warship and submarine looked at each other in dismay. The warship reacted very quickly and politely invited the submarine back to its country as a guest.

The four dragons had just reached the dragon palace when Qing Yuan suddenly clutched his head and rolled about on the ground howling, without any care for the surrounding shrimp and crab soldiers.

"Elder!" Seeing that Qing Yuan was so pained that he nearly couldn't control his spiritual qi, Qing Yan changed into his original form and ordered the surrounding shrimp and crab soldiers, "Everyone is to retreat!"

The thunderous dragon hiss tormented the shrimp and crab soldiers with low cultivation. Some even fainted dead away on the spot. Hearing the commotion, the other dragons in the dragon palace all came out to see what had occurred.

Qing Yuan was jolting around chaotically in the ocean. If Qing Yan hadn't reacted swiftly and set up a barrier in front of the palace gate, he would even have rammed into the gate.

"Qing Yan, weren't all of you going to find Zhuang Qing? How did things turn out like this?" The Head of the azure dragon clan walked out. His expression turned grave upon seeing Qing Yuan, who had lost his mind from pain. "Qing Yuan's cultivation may not be the highest among the azure dragons, but he still has a few thousand years' worth of cultivation. Who is capable of harming him to this extent?"

"E-Elder's horn!" An underaged azure dragon displayed an expression filled with shock, horror, and amazement as he pointed at Qing Yuan, who was still struggling in pain. He couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

Qing Yan shifted his line of sight towards Qing Yuan, his expression heavy. A frightening scene greeted his eyes.

Elder Qing Yuan had left his shell at a hundred years old and transformed into his human form at the age of five hundred. His dragon horns were formidable and beautiful and had always been a source of pride for him. Yet, cracks had appeared on one of his two beautiful and impressive dragon horns. Furthermore, these cracks were widening as Elder Qing Yuan howled uncontrollably.

One crisp snapping sound later, the dragon horn landed on the ground in a few chunks.

"The d-dragon horn broke..." A young dragon covered the tiny forked horns on top of his head, scared speechless.