Chapter 338: Jiang Cheng Helps Shen Que Complete the Dragon Bone Transformation

Chapter 338: Jiang Cheng Helps Shen Que Complete the Dragon Bone Metamorphosis

Blaze Martial Arts Training Room

Wu Chong looked around in surprise, "The captain just vanished!"

Jian Suiyu glanced at Wu Chong, "Right before he disappeared, I heard Wu Xiuli's voice in the video he was watching. Ask Wu Xiuli what's going on."

Sure enough, after every girls' night, there would inevitably be a broken relationship and some deadbeat ex who won't just disappear.

At the same time, Wu Chong received a message from Wu Xiuli. He opened the video and started bouncing around like crazy, "Holy crap! So Yue Yue knew about our earlier test on her! She even knows how Blaze got started! Yue Yue thinks the captain was using her?!"

Richard leaned over, "No wonder Shen Que ran off in such a hurry without saying a word."

Jie Chen turned away, "Thinking back, it's embarrassing and shameful how so many of us were eyeing a little girl like that."

Jian Suiyu rubbed his forehead, "Given the situation back then, with Zhang Peng involved and Shen Que being hunted so closely by the Royal Court, he could barely return to the base, let alone enter the scenario dungeon.

We had to play it ultra-safe. I also tried my best to handle things discreetly."

Fu Yanqi added fuel to the fire, "Yet you still gobbled up the vegetables she grew."

Jian Suiyu, "...Yes, my bad. I’m a total jerk."

Richard mused, "That’s why someone as cautious as Shen Que fell for Wu Yue so quickly.

He must have investigated her and found out her backstory was just as messed up as his. Wu Yue was assigned right across from him but never showed any curiosity about him.

In the scenario dungeon, because she wasn’t familiar with him, she even subtly avoided him."

Fu Yanqi, "Wu Yue thinks fast. Shen Que was very curious about her ideas. He watched her make bombs and those outrageous talismans..."

Jian Suiyu, "Shen Que first complained to me about Wu Yue raising chickens outside his door.

He used to always go to the polar regions—he avoided women and relieved stress with extreme sports. Then Wu Yue came along and gave him a wild whitewater surfing followed by a goddamn aerial spin experience.

He was constantly got under the skin of by Shen Qingci, but Wu Yue not only disgusted Shen Qingci but also had the Shadow spies eating out of her hand.

Most importantly, when Wu Yue was poisoned, Shen Que personally treated her. That’s when I knew he was hooked.

Later, Wu Yue went solo into danger to retrieve the night pearl for Shen Que’s weapon appraisal, and sure enough, Shen Que followed her.

Have you ever seen him act like this before? Wasn’t he always like, ‘Losers, why waste effort protecting them? Just die already’?"

Everyone realized, "So he had it bad for her from the start. Why didn’t he tell Wu Yue?"

Jian Suiyu, "In his words... he has his pride. Wu Yue was slow on the uptake when it came to romance."

Jian Suiyu’s communicator beeped. After a quick glance, he turned to the others,

"Let’s go. Wu Yue hit me up to pick up Shen Que from the Jiang family."

Richard, "He actually went? Isn't he gonna get his ass kicked?"

Jian Suiyu headed for the airport, "Hurry up, guys. Let’s get there before our captain bites the dust."

....

Every bone in Shen Que’s body was screaming in agony, his body burning up like a damn inferno. The dragon energy was tearing through him, forcing him to grit his teeth to choke back the screams.

Shen Que kept telling himself—he must not let the Jiang family see him weak. Never!!

He must show the Jiang family that he is worthy of Wu Yue!!

But the wildly surging energy caused blood to continuously seep in spots from Shen Que's skin, amidst explosions of golden light. Even his eyes were bleeding, and his condition looked critical.

Jiang Qian began to sense something was wrong. "The power inside Shen Que—he can't seem to process it alone. If this continues, he might explode from the strain."

Jiang Mubai tensed. "Injecting the True Dragon's Qi into his entire body at once was way too reckless! What do we do now?"

Jiang Huaizhi studied him for a long moment before suddenly curling his lips into a faint smile.

"This kid Shen Que... still has a sharp mind after all."

Jiang Qian panicked. "He's about to blow up and you're praising his brains!?"

Jiang Huaizhi glanced at Jiang Cheng. "He won't explode. Forgot we’ve got a god right here?"

Jiang Qian and Jiang Mubai simultaneously slowed their breathing as they turned their attention to the scene.

Jiang Cheng observed Shen Que, who was kneeling on one knee, gritting his teeth, enduring excruciating pain without making a single sound.

Jiang Cheng remarked, "Kid, you’ve got some hard bones, I’ll give you that."

Shen Que grimaced at Jiang Cheng. "So now, am I qualified to be your opponent?"

Jiang Cheng shook his head. "Not even close."

Despite his words, Jiang Cheng appeared instantly before Shen Que.

Gritting his teeth as he stood through the agony, Shen Que was abruptly kicked in the lower back by Jiang Cheng, shattering a volatile mass of golden energy that had been gathering there.

The congested True Dragon energy finally began circulating, seeping into the crevices of his bones.

"Evolution in progress..."

"Dragon Bones now at 20, up from 8."

Feeling the sudden surge of power within him, Shen Que snapped a side kick straight at Jiang Cheng's abdomen.

Jiang Cheng slipped aside effortlessly and countered with a kick to Shen Que's shoulder.

Another golden energy cluster burst apart, merging into his body.

"Evolution in progress..."

"Dragon Bones now at 32, up from 20."

The onlookers watched as Jiang Cheng struck Shen Que with ten times the force he had used against them earlier. Yet, not only did Shen Que refuse to fall, his strength continued to rise at a brutal, breakneck pace.

Until—

"Evolution in progress..."

"Dragon Bones now at 198, up from 180."

By now, Shen Que looked as though he had been dragged out of a bloodbath. His combat suit was completely drenched in metallic blood, thick globs continuously splattering onto the training room floor.

Jiang Huaizhi turned to Jiang Qian. "Blaze sent three healers, right? Go fetch them, along with Yu Hua. Once Shen Que’s Dragon Bone transformation is complete, the five of you must get him straight into a recovery pod."

"With such intensity of blows, coupled with the transformation under the impact of the Dragon Bone's extraordinary power, Shen Que would have died long ago if not for the life-sustaining Seraphic blood coursing through his body."

Jiang Qian immediately nodded, "Understood!"

Jiang Cheng looked at Shen Que, who had remained silent from start to finish, not uttering a single cry of pain no matter how much it hurt.

Suddenly, a smirk curled his lips, "Boy, you better hold on. This last hit is going to hurt—excruciatingly.

With this strike, I’m going to shatter all the Dragon Bones you’ve just formed and redistribute the True Dragon Qi within your body evenly. Only then will you avoid future disintegration due to imbalanced power distribution.

Whether you can endure it or not rests entirely in your hands."

Shen Que slowly rose to his feet, lifting his head to meet Jiang Cheng’s gaze, "No question about it, I will endure it."

Otherwise, Wu Yue would be heartbroken. He could never let her feel that pain again, never let her blame herself with regret.

Jiang Cheng blitzed toward Shen Que. Throughout their previous clashes, Shen Que had never seen any tangible change in the aura surrounding Jiang Cheng beyond pure physical strikes.

But this time, Shen Que’s heightened senses caught sight of Jiang Cheng pulling out a dense, writhing sphere of black energy from his chest—like a seething orb of condensed malice. And now, Jiang Cheng was about to drive this lethally potent sphere, comparable to multiple bombs' worth, directly into his body.

The Sirius members, who had never witnessed Jiang Cheng fighting seriously before, were all—

stunned speechless, faces going pale.