Chapter 339: Shen Que Completes the Dragon Bone Transformation and Upgrades

Chapter 339 Shen Que Completes Dragon Bone Evolution

Jiang Mubai's whole scalp went numb with terror, "That's the highly condensed malice from Uncle's body!

Shen Que won't be able to withstand it! Back in the climactic battle, Uncle's concentrated malice could instantly kill over a dozen SSS-level ghosts. There's no way Shen Que can endure this!

Eldest Brother, go stop Uncle now! If Shen Que really dies, Baby Sis will be heartbroken!"

Jiang Huaizhi replied, "Mubai, keep your cool. As Uncle just said, the dragon qi in Shen Que's body is out of balance.

If he tries to use his power later, the imbalance could cause unimaginable rebound damage. Only by evenly distributing all the dragon qi across his 206 bones can he truly complete the metamorphosis and strengthening."

Jiang Qian had already rounded up Jiang Yuhua, Shang Baiyi, Chun Ya, and Mr. White Bear. Seeing Shen Que's current state, Chun Ya was on the verge of passing out again.

Shang Baiyi quickly pressed her philtrum (upper lip) and handed her black sunglasses, "Don't you dare faint now! If you flake out at this moment, lives will be lost!"

As the orb of malice appeared, Jiang Huaizhi immediately turned to the five healers present, "Start healing Shen Que now. Otherwise, he might not survive this malice blast."

Shang Baiyi swiftly explained to Jiang Qian and Jiang Yuhua their newly developed five-person healing array. With two SS-level healers and three S+-level healers, they could maximize everyone's healing output while additionally boosting recovery by 80% and sacred healing power by 60%.

As white and green healing light intertwined, five beams of healing energy converged on Shen Que's body.

Hands shaking, Chun Ya sent a message to Wu Yue:

"Chun Ya: Yue Yue, should you come and intervene? Your dad seems about to kill the captain..."

"Wu Yue: Big brother told me Dad is helping Shen Que undergo dragon bone metamorphosis. I won't go—it’ll only distract him.

He wouldn’t want me to see him in such a state like this. Besides, I believe he’ll pull through."

The moment Wu Yue's message arrived, Jiang Chen moved.

Everyone watched as he blitzed toward Shen Que with crushing force, delivering the final decisive blow.

The malice surged entirely into Shen Que's body, coursing through every part before exploding and dissipating into the air.

Shen Que coughed up a torrent of blood, finally slumping to the ground, spent.

Just before losing consciousness—

"Body strengthening in progress..."

"Current dragon bone count increased from 198 to 206."

"Detecting current dragon bone energy distribution..."

"Dragon bone energy evenly distributed. Entering self-repair and realignment phase."

"Congratulations. Full-body dragon bone strengthening complete."

The concentrated, precise healing of the five top-tier healers all landed on Shen Que. Jiang Huaizhi immediately placed Shen Que into the Jiang family's highest-level recovery pod.

Under the combined efforts of the pod and the healers, everyone anxiously awaited the pod's estimate for Shen Que's recovery time.

"Scanning patient's condition: shattered bones throughout his body, ruptured organs, massive internal bleeding.

Estimated treatment duration..."

"Warning! Warning! Patient's injuries are critical. Patient will die before treatment finishes!"

Everyone exchanged tense glances as the healers spammed healing spells without stopping, not daring to stop for even a moment.

Jiang Mubai sucked in a sharp breath.

Jiang Huaizhi turned to the group. "Summon all available healers. We're trying to snatch him back from death's door."

No sooner had he spoken than Wu Yue suddenly appeared.

The entire martial arts hall went so quiet you could hear a pin drop, with everyone holding their breath.

Even Jiang Cheng, who'd been acting all high-and-mighty earlier, shot a guilty look at his daughter and shrank into a corner.

Wu Yue called forth a healing sprite and began healing Shen Que.

However—

*"Warning! Warning! The patient's injuries are too severe. Patient will die before treatment finishes!"*

While healing Shen Que, Wu Yue dug through her dimensional pouch for various healing items—

Night pearls, ginseng, Snow Lotus, SS-rank healing potions—but Shen Que was too far gone, the effects of the healing items minimal.

Wu Yue kept pleading, "Shen Que, Shen Que, you promised to come to the Jiang estate standing tall to take me away.

Noah, you said you'd come to marry me. I agreed—you have to survive."

Wu Xiuli arrived a step late. Seeing Shen Que beaten to this state, her blood ran cold.

She stared at Jiang Cheng in disbelief—Damn, boss... this is your son-in-law!!

Beating him like this made her, the instigator, sweat bullets!!

Wu Xiuli immediately used her shamanic methods to treat Shen Que. Even Desert Rose, who had been drinking and was three sheets to the wind, was dragged over to help—everyone was battling the Reaper for Shen Que.

*"Warning! Warning! The patient's injuries are too severe. Patient will die before treatment finishes!"*

Each alarm from the healing pod made everyone's faces darken.

And just then—

"Young Master, the Blaze airship requests landing. The Blaze vice-captain and Blaze brass have arrived.

They state: 'Sorry to barge in. We've come to apologize for Captain Shen Que's actions and to retrieve our man.'"

The Jiang family members all were sweating nervously—they'd just beaten Blaze's captain to near-death, and now his team was here to collect him!!

Jiang Huaizhi hesitated. "...Wu Yue, maybe you should go explain first?"

Wu Yue gave him a look that could kill, making even Jiang Huaizhi feel uneasy.

Wu Yue took a deep breath. "Let them in. If Shen Que really dies, we can just send him off with this ready-made funeral party—no need to call extra people."

Everyone: ...Damn, sis, no chill.

Led by the butler, the Blaze members entered the Jiang family's martial arts hall. The moment they stepped in, they saw the entire floor smeared with Shen Que's silver blood.

His blood was the only silver-white one, making it impossible to miss.

At the same time, as if to ensure Blaze couldn't miss the Jiang family's brutality, the healing pod kept screeching alarms like an air raid siren:

"Warning! Warning! The patient's injuries are critical. The patient is expected to die before treatment can be completed!"

The Blaze team's faces fell instantly.

Jian Suiyu, "Is Shen Que in that treatment pod!?"

Richard, "Even if Shen Que was in the wrong, killing him is excessive!"

Jie Chen frowned, "The Jiangs are being downright ruthless."

Wu Chong sniffled, "The captain is so pitiful... He likes Yue Yue so much and just didn’t want her to misunderstand him."

Fu Yanqi sighed, "Let me recite a passage for him..."

Wu Yue glanced at Jiang Huaizhi, "Brother, none of us are free. You go explain."

Jiang Huaizhi stepped forward quickly, "It’s not what you think. Shen Que drew power from both his Star Dragons into his body, attempting to evolve all eight of his dragon bones into 206.

But the dragons' power is too volatile. The true dragon energy was congesting in Shen Que’s acupoints. If we hadn’t used external force to forcibly disperse it, his body would've ruptured.

Once the energy was dispersed, the final step required shattering every bone in his body to evenly distribute the true dragon energy before the evolution could complete.

We had prepared healers and the treatment pod in advance, but Shen Que’s condition was far more severe than we anticipated."

Looking back now, Shen Que’s earlier struggles with the Royal Court wasn’t that he refused to evolve more dragon bones—it was because he simply couldn’t complete this transformation on his own.

Jian Suiyu hurried to the treatment pod to confirm Shen Que’s condition. After verifying Jiang Huaizhi’s explanation,

Jian Suiyu said under his breath, "Shen Que never mentioned this."

Jie Chen said grimly, "Because he knew we weren’t strong enough to help him."

Richard, "If Shen Que had obtained 206 dragon bones earlier, the Royal Court couldn't have touched him."

Wu Chong whined, "Waaah, are we really that weak?"

Fu Yanqi said nothing.

The atmosphere became suffocating. The treatment pod’s alarms blared like a death knell for Shen Que, echoing in everyone’s hearts.

Until—

"Diagnosing patient status. Patient’s bones are shattered, organs ruptured, and suffering with catastrophic hemorrhage.

Estimated treatment time required: 24 hours."

"Anomalies detected in patient’s physiology. Implementing optimized protocol.

Revised ETA: 20 hours."

"Anomalies detected in patient’s physiology. Implementing optimized protocol.

Revised ETA: 15 hours."

....

"Anomalies detected in patient’s physiology. Implementing optimized protocol.

Final confirmed treatment time required: 6 hours."