What’s the point of cultivating immortality if you don’t have money?.

Chapter 623: Dragon Subduing
For Ying Zhoufan, the discrimination against demons has always been a propaganda slogan and a tool to enhance his own status.

However, he did not entirely believe in the theory of discrimination against people of the demon race.

After all, if humans discriminate against his noble bloodline, that would indeed be problematic and worthy of anger.

But if he discriminates against lower-class rat demons and insect demons... this is normal in Ying Zhoufan's mind, even he himself looks down on these lower-class demons.

On the contrary, he considered wealthy and powerful people to be more worthy of respect, especially according to the theory of the common origin of humans and demons derived from the archaeological research of the demon race in recent years... humans originally evolved from demons.

Although many humans refuted the theory that humans and demons share the same origin, Ying Zhoufan still firmly believed in this theory, and he and many of his demon friends were supporters of it.

Therefore, at this moment, after sensing Zhang Yu's immense strength, he no longer saw Zhang Yu as scum; at the very least, he was a competitive-level human.

Ying Zhoufan's suggestion of cooperation and mutual benefit was at least half sincere.

Ying Zhoufan thought to himself, "If I continue to fight Zhang Yu in his great formation, even if I manage to break through it, I'm afraid I'll be severely injured."

"If we cooperate, then we can surpass everyone with Zhang Yu and rush to the finish line... By then, we will have already broken away from his formation, and I can then launch a sneak attack on him and determine who is first or second."

"If Zhang Yu doesn't agree, then we'll just have to hold out until the very end."

At the same time, Ying Zhoufan twisted his body, ready to fight the great formation head-on.

In response to Ying Zhoufan's suggestion, Zhang Yu simply said, "Take the sword."

The next moment, with Zhang Yu's sword finger lightly pointing, hundreds and thousands of cold lights shot out, like a meteor shower falling, shooting towards Ying Zhoufan.

The giant dragon in the water roared, its body sweeping up towering waves, as if it wanted to turn the entire sea into a pot of porridge.

Zhang Yu unleashed the Eternal Abyss, unleashing the Seven Absolute Dharma Body, which had been accumulating since the start of the battle, and propelled a mass of Earthly Fiend Gravity, like a gravitational cage, towards the giant dragon.

Ying Zhoufan waved his demon-summoning banner back and forth, trying to shield his spiritual signals from the swirling dust and clashing repeatedly with the sword realm opened by Zhang Yu, but he could never escape the lock of Taihao Moral Sword Intent.

After a series of lightning-fast exchanges, a barrage of improvised flying swords finally rained down on Ying Zhoufan.

In an instant, the collision between the sword and the dragon armor first sparked a burst of fire underwater, and then the dragon armor gradually shattered under the continuous impact of the sword, exploding into a large cloud of blood mist.

Roar!
Amidst the dragon's roar, Ying Zhoufan shouted, "Zhang Yu! You dare to trample on the dignity of my demon race! I would rather die than surrender!"

At the same time, the ripples of water carried Ying Zhoufan's voice to Zhang Yu's ears: "Isn't that enough? If we keep fighting, even if I get seriously injured, you'll have wasted your time, and neither of us will get good results. What's the point?"

"Next, I'll pretend to be seriously injured, you'll take me down, and I'll send you to the finish line."

Faced with Ying Zhoufan's telepathic persuasion, Zhang Yu simply shouted, "Come!"

The next moment, in the midst of a fierce battle, Ying Zhoufan's body burst into clusters of blood flowers. His strength seemed to have weakened considerably, yet he still made a show of fighting desperately, but was no match for the enemy.

Seeing this, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "What a show! Is he trying to highlight my strength and play the role of a demon hero who resists discrimination and oppression?"

"I'll help you."

Suddenly, swords pierced into Ying Zhoufan's dragon body, causing him to let out a miserable scream.

Just as the dragon's mouth opened, a beam of fire was spat out by Zhang Yu. It was the Heavenly Sun God that shot out and directly entered Ying Zhoufan's body.

As the Heavenly Sun God burrowed into his belly, Eagle Universe Brahma seemed to let out a roar of shock and anger.

Then, with repeated stimulation from the sword and the firelight, Ying Zhoufan showed a fierce resistance before finally being forcibly brought in front of Zhang Yu.

From the rippling water came Ying Zhoufan's voice, filled with gritted teeth: "Fine? Let's go for first place together."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "This monster is so obediently letting me subdue it; there must be a trick involved. It probably wants to use my power to reach the finish line before making its move."

Ying Zhoufan thought to himself, "Hmph, I'll let you have the upper hand for now, so I can finish my act of being discriminated against, suppressed, and finally making a comeback."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Let's rush to the finish line together, and then..."

Ying Zhoufan thought to himself, "Sneak attack him and seize first place!"

Meanwhile, outside the underwater storm triggered by the fierce battle between Zhang Yu and Ying Zhoufan.

Mu Qiansi's figure left a trail of afterimages as she charged forward.

"Alright, alright, you two can keep fighting until the end of time."

Mu Qiansi thought to herself, "I'll be going now."

But soon after, Mu Qiansi felt a disturbance underwater. A huge dragon shadow had broken through the storm and passed her location at an astonishing speed, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"That is……"

Mu Qiansi frowned, recalling the scene she had just witnessed.

Then Zhang Yu stood proudly on the dragon's head, stepping on Ying Zhoufan's head as he moved forward.

"Where is your backbone, you demon descendant? You've been subdued by humans just like that?"

Mu Qiansi cursed under her breath and sprinted forward with all her might, but she could only see the figure of Yilong and Yiren constantly widening the gap between them.

The raging torrent of water, like countless giant hands, whipped up spiraling sprays, propelling the man and dragon forward under their control. Furthermore, the surging power of the Kunlun Mountains continued to flow, like invisible ropes, pulling the man and dragon desperately forward.

Almost every twist of the dragon's body brought about a violent acceleration.

The sheer speed of the charge created underwater storms in its path, stirring up turbulent currents and even hindering the progress of the Twilight Silk behind it.

Seeing that he couldn't catch up even a fraction despite his best efforts, Mu Qiansi had to admit: "The speed of this man and dragon when they join forces is beyond my reach."

At the same time, while riding the giant dragon forward, Zhang Yu also sent out a wisp of his mind to sense the unusual sensation emanating from the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor.

Just as he was fighting, the Azure Crystal Armor touched the blood flowers that Ying Zhoufan had exploded out of, and after absorbing a few drops of blood, his slight craving for blood seemed to finally be satisfied a little.

In particular, as the Mind-Body-Body-Body-Body-Boundless Mind-Body in Zhang Yu's mind continued to operate, it resonated with the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor that had absorbed his blood.

A moment later, the contents of a cultivation technique were deciphered and appeared in Zhang Yu's mind.

"The Demon Saint's Myriad Transformations Technique... Is it another dark technique?"

"So the Azure Crystal Armor needs dragon blood? No, that's not right. Ying Zhoufan has eagle demon blood, so it needs eagle blood? Or... demon blood?"

As Zhang Yu flipped through the excerpt from "The Myriad Transformations of the Demon Saint," he thought to himself, "The cultivation techniques in the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor not only require the resonance of the Remnant Ox's Self-Sacrifice Technique and the Boundless Inner Body, but also need to be analyzed in conjunction with the bloodline information of the demon race."

"Or……"

Zhang Yu repeatedly flipped through the contents of "The Myriad Transformations of the Demon Saint," guessing in his heart: "Knowledge is inherently hidden within the demon race's bloodline. The Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor can at most be considered a translation, only activated by the demon race's bloodline and my two cultivation techniques."

"To obtain the complete 'Demon Saint's Myriad Transformations Manual,' I'm afraid I'll need to absorb more different kinds of demon bloodlines using the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor."

Zhang Yu made up his mind that after this match, he would quickly spend money to buy the blood of various demon races.

Anyway, he still has more than 100 spirit coins to use. If that's still not enough... then he should have a lot more advertising fees for the next event.

Thinking about the advertising revenue, Zhang Yu's fighting spirit was rekindled: "No matter how Dao Ge performs in the next round, I'm going to take first place in this underwater round."

"Only by winning first place, further increasing the hype, and enhancing my potential in the Immortal Path can I continue to close the gap between myself and Dao Qiankun and Kuang Tianqing, and increase my chances of winning the championship."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu shouted, "Drink up! Let's accelerate, Eagle Universe Brahma!"

Feeling the divine power of Kunlun Mountain Moving lashing his body like a whip, propelling him to accelerate once more, Ying Zhoufan cursed inwardly and continued his charge forward.

The surrounding underwater scenery flashed by. When Ying Zhoufan arrived at the next registration area, he found a fish demon holding a black registration ball, waiting there.

Upon seeing this, Ying Zhoufan was startled: "So that's how it is."

As he recalled the information about Zhang Yu, he pondered, "This guy used the breeding function of the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor to cultivate a batch of demonic beasts."

"Then have the monsters arrive at the later registration areas early to find registration orbs for him."

"This saves us the trouble of finding the registration ball."

"Wait, he doesn't need to find the registration ball anymore, so what am I supposed to do?"

Just as Ying Zhoufan was thinking this, he saw another fish demon take out a black registration ball.

Zhang Yu casually said, "Why don't you hurry up and register?"

Eagle Zhoufan was shocked: "Did this guy specifically ask the fish demon to find the black registration ball for me so that I could continue to use my speed and focus on accelerating forward?"

Ying Zhoufan thought to himself, "Isn't this guy afraid that I'll beat him in the end?"

Zhang Yu said calmly, "Aren't you going to hurry up?"

Sensing the confidence in Zhang Yu's tone, Ying Zhoufan chuckled inwardly: "This guy... is he really that confident he can take me down?"

Taking the black ball, Ying Zhoufan thought to himself, "Then let's settle this once and for all."

Having completed the registration using two black balls, the man and the dragon accelerated again, chasing after the second-place position.

As for manipulating the fish demon to collect more black balls, Zhang Yu was too lazy to bother. After all, taking the black balls out of the registration area was a foul, and as long as they were not taken out of the registration area, it would be impossible to prevent other players from detecting the black balls.

Not to mention that there are far more black balls in the registration area than there are 11 players, so hiding a few black balls would be almost useless.

As the combined power of the man and the dragon accelerated, and with the convenience of finding the black ball eliminated in each of the subsequent registration areas, they continued to speed up, advancing like lightning. Soon after, they saw a figure whose body had merged with the sword.

It was Yu Yunzhan from Tianjian University. This academic star took over from Bai Zhenzhen and once controlled the Sky-Patrolling Flying Sword with Wen Wuyai to support the entire team competition.

At this moment, Yu Yun's sword and body merged into one, and his whole being seemed to transform into a sword aura, breaking through layers of water on the seabed and flying forward.

But in the blink of an eye, Yu Yunzhan felt a huge figure envelop him and gradually surpass him at an unbelievable speed.

The massive figure stirred up a storm-like current that engulfed his body, forcing him to slow down in order to resist the turbulence.

"This is..." Yu Yunzhan watched the man and dragon gradually disappear into the distance, and was secretly shocked: "Zhang Yu subdued Ying Zhoufan?"

The rankings changed again, with Ying Zhoufan moving up to second place and Zhang Yu following closely behind in third.

(End of this chapter)