Ming Dynasty: The Crocodile King of Han Prince Zhu Gaoxu's Family

Chapter 365 Yu Qian's Shock

After the dragon-feeding activity concluded, a series of Taoist-style prayers began to quietly echo across the training ground. It turned out that the Taoist priests, led by the elderly Zhang Zhengheng, had quietly begun chanting Taoist scriptures to pray for the deceased soldiers' rebirth in the afterlife.
Amidst the lingering sounds of Taoist chants, Zhu Zhanhe took a small step on the head of the alligator dragon, gently jumped down, and stood upright once again on the yellow earth altar.

Afterwards, Zhu Zhanhe looked at the soldiers below the platform, then at his subordinates, and then waved to the dragon in front of him.

"Come here!" Zhu Zhanhe's sudden voice sounded so pure, yet it left everyone puzzled. For a moment, no one knew who the prince was talking to, or what he meant by "come here." Immediately, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and the atmosphere became strange.

However, what happened next left everyone on the training ground speechless.

"Roar~~" The alligator dragon, which had been lazily lying on the ground, roared to the sky after hearing Zhu Zhanhe's words!
Then, to everyone's astonishment, the alligator dragon crouched slightly to gather its strength, then raised its upper body, and then swung its thick tail, leaping into the sky! When everyone looked up, they saw that the alligator dragon had leaped to a height of more than ten zhang!
"It took flight."

"That dragon really flew!" At this moment, seeing the alligator dragon leap up more than ten zhang (approximately 33 meters) high from its spot, countless people were instantly dumbfounded. Especially Yu Qian, who pointed to the sky and shouted loudly to Fan Zhong, as if to tell Fan Zhong that the alligator dragon was really flying! It wasn't just jumping high!
"Keep watching!" But suddenly, Yang Shiqi interrupted Yu Qian's shock and shouted at him, telling him to keep watching carefully.

"Roar~~" Yu Qian looked up, following the silhouette of the alligator dragon as it continued its gaze towards the sky. There, the alligator dragon, having soared into the heavens, opened its massive jaws once more after reaching its zenith, letting out a deafening roar! This scene of a real dragon soaring through the sky and roaring was sure to be forever etched in the minds of Yu Qian and the others who were witnessing the alligator dragon for the first time!
But then, something shocking, even terrifying, happened.

The dragon that flew into the sky suddenly flicked its tail in mid-air, made a magnificent turn, and directly changed into a head-down position, crashing down hard on the Han Prince Zhu Zhanhe on the altar!

At this moment, everyone saw that the Prince of Han seemed completely unaware of what was about to happen, still standing proudly with one hand on his sword. However, everyone noticed that their prince had somehow raised one arm high, as if he were trying to use that arm to support the falling dragon!
However, for the countless soldiers and officers on the training ground, this scene was so terrifying and horrifying!
"Ah~~!"

"Your Highness!"

"Your Highness!"

"Watch out!"

The sight of the enormous, ferocious dragon plummeting from the sky and crashing towards the Han Prince on the ground filled countless people with horror, fear, and anxiety! But everything happened so fast that no one had time to offer any form of rescue!
For a moment, everyone on the vast training ground could only stare blankly at the horrifying scene unfolding before their eyes.

Yu Qian was also stunned, watching the terrifying alligator dragon plummet from the sky to the ground, about to smash the Han Prince on the altar into a pulp!

But what happened next left countless people on the training ground speechless once again.

The crocodile, plummeting from the sky, its gaping maw filled with sharp teeth, seemed to freeze in time the instant it made contact with the Han Prince's raised arm on the high platform! The crocodile, falling at high speed, actually hovered in mid-air for the brief moment it made contact with the Han Prince's raised arm!
It was as if the Prince of Han had used one hand to catch a dragon descending from the sky! This incongruous scene was so awe-inspiring! Even the previously chaotic and disorderly atmosphere on the training ground fell into a deathly silence! Some people even held their breath. The only sound on the entire training ground was the whistling wind! "Gurgle~~~"

"Huff~ Huff~ Huff~ Huff~" Countless people swallowed hard, panting heavily, staring dumbfounded at the astonishing sight of their majestic prince holding up a real dragon with one hand on the high altar!

Gradually, the people on the training ground noticed something unusual. The originally enormous alligator dragon seemed to be slowly shrinking! This discovery left the people on the training ground somewhat at a loss.

However, upon closer observation, Yu Qian discovered something unusual. It wasn't that the alligator dragon was shrinking; rather, the enormous and terrifying alligator dragon seemed to be melting into water, slowly merging into the Prince of Han's body!
The scene before him completely overturned Yu Qian's understanding! So much so that Yu Qian stared wide-eyed, his expression blank, as the ferocious alligator dragon gradually shrank! And shrank even further!
Finally, to Yu Qian's incredulous gaze, the crocodile dragon, which was over eleven zhang long, inexplicably disappeared completely from the hand held high by the Prince of Han!
"The Prince of Han has merged with the alligator dragon?!?" Yu Qian stared blankly at the alligator dragon disappearing before his eyes. This horrifying and unbelievable scene made him stiffly turn his head and ask Yang Shiqi and Fan Zhong in a trembling voice.

However, this time, Yang Shiqi and Fan Zhong remained silent, as if they had already tacitly agreed with Yu Qian's statement. This made Yu Qian's heart sink to the bottom!

Compared to the shock and stunned silence of Yu Qian and his subordinates and soldiers below the platform, Zhu Zhanhe felt a continuous surge of powerful energy flowing through his body!
My power has returned! Feeling the overwhelming, earth-shattering power surging within him, Zhu Zhanhe felt his blood and qi surge.

"Roar~~~" Overwhelmed with excitement, Zhu Zhanhe couldn't help but raise his head and let out a long roar. Instantly, another deep, majestic, and domineering dragon's roar resounded across the sky!

The roar of the dragon was so exhilarating! Because, after comparing the roar of the alligator dragon with that of the prince, everyone discovered that compared to the desolate and wildness of the alligator dragon's roar, the sound emitted by their prince after fusing with the alligator dragon was much more vibrant! Or, to put it more mysteriously, this roar was accompanied by a majestic imperial aura!
Beneath the lingering sounds of Daoist chanting, a true dragon descended from the sky atop the majestic loess altar and merged into the body of the Han King! Then, the Han King let out a deafening dragon roar!

This scene was so unbelievable, and so shocking!
"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"

"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"

"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"

Seeing the countless soldiers with red eyes, arms raised high, shouting with all their might, Yu Qian felt as if he were once again witnessing Emperor Taizong reviewing the army!
No! It was far more awe-inspiring, more exhilarating, more frenzied, and more invincible than when Emperor Taizong reviewed the army!

After everything had come to a close, Zhu Zhanhe flicked his sleeves and boarded a lavishly decorated carriage. However, Zhu Zhanhe did not sit directly inside the carriage; instead, he stood arrogantly in front of the carriage frame, under the fanatical gazes of the rows of kneeling soldiers.

He stood there in front of the carriage, looking down at his soldiers and his many subordinates, and returned to Anzhou City.

(End of this chapter)