Gods of the Nation: You worship the God of Longevity, I worship the King of Hell!

Chapter 204 Finally—the fight broke out!

Inside the tower, the air was still.

The man and the dragon locked eyes once more.

"You, you—you have a dragon?" Lan'er's eyes suddenly narrowed into long, vertical dragon pupils again: "Where?!"

Without saying a word, Lu Chen started taking off his clothes.

"Hey, what are you doing?!" Lan'er was so frightened that she immediately covered her eyes.

"Tch, she was just trying to snuggle into my arms, and now she's all shy."

Lu Chen deftly took off his shirt, revealing his fair and toned eight-pack abs.

"Watch closely!" He tensed his entire body and shouted in a low voice.
The dragon energy of the Four Rivers Dragon Seed within his body was circulating at full power. The spiritual light shone brightly in his chest, hands, spine, and eyes, with dragon shadows swirling and flickering, seemingly about to emerge.

"This is..." Lan'er was so shocked that she immediately transformed into her true form as a dragon, circling around Lu Chen three times, her voice filled with disbelief: "You actually have an unborn Four Rivers Dragon Seed hidden within you!"

“Exactly.” Lu Chen concealed his aura.
"Where did you get these Four Rivers Dragon Seeds?" Lan'er pressed.

Lu Chen didn't hide anything and quickly gave a brief account of the events in Longhu County and the general process of the Dragon King entrusting his son to him.

"You actually have such an opportunity?" Lan'er transformed back into a little girl and murmured to herself after landing, "Could it really be... fate?"

"What destiny?" Lu Chen asked in surprise.

Lan'er gently shook her head, changing the subject: "But you, a dragon of the Four Rivers, have not yet been reborn and are not yet a dragon."

"This……"

Lu Chen was speechless for a moment.

The Dragon King of the Well did indeed say that the dragons of the four rivers needed his merits to nourish them and would eventually be reborn.

However, he has accumulated a lot of merit during this period.

—In Longhu County, Madam Zheng saved countless people from suffering, slaying a demon in seven days, subduing the Rakshasa Cult, solving a case involving a corpse, and helping the Kitchen God rekindle the incense burner...

Each and every one of these acts is a great act of merit.

Why are these four dragon seeds still completely stagnant?
Lan'er seemed to see through his concerns and explained, "I observe that the dragon seeds within you have already taken shape, especially the one on your chest that corresponds to the River Dragon King, which is on the verge of breaking through, but it is just missing the final opportunity."

Lu Chen's eyes lit up, and he immediately clasped his hands in greeting: "Please enlighten me, Miss Lan'er!"

Lan'er blushed and her voice softened considerably: "The Well Dragon King is a male dragon, so it's understandable that he doesn't know some things... In fact, the birth of a dragon is inseparable from the nurturing and nourishment of a female dragon. The mother is the womb of all things, and without the mother's warmth and care, relying solely on merit to force it would take who knows how long."

"A female dragon?" Lu Chen looked Lan'er up and down, his eyes lighting up: "Then, isn't there one right here?"

"Me?!" Lan'er's face instantly turned bright red, but deep in her eyes, a hint of eagerness flashed: "You...you really want me to raise these dragon offspring? I'm just a dragon, while they are genuine descendants of divine dragons! Aren't you afraid..."

"What's there to be afraid of?"

Lu Chen couldn't help but chuckle. In his previous life, weren't there dogs in zoos that served as wet nurses for tigers and lions?

What's wrong with a dragon becoming the foster mother of a real dragon?
What's more, he was worried that if the dragon seed really hatched, he, a grown man, would have to be both father and mother, and he had no idea how to take care of it.

If Lan'er is willing to take over, it's like a "William" falling from the sky, a ready-made top-notch nanny delivered to your door.

Lu Chen couldn't be happier.

He waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, as long as you are willing to raise them, these four dragon species will be handed over to you in the future. I am usually busy with trivial matters and don't have much energy to take care of them."

As soon as she finished speaking, Lan'er took a step forward and grabbed Lu Chen's wrists tightly with both hands.

The force was so great that it almost crushed his bones.

"Ouch!"

Lu Chen cried out in pain, and Lan'er realized she had lost her composure. She quickly let go and apologized repeatedly, "I'm so sorry! I was too excited, I didn't mean to!"

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Lu Chen flexed his wrists. "So you agree?"

Lan'er was silent for a moment, her expression becoming extremely solemn: "You need to think this through. If I were to give birth to them, according to the rules of the dragon race, they would have to regard me as their mother for the rest of their lives. One dragon becoming the mother of four true dragons—if word got out, they would be ridiculed by the dragon race. Are you really willing?"

Lu Chen thought for a moment and said frankly, "First, I don't deny that I urgently need to get out of this predicament and need their help; second, their most important thing right now is to be reborn, not to spout those bullshit rumors. Don't worry, I'll play the villain."

Then, he changed the subject: "But I have two conditions. First, you must help me get out of this predicament; second, since you have become their mother, you must protect them well and not let them suffer the slightest injustice!"

Lan'er trembled slightly and nodded emphatically: "Don't worry, as long as I gave birth to them, they are my flesh and blood. Even if it costs me my life, I will protect them!"

"Alright! Let's stop dawdling and get started now!"

"Wait a minute!" Lan'er suddenly called out to him, her expression still hesitant: "You...you let me think about it some more, think about it some more!"

As she spoke, she paced back and forth a few times, then suddenly transformed into her true form as a dragon, and with a "plop," plunged into the Weak Water and disappeared without a trace.

"Oh dear!" Lu Chen was immediately at his wit's end.

He shouted at the Weak Water, "The world is so big, don't you want to go see it? Even if you don't want to, you should at least take the children to see it. Do you really want them to stay in this wretched place with you for all eternity?!"

--boom!

Water splashed, and Lan'er reappeared, finally making up her mind: "Okay, I'll help you!"

Lu Chen immediately gave a thumbs up: "So what do we do now?"

"Sit down, leave the rest to me."

"it is good."

Lu Chen sat down cross-legged. — Ang!
Lan'er flew to the top of his head, circling and hovering. Azure dragon essence fell like rain, enveloping Lu Chen's entire body.

Lu Chen suddenly felt a burning sensation in his internal organs, and the Jiang Shui Long Seed was restless, as if it was about to burst out of his body at any moment!

……

At the same moment, outside Yunlou Palace.

The standoff has reached a point where it could erupt at any moment.

——Boom! !
The sky suddenly trembled, and a violent shockwave swept in all directions, causing many heavenly soldiers and generals to sway and almost lose their footing.

Above the miasma-filled sea, the Plague God opened his divine eyes: "They've arrived!"

All the immortals shuddered.

Three streaks of rainbow light flashed across the distant sky, only to vanish in an instant.

——Huh~
next moment.

Outside the Cloud Tower Palace, ten thousand lotus flowers bloomed out of thin air and fell one after another.

Where the lotus flower appeared, the pattering golden rain suddenly froze.

The immortals felt their divine power, which had been struggling to circulate within them, instantly revived and filled their limbs and bones once more.

Inside the golden carriage, the Water Deity Star Lord's lips curled slightly, but there was no smile in his eyes.

--boom!!!!!!!

A deafening explosion suddenly erupted.

Endless, pitch-black karmic fires arose out of nowhere, converging into a Great Wall of karmic fire stretching for thousands of miles, lying between the heavenly soldiers and generals and the Plague God.

The terrifying power that could scorch the heavens and boil the seas swept outwards, engulfing the sky and causing the sun and moon to lose their luster!

Even powerful beings like the Plague Lord and the Water Virtue Star Lord, upon seeing this scene, couldn't help but slightly change their expressions.

……

"Run! Run!!"

The immortals who were watching from a great distance were terrified when they saw the terrifying karmic fire coming straight at them, and they scattered and fled in all directions.

This fire is one of the four fires of heaven and earth, namely the [Eight Desolate Karmic Fire]!
—Unrivaled dominance!
Before burning the physical body, first ignite the karmic obstacles.

Anyone who has committed murder, harbors obsessions, and is deeply entangled in karma will have their soul shattered and their immortal bones reduced to dust the moment they come into contact with this karmic fire.

What's even more terrifying is that this Eight Desolate Karmic Fire is not afraid of water or ice, and it becomes stronger when it encounters evil. Even if a Great Luo Golden Immortal is tainted by a trace of it, his immortal foundation, which he has cultivated for thousands of years, will be instantly eroded.

"Infinite Heavenly Venerable! This god of slaughter is truly lawless!"

"I was almost burned by the karmic fire just now, which nearly damaged my immortal foundation and status! No way! I must go to the North Pole Exorcism Institute and report them to them!"

The immortals who had escaped the calamity cursed and were still shaken, never expecting to be caught in the crossfire.

……

Outside the Cloud Tower Palace, amidst surging karmic flames, three lotus platforms descended from the sky.

Jinzha treads upon the nine-tiered golden lotus, the Dragon-Hiding Stake faintly shimmering with light;
Mu Zha stands on a jade lotus with green patterns, his twin swords gleaming coldly.

Both of them displayed angry expressions, with a vast halo of light stretching hundreds of feet behind them.

Before them, Nezha sat cross-legged on a crimson lotus platform, with the Hun Tian Ling wrapped around his arms, the Qian Kun Quan hanging above him, and the Fire-Tipped Spear held horizontally in front of him.

The spear tip flickered with crimson flames, and all the karmic fire around him retreated.

"Father, what urgent matter has you summoned me for?"

Jinzha's gaze swept across the tense situation before him like lightning, and his divine voice resonated outwards.

When the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King saw his three sons gathered together, his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was immediately relieved. Just as he was about to explain, a cold snort rang out.

"So much nonsense."

Nezha lowered his eyelids slightly, glancing out of the corner of his eye at the enormous demon-subduing statue behind him.

Although one is tall and the other short, one is huge and the other tiny, they are more than ten thousand times different.

But the awe-inspiring power emanating from this Great God of the Three Altars and Seas was even three times stronger than that of the Demonic Manifestation!

"Old man, I'll just ask you one question—to fight or not to fight?"

The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King was taken aback and was about to speak to dissuade him—

"Okay, got it."

A cold glint flashed in Nezha's eyes, but a wild and dangerous smile curled at the corners of his lips.

“Buzz——!!!”

The Fire-Tipped Spear lying horizontally in front of him suddenly emitted a piercing, earth-shattering hum, and the crimson flames at the tip of the spear suddenly surged three feet, like a crimson thunderbolt, instantly tearing through the sky!

To the astonishment of all the immortals, Nezha, without even a word, raised his hand and slashed down with his spear towards the Plague God and the others!
—Tear!!!
A dazzling flame ripped through the sky, tearing a massive chasm ten thousand feet wide in the entire heavens!
　Didn't you guys go out to have fun on New Year's Day?

　
(End of this chapter)