The SSSSSSSS-level Mad Dragon is released from prison!

The deathly aura had dissipated from the night sky over the capital.

Jiang Chen's figure slowly descended from the sky. Behind him, the dried corpse puppet named Jun Shanhe stood silently three steps away from him, like a shadow.

Inside the underground palace, Xiao Ruoye struggled to her feet and helped Shen Suxin, whose lips still had blood on them.

"Jiang Chen, um..."

She looked at the mummified corpse that exuded an ominous aura, and her throat went dry.

"Just a watchdog."

Jiang Chen's tone was indifferent, as if he had just picked up an inconspicuous tool.

He walked up to Junyao and looked at the girl with a butterfly mark between her eyebrows. Her breathing had become completely stable.

"Owner."

Junyao called out obediently.

Jiang Chen's gaze swept over the three of them. Xiao Ruoye had just broken through and her foundation was unstable; Shen Suxin had exhausted her source energy and was severely injured; Jun Yao had awakened, but her control over her power was still very rough.

"Too weak."

Jiang Chen uttered three words.

Xiao Ruoye was about to retort, but then swallowed her words.

Compared to the battle in the sky just now, her status as a Grandmaster is indeed insignificant.

"Tianji Island is not comparable to the Jun family."

Jiang Chen didn't explain further, and slowly closed his eyes.

The next second, an invisible will emanated from him, instantly enveloping the entire Jun family mansion and spreading deeper underground.

It is divine consciousness.

The wealth accumulated by the Jun family over a century, including those hidden secret chambers and treasure troves, were all laid bare before his divine sense.

"Found it."

Jiang Chen opened his eyes and gave an order to Jun Shanhe behind him.

"Go, bring everything out of the treasure vault."

A flash of ghostly fire appeared in Jun Shanhe's eyes, and his body transformed into a wisp of black smoke, disappearing directly underground.

Xiao Ruoye's eyelids twitched. This thing could even pass through walls?

Less than ten minutes.

Jun Shanhe reappeared, this time with an ancient-looking storage ring in his withered hand.

"Master, everything is here."

Jiang Chen took the ring and probed it with his divine sense.

Ten-thousand-year-old stone stalactite, green marrow fungus, earth fire golden lotus... all kinds of rare and precious materials that have long disappeared from the outside world are piled up into a small mountain in the ring.

"We still have some savings."

Jiang Chen put away the ring and glanced at the underground palace that had been reduced to ruins.

"This place is not safe to stay any longer; let's find another place."

……

In the southern suburbs of the capital, there is a villa, Chunyaxuan, which was given to Jiang Chen by the Song family.

This place has long been cleaned up by Song Yuzhi's people, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

Behind the villa, there is a natural hot spring, whose water is diverted to a stone pool carved from a single piece of white marble.

Jiang Chen stood by the pool, his fingers pointing like knives.

Dark golden true energy pulsed at his fingertips as he carved intricate array patterns into the smooth white marble pool.

Dragon Vein Gathering Spirit Array.

With the final stroke, the entire formation activated with a hum.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of a hundred miles was forcibly drawn in, transforming into visible white mist that poured into the stone pool.

Jiang Chen generously threw all the rare and precious materials from his storage ring into the pool.

The originally clear spring water instantly became viscous, transforming into a pool of fragrant, multicolored spiritual liquid.

After he finished doing all this, he turned around and looked at the three women behind him.

"Go in."

Xiao Ruoye looked at the pool of churning spiritual liquid and swallowed hard.

"Jiang Chen, there's so much stuff, and there are three of us..."

"It's not going to be a waste." Jiang Chen interrupted her. "Once you're inside, guard your mind. No matter how painful it is, you have to persevere."

"Will it be very painful?" Shen Suxin asked softly.

"Yes." Jiang Chen looked at her and said, word by word, "It will be more painful than anything you've ever experienced. This is a marrow cleansing and meridian-repairing process, which is equivalent to breaking your body inch by inch and then rebuilding it."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ruoye laughed instead.

"In my life, the thing I'm least afraid of is pain."

Without the slightest hesitation, she was the first to step into the pool.

The spiritual liquid submerged her body, and an indescribable burning sensation instantly penetrated her skin, rushing straight to her limbs and bones.

Shen Suxin and Jun Yao exchanged a glance and followed them inside.

The three women sat cross-legged, only their necks and above were exposed.

Jiang Chen walked to the edge of the pool and sat down cross-legged as well.

"Close your eyes and circulate your energy."

At his command, he stretched out his hands and placed them lightly on the water.

The vast, formless true energy transformed into three gentle yet domineering forces, which were then injected into the three women's bodies respectively.

"Well……"

The first to let out a muffled groan was Xiao Ruoye.

Her body felt as if it were being pierced by ten thousand red-hot steel needles at the same time.

Under the impact of the medicine, the meridians are forcibly widened, torn, and then healed.

Her bones made a teeth-grinding "crackling" sound, as if something was growing out of her bone marrow.

Shen Suxin's body radiated a green light from the inside out.

The poisonous substances within her body are undergoing a qualitative change under the purification of the spiritual liquid.

The toxins that had accumulated over twenty years were gradually refined and stripped away.

This process is like scraping the bone to remove poison.

Junyao's situation was the most peculiar; she did not make any sound.

Her small body was enveloped in a thick cocoon of purple light.

Her soul was undergoing the deepest fusion with the subjugated Gu King.

Time passed, second by second.

Inside the stone pool, the spiritual liquid churned more and more violently.

The three women's faces were covered in sweat, and their bodies were trembling uncontrollably, clearly enduring immense pain.

Jiang Chen's face was also slightly pale.

Guiding the medicinal power to protect the three people also took a huge toll on him.

This is not just a consumption of true energy, but also a depletion of his own original essence.

But his eyes remained calm, unwavering in the slightest.

What he wanted was not three vases.

Rather, they are comrades who will stand shoulder to shoulder with him in the future and face Tianji Island head-on.

Suddenly, the water behind Xiao Ruoye exploded.

Two shimmering metallic shadows suddenly pierced out from her shoulder blades on her back.

The phantom continued to solidify, gradually transforming into the rudimentary form of a pair of wings with golden patterns.

Those were her Geng metal bone spurs, which underwent a transformation under the cleansing of the true dragon's energy.

At the same time, a peculiar fragrance emanated from Shen Suxin.

Her sweat, which was originally highly toxic, now resembled the finest incense, refreshing the mind and invigorating the spirit.

Her body, which was covered in the poisons of various herbs, has been completely purified.

I don't know how much time has passed.

"Buzz—"

The purple cocoon enveloping Junyao emitted a soft hum and shone brightly.

Jiang Chen's eyes narrowed.

"Now!"

He pressed down suddenly with both hands.

He forcibly compressed all the remaining medicinal power in the pool, turning it into three torrents that poured into the three women's bodies.

boom!

A huge explosion was heard.

The entire pool of spiritual liquid was instantly evaporated.

Three figures simultaneously emerged from the bottom of the pool, creating a misty spray.

Three powerful auras, each cool yet distinctly different, instantly filled the entire manor.

The surrounding temperature plummeted, and a thin layer of white frost covered the ground and leaves.

Jun Shanhe's figure appeared at the courtyard gate at some unknown time, like the most loyal gatekeeper, firmly locking this aura within the courtyard, without letting it leak out in the slightest.

Xiao Ruoye landed slowly, feeling the unprecedented, harmonious and clear power within her body, and she still couldn't quite believe it.

"That's... the end?"

She looked down at her hands and noticed that her skin had become more delicate than before, even having a faint jade-like luster.

Shen Suxin and Jun Yao also fell one after another.

Shen Suxin's aura became ethereal and pure, like a fairy in the forest.

Jun Yao's appearance became even more enchanting, her purple-gold eyes seemingly capable of captivating and seducing.

"Go change your clothes."

Jiang Chen's voice interrupted the three of them.

The three of them then realized they were completely naked, their faces flushed red, and they each ran back to their rooms.

A moment later.

Xiao Ruoye, dressed in a black outfit, walked out of the room.

She stopped instinctively as she passed a full-length mirror in the lobby.

I look a little different in the mirror.

She leaned closer and looked carefully into her eyes.

Her pupils remained black.

But along that pure black edge, a very fine ring had appeared, almost invisible unless you looked closely...

Light gold trim.