Dragon Clan: They're all insane, and you still want me to slay dragons?

As Yuan Zhisheng watched Gao Kui's figure gradually disappear underwater, he felt a mix of emotions, including disappointment, but also a sense of relief and joy. After all, Kazama Ruri was still his younger brother... sister.

We can only hope that Kazama Ruri is dead.

Reality isn't a movie. In movies, when the male lead, arriving late, holds the critically injured and dying female lead in his arms, no matter how vicious the villain is, he won't make a move.

At that moment, any rationale must serve the purpose of emotional manipulation. Only after the male and female leads have poured out their hearts to each other and delivered a long monologue will the villain chuckle and say to the protagonist, "He was calling your name the whole time," before engaging in another battle with the protagonist.

The sea churned again, and one after another, the Corpse Guardians leaped out of the water like eagles soaring through the sky, rushing towards the stunned Genjiro and John Wick.

The longsword whirled and flashed with dazzling light as Longinus's blade sliced ​​through the body of a corpse guardian, severing it in half at the waist.

After slaying a charging Corpse Guardian, Genji shook his head, no longer thinking about Kazama Ruri, and looked at John Wick, who was also surrounded by Corpse Guardians.

After casually unleashing a high-risk spell, John Wick said, "Frankly, I don't really want to fight you."

"Because of this knife?"

“Because of that knife.” John Wick nodded.

In terms of pure strength, John Wick is superior to Genji. Even though Genji took the Prototype Evolution Drug, which further advanced his life level and bloodline, he still cannot compare to the humanoid Dragon King.

But he had Longinus.

Back then, Gao Kui was able to hold his own against John Wick thanks to Longinus and his manic state; Genji could certainly do the same. Even if the situation were different due to differences in bloodline and incantations, the outcome would remain the same.

If you can't tell life from death, you can't tell victory from defeat.

Genjiro assessed his own strength. His physical attributes were still inferior to those of the humanoid dragon king, and his Word of Power was not the kind that could inflict high damage. Even with Longinus in hand, he probably wouldn't be able to defeat his opponent.

"Should we deal with these corpse guards first?"

"Just to my liking."

In a few words, Genjiro and John Wick reached a consensus: the emperor of the Snake Clan and the allies of the Demon Clan would join forces on the Black Sea to fight against the endless tide of corpses.

7,000 meters underwater.

The Deepsea Challenger, built by James Cameron's team, lies there quietly and motionless, like a strangely shaped underwater rock.

The interior space of this deep-sea submersible is almost entirely occupied by the power system and various electronic facilities and auxiliary systems, leaving extremely little space for human activity.

Dozens of alarm lights flashed red. The slender Kazama Ruri, dressed in combat uniform, huddled in the cockpit, her breathing becoming increasingly calm, her eyes staring blankly out the observation window.

Ruri Kazama never imagined that this event would end like this.

James Cameron's team was in good hands. Piloting the deep-sea submersible, she carefully avoided all the sea monsters and found the ancient city that Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi had sunk to the bottom of the sea—Takamagahara.

She passed through the gates of Takamagahara, found the center of the ancient city with ease, and dropped the nuclear bomb. However, she encountered an accident on her way out.

A passing sea creature, or one that guards Takamagahara, can slap a submersible dozens of meters away with a flick of its tail, damaging the electronic components inside the submersible that monitor air pressure and control the pressure relief valve.

The submersible descends and ascends by slowly balancing the internal and external air pressure. The failure of the electronic components controlling the pressure relief valve means that the submersible can no longer ascend.

Before diving, Kazama Ruri had learned some basic maintenance, and there was also the instruction manual for the deep-sea submersible in the cockpit. However, by the time she fixed the faulty electronic components, it was too late.

The nuclear bomb's timer reached its end, and the fireball exploded on the seabed, nearly flattening the core area of ​​Takamagahara. Although the deep-sea submersible was not in the very center of the nuclear explosion, it was still affected by the spreading shockwave, and dozens of electronic components were affected.

Damn it.

When Kazama Ruri saw the dozens of red lights, she was completely stunned. She had already racked her brains just to fix a pressure relief valve, and now there were dozens of system errors. How long would it take her to fix them?

This level of malfunction is a task for a professional timing team; she definitely couldn't handle it. Even if she could, how much time would it take her?

Kazama Ruri couldn't help but reminisce about the post-World War II era when electronic facilities and equipment were not yet very sophisticated, and the main feature was a time when powerful bricks flew everywhere.

Now that times and technology have progressed, for example, this deep-sea submersible has dozens or even hundreds of auxiliary systems installed in its small cabin, just like a modern supercar. They want to pile on these driver assistance systems so that even a fool could sit in the cockpit and operate it.

It's more sophisticated and easier to operate, but at the cost of greater fragility. If one auxiliary system malfunctions, its performance will drop significantly. And when so many systems fail, it becomes nothing more than scrap metal.

Ruri Kazama also tried to debug and repair those faulty auxiliary systems, but after a lot of work, she found that it was completely useless.

Her knowledge only allowed her to treat the symptoms, but with so many auxiliary systems reporting errors, it was very likely that one error was due to another malfunction. The various auxiliary systems were not isolated but interconnected, which greatly increased the difficulty of repair.

There is no hope, just wait for death.

Realizing that the ability required to save the deep-sea submersible was beyond her limits, Kazama Ruri stopped struggling, curled up in the cockpit to conserve her energy and oxygen, and began to recall the past.

It wasn't simply a matter of waiting to die; it was a last-ditch effort. She deliberately breached the submersible protecting her, using her super hybrid body to directly enter the water and swim upwards to reach the surface.

However, Kazama Ruri wasn't very confident about escaping death. She was indeed a demon who surpassed the Emperor, stronger than Genji, and consumed evolution drugs like three meals a day, but she was still within the range of a normal super hybrid.

Being in water pressure more than 800 times that of the human body, the weight on one foot is equivalent to that of dozens of elephants. Given her physical strength, she might not be able to survive.

Before making a final push, let's reminisce about the past, because perhaps we won't have another chance later.

She lived in the mountains with her older brother since she could remember. She was adopted by a drunkard. When Tachibana Masamune came to visit them in the mountains, he favored her brother more and eventually took him away, leaving her in the mountains. There, she encountered a king and fell into demonhood...

Until about ten days ago, I met the prince of Northern Qi at a nightclub.

Yesterday's events are like yesterday's death; today's events are like today's birth!

Long ago, whether happy or unhappy, Kazama Ruri no longer cared much about the past; at least in her heart, it was far less important than the prince of Northern Qi.

Using the sacred remains to achieve her final evolution, shedding her snake skin to ascend into a dragon and severing all shackles, to live happily ever after with the person she loves most in the world, and perhaps the only one who loves her, in the most beautiful and freest form—that is what Kazama Ruri cares about most.

The past has faded into nothingness, transforming into the face of the Northern Qi prince. His eyes hold an unyielding compassion and love, not fiery, but rather warm, capable of melting any iceberg in the world.

At least Kazama Ruri fell for her; she's actually quite starved for love.

Her adoptive father treated her and her brother coldly from childhood. Tachibana Masamune loved Genji but not him. The king only used her. Even her brother Genji, who had depended on her since childhood, betrayed her and stabbed her in the back, showing no concern for her pain and suffering.

In the end, the only one willing to love her, pity her, and understand her was the prince of Northern Qi, whom she had only met a short time ago.

How could Kazama Ruri not fall for such a person? After all, he was the only person in the world willing to love and understand her.

Thinking back to the scene at the nightclub, recalling that kiss, Kazama Ruri's eyes grew increasingly hazy. In her daze, perhaps the image of Gao Kui in front of her or in her mind also changed.

His expression was anxious at first, but after confirming something, he seemed relieved. He was wearing a very well-fitting suit, his hair was a little messy, and he stood outside the observation window, raising his hand to gently tap on the window and say something.

"Miss, would you like me to call an ambulance for you?"

This is lip reading by Kazama Ruri.

Chapter 179 Mermaid

Gao Kuijun.

Kazama Ruri instinctively wanted to call out that name. How could she possibly forget that moment when she and the Northern Qi prince locked eyes in the nightclub?

Before meeting the prince of Northern Qi, she rarely encountered anyone willing to treat her gently. The only one, Yuan Zhisheng, became her sworn enemy after she fell into darkness.

Only the prince of Northern Qi could understand her pain and empathize with her. At that moment, his eyes were full of love, conveying the sentiment that "no matter what danger you are in, as long as I know, I will definitely risk my life to save you."

Now she has truly arrived, crossing the deep sea in an extremely illogical way, reaching the deepest abyss.

"It's not me...it's not me..."

Kazama Ruri subconsciously reached out and touched hands with the Northern Qi prince through the observation window. After a brief contact, she quickly withdrew her hands, covered her face, and twisted her body uneasily in the enclosed space, observing her own posture.

Reuniting with the person she admires in this manner is definitely not what Kazama Ruri wanted.

She was in a terrible state, in a terrible state in every sense of the word.

Even Kazama Ruri had to admit that the demon was a failed hybrid. She was strong, even stronger than her useless brother, Genjiro, but no matter how strong she was, it couldn't hide the fact that the demon's bloodline was unstable.

She also has flaws in her mental and moral aspects.

On one hand, she was controlled by the king, and whenever the king struck the gong, she would go mad involuntarily and lose her mind. When she first fell into demonhood, she committed many evil deeds and tortured and killed several innocent lives.

Perhaps the princes of Northern Qi wouldn't care about these things. The reason they can empathize is precisely because they share similar circumstances.

When disabled people embrace for warmth, no one will say anything; everyone will think they are a match made in heaven.

But Kazama Ruri wouldn't think that way. Why should a disabled person be matched with another disabled person? Doesn't a disabled person deserve something better?

When someone you admire gives you complete love, you should naturally repay them with the best version of yourself.

She must shed her demonic nature and ascend to the form of a dragon, severing all shackles, washing away all worldly impurities, and returning to him in perfect form.

"Miss Liuli?"

With her hands covering her face, Kazama Ruri parted her fingers and secretly glanced out the observation window. The person she longed for seemed to be calling her name.

Gao Kui clenched his fist into a claw, and with one claw pierced through the incredibly hard outer shell of the deep-sea submersible. The pressure balance inside and outside the cabin was broken, and the cockpit, which was already blaring red lights and frequently sounding alarms, became even noisier.

Kazama Ruri realized what Gao Kui was planning: to tear apart the deep-sea submersible and take her out.

Logically speaking, without the protection of a deep-sea submersible, being directly in the water at a depth of seven or eight thousand meters would almost certainly be fatal, but Kazama Ruri didn't believe that Gao Kui would harm her. Even if the world collapsed and everyone stood against her, the person in front of her would stand by her side.

This is the emotion conveyed in that look back then.

Gao Kui clawed down again and again, and finally simply unleashed the Yin Flow Domain, unleashing dozens of sword energies that tore the deep-sea submersible to shreds.

An immense pressure suddenly struck Kazama Ruri, nearly crushing her body. The next instant, the girl's hand was suddenly grasped, and the overwhelming pressure, as if the sky were collapsing and the earth were sinking, vanished instantly.

She was not only exempted from the Crescent Moon Domain, but also became a protected object of the domain because of her direct physical contact with Gao Kui.

With one hand held by Gao Kui and the other covering her face, Kazama Ruri savored the feeling of being unaffected by gravity, able to stand on any flat surface, whether in the sky or on the ground...

“I’ve come to save you, Miss Liuli,” Gao Kui said.

It was quite remarkable that, thanks to the protection of the Crescent Moon Domain, the seawater did not enter Gao Kui's acupoints, allowing him to open his mouth underwater as if he were on land.

"You got the wrong person."

Kazama Ruri covered her face with one hand and tried to speak.

"got the wrong person?"

"I am not Kazama Ruri, I am Genji." Kazama Ruri tried to conceal her identity in a futile attempt to cover it up.

"I understand, I understand, anyway, I'm here to save you."

Gao Kui smiled and took Kazama Ruri's hand as they walked upwards. They didn't climb stairs or a ladder to heaven, but rather lay horizontally as if walking on flat ground.

Kazama Ruri remained silent, her hand held by the person she admired, like a divine couple from a fantasy novel, strolling through the underwater world with a water-repelling shield.

At a depth of seven or eight thousand meters, almost no light could penetrate, making it pitch black, like the depths of hell. However, Kazama Ruri was a demon who surpassed Genji's; her eyesight was sharp, and she could still see everything around her clearly.

The magnificent central part of Takamagahara behind it was almost destroyed, and a considerable portion of it was submerged in the underwater chasm. There were corpse guardians with human bodies and fish tails, jellyfish over tens of meters long, giant octopuses covered with iron-gray scales, and plesiosaurs that were considered extinct and should not exist on the seabed...

Deep-sea creatures darted past the two of them, some floating to the surface, others swimming and wreaking havoc restlessly because Takamagahara had been blasted open.

They are all dragon species, containing dragon blood in their bodies. Some giant creatures are even genuine fourth or fifth generation species... Only dragon species can live in the seabed with a huge body that defies common sense.

At this moment, the rampage and movement of those giant creatures seemed to Kazama Ruri like a dance, a dance for her reunion with the prince of Northern Qi.