The villain daughter did all kinds of things

Putting aside the fact that the mythical beasts from ancient times are no longer available, even if they could be found, Tuoshe Ying felt that capturing them would only be adding to their meal, not even enough to overfeed them, let alone capture three mythical beasts to offer as a sacrifice.

Helpless, Tosha Sakura looked towards her last hope—the signpost at the fork in the road:

I am the Dragon of Victory. Fight, gain my approval, receive my blessing, and fight forever to bring me victory.

...It seems like this is the only option.

Although the condition of fighting forever is not exactly appealing, it is the only condition that Tosher Sakura can currently achieve; she really has no other choice.

Realizing this, Tuoshe Ying quickly stopped hesitating and strode towards the middle of the road.

After walking a few steps, the scenery around them changed again, and they arrived in a cave that seemed to have an infinite space, where a golden dragon hundreds of meters tall was looking down at the earth.

"Come on, chosen girl~~"

The golden dragon looked at Toshe Sakura with its enormous dragon eyes and spoke, though in reality, it was Emerald who was speaking:

"Fight me and prove your courage and will to me."

"...As you wish!"

Tuoshe Ying was actually a little scared, but when she thought of her captured companions and those despicable Tianyun Empire slave-hunting teams, she mustered up her courage and launched an attack on the golden dragon.

She definitely couldn't win in a fight. No matter how much Tuoshe Ying pushed herself to unleash her attacks, she would be slapped away by the golden dragon.

Moreover, although the golden dragon looked majestic and powerful, its mouth was somewhat effeminate.

"That's it? I can't feel the slightest bit of iron will or steel toughness in your attack."

"Is this your level of awareness? You're such a coward. Someone as insignificant as you would probably be more comfortable living as a slave in the Tianyun Empire."

"Put more effort into it! With such a weak attack, you can't even scrub my back. How come each generation of those chosen by fate is getting worse than the last?"

"You are the weakest and most insignificant of all the chosen ones I have ever tested!"

……

Just like the plots of classic shonen anime, the young protagonist stubbornly keeps launching attacks in order to gain the recognition of a powerful senior, but is easily knocked back each time.

Emerald continued to mock Toshe Sakura with every word she could think of until she had had her fill of verbal sparring and Toshe Sakura was nearly exhausted. Only then did the golden dragon let out a satisfied hum.

"Alright... Although you're really weak, you've persevered until now without giving up, so I'll acknowledge your strength and grant you the blessing of victory."

After he finished speaking, a holy light emanated from the golden dragon, enveloping Tuosheying. It not only completely healed Tuosheying's injuries but also restored her physical and spiritual power to their peak state, after which it continued to make her stronger.

"Is this the reward for passing the trial? That's great... Everyone, wait for me! I'm coming to rescue you all right now!"

Feeling her power growing stronger, Tosha Sakura smiled excitedly. Then she sat cross-legged in her consciousness space and carefully absorbed the power given by the golden dragon, not wanting to waste a single drop.

In the real world, Amelie had already placed the Dragon Soul Crystal that the red-clothed woman had prepared on Toshe Sakura. After she used holy magic to dispel the seal on Toshe Sakura and help her return to her peak condition, Toshe Sakura began to absorb the Dragon Soul Crystal.

"Next... I should go back to my seat."

Seeing that things were going according to plan, Amelie smiled gently and disappeared from the room once again.

About twenty minutes later, the Miststorm, which was sailing at a steady speed, suddenly jolted and fell from its suspended state like a mouse caught by a cat's paw while running, unable to move.

Then, with a long roar, the fiery and voluptuous body with two horns on its head smashed through the deck of the Miststorm and soared into the sky, standing in mid-air, with every move it made exuding the power to topple the earth.

Chapter 270: The Layout Completed

"Wow, wow... Is this the power after the Emperor Dragon bloodline awakens? It's so strong! If Aunt Red really takes her as a disciple, then we'll both be calling her Senior Sister now, right?"

Amélie, who was watching the commotion from the shadows, spoke in an exaggerated tone, but her eyes were full of memories—this Tosher Sakura now has the air of the side boss from the original game.

"Hmph, Senior Sister, you don't think I'm an idiot, do you?"

Ji Xinyu simply rolled her eyes:

"I don't think a cunning woman like you, Senior Sister, would fail so easily. If she had really been accepted as a disciple by Master, she would probably be calling you Senior Sister like I am now, right?"

"No, no... Junior sister, you're joking. I'm just a delicate young lady, I don't have any of your strength at all... Junior sister, don't you like my delicate appearance the most? Do you want to play with me like a doll?"

As she spoke, Amelie pretended to be delicate and leaned against Ji Xinyu.

Although Ji Xinyu also took the opportunity to put her arm around Amelie's waist, she sighed with some disappointment:

"But you're making me feel neither conquered nor accomplished at all, senior sister... Instead, I feel like a little kid being coaxed and played with by you..."

"Junior sister, do you like being teased and played with by your senior sister?"

"Hmm... I like it."

Amelie and Ji Xinyu's mission was actually completed after the Dragon Soul Crystal was completely absorbed by Tuoshe Ying, but neither of them was in a hurry to leave. They tacitly chose to stay and continue watching the excitement.

On the other hand, after Tosha Sakura's bloodline power awakened, the outcome of the battle was no longer in doubt.

Tuoshe Ying has never cultivated any immortal techniques. Although she suddenly possessed the strength of a third-stage powerhouse after her bloodline awakened, she is not actually a cultivator in the Enlightenment stage, nor a fusion stage mage, let alone a great mage. She should be considered an ancient dragon-level monster with the appearance of a beautiful girl.

Monsters of the same rank are generally slightly weaker than human cultivators, but Kotosha is clearly an exception, and there are no Enlightenment stage experts in the slave-catching team.

Therefore, faced with the enraged Tosher Sakura, the slave-catching team was almost entirely slaughtered.

No matter how desperately the slave-catching team struggled, their flying swords and magical artifacts couldn't even leave a mark on Tuosheying's fair skin. Her skin looked smooth and delicate, but in reality, it had a defensive power comparable to the scales of a top-tier dragon.

Even if the slave-catching team members covered for each other to buy time to unleash their ultimate moves or even combine their ultimate moves, they all became nothing more than flashy tricks in the face of an absolute difference in strength.

No matter what spells the slave-catching team members used, Tuoshe Ying would break them with a single shout—she didn't have the fused vocal cords like Mondoli, but she possessed the innate skill that all dragons had: the dragon's roar.

Furthermore, the conspicuous dragon horns atop Tuosheying's head quickly led some knowledgeable members of the slave-catching team to recognize her identity:

"A dragon... no, a hybrid of a high-ranking dragon and a human? His bloodline awakened due to emotional distress after being captured in battle? Tsk... how did I end up with this kind of bad luck?"

Recognizing Tosher Sakura's identity doesn't mean you can defeat her. The difference in strength between the third and second stages is too great. Even though Tosher Sakura's bloodline power has only just awakened, victory is still easy.

Of the slave-hunting team members on the Miststorm, all but the cunning captain, who realized the situation was dire and decisively used an instant escape spell to flee, were killed. Even the crew member who was only responsible for piloting the Miststorm was not spared. In her rage, Tosha Sakura left no one alive.

After killing all the slave hunters, Tosha Sakura first rescued her captured companions, and then completely dismantled the entire Mist Storm, taking all the slave hunters' weapons and any metal that could be salvaged from the ship back to the tribe as spoils of war.

The metal smelting technology of the Tianyun Empire is far superior to that of the Tuosheying tribe. Many of the daily necessities on the Mist Storm are made of metal, which, with a little modification, can become powerful weapons for the tribe.

Although Tuoshe Ying left no survivors in her rage, she was not hot-blooded and reckless. After calming down, she immediately realized that the Tianyun Empire would definitely retaliate again. So, after returning to the tribe, she immediately began to direct her tribesmen to prepare for battle.

The rules of the barbaric tribe are simple: the strong are respected. Therefore, Tuosheying automatically became the tribe's leader after her bloodline power was awakened, and no one in the tribe had any objections, including the original leader.

While it was said to be preparation for battle, it was actually just a matter of evasion. After all, the tribe's level of civilization was far behind that of the Tianyun Empire, and ordinary tribesmen were no match for cultivators.

Therefore, taking advantage of their familiarity with the surrounding terrain, Tuosheying divided the entire tribe of more than 3 people into smaller units of several hundred people each and hid them. All they needed to do was to hide and protect themselves in the upcoming battle.

Only a dozen or so tribal warriors with unique talents and abilities were selected and, under the leadership of Tuosheying, began real battle preparations.

Meanwhile, the leader of the Mist Storm slave-hunting team, who had escaped back, quickly found his backer.

Although the slave-catching business is very risky, it cannot be done in the Tianyun Empire without a powerful backer. The exit permits and combat-type land-based immortal ships alone are insurmountable barriers for ordinary cultivators without such backing.

The immortal sect has numerous cultivators, with over 300 experts in the Enlightenment stage alone. If we also include the large number of disciples in the Cultivation and Seeking stages, the sect could easily be called a million.

With so many cultivators, it's impossible for them all to concentrate on cultivating in one spiritual mountain. It's inevitable that they will be distributed throughout the Three Mountains and Five Peaks of the Tianyun Empire.

Therefore, in addition to the headquarters where the Dao Ancestor is located, the Immortal Sect has many branches. These branches are called buildings or pavilions depending on their size. The highest person in charge of the branch is called the building master or pavilion master. Each building or pavilion has a high degree of autonomy in operation and management, basically as long as it does not violate the rules set by the Dao Ancestor.

Currently, there are nearly 70 pavilions in the Immortal Sect. Among them, the branches with two or more Enlightenment Stage experts are called pavilions, and they are usually named XXX Pavilion. The pavilion master of each pavilion usually also serves as an elder of the entire Immortal Sect.

Those branches of immortal sects where only the person in charge is a powerful cultivator at the Enlightenment stage are called pavilions, and they are all named XXX Pavilion. The daily operation of the branch and the cultivation of the disciples are all handled by the pavilion master.

The reason it's called the Mist Ship is because its true owner is the Mist Pavilion, and the current slave-hunting captain is just a high-level employee.

After his team was wiped out by Tuosheying, the slave-catching captain fled all the way back to Wulan Pavilion, where he knelt at the feet of the pavilion master and tearfully recounted his ordeal.

The mist pavilion's master was a voluptuous, mature beauty, dressed in a light gauze woven fairy robe. She gently tapped the lid of her teacup on top of the cup. At first glance, her eyes seemed nonchalant, but a closer look revealed her shrewdness and calculation.

This person is known as Lady Mist and is somewhat famous in the immortal sects—but all of it is infamous.

She was not originally the head of the Mist Pavilion, nor was she a Dao Enlightenment stage expert. The previous head of the Mist Pavilion was her ex-husband.

In her youth, Lady Wulan used her beauty to trick the former leader of Wulan Pavilion into signing a very strict Daoist couple contract with her. After the marriage, she secretly gave her husband and her newly accepted female disciple aphrodisiacs, and then waited for them to fall into the trap and caught them red-handed.

Ultimately, the newly appointed Pavilion Master of the Mist Pavilion violated the Daoist Couple Contract. Not only did Lady Mist steal half of his cultivation through the contract, but he was also expelled from the pavilion. Lady Mist, on the other hand, seized this opportunity to become a Dao Enlightenment stage expert and the new Pavilion Master of the Mist Pavilion.

After becoming the Pavilion Master, Lady Mist became even more greedy, trying every means to plunder wealth from ordinary people near the Mist Pavilion, and even providing resources to build the Mist Ship to engage in the slave-trading business.

Now that the Miststorm has been destroyed and the entire slave-catching team has been wiped out, it is a huge loss for Lady Miststorm. After hearing the report, she was naturally furious and kicked the captain of the slave-catching team half to death.

"Master, please calm down! Master, please calm down!"

The slave-catching captain quickly grabbed Lady Mist's leg and begged loudly for mercy:

"Your subordinate is indeed incompetent and deserves to die... but I brought back vital intelligence! If Master can capture her again, all this loss will be worthwhile!"

"……oh?"

Lady Mist, who had originally intended to kick the slave-catching captain to death again, suddenly had a glint in her eyes. She slowly withdrew her strength and allowed the slave-catching captain to fawn over her by massaging her legs.

"Is that top-quality item you mentioned really that top-quality?"

"Guaranteed to be top-quality!"

The slave-catching captain made a solemn promise. He first showed Lady Wulan the image of Toshe Sakura that he had recorded beforehand, allowing Lady Wulan to examine Toshe Sakura's figure and appearance. Then, he gave a detailed account of Toshe Sakura's performance after her power awakened:

"I am absolutely certain that she is a half-human and half-dragon hybrid, and she has such stunning looks... This is definitely a priceless treasure!"

"...You're right."

Lady Mist's eyes grew brighter as she listened, and in the end, she even stood up:

"If everything about this slave is as you say, then if I can capture her and sell her, I can have three more Miststorm ships!"

"Master is wise!"

The slave-catching captain breathed a sigh of relief, knowing he was no longer going to die.

"...Hmph, get up."

Lady Mist pondered for a moment before making her decision:

"Once I've made some preparations, you can take me to that tribe again. This time, I'll personally capture that slave!"

"Yes, Master!"

The slave-catching captain quickly responded, then hesitated for a moment before cautiously adding:

"Should we gather more disciples from the Misty Pavilion to go together?"

"Need not."

Lady Mist displayed great confidence and decisiveness:

"As you said, the power of the high-level dragon bloodline within her has awakened, and it won't make much difference how many disciples below the Enlightenment stage go... If I didn't need you to guide me, I wouldn't even bring you along."

"Yes, Master."

. . . . .

It took Tuoshe Ying almost half a day to finally help her tribe members break up into smaller groups and hide in the complex terrain near their original tribe, while she herself prepared for battle.

Although she had awakened her bloodline power, it was only a recent awakening, and she had no ability to detect that two other despicable women were hiding not far from her, watching the commotion.

"...It's here, pretty fast."

Emerald, who was admiring Tosher Sakura's figure, suddenly focused her gaze on the southeast direction in the sky, where the Sky Cloud Empire was located.

"Oh?"

Ji Xinyu, standing next to her, raised an eyebrow, then after about six or seven seconds, her brow furrowed slightly.

"They really have arrived... I didn't expect your perception range to be so far, but your perception isn't that much stronger than mine, is it?"

"Because I casually killed a few animals on my way here and they turned into undead, they are now my eyes and ears."

Emery laughed and shrugged:

"Junior sister, you know that my spirits are basically no different from living things. Even a Dao Enlightenment stage expert would have a hard time detecting and distinguishing them."

"...Yes, Senior Sister, your beautiful spirits are all wonderful."

Ji Xinyu, however, instantly thought of other things, her eyes burning with desire, and she even licked her lips:

"Speaking of which, after this mission is completed, we'll all go our separate ways and be busy with our own things. The next time we meet might not be until next spring, right? In that case, Senior Sister, why don't you spoil me a little this time? For example, how about bringing your undead beauties to serve me? Hmm... you can bully me too, like that mother and daughter from the Hoshino family, they look like a lot of fun."

"Tsk...you lousy junior sister."

Emery's face immediately showed a look of disgust:

"Your senior sister is still here, and you've already started thinking about other women? Are the Hoshino family mother and daughter so alluring to you?"

"If it's just the Hoshino mother and daughter, I'm not particularly interested... Even if they were alive and served me together, I'd probably just play around."