Chapter 266

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Chapter 266: A Tiger May Not Defeat a Dragon, but a Cat Will Definitely Beat a Bug

"If I don’t show that I care, some people might think that I’m in a fake marriage."

Xue Hanlei, with an expressionless face, took a french fry from Bai Wei’s hand. All the previous changes in her expressions and gestures were just an act.

"Let’s pretend that I’ve already cried, so that everyone doesn’t think I’m a heartless woman. At least I have gone through being betrayed once. Let me act like it."

"How do I look crying like this?"

She tried to act again, but found that she couldn’t produce any tears. "Wait, let me find some eye drops."

Ying Mu was stunned, trying to find some trace of concern in Xue Hanlei’s face, but there was none at all. She had acted too convincingly just now!

She clenched her fist. "Xue Hanlei…!"

"Yes, it’s me, Xue Hanlei. I’m a bad dragon maiden, no need to play tricks with you. Laughable, isn’t it? Feeling crushed by me for a big part of your life, imagine how it would feel when my sister crushes you even more after I’m gone."

She took a deep breath and said with satisfaction, "If you feel uncomfortable, that’s just right… Who told you, Ying Mu , to be incapable? Always wanting to compete, but all these years of competition have led to nothing."

"No results? How ridiculous," said Ying Mu in a low voice. "Don’t think I don’t know what Xue Hanlei has gone through!"

"So what?" Xue Hanlei countered.

"Even though Xue Hanlei has been stubborn all these years, what good does it do?" Ying Mu sneered. "Is it effective?"

"It’s ineffective, just like you. You can’t win, can’t surpass me, can’t outcompete me. In the end, you only managed to endure a bit longer," Xue Hanlei lifted her chin and looked down with a higher perspective. "You may have endured my departure, but you still can’t make your own breakthrough. Perhaps you may seem outstanding, but you will never be number one. It’s time to face some facts, even if you endure the next person, and the next after that, the outcome won’t change."

Ying Mu ‘s face turned pale.

"What’s the point? How many more years can you endure? Ten years, twenty years, or fifty years, a hundred years?" Xue Hanlei’s tone gradually grew impatient. "I got married and even Hanlui has grown up, but you’re still stuck here. Do you really want to continue this fight with me until death? Who would willingly accompany you?"

Ying Mu, the dragon maiden, let out a roar. "Shut up! You’re clearly a failure, what right do you have to boast here?"

"I’m tired of talking to you," Xue Hanlei raised an eyebrow. "I have nothing to argue with you about. You’re right, I’ve failed and accepted my fate. So what? Take your precious ego that you won and leave, so I don’t waste any more expressions on you."

The conflict between these two dragon maidens was unstoppable. Every word they exchanged was like a clash of swords, filled with tension.

This was different from the friendship between Alena and Michelle. There was no friendship, only hostility brought on by competition. Perhaps it had turned into years of resentment.

But even though the tension had reached its peak, they didn’t resort to violence, only glaring at each other with anger and power in their eyes.

They didn’t fight because it wouldn’t be fair or right.

Sitting calmly at the forefront of the East Sea Dragon Palace, Ao Hanli sighed. She understood how they had come to this point, but she didn’t understand why.

Because isn’t Ying Mu a member of the Qinglong clan?

Because Xue Hanlei, as a Huaishui dragon, is the most talented dragon maiden in the East Sea for a thousand years?

Or maybe because Ao Hanli didn’t choose to hide her abilities for thirty years and give way to Ying Mu?

It’s all so complicated, it’s hard to explain.

They were all adults, there was no need to be so restless. Couldn’t they just sit down and talk instead of trying to hurt each other?

After all, they were dragons, they couldn’t die.

Ying Mu grew impatient and slapped Black Dragon Yuan Beichi on the back, saying, "Let’s go!"

The black dragon looked at Xue Hanlei . He didn’t care about the disputes among the Eastern Sea Dragon Clan, but Xue Hanlei was different. Her husband was a dragon from the North Sea.

The Huai River is no longer as important as before. It has lost its significance and represents the decline of the Huai River series.

Whether Xue Hanlei likes it or not, she must marry someone else to stabilize the already weak water system of the Huai River.

Her opinions don’t matter.

Yuan Beichi stared at Bai Wei and smirked. Why are you getting involved in dragon matters? You just have bad luck.

Xue Hanlei had a special identity. Although she was often ignored, she couldn’t flirt with just anyone. It involved the dignity of the North Sea.

It’s just to stand up for the Dragon Prince and Ying Mu , to teach a lesson. As long as nobody dies, no one will investigate further.

After making her threatening statement, Xue Hanlei took a step back.

"I hid," she said.

Bai Wei nodded and faced his opponent in a dark suit… It’s great that there’s no need for reasoning when a woman argues with a man and they start fighting.

Yuan Beichi grinned, "Are you a martial artist?"

Bai Wei nodded.

"Oh, then you’re unlucky. Compared to the Dragon Clan, your physical strength is nothing special. I might as well let you strike first. Can you even punch me?" Black Dragon said, but showed no intention of not fighting back.

He wanted to win, and win decisively. He dodged a punch, countered, and won with a single move, smooth and clean.

"Sure."

Bai Wei won the fight, clenched his fist, and launched a powerful strike.

His speed wasn’t fast, and his strength wasn’t strong.

Yuan Beichi remained calm on the inside, thinking it was nothing special. He prepared to catch the punch with his raised hand. At the exact moment when his palm touched Bai Wei’s fist, there was no change in his expression. After 0.1 seconds, his palm began to tremble. After 0.5 seconds, his composed expression froze.

Boom!

Yuan Beichi stumbled back three steps and looked at the palm of his hand, which was emitting white smoke like in a comic book.

What kind of strange power is this?

Bai Wei raised his right foot and flexed his wrist and ankle. "Let me warm up a bit."

Yuan Beichi grabbed his wrist. "Are you really a person?"

Bai Wei countered, "Are you really a dragon?"

"Hmph…" Yuan Beichi sneered, "Who do you think you are, boasting like that!"

The black dragon leaped up fiercely, unleashing its wild dragon power from within. Dragons and monsters alike were naturally born with special powers in their bloodline. Humans needed to study and learn later in life to master spiritual power and true energy. It was a gradual strengthening through training and hard work. The monsters and dragons, however, were born with their power and it grew as they aged. They were more limited by their innate talents, so you could tell if they were a genius or not by the age of ten, even before their coming-of-age ceremony.

The struggle between humans and dragons is foolish. Humans are big creatures, but their development lies in intelligence rather than physical strength.

Warriors who practice body refinement won’t engage in physical contests with dragons either. The ability to move a thousand catties with four ounces of force is only possible if… you have four ounces and your opponent doesn’t exceed a thousand catties.

Humans excel in wisdom, so when facing strong enemies, it is important to remember not to fight barehanded. Having a weapon is more important.

All of this is common knowledge.

However, this knowledge is based on the premise that one is a dragon and the other is a human.

So… are heroic spirits humans?

Bai Wei. swung his fist and sent Yuan Beichi flying back for the fifth time. His right fist plunged into his opponent’s abdomen, delivering a powerful blow that reached deep into the lungs. The black dragon struggled to stand up for three seconds, unable to recover from the blow that had struck his stomach and organs.

Bai Wei’s whole body radiated heat, his breath was rapid, and sweat streamed down his face. His physical strength rapidly depleted, leaving five bright red fist marks on the black dragon’s body.

Bai Wei is a boxer in his lifetime. Now he has a whole new understanding of various martial arts, including split palm strikes.

He loosened a small part of his collar and entered yesterday’s temporary state again. A diagram of the human body appeared in his mind, imagining that there were many missing parts hidden inside. He picked up a tool next to him and filled in those gaps. The missing parts were gears, golden gears spread throughout the body. With every movement of the body’s joints, the gears interlocked, transmitting kinetic energy.

Strengthening, amplifying, constructing.

Just like how a compound bow surpasses a traditional crossbow in mechanical transmission, he filled and optimized the traditional muscle strength so that the power driven by true energy could flow and strengthen endlessly, without causing any harm to himself.

The broken Golden Power cannot be used as a weapon, but it can be modified and strengthened through the body as a medium, which coincidentally compensates for Bai Wei’s weak physical strength.

However, there is still a faint sense of imbalance, like discordant noise in a melodious song.

He needs to find the source of this discordant noise. He hears faint sounds mixed in with his breathing, like a crack on a musical instrument, a crack that runs through the center of his chest. Through this more intricate strengthening, Bai Wei sees a gap on his chest, like a huge canyon suddenly appearing on a flat surface. What disappears and breaks apart is his previously possessed spiritual bone.

So that’s where the imbalance comes from… The spiritual bone is fractured, leaving behind accumulated hidden injuries that are difficult to eliminate.

Then, it just needs to be filled in.

A golden gear fills the empty space of the spiritual bone, locking, biting, tightening, and turning.

At that moment, the inside of it was filled with golden gears, easily solving the physical problem that had troubled Bai Wei for a long time.

The aftereffects from years ago had bothered him for a long time. Now, as he exhaled, the feeling of tightness in his chest disappeared. He could hear the gears in his bones working, making a mechanical rumbling sound. It was like a sophisticated machine finally solving a technical problem and starting to operate. The booming sound, with the same rhythm, gathered together into a grand echo.

Just at that moment, Yuan Beichi roared angrily and transformed into a dragon, swinging his tail. The ten-zhang long black dragon roared and approached. The tail of the dragon gathered the strongest power of the entire dragon race. The violent tail swing had always been an extremely deadly move.

Bai Wei took a sudden step forward. He pressed his left palm against the dragon’s tail, feeling the powerful dragon energy being suppressed, controlled, and contained between his fingers. He effortlessly executed the move, without any hesitation. The complex force transformed into a simple and straightforward calculation, leading to a desired outcome.

In this counterattack, he broke the black dragon’s tail bone and horns.