Demon Lord (20): He took advantage of the Black Dragon’s unconsciousness to secretly kiss the dragon and was caught.

Gu Juntian was unaware of Zhou Qinghao’s thoughts.

After gathering a pile of offensive magical treasures, he returned to where Zhou Qinghao was resting to check on his condition.

The little black dragon was still unconscious, clearly uncomfortable, as his entire body trembled slightly.

Gu Juntian felt a pang of heartache and wanted to stay by his side, but outside, several dragon Transcendent Stage cultivators were already attacking his formations.

Not daring to delay, Gu Juntian left the underground and emerged to the surface. His powerful spiritual sense then fiercely pressed down on the four dragon Transcendent Stage cultivators, while he mimicked Zhou Qinghao’s voice to scold them: “How dare you! You dare to cause trouble at my demon palace!”

The overwhelming spiritual sense, coupled with the booming voice, reverberated in all directions, startling not only the four dragon Transcendent Stage cultivators but also the nearby demonic cultivators and creatures.

If the spiritual sense had targeted only the four dragon experts, the weaker demonic cultivators on the outskirts of the demon palace might have exploded from the pressure.

After doing this, Gu Juntian took advantage of the moment when the four dragon Transcendent Stage cultivators were mentally shaken to pull them into the formations of the demon palace with his spiritual sense.

He did this to demonstrate the strength of the demon palace and to prevent the demonic cultivators and creatures of the Demon Abyss, who were eyeing Zhou Qinghao covetously, from taking advantage of the situation.

Zhou Qinghao had often been assassinated in the past, and those who attempted to kill him were all from the Demon Abyss.

Now that dragons had come to kill, it was inevitable that some from the Demon Abyss would be tempted to act.

Gu Juntian’s thoughts were correct; in fact, several demon kings of the Demon Abyss had always had people observing the demon palace.

More than a month ago, when Zhou Qinghao suddenly began setting up formations around the demon palace, several demon kings suspected that the Demon Lord Haotian might have encountered issues with his cultivation.

Otherwise, why would he suddenly start setting up formations around his own demon palace?

After all, the previous Demon Lord Haotian dared to leave the gates of the demon palace wide open, allowing anyone to enter and exit freely!

However, during the period of setting up the formations, Demon Lord Haotian appeared on the outskirts of the demon palace, seemingly without any issues, and the formations he set up were extremely powerful…

After sending people to test the formations, the demon kings dared not act rashly and even gained a new respect for Demon Lord Haotian.

Who would have thought that the seemingly incapable Demon Lord Haotian could set up such powerful formations? Could it be that he left the gates of the demon palace open on purpose, just to lure them into sending people to their deaths?

Thinking carefully, all the people they sent to probe Demon Lord Haotian’s weaknesses indeed never returned.

Demon Lord Haotian was immune to poison, unaffected by gu worms, impervious to swords and spears, and his cultivation was formidable—he simply had no weaknesses!

Well, now he had a weakness; it was said that he had taken in a human cultivator.

Wait, could it be that Demon Lord Haotian set up the formations to protect that human cultivator?

Today, four Transcendent Stage experts from the dragon clan attacked the demon palace together.

The subordinates sent by several demon kings, lurking near the demon palace, became somewhat excited upon seeing this.

The Dragon Island had sent four Transcendent Stage cultivators; the Demon Lord might very well be killed by them!

Even if the Demon Lord wasn’t killed, he was sure to be severely injured. Then, couldn’t others from the Demon Abyss take advantage of the situation?

These people immediately relayed the news to the several Demon Kings of the Demon Abyss who had already reached the Transcendent Stage.

Upon receiving the news, those Demon Kings rushed towards the demon palace without delay.

With the Demon Lord Haotian confronting the Dragon Island, they intended to fan the flames, to incite both sides to fight, and to take advantage when both were weakened.

Dragons were treasures all over; a secret bite could be a great tonic.

As for the Demon Lord Haotian, needless to say, whoever killed him could control the demon palace and become the Demon Lord.

However, when these Demon Kings arrived and learned that Demon Lord Haotian not only suppressed the four dragon experts with his spiritual sense but also pulled them into the demon palace’s formations, they dared not act.

They lurked around, observing the situation at the demon palace.

Demon Lord Haotian seemed stronger than they had imagined.

Perhaps Demon Lord Haotian set up these formations not to protect that human cultivator, but because he knew the dragons were coming to trouble him and thus prepared in advance.

With four Transcendent Stage cultivators from Dragon Island coming this time, Demon Lord Haotian shouldn’t find it easy to cope, right?

In any case, they would watch first, hoping for both sides to be mutually weakened.

Not far away, in Haotian City.

The fat demon cultivator and a group of experts from Haotian City were also quietly watching the demon palace.

They hoped that Demon Lord Haotian would win, as only then could they continue to live their peaceful lives.

“The Lord has prepared in advance; those dragon cultivators are surely in for a hard time!” the fat demon cultivator said to those around him.

“Is that so?” the other demon cultivators looked puzzled.

The fat demon cultivator explained, “Some days ago, the Lord asked me about Dragon Island.”

He had wondered why Demon Lord Haotian, who was doing well, would ask him about Dragon Island. It turned out he had a feud with Dragon Island.

Could it be that Demon Lord Haotian had already secretly eaten a dragon from Dragon Island?

Outside the demon palace, countless demon cultivators or demonic creatures were quietly watching the palace, while inside, the four Transcendent Stage cultivators from Dragon Island were already trapped by the formations.

After sensing the signal of the young dragon’s maturity, they had traveled day and night from Dragon Island to the Demon Abyss.

Upon arriving at the Demon Abyss, they found that the young dragon had already begun its maturation period.

The maturation of a young dragon took about seven to eight days, during which the dragon was at its weakest and most vulnerable to attack.

They were confident in their abilities, believing that even if the young dragon had matured, they could still capture it and extract its dragon core.

But they feared someone might beat them to it, taking advantage of the young dragon’s weakness to devour it first.

Upon arriving at the Demon Abyss and discovering that the young dragon was within the demon palace, they grew very concerned.

The young dragon had always been restless; could it be because he had been captured by the Demon Lord and brought to the demon palace?

What else could the Demon Lord want with the young dragon, if not to eat him?

As for why he hadn’t eaten him immediately, it was probably to wait for the young dragon to mature.

After maturing, the dragon’s level would increase, and the tendons, skin, blood, and meat of an adult dragon are much more valuable than those of a young dragon!

They must snatch that little black dragon from the Demon Lord!

Although they thought this, the Dragon King and others were not confident they could defeat Demon Lord Haotian.

So initially, they tentatively attacked the formations of the demon palace, hoping to lure out Demon Lord Haotian and negotiate a trade, offering treasures from the Dragon Palace in exchange for the little black dragon.

But as soon as they made their move, Demon Lord Haotian pulled them all into the formations of the demon palace.

The Third Elder of the Dragon Clan was somewhat worried: “What should we do now?”

The Dragon King did not answer but instead addressed the surrounding formations: “Demon Lord Haotian, we mean no harm. We merely sensed that a young dragon of our clan is maturing within your palace. We are willing to offer treasures in exchange for our young dragon. Please, name your price!”

The Grand Elder of the Dragon Clan quickly added: “Demon Lord Haotian, you must have heard of our clan’s concern for our young dragons. As long as you are willing to hand over the young dragon, state your conditions.”

They had no desire to confront Demon Lord Haotian; they only wanted the little black dragon.

However, no matter how they called out, Demon Lord Haotian, who had just suppressed them with his spiritual sense and dragged them into the demon palace, did not respond again.

The four Transcendent Stage elders of the Dragon Clan grew anxious.

Of course, Gu Juntian would not respond to them. He would never hand over Zhou Qinghao, so why bother responding?

With that energy, he might as well do something else.

After using his spiritual sense to claim ownership of the offensive magical treasures one by one and placing them within the formations, Gu Juntian breathed a sigh of relief and headed underground.

But as soon as he reached the underground, he couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

His spiritual sense was very strong, capable of suppressing the powerful members of the Dragon Clan.

In the cultivation world, spiritual sense could also be used as a weapon.

Normally, he could have used his spiritual sense to kill the powerful members of the Dragon Clan.

But his body was too weak to handle it.

The Nascent Soul Stage and the Transcendent Stage were several major realms apart. His Nascent Soul Stage cultivation simply couldn’t withstand the spiritual sense of the Transcendent Stage.

If he really used his spiritual sense to fight against the Transcendent Stage experts of the Dragon Clan, those experts might not be harmed, but he would have already exploded and died!

He had no desire to die.

Gu Juntian wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, cast a cleansing spell on himself, and then took out some elixirs to consume.

Earlier, he had used his spiritual sense to impersonate Zhou Qinghao and drag the dragon experts into the formation, and had also claimed many offensive magical treasures. Now, his body was struggling to cope and needed proper healing.

The formations outside the demon palace should be able to trap those individuals for a few days, and he could use this time to recover.

In fact, the reason he hadn’t responded to the Dragon King and the others earlier wasn’t just because he felt it unnecessary, but also because his physical condition was too poor to allow a response.

After taking the elixirs, Gu Juntian opened the door to the room where Zhou Qinghao was lying.

His little black dragon was still lying in the same place, trembling uncontrollably, and the old skin on his head had split open, with his head trying to push its way out.

Previously, the little black dragon didn’t have a dragon form; there were only two small bumps on his head without dragon horns. But now, dragon horns had emerged on his head.

Surprisingly, the dragon horns were still soft, hanging down on either side of his head!

Seeing the dragon horns, Gu Juntian couldn’t resist the itch in his hands and walked towards him.

At that moment, Zhou Qinghao woke up again.

He had already started shedding his skin, and his weak, newborn body was about to break free from the old skin.

At this moment, he was extremely weak, even weaker than Gu Juntian at the Nascent Soul Stage.

Gu Juntian must have known this as well.

With just an attack from a magical treasure, Gu Juntian could easily injure him and then extract his inner core.

Although Zhou Qinghao had woken up, he didn’t open his eyes, pretending to still be unconscious, waiting for Gu Juntian’s next move.

Then, he felt Gu Juntian approach near his head and grab the newly grown horns on his head.

The dragon horns on a dragon’s head contain immense energy.

If a dragon’s horns were sawn off, their strength would significantly diminish.

However, dragon horns were extremely hard and were fused with the bones of the head, making it very difficult to damage a dragon’s horns.

But at this moment, his newly grown horns were still very soft.

Even though Gu Juntian was only at the Nascent Soul Stage, he could easily cut off his horns.

Thinking of this, Zhou Qinghao felt a surge of sadness.

Was Gu Juntian going to target his horns?

Indeed, Gu Juntian did target Zhou Qinghao’s horns.

Only those closest to a dragon could touch their horns.

Others who touched a dragon’s horns would provoke the dragon’s wrath, leading to their demise by being impaled by the horns.

But he was definitely the closest to Zhou Qinghao.

Gu Juntian felt no psychological pressure and directly reached out to touch the horns.

The newly grown horns were covered with fine fuzz, feeling furry and incredibly pleasant to the touch. Gu Juntian couldn’t help but touch them repeatedly, then kissed them a few times.

Zhou Qinghao’s newly grown horns were really too adorable!

After kissing, Gu Juntian didn’t stop there; he also hugged Zhou Qinghao’s head, which had just emerged from the old skin, and kissed it several times.

Even while shedding his skin, Zhou Qinghao remained black, but now his scales were soft, making them particularly nice to kiss.

Gu Juntian kissed for a while, and when he finally finished, he met Zhou Qinghao’s wide-open eyes.

He had been caught secretly kissing the black dragon while it was unconscious.