630: Chapter 435 630: Chapter 435 The Dragon King grew anxious, for at first these ghosts only battled against his shrimp soldiers and crab generals, but now the situation was different–the whole Dragon Palace was besieged by enemies from foreign lands.
The Dragon Sons didn’t worry him as much as the more sheltered princesses did, especially since there was more than one princess.
The Dragon King was left with no choice but to duel with the Monkey King, paying no mind to those outside fighting his shrimp soldiers and crab generals, while guarding the entire Dragon Palace from the ghosts.
Dragon King Ao Guang sent out a distress signal.
He had been sealed in this place for nearly 10,000 years and had not received any messages since his incarceration.
The four Dragon Kings of the cardinal directions, he being the eldest, had been sealed here long ago, and his brothers were imprisoned within the Dragon Palace as well.
Over the years, he and his brothers had cultivated in their own Dragon Palaces, lonesome in their confinement, never venturing out.
He had not expected that while he refrained from emerging, others would come to wreak havoc—those intruders included humans, their pets, and ghost cultivators.
The Dragon King was still unaware of which human cultivator was so formidable as to command all these creatures, as he inquired further, discovering it to be a spatial Magic Artifact, capable of containing so many items within.
The Dragon King speculated that it must certainly be an Immortal Treasure.
Realizing it was an Immortal Treasure, Ao Guang desired to seize the Magical Treasure, ideally luring the human in for a possession.
“Brothers, I beg for your help!”
As Ao Guang called for help from his three brothers, the response he received was silence, followed by helplessness, “We cannot leave, we are blocked by the seals!”
Could it be a tragedy where a human cultivator met their demise?
He was not willing to accept this, he just needed to wait until the Heavenly Palace reopened, and he would be able to return there; the seals would automatically be lifted!
Resentful of being controlled, he strained to protect the princesses.
Those coming in were Demonic Beasts and male Ghost Cultivators, with the princesses in the greatest peril.
He danced tirelessly, his Magic Artifact continually spewing ghostly spirits, densely surrounding the courtyard of the Dragon Palace like walls, so impenetrable that not even ants could crawl through.
With the ghosts no longer able to enter the princesses’ courtyard, he could concentrate on fighting the Monkey.
“Damned Monkey, how many allies do you have?
Bring them all, I will annihilate them all!”
The Monkey King looked down on the Dragon King contemptuously, “If you can’t even annihilate one of me, how could you possibly annihilate them all?”
In this Dragon Palace, I am the most formidable, I am the king, and you, an outsider, are going to die!” The Dragon King’s nostrils flared with indignation.
“Hehehe, I too am the Monkey King.
A king like you, aren’t you just another ghost like me?
Let me guess, you must have made a mistake and were sealed here!”
Upon hearing the Monkey’s words, the Dragon King was startled, “How do you know?”
“Hahahaha, just like a monkey, you’ve been sealed for so many years.
At least I can come and go, while you are still bound by the seal, hahaha!”
The Dragon King scrutinized the Monkey and indeed noticed divine inscriptions on his body.
“Did you descend from the heavens as a spirit?
And how did you end up being sealed?”
The Monkey felt some annoyance.
Its blemish, the unpleasant memories of the past—should it share them with someone?
Confiding such dishonorable details was unbecoming, and it did not wish to spread family shame, nor did it want others to learn of its disgrace!
“Regardless, although I am a spirit, both my spirit and body have come here.
If you look closely among the three monkeys, the one with a body is indeed my original form.”
The Dragon King was taken aback upon hearing this, feeling that this Monkey was exceedingly powerful.
To have one’s body and spirit sealed separately and yet manage to create another spirit was unheard of—a single life birthing two spirits was unprecedented.
He felt even more regret, wondering why, when his body and spirit had separated, he hadn’t sought out the place where his body was sealed.
He had no idea what had become of his body.
Had it too produced a spirit?
As the Dragon King and the Monkey King conversed, they never ceased their combat, seemingly amicable in their chatter, yet every move they made was aimed at taking the other’s life.
The grand commotion from Ao Guang and the Monkey King’s fierce battle brought suffering to the entire sea surface.
However, the turbulent waters were only on the eastern side, leaving the other three Dragon Kings’ domains undisturbed.
Those mighty figures, tired of being encircled by the insects around the world, visited different countries, where the insects meddled.
If they weren’t burning ships, they were slaying thieving villains.
They then encountered a country full of refugees, discovering a virus outbreak and failing crops.
These refugees were also stricken with an epidemic, approaching the grim fate of a desolate city deserted by its inhabitants.
The officials had no effective strategies; the doctors couldn’t provide cures; they too were engulfed in panic with everyone for themselves, confining those infected with the virus and left without food in a corner, leaving them to fend for themselves, tantamount to countless human deaths!
The golden and silver insects, like saviors amidst the darkness, transformed into the sun and moon, illuminating the bleak path ahead for the people.
The golden insects unleashed a viral extermination, their light bathing the entire earth.
In places once swarmed with insects and rampant with vermin, the golden sunlight eliminated them all in the blink of an eye.
Those innocent people, touched by the golden sunlight, felt a powerful energy, a radiance that soothed their bodies.
In the throes of hunger, upon being shone upon by this sunlight, they no longer felt famished, their bodily ailments began to diminish, and they gradually returned to health.