Chapter 257 The Power of Protection

"For three nights, they broke the candles and started firewood; "

"Is it fog or cloud, moonlight shining on morning dew..."

In the dimly lit cave, Yang Jian cultivated under the guidance of Master Yu Ding, while his celestial hound, Xiao Tian, ​​who had transformed into human form, watched obediently from the side.

Yang Jian's punches and kicks created faint ripples, but his final punch still failed to extinguish the candlelight directly in front of him.

Yang Jian stood up, sighed, glanced outside the cave, and walked to Yu Ding Zhenren's side, asking, "How long will it take him to recover his magical power?"

Master Yu Ding pondered for a moment: "Individuals have different talents, different degrees of injury, and different recovery times..."

As Yang Jian listened, he couldn't help but frown. "I don't know when he'll recover. Can't we hurry up and get down to business?"

"I'm talking about serious business!"

Master Yu Ding retorted, seeing Yang Jian's speechless expression, he coughed twice and gave him an idea: "He's focused on restoring his magical power, so he must be completely unprepared. You just need to go out and shoot him with your Heavenly Eye, hehehe..."

Yang Jian touched his forehead and couldn't help but say, "This is so dishonest!"

"So, are you going to shoot or not?"

Master Yu Ding asked in return, and Yang Jian hesitated.

At that moment, the three-headed dragon, who was meditating and practicing its internal energy outside the cave, couldn't help but shiver.

The story goes back three months. Yu Ding Zhenren had limited magical skills but was full of theoretical knowledge. Under his tutelage for the past three years, Yang Jian has made tremendous progress and even developed the "Heavenly Eye".

But he was also well aware that his current abilities were not enough to split the mountain and rescue his parents.

In order to gain more power, Yang Jian pestered Yu Ding Zhenren to come to Kunlun Mountain, hoping to meet Yuanshi Tianzun.

However, Yuanshi Tianzun stopped accepting disciples and went into seclusion. Yang Jian and his group inadvertently broke the seal on the three-headed dragon beneath Kunlun Mountain.

The three-headed dragon wasn't allowed to be arrogant for long before Xiao Wu subdued it. Not only that, during the fight, Xiao Wu used its tail to knock out the dragon pearl that the three-headed dragon had swallowed, which was then accidentally eaten by Xiao Tianquan and transformed into human form.

Finally, the suppressed three-headed dragon, under Xiao Wu's pressure, became an opponent to hone Yang Jian's combat skills.

What started as minor skirmishes could be considered a prelude to something else, but according to the previous agreement, Xiao Wu was to rush back to be with Yang Chan. So he stated directly that if the Three-Headed Flood Dragon defeated Yang Jian this time, he would let him go completely.

Xiao Wu even took all three of Fox Five's with him.

Therefore, the three-headed dragon, with absolute determination, blocked the entrance to Yang Jian's cave, waiting to heal its wounds from the previous period and then defeat Yang Jian with all its might.

Yang Jian certainly didn't want to lose. If he couldn't even defeat the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, how could he possibly save his parents?

So Yang Jian, along with Xiaotianquan and Yuding Zhenren, tiptoed out, shot at the three-headed dragon with its eyes closed, and then turned and ran.

"ah!"

The three-headed dragon clutched its chest and collapsed. "You brat, you have none of Yao Ji's integrity! Just wait, I will definitely avenge this! For Bai Hu's sake, I'll at most spare your face!"

The three-headed dragon's boastful words reached the cave. Yang Jian and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment. Helpless, Yang Jian could only seize the time to cultivate.

"I, Jade Cauldron Immortal, am the best master in the Three Realms..."

Yang Jian opened his eyes and looked helplessly at Yu Ding Zhenren, who was spinning in place: "So, the best master in the Three Realms, how should I break through?"

"As for breakthroughs," Master Yu Ding stroked his beard, "each person's innate talent and level of cultivation are different, so the time it takes to break through also varies..."

"I just mentioned that."

The Celestial Dog couldn't help but raise its hand.

Master Yuding glared at him, saying, "Why are you speaking such obvious truths?"

Yang Jian shook his head, ignoring it, closed his eyes, and continued searching for the secret to the breakthrough that Xiao Wu had mentioned.

Unfortunately, they didn't have much time to prepare. Soon, the three-headed dragon's voice came in: "Yang Jian, are you going to come out by yourself, or should I go in?"

Master Yu Ding and his dog Xiao Tian immediately moved closer to Yang Jian. Master Yu Ding kept fanning himself with his fan and said, "What should we do? Should we take cover for a while?"

Yang Jian calmed himself down: "When soldiers come, we'll meet them head-on; when water comes, we'll dam it. Yang Jian will never back down!"

Yang Jian walked out, and upon seeing him, the three-headed dragon laughed loudly: "Good lad, you do have some guts. I'll go easy on you later!"

"It's still uncertain who will win and who will lose!"

Having said that, Yang Jian went to greet him.

In just a few seconds, the two exchanged dozens of blows, leaving Yu Ding Zhenren and Xiao Tianquan, who were watching from the sidelines, dazzled.

In the end, Yang Jian was sent flying by a punch from the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, crashing into the mountain wall.

"Cough cough..."

"apprentice!"

"Owner!"

Jade Cauldron Immortal and Howling Celestial Dog hurriedly helped him up.

After the three-headed dragon knocked Yang Jian away, it looked around and found that the white tiger really hadn't appeared. It was overjoyed and couldn't help but look at the celestial dog: "Yang Jian, you lost, so this little dog should return the dragon pearl that he stole from me!"

Having said that, he reached out and sucked the Celestial Hound into his hand, then grabbed him by the neck: "Hand over the Dragon Ball!"

"They swallowed it all, they can't hand it over!"

The Celestial Hound replied with difficulty, but the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, enraged, no longer cared about anything else and said directly, "Then I'll smash you to pieces and take you out!"

"You dare!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Jian rushed forward again, only to be grabbed by the three-headed dragon: "The White Tiger protected you, but he didn't say he would protect this little dog. What wouldn't I dare to do!"

With one hand holding Yang Jian firmly and the other hand tightening its grip, Yang Jian's third eye on his forehead was fully revealed as he watched Xiaotianquan struggle to breathe and fall into danger.

He suddenly opened his eyes and with a wave of his palm, sent the three-headed dragon flying into the sky.

"Howling Celestial Dog, are you alright?"

Yang Jian hurriedly helped Xiaotianquan up, while Yu Ding Zhenren looked at Yang Jian's hand in surprise: "You...you...you broke through?"

Yang Jian was taken aback: "Did I break through?"

"Whoosh—snap—"

Master Yu Ding imitated the parabola of the Three-Headed Flood Dragon and said, "The Three-Headed Flood Dragon is already like this, and you still haven't broken through? Good disciple, how exactly did you break through? What secret did you grasp?"

Yang Jian looked at his hands and pondered, "I just kept having a voice in my heart telling me that you must defeat him, you must defeat him, so that Xiaotianquan will not die."

"Hiss..." Master Yuding slowly shook his fan. "Could what the book says be true?"

"What?"

"Love, hate, and passion can all generate unimaginable power, and this is the power of protection you have, the power of your love for Xiaotian Dog."

"The power of protection?"

Yang Jian spread his hands and looked at them, then clenched his fists. "That's right, it's about protecting—protecting my parents, protecting my eldest brother, protecting my third sister, protecting the Celestial Hound, protecting everything I care about..."

"Um... As your master, can't I take a spot?"

"You might be included in everything."

"Howling Celestial Dog, you learn human language so quickly, but you don't use it at all!"

"Woof! Someone's hitting the dog!"

...

"Smack!"

Looking at his half-fallen body in the ground, Yang Jiao raised an eyebrow: "Huh, a weapon fell from the sky."

“This is clearly a demon, how can it be a weapon?” Nezha protested.

"Tsk, I only accept weapons and destined people, not demons. Kill them."

"Okay, I'll do it—"

In order to make himself "worthy", Ao Bing was very proactive.

At this moment, the three-headed dragon, which seemed dead, stirred and poked its head out of the ground: "A destined person! I am a destined person! Of course, I can also be a weapon, I mean it!"

Waaaaah, family members, does anyone understand? A dignified three-headed dragon has fallen so low! Not only was he knocked away by a mere brat, but he also had to die! The outside world is too cruel; it would have been better if he had stayed sealed away!

Yang Jian, you bastard! Who told you to remove the seal?!