The dragon glared angrily at Xie Zhou, its eyes seemingly burning with fury, as if it were about to throw Xie Zhou into the furnace and refine him into ashes.
Its fierce gaze was utterly insignificant in front of Xie Zhou; she only thought it looked foolish.
Xie Zhou approached the cunning dragon with a smile on her face, muttering to herself, "What you're thinking about right now is why I discovered your scheme, yet pretended to cooperate with you, and you foolishly believed I was being kept in the dark, while you sat back and waited for your plan to succeed? I think you're just dreaming. You want to reverse the formation and release the forbidden object... Heh... I won't let you succeed!"
The dragon roared in a low voice, "Roar! Roar!..."
It vented its anger, but no matter how small its body was, it couldn't escape this airtight cage. Xie Zhou and the system secretly modified the formation, specifically to imprison this dragon controlled by demonic energy.
Xie Zhou had initially seen how much it respected and loved all living beings, and how it wholeheartedly wanted to strengthen the formation and suppress those forbidden objects. However, it had become entangled in inner demons and controlled by those forbidden objects, showing a lack of mental fortitude. How could Xie Zhou feel any pity for it? After all, the system had also said that it was currently unable to use the power of all living beings to clear away that demonic energy, and had long since lost its reason.
The dragon gripped the two pillars tightly with its forepaws, trying to break through the formation, but to no avail. Once the formation was activated, it showed no sign of stopping unless the caster could deactivate the formation's core, at which point it would emerge.
It struggled, trying to ram its head against the outer array barrier within that tiny space.
"Bang! Bang bang!..."
Seeing how much trouble it was causing, Xie Zhou smiled slightly, waved his hand, and said, "Then you'll have to put up with it. I'm leaving now..."
Upon seeing this, the dragon began to angrily curse Xie Zhou.
"Hmph! I thought you would do something to me? You're nothing special. Once you leave, this formation will slowly weaken over time. Then, with a little effort, I can see the light of day again!"
"You treacherous villain, why don't you challenge me to a duel and show me my power!"
"What benefactor! Pshaw! It's all a lie! Useless humans, a complete joke!..."
"Roar! Let me go!"
It watched her drift further and further away from the place, her retreating figure seemingly glaring down on it.
The dragon's eyes grew increasingly furious, almost bursting out of their sockets.
Xie Zhou originally didn't want to bother with this heartless dragon, but who knew it would issue a challenge and say a lot of insults to her? She couldn't stand such an insult, so she immediately turned around and walked towards the dragon.
Pointing at its face, he said indignantly, "Who is the fool among us? It should be you. You kindly tricked me into coming here just to release the forbidden item. You were already weak-willed and were taken advantage of by that demonic energy."
"You still refuse to admit your mistakes? Do you really want to plunge the whole world into darkness? If you want to do that, you'll have to step over my dead body first, but I don't think that's possible for you. You'll be trapped in this place for all eternity, or I'll end you here!"
Seeing Xie Zhou return after its provocation, a strange glint flashed in its eyes. It immediately lowered its head, submitting to Xie Zhou, and said, "I have my reasons, I won't do this! Save me!"
Then it struggled violently, moving with great difficulty in the confined space. Its tone then turned fierce as it said, "You're not getting out!..."
Xie Zhou was somewhat puzzled, so he began to communicate with the system telepathically.
"System, what's going on? Are you trying to fool yourself again?!"
The system was also baffled, saying, "That shouldn't be the case. It won't regain its rationality because there's no other way. Perhaps it's deceiving the host. Let's observe it for now!"
"Uh-huh……"
Xie Zhou said, "What are you doing? Stop lying to me!"
The dragon had a flash of inspiration and let out a low roar.
"roar!……"
He then fell heavily to the ground.
Feigning weakness, it pleaded, "Let me out! I promise I won't do it again. I'll stay in the Cold Pool forever. If you promise me, I promise to give you ancient magic treasures and inherited cultivation techniques! And... countless treasures!... I'll give you anything you need... just let me out!"
No sooner had she said thank you than she realized something was wrong. It seemed they had just tried to fool her, treating her like a fool. She wasn't so easily fooled.
She took a step forward, then quickly withdrew it, and then turned her back to him.
He said coldly, "If you want to get out, then figure it out yourself. Don't try to tempt me with anything! Do you really promise me those things? The tricks you've been using are enough to make me lose all trust in you. I advise you to shut up. If you anger me, you'll be in for a world of hurt. You probably won't live much longer!"
Seeing that his plan was not working, the dragon continued to plead, "Heroine! I know I was wrong, please let me go! I will definitely give you something after I get out... I won't owe you anything. If I'm lying, may I be struck by lightning!"
Xie Zhou ignored it, but inwardly he scorned it, thinking that even a solemn oath would be useless.
But as she walked outside, the dragon kept babbling on and on, as if its mouth was wound up. Xie Zhou's ears were tired of it, and he felt uncomfortable.
They immediately activated the formation, preparing to refine the dragon controlled by the sealed object using the formation.
However, the sealed object was unwilling to control the dragon.
"You'll get your comeuppance! Roar..."
With a roar, it self-destructed.
"Bang! Bang!"
A powerful force burst forth from its body, actually shattering the formation.
The sealed artifacts were also released from the altar during this opportunity.
"Hahaha...I'm free!"
A strange, sarcastic voice rang out, making Xie Zhou's scalp tingle.
Immediately afterwards, Xie Zhou saw the unsealed object transform into a human figure. He was startled when he saw the afterimage!
"What's wrong with the system? The formation has been broken, and what the hell is that figure?"
The system also became somewhat nervous, saying, "The host has not yet found any weakness in that thing. Be careful, that thing is an evil entity that has been sealed away!"
Xie Zhou looked up at the afterimage, but could only make out the outline of a human figure; she couldn't make out anything else. She quickly retreated, grabbed her magical artifact, and prepared to deal with it.
The afterimage, however, moved its fingers slightly, controlling many puppets to attack Xie Zhou.
Faced with the suddenly appearing positioning puppets, Xie Zhou quickly flipped over them, and the system also activated the power of all living beings, preparing to fight against the sealed artifacts that came out of the altar.
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