Let me speak, will you

Qin Hao's aura surged wildly like a breached dam—Peak of the Body Integration Realm, Early Mahayana Realm, Mid Mahayana Realm, Tribulation Crossing Realm—before breaking through that heavenly chasm without any hindrance, firmly settling at the Immortal Realm.

Feeling the surging power within his body, the corners of Qin Hao's mouth curled up slightly. Now, the tables had turned!

Qin Hao put away the Void Emperor Robe. Facing the menacing Ao Lie, he raised his right fist and met Ao Lie's full-force strike with an unadorned, simple punch.

Boom!!!

A powerful shockwave rapidly spread outward from the point of their collision. Ji Ruxue and Ao Yu were directly blown hundreds of feet away by the blast. In an instant, the ground cracked, and ice shards flew everywhere.

As the smoke and dust cleared, Qin Hao stood in place, completely unmoving. Ao Lie, however, was sent flying backward for hundreds of feet, his feet plowing two deep trenches into the ground. His two arms hung limply by his sides, clearly broken.

Looking at the miserable Ao Lie, Qin Hao smiled disdainfully,

In the same realm, you are absolutely nothing!

Qin Hao's voice was not loud, but it was like a knife, accurately piercing into the source of Ao Lie's greatest pride.

Thud!

Ao Lie fell to his knees, his two broken arms hanging limply at his sides. He raised his head and stared fixedly at Qin Hao, his eyes full of disbelief.

Both were Immortals, so how could the gap be this massive?

He had become an Immortal a hundred years ago, possessing a profound foundation and vigorous immortal power. Among the Immortal Realm experts of the Northern Wasteland Dragon Clan, even if he wasn't the strongest, he could definitely rank in the top three.

Yet this human brat in front of him had merely used a secret technique to forcefully elevate his cultivation. He wasn't even a true Immortal, but he could break both of his arms with a single punch.

Is this why First Uncle chose this guy to inherit the Primordial Dragon Emperor essence blood? What a monster. But the essence blood of the Primordial Dragon Emperor is a sacred relic of my Northern Wasteland Dragon Clan. I will never hand it over to a human!

Ao Lie gritted his teeth, enduring the pain as he forcefully snapped his broken arms back into place. The agony caused the veins on his forehead to bulge, but he didn't even furrow his brows, his eyes still locked onto Qin Hao.

He tilted his head back and let out a long howl. Ice-blue scales frantically emerged from all over his body, each one gleaming with a cold, metallic luster.

Ao Lie's figure expanded drastically. His limbs transformed into thick dragon claws, and a spiked dragon tail whipped out from behind him, tearing through the air with a piercing screech.

Roar!!!

A dragon's roar resounded through the clouds. As the ice mist dispersed, a massive ice-blue dragon hundreds of feet long came into view.

Qin Hao looked up at the sky-blotting ice-blue dragon before him, a faint arc curling at the corner of his mouth,

Transforming? What use is that?

Upon hearing this, monstrous anger filled Ao Lie's dragon eyes. His massive dragon body churned in the air, and his dragon tail swept across, carrying apocalyptic power as it smashed toward Qin Hao.

I will let you know exactly what use it has!

Facing this strike, Qin Hao did not dodge. His eyes suddenly lit up, and his pupils instantly split into two, with rings of golden patterns spreading outward from the center of his pupils.

Immediately after, a scorching aura erupted from Qin Hao's body. Behind him, a pair of radiant golden wings suddenly unfurled. The wings were not physical entities but were condensed from the Nirvana Divine Fire.

The Heavenly Phoenix Divine Physique was activated, and the surrounding temperature immediately soared. The ice on the ground sublimated and evaporated at a visible rate, turning into a sky full of water mist.

However, this was far from over. Profound and mysterious patterns began to emerge all over Qin Hao's body. These patterns spread from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, each one seemingly containing the ultimate truths of heaven and earth.

The surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to frantically gather toward Qin Hao. It was not absorption, but worship. It was as if this spiritual energy was paying homage to its sovereign, spontaneously orbiting Qin Hao and awaiting his command.

The Connate Dao Physique.

With all three major physiques activated simultaneously, a coercion originating from the depths of the soul poured down like a collapsing sky. This was not a suppression of cultivation base, nor a crushing of strength, but a dimensional strike on the level of life itself.

This feeling was like an ant facing a true dragon, like a speck of dust looking up at the stars—they were simply not in the same dimension.

Ao Lie's massive dragon body suddenly stiffened in the air. In front of Qin Hao, his innate sense of superiority as a member of the Dragon Clan quietly shattered.

The other party had not even made a move. Just by displaying this coercion, his body uncontrollably prostrated on the ground, unable to muster any thought of fighting.

No!

Ao Lie let out a mournful dragon roar, trying with all his might to stabilize his body. However, his massive dragon frame was like being firmly pressed down by an invisible giant hand, falling from the sky bit by bit.

Hold on! I am a dragon! How can I fall before a human—

Fall! Qin Hao spoke, and Ao Lie's voice came to an abrupt halt.

A dark golden divine light burst forth from Qin Hao's dual pupils. In the next second, his word became like a decree of heaven and earth, like an inescapable destiny. All the immortal power within Ao Lie's body stopped flowing at this moment.

His body first stiffened in the air for a moment, and then, like a falling meteor, he smashed down fiercely from high above.

Boom!!!

With a violent explosion, the ground split open into a bottomless trench, and the sound of shattering ice was like the roaring of a thousand thunders.

I do not accept this! How is this possible! How could the gap be so huge! I refuse to accept this!

Ao Lie's eyes were filled with stubbornness. He desperately propped himself up, trying to stand, but his massive body began to tremble violently and uncontrollably. Scales peeled off his body one after another.

The sky-blotting dragon body shrank and deformed at an irreversible speed. As the dust settled, he reverted back to his human form.

Qin Hao slowly walked toward him.

Ao Lie's breath suddenly stagnated. A terrifying, almost tangible sense of oppression crushed down on him. He felt as if an invisible giant hand was pressing against his spine, firmly pinning his entire body to the ground.

Ao Lie wanted to look up at Qin Hao, but his neck felt as if it were filled with lead, unable to lift no matter how hard he tried.

Lying prone on the ground, all Ao Lie could see was a pair of shoes.

Qin Hao extended his foot, using it to tilt up Ao Lie's chin,

Do you submit now? I am lacking someone to pull my carriage. You are quite decent. Are you interested in working under me?

What??? Ao Lie suspected there was something wrong with his ears. What kind of joke was this guy playing? Lacking someone to pull a carriage, so he wants me to do it? I am a member of the Dragon Clan! How could I possibly pull a carriage for a human?

Ao Lie wanted to open his mouth to curse Qin Hao, but with a flash of dark light from Qin Hao's dual pupils, Ao Lie was horrified to discover that his mouth could not move and he could not speak.

Not speaking? If you do not speak, I will take it as your tacit consent.

Ao Lie: ????? Damn it, have you no shame? What the hell do you mean tacit consent? At least let me open my mouth to speak!