Chapter 39: The Monster's Sudden Movement

  Li Ye sat down beside the fire, seemingly having completely forgotten about Zainnarde tearing off his arm and kicking him earlier. Instead, he spoke to him in a sorrowful and mournful tone, as if they were old friends who had known each other for a long time: "Tough? Haha, it's simply unbearable! Want to hear?"

  Zayn Nad's eyes drifted away, as if recalling something, and he said lightly: "Go ahead and say it."

  Li Xie's eyes also drifted away, as if recalling something. He spoke in a light tone, with a hint of sadness: "I was born with fangs, and our village is very superstitious. They said I'm the son of misfortune, that I drove my parents to death and they wanted to kill me too. My grandmother secretly took me away, put me in a wooden basin, and threw me into the river, leaving it up to fate! At that time, I was just an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes. All this is what my grandmother wrote in her letter."

  "My life shouldn't have ended, but I was taken in by a kind couple. It's just that my fangs didn't seem like much of an issue, just weird teeth. Gradually, the villagers accepted me too. But as I grew up, I realized I had an intense craving for fresh blood. When I was 10, I couldn't resist drinking cow's blood, but I got caught by the villagers and they called me a vampire monster. The whole village chased me down, beating me half to death, and I fell into the river, drifting away to somewhere else!"

  "My frail body needed blood, I sought opportunities to drink it, but was beaten half to death every time! From then on, I wandered aimlessly, living a life like a mouse, with people shouting to beat me at the sight of me. Even stray cats and dogs were better off than me! Until now, by a stroke of luck, I became the Duke of Tudor, changing my fate!"

  "Don't you hate people?" Zeinard's eyes were filled with ferocity and hatred!

  Li's eyes gleamed with malice as he gritted his teeth: "Hatred! I've been hunted for over twenty years! How can I not hate!"

  "Hehe......" Zayn Nadir laughed self-deprecatingly: "Actually, you hate yourself more, right? Why do you look different from others! Why did you kill your mother! Why!"

  You said it's enough to kill one's parents, I say it's enough to kill one's mother?

  Hehe......

  "I don't hate myself at all! I've always believed that existence is truth! If I didn't blend in with human society, I wouldn't have been born! And my birth means the gods wanted me to exist! My existence is a gift from the gods, not mine to begin with. Those who can't accept me are the ones who should be hated, and they're the ones I'll take revenge on! Moreover, I don't think it was me who killed my parents. It was those villagers who killed them, humans who took their lives! Not me! I want revenge! That's why I need power! More powerful strength! They can't tolerate me now, but when I become stronger than them, they'll be the ones groveling at my feet! Instead of me being chased and beaten by them!"

  Li Xieyue became more and more agitated as he spoke, until finally he stood up, gritting his teeth and shouting hysterically!

  Appearing to be infected by Li Xie's emotions, Zaynarde let out a loud roar, his eyes gleaming with a cold light that seemed to lower the temperature around him, as the killing intent emanating from his body grew thicker: "That's right! It was them who killed my mother, not me! It was them! I'll kill every last one of them! I'll annihilate the Dragon Clan!"

  Li Xie pretended to be stunned, extremely surprised: "Could it be you too?"

  "Hmph!" Zayn's killing intent enveloped Li Xie's entire body, making his whole body icy and bone-chilling. Startled, he retreated several steps: "I'm the same as you, a monster in other people's eyes!"

  "Want to talk about it? Maybe we're the only two freaks in this world, you don't say and I won't think you're strange either." Hehe, getting closer emotionally!

  Zayn nodded at Li Xie and said slowly with a hint of pride: "My mother is Julia Nikolaevna!"

  Dào chū mǔ qīn míng hào, zé ēn nà dé yòu kàn le lǐ xié yī yǎn, tā xiǎng kàn dào lǐ xié jīng yà de biǎo qíng, què jiàn lǐ xié miàn wú biǎo qíng de líng tīng, bù jìn yī gàng, dào: "nǐ bù jīng yà?"

  "What's surprising?" Li Xie was puzzled, wasn't it just a person's name?

  Of course, if you hadn't heard of the Dragon Clan's Li Xie before, it would be impossible to be surprised. If someone else were in your shoes, they would definitely be shocked by this earth-shattering secret!

  People only know that Zayn Nadir Jackson is a giant dragon abandoned by the Dragon Clan, and the Dragon Emperor has directly ordered that no one is allowed to help him advance, and anyone can kill him without being punished. Moreover, they can take his dragon head to the old nest of the Dragon Clan, Zhou Shan, for a reward. However, no one knows Zayn Nadir's origins, nor can they guess that his mother is Julia Nicolas!

  Nicholas is the surname of the Dragon Royal Family, and only the Dragon Royal Family on the Continent of Gods has the surname Nicholas! Yulia Nicholas is not only a member of the Dragon Royal Family but also the younger sister of the current Dragon Emperor "Kaike Nicholas"!

  "My mother is the sister of Longwang Keke... Nicholas, and I am the nephew of Longwang!" Zaynarde said.

  This time, Li Xie finally showed a surprised expression: This guy is not from an ordinary background!

  To Li Xie's surprise, Zayn finally felt a sense of satisfaction, whether it was from the pride of being a dragon or the pride of his mother's identity. He continued to say: "Two thousand years ago, my mother fell in love with a prince of the demon tribe. Not long after, the demon tribe was forced to the 'Land of Silence' during the 'War of the End', and my mother was separated from that prince. At that time, my mother was already pregnant with me. The dragon emperor knew about this and didn't mind the royal family's dealings with the demon tribe. However, after I was born, I had golden dragon scales but black dragon markings! The 'Thorny Dragon Markings' were seen as a shame and an ill omen! The elder council of dragons and the dragon emperor attributed all this to the impurity of the royal bloodline, the cursed blood of the demon tribe! Hmph, they wanted to say something, didn't they? Afterwards, they decided to burn me alive to purify my Thorny Dragon Markings. My mother fought against the dragon emperor and the elder council to save me, and although I managed to escape, my mother died at the hands of the elder council!"

  "Next, my fate is the same as yours! And I still don't dare to fly boldly in the sky!" Zaynrad stood up, clenching his fists, with a fierce aura: "So I hate! I hate the Dragon Emperor, hate the Elder Council, hate all dragon clans! I want revenge! I want to kill off all dragon clans! I have a body stronger than the imperial family, a stronger dragon breath, and a stronger combat talent. As long as I advance to the 12th rank of Divine Dragon, Dragon Emperor, I can also kill!"

  "I'll help you!" What better time to say these three words?

  Dragons and whatnot, Li Xie doesn't care about those things, his own life is what's most important!

  Zain's black pupils narrowed into an ellipse, staring at Li Xie with a hint of disdain: "What can you do to help?"

  Li Xie wore a faint smile: "I said, I just need to say one word and Duke Aiwei will unconditionally help you advance! Even more, she'll keep helping you until the eleventh rank, the highest rank that Duke Aiwei can help you reach! Don't look at me with such suspicion in your eyes. You don't think it's strange that I have a relationship with Duke Aiwei? How could a Holy Sacrifice talk about romance? You can choose not to believe me! But since you know my true identity as a vampire, you should understand that I have no need and dare not deceive you! I definitely don't want to go back to my old life! Moreover, you should also realize that you cannot preserve any part of my body!"

  Zayn nodded thoughtfully, knowing he had a secret about the person in front of him that couldn't be revealed. "You can write a letter to Sheng Jisi."

  Li Xie walked over, picked up the four spatial rings on the ground and put them back on. He took out a pen and paper from one of the rings and wrote while saying: "There's something I don't understand. The ones who were trying to kill me were ordinary people, and I was still able to dodge them. But the ones who are trying to kill you are from the Dragon Clan. From your words, the Dragon Clan should be very powerful. How did you manage to survive until now?"

  Zayn Nad sneered: "The dragon clan usually doesn't leave their old nest on Mount Unzhou, nor will they make a big move for me, a giant dragon despised by the dragon clan! Moreover, the Dragon Emperor thought that his order to the creatures of the Gods' Continent was enough to make me die without a burial place! But unexpectedly, I can live until now, and become a ninth-level giant dragon!"

  Li Xie wrote only a few words on the paper, asking Duke Aiwier to help Zaynna advance, and handed the paper to Zaynna, saying: "With this paper, Duke Aiwier will definitely help you advance, but you'd better think about it, do you want to continue advancing?"

  "What does it mean?" Zayn's gaze turned cold.

  Li Xie remained unmoved, coldly sneering and saying: "You're really very foolish and naive! Don't you understand the concept of putting yourself in someone else's shoes?"

  "Speak! Otherwise, don't think I won't kill you!"

  "Hum! Kill me, who in this world would be willing to help you?"

  Zain narrowed his eyes and stared at Li Xie for a while before his tone softened, saying: "Explain clearly."

  Li Xie sighed: "The dragon clan considers you a shame and an ill omen, killing you is inevitable! The reason for not killing you is because of the previous disdain! But if you continue to show your strength, even advancing another level, the dragon royal family will have to take action themselves to kill you for their own face! Unless you immediately advance to the twelfth rank! Can you do it?"

  Zayn nodded thoughtfully, shaking his head: "That's impossible. Every time you advance a level, you have to consolidate the energy inside your body through cultivation. No matter how high your talent is, it's impossible to advance another level in just three to five years!"

  "Don't you understand? Even if Duke Avril can promote you to a 10th-level giant dragon, or even an 11th-level holy dragon right away, what would be the consequences? When the living beings of the Gods' Continent are unable to deal with you, the Dragon Clan will have to take action themselves! Because your shame has already posed a threat to them, and your strength is directly slapping their faces! To wash away this shame, even the Dragon Emperor and the Council of Elders would take action! Can you survive?"

  Zain's gaze was icy, but his expression was uncertain. After a moment, he sighed and said: "There is no need for the Dragon Emperor and the Council of Elders to take action. Just have the eight Imperial Guards act, they can track my aura, and I will have nowhere to hide! Ah, I didn't think of this before!"

  "You're only thinking of revenge and getting stronger, you wouldn't think about the situation you're facing!"

  "What should I do?"

  He couldn't help but laugh secretly, he already knew that Zaydenard had taken the bait! What a pity, this was an underground dragon, otherwise, having him fooled by his side and riding on the dragon would be awesome!

  "I said I'd help you, not because I'm afraid of you, but because we share the same fate. Monsters don't help monsters, and even gods would despise us!"

  "How can I help?"