Chapter 3521 — Promotion Failure
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Zhong Yongliang scrambled to his feet and resumed his frantic sprint, with the Five-Shas Dragon still pursuing him from behind. But after running for a while, he pulled a clever little trick: this endless running was simply too exhausting and too miserable, so he pretended to be overcome by fatigue and collapsed to the ground!
Having fallen, he simply waited for the Five-Shas Dragon to turn and attack Kang Jingming instead!
Seeing Zhong Yongliang go down, Kang Jingming was briefly taken aback, wondering how he could have run out of steam so soon. But then it dawned on him: the little bastard was playing tricks! He was trying to slack off!
Kang Jingming was immediately rather displeased. Wasn't this just going to make the beast turn and attack him again? Why hadn't he thought of such a fine idea before?
But just as Kang Jingming was stewing in his resentment, the Five-Shas Dragon did not turn to attack him at all. Instead, it stretched out a foreclaw, scooped Zhong Yongliang up in one grab, and roared, "Don't you damn well play dead with me!"
If even Kang Jingming could see through it, how could the Five-Shas Dragon possibly miss it? The dragon swung its foreclaw in a full circle and flung him with a "whoosh" — and Zhong Yongliang's upper body plunged straight into the earth...
Zhong Yongliang was on the verge of tears. He had only wanted to slack off, and instead he had gotten himself attacked! Startled half to death, he scrambled out of the dirt and resumed his frantic sprint. He had no desire to be on the receiving end of that again...
Zhong Yongliang wanted to curse the dragon, but he held himself back. Curse a dragon for a moment's thrill, and your whole family ends up in the crematorium!
Look at Kang Jingming — wasn't that proof enough? His wife was dead, and he himself had nearly croaked. This really was not something to be cursed at lightly! With no other choice, Zhong Yongliang could only run with all his might, knowing full well the Five-Shas Dragon was toying with him, yet he had to keep running all the same!
Time slipped away, and in the blink of an eye three days had passed. The Five-Shas Dragon had lost its appetite for the game. The inheritors had been inside its cave long enough; any longer, and they would not be able to hold out.
When the Five-Shas Dragon saw the inheritors filing out of the cave one after another, it gave up chasing Kang Jingming and Zhong Yongliang and hurried back to its cave. Passing by the assembled inheritors, it did not spare them so much as a single glance before vanishing!
This left everyone present deeply puzzled. The Five-Shas Dragon really was a strange creature — it had turned a blind eye to the inheritors' cuckoo-in-the-nest occupation of its home!
Kang Jingming and Zhong Yongliang both flopped down onto the ground, gasping for breath in great heaves.
They were exhausted. Three days of running without pause — it had been nothing less than the two of them maneuvering against the Five-Shas Dragon all that time! But who could they blame? It was their own scheme to secretly harm Wei Zhao, their sneaking about, that had thrown the Five-Shas Dragon into such a rage in the first place!
But now it was finally over. Kang Jingming looked at the assembled inheritors, got to his feet, and said, "Young Sect Master Tian, how are things on your side? Did all of them receive the inheritance blessing and successfully break through to Great Perfection?"
"Elder Tang Zhi of Snow Valley did not break through to Great Perfection. The others are all fine..." At this, Tian Chan looked faintly regretful. Among them all, Tang Zhi alone had failed in her attempt to reach the Great Perfection realm.
In all likelihood, she would not be able to make another attempt anytime soon. A forced attempt carried a strong risk of qi deviation and would do her body even greater harm, so they would have to leave this place first and think it over.