Chapter 38: Taming the Boss, the Azure Flood Dragon Ao Run

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As the words fell, a prompt suddenly appeared before Su Yu’s eyes:
“Prompt: Azure Jiao Ao Run swears a Heavenly Dao oath to serve you as master. Do you accept?”
“Serve me as master?”
“That’s acceptable.”
Su Yu quickly scanned the contract below—it was indeed a master-servant pact, with himself as master and the dragon as servant. Without hesitation, he confirmed his agreement. The next moment, a dazzling blue light radiated from the Azure Jiao, rapidly shrinking into a miniature dragon about the thickness of an arm and flew into his embrace.
“I am gravely wounded and need time to recuperate.”
With that, it slipped into slumber.
Su Yu grinned, glanced back at the group still struggling to break through the water barrier, then leapt up, transforming into a ten-zhang-long sword rainbow shooting into the sky.
“Ahhh...”
Watching as two bosses were slain right under their noses, Kong He and An’s fury reached a boiling point, their eyes nearly spitting fire.
“Chase after him!”
Several of them immediately surged upward after the sword light. Breaking the water’s surface, they only saw a sword rainbow skimming the river’s surface, gradually rising as it sped toward the northern bank of the Yuan River.
“You won’t escape.”
Kong He and An instantly activated the Flying Thunder Escape technique. Lightning surged, wrapping him in a ball of thunderfire, chasing the sword rainbow at tremendous speed. Thunder roared across the sky as they quickly caught up.
Su Yu, still riding the sword, soon noticed the approaching figure behind him in surprise.
“Flying Thunder Escape?”
Hesitating briefly, he veered sharply toward a small town along the Yuan River’s shore.
Fortunately, it was not far; within twenty seconds, he reached the town’s airspace and dove into it.
No sooner had he landed than the roaring thunder approached swiftly. Turning back, Su Yu saw a ball of lightning slow down above the town, splitting to reveal Kong He and An’s forms. They immediately reached out, gathering spiritual energy from the void to form a massive hand nearly an acre in size, slapping down to seize him.
“How dare you act within the town!”
Several guild guards stationed atop the town’s gate tower, already alerted by the thunderous Flying Thunder Escape, shouted out to stop them.
Kong He and An frowned deeply, pressing down on the massive hand to speed it up, then tossed out a Golden Immortal Binding Rope. The glowing golden rope slithered like a living serpent toward Su Yu.
Without hesitation, Su Yu slammed a palm down, summoning purple primordial energy to meet the attack.
“Bang!”
A deafening muffled explosion shattered the purple energy, and the massive hand fractured and dissipated.
The binding rope descended, but a sword light shot out from the Shadow-Dimming Sword, striking the spiritual snake. The sword light twisted, weaving through the rope. Agilely, the spiritual snake countered with the “Chaotic Clouds Dispersing the Sky” move. Eight sword shadows struck in succession, forcing the rope back into its original form and letting it fall.
Meanwhile, Kong He and An had already summoned a small tower and hurled it. In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a giant tower over thirty meters tall, crashing down.
The tower’s base was hollow, an invisible force field descending, binding Su Yu and restricting his movement.
“This artifact...”
Su Yu urged his flying sword to circle the giant tower, sparks flying, but it could not budge the tower. He could only watch helplessly as it descended.
At that moment, the commotion finally drew the town’s attention. A figure flew out from a tall tower at the town’s center, slapping a palm down:
“Who dares cause trouble on my turf!”
Half the town’s spiritual energy surged, condensing into a two-acre-sized giant hand that struck the giant tower, tilting it and dissipating the invisible force field.
Su Yu promptly leapt out of the tower’s suppression, shouting loudly:
“Help me, I’m one of you.”
The one who intervened was Wu Qingfeng, captain of the 32nd Independent Squadron stationed in Linchuan Town. He glared coldly at Kong He and An:
“Kong He, An, you dare to cause trouble in my Linchuan Town?”
He waved his hand, signaling Su Yu to retreat, then coldly watched as Kong He and An recalled their artifact.
Kong He and An took a deep breath, suppressing their rage. Pointing at Su Yu, they said:
“That brat stole my boss’s kill.”
Su Yu loudly retorted:
“When two bosses fight, anyone has the right to claim the kill. Whoever strikes last owns it. You and your seven teammates couldn’t even beat me at it. If you’re inferior, don’t blame others.”
A crowd of players had gathered, nodding in agreement:
“Indeed, wild bosses belong to no one. Whoever claims the kill owns it.”
Kong He and An’s suppressed fury instantly flared, shouting:
“Nonsense! I painstakingly lured these two bosses into fighting; they were not unclaimed!”
Su Yu sneered:
“Luring a pair of level 150 bosses to fight deep under a river over a thousand meters down? Don’t try to fool children!”
The surrounding players nodded in agreement, finding Kong He and An’s excuse untenable.
The reason was simple: the Yuan River was vast, and monsters above level 100 mostly dwelled at the riverbed, where level 100+ monsters were commonplace. There was no way their cultivation level would dare to venture so deep to lure two level 100+ bosses into fighting.
Besides, bosses of this level were intelligent enough not to fight immediately upon meeting.
Seeing the crowd’s incredulous looks, Kong He and An knew their excuse was weak but had to hold onto it; without it, they had no justification for their actions.
At this moment, Su Yu sent a telepathic message to Wu Qingfeng:
“I am Su Yu. Thank you, Captain Wu, for saving me.”

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“You are Su Yu?”
Wu Qingfeng looked coldly at Kong He and An, waving his giant hand:
“To dare chase my Chiyu Guild’s seed player—I think you don’t want to survive here. Be wise and leave immediately, or don’t expect to walk away today.”
Kong He and An’s anger was stifled, but the thought of two nearly dead bosses being stolen under their watch reignited their fury. Reason told them someone was protecting Su Yu, so today they would be powerless against him.
They looked at Su Yu deeply, etching his appearance into memory, then took a deep breath to control their rage and turned to leave.
Outside the town, Kong He and An regrouped with their subordinates. Kang Tianqi asked:
“Leader, didn’t catch him?”
Kong He and An shook their heads:
“He’s from the Chiyu Guild and was protected by Wu Qingfeng.”
“What now?”
“No matter, I’ve memorized his face. I’ll investigate who he is.”
His eyes brimming with murderous intent, he ground his teeth:
“If I get the chance, I’ll make sure you understand the meaning of death.”
“Let’s go!”
Inside the town, Su Yu relaxed upon seeing Kong He and An leave. Approaching Wu Qingfeng, he clasped his fists in salute:
“Su Yu thanks Captain Wu for saving my life.”
Wu Qingfeng turned, his cold expression instantly replaced by a smile as he waved it off:
“It’s nothing. You’re one of ours. How could I stand by and do nothing?”
“Still, I won’t forget this life-saving favor. My current strength is insufficient. When I improve, I will repay this kindness.”
Wu Qingfeng laughed heartily:
“Well said, well said.”
After chatting briefly, Su Yu took his leave.
Activating the Great Shift Talisman, he teleported back to Chiyu City fifteen seconds later.
Back at his residence, after closing the door, Su Yu immediately opened his status panel to review.
Having slain a level 150+ boss—even if he only landed the final blow and gained partial experience and cultivation—his golden finger bonus granted him over 1.4 million kill experience and 130 cultivation points in total.
“Awesome.”
He then opened his personal space, discovering three new loot items plus a boss’s corpse. Examining them one by one, his joy grew.
The three loot items were a material, a piece of equipment, and a damaged inner core.
The material was 32 units of Golden Thunder Crab Paste, which, when consumed, raised constitution and strength by 10 each. Up to ten doses could be taken.
The equipment was a seventh-grade accessory called the Golden Ao Ring.
Golden Ao Ring (Seventh Grade): Flying sword damage +200, attack speed +200, sword-riding speed +200 km/h, flying sword slot +1.
The damaged Golden Ao Crab Inner Core: alchemical material.
He immediately equipped the ring. His panel showed flying sword damage, attack speed, and sword-riding speed all increased by 200. Most importantly, the flying sword slots increased from one to two, meaning he could now equip two flying swords simultaneously.
Without hesitation, he equipped the Ice Soul Sword in the new slot.
Snapping his fingers, the Shadow-Dimming Sword flew out, hovering before him. Then he summoned the Ice Soul Sword, also hovering nearby.
“Two flying sword slots—I can now operate two flying swords simultaneously.”
“Tomorrow, when I return to Chiyu City, I’ll take some time to practice using two flying swords in combat.”
After a few casual maneuvers, he retracted the swords and turned his attention to the third loot item, sighing with some regret.
Given the Golden Ao Crab General’s template and level, the inner core should either be high-grade alchemical material or capable of forging a seventh-grade artifact.
But unfortunately, it had self-destructed before death, damaging the inner core so severely that it could no longer forge even a sixth-grade artifact. It was only fit for medicinal alchemy, worth about seven or eight taels of gold—no more than ten.
Besides that, there was the Golden Ao Crab General’s corpse. Its crab paste and meat were exquisite delicacies that could be harvested for personal consumption or given to a cook.
It’s worth noting that most materials on monster corpses that have already produced loot cannot be reused.
For example, this enormous crab shell should be incredibly hard and ideal for defensive armor, the giant pincers suitable as weapons, and the paste being Golden Thunder Crab Paste.
However, once the loot is condensed, the corpse’s materials lose their special qualities.
The shell and pincers become brittle, the paste remains delicious but loses its attribute-enhancing effects, generally only fit for consumption.
This Golden Ao Crab General’s shell was nearly a hundred meters in diameter, and the internal paste and meat could weigh hundreds of tons, easily worth over a dozen taels of gold.
After storing the corpse away, Su Yu took out the Golden Thunder Crab Paste—golden yellow and beautiful, with flickering streaks of golden lightning dancing on its surface.
He ate it raw, a rich fragrance exploding in his mind.
The paste melted down his throat, transforming into a warm current flowing into his body, rapidly strengthening his physique.
Without pause, he swallowed ten pieces in quick succession. Opening his status panel, he saw his constitution and strength each increased by 200, plus another 200 each from his magic robes, totaling 400 in constitution and strength.
“Excellent!”
Closing the panel, Su Yu’s gaze shifted to the Azure Jiao still sleeping in his arms.
He reached out, pinched the neck of the arm-thick Azure Jiao, and shook it gently:

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“Hey, wake up.”
It shook its head and tail but showed no reaction.
“Really asleep?”
Not convinced, he continued shaking.
Suddenly, a spray of water splashed into his face. The Azure Jiao raised its head unsteadily and spoke in human speech:
“Don’t you know how to respect the injured? I’m dying here.”
Su Yu took out several Blood Lotus Pills from his storage space and handed them over:
“Try these.”
The Azure Jiao opened its mouth, swallowed the pills, but its darkened blood-colored skin didn’t even twitch.
Su Yu’s lips twitched as he asked:
“Is there any way to help you recover quickly?”
God only knew how long the healing would take. If it was measured in years, it would be useless.
If such a massive boss couldn’t be used, better to just chop it up for loot.
The Azure Jiao hung its head, pondering for a while, then said:
“A large amount of blood food, beast cores, healing rare materials, or places rich in spiritual energy.”
“Will this do?”
He took out the damaged Golden Ao Crab Inner Core.
The Azure Jiao’s eyes brightened immediately. Stretching its head forward, it swallowed the core before Su Yu could react.
“Not bad, but too much essence was lost. Still needs more.”
The Azure Jiao smacked its lips, its scales beginning to glow softly, then it wobbled back into Su Yu’s arms and fell asleep again.
Su Yu reached out and twisted the limp Azure Jiao, inspecting it from side to side. Just as he was about to check the tail to see if it was male or female, the dragon’s tail whipped around and slapped him in the face.
“Pervert!”
...
Su Yu was speechless, awkwardly putting it down.
Opening the prompt panel, he saw two notifications:
Feeding Golden Ao Crab Core +5 intimacy points.
Checking gender -10 intimacy points.
Previously at 20 points, now only 15.
“That’s a loss.”
He shook his head and put it into the room, then opened the guild channel and searched for a while. Spending a full 15 taels of gold, he purchased a fifth-grade belt named Spirit Cage.
Spirit Cage Belt (Fifth Grade): Made from millennium-old spiritual silkworm silk, containing a miniature universe.
Attributes: Health +150, Mana +150.
Effect: Spirit Cage, containing a fifty-acre spiritual pet space. Pets and mounts can be stored inside, accelerating their recovery.
With the item in hand, he equipped it and stored the sleeping Azure Jiao within.
Then he collapsed onto his bed and fell asleep.
The night passed quietly until the next morning.
Stretching lazily, Su Yu suddenly spun around sharply, spotting the Azure Jiao coiled on the bed, arm-thick.
He quickly checked the Spirit Cage space; it was empty.
Pinching the Azure Jiao, he lifted it up with a puzzled expression:
“How did you get out by yourself?”
The Azure Jiao fiercely wriggled free, coiling in the air like a dragon, saying:
“How could such a space confine me!”
“Quite the mouth you have.”
Su Yu ignored the tone and asked:
“Tell me your origin. How do you know magic? Don’t hide anything—share your abilities with me.”
The Azure Jiao wiped its forehead with a claw, where a small bump protruded, looking like it was about to grow horns.
After wiping a few times, a clear light flashed over it. Its scales transformed dramatically from green to jade blue, instantly becoming more handsome. Its hidden attributes appeared clearly before Su Yu.
Ao Run (Elite): Leader, Level 126, Aquatic Race, Jiao Dragon.
Attributes: HP 2.78 million, Demonic Power 1.56 million, Attack 22,000, Speed 1,500 km/h.
Demonic Magic: Water-based spells, Jiao Dragon technique, Gui Water Divine Thunder, Gui Water Divine Thunder Net, Azure Sky Divine Breath Technique Level 127 (Profound grade), Nine Transformations Dragon Scripture Level 2 (Great Divine Skill).
“Profound-grade Qi Refining cultivation technique, Great Divine Skill...”
Su Yu curiously examined this named Azure Jiao and asked:
“Where did you learn these two spells?”
Surely, these could not be innate. Even if a jiao dragon were fortunate enough to inherit the dragon clan’s legacy, it wouldn’t have Qi Refining cultivation techniques.