"Hello there, little black dragon, we meet again."
Ye Yun smiled and waved at it, knowing that with its Death Realm strength, it could already understand human speech and was no different from a human in terms of intelligence.
However, to the black flood dragon, his smile was like that of a devil, scaring it so much that it almost lost its soul on the spot.
It had been about to launch a surprise attack head-on, but it turned its body without hesitation and fled in terror.
But before it could fly far, it felt its body being restrained, unable to move forward an inch.
When it turned its head to look, it saw Ye Yun grabbing its tail with his bare hands, looking at it with a smile.
"Don't be in such a hurry to escape. You're a dragon, be a bit more spirited. Moreover, I have something good to discuss with you."
The flood dragon was terrified. What did the spirit of a dragon matter compared to its life?
It struggled desperately, but the power contained in Ye Yun's hand was countless times more terrifying than before. No matter how it struggled, it was useless.
"I advise you to give up. You can't escape this time. My strength has accidentally increased a little bit recently."
Ye Yun said calmly and continued to smile, "Now my disciple wants you to be her mount. However, I am a democrat and can give you three choices."
"One is to surrender now and become my disciple's mount without pain."
"One is to be beaten by me until you are thoroughly convinced and establish a contract with my disciple."
"And if that doesn't work, I will kill you, skin you, and dismember you to make soup for my disciple."
"These are the three choices, pick one?"
After the black flood dragon understood his purpose, the fear in its eyes turned into anger. It was unbearable. To make itself a mount was an insult to the dragon blood flowing in its veins!
It immediately let out an angry dragon roar, turned its head back, and attacked Ye Yun.
Ye Yun smiled faintly.
"I see, you choose the latter two, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he threw a punch, and his immense power instantly smashed into the black flood dragon's oncoming head, causing its head to arc through the air along its body.
Ye Yun, at the sixth level of the Death Realm, combined with the amplification of the Exquisite Sacred Body and the Ice Phoenix bloodline, allowed him to easily crush the flood dragon, which was only at the first level of the Death Realm.
The black flood dragon wailed in pain, but this was just the beginning.
Ye Yun then grabbed its tail with one hand, making its body whip against the ground like a whip.
Once, twice, thrice...
The black flood dragon kept wailing, but its cries did not evoke pity from Ye Yun; instead, he increased his strength.
In Ye Yun's hands, the black flood dragon seemed like a harmless toy, being beaten in various ways by him. The scene was simply unbearable.
Everyone outside the golden palace was stunned by this one-sided crushing battle.
"What... what kind of monster is this guy?"
"My heavens, he's tearing apart a Death Realm flood dragon with his bare hands. Is he even human?!"
"Monster! This guy is a monster!"
Who would have thought that the black flood dragon, which had been so arrogant outside the golden palace not long ago and was regarded as the ultimate guardian by them, would now be abused like this?
The group from the Xuanming Immortal Palace in the distance, who had planned to ambush while Ye Yun was fighting the black flood dragon, now looked at each other in dismay.
"Young... Young Palace Master, what do you think... should we still go?"
After witnessing Ye Yun's ferocity, they were all genuinely terrified of him.
This was a real person tearing apart a Death Realm flood dragon with his bare hands. It would probably be even easier to tear them apart. Attacking now would be no different from seeking death.
Mu Yangchen's face darkened as he gazed at Ye Yun in the battle circle. After a long while, he managed to utter a sentence.
"Impatience leads to the ruin of great plans. The outside is my main stage. Once we get out, there will be plenty of ways to deal with him!"
Although he said it with great confidence, the underlying meaning was his fear of Ye Yun's current combat power.
In fact, it was true. After witnessing Ye Yun's strength, his back was almost drenched in sweat. He was extremely glad that he hadn't acted impulsively just now, otherwise, he would have been the one torn apart.
"The people in this Sage's Tomb are all monsters, one after another..."
Mu Yangchen's expression was gloomy. He had thought that as a force from the Immortal Palace, they could wreak havoc in this Sage's Tomb.
But first, they encountered an unfathomable woman, and now they met the enemy who killed his brother, and his strength was also so monstrous!
On the other side of the battle circle, under Ye Yun's barrage of blows, the black flood dragon was already covered in wounds.
Ye Yun was quite restrained, almost exclusively targeting its pain points without damaging its core.
This abuse lasted for half an hour. Seeing Ye Yun's attacks becoming more and more ruthless, the black flood dragon seemed to be unable to take it anymore, fearing that Ye Yun would really beat it to death and then skin it to make soup.
Just as Ye Yun was about to continue, it shook its huge head like a rattle, its eyes filled with fear.
Ye Yun raised an eyebrow and asked, "Do you know who's in charge now?"
The black flood dragon nodded.
"Are you willing to be my disciple's mount?"
The black flood dragon nodded again.
Seeing this, Ye Yun was satisfied and snorted, "It would have been better if you had done this earlier. You had to be beaten before you would surrender."
Then, he jumped onto the dragon's head and said faintly, looking in a certain direction.
"Let's go, let's go to my disciple's place to establish a contract."
When he truly returned riding the flood dragon, everyone from the Yuluo Immortal Palace and the Linglong Immortal Palace stared in disbelief.
Especially those who had doubted Ye Yun's strength earlier were now, like the black flood dragon, completely convinced by Ye Yun!
He subdued a Death Realm flood dragon with his bare hands and beat it into submission. Who else could do this in the Sage's Tomb?
Since Ye Yun had not used any profound energy throughout the entire process, they didn't even know what his current realm was. They only knew that he was terrifying!
"Disciple, hurry up and get on!"
Ye Yun looked down at Chen Lingyi and called out with a smile.
The latter finally came to her senses but still looked at the flood dragon in front of her with shock.
Master, he actually did it?!
After Ye Yun urged her again, she jumped onto the dragon's head.
"Master... you're too amazing!!!"
After getting on, Chen Lingyi looked at Ye Yun with shining eyes, her admiration evident.
Ye Yun patted her head and said with a faint smile, "Don't boast about your master yet. Quickly establish a contract with this flood dragon."
"Mhm, mhm!"
The so-called contract was a master-servant contract. Once completed, even if the spirit beast was much stronger than the master, it could not harm the master in the slightest.
Conversely, with just a thought from the master, the spirit beast could perish. It was a completely humiliating contract.
As for the only benefit of a spirit beast, perhaps it was that it would receive additional benefits from the master's talent and strength. The higher the master's talent and the stronger their strength, the more benefits it would receive as a contracted spirit beast.
"Alas, to establish a contract with such a little girl, one's future life, oh no, dragon life, is completely bleak..."
The black flood dragon sighed in its heart while establishing the contract with Chen Lingyi.
The contract between the two parties was soon completed. But at the moment of completion, the flood dragon suddenly felt a vast and pure power surge into its body.
Under this power, not only did its injuries begin to heal, but even its cultivation, which was at the peak of the first level of the Death Realm, broke through and reached the second level of the Death Realm!
The black flood dragon was extremely surprised. What kind of talent did this girl have? She could bring it such great benefits?
At this moment, Ye Yun, standing on its head, smiled and said, "How about that? Didn't I tell you I had something good to discuss with you?"
Indeed, after feeling the improvement brought by Chen Lingyi, the black flood dragon was overjoyed. It seemed that following such a human genius with outstanding talent was not a bad thing...
Chen Lingyi said in surprise, "Master, it seems to be happy."
After establishing the contract, she and the black flood dragon had established a mental connection and could feel its emotional changes.
Ye Yun smiled and said, "Of course. Our Lingyi is a future super expert. It's its honor to be able to follow you!"
His praise made Chen Lingyi's face blush.
"I still have to thank Master for giving me such a powerful mount."
On the continent, how many people at the transcendent realm could have a Death Realm mount, and one that possessed ancient bloodline as well!
If cultivated properly, it had the potential to transform into a true dragon in the future!
Ye Yun smiled and was about to say something when a system voice sounded in his mind.
[You have granted your disciple a Death Realm level 1 mount, congratulations on activating the thousand-fold return, and obtaining a Dao Building realm mount, the Snow Vermilion Bird!]
[Snow Vermilion Bird: One of the sacred beasts in the myths of the Xuántiān Continent, possessing the ability to transform into human form and mastering the great Dao of ice and snow!]
[Hint: The current space is unstable, and the mount has been temporarily stored in the system space for you. It can be released at any time!]