After Evan Chu finished speaking, his figure flashed quickly backward. The Golden Dragon Grand Elder saw that Evan was trying to escape and instantly roared, "Kid, you think running away will be that easy?" With a flicker, he chased after him.
Evan's speed wasn't actually very fast; he was afraid that if he went too fast, the Golden Dragon Grand Elder wouldn't be able to keep up, and his plan would fall apart. After a few breaths, the Grand Elder caught up behind him and said slowly, "Let me show you the power of my spatial domain!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Evan felt a powerful pressure descend on him—almost identical to when he first approached the Native-Soil Crystal and got within fifty meters. In an instant, he was pinned in midair.
But Evan wasn't stupid; he wasn't about to let himself be crushed by that pressure. He quickly began communicating with the elemental molecules inside the spatial domain and soon discovered that the Grand Elder's domain was, in fact, a Gold Domain.
Within a few breaths, Evan resonated with the gold-element molecules in the domain, and the pressure on his body instantly vanished. Still, he pretended to be in agony, standing there motionless as if completely subdued.
At that moment, the Golden Dragon Grand Elder laughed, "Kid, do you really think you have a chance to escape in my spatial domain? If I don't put you in your place, you'll actually think you're something special. Let me show you the sharpness of the gold within my domain!"
Evan watched as the gold-element inside the domain slowly gathered together, forming several dazzling golden longswords pointed straight at him. If the old guy realized Evan was actually fine, he'd definitely get suspicious, so Evan bent his legs and collapsed to the ground, acting like he'd fainted.
Seeing Evan faint, the Golden Dragon Grand Elder laughed, "So you weren't so tough after all. Under my Gold Domain, even Venerable Martial experts are ants. Kid, weren't you acting all cocky? Go ahead, show me! Once I bring you back to the Dragon Shrine, let's see how I deal with you."
Evan was secretly amused. He'd almost slipped up when he collapsed just now, but luckily the Grand Elder didn't notice. Inside a domain, you basically can't move your body—the crushing gravity makes it nearly impossible, even if you try. The Grand Elder must've gotten so excited seeing Evan instantly subdued that he forgot the special properties of his own domain.
Still, the Grand Elder was pretty shrewd. Even though Evan looked unconscious, he pulled a red cord out of his storage ring. This wasn't any ordinary rope—it was woven from the dragon tendons of dead Dragon Clan members and could bear ten thousand jin of force. Once tied up, escaping was basically impossible.
Still, Evan was confident that once he reached the Dragon Shrine, someone would definitely untie him, so he kept pretending to be unconscious. At that moment, the Grand Elder turned to the approaching Golden Dragon Protector and said, "Let's head back. You carry this guy."
The Golden Dragon Protector was instantly delighted. "Easy enough—let's see how Grandpa Golden Dragon plays you to death!" With that, he stomped a heavy kick into Evan's stomach. Evan barely felt it, but the humiliation stuck with him, and he'd already sentenced the Protector to death in his heart.
All the way back, the Golden Dragon Protector kept punching and kicking Evan, but Evan didn't make a sound. The Grand Elder eventually couldn't stand it and said, "Stop hitting him. If you kill this kid, it'll be hard to explain to the Shrine Master. If you want to vent, wait until we're back at the Dragon Shrine—I'll ask the Shrine Master to let you handle him yourself."
Soon, the two returned to the Dragon Shrine. By then, the main hall was already crowded. Seeing the Grand Elder and Protector drag in a human youth, everyone was surprised—especially two elders, whose faces were twisted with rage.
One of the elders said angrily, "Shrine Master, is this the kid who killed my Silver Dragon Clan's Silver Dragon Commander?"
"That's right, it's this kid. But for now, we can't hand him over just yet. Silver Dragon King, calm down—I promise you'll get a satisfactory answer. But first, we have to interrogate him. You know, the Divine Dragon Clan hasn't had any contact with the outside world for almost ten thousand years now."
Aside from that one accident with my younger sister, when I personally went to the human world, no one in the Dragon Clan has left Divine Dragon Valley. Our valley's location is extremely secret—other than the three Holy Beast patriarchs, nobody knows where it is.
And that's not even the main point. To open the entrance to Divine Dragon Valley, you need powerful dragonforce. But this person is human—how did he appear here, and how does he have dragonforce? We need to get to the bottom of these questions. If we just kill him rashly, it could be extremely dangerous for the Divine Dragon Clan.
What if he's a human sent here to probe our clan's strength? Plus, with Seven-Star Convergence Day getting closer, who knows if his appearance is connected to that? So let's interrogate him before we jump to any conclusions!" said the Shrine Master.
The whole hall erupted in discussion. Everyone started speculating about Evan's identity—some thought he was actually a powerful human expert who practiced some rejuvenation technique to look young.
Others thought Evan just stumbled into Divine Dragon Valley by accident, but happened to be a strong human martial artist—unluckily for the Silver Dragon Commander, who ran into him and got killed.
At that moment, the Golden Dragon Shrine Master said, "Grand Elder, untie the red cord from him. Since he's unconscious, have someone wake him up. I want to interrogate him myself."
The Golden Dragon Grand Elder hesitated for a moment and said, "Shrine Master, you may not know, but this kid is really strong—even the Golden Dragon Protector couldn't beat him, and my own Golden Dragon Yuan-Force couldn't hurt him either. I only subdued him using my spatial domain. If we untie him now and he runs or causes trouble in the main hall, it could be a disaster."
Hearing the Grand Elder's voice, Evan could barely hold back from jumping up and kicking him away—the feeling of being tied up was seriously unpleasant. Once he regained his freedom, even if he didn't kill the Grand Elder, he'd make sure the guy paid for being rude. As for the Golden Dragon Protector, death was already guaranteed.
"This is the Golden Dragon Main Hall—even if he had three heads and six arms, there's no way he could escape me. Just untie him; I want to see how tough he really is," said the Shrine Master.
So the Grand Elder untied the red cord from Evan, glanced at the still 'unconscious' youth, and said, "Kid, you're actually pretty good at acting—still not awake at a time like this? Looks like I'll have to give you a taste of my dragon saliva. It's full of energy and great for healing injuries!"
Evan was instantly startled—hell no, there was no way he'd drink some old man's spit! Now that he'd made it to the Dragon Shrine, there was no need to keep pretending. He shot up, stretched lazily, and said, "Ah, that nap was really comfortable. And the massages along the way weren't bad, though the technique could use some work next time!"