Chapter 264: Watch out!

"What is that? Look up there!" One of the cultivators that were nearby shouted as a dark blue bolt of lightning struck the ground right over the area where Lao was standing. 

Haru's eyes immediately shot to the location of the battle between Lao and the demon leader. After the bold of lightning had struck a huge cloud of smoke made its way up from the ground as dust flew up all around. 

Haru watched on as silence now lay across the battlefield. Not a single soul let out a soul as they waited patiently to see the outcome of the lighting bolt striking the ground. But as the dust settled it seemed to be the worst possible outcome. 

Lao was now the one laying on the floor with a large cut across his shoulder as the leader of the demons stood tall with a longsword in his hands that looked like it was made out of bones. The blade of the sword had a blue glow to it and was the same colour as the lighting that struck the ground moments before. 

"Hahahaha, You thought that I didn't have a backup plan? Just because you slaughtered my people that doesn't mean that you can stand a chance against me." The man shouted out as Lao lay on the ground motionless. 

'Hm… This mortal can hurt me? That is surprising. I didn't expect that he had it in him.' Lao thought as he turned his attention to the sword that the Demon's leader was holding. The sword had a shine to it like it was well looked after but it was also fading to a washed-out shade of white at the tip of the blade. 

'His sword is made from dragon bones? No wonder it was sharp enough to cut me. And that power. That was the power of the thunder dragon tribe. Where did he get a thing like that from?' Lao thought once again as he looked at the sword. 

"Okay… Then I guess I will take the training gloves off for a little bit." Lao got to his feet and said while shaking his shoulder up and down. He then pressed his index finger against the wound across his chest and shoulder which was followed by a bright flash of green light. 

The light burned brighter than anything so far and gave off the feeling of life and a calming essence that seemed like it held the meaning of life itself. 

Suddenly the cut stretching across Lao's body began to heal and closed up completely. It was as if he didn't get injured at all. But the look on the demons' faces instantly turned from one of confidence to one of fear as he saw that Lao hadn't taken any serious damage and was able to heal himself in less than a second. 

He looked down at his sword that was made out of dragon bones and then looked back up to see Lao's green glowing eyes. It was at that moment that he realised what was going on. It all made sense to him and it frightened him beyond belief. 

"You're a dragon aren't you?" The demon hesitated for a moment and asked Lao who had just begun to stretch his neck. 

Lao tilted his head and rubbed the side of his neck back and forth before rotating his arm in circular motions as a test to make sure that he was fine. Once he realised that his body was in perfect condition he replied to the question that was asked by the demon. 

"Don't You know it's not nice to attack people with the body parts of deceased relatives? Didn't your parents ever tell you to respect the dead?" Lao asked with a smile. He was sure that there was nothing else that the demon was capable of and he pulled out his trump card, being the sword made from the bones of a thunder dragon. 

"Haha, A member of the dragon race actually survived and is here on this distant planet. Who would have thought? But aren't you pretty weak for a dragon? That probably means that you are only the descendant of a dragon right? 

Don't worry, After I kill you I will make sure to call for backup and we will kill the rest of your family." The demon laughed a sinister laugh as he thought that he had everything figured out. 

'Well, he isn't wrong. This body belongs to the descendant of a dragon but they lived here a long long time ago. The only thing that exists of that dragon clan is traces of their legacy.' Lao thought to himself. He looked back at the demon who seemed confident in himself before rushing towards Lao with the sword behind his back. 

He took a swing towards Lao with as much strength as he could muster but as the sword collided with his body, the sword made a sound similar to a bell ringing as the shock wave shook the blade. 

The blade bent and curved as the shock wave made its way up the handle and to the hilt before shattering into a million pieces. 

Lao looked down at the shards of bone as they dropped to the floor and then brushed the side of his arm where the sword had hit mockingly. He had partially transformed his body in just one of his arms to create a suit of armour with his scales. 

Although the sword was made out of the bones of a dead dragon the strength and durability couldn't stand up to even a hair strand from a real living dragon. All it took was Lao to transform into his dragon form and he would be nearly invincible. While he was in the human form he had the shortcomings that humans had too to go along with his body.

The demon's mouth gaped open in shock as he looked down at his sword. It was his trump card after all and he only used it when fighting against powerful enemies to make sure that he won the fight. But he never expected in his wildest dreams to go up against a genuine dragon and he made no preparations to do so.

His previous confidence came from not understanding his enemy and the reason that dragons once stood at the very top of the universe. Their power was something beyond what he could imagine and he found out the hard way what would happen if he decided to fight against one of them. 

The focus of the fight was on the demon leader who was the centre of attention since he didn't stand a chance against Lao's terrifying power. All eyes were on him and no one noticed as the last remaining ship in the air began to move a little and aimed its cannon towards the manifestation cultivators who had yet to join the fight. There were around sixty of them in total and they were bunched together while watching Lao fight the leader. 

A gentle red glow began to Emit from the front of the cannon before a ray of light shone down on the cultivators as a cloud of dust formed in the area they were standing. 

Everyone turned to look at the ship and the ray of light as it took them by surprise. They didn't realise what had happened first but as the dust died down they saw that all of the cultivators had been vaporised completely. Not even a single part of their bodies remained. 

Haru looked up at the ship to see that it was now rotating the cannon once again. It aimed the gun towards the nascent soul stage cultivators that were floating close to him. Including Teacher Lin and Ruella. 

Teacher Lin immediately saw the cannon turn towards him and then threw his hand up into the air before bringing it down once again. As he did so a huge hand emerged from the sky before flying down and hitting the side of the ship. 

Teacher Lin's attack was quick and out of reflex so he didn't have time to target the ship properly so as the hand hit the ship it tore a hole in the side of it but left the rest of it intact. The ship shook from the attack and caused the ray of light to miss them all. Yet instead it tore a hole in the ground as it shot through the city and up into the hills. 

"I bet that's my second in command. You didn't expect me to leave someone on the ship even though we have fully functional guns? This will be your downfall. I will kill you all and then bring an even bigger ship to drill a hole into your planet's core." The demon laughed as the cannon of the ship turned yet again. 

"Watch out!" Teacher Lin shouted as the beam from the cannon targeted Haru. 

Haru turned to see the glowing red light from the ship that was still floating in the sky. Teacher Lin and Sect Master Shen tried to fly towards the ship to destroy it but they weren't fast enough. 

Before They could even move, the red light had flooded Haru's vision as it came roaring towards him. He felt a burning pain in his cheek as the light came screaming towards him.

"Quick block it!" Li Jun shouted. 

Haru raised his sword as quickly as he could and held it towards the red light that was shooting towards him. The light suddenly stopped as it made contact with the blade but the force of the cannon didn't. 

Haru held his arms out as the power from the cannon shot him across the sky. His arms began to shake and his grip became loose as the power from the light only seemed to increase. 

"I can't hold on for much longer!" Haru called out to Li Jun before the sword was thrown from his hands and fell to the city below as the red light slammed against his body with a thud...