<h2 ss="wp-block-heading">Chapter 5376</h2>


    Zi Yuan struggled to break free from her chains, only to be struck by a wave of spiritual energy. She staggered, spat out a mouthful of blood, and her face instantly turned pale.


    Simultaneously, a barely audible stream of poisonous gas flowed through her abdomen and entered her system.


    “Fellow Daoist Zi Yuan!”


    David’s eyes zed at the sight, and he tried to rush over to help, but Liu Kun pped him in the back. He spat out another mouthful of blood and stumbled to his knees.


    “David! Do you understand how powerful I am now?”


    Liu Kun walked up to David, stepped on his back, and sneered, “Hand over the Dragon ying Sword and your soul, and I might be able to grant you a quick death.”


    Davidy on the ground, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, his eyes still determined.


    He looked at the injured Zi Yuan not far away, then at Liu Kun’s smug expression. The rage and resentment within him erupted like a volcano.


    He suddenly looked up, a golden light shing in his eyes. The dragon crystal on his chest lit up again, this time with a brighter light than ever before.


    “Ah!”


    David roared like a dragon’s roar, and the golden dragon blood within him eruptedpletely. Golden scales emerged from beneath his skin, and a massive golden dragon condensed behind him. The cave was instantly filled with golden light.


    His aura surged, temporarily suppressing the corrosive poison and unleashing a power approaching that of a first-level human immortal.


    Liu Kun, shaken by this sudden surge of power, stepped back repeatedly, a look of shock on his face. “A true golden dragon? Impossible! You’re clearly poisoned, how can you unleash such power?”


    David ignored him and, in a sh, rushed to Zi Yuan’s side, scooping her up.


    Simultaneously, he swung his Dragon ying Sword, and a burst of golden sword energy drove back the ck-d monks besieging Zi Yuan.


    “Liu Kun, I will remember this humiliation today! I will repay you a hundredfold!”


    David roared, his body enveloped in an indestructible golden form. He activated his Fire Control Steps and charged towards the cave’s ceiling, carrying Zi Yuan.


    “Boom!” The


    rocky ceiling shattered. David, holding Zi Yuan, rushed out, flying deep into the forest.


    Liu Kun reacted and roared, “Chase! We must catch them!”


    The ck-robed monks scrambled in pursuit of David.


    But David, harnessing the immense speed of his Golden Dragon bloodline, quickly outran his pursuers.


    Carrying the faint Zi Yuan, he sped until he was sure they werepletely out of reach, stopping in a secluded valley.


    “Daoist Zi Yuan, how are you?”


    David asked anxiously, cing Zi Yuan on the ground.


    Zi Yuan was covered in wounds and poisoned, her breathing weak, and she had fallen unconscious.


    David quickly took out the healing elixir, pried open her mouth, and fed it to her, then channeled his divine dragon power to help her refine the potency.


    Looking at Zi Yuan’s pale face, David’s eyes shed with ruthlessness: “Liu Kun, this feud is irreconcble! I will expose your plot and make you pay with blood!”


    Liu Kun led his pursuers through the mountains and forests for a full hour, but with no sign of David, he returned angrily to the Prime Minister’s Mansion.


    In the study, Liu Kun paced back and forth, his face gloomy enough to drip water – David’s escape meant his plot had been exposed. Once David found Wu Hao and revealed the truth, he would be doomed.


    “Sir, what should we do now? David has escaped. If heins to the King, we’ll be in trouble!”


    a ck-robed monk asked anxiously.


    Liu Kun stopped abruptly, a fierce look shing in his eyes: “What are you panicking about! David was poisoned and injured. Even if we find Wu Hao, we may not be able to gain his trust. Besides, I already have a backup n.”


    He turned to look at his trusted adviser, “Prepare the car immediately. I want to go to the pce to see the king.”


    In the inner hall of the pce, Wu Hao was worried because David had not returned yet. Hearing that Liu Kun wanted to see him, he couldn’t help but feel a little puzzled: “Liu Kun, what’s the matter withing to see me at this time?”