Chapter 29

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Various sounds echoed from above my head, and I was well aware that there were many dangerous situations in the battle above. However, I couldn't disturb the fight on the rooftop; it was an impossible move.

"Qin Yang, are these golden ribbons, one by one, your 'Sealing Demon Knot'? It seems like the disappearance of the elemental power by your side."

Pia looked around with interest, and the "Sealing Demon Knot" shimmered with its own light.

"Your name is Pia? Who came up with that name? Maru Tian?"

"Doesn't it sound good?" Pia tilted her head, her eyes filled with inscrutable emotions.

"It's simple and crude, meaningless."

"Just a code name, we never needed things like that before." Pia never bothered to think about how her name came about or what it meant. She simply felt that names were unnecessary; it was just a way to distinguish herself from her brothers after transforming.

Pia and I had been standing inside the "Sealing Demon Knot" for some time now, keeping still. Occasionally, we would exchange a few words, like before, and often we would just look at each other. We were both observing each other.

Pia lifted her head slightly to look at the dark night sky, estimating the time.

"It is said that the entire Chishin Academy knows that you, Qin Yang, are a flirt. Besides the three girls upstairs, you have a lot of women. But at this moment, instead of fighting, you pushed me off the building and have been staring at me with your shining blue eyes. Could it be that you're also interested in me?" Pia appeared shy, but her gaze said otherwise. She was a woman with a strong inner self, always acting as if she didn't care, but she must be calculating many things in her heart. If I guessed correctly...

"I am indeed interested in you."

"Oh! You better not let them hear that, even though we're a hundred floors away from the rooftop!"

"No, my interest in you is different from them. It's because of who you are that I find you intriguing."

"Me? I'm just a dragon."

"I know..."

"Sorry to interrupt, Qin Yang, but didn't we agree to exchange hostages before dawn? Otherwise... you know what we will do. There are only two hours left until daybreak. Are you sure you want to continue chatting here? You have chosen to give up the exchange."

"Elena wouldn't do that."

"But my brother would. That girl is with my second brother now, and he... would do... anything..."

She intentionally brought up the fact that Tesha was still in their hands. Was her purpose to make me take action?

"I guess, whether you are the Holy Dragon or the Demon Dragon, your magic power is insufficient to defeat me," Pia pointed to her own head with her finger.

"In that case, will we get to see the legendary Restolo on our first mission as siblings?"

"I don't think so."

"I see... in that case, that girl needs to die sooner!" Pia spoke about Tesha in a sinister and confident manner.

My heart trembled. "I believe Tesha won't die so easily!"

"Oh? You're chatting with me down here while they're fighting for their lives up there, and you're so calm! Aren't you afraid of the danger above?"

Pia started to doubt.

I knew, I couldn't delay any longer.

"As long as you're here, it will be safer above," Pia's playful expression changed, her eyes and expression turned icy, and she quickly surveyed her surroundings.

"'Sealing Demon Knot' is obscuring my observation of the rooftop!" Pia instantly understood her situation within this enclosure, hindered from accessing information other than what she saw and heard due to the lack of elemental resonance.

"Yes, that's right. But I have another question. Was it your idea to kidnap Tesha at this time?"

"Yes, it was me! At this time, she should be the most important to you, and you should be the most exhausted!"

Indeed, the dark magic in Paradise was almost exhausted. It was the same for my magic during my battle with Elena. Tesha, apart from Guffy, was the most important to me since my return eighteen years ago. I wanted her to know the truth, but I didn't want to see her struggling and in pain. There was a barrier between her and me, and Pia wanted to break through that barrier, forcing Tesha to receive all the information and stimulating her confusion, thus provoking me.

"So, Qin Yang doesn't need to go back?" Pia pointed at the crumbling outer wall on the top floor. The battle was intense, and I didn't know if Guffy had saved Tesha yet.

"Big brother Pinno, second brother Pichu, and our youngest sister Pia, you three are the Three-Headed Dragon! Pinno is the powerhouse, with astonishing destructive and explosive powers, but he is simple-minded and easily influenced by external factors. A book or a story might change his course. Pichu is the intellectual type, with immensely powerful mental abilities. His dragon eyes can see hundreds of miles, capable of reversing all Magic known to mankind. But he is rather carefree and indecisive, troubled by too many conflicts without a plan. Therefore, the three-headed dragon shares one body. Just as Demon Dragon and I share one body, there can only be one soul controlling the body. The same goes for the three-headed dragon. Only with the most initiative and balanced abilities like you, Pia, can they unleash the true power of the Dragon race!"

I exposed their true forms in one breath—the powers of the Three-Headed Dragon were not complete without any one of them. They were conjoined twins, invisibly interconnected. The most critical helmsman was missing, and Pinno and Pichu couldn't create a big wave.

Pia suddenly looked at me disdainfully. "Now that you know we are the Three-Headed Dragon, you should also know that you, as the Holy Dragon, imprisoned us for countless years with your so-called justice. We won't lose to you again, no matter what."

"So, you are willing to serve Ma Rutian? Does he just know that you become his carriage-pulling mounts?" The image of the Demon Realm's group, with the Three-Headed Dragon pulling the carriage, flashed in my mind.

"Mounts? Master has never ridden us. We serve him because, like us, he detests this world you built, filled with your so-called justice and goodness! Although Demon Dragon's world of freedom seems good, remembering that he is part of you makes me detest it even more!"

"Come on, everyone talks about destroying the world, but I refuse to believe anyone can truly destroy the Spiral Three Realms. Ma Rutian is definitely no exception!"

Toxic dragon breath began to surround Pia, and she looked at me with a foolish expression, wanting to laugh but restraining herself. "Don't you remember? In the center of the Spiral Three Realms, there are two forces. What would happen if one was missing?"

"The Gate of Gods and Demons!"

Breathing in the toxic dragon breath surrounding me, which had extremely high toxicity, could cost me my life as a human!

Suddenly, we all looked up and saw a blue light on the top floor.

"A statue!"

"The awakening of divine blood? Hanya?"