For a long time, discrimination against demonic bloodlines had been nothing more than a slogan for Yingzhoufan, a tool to elevate his own status.

However, he didn’t entirely believe in the theory of discrimination against demonic bloodlines.

After all, if humans discriminated against his noble bloodline, that would indeed be a problem worthy of anger.

But if it was discrimination against lower-class rat demons or insect demons… that was perfectly normal in Yingzhoufan’s mind. Even he himself looked down on those lesser demons.

Conversely, wealthy and powerful humans were more respectable in his eyes, especially considering the theory of shared human-demon origins that had emerged from demonic archaeological research over the years… that humans originally evolved from demons.

Although many humans refuted the theory of shared human-demon origins, Yingzhoufan strongly believed in it, and he and many of his demonic friends were proponents of this theory.

So, at this moment, after sensing Zhang Yu’s immense power, the opponent was no longer a scumbag in his eyes, but at least a super-class human.

And Yingzhoufan’s proposal of win-win cooperation was at least more than half sincere.

Yingzhoufan mused, “If I continue to fight him within Zhang Yu’s great formation, even if I can break through it, I’ll probably be severely wounded.”

“But if we cooperate, we can surpass everyone else together with Zhang Yu and rush to the finish line… By then, I’ll be out of his great formation, and I can ambush him and decide who gets first and second.”

“If Zhang Yu doesn’t agree, then I’ll just have to hold out to the end.”

At the same time, Yingzhoufan’s dragon body twisted, ready to fight the great formation head-on.

Facing Yingzhoufan’s proposal, Zhang Yu merely said calmly, “Take my sword.”

The next moment, as Zhang Yu lightly pointed his sword finger, hundreds of cold lights shot out, like a rain of meteors, hurtling towards Yingzhoufan.

The giant dragon in the water roared, its body sweeping up towering waves, as if to stir the entire sea into a frenzy.

Zhang Yu, on the other hand, launched “Yongjie Yuan,” unleashing a gravitational force from his “Qijue Fahai,” which had been accumulating since the start of the battle, like a gravity cage, trapping the giant dragon.

Yingzhoufan’s “Zhaoyao Fan” waved back and forth, trying to shield his spiritual world signal amidst the swirling dust, colliding repeatedly with Zhang Yu’s “Jianjie,” but he could never escape the lock of “Taihao Daode Jianyi.”

Following a series of lightning-fast exchanges, countless temporary flying swords finally rained down upon Yingzhoufan’s body.

In an instant, the collision of swords and dragon armor first sparked flames underwater, then the dragon armor gradually cracked under the continuous impact of the sword edges, bursting out large patches of blood mist.

Roar!

Amidst the dragon’s roar, Yingzhoufan cursed, “Zhang Yu! You won’t trample on my demonic dignity! I’d rather die than surrender!”

At the same time, ripples of water carried Yingzhoufan’s voice to Zhang Yu’s ears: “Isn’t that enough? If we keep fighting, even if I’m severely wounded, you’ll also waste time, and neither of us will get good results. Why bother?”

“Next, I’ll pretend to be seriously injured, you capture me, and I’ll take you to the finish line.”

Facing Yingzhoufan’s whispered persuasion, Zhang Yu merely shouted, “Come!”

The next moment, amidst a fierce battle, Yingzhoufan’s body erupted in sprays of blood, and his strength seemed to weaken considerably, yet he still put on a show of fighting to the death, but proving unable to resist.

Seeing this, Zhang Yu mused, “Such drama. He wants to highlight my power to play the role of a demonic hero resisting discrimination and oppression?”

“As you wish.”

Countless swords plunged into Yingzhoufan’s dragon body, eliciting a tragic cry from him.

And as the dragon’s mouth just opened, a flash of fire was exhaled by Zhang Yu, none other than “Tianri Huangshen,” which shot directly into Yingzhoufan’s body.

Allowing “Tianri Huangshen” to penetrate his belly, Yingzhoufan let out a furious and startled dragon roar.

Then, with the repeated stimulation of the sword and fire, Yingzhoufan showed a series of violent resistance movements, before finally being forcibly brought before Zhang Yu.

Yingzhoufan’s gnashing voice continued to echo through the water: “Alright? Let’s get first place together.”

Zhang Yu mused, “This demon is so docile in letting me subdue him, there’s likely a trick. Most likely, he wants to use my power to reach the finish line before making his move.”

Yingzhoufan mused, “Hmph, I’ll let you have the upper hand for now, to help me complete the full play of being discriminated against, brutally suppressed, and finally making a desperate counterattack.”

Zhang Yu thought, “We’ll rush to the finish line together, then…”

Yingzhoufan thought, “Ambush him and snatch first place!”

Meanwhile, outside the underwater storm caused by the fierce battle between Zhang Yu and Yingzhoufan.

Mu Qiansi’s figure left a trail of afterimages as she constantly sprinted forward.

“Good, good, you two keep fighting until the end of time.”

Mu Qiansi mused, “I’ll go ahead.”

But soon after, Mu Qiansi felt a commotion underwater, and a giant dragon shadow had broken through the storm, surpassing her position at an astonishing speed, and vanishing in a blink of an eye.

“That was…”

Mu Qiansi frowned, recalling the scene she had just witnessed.

She saw Zhang Yu standing proudly on the dragon’s head, stepping on Yingzhoufan’s head and moving forward.

“Where’s your demonic backbone? Just like that, you’re subdued by a human?”

Mu Qiansi cursed inwardly, sprinting forward with all her might, but could only watch as the figures of the dragon and human continuously widened their distance from her.

The raging currents were like countless massive hands, creating swirling eddies, propelling them forward under the control of the human and the dragon.

Furthermore, the surging “Tian Kunlun Yishan Shenli” was continuously activated, like invisible ropes, desperately pulling the human and the dragon forward.

Almost every twist of the dragon’s body brought a surge of acceleration.

And the sustained sprint alone caused underwater storms in its wake, stirring up turbulence underwater, even affecting Mu Qiansi’s progress behind them.

Watching herself unable to catch up by even a hair despite her best efforts, Mu Qiansi had to admit, “The speed of this human and dragon working together is beyond my reach.”

At the same time, while controlling the giant dragon to advance, Zhang Yu diverted a thought to sense the anomaly emanating from the “Bishui Jinjing Jia.”

Just as he was fighting, the “Bishui Jinjing Jia” touched the blood blossoms that erupted from Yingzhoufan, and after absorbing a few drops of blood, that trace of craving for blood seemed to finally be slightly satisfied.

Especially as the “Canniu Sheshen Xinjue” and “Wuliang Xinnan Fashen” continuously operated in Zhang Yu’s mind, they created a certain resonance with the blood-absorbed “Bishui Jinjing Jia.”

A moment later, a section of cultivation method content was analyzed and appeared in Zhang Yu’s mind.

“‘Yaosheng Wanbian Shenjing’… another black cultivation method?”

“So, the ‘Bishui Jinjing Jia’ needs dragon blood? No, that’s not right, Yingzhoufan has an eagle demon bloodline, so it’s eagle blood? Or… demon blood?”

Flipping through the fragmentary content of the “Yaosheng Wanbian Shenjing,” Zhang Yu mused, “The cultivation method information in the ‘Bishui Jinjing Jia’ not only needs the resonance of ‘Canniu Sheshen Xinjue’ and ‘Wuliang Xinnan Fashen,’ but also needs to be combined with the demon race’s bloodline information for analysis.”

“Or rather…”

Zhang Yu repeatedly reviewed the content of the “Yaosheng Wanbian Shenjing” and speculated, “Knowledge is inherently hidden within the demon race’s bloodline. The ‘Bishui Jinjing Jia’ is, at most, just a translation, activated by the demon race’s bloodline and my two mental cultivation methods.”

“To obtain the complete ‘Yaosheng Wanbian Shenjing,’ I probably need to use the ‘Bishui Jinjing Jia’ to absorb more different types of demonic bloodlines.”

Zhang Yu made up his mind that after this competition, he would quickly spend money to buy various demon bloodlines.

Anyway, he still had over 100 Lingbi to use, and if that wasn’t enough… then there should still be a good amount of fees from the next round.

Thinking of fees, Zhang Yu’s fighting spirit reignited once more: “Regardless of Dao Ge’s performance in the next stage, I must take first place in this underwater stage.”

“Only by taking first place, further increasing my popularity, and enhancing my immortal potential, can I continue to close the distance between myself and Dao Qiankun and Kuang Tianqing, and improve my chances of winning the championship.”

Thinking this, Zhang Yu let out a low shout, “Faster! Let’s accelerate, Yingzhoufan!”

Feeling the “Tian Kunlun Yishan Shenli” lashing at him like a whip, propelling him to accelerate once more, Yingzhoufan cursed inwardly, already continuing to sprint forward.

The surrounding underwater scenery flashed by. When Yingzhoufan reached the next registration area, he found a fish demon holding a black registration ball, waiting there early.

Seeing this, Yingzhoufan was startled, “So that’s how it is.”

He recalled information about Zhang Yu while pondering, “This guy cultivated a batch of demonic beasts through the breeding function of the ‘Bishui Jinjing Jia’.”

“Then he had the demonic beasts arrive early at the subsequent registration areas to find registration balls for him.”

“This way, he saves the effort of searching for registration balls.”

“Wait, he doesn’t need to find registration balls, so what about me?”

Just as Yingzhoufan was thinking this, another fish demon produced another black registration ball.

Zhang Yu said casually, “Aren’t you going to register quickly?”

Yingzhoufan’s heart trembled, “Did this guy, in order to continue using my speed and make me accelerate wholeheartedly, specifically have the fish demon find a black registration ball for me too?”

Yingzhoufan thought, “Doesn’t this guy fear I’ll ultimately defeat him?”

Zhang Yu said indifferently, “Hurry up, won’t you?”

Feeling the confidence in Zhang Yu’s tone, Yingzhoufan also laughed inwardly, “This guy… is he so confident he can handle me?”

Taking the black ball, Yingzhoufan thought, “Then let’s decide the winner.”

Having registered with two black balls, the human and dragon accelerated again, chasing after the second-place position.

As for manipulating fish demons to collect more black balls, Zhang Yu was too lazy to bother, as it was a foul to take black balls out of the registration area, and as long as they weren’t taken out of the registration area, he couldn’t prevent other contestants from detecting them.

Not to mention, the number of black balls in the registration area was numerous, far exceeding the number of 11 contestants, so hiding a few black balls would be almost useless.

And with the combined acceleration of the human and dragon, plus the elimination of the trouble of searching for black balls in the subsequent registration areas, they continuously accelerated along the way, moving like lightning. Soon, they saw a figure of a human and sword merged as one.

It was Yu Yunzhan from Tianjian University, this top student had taken the relay ball from Bai Zhenzhen, and had once controlled the “Xuntian Feijian” with Wen Wuya, supporting the entire team competition.

At this moment, Yu Yunzhan’s body and sword were one, his entire being seemed to have transformed into a sword qi, breaking through layers of water in the seabed, speeding forward.

But in a blink of an eye, Yu Yunzhan felt a huge figure envelop him, gradually surpassing him at an incredible speed.

And the currents stirred up by that massive figure were like a storm, engulfing his body, forcing his speed to decrease to resist the turbulence.

“This is…” Yu Yunzhan watched the human and dragon gradually disappear into the distance, secretly shocked, “Zhang Yu subdued Yingzhoufan?”

At this moment, the rankings changed again, with Yingzhoufan in second place and Zhang Yu following closely in third.