Chapter 28: Who says you need Seven Balls to summon the Dragon God?
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Despite how stifled and annoyed Myne was feeling, he could see that Vivienne was distracted. As such he instantly disappeared and reappeared next to his physical body. And just when he touched the old body, he disappeared in a bright silver light.

Ding!
Target Cultivator has broken free of <Shaming the Heavens>!

Vivienne who had escaped was flabbergasted. She turned to Zhen Shi and said through grit teeth, "W-What type of shameless skill is that?"

Turning to Myne's body below her she continued, "Because of your meddling, the old man made it into his body. He will awaken soon and I'll be able to do nothing to stop him..."

Looking back at Zhen Shi, her lips curled into a sadistic smile as she whispered, "Little boy, I remember the old man saying you are his sworn brother... I just got a great idea! He will definitely be annoyed if he comes back to see the two of us 'playing around'! Since you can drop your pants so easily, I assume there are no objections? You probably won't survive though..."

Zhen Shi felt a shiver run up his spine as he saw Vivienne's sadistic smile. 'Shit! This must be the side effect of <Shaming the Heavens>! System, this is all your fault!'

System: "..."

Nevertheless, Zhen Shi knew that Myne still needed more time. As such, he quickly brought out the divine bow. This was going to be a serious boss fight, and he wasn't stupid enough to fight with the bow in fake sword form.

Loading an arrow he pulled back the bowstring with the full strength of his bestial dragon body. Using wind aether and [Draconic wind steps], Zhen Shi's figure blurred as he formed a total of four wind clones.

Combining both the formless energy of the Divine bow and the entirety of his arrow intent, he launched out two arrows at his maximum strength! And just for good measure he also launched a volley of <Hel's Flare> fireballs!

A terrifying rain of Hellish fireballs accompanied by two powerful arrows rained down on Vivienne's body.

But she simply smiled. Instead of hurrying to dodge or defend she calmly spread out her hands almost in welcome for the attack...

The Hel-fire balls fizzled out the moment they touched her body of water and left only slight ripples. Only the two arrows from the divine bow struck her chest and exploded leaving two gaping holes. But even that was quickly healed. It was almost as if Zhen Shi had tried to attack and kill the sea! Simply impossible!

Vivienne laughed sadistically, "Boy, that tickles!"

Zhen Shi was running out of options and was just about to use <Shaming the Heavens> again, when suddenly, the air around him solidified and grew as dense as water, restricting his movement.

Instantly, Vivienne's body of water evaporated and re-condensed closer to Zhen Shi as if to prevent him from using that skill. "Boy, your attacks were too weak! I felt nothing... Nothing at all! See how you like being on the receiving end!" she roared amidst sadistic cackles of laughter while preparing to attack.

Now that she had taken the initiative to attack, her movement was simply too fast!

Especially when Zhen Shi was frozen in place... Her fist struck down with a terrifying law of water coalescing around it!

Staring forward, Zhen Shi could feel that this fist was unstoppable... and simply impossible to dodge. Nevertheless, calming himself down, he used his experience from Butler Alec's training in liquid diamond to lessen the freezing effect of the air.

Instantly he cranked <Vermillion Dragonification> up to 70%! As the power of roaring dragons pumped through his veins and the bestial killing intent threatened to destroy his sanity, Zhen Shi remained patient for the perfect moment..

As such, just when the terrifying punch landed on his face, he jerked his head back, just enough to lessen the force of the attack greatly and ensure he won't be knocked out.

But there was no way in hell he was getting hit, without hitting back!

As such, Zhen Shi struck out blindly with the divine bow making use of the principles of the [Descending Bow] skill!

But, at that instant, in the midst of battle, with dragons roaring through his blood veins and only the bow in his hands, Zhen Shi suddenly gained an epiphany!

He finally understood what old man Alec had been trying to say! Unlike other weapons such as A Sword, A Spear, or a Staff, an Archer's weapon was both a Bow and an Arrow. Thus unlike other warriors, Archers are not limited to one type of weapon intent... they have Arrow Intent, AND, Bow Intent!

The divine bow exploded with the terrifying power of the brand new Bow intent! But just as Zhen Shi felt the divine bow come into contact with his target,

Pah!
Zhen Shi spat out a mouthful of blood as he was sent hurtling backward by the residual power of the punch. He crashed into a cave wall with his feathered wings taking the brunt of the force.

Crack!
Even with the protection of the draconic sales and the feathers, Zhen Shi could feel his bones crack. Blood began to seep out of his wounds and painted the azure dragon scales red.

As such, Zhen Shi hurriedly activated the Vermillion Bird's undying flame. This greatly reduced the pain and began to heal all of his wounds at a visible pace.

While the undying flame was more than sufficient to completely heal wounds of this level, he was not a true Vermillion Bird. Just a dude with a Vermillion bird feather in his dantian. Thus he will be unable to use the Undying Flame again for the rest of the day...

With the Vermillion flames blazing over his body, he opened his eyes to a sight that made him smile.

On the other side of the cave, Vivienne had similarly been thrown back and crashed into the wall. But she quickly got up with a growing scowl on her face. While her injuries were not serious, they were not negligible either. After all, the divine bow had been made from some of the best divine materials possessed by Hephaestus.

"FUCK! Little boy, that hurt more than expected! It's been a while since I faced the abstruse bow intent, but what the hell is your bow made out of?" she shouted out in anger.

But her mouth curved into a creepy grin as she teased, "Hmm... maybe you aren't too bad at dishing it out after all. Maybe I'll let you try again? What do you say?"

Zhen Shi simply smiled in reply as he pushed himself up and stood straight. He had to exert both the Azure dragon scale and the Vermillion bird feather at 70%, to get his injured body to move.

With blood seeping out from amidst the blue dragon scales, the ever-burning Vermillion bird flame cloaking his body, and the bestial killing intent just barely under control, his smile was like that of a demon.

Vivienne's grin froze as a hint of fear and confusion rose in her eyes. She hadn't noticed it clearly before, but she definitely did now. She asked in confusion, "You... How do you possess the power of both the Vermillion Bird and the Azure Dragon? They are polar opposites and could never coexist!"

But noting that Myne will wake up soon, she threw her confusion into the back of her mind and began to prepare another attack. Although she was holding back, it was impossible to believe that a Core Formation kid could survive her Law Tier attack!

As such, she refused to believe that Zhen Shi will be able to hold out a second time, even with that strange bestial body.

And, honestly, it would be extremely difficult for Zhen Shi to survive a second punch. As such he had to act fast. He had noticed that Vivienne would act the moment she noticed he was getting ready to use <Shaming the Heavens>. So he decided to do the only thing he could... Acting tough and Bull shitting!

"Piss Lady, you've pushed me this far. I'll sacrifice my life for this attack! Let the two of us die together!" he roared with his eyes shining with 'unbending resoluteness'. With the divine bow shrunk and fit into the palm of his hand, he shouted out, "O GREAT GOD OF DRAGONS, SHENRON, I SUMMON YOU!"

Simultaneously he released a hint of the divine aura hidden within the bow and combined it with some of the energy from the pure-blooded azure dragon scale. Under the control of his imagination, the divine aura molded to create the vague shadow of a terrifying and mighty green dragon, with crimson red eyes, a pair of waving whiskers, and, surrounded by a divine golden light.

Staring at the all too familiar dragon, Zhen Shi couldn't help but smirk, 'Shenron has actually been summoned without a single ball! But he probably won't grant me any wishes...'

Vivienne paused in suspicion, 'Shenron? Why do I not know of this God? The closest I've heard is God Shen Long. Could Shenron be a dragon god introduced by the divine organizations recently?'

However, she was still skeptical. So she continued to edge forwards while remaining on guard, ready to strike the moment Zhen Shi began to even think of using his shameless skill.

Seeing her actions, Zhen Shi heaved a disappointed sigh and moved to the final phase of his scheme. He shifted into a horse-stance like position and placed his hands in front of him as if he was holding onto an imaginary ball.

"KAA--" he began to shout while stretching the syllable unnecessarily. He began to slowly increase the divine aura as if he was charging an attack. This time Vivienne felt true fear rise in her heart as she sensed a godly aura that could easily swallow her up.

"--MEE HAA MEE--" Zhen Shi continued to drawl on with great intensity while continuously increasing the divine aura. The shadow of the divine dragon grew more and more powerful creating a realistic illusion.

Vivienne dared not make a move and disturb Zhen Shi, as she was afraid of the backlash of such a 'powerful' spell at close range. More often than not, for amateur mages, the backlash of spells was more dangerous than the actual spell. And Zhen Shi was using a truly 'dangerous' spell with divine energy. As such, she remained further away, ready to retreat if necessary...

"--HA!" Zhen Shi finally finished the unnecessarily stretched chant while pushing his hands forward in 'attack'. He launched out the divine aura as a concentrated beam targeted at Vivienne.

By some strange coincidence, the illusion of the familiar green dragon began to coil around this beam and flew forwards with a terrifying roar!

Feeling the terrifying aura of the concentrated beam of divine aura and the fearsome dragon dashing towards her, Vivienne could no longer risk it!

She instantly switched into a defensive position and gathered water law to form a pair of graceful hands wielding a terrifying war shield. As the draconic beam dashed closer she shouted out, "Lady of the Lake!"

This was her strongest defensive magic, capable of handling an attack from a Sovereign, even in her current weakened state!

Finally, the terrifying divine dragon struck against the powerful war shield wielded by the pair of graceful hands!

But the terrifying explosion she was expecting did not arrive. In fact, the shield didn't even shake...

Hiss!
Instead of a monstrous explosion, an embarrassing sound rang out; a cross between the sound of bad flatulence, and a squeaking balloon losing air.

Vivienne was flabbergasted as the 'divine' dragon lost all of its power and majesty, deflating into the form of a discarded potato peel. After all, it was merely some aura and nothing concrete. Not unlike a paper tiger or a cardboard hero.

Vivienne began to shout in anger, "Honorless boy! What was that attack? Is that powerless fart the attack you launch by sacrificing your life--?"

But, at that moment, she noticed that Zhen Shi was in a rather strange position with his hands on his knees...

Without giving her even another moment to think, Zhen Shi acted fast and dropped his pants once more, "Shaming the Heavens!"... As such, Vivienne was frozen once more, this time as a victim of a shameless scam.

Seeing the enemy defeated, Zhen Shi couldn't help but grin happily as he was pretty sure that Myne would wake up soon... He was relishing in his victory but... suddenly an attack was launched from behind!

'FUCK! It's a surprise attack! When did the piss lady get behind me?"

And Zhen Shi was sent hurtling forwards as he crashed down on to the ground in pain.

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