r18novel Chapter 285 Nascent Soul's First Battle: Slaying the Black Serpent
Chapter 285 Nascent Soul's First Battle: Slaying the Black Serpent
Chapter 285 Nascent Soul's First Battle: Slaying the Black Serpent
After giving his final instructions, Chen Yi fell silent.
A pale blue light emanated from his body as he carried Ning Bu'er and sped towards Snake King Valley, a hundred thousand miles away.
He made no attempt to conceal anything along the way.
For the first hundred years of his cultivation journey, Chen Yi lived in constant fear and anxiety. Whenever he went out, he would keep a low profile, conceal his identity, and never reveal his true appearance.
In the world of cultivation, those below the Nascent Soul stage are considered "ants," and can be easily crushed if they are not careful.
Now, he can finally use his escape technique to travel openly and legitimately.
A cyan beam of light streaked across the sky, leaving behind hundreds of miles of lingering cyan magical energy, resembling a cyan celestial river tearing through the heavens.
Even though Chen Yi had just formed his Nascent Soul and was undergoing tribulation, and had not yet stabilized his cultivation, practiced spells, or refined his supernatural abilities, the pressure of his magical power, which had been tempered by the lightning tribulation, already surpassed that of ordinary veteran Nascent Soul cultivators.
Wherever the light passed, the spiritual energy within a radius of a hundred miles trembled.
In the forest below, whether it was the rogue cultivators fighting or the passing family members, they all turned pale upon feeling the terrifying pressure above their heads. They stopped what they were doing, and lowered their heads in awe, reverence, and fear.
At the age of 120, he achieved the status of a Nascent Soul True Lord.
Chen Yi felt the surging power within his body, like the sea, and looked at the mountains and rivers rushing past beneath his feet.
In the world of cultivation, he can finally say that he has begun to control his own destiny!
Tens of thousands of miles away, the mountains are shrouded in mist, and medicinal herbs grow everywhere.
Snake King Valley.
A black, serpentine cloud of light, carrying a hint of panic, hurriedly fell into the valley.
The moment they landed, Black Serpent True Lord's furious voice echoed throughout the entire hall: "Quickly! Close the mountain-protecting formation! Don't let anyone in!"
The disciples in the valley had never seen their patriarch so distraught, and in their panic, they immediately activated all the restrictions.
This time, Black Serpent True Monarch was truly panicked. Even though he was hiding in the mid-stage fourth-order mountain-protecting formation, looking at the thick light screen rising above his head, he finally felt a little safe.
His heart was pounding, and he had a feeling that something bad was about to happen.
Hopefully, that Senior Xuan Yin won't stoop to his level.
Chen Yi had just completed his Nascent Soul formation, so his physical body must have been severely damaged and his cultivation level was unstable. He should at least find a place to go into seclusion and consolidate his cultivation for a few years.
Moreover, the monks of Vajra Temple were the ones who actually injured Chen Yi, while Elder Lin of Qingyun Cave Heaven was the one who organized the men to stop Chen Yi from reaching the Nascent Soul stage.
Even if Chen Yi wanted revenge, it wouldn't be his place, would it?
There's a cause for every grievance, and a debtor for every crime. He merely lent a hand and didn't cause any real harm.
But for some reason, his eyelids kept twitching, his left eye twitching and then his right eye twitching.
Inside Black Serpent Valley, the beast-taming cultivators from Eagle Ridge Mountain were bewildered by what had happened. They saw that the Black Serpent Ancestor had returned looking hurried, and his magical power seemed very unstable, as if he had been injured in a battle outside.
"Quickly, go and bring out all those thousand-year-old spiritual herbs that can heal injuries. I need to go into seclusion to heal my injuries!"
"Dispatch five Core Formation cultivators to guard the mountain's protective array day and night. Report to me immediately if there's any disturbance!"
"yes!"
Seeing the old patriarch's frightened appearance, the Core Formation disciples dared not ask any more questions and left to carry out their orders.
However, when the disciple, holding the token, headed towards the Millennium Herb Garden in the back mountain, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He rubbed his eyes hard.
In the center of the herb garden sat a strange man.
The man was dressed in tattered clothes, half of his body was charred and mangled, but he was carefully holding a stunningly beautiful woman in his arms.
What terrified the disciples the most was that the strange man casually picked up a fourth-grade low-level Xuanmu ginseng that was a full 1,100 years old from the ground.
That was the apple of the old ancestor's eye, whom he would be extremely careful to even glance at.
At that moment, the strange man bit off half of it like a radish, chewing until juice flowed everywhere, and swallowed it in a few bites. As the elixir entered his stomach, the charred flesh on the strange man's body visibly twitched.
The disciple was stunned, his mind buzzing.
The mountain-protecting formation was clearly open, so when did such a figure arrive at Snake King Valley?
But he wasn't stupid. Someone who could enter silently while the fourth-order grand formation was fully activated and could even consume a thousand-year-old spiritual herb was definitely not a kind person.
This is not human at all; it is a ferocious beast in human skin!
The disciple was so frightened that he turned and ran away to report directly to the patriarch.
"Ancestor! Something terrible has happened!"
Inside the main hall.
"What kind of panic is this?! What could possibly happen in the valley? With the Ancestor here, what can't be contained?!"
Black Serpent True Lord looked displeased when he saw his disciple return empty-handed.
He held a bowl of freshly brewed emerald green medicinal soup in his hand, took a deep breath, and took a sip, trying to suppress the panic in his heart.
"Ancestor! A strange man, disheveled and charred, has appeared over the thousand-year-old spirit herb field. He's holding a stunningly beautiful female cultivator and plucking spirit ginseng from the ground to eat!"
"Pfft
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Upon hearing this, the Black Serpent True Lord immediately spat out the medicinal soup he hadn't yet swallowed, turning it into a water arrow!
"What?!"
His expression changed drastically, and his previously sinister eyes were instantly filled with disbelief.
Holding a female cultivator? A charred body? Eating spiritual medicine like eating radishes?
These characteristics combined immediately conjure up the image of a ruthless person who could withstand ten heavenly tribulations.
"How is this possible? How could he have arrived so quickly?!"
Wasn't he still struggling with his inner demons? He overcame them so quickly?!
"Ancestor? What do we do?!"
The disciple beside him trembled noticeably, his eyes darting around.
Black Serpent True Lord gripped the jade bowl in his hand, his knuckles turning white from the force.
His Adam's apple bobbed as a bad premonition arose in his heart, but as the leader of a sect, he could not show any weakness at this moment.
"No problem, I'll go and meet them!"
Black Serpent True Lord snorted coldly, tilted his head back, and drank the thick, black medicinal soup in the bowl in one gulp.
The medicine entered his throat and transformed into a fiery hot current that rushed into his dantian, barely suppressing the feeling of lightness and unease caused by the scorching demonic flames within his body.
With his magic power restored by 20%, he straightened his back with renewed confidence.
"Everyone, please wait here."
After saying this, a black serpent cloud rose beneath his feet, and he flew whistlingly towards the medicine garden.
The distance of hundreds of miles was covered in the blink of an eye.
Black Serpent True Lord descended from the clouds and landed at the edge of the herb garden, not daring to get too close.
The sight that came into view made his eyes twitch wildly.
The man who had just survived the inevitable lightning tribulation was now sitting undignifiedly amidst the mess on the ground, his upper body a bloody mess, with his white bones visible deep inside.
He held an unharmed fairy in his arms, and with his right hand, he casually plucked a purple-leaf ginseng covered with dew from the spiritual soil beside him.
That's a thousand-year-old purple-leaf ginseng!
The precious item that even he would carefully slice for medicinal use was now being stuffed into Chen Yi's mouth, mud and leaves included, just like a wild radish by the roadside.
Click. Click.
The sound of chewing was particularly jarring in the deathly silent herb garden.
Black Serpent True Lord's pupils contracted slightly.
The man's body was charred black, covered with horrific wounds from being struck by lightning. His aura seemed weak, but the fierce vitality emanating from his very bones was like that of a prehistoric beast licking its wounds.
He quickly went through the process in his mind.
Having just withstood ten heavenly tribulations, the opponent must be exhausted and dying.
But to withstand that level of heavenly lightning, how strong must one's physical body be?
He was still severely injured and his magical power was less than one-tenth of what it used to be. If he were at his peak, he might have been able to suppress it, but now—
The odds of winning are less than 30%.
Even if they risked their lives, the chances of surviving him were less than 50%.
Upon realizing this, the Black Serpent True Lord's previously tense facial muscles instantly relaxed.
That's it.
It's better to resolve conflicts than to let them fester; living a long life is the only true principle.
He straightened his robes, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and bowed to the figure from afar, forcing a warm smile onto his face: "So it's True Lord Chen who has arrived."
His voice was loud and clear, conveying a sense of warmth and affection.
"I have failed to greet you properly. I was unaware that True Monarch Chen had just successfully formed his Nascent Soul and was instead in seclusion at the Star Moon Sect to consolidate his cultivation. What brings you to my Snake King Valley as a guest?"
The wind blew through the herb garden, swirling up a few withered leaves.
Chen Yi did not turn around.
They didn't even pause for a moment.
He mechanically chewed the elixir in his mouth, and as his Adam's apple bobbed, a massive surge of herbal essence exploded within his body.
[A thousand-year-old purple-leaf ginseng has been discovered and is currently being consumed —]
[Fourth-tier life essence detected, currently being absorbed...]
The system's notification sound echoed in his mind.
Chen Yi felt a cool, green energy flowing through his meridians, and his originally dry and withered nascent soul greedily absorbed this energy.
The energy nourished his own life force, healing his physical body while also flowing into Ning Bu'er's body in his arms.
At the same time, they were treating the injuries of the two people.
This is the most important thing right now.
As for that noisy voice behind me?
Chen Yi ignored him, reached out again, dug his five fingers into the soil, and pulled out another Crimson Blood Fungus that emitted a rich fragrance.
Click.
It was another crisp chewing sound.
Black Serpent True Lord maintained his bowing posture, his smile frozen on his face.
In the distance, the disciples of Snake King Valley were craning their necks to look in this direction.
The feeling of being watched so intensely made Black Serpent True Monarch's face burn.
He, a dignified Nascent Soul stage elder, took the initiative to show goodwill, but was treated like air by a junior who had just been promoted.
He suppressed the anger rising in his heart and told himself to endure it.
The situation is better than people.
Black Serpent True Monarch took a deep breath, lowered his waist even further, and his tone even carried a hint of flattery: "Fellow Daoist Chen, there may have been some misunderstandings between us when you were forming your Nascent Soul, and before that."
He paused, his gaze sweeping over the chaotic herb garden. His heart was bleeding, but he said magnanimously, "Today, I will not hold it against you for how you entered my Snake King Valley, nor will I hold it against whether those few good-for-nothing Core Formation cultivators in my Snake King Valley died at your hands back then."
"In the world of cultivation, fighting and killing are inevitable."
We've become acquainted through a series of misunderstandings, so if I did anything inappropriate before, please don't take it to heart, Fellow Daoist Chen.
At this point, Black Serpent True Monarch pointed to the few spiritual herbs beside Chen Yi that had not yet been poisoned: "Today, the thousand-year-old spiritual herbs in this herb garden shall be considered as my gift to you, fellow Daoist, as a congratulatory gift for your Nascent Soul stage!"
Let's wipe the slate clean of our past grievances, and call it even. How about it?
These words were both flattering and substantive.
After finishing speaking, Black Serpent True Lord straightened up and looked at Chen Yi expectantly.
In his view, although the other party was powerful, he had only just entered the Nascent Soul stage. What he needed most at this time was a stable environment to consolidate his injuries and to heal Ning Bu'er. There was no need to turn against him and create unnecessary trouble.
however.
His response was still the same unchanging chewing sound.
Click, click.
Chen Yi was like an emotionless eating machine.
As the Crimson Blood Mushroom entered the stomach, its rich life essence was instantly stripped and purified by the system.
On the surface of his nascent soul, the originally dim life patterns began to shimmer with a luminous green light.
Beneath the charred skin, tender new flesh is growing at a visible rate, and the broken veins are reconnecting under the nourishment of green light.
Moreover, the nascent soul of Ning Bu'er in his arms, which was still lacking in life energy, finally made up for the last missing piece.
[Indeed, the millennia-old heritage of Medicine King Valley can help me heal.]
Chen Yi felt the power within his body returning and nodded to himself inwardly.
He casually tossed away the roots of the Crimson Blood Ganoderma and fixed his gaze on a He Shou Wu plant that resembled a coiled dragon not far away.
That's thirteen hundred years of experience.
Chen Yi stretched out his arm, and his true energy swept over it. The he shou wu plant burst out of the ground and fell into his palm.
This scene made Black Serpent Lord's eyelids twitch wildly and his heart clench.
That was the main ingredient he was preparing to use to refine the Longevity Pill!
Chen Yi took a bite, and juice splattered everywhere.
One, two, three —
The faster Chen Yi ate, the darker Black Serpent Lord's face became.
The whispers of the disciples in the distance drifted into his ears on the wind. Although he couldn't make out what they were saying, the feeling of being spied on made Black Serpent True Monarch feel like a clown.
He maintained that awkward smile and stood there for a good ten breaths.
Chen Yi didn't even glance at him.
Your back will ache if you bend over for a long time.
Finally, the string of "reason" in Black Serpent True Lord's heart snapped.
He slowly withdrew his hands from his bow and placed them behind his back.
His face, which had been full of smiles, instantly fell apart, becoming so gloomy it seemed to drip water.
"Junior."
The two words were squeezed out from between his teeth, carrying a chill.
"I know that it is not easy for you to achieve Nascent Soul, and I respect you as a fellow practitioner. I am willing to turn you from enemy to friend, give you a spiritual medicine, and resolve our grievances."
Black mist began to rise from the body of the Black Serpent True Lord, a sign that his magical power was circulating.
"Yet you are so arrogant, constantly consuming my elixirs. Do you really think my mid-stage Nascent Soul realm is made of clay?!"
boom!
A powerful aura belonging to the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm was released without reservation. Although it appeared somewhat strong on the outside but weak on the inside due to its injury, it still stirred up the surrounding air, causing it to buzz.
"I gave you a way out, but you didn't know how to take it, did you?"
Black Serpent Lord raised his eyes, his pupils turning into needle-like snake eyes, staring intently at that back figure.
"Then don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Before the words were even finished, the murderous intent had already arrived.
He didn't need to actually fight; he just needed to show enough toughness to intimidate this arrogant newcomer.
Just then.
Chen Yi, who had been engrossed in eating, stopped.
He swallowed the last mouthful of the elixir, slowly wiped the medicine from the corner of his mouth, and then slowly raised his head.
The sunlight shone on his face, which was half charred and half newly grown, making it look particularly eerie.
Chen Yi put Ning Bu'er on the ground, stretched briefly, and crackled.
His entire body emitted a series of popping sounds, like a sleeping beast stretching its limbs.
In that instant, most of the horrific charred wounds on his body peeled away, revealing skin beneath that was as smooth as jade yet contained explosive power.
Chen Yi turned his head and looked at the Black Serpent True Monarch in mid-air.
A cold, sharp smile curved at the corner of his lips.
"Since Senior Black Serpent intends to bully me with his cultivation level, then this junior has no choice but to passively defend himself!"
The moment the words fell.
Black Serpent True Lord only felt a flash of golden light before his eyes.
Without any warning, without any gathering of strength.
The figure that had been sitting cross-legged on the ground vanished into thin air.
next moment.
A suffocating sense of oppression hit my face directly!
Black Serpent True Monarch stared wide-eyed in horror, only to see that Chen Yi had already crossed several miles away, and that young and indifferent face was now less than three inches away from his nose!
How could it be so fast?!
Before he could react, Chen Yi's azure-blue magical power suddenly erupted.
A burst of golden light flashed beneath his feet, and the figure that was originally one person was split in two in that instant!
Two "Chen Yi" appeared in Black Serpent True Lord's field of vision at the same time.
Each one exuded the same magical energy fluctuations, and each one had the same cold gaze.
Black Serpent True Lord frantically released his divine sense to try and lock onto the true form.
But how is that possible?
The moment his divine sense touched the other party, it was violently repelled by an equally powerful divine sense.
In addition, the demonic flames within him were causing his soul to become unstable, and the two figures in front of him appeared to be real to him!
"A Nascent Soul illusion clone? How is that possible? You've only just formed your Nascent Soul, when did you learn such a Nascent Soul technique?!"
Black Serpent True Lord screamed, his voice filled with disbelief.
Little did he know that after Chen Yi had experienced ten tribulations of lightning, the four Dao patterns on his body had reached a terrifying level of perception and understanding of the Dao essence of heaven and earth. The mere wood-type illusion clone was a technique he had comprehended during his Golden Core stage, and now it was just a simple upgrade.
As for why Black Serpent True Monarch's mid-Nascent Soul stage divine sense couldn't distinguish which was the clone, there were two reasons: first, Chen Yi possessed a divine sense of the same level to interfere; second, Chen Yi's concealment ability allowed his true self and the illusory clone to emit the same magical power fluctuations. Furthermore, Chen Yi's body refinement speed had exploded, making him too fast, and Black Serpent True Monarch was currently being burned by Xuan Yin's demonic flames, causing his strength to drop to the mid-Nascent Soul stage. Given all this, it was natural that he couldn't tell the difference between Chen Yi's true and false appearances!
"you!"
The moment the word was uttered, before the sound waves had even reverberated in his throat, the world before the Black Serpent True Lord's eyes had already changed color.
In their field of vision, the figure in the green robe seemed to have not moved at all, but the chilling killing intent was already upon them.
Too fast, ridiculously fast, completely violating the conventional etiquette of Nascent Soul cultivators' duels.
Black Serpent True Monarch had no time to mobilize the vast yet complex Nascent Soul power within his body, and could only rely on instinct to push his hands forward violently.
Two thick, ink-black clouds of magical power surged forth from his palm, carrying a corrosive stench, as the fierce wolf slapped at the two rapidly approaching figures of azure light in his line of sight.
This was his signature move, the "Black Fiend Corrupting Bone Cloud," which would taint any ordinary magical artifact, but he felt no confidence whatsoever at this moment.
Because in his perception, the aura of the man opposite him was too strange.
Although the Black Serpent True Monarch was in the mid-Nascent Soul stage, his cultivation was mostly acquired through devouring blood and nourishing the body. His magical power was as fragile as a castle in the air, and his divine sense was extremely turbid.
Although Chen Yi's spiritual realm had stopped at the mid-stage of the fourth level, he had already begun to differentiate Yin and Yang in his sea of consciousness, with black and white divine light flowing around him, which was a sign that he had touched the threshold of great supernatural powers.
At this moment, a dark light flickered in Chen Yi's eyes.
Open your spiritual eye.
In his eyes, the seemingly fierce black cloud attack of the Black Serpent True Lord was instantly disintegrated into countless flowing lines of spiritual energy.
Where spiritual energy is scarce, where there is a lack of follow-up strength, and where there are blind spots in the control of divine sense, everything is as clear as the lines on the palm of one's hand.
To Chen Yi, those two wisps of black, malevolent mist were nothing more than two tattered fishing nets riddled with holes.
The next moment, two crisp snapping sounds rang out.
The two black clouds that the Black Serpent True Lord barely managed to condense shattered the two incoming beams of green light.
There was no flying blood and flesh, no deafening roar of clashing magic.
The two figures burst like bubbles, turning into countless blue light spots that dissipated.
"What? It's all fake?"
Black Serpent True Monarch's pupils contracted sharply, and his heart sank. The old power had dissipated, and the new power had not yet been generated; this was the most vulnerable moment for a cultivator.
In that split second, behind the vanishing blue light, a very thin, faint golden line suddenly lit up.
It was so inconspicuous, like a speck of dust occasionally reflected in the sunlight.
But this wisp of dust suddenly surged.
Clang—!
A sharp, tearing sound echoed through the air.
That wasn't ordinary light; it was a series of highly compressed, rapidly rotating golden crystals.
Ignoring spatial distance, it directly cut into the gap in the Black Serpent True Monarch's not-yet-fully-closed black cloud defense.
That was a "blind spot" that Chen Yi had already calculated.
puff.
The golden light flashed and disappeared in an instant.
Black Serpent True Monarch felt a chill in his chest, followed by a surge of heat. His protective magic shield crumbled instantly, like butter being sliced open by a hot knife.
A burst of blood erupted tragically on his chest, and the force of the impact sent him flying backward.
"Damn it!"
A sharp pain struck, and Black Serpent True Monarch lost his balance in mid-air. But he was, after all, a Nascent Soul cultivator, and he mustered his strength to regain his footing.
But Chen Yi didn't give him that chance at all.
Following that golden thread, Chen Yi's figure clung to him like a persistent carbuncle.
He was expressionless, his eyes as cold as if he were looking at a piece of dead flesh.
There was no nonsense, no pauses.
Chen Yi made a fist with his right hand, and the golden crystal marrow that was flying in the air seemed to come alive. It drew a strange arc in the air, turned back, and slashed down fiercely.
"No, are you serious?!"
The Black Serpent True Lord's soul was greatly disturbed.
The residual power of the Golden Crystal Marrow within his body was raging.
This metal element power was condensed to the extreme, carrying an indestructible "hardness," specifically designed to counter his evil cultivation power, which was mainly based on yin and poisonous mist.
He needs at least ten breaths to expel this strange spiritual power.
But Chen Yi didn't give him even a tenth of his breath.
Black Serpent Lord retreated rapidly, attempting to create distance.
But Chen Yi's feet flashed with golden light, and his speed was even three points faster than before!
This is pure physical explosive power.
Fourth-tier Body Refinement!
Boom!
The air rippled noticeably from Chen Yi's impact. He instantly closed the distance to within three zhang of Black Serpent True Monarch, and the golden light in his hand slashed down once more.
Click!
The bone shield magic weapon that Black Serpent True Monarch had just condensed was directly split in two, and the golden light, still strong, swept across his left shoulder.
Several meridians were severed instantly.
"Damn! Your body refinement is definitely more than just level four!"
The Black Serpent True Lord was utterly shocked, and his voice even changed tone.
How do we fight this?
His spells always hit empty air, as if his opponent could predict all his movements; while the opponent's attacks were deadly and impossible to dodge.
Despite being a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator a small realm higher, he was completely outmatched in both divine sense perception and close combat.
escape!
We must escape!
The moment this thought arose, Black Serpent True Monarch felt a chill envelop his entire body.
Chen Yi's close-quarters combat was too fierce. The oppressive feeling of every punch landing and every move being deadly made him unable to even find a chance to cast spells.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, Brother Chen, that's enough. Give me some face."
"Let's call it a draw. I'll leave the stuff to you, how about that?"
A rapid telepathic message entered Chen Yi's ears.
"Ha, now you want to have a proper discussion? You didn't hold back when you were trying to kill me."
Chen Yi didn't even lift his eyelids.
The response to Black Serpent True Lord was an even more ferocious knee strike, and a shower of golden crystal light flying everywhere.
boom!boom!
Two more heavy blows struck the Black Serpent True Lord's protective aura, causing his blood and qi to surge and his internal organs to feel as if they were about to shift.
He could sense that this physical body was on the verge of collapse.
If we don't leave now, we really won't be able to leave.
A ruthless glint flashed in Black Serpent True Lord's eyes.
"puff!"
He suddenly bit his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of his vital essence.
His essence and blood left his body, instantly transforming into an extremely dense cloud of blood-red mist that enveloped his entire being.
The blood mist churned, emitting a nauseatingly sweet and foul odor. The person transformed into a blood-red rainbow, their speed instantly increasing several times over, about to break through the air.
"Let's go first, preserve our physical bodies!"
Black Serpent True Monarch roared inwardly, thinking that as long as he could escape back to the Serpent King Valley formation and take advantage of the terrain, he might be able to turn the tide.
However, just as he activated his Blood Escape technique...
Beneath Chen Yi's feet, an extremely dazzling golden lightning light suddenly shone.
Crack!
The sound was not loud, yet it carried a divine might that commanded all things to submit.
Chen Yi seemed to transform into a golden lightning bolt, his speed doubling in an instant. He arrived first despite being behind, directly intercepting the path of the blood-red rainbow.
He raised his right hand, and a ball of lightning pulsed wildly in his palm.
That's not your average Five Elements Thunder Technique.
The lightning was bluish-green, with a hint of purple at its center, radiating a terrifying aura of destruction, judgment, and unstoppable force.
It was the power of the tenth lightning tribulation that had struck him earlier!
Without any hesitation, Chen Yi swung his palm back and slammed the ball of lightning hard onto the rapidly fleeing blood mist.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a teeth-grinding melting sound.
That ball of essence blood, so powerful it could defile magical artifacts and was extremely difficult to deal with, was like snow under the blazing sun before this wisp of lightning tribulation power. It couldn't even withstand it for a moment before being evaporated into nothingness.
"ah"
A heart-wrenching scream echoed through the sky.
Black Serpent True Lord stumbled out in a sorry state, his once rosy face now as pale as paper, blood gushing from the corner of his mouth.
He stared intently at the remnants of lightning in Chen Yi's hand, his eyes filled with disbelief and terror.
"The power of lightning tribulation?!"
"How is this possible?!"
When mortals cultivate to become immortals, they fear the tribulation of lightning the most.
That is the will of Heaven, a synonym for destruction.
How could anyone possibly control such power?
Even a tiny trace of it is of superior quality, reaching the fourth rank, far surpassing any mortal magic.
This attack not only shattered his Blood Escape technique but also directly damaged his very essence.
My heart sank to the bottom.
Black Serpent Lord panicked, he really panicked.
He quickly transmitted his voice, which even trembled slightly: "Fellow Daoist Chen, let's talk this out. Snake King Valley is all yours! Whatever you want, I'll give it to you!"
Chen Yi turned a deaf ear.
The accumulated power of the lightning tribulation within him erupted once more, and the lightning in his hand surged, transforming into a golden lightning spear that instantly pierced through the last remaining black mist defense surrounding the Black Serpent True Monarch.
boom!
The lightning flashed brilliantly, illuminating an area of hundreds of feet in all directions.
The Black Serpent True Lord's physical body was struck head-on, and the violent electric current instantly paralyzed all his meridians, rendering him unable to move even a finger.
Immediately afterwards, a golden thread silently swept across the scene.
That was the golden crystal marrow that had been gathering its strength for a long time.
puff.
It's like cutting a piece of tofu.
The Black Serpent True Monarch's nascent soul body, which was strong enough to withstand the bombardment of magical treasures, was neatly severed in two at the waist.
Before the blood could even spurt out, it was charred by the lightning.
next moment.
Whoosh!
A tiny, palm-sized, pure white Nascent Soul figure with a ferocious face shot into the sky from the broken skull of the corpse.
The nascent soul figure held a pitch-black storage ring in its arms, and its upper body was surrounded by extremely terrifying black mist, clearly indicating that it had used its last trump card to save its life.
"Chen Yi! You've damaged my Nascent Soul Body! I won't let you get away with this! Just you wait! I, your ancestor, will definitely extract your soul and refine your spirit!"
The nascent soul emitted a piercing shriek, its resentment soaring to the heavens.
However, what responded to him was not Chen Yi's pursuit, but a sudden burst of green light.
The space within a radius of several miles was instantly enveloped by this layer of green light.
The Core Formation cultivators outside only saw a blur before their eyes and could no longer see what was happening inside. They only knew that the high and mighty Black Serpent Ancestor seemed to have had his Nascent Soul separated from his body.
Upon seeing this, the black snake's nascent soul curled into a cold smile.
[How could a mere Nascent Soul Illusionary Realm possibly stop my true form?]
The nascent soul's body can gather and disperse without form, and it is most adept at traversing space.
He simply did not believe that Chen Yi's hastily arranged illusion could trap him.
He directly burned his Nascent Soul essence, his speed soaring to its limit, even surpassing that of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, transforming into a black line about to break through the layer of green light.
But the next moment.
What appeared above his head was not a barrier of illusion.
Instead, it was a purple bolt of lightning.
The lightning bolt was not a physical object, but appeared directly in his spiritual perception.
That was a whip.
A long whip formed entirely of purple lightning, its surface covered with dense, ancient, and obscure soul runes.
Each rune, as it pulsed, exuded an aura of extreme destruction aimed at the soul.
The black snake's nascent soul suddenly froze in mid-air.
A sense of dread from the depths of his soul instantly rendered him incapable of thinking.
It was like a mouse encountering a cat, like a ghost encountering sunlight. It was a suppression akin to that of a natural enemy, an absolute judgment on a life level.
[Soul Thunder Whip, Thunder Soul Divine Power!]
How could this be?!
Black Serpent Lord's thoughts almost came to a standstill.
Thunder magic is inherently effective against evil spirits, and the Soul Thunder Divine Power is an even more powerful weapon specifically designed to target the soul and nascent soul! How could such a legendary divine power appear in the body of an unknown cultivator?
Fear instantly overwhelmed all resentment.
He doesn't want to die.
Even without a physical body, as long as the nascent soul remains, he can still possess another body to cultivate again and continue to live!
Under the impending fall of the purple lightning whip, he had no chance of escape.
The Nascent Soul figure knelt directly in the void, letting out a desperate scream: "Fellow Daoist Chen, spare my life!"
"I really didn't mean to target you before! I swear, I can be your soul slave—"
The sharp crack of the whip interrupted all pleas for mercy.
The purple lightning bolt, like a venomous snake, swept across the small nascent soul's body in an instant.
There were no screams, no struggles.
The Black Serpent True Lord's nascent soul was like a pencil drawing erased by an eraser, instantly evaporating in the lightning, leaving not even a trace of his remnant soul behind.
The world suddenly fell silent.
Chen Yi withdrew his right hand, and the purple tinge at his fingertips slowly dissipated.
He looked calmly at the empty space ahead, as if he had simply swatted a fly.
"Sorry, there's no room for negotiation between us."
Besides, I'm in a hurry.
Rumble—
The chaotic flow of magical power, now free from the suppression of the Nascent Soul, finally erupted.
The terrifying spiritual energy of heaven and earth exploded in mid-air like a small mushroom cloud compressed to its limit.
The surrounding Nascent Soul Illusionary Realm, spanning several miles, could no longer withstand the force and was shattered by the violent energy.
The smoke and dust cleared.
The Black Serpent True Lord will never return to this world.
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