Three months later, Black Nightmare Marsh was still shrouded in grey darkness and deathly stillness.
Yue Jian and the Three Pure Ones transformed into four flowing lights, completely concealing none of their auras. Like four meteors, they crashed straight toward Rotten Heart Pool and Iron-Bone Forest at the center of Black Nightmare Marsh. The immense pressure of the Mysterious Immortal Realm spread without restraint, instantly stirring the malevolent qi filling the sky and alarming the two terrifying beings deep within the swamp.
"Roar—!!!"
"Awooo—!!!"
Two roars containing boundless brutality and fury erupted from the depths of the swamp almost simultaneously, shaking the mud pools into churning waves and snapping dead trees apart. A ten-thousand-zhang flood dragon phantom shrouded in a dark green poison cloud and a ferocious giant crocodile phantom clad in black iron-like bone armor soared into the sky. Carrying heaven-soaring malevolent qi, they lunged at Yue Jian and the Three Pure Ones, who had dared provoke them.
Yue Jian let out a long howl, and his body suddenly rose, transforming into a yellow-brown mountain giant a thousand zhang tall. Wutu Divine Light flowed across his body, incomparably heavy and solid. With a single punch, he seemed to draw upon the Power of the Earth itself as he fiercely met the Corrosive Poison Cloud spewed by the Hundred-Eyed Poison Flood Dragon.
On the other side, the Three Pure Ones stood shoulder to shoulder. Above Laozi's head, the phantom of the Heaven Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda poured down streams of Xuanhuang Qi. Yuanshi wielded the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, scattering clear light that slowed the enemy's movements. Tongtian released the Qingping Sword, unleashing countless fierce Sword Qi. Their qi connections linked together, faintly forming a simple yet indestructible Three Talents Formation Diagram that received every violent charge and tail