Mu Chen transformed into a Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow and plunged straight into the depths of the Thunder Sea.
Deeper, deeper, deeper still.
Beyond the endless darkness lay a region of soft light.
At least several thousand zhang long, an intangible giant python coiled at the bottom of the abyss. Its inverted triangular pupils held not a trace of emotion as it stared coldly at him.
A broken stone stele, steeped in the ancient aura of time, rested on its back.
Two colossal beasts had now come face-to-face.
Nether Heart Demon Lightning was intangible and formless, its power uncanny. It killed with Thunder Sound alone and ranked near the top of the Great Thousand Thunder Path Lineage.
It could ignore spiritual energy defenses, strike straight at the heart, and attack the Spirit Soul.
It stirred the distracting thoughts buried deep within living beings, giving rise to heart demons and driving them into a state of madness.
In the end, spiritual energy ran amok, their bodies exploded, and they died in horrific agony.
This intangible giant python was a strange creature born from a great mass of Nether Heart Demon Lightning's source. It possessed a hazy consciousness and tremendous offensive power, comparable to a Seventh Grade Sovereign.
If it continued to evolve, it might yet develop intelligence and become an independent being.
It was much like the Thunder Spirit of the Thunder Territory, though somewhat weaker in battle.
"Your existence reminds me of the Fallen Heart Flame."
The ancient demonic bird, as immense as a mountain and no smaller than the giant python, flashed a humanlike smile deep in its eyes and spoke.
Though the intangible giant python formed from Nether Heart Demon Lightning possessed a hazy consciousness, it could not understand the meaning of those words. It could, however, sense