Emerging to Stir Up a Storm
It was late that night, Hei Feng and windy.
True Lord Chiyan arrived at a desolate spiritual mountain within the Departing Fire Sect.
This sacred mountain was where he cultivated during his childhood, and it was also the place where his master and grandmaster lived.
However, after the Departing Fire Sect wealthy, he moved to a better spiritual mountain. This place was uninhabited and gradually fell into disrepair.
Returning to this sacred mountain once again, True Lord Chiyan couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions.
With a sigh, True Lord Chiyan entered the cave abode of his grandmaster, guided by his memories.
His master had once told him that the talisman concerning the sealing of the Blackwater Mystic Serpent was kept inside his grandmaster's cave abode.
After entering, True Lord Chiyan released his Divine Sense and quickly located the position of the talisman.
He entered the deepest part of the cave abode, which was originally the place where his grandmaster meditated and cultivated.
In this place, there was only a futon, and on the futon was a palm-sized talisman.
True Lord Chiyan stepped forward and took the talisman in his hand.
"Grandmaster, please bless your grand-disciple to succeed..." True Lord Chiyan said in a low voice.
The next moment, he squeezed hard and crushed the talisman.
Letting the shattered talisman fall to the ground, a strange light flashed in True Lord Chiyan's eyes. He was eager to see how the Luozhen Sect would respond...
Azure Jiao Marsh, Southwest
A cold, evil power, filled with destructive energy, erupted forth.
The next moment, the water in this area seemed to boil, with many bubbles rising from it.
At the same time, the ground was shaking violently, and a rumbling sound came out, as if something was about to emerge from underground.
This commotion immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding spirit beasts. Sensing something was wrong, the spirit beasts immediately fled and reported the matter.
At that moment, a palace rose from the underwater ground.
A deafening roar came from the depths of the palace.
Immediately afterwards, a huge black snake shadow slowly slithered out from inside the palace.
This serpentine shadow was thousands of feet long, entirely black, with eyes like two red suns, radiating a bloodthirsty light. It was the sealed soul of the Blackwater Mystic Serpent.
"I've finally emerged!" The Blackwater Mystic Serpent's voice was hoarse and deep, filled with endless resentment and anger. "You old bastard Qingyan, the old scores between us haven't been settled yet. You'd better still be alive!"
It burst out of the water with a deafening roar.
In an instant, the entire Azure Jiao Marsh Swamp trembled violently, and towering black water surged up out of thin air, forming a giant wave tens of feet high, sweeping in all directions. Black poisonous gas permeated the air, and wherever it passed, vegetation withered and fish and shrimp died.
The earth veins surrounding Azure Jiao Marsh instantly became chaotic, with the light of the earth vein nodes flickering constantly, threatening to collapse at any moment.
What happened?
Inside the Grotto-Heaven on Luozhen Island, Li Yunjing, who was cultivating, suddenly opened his eyes.
He could clearly sense that the water veins and earth veins of Azure Jiao Marsh were surging wildly, and a terrifying evil power was spreading rapidly.
"Oh no! Something's happened!"
Li Yunjing immediately rushed out of the training room and ran towards the star-gazing platform.
At this moment, the observatory was already full of people, and Fang Hexuan and the others were all looking solemnly in the southwest direction of Azure Jiao Marsh.
In the southwestern sky above the Azure Jiao Marsh, dark clouds gathered, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and the enormous black snake shadow loomed in and out of the clouds, exuding a chilling aura.
"This is... the soul of the Blackwater Mystic Serpent!" The Alligator Dragon's expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in disbelief, "How could it be here?"
"You recognize it?" Li Yunjing asked quickly.
"I know it." The Azure Jiao nodded, a hint of fear flashing in its eyes. "I had just been born then, and it came from somewhere, wanting to take over the Azure Jiao Marsh."
My father and the others fought desperately, but they were no match for it. At that time, it was already at the Peak Return to the Origin, just one step away from Spirit Transformation.
The demons of Azure Jiao Marsh suffered heavy casualties, but suddenly a human cultivator who practiced fire magic appeared. The human cultivator was very strong and fought with it for three days and three nights, killing it and extracting its soul.
For some unknown reason, the human did not destroy its soul, but instead sealed it away.
So much time has passed, and it has remained sealed away, the seal always strong, never showing any sign of weakening. I had almost forgotten about it, but who would have thought that it... would actually break free now!
"Fire cultivators? Could it be the Departing Fire Sect?" A flash of anger crossed Li Yunjing's eyes.
There was no way Li Yunjing could avoid making connections; the Departing Fire Sect was famous for its fire techniques, and now it was targeting the Luozhen Sect.
Just then, the Blackwater Mystic Serpent suddenly swung its tail, unleashing a massive water whip that lashed out at the protective array of Luozhen Island's Grotto-Heaven.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, the protective array trembled violently, and huge cracks appeared on its surface.
"Damn humans! Prepare to die!" the Blackwater Mystic Serpent sneered. "I will devour you all and turn the entire Azure Jiao Marsh into my territory!"
It opened its massive maw again and spewed out a stream of black poisonous water. The poisonous water landed on the protective array, making a sizzling sound, and the array's light quickly dimmed.
"We can't let it continue like this. If it continues, the entire Azure Jiao Marsh will be finished," Fang Hexuan said in a deep voice.
With that, Fang Hexuan took a step forward, transforming into a Golden Light and rushing towards the Blackwater Mystic Serpent.
"You beast! How dare you be so insolent!"
With a gentle wave of his whisk, Fang Hexuan conjured countless golden threads that coiled around the Blackwater Mystic Serpent. These golden threads contained the power of Peak Dao Union and were incredibly resilient.
"Get lost!" the Blackwater Mystic Serpent roared, whipping its tail violently towards the golden threads.
"Bang!"
The tail collided with the golden threads, producing a loud bang. The Blackwater Mystic Serpent's tail was entangled in the golden threads and it could not move.
"How is this possible?" A look of disbelief flashed in the Blackwater Mystic Serpent's eyes. "You're just a cultivator at the Dao Integration Realm, how could you possibly stop me?"
"You're nothing but a remnant soul. Do you really think you're the complete body from back then?" Fang Hexuan sneered, forming hand seals.
Boom!
A thunderous roar that shook the heavens and the earth suddenly resounded. In the sky above, the leaden-gray clouds were instantly torn open, and a bolt of purple divine lightning as thick as a water bucket, like the wrathful whip of a god, crashed down and struck the Blackwater Mystic Serpent with precision.
The lightning struck the black scales of the black serpent, unleashing a blinding purple light.
The Indestructible scales were instantly blasted open, leaving a huge gash. Charred flesh and blood splattered everywhere, and the pungent smell of roasted meat filled the air.
"Ah!" The Blackwater Mystic Serpent let out a shrill scream, its massive body writhing in agony in the air. "How dare you hurt me! I'll kill you!"
It was utterly enraged, opened its blood-red maw, and suddenly spat out a jet-black bead.
The bead was about the size of a human head, and its surface shimmered with a dark light. It was the Blackwater Mystic Serpent's natal poison bead, cultivated for three thousand years.
As soon as the poison bead was released, the surrounding air instantly froze, and a nauseatingly potent poison spread, even staining the marshland below a deeper black.
Fang Hexuan frowned slightly, Hand Seals with his left hand, and softly uttered, "Divine Firmament Lightning Domain, open!"
In an instant, countless purple lightning bolts appeared out of thin air within a ten-mile radius centered on Fang Hexuan, weaving together into an impenetrable net of lightning.
Purple lightning surged like a tide, trapping the jet-black poisonous bead within.