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Chapter 181, Section 180: [The Abyss of Return to the Ruins, the Ruins of Kunlun]

The yellow dust cloud above Xindu County was briefly sliced ​​open by Chixiao's sword light, and the weak sunlight shone into the bottomless abyss fissure.

Chen Shengfei stood above the abyss, sword in hand, his expression solemn.

"At the fourth level, one can have an immortal body, and at the fifth level, one's vitality will naturally be even stronger."

The sword strike, enhanced by a fifth-tier Dao technique, indeed failed to kill him.

Below, in the pitch-black fissure, water gushing from an unknown source was rising rapidly, soon filling the fissure that was tens of miles long, two miles wide, and countless feet deep.

It even overflowed rapidly, spraying out towering columns of water.

Boom!

Enveloped in a column of water, a hundred-zhang-long black-scaled dragon, bearing severe wounds as if it had been nearly severed in two from its head, slowly rose from the abyss, its claws gripping the Tai'a sword.

Chen Sheng could see that the black dragon's wound contained no flesh or blood, only various strange organs formed from clear water.

The bodies of fifth-order dragons are actually composed entirely of high-quality spiritual energy.

Meanwhile, the water that served as blood within the dragon's body was constantly flowing from the wounds, expanding in size as it left the body and crashing down into the abyss below.

At this moment, as the water in Ying Zheng's body surged rapidly, it washed away the Crimson Sky Sword Qi that was like a bone-deep affliction in the wound. The terrible injury was slowly healing, and the speed at which the blood flowed was getting slower and slower.

He hovered in the water column, his dragon eyes, which had split in two along with the dragon's head, looking at Chen Sheng and speaking.

"Dragon Blood Pavilion Master, this weapon is quite powerful, but you are still no match for me."

"I am a man who cherishes talent and possesses a magnanimous heart that embraces all corners of the world. Join my ranks, and not only will your past mistakes be forgiven, but your promise to share the essence of the Jambudvipa kernel will also remain valid."

"A heart that embraces all corners of the world? I'm afraid that as soon as I arrive in Xianyang, I'll be besieged by your spirit and body."

Chen Sheng laughed loudly and pointed his sword at the sky.

The divine fire and thunder of Bingding, which had been brewing in the Thunder Furnace for a long time, shot straight into the sky after being amplified by the Crimson Sky Sword, creating a huge thundercloud in the high sky.

So what if Ying Zheng had strong recovery abilities?

Even the strongest cultivator's recovery ability has its limits; if they are attacked and injured, there is a possibility of them being killed.

If it can't be killed, it's only because the number of attacks wasn't high enough, or the attack power wasn't strong enough.

Holding the Crimson Sky Sword, Chen Sheng could sense that, given the difference in strength between himself and Ying Zheng, the [Dragon Slayer] ability would increase the sword's attack power by 50% when facing this black dragon.

Chixiao already has a 50% amplification effect on Fire Element Divine Lightning, and with the combined effect, the total amplification is doubled, making this battle absolutely achievable.

Even with the formidable sword in Ying Zheng's hand, Chen Sheng felt it was worth a try.

When two armies meet on a narrow path, the brave will prevail; there is no reason to be cowardly before the battle even begins.

Click!

Following Chen Sheng's will, bolts of lightning struck down from the crimson thunderclouds above, shooting towards Ying Zheng below.

The aftershocks of thunder along the way alone created another large sand circle in the sandstorm that was about to close in.

Unlike the previous sword strike, which unleashed most of its power outwards, carving out a massive abyss.

This lightning attack is focused on a single point, and its full power will only be unleashed the moment it hits the target.

not far away.

Despite his still-healing injuries, Ying Zheng did not dodge or evade the attack coming from above, allowing the crimson lightning to rain down on the water column.

The lightning, which could easily kill a peak fourth-tier cultivator, was now like an ordinary heavy object falling into water, only splashing out a spray of water.

The seemingly clear water around Ying Zheng turned into an abyss, instantly swallowing the lightning and making it smaller and smaller as it traveled through the water.

Ultimately, before they could even touch Ying Zheng's body, they vanished without a trace, disappearing to who knows where.

When cultivating the Dao of Destiny, supernatural powers are the core of power at the fourth and fifth levels. At the fourth level, various minor supernatural powers will awaken, and at the fifth level, they will merge into major supernatural powers. The one that Ying Zheng used was the major supernatural power of the Black Dragon lineage [Abyss of Return to the Ruins, Ruins of Kunlun] that he fused when he achieved the fifth level of the Dao of Destiny.

[The Abyss of Guixu, the Ruins of Kunlun]: Guixu is a legendary bottomless abyss, a place where all waters converge. The water in the abyss is eternally constant, neither increasing nor decreasing due to inflows or outflows. This supernatural power can absorb all attacks encountered by the master of the supernatural power.

The Kunlun Mountains connect heaven and earth, and the water veins flow down from top to bottom to nourish the human world. It is the legendary source of all waters, and this supernatural power has the ability to create and control all waters in the world, as well as the power of endless life.

Guixu and Kunlun represent the end and beginning of water, respectively, and can evolve into a complete water cycle system, which is a great supernatural power that integrates offense and defense.

“Stubborn outsider, what a pity, you actually rejected my good intentions.”

Braving the thunder and lightning, Ying Zheng's wounds on his dragon body, encased in the water column, slowly closed. Gripping his sword, he swung it back at Chen Sheng.

bass!
An invisible blade sliced ​​through the air, and Chen Sheng, the target of the sword energy, vanished as a bolt of lightning, only to reappear on the other side of the battlefield as well, dodging the attack.

The sword energy from the Tai'a sword striking the void carved a deep trench in the ground, stretching all the way to the horizon.

With Chen Sheng's visual abilities, he could see that the sword energy had traveled hundreds of miles before exhausting its power and disappearing.

At the same time, Ying Zheng also swung his other free dragon claw forward, striking Chen Sheng with a shower of clear water droplets.

Chen Sheng also transformed into lightning and dodged, causing the water droplets to fall to the ground. Wherever the soil and rocks that came into contact with them were directly transformed into a series of puddles.

The power of the Kunlun Ruins can transform all things into water.

"Heh heh, outsider who controls lightning, I'll show you the power unique to the true dragons of this world."

Ying Zheng let out a triumphant dragon roar, unleashing sharp sword energy and water droplets capable of turning everything into water, forcing Chen Sheng to dodge constantly.

Yang Shen is the highest achievement of the fifth stage of the Dao of Nature. Although it has the ability to form a shape when gathered and to become Qi when dispersed, it does not have the vigorous vitality of the Dao of Life. Once it is injured, it takes a long time to heal.

Therefore, Chen Sheng had to dodge the opponent's attacks.

As he kept dodging, Ying Zheng stopped using the blood from his wounds to create water. Instead, he used the water abyss beneath him as the center and controlled the power of the Kunlun Ruins to create water, generating waves tens of feet high that spread rapidly in all directions.

Surprisingly, a surging ocean was created on the arid Gobi Desert.

In the vast ocean, countless water dragons formed from the condensation of water flow flew out, transforming into a massive army that hovered in mid-air.

Once Chen Sheng, who was constantly dodging Ying Zheng's attacks, appeared nearby, he would suddenly explode, unleashing a divine power equivalent to a fourth-order explosion.

Faced with the opponent's offensive, Chen Sheng simply transformed into a bolt of lightning and flew away to a distance of over a hundred miles. Ying Zheng behind him did not follow up, and his attack from a distance of over a hundred miles was easily dodged.

This is one of the disadvantages of the Black Dragon bloodline; compared to Chen Sheng's lightning speed, Ying Zheng's speed is simply too slow.

Taking advantage of this hard-won lull in the battlefield, Chen Sheng pointed his sword to the sky, unleashing a pillar of lightning that shot from the crimson heavens, summoning a new crimson thundercloud in the sky. As the thundercloud rapidly expanded, Chen Sheng's will also summoned a thunderous domain a hundred miles away, unleashing countless dense bolts of ordinary lightning.

Blue-white lightning struck the water dragons below, easily annihilating them. As it struck the murky water, it not only released large amounts of steam but also caused the water to boil.
Looking at Ying Zheng, who was a hundred miles away, Chen Sheng said with a slightly relaxed expression.

"I've seen through most of your methods. Now it's time to settle things."

As he spoke, his Yang spirit transformed into a hazy primordial energy, merging with the thunderclouds descending from above, instantly expanding into a five-hundred-foot-tall crimson thunder giant.

His excessively tall stature caused a sandstorm to erupt directly above his head.

Large-sized individuals tend to move very slowly.

Now, he could no longer dodge Ying Zheng's sword light and water-based magical abilities.

bass!
The sword energy of the Tai'a sword traveled over a hundred miles, but before it could even strike the Thunder Giant, it perished along with a streak of crimson lightning that Chen Sheng unleashed with a wave of his hand, leaving him completely unharmed.

Through the transformation of the [Size Ruyi] Daoist technique, Chen Sheng's power was increased to an unprecedented level. The total amount of spiritual energy and the intensity of Daoist techniques were three times that of before, and he could obliterate the sword energy of Tai'a with his bare hands.

With the added blessing of Chixiao's flames and the special attack buff against dragons, Chen Sheng felt that he was now incredibly powerful.

On the other side of the battlefield, Ying Zheng, who was trying to create a home-field advantage, saw that Chen Sheng had already run far away.

It had no choice but to stop creating more water flow and simply fly up, creating a crystal-clear water sphere around itself.

With the divine powers of [the Abyss of Return to the Ruins, the Ruins of Kunlun], and the power of the end and the beginning of water, Ying Zheng now constructed a cyclical water barrier around himself, making his defensive capabilities even stronger than before.

Any attack that falls into it will eventually sink into the Ruins of Guixu and Kunlun.

Standing within the protective barrier, gazing at Chen Sheng, whose body was wreathed in lightning and fire, a hundred miles away, Ying Zheng laughed.

"What a foolish person."

In the Five Elements, water overcomes fire. You, a stranger, wielding a fire-element sword, cannot defeat a black dragon.

"You're the foolish one. In the Five Elements, Earth overcomes Water, so you're doomed to lose."

The thunder giant that Chen Sheng had transformed into let out a deafening roar.

The Crimson Sky Sword in his hand, which had grown larger along with him, instantly transformed from fire-generating-earth into earth-generating thunder, amplified by the Yanfu Secret Treasure.

Golden lightning crackled around the sword.

Chen Sheng, wielding the Crimson Cloud Sword, transformed into lightning, and the giant became a streak of lightning, thrusting his sword towards Ying Zheng, who was a hundred miles away.

"Go to hell, ugh—"

The dragon's roar carried the majesty of a born dragon king, causing Ying Zheng, who possessed pure black dragon blood, to tremble for a moment.

This is an instinct rooted deep in one's bloodline. Unless a demon who follows the path of bloodline has surpassed his ancestors in cultivation, severed the inherited imprint in his bloodline, and established his own lineage, it is impossible to shield this instinct.

Ying Zheng's cultivation level was naturally far from reaching that level.

So by the time he came to his senses, the enormous Crimson Sky Sword had already pierced the barrier and penetrated his chest.

In the Five Elements, Earth overcomes Water.

The earth-element lightning, like countless venomous snakes, pierced deep into the barrier, disrupting the exquisite water cycle constructed by great supernatural powers.

Meanwhile, even more lightning surged into the black dragon's body, causing the water that made up the dragon's body to be petrified by the lightning first, and then shatter into a large number of stones and dust fragments.

At that moment, Ying Zheng clearly had a chance to break free from the petrified parts of his body and escape.

But he remained motionless, letting the petrification marks spread across his body. Suddenly, a smile appeared on the dragon's face, and he said with a sigh of relief.

Thank you, stranger.

Did you know that the Heavenly Demons are a race that pursues the path of infinite freedom, while the Dragons are a race that embodies the creation of nature?

Since my sexual path advanced to the fifth level some time ago, and my Yang spirit transformed into a Heavenly Demon, these two incompatible bloodlines have been in constant conflict.

In addition, the path of cultivation is extremely difficult after the fifth rank, and I have been hesitant about whether to give up my dragon cultivation.

But it's hard to just give up the power that's been earned through so much effort.

This battle was lost, but I thank you for helping me make the decision and getting rid of this trouble.

Finally, let me give you one last friendly reminder.

"Outsider, do you really think you've won this battle?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Sheng looked at Ying Zheng in confusion, when suddenly he heard a silent dragon's roar.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw that deep underground, the dragon vein that he had driven away earlier was being driven back to its original position by a wisp of demonic energy that had been turned into a rein.

By activating the [Insight Through the Walls] vision, one can also see that beneath the earth's strata, there are numerous dragon veins flowing.

It seems that Ying Zheng's boundary-breaking formation has already been set up at this moment.

"How did you find this dragon vein?"

Chen Sheng stopped maintaining the size of the Ruyi and turned into his normal size, floating in the air and looking at Ying Zheng in front of him.

"Sometimes I think, just how high does one's cultivation level have to be to be considered high?"

How free must the mind be to be considered truly free...?

It seemed that the last part of his being as a human being died at this moment. After saying these words, Ying Zheng's physical body turned completely to stone and ceased to exist.

Dense cracks covered the stone dragon's body, and broken stones fell to the ground with a "clatter".

Chen Sheng beckoned and caught the Tai'a sword, which was trying to fly away on its own, and flew into the sky with both swords in hand.

Detached from the rolling sandstorm below, I used [Insight Through Walls] to look at the vast land, my gaze sweeping roughly across a range of 100,000 miles, the limit of my own perception.

The dragon veins in the earth were singing, the tectonic plates were rubbing against each other, producing wave-like vibrations, and volcanoes, both new and old, were erupting collectively, while a huge tsunami was generated in the ocean.

Amidst the earth-shaking tremors, even the world above seemed to groan under the immense pressure.

The entire fruit was filled with omens of the world's destruction...

(End of this chapter)