394: Chapter 394 Dark Pool

"Junior Brother Ye, be careful!" Shui Qingdie cried out in alarm.

Seeing this, Ye Tian did not panic; instead, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. This was the opportunity he had been waiting for!

The Chaos True Essence within his body surged instantly, pouring entirely into his right arm.

The muscles of his right arm holding the sword bulged slightly, and faint gray-purple lightning patterns emerged beneath his skin.

He no longer held back, pouring all his strength into this single strike!

sword felt the power of this overbearing strike and began to vibrate violently. Gray-purple lightning rapidly condensed on the blade, eventually forming a ping-pong ball-sized sphere of destructive energy at the tip.

Facing the descending giant palm, Ye Tian lowered his stance, held his sword in his right hand, and slashed upward!

A gray-purple line of lightning sliced through the air, meeting the sky-blotting rock palm.

*Puff!*

With a soft sound, the gray-purple lightning line sliced into the giant rock palm, entering through the palm and exiting through the back of the hand!

Wherever the lightning line passed, the rock turned to dust, leaving behind a perfectly straight and smooth hole.

"Roar!!"

The Rock-Earth Behemoth let out an earth-shaking howl of pain, and its descending giant palm suddenly froze in mid-air.

Excruciating pain and terrifying power radiated from its palm, spreading up its arm through the wound. Wherever it passed, the rock crumbled and spiritual power dissipated!

Its other hand hurriedly slapped toward its injured arm, trying to stop the spread of that power.

"Attack its glabella!" Seizing this opportunity, Ye Tian shouted sharply, his body shooting straight toward the behemoth's head!

His sword strike just now was not only to wound the behemoth but also to create this fatal opportunity!

"Azure Vine Lock!" Dongfang Xinghe was already prepared. His long sword bloomed with brilliant emerald light, and a thick green vine coiled around the behemoth's intact arm, attempting to temporarily bind it.

"Mystic Ice Congeal!" Shui Qingdie's hands formed seals even faster. Chilly air surged out, rapidly condensing thick ice on the behemoth's injured arm wound and the ground beneath its feet, further restricting its movements.

"Break for me!" Pei Tieshan also roared as he charged at the behemoth head-on. He leapt up suddenly, concentrating all his strength into his right fist, and punched toward the behemoth's chest!

He wanted to clear a path for Ye Tian to attack the glabella, forcing the behemoth to defend its chest, or at least drawing its attention.

The three were indeed True Disciples of the inner sect; their cooperation was very tacit.

The green vine wrapped around the behemoth's intact arm. Although it was instantly pulled taut by the massive force and showed signs of cracking, it did succeed in slowing the behemoth's arm movement by half a beat.

The ice spread across the wound, intensifying the pain and numbness. Meanwhile, Pei Tieshan's thunderous punch headed straight for the vital chest area.

Earth-yellow flames flickered violently in the behemoth's eyes; it felt the threat to its glabella!

It instinctively wanted to raise its hand to protect its forehead, but its arm was blocked by the azure vines, and its injured arm was in pain and frozen by the ice. Facing Pei Tieshan's punch to its chest, it was forced to divide its attention.

At this moment, Ye Tian had already appeared directly in front of the behemoth's head. Simultaneously, he gathered all his power into his right finger and shot a deep blue Sword Qi toward the center of that mountain talisman seal!

"Roar!"

Sensing a fatal threat, the Rock-Earth Behemoth let out a terrified roar, but it could only watch as that blue Sword Qi slammed into the mountain talisman seal.

In the next second, the surface of the mountain talisman seal was instantly covered in cracks, and brilliant earth-yellow spiritual light spilled out uncontrollably.

Immediately after, the Talisman Seal completely exploded!

The violent earth-element spiritual energy lost control, scattering from the behemoth's glabella like a burst dam!

The behemoth let out one last unwilling roar. Its massive rock body suddenly stiffened, and then, starting from its glabella, cracks rapidly spread across its entire body.

Within a few breaths, the three-zhang-tall Rock-Earth Behemoth shattered, collapsed, and turned into a pile of ordinary rubble and dirt.

Ye Tian landed gracefully, his footsteps faltering slightly, his breathing a bit hurried.

The continuous high-intensity bursts, especially that final finger strike, had taken a massive toll.

Dongfang Xinghe, Shui Qingdie, and Pei Tieshan all remained in their attacking stances, their faces filled with shock and bewilderment.

The Rock-Earth Behemoth that had left them helpless and seemed indestructible... just shattered like that?

Pei Tieshan was the first to react. He rushed forward, rummaged through the pile of rubble, and found a small pinch of dark yellow crystal powder emitting pure earth-element spiritual energy—fragments of the Talisman Seal—and grinned widely.

"Hahaha! It's shattered! It's really shattered!"

Shui Qingdie dispersed the hand seals in her hands, gently patted her chest, and let out a long sigh of relief.

The battle just now was truly heart-pounding.

Dongfang Xinghe also withdrew his long sword, a smile appearing on his face, though it was mostly one of amazement.

Junior Brother Ye's strength was becoming increasingly unfathomable.

If that finger strike just now had been aimed at him... He shook his head, not daring to imagine it.

"Senior Brother Pei, quickly sense it—is the token still there?" Ye Tian reminded him.

The Talisman Seal was broken, but the token was essentially a type of Law imprint; it wouldn't necessarily vanish completely.

Hearing this, Pei Tieshan hurriedly focused his senses.

A moment later, a look of joy appeared on his face. He bent down and picked up a "stone" emitting an earth-yellow glow from the rubble, its shape vaguely resembling a small mountain.

"It's here! The sensation is coming from this! Though... it seems a bit different from before, it's definitely the earth element token!"

The "stone" in his hand was the core form of the earth element token revealed after the Talisman Seal shell shattered, containing the Origin of the Earth Law.

"As long as it's useful." Ye Tian nodded, also feeling relieved.

It seemed that shattering the Talisman Seal shell would not destroy the essence of the token.

The four of them each took a Medicinal Pill and seized the time to adjust their breathing.

Although this battle was not long, its intensity was extremely high, especially for Ye Tian, who had the greatest consumption.

After meditating for about fifteen minutes, Ye Tian's complexion returned to a healthy glow, and his depleted Chaos True Essence was rapidly replenished as his Cultivation Technique circulated.

He looked at Shui Qingdie: "Senior Sister Shui, how is your token sensing?"

Shui Qingdie was already prepared. She immediately sensed it and pointed toward a tunnel entrance on the other side of the cave: "Over there. The sensation is very clear, but... there seems to be some fluctuation, it's not very stable."

"Fluctuation?" Ye Tian frowned. "There's no time to lose, let's go over immediately. Senior Brother Pei, how are you?"

"No problem! My fist is a bit numb, but it's fine!" Pei Tieshan swung his still somewhat aching arm, carefully stowed the earth element token, and was full of fighting spirit.

The four did not delay any further, quickly leaving and entering the tunnel Shui Qingdie had pointed out.

The tunnel led downward, twisting and turning. The water vapor in the air gradually became denser, and the temperature dropped.

After walking for about half an hour, the sound of flowing water could be faintly heard ahead, accompanied by a chill.

At the end of the tunnel was a grotto.

In the center of the grotto was a deep, dark pool nearly a hundred zhang across.

The pool water was pitch black and bottomless, the surface calm without a ripple, emitting strands of chilliness.

And the water element token Shui Qingdie sensed was beneath this deep black pool.

"In the water?" Pei Tieshan poked his head out to look at the dark pool water and shivered. "This water... the cold is a bit eerie."

Dongfang Xinghe also frowned. "The chill is bone-piercing; I'm afraid this is no ordinary cold pool. Junior Sister Shui, are you sure the token is down there?"

Shui Qingdie nodded with certainty. "The sensation is very clear; it's deep in this pool. And..."

She frowned slightly. "This chill seems to have a strange attraction for my Cultivation Technique, yet it also makes one instinctively feel danger."