84: Mysterious Water Dragon Turtle!

Forcing their way through meant using the flying boat's defenses to withstand the terrifying lightning, the danger of which was self-evident.

However, Chen Xu merely smiled indifferently.

"No need."

With a wave of his hand, over a hundred Formation Flags of various colors appeared before him.

"Go."

As he let out a soft shout, the Formation Flags seemed to come alive, transforming into streaks of light that shot into the violentThunderstorm.

Om~!

A strange scene unfolded!

The originally violentThunderstorm, capable of tearing apart Nascent Soul Cultivators, was actually ripped open the moment the Formation Flags landed!

A safe passage, constructed by the power of the Formation, appeared out of thin air before everyone's eyes!

"This...this is..."

Lan Shuyao was utterly speechless.

Such divine skill!

This level of understanding and control over the Dao of Formation.

It had completely exceeded her comprehension!

She looked at Chen Xu's calm profile, and the absurd thought in her mind became clearer and clearer.

This person is definitely not a Mortal!

Just then, Chen Xu suddenly removed a defensive light barrier from the flying boat's side wing.

Several sea beasts, whose auras were at the Middle and Late Foundation Establishment Stage, roared and lunged in, heading straight for Chen Daoxuan, who was standing to the side!

"Dao Xuan."

Chen Xu's voice calmly rang out: "Deal with them."

Chen Daoxuan's heart trembled.

"Your son understands!"

Without the slightest hesitation, he drew his long sword and actively met them!

Through repeated life-and-death struggles, Chen Daoxuan's understanding of the Myriad Ages Evergreen Art rapidly improved.

His sword moves also became increasingly sharp and ruthless, completely devoid of any stiffness.

His combat instincts were thoroughly ignited in the baptism of blood and fire!

When he slew the last sea beast with his sword, although he was covered in blood and his spiritual power was exhausted.

His eyes, however, became even brighter.

Each time he pushed himself to his limits, he gained new insights.

Passing through theThunderstorm, the flying boat continued to descend.

Soon, a sea area heavily polluted by black Devilish Qi appeared before everyone's eyes.

In the seawater, dense corpses of sea beasts floated, each corpse shriveled and dry, as if all their vital essence had been drained.

"It's people from the seven kill demon star!"

Lan Shuyao's face darkened: "They really came too!"

Everyone's hearts tightened, and they accelerated.

Finally, after passing through a dense fog where one couldn't see their own hand, their vision suddenly cleared.

They arrived at an enormous underwater basin.

In the center of the basin, a magnificent palace constructed from pure crystal stood silently, emitting a soft glow.

vast sea dragon palace!

However, before everyone could approach, waves of incredibly ferocious auras.

Came from around the palace.

They saw several terrifying Demonic Flood Dragons, each over a thousand zhang long, covered in black scales, and with a single horn on their heads, coiled around the vast sea dragon palace.

At this moment, their cold, vertical pupils were tightly fixed on the intruding black iron flying boat.

The aura emanating from each Demonic Flood Dragon was actually comparable to an Early Nascent Soul Stage!

"It's an ancient variant, the Deep Sea Demonic Flood Dragon!"

Lan Shuyao gasped: "How could they appear here?"

"It seems we can only attack by force."

Chen Xu's tone remained calm.

"Kill!"

Lan Shuyao knew there was no retreat, so she let out a delicate shout and was the first to attack!

She and her two Disciples once again formed a sword Formation. This time, the river of sword light was even more solid, transforming into a monstrous wave that actively swept towards the Deep Sea Demonic Flood Dragons!

Lan Shuyao, as the main attacker, possessed profound swordsmanship. Each sword strike contained the power to sever rivers.

Meanwhile, Chen Xu stood with his hands behind his back on the flying boat, watching from the side.

He seemed not to be acting, but whenever a Sword Sect Disciple fell into danger.

When they were forced into a desperate situation by the Demonic Flood Dragons' claws or breath.

A Sword Qi would always arrive first, striking the Demonic Flood Dragon's vital point, interrupting its attack and creating a moment for them to catch their breath.

Lan Shuyao grew more and more alarmed as she fought.

Every move Chen Xu made was perfectly timed.

His timing was impeccable.

That absolute control over the battle situation made her even more startled than any Divine Ability he had previously displayed!

After a brutal and arduous battle, having exhausted all their spiritual power and with both Sword Sect Disciples severely wounded, they finally slew the last Deep Sea Demonic Flood Dragon.

The enormous flood dragon corpse slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.

Everyone looked at the crystal palace, now within reach, their faces showing the joy of surviving a catastrophe.

However, just as they were about to enter the palace.

Rumble—!!!

A terrifying aura suddenly swept out from behind the tightly closed palace gates!

This aura was a hundred, even a thousand times more terrifying than all the Deep Sea Demonic Flood Dragons combined!

Everyone present, including Lan Shuyao, who was at the Middle Nascent Soul Stage, felt as small as a speck of dust before this aura!

Immediately after, a dull, thunderous voice, filled with extreme impatience, boomed in their ears!

"So noisy..."

"Disturbing this Venerable One's peaceful slumber, do you wish to turn into dust at the bottom of this sea?"

...Just a single sentence made Lan Shuyao and the two Sword Sect Disciples turn pale, their spiritual power within their bodies becoming chaotic, almost causing them to vomit blood on the spot!

This was the terrifying might of the Late Nascent Soul Stage!

This was the ancient great Yao Beast, Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle, that had guarded the vast sea dragon palace for thousands of years!

A storm raged in everyone's hearts, knowing that behind the crystal palace's gate lay the legendary existence.

Lan Shuyao forcefully suppressed her surging Qi and blood, took a deep breath, and stepped forward.

She knew that retreating now would only lead to death.

She spoke loudly and firmly towards the closed palace gates: "Junior Lan Shuyao did not intentionally disturb Senior's cultivation!"

"It is only because Demonic Path evildoers are plotting evil, intending to sacrifice billions of lives with blood, pollute the vast sea dragon heart, and unleash a world-ending catastrophe!"

"Junior, to thwart the Demonic Path's conspiracy, dared to come and pay respects to Senior, begging Senior for an audience to discuss countermeasures!"

Her voice, imbued with spiritual power, penetrated the thick seawater.

It clearly entered the crystal palace.

However, what responded to her was an even more impatient cold snort.

"Hmph!"

Rumble—!!!

The magnificent crystal palace's grand entrance, amidst a jarring roar.

Suddenly opened wide!

The next moment, a colossal head, as vast as a mountain, slowly emerged from the darkness deep within the palace!

It was a dragon-turtle head covered in profound patterns!

Every scale seemed to be a natural Dao pattern, shimmering with a dark luster.

It was filled with the vicissitudes and weight of years of accumulation.

And those golden vertical pupils were larger than the biggest lanterns.

There was no emotion in them, only the coldness and majesty of looking down upon all living beings.

The moment those golden vertical pupils swept over everyone, a pressure ten times more terrifying than before bore down!

Pfft! Pfft!

The two Sword Sect Disciples behind Lan Shuyao immediately spat out a large mouthful of blood, their faces instantly turning pale, their bodies swaying precariously.

Chen Daoxuan even felt his bones creaking inch by inch.

His Divine Soul felt as if it was about to be directly crushed by this terrifying pressure!

He desperately circulated the Myriad Ages Evergreen Art, starlight flowing around his body, barely managing to stand firm under this pressure, but his face was already pale.

Late Nascent Soul Stage!

This was the terrifying power of the Late Nascent Soul Stage!

Just a single glance was enough to severely injure a Golden Core Cultivator and make a Nascent Soul Ancestor's Divine Soul tremble!

"Demonic Path? Conspiracy?"

The Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle's cold voice directly echoed in everyone's minds, filled with deep mockery.

"What does it have to do with me?"

"This Venerable One has slept here for thousands of years and has seen too many greedy individuals like you, coming to covet the vast sea dragon heart under various high-sounding pretexts."

Its voice suddenly turned cold, revealing murderous intent.

"This Venerable One will say it one last time, get out, or die!"

The icy killing intent instantly froze the surrounding seawater!

Lan Shuyao's heart sank to rock bottom.

She hadn't expected this Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle to be so unreasonable and unyielding!

But she couldn't retreat!

If she retreated and the Demonic Path's conspiracy succeeded, the entire East Sea would be doomed!

"Senior!"

Lan Shuyao bit her silver teeth, a hint of determination flashing in her eyes.

She was unwilling to give up the last chance and prepared to speak again.

However, the Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle had clearly lost all patience.

"Noisy insects."

Its huge head suddenly opened.

A seemingly ordinary black water arrow spewed from its mouth, shooting straight at Lan Shuyao!

The water arrow was not fast, and it even looked somewhat unremarkable.

But Lan Shuyao, a Middle Nascent Soul Stage Sword Cultivator, felt her hair stand on end the moment she saw that water arrow.

A fatal sense of crisis instantly enveloped her entire body!

The power of Law!

That seemingly ordinary water arrow actually contained a trace of the Origin power of the Water Law!

That was a terrifying power that only Late Nascent Soul Stage great Cultivators could initially grasp!

"Not good! Form the Formation!"

Lan Shuyao roared, at the brink of life and death, she could no longer care about anything else, her spiritual power burning wildly within her body!

She formed hand seals, and the two Disciples behind her also endured their injuries and simultaneously drew their swords!

"Vast Sea Bright Moon Formation!"

Om~!

Three brilliant sword lights shot into the sky, intertwining and fusing above Lan Shuyao's head.

In an instant, a radiant bright moon, composed of sword light, slowly rose!

The cold moonlight scattered, seemingly capable of purifying all defilement in the world, illuminating the seawater within a thousand zhang radius.

This was one of the East Sea Sword Sect's top-tier trapping and killing sword Formations.

Led by Lan Shuyao, who was at the Middle Nascent Soul Stage, it was enough to trap Cultivators of the same Realm.

It could even contend with a Late Nascent Soul Stage great Cultivator for a moment!

She didn't seek to injure the enemy, only to block this blow and buy a sliver of hope for negotiations!

However, she had still underestimated the terror of a Late Nascent Soul Stage great Yao Beast too much.

A trace of disdain flashed in the Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle's golden vertical pupils.

As if mocking an ant attempting to shake a mountain.

Under everyone's horrified gaze, that seemingly ordinary black water arrow shot squarely onto the radiant sword light bright moon.

Crack... accompanied by a crisp sound.

That "Vast Sea Bright Moon," constructed by the three Sword Cultivators with all their might, was as fragile as a thin layer of ice before the black water arrow.

A black hole appeared in the center of the bright moon.

Immediately after, countless cracks, centered on that hole, instantly spread across the entire moon disk!

Boom!!!

The sword Formation collapsed on the spot!

Violent Sword Qi scattered and impacted, transforming into terrifying turbulent currents that swept across the entire seabed!

"Pfft~!"

Lan Shuyao and those two Disciples were struck by lightning, simultaneously spitting out a large mouthful of fresh blood. Their bodies, like kites with broken strings, were fiercely blasted away by the terrifying shockwave!

Their eyes were filled with horror.

One strike!

Just one strike!

Their strongest Sword Formation, which they were so proud of, was so effortlessly… pierced through!

The gap between Middle Stage Nascent Soul and Late Stage Nascent Soul was despairingly vast!

"Seeking death."

The voice of Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle resounded again.

Its mountain-like giant turtle claw slowly lifted, obscuring all the light from the crystal palace.

It cast a shadow over everyone's heads.

It was ready to crush all these insects that disturbed its sleep into the dust of the seabed!

It's over!

A trace of despair flashed in Lan Shuyao's eyes.

Chen Daoxuan's heart also pounded wildly, facing this world-destroying claw.

He felt so small that he couldn't even muster the thought of resisting!

However, at this critical moment.

A figure stepped out unhurriedly, blocking everyone's path.

It was Chen Xu.

He simply stood there.

That terrifying pressure, enough to crush even a Nascent Soul Cultivator, instantly shattered and dissipated.

Chen Daoxuan and Lan Shuyao behind him felt the pressure on their bodies lighten, as if they had instantly returned to the surface from a ten-thousand-foot deep sea.

Hmm?

A ripple appeared in the Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle's cold vertical pupils, and its slowly descending giant claw suddenly paused in mid-air.

It stared intently at the tiny human below.

This human had been overly calm from beginning to end.

Now, he had effortlessly blocked its pressure!

Chen Xu slowly raised his head, his gaze calm.

He looked directly at the Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle's mountain-like head.

Amidst everyone's shocked and bewildered gazes.

Chen Xu spoke.

What he said was neither a plea for mercy nor a threat.

Instead, it was an obscure, ancient, and strange language filled with a primal aura!

Every syllable of that language seemed to contain some profound truth of heaven and earth.

Making the surrounding seawater resonate with it, stirring up ripples!

"Bearing the Mysterious Water Bloodline, yet clashing with the water veins, do you feel ten thousand needles piercing your heart and your Divine Soul tearing apart every full moon night?"

The moment this ancient language sounded.

The Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle's mountain-sized body suddenly trembled!

In its golden vertical pupils, which had been cold for thousands of years, a look of shock appeared.

It... how could he know?!

This secret was its greatest weakness, and besides itself, it was absolutely impossible for a second living being to know!

Who exactly was this tiny human?!

However, Chen Xu's words were not yet finished.

He looked at the Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle's dramatically changing eyes, and the smile on his lips deepened.

Using the same ancient language, he slowly asked the last question.

"You've been suffering from this injury for three thousand years, haven't you?"

At these words, the Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle's pupils constricted violently.

A look of surprise and uncertainty appeared on its face.

"You... how could you know?!"

Its voice was no longer the indifferent tone of looking down on all living beings from before.

Instead, it carried an incredulous tone.

This matter was its secret, the source of its pain for three thousand years!

Besides itself, it had never mentioned it to any living being!

How could this tiny human know?!

Lan Shuyao and the two East Sea Sword Sect Disciples beside her were completely stunned.

They had just been hovering on the brink of death.

The next second, that world-destroying claw stopped.

And the reason, it seemed, was just a single sentence from that mysterious man?

Although they couldn't understand the meaning of that ancient and obscure language, they could see the humanized expression of shock on the face of that arrogant ancient Yao Beast!

Chen Daoxuan's mind was even more shaken. He stared blankly at his father's back.

His heart was filled with shock!

Father... how many more secrets does he know?

"Not only do I know, I also know how you got this injury."

Facing the Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle's questioning, Chen Xu stood with his hands behind his back, his expression as usual.

This time, he spoke in a language everyone could understand.

"Three thousand years ago, to guard this vast sea dragon heart, you fought a great battle here with a demonic creature from outside the heavens."

"In that battle, although you ultimately killed it, you were also infiltrated by a dying curse of annihilation into your Origin."

"This curse is extremely insidious, naturally clashing with the Mysterious Water Bloodline you possess. Like a maggot attached to bone, it continuously erodes your vitality and Divine Soul, which is why for three thousand years, every full moon night, you have had to endure the suffering of ten thousand needles piercing your heart, wishing for death."

Chen Xu spoke eloquently, every word and every sentence he uttered.

Made the Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle's heart pound wildly!

Its massive body began to tremble slightly, uncontrollably!

If Chen Xu's first sentence merely shocked it.

Then now, only horror remained in its heart!

Not a single detail was off!

Every detail this man spoke matched its painful personal experience from three thousand years ago, without a single discrepancy!

This was no longer just knowing!

This was simply like... witnessing it firsthand!

At this moment, all the Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle's killing intent, arrogance, and contempt instantly collapsed and vanished without a trace!

Its huge head slowly lowered.

The golden vertical pupils were no longer cold, but instead revealed a look of longing!

"You... you can cure it?"

Its voice even carried a hint of a tremor.

Three thousand years of torment, three thousand years of pain.

Had long since worn away its proud spirit.

If not for its duty to guard the vast sea dragon heart, it would probably have ended its own life long ago to seek liberation.

Now, a chance that might cure it was so abruptly placed before its eyes.

How could it not be excited?!

However, Chen Xu did not answer directly.

He just looked at the other party calmly, like an experienced doctor examining his patient.

He slowly extended a finger.

At the tip of his finger, a wisp of extremely faint purple-gold magic power quietly condensed.

Within that magic power, it seemed to contain a trace of Grandmist Qi, like the opening of heaven and earth.

Carrying majestic heavenly might, supremely masculine and unyielding!

It came from within his Golden Core!

"Go."

Chen Xu flicked his finger.

That purple-gold magic power transformed into a streak of light, instantly disappearing into the Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle's massive glabella.

Buzz~!!!

The moment that magic power entered its body, the Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle's massive body suddenly trembled!

Immediately after, its golden vertical pupils suddenly widened!

An indescribable feeling of comfort instantly spread through its limbs and bones.

The excruciating pain that had tormented it for three thousand years, like billions of ants gnawing at its bone marrow and Divine Soul, at this moment, seemed to have met its nemesis and rapidly receded!

Although not completely eradicated, it had at least... lessened by seventy percent!

"Roar..."

The Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle couldn't help but let out a comfortable groan.

Three thousand years!

A full three thousand years!

It had never felt such a relaxed moment!

At this moment, its gaze towards Chen Xu.

Completely changed!

A miracle!

This was simply a miracle!

This man in front of him was definitely not a Mortal!

He must be an ancient mighty figure playing in the human world, its only hope for escaping the sea of suffering!

Lan Shuyao on the side was completely dumbfounded.

Her red lips parted, her beautiful eyes filled with blankness and bewilderment.

Just now, it was ferociously powerful, shattering their proud Sword Formation with a single strike.

A Late Stage Nascent Soul Yao Beast that regarded them as ants.

Now, because of a single sentence and action from that man, it had become so... docile?

It even let out such a comfortable groan?

What... what on earth happened?

The two East Sea Sword Sect Disciples behind her were even more blank-minded, almost doubting if they were dreaming.

This incredible scene before them had completely exceeded their understanding.

Only Chen Daoxuan, after a brief shock, didn't feel strange at all.

After all, he had seen too much!

This was his father!

His words carried the force of Law, and with a flick of his finger, he could make a Late Stage Nascent Soul Yao Beast that had dominated the East Sea for thousands of years bow its head and obey!

What kind of demeanor was this! What kind of dominance!

"Curing you is possible."

Just as the Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle was still immersed in that long-lost feeling of comfort.

Chen Xu spoke faintly: "But I have two conditions."

The Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle suddenly snapped back to reality, its huge head nodding like a chicken pecking at rice, its voice extremely urgent: "Don't say two, even two hundred, two thousand!"

"As long as Senior can completely eradicate the demonic curse within me, I will agree to all of them!"

"First."

Chen Xu extended a finger, saying faintly: "The 'vast sea dragon heart' belongs to me."

Hearing this condition, the Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle's fervent gaze instantly froze.

A hint of struggle flashed in its eyes.

That was its duty, which it had guarded for ten thousand years, the meaning of its existence.

To just hand it over... Chen Xu seemed to see through its hesitation, and with a slight smile, continued: "You guarding this vast sea dragon heart is merely prolonging your life, living in pain day after day."

"Your cultivation, for three thousand years, has not advanced but regressed. If not for your special Bloodline, you would probably have long been completely corroded by that demonic curse, turning into a pool of pus."

"If I help you completely eradicate the demonic curse, with your accumulation, your cultivation will not only be able to return to its Peak, but perhaps... you might even be able to break through the Bottleneck and advance further!"

"To touch the Soul Transformation Realm is not impossible."

"Weigh the pros and cons yourself."

Boom!!!

As soon as the word Soul Transformation came out, the Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle's heart suddenly pounded.

That's right!

Although the Lifespan of Yao Beast is long and distant!

But it had been guarding this place for ten thousand years, and its Lifespan was not much left, but with that knot in its body, it was almost impossible to advance further and increase its Lifespan.

If the knot could be completely cured, its Breakthrough to Soul Transformation would definitely be within reach.

One must know, Soul Transformation!

That was the supreme Realm that all Nascent Soul Cultivators and Yao Beasts dreamed of!

It was a true transcendence and a long Lifespan in the true sense!

Now, an opportunity was placed before it.

Who would choose to give up?!