458: Chapter 458 Never Waste

Seeing him completely unharmed, a flash of surprise crossed the Sea-Overturning Dragon Venerable's vertical pupils, followed by an even wider grin.

"It truly is a good item!"

The cold light in the Sea-Overturning Dragon Venerable's eyes surged violently. He slightly opened his mouth, and obscure, difficult-to-understand demonic speech spilled from between his teeth.

The Demonic Power around his body surged with a bang, and the moisture within the Mustard Seed World was forcibly pulled, gathering frantically in front of him. In just a few breaths, it transformed into a boundless black sea. Waves rolled atop the black sea, and giant waves several meters high, carrying a salty, fishy gale, swept together toward Chen Xuan, as if to completely swallow this tiny figure.

In an instant, heavenly thunder rolled, and thousands of demonic shadows blotted out the sky. Some had sharp claws and fangs, some spat raging flames, and some summoned frost, all pouncing toward the Sea-Overturning Dragon Venerable together.

"Stubborn and foolish!"

The Sea-Overturning Dragon Venerable snorted coldly. Thousands of water spears suddenly rose from the black sea, densely packed like a downpour. They shot toward the incoming demonic shadows while also sealing off all of Chen Xuan's paths for evasion. Simultaneously, undercurrents surged beneath the black sea as dozens of water pythons as thick as buckets quietly formed, circling behind Chen Xuan to create a pincer attack.

Chen Xuan's figure flashed rapidly. Using the technique of Shrinking the Earth to an Inch, his body turned into an afterimage, calmly weaving through the gaps of the dense water spears. Every turn was timed to perfection, narrowly avoiding the lethal edges.

It looked very difficult, and in truth, it wasn't easy at all.

If he were slightly careless, a block card would be automatically triggered.

The gap between the Mahayana Stage and the Tribulation Transcendence Stage was truly like a natural chasm.

Even while controlling this Mustard Seed World, Chen Xuan had not managed to make this old dragon move even half a step from beginning to end. If Gu Yunshen and the others had faced him, wouldn't they have been killed on the spot within three exchanges, unable to even move?

Just as Chen Xuan was inwardly wondering how much power this reptile had actually used,

A ten-thousand-zhang water prison suddenly rose above the black sea. The water walls were as hard as adamant, carrying an Aura that suppressed heaven and earth as it descended over his head, completely sealing off all his retreats, trapping him within.

"Overestimating yourself."

Following the Sea-Overturning Dragon Venerable's comment, the water prison contracted with a bang. Countless water spears sprang from the four water walls, their tips pointing directly at the center, leaving Chen Xuan with nowhere to hide.

"Boom!"

A loud explosion shook the universe. A massive energy shockwave spread frantically in all directions, kicking up a sky full of water vapor and dust, churning the Mustard Seed World into a state of Chaos. The Sea-Overturning Dragon Venerable's pupils suddenly constricted, staring intently at the center of the dust. When the shield shimmering with golden light revealed itself through the mist, a look of unbelievable astonishment flashed in his vertical pupils:

"How is this possible? A mere Mahayana Stage ant could actually take a strike from this Venerable!"

The golden light on the shield gradually faded. Chen Xuan looked down at the remaining halo around him and sighed softly, "It seems this exchange can only go this far."

Before the Sea-Overturning Dragon Venerable could process the deep meaning behind these words, a deafening crack of heavenly thunder suddenly exploded in his ears!

In the sky above, dark clouds instantly gathered into a vortex. Purple-gold lightning tore through the darkness, and a bolt of heavenly thunder as thick as a bucket, carrying the Aura of destruction, smashed down toward the Sea-Overturning Dragon Venerable's head. That irresistible Divine Might made the Tribulation Transcendence Stage demonic venerable feel a chill down his spine, and a long-forgotten scent of death surfaced in the depths of his Divine Soul.

He couldn't understand how a Mahayana Stage Cultivator, whom he regarded as an ant, could perform such a terrifying Divine Ability.

This level of heavenly thunder's power had already exceeded the scope of the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, even faintly touching upon that legendary vastness.

However, in the next moment, the swiftly falling heavenly thunder suddenly stopped.

Not just the heavenly thunder—the rolling black sea, the scattered dust, and even the breeze flowing in the air all seemed to have a pause button pressed, standing still together.

A layer of faint blue light rose around the Sea-Overturning Dragon Venerable. A palm-sized seal Magic Treasure floated above his head. As its patterns flowed, it emitted the unique pressure of a god-rank magic treasure. This was his trump card for saving his life—the Primordial Silence Heaven Seal, which could slow down the time of this world by ten thousand times!

This was also the reason why the creatures within this Secret Realm had existed for ten thousand years.

Under normal circumstances, even a demonic venerable's Lifespan was only three thousand years, let alone a little mouse like A-Qi. The main reason these three demonic venerables could linger until now was this Primordial Silence Heaven Seal.

"Hahaha! An ant is an ant after all!"

Pride and arrogance flashed in the Sea-Overturning Dragon Venerable's eyes. "You thought such a Divine Ability could kill me? This Venerable's methods are not something a frog in a well like you can fathom."

Chen Xuan frowned slightly. Looking at the frozen heavenly thunder and the seal, he thought to himself: This is getting difficult. I didn't expect this beast to also carry a god-rank magic treasure.

But just as the Sea-Overturning Dragon Venerable's wild laughter had yet to fade, the frozen heavenly thunder suddenly moved!

The purple-gold lightning ignored the rule constraints of the Primordial Silence Heaven Seal, as if breaking through this frozen realm, and continued to smash toward the Sea-Overturning Dragon Venerable with the same swift and peerless momentum as before!

"How can this be..."

The pride on the Sea-Overturning Dragon Venerable's face instantly froze, replaced by extreme horror. He tried to activate the Primordial Silence Heaven Seal to increase the flow of time again, only to find that the Magic Treasure had completely lost its responsiveness. Within that heavenly thunder was a power that sat above the rules, which even a god-rank magic treasure could not resist.

Until his death, he could not understand why the Divine Ability of this Mahayana Stage ant could ignore the power of a god-rank magic treasure.

"Boom—!"

Another loud explosion erupted. An even more violent energy shockwave swept in all directions. The black sea evaporated instantly, and the Mustard Seed World trembled violently. The purple-gold lightning swallowed the Sea-Overturning Dragon Venerable's figure.

When the lightning dissipated, a charred dragon corpse appeared. Its scales were shattered and its flesh was mangled, yet it still retained some of the majestic Aura of a Tribulation Transcendence demonic venerable. Beside it, that god-rank magic treasure, the Primordial Silence Heaven Seal, emitted a faint, symbolic light; the Divine Might that had previously controlled time had vanished, and it had become a masterless object.

This Sea-Overturning Dragon Venerable, whose name resounded throughout the region, had fallen.

Chen Xuan let out a small breath. As expected, products from the System are always high quality!

This instant kill card truly lived up to the words 'instant kill.'

He stepped forward, his gaze first landing on the Primordial Silence Heaven Seal. As his fingertips reached out and touched the cold body of the treasure, a weak but pure god-rank Aura traveled up his finger. Chen Xuan flipped his hand and put it into his storage ring with a clean, decisive motion, without the slightest hesitation.

Then he looked at the charred dragon corpse. Beneath the dragon scales, flesh containing massive Demonic Power was faintly visible. A dragon's body from the Tribulation Transcendence Stage was itself a rare Heaven And Earth Treasure. Chen Xuan pondered for a moment and did not process it on the spot. He simply waved his hand, and a strand of spiritual energy wrapped around the dragon's body as a stone platform he had visualized rose from the ground, gently supporting it.

"After returning to the sect, I'll just leave it to Shu Shichan and Xuanxuan to distribute."

He thought to himself, "The Demonic Power in the dragon's body is mellow. Those parts that should be refined into medicine will be refined, and those that can be assimilated will be assimilated. I won't waste a single bit of this Tribulation Transcendence demonic venerable."