123: Chapter 123 The Severely Wounded Black Dragon, and the Second Elder Who Was Frightened Away

"Human! You actually dared to wound me!!" The Black Flood Dragon's lantern-sized pupils constricted into thin slits due to the sharp pain coming from its tail.

Since it had achieved success in its Cultivation and occupied this Blackwater Marsh, when had it ever suffered such a great loss?

Its body, which had not been injured for many years, finally felt pain, which completely triggered the ferocity in its bones.

"Roar!!"

A Dragon-like roar, even more high-pitched than before, erupted from the Black Flood Dragon's mouth. The spreading sound waves alone caused the swamp mud for hundreds of miles around to boil.

"I will make you die!" It suddenly opened its bloody maw and sucked in forcefully.

Countless silver lightning snakes flickered through the clouds, eventually converging in front of its open maw.

At the same time, the Spiritual Qi of the entire Blackwater Marsh surged frantically into its mouth.

Three breaths later, a fist-sized purple light orb rapidly condensed into form!

Lightning swirled around the surface of that light orb, even continuously devouring the surrounding light.

"Hmm?! This vile beast actually has such a method!" The relaxed expression on the Second Elder's face instantly vanished, and a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes.

"It seems this old man still underestimated the creatures of this East Profound Continent! However, even so, wanting to wound this old man is simply a pipe dream!"

A cold smile appeared on the Second Elder's face, but he no longer held back and decided to go all out.

Without hesitation, he immediately bit the tip of his right index finger, forcing out a drop of pale golden essence blood, then quickly swiped it across the blade of his longsword, leaving a bloodstain.

A sword hum resounded through the heavens and earth.

As the essence blood seeped into the sword's body, that originally ordinary-looking longsword suddenly erupted with a piercing blood-red light!

A sharp Aura soared into the sky, and the originally ordinary blade became crystal clear.

"Vile beast! To be able to force this old man to use the 'Blood Sword' with full strength, you can be proud of yourself!"

Holding the Blood Sword, the Second Elder's entire Aura became even more dangerous, and a soaring blood-red Qi completely enveloped his body.

"Old thing! Then let's see whose life is tougher today! Die!!"

Almost simultaneously, the Black Flood Dragon had also finished gathering its power.

That purple light orb containing terrifying energy erupted directly from its giant mouth, turning into a purple stream of light that blasted toward the Second Elder!

"Vile beast! Wishful thinking! Blood Slaughter!"

The Second Elder gripped the blood-colored longsword with both hands and struck down with a simple yet incomparably domineering sword strike!

A blood-red Sword Gang, dozens of zhang wide and condensed to the extreme, was generated out of thin air. Like a world-splitting blood blade, it met the purple light orb head-on!

"Boom!!!"

Two terrifying energies, enough to destroy mountains, collided violently in mid-air!

A brief black dot first appeared at the center of the impact, followed by a massive energy sphere, half purple-black and half blood-red, expanding rapidly.

The marsh below suffered even more; centered vertically below the collision point, a terrifying giant pit a hundred zhang deep and over hundreds of miles in diameter was violently blasted out.

The stalemate lasted for less than a breath.

The blood-red Sword Qi eventually gained the upper hand. After intense consumption, it forcibly split that purple lightning ball down the middle!

The remaining Sword Qi was unstoppable, ruthlessly slashing near the Reverse Scale on the Black Flood Dragon's chest!

Puchi!

A large area of hard black scales along with flesh was torn open, a huge wound deep enough to see the bone appeared, and purple-gold dragon blood sprayed down like a waterfall!

The Black Flood Dragon let out a shrill scream of agony, its massive body falling directly toward the giant pit that had been blasted open below!

"Humph! Vile beast, hand over your monster core to this old man!" The Second Elder's face was slightly pale; clearly, unsealing the Blood Sword and delivering that strike had been extremely taxing, but the killing intent in his eyes was even stronger now.

How could he let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

With a flash of his figure, he turned into a stream of light and caught up with the falling Black Flood Dragon in an instant. The Blood Sword in his hand was prepared to plunge into the Black Flood Dragon's head to extract its monster core!

However, just as the tip of the Second Elder's sword was about to touch the Black Flood Dragon's head, another accident occurred!

A golden scale under the Black Flood Dragon's neck suddenly fell off on its own without any warning!

That Reverse Scale unexpectedly erupted with a dazzling golden light in an instant. The intensity of that light actually suppressed the red light of the Blood Sword in the Second Elder's hand!

Within the golden light, that scale transformed into a golden blade light as thin as a cicada's wing. Its speed had already surpassed the limit of the Second Elder's Divine Sense perception!

"What? What is this thing?!" The Second Elder's heart suddenly accelerated, and a shadow of death instantly enveloped his entire body!

Before he could make any movement to dodge, he felt a chill on his right shoulder, and a thin golden line flashed past his vision.

In the next moment, his entire right arm holding the sword was directly severed!

While he was in a daze, the unsealed Blood Sword, along with the severed arm, fell toward the giant pit below.

After severing the Second Elder's arm, the golden blade light dimmed significantly, but it did not dissipate. Instead, it quickly rolled back, turning into a layer of pale golden light film that enveloped the falling massive body of the Black Flood Dragon.

Swoosh!

The golden light wrapped around the Black Flood Dragon and, like a teleportation, traced a distorted trajectory in the air. Before the Second Elder could react, it plunged into the giant pit below with a "plop" and vanished without a trace instantly.

"Ah!! My... my arm! Bastard!"

Only then did the piercing, bone-deep pain reach the Second Elder's mind.

He let out a scream of agony, looking down at his empty right shoulder where blood was gushing like a fountain.

Fear!

His whole body was ice-cold!

This was a fear he had not experienced for hundreds of years since he stepped into the Peak of the Land Immortal Realm!

Cold sweat instantly soaked the Second Elder's robes. He no longer cared about any monster core or his dignity as an Elder!

He barely sealed the blood gushing from the wound on his right shoulder, then used his remaining left arm to grab the air, pulling his Blood Sword back into his hand.

Then, like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow, he turned into a stream of light and fled frantically toward the outside of the marsh at his fastest speed ever!

At this moment, he only wanted to leave this Blackwater Marsh immediately, right now!

"That Black Flood Dragon is not right; that golden light just now definitely did not come from the Black Flood Dragon's own Aura!" The Second Elder sped toward the east, but his mind was constantly replaying the scene of his right arm being severed by that mysterious golden light.

Soon, a guess that made his heart race with fear surfaced in his mind.

"That Black Flood Dragon... most likely has a master behind it! And that person's strength is unfathomable!"

"No, I must quickly find the temple order and then leave this place. Otherwise, once that Black Flood Dragon's master arrives, even if the four of us join forces, we might not be that person's match."

And just as he was fleeing,

On an overseas reef in the Eastern Region, a seated figure suddenly opened their eyes.