Chapter 1421: The Invisible Demon Beast
Translator: CinderTL
The cave at the bottom of the lake was pitch-black, devoid of even a sliver of light, yet the surrounding Spiritual Qi grew increasingly dense.
The cave twisted and turned, but it was remarkably spacious, allowing the flood dragon’s massive body to move freely through the entrance.
Song Wen realized that the force interfering with his divine sense originated from the dense Spiritual Qi emanating from the cave walls.
Holding the Earth Evasion Talisman in one hand and the Nine Calamity Heaven-Measuring Sword in the other, with the Blood Corpse standing beside him, Song Wen cautiously followed the flood dragon deeper into the cave. After traveling dozens of miles, they encountered nothing unusual.
Suddenly, he noticed a fist-sized crystal embedded in the left wall.
The crystal was translucent, radiating pure Spiritual Qi.
Song Wen’s eyes narrowed slightly. This was a mid-grade spirit stone.
He raised his hand and unleashed a wisp of spiritual power, shattering the rock around the spirit stone.
The spirit stone immediately broke free from the wall, pierced through the lake water, and landed in Song Wen’s palm.
After examining it briefly, he stored it in his storage ring.
The flood dragon, drawn by the commotion Song Wen had caused, glanced back and communicated telepathically.
"These low-quality stones are common in many nearby caves. But the highest-grade crystals can only be found deep within this cave."
As soon as the words left its mouth, Song Wen discovered two more high-grade spirit stones and pocketed them in the same manner.
Continuing deeper, spirit stones appeared with increasing frequency, all of decent quality. Mid-grade spirit stones were the most common, with fewer high-grade stones and no supreme-grade stones yet seen.
What truly surprised Song Wen, however, was the complete absence of low-grade spirit stones.
This further solidified his belief that a small, high-quality spirit stone mine lay hidden within this cave.
After Song Wen had collected tens of thousands of mid-grade spirit stones and nearly a thousand high-grade ones, the flood dragon suddenly halted.
Song Wen abruptly noticed that the stone wall ahead was densely covered in spirit stones, packed tightly together, with numerous supreme-grade stones among them.
They had reached the bottom of the cave.
"Everything you want is here. As agreed, you should let me leave now," the flood dragon said.
"Not so fast!"
A smirk curled Song Wen’s lips. With a flicker of movement, he appeared atop the flood dragon’s head, standing on the raw, crimson flesh exposed where scales had been forcibly torn away.
Dozens of tentacles suddenly erupted from his body, each splitting into countless smaller tendrils.
In an instant, the entire cave was filled with writhing tentacles, numbering in the tens of thousands.
The tentacles struck the spirit stones embedded in the cave walls, forcefully wrenching them free.
The storage ring on Song Wen’s finger flickered with a faint azure light as it absorbed the spirit stones.
The flood dragon suddenly grew agitated and panicked.
"You broke your promise! You said you’d release me if you found treasures! Let me go now!"
The flood dragon struggled again, unable to break free from the Blood-colored Tentacles, but its thrashing stirred up the lake water, churning up the silt from the bottom and turning the water murky.
Song Wen’s expression turned cold as he prepared to eliminate the flood dragon.
But then he realized something, and his face shifted slightly.
With a sudden surge of force, Song Wen stomped down, shattering the flood dragon’s skull.
The creature crashed heavily to the ground, stirring up even more silt.
Song Wen used the momentum to retreat rapidly backward.
In the brief time it took him to summon the countless tentacles, he had already collected all the supreme-grade spirit stones in the cave—over one hundred and thirty in total. He had also gathered most of the high-grade spirit stones, approximately thirty thousand. The remaining stones were mostly mid-grade.
Naturally, supreme-grade and high-grade spirit stones were also embedded within the cave walls.
But the flood dragon had lured him here, and upon seeing him greedily collecting the spirit stones, it had become frantic. There was undoubtedly a trap involved, so Song Wen dared not linger and quickly retreated.
The flood dragon’s skull had been completely shattered, yet it remained alive, merely dazed and disoriented.
Roar—!
A deep, resonant dragon’s roar reverberated through the cave as the flood dragon abruptly raised its bloodied head.
Its massive, crimson eyes swept across the cave walls, lingering on the empty sockets left by the spirit stones. A profound fear flickered within its gaze.
Ignoring the excruciating pain from its shattered skull, the flood dragon twisted its massive body, stirring a violent underwater current.
Using the surging water, its colossal form instantly pivoted and shot out of the cave like a bolt.
Just as the flood dragon had surged a hundred meters from the cave entrance, a strange aura erupted from the depths of the cavern.
The aura was bone-chillingly cold, as if capable of freezing one’s very soul.
Pfft—
With a soft sound, the water ahead of the flood dragon twisted without warning.
The flood dragon’s pupils constricted sharply.
In the next instant, its massive head and body separated cleanly, the cut as smooth as a mirror.
The dragon’s head, eyes wide with terror, crashed against the cave wall, sending a shower of shattered rock flying.
Song Wen, who had fled ahead, abruptly turned back.
He clearly sensed the flood dragon’s life force being extinguished in an instant.
What truly terrified him was that he hadn’t seen what had struck the fatal blow!
Just then, Song Wen felt a murderous intent surging from his left, yet there was nothing there. Neither his eyes nor his divine sense could detect an enemy.
Even the tentacles he lashed out around him brushed only against the lake water, finding nothing else.
The unknown—that was the greatest terror.
Startled, Song Wen spun around, darting to the Blood Corpse’s right side.
Clang!
A deafening metallic clang erupted.
Rotting flesh flew from the Blood Corpse’s neck, exposing the crimson bone beneath.
On that bone, a two-finger-deep gash had appeared, as if carved by a razor-sharp blade.
A chill ran down Song Wen’s spine.
This opponent was truly bizarre, their movements completely undetectable.
However, after the Blood Corpse blocked the initial strike, the enemy didn’t immediately attack again. Whether they were gathering power or for some other reason, Song Wen sensed no further killing intent.
Seizing the opportunity, Song Wen fled swiftly toward the cave exit.
As he emerged from the cave and reached the lakebed, the killing intent descended once more.
By this time, Song Wen had retracted both the Blood Corpse and its tentacles.
Instead, a massive shield now stood beside him.
The shield was thirty meters wide and as heavy as a mountain, resembling a black iron city wall lying horizontally.
This was the Gui Cang Heavy Shield, obtained after slaying Gu Huang.
Gu Huang had once used this shield, combined with a formation, to withstand the full force of the Nine Calamity Heaven-Measuring Sword—a testament to its extraordinary nature.
The shield spun continuously around Song Wen, its movements fluid and unceasing.
Clang! Clang!
Two metallic clashes rang out simultaneously.
The shield’s dark glow flickered, and Song Wen felt the spiritual power he had channeled into it being forcibly severed.
Song Wen staggered, a trickle of blood escaping the corner of his mouth.
The oppressive aura emanating from the Gui Cang Heavy Shield vanished instantly, dissipating into the swirling lake waters.
Yet Song Wen showed no sign of panic. He simply waved his hand, storing the shield back into his storage ring.
Outside the cave, his divine sense would no longer be suppressed. Even if that bizarre attack struck again, he would only lose a Substitute Puppet, giving him the opportunity to escape the lake.
Song Wen’s plan worked perfectly.
He had just ascended thirty miles when two waves of killing intent surged from left and right, instantly severing his head and waist.
The three severed pieces of the Substitute Puppet drifted with the underwater currents.
Meanwhile, Song Wen reappeared a hundred miles above the lake.
He hovered in mid-air, gazing down at the lake’s surface.
Suddenly, the water twisted unnaturally, and a massive, multi-丈-long figure emerged.
It was a mantis-like demon beast, its slender body ending in a pair of razor-sharp forelimbs.
Exposed to the light, the creature seemed unable to maintain its invisibility, revealing a translucent outline.
It raised its head toward Song Wen, its invisible eyes burning with a bloodthirsty, malevolent gaze.
(End of the Chapter)
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