The Journey of Immortal Cultivation

The next moment, the blood poisoning effect on the tusk was activated.

Chi Wen immediately let out a miserable howl, and its massive body crashed heavily beneath the water’s surface.

The effect of the tusk can cause creatures to bleed uncontrollably, with their blood boiling inside, leading to unbearable pain. Although its form is huge, this effect takes its full toll. Chi Wen, bound and tormented here, found this pain both new and intolerable. Just two hours ago, it was wounded by Boss Kun’s Blazing Soul Ball and bit by Yabala at the flower of its rear. The wounds had just stopped bleeding, only to burst open once more under the effect of the blood poisoning, with blood gushing out like a fountain, quickly dyeing the surrounding waters red.

Its robust physique might not bleed to death, but severe blood loss would soon cause its vision to blur, and its strength to rapidly decline.

Chi Wen thrashed wildly, charging blindly in the water, repeatedly slamming into the stone wall, causing the entire underground lake to shudder.

Even now, it still had some force left. Ning Xiaoxian sighed, let go as it swam past the little beach, and leaped back onto the sand.

Sure enough, after circling twice, despite being driven crazy by the pain, it spotted the culprit appearing in its sight and, enduring the intense pain, burst through the water with its massive tail, charging towards the beach like a whale. Such a creature, several times larger than a humpback whale, coming straight at you is an overwhelming visual impact.

The premise being, it’s not you getting charged at.

Ning Xiaoxian took a deep breath, and the tusk had already transformed into the form of a Demon Skull. This time, she would use the Giant Strength of Ba Snake.

The quickest way to tame a beast is to make it understand that you are stronger than it, so simply dodging is useless.

Before Chi Wen reached the sand, she had already flashed out, moving so fast that a remnant shadow was left in place. Before crossing the river, before new strength is born, one must strike the flow, so Ning Xiaoxian acted before Chi Wen, flashing beneath its enormous eyes before it reached its peak acceleration.

The Dragon Child’s eyes have vertical pupils, similar to a crocodile’s, although bloodshot, she could see her reflection in the crystal eye. She smiled at her own reflection, then clenched her fist, gathering strength, and delivered an uppercut to the area behind Chi Wen’s eye.

The area around any creature’s eye sockets is vulnerable; even more so the temples. She wouldn’t be foolish enough to hit its forehead—it was evident from its form that its skull is harder than a humpback whale’s.

This blow had no frills.

A deep, dull "thud" was heard, and Chi Wen plunged headfirst into the water, stirring up waves that formed a wall of water, splashing in all directions.

After achieving Harmonization Perfection, Ning Xiaoxian’s strength already more than fifty thousand jin, and with the Dragon Elephant Fruit boost, it comfortably exceeded five hundred seventy thousand jin. The complete addition of the Giant Strength from the Demon Skull’s power of Giant Snake was meant to be fifteen times; though she couldn’t bear so much, considering her body’s strength had grown several times stronger since first consuming the Dragon Elephant Fruit, she could likely exert four times the Giant Snake’s power, nearly two million three hundred thousand jin of massive force!

Such terrifying power, Chi Wen might have withstood at its peak, but now, its wounded and exhausted body, after taking such a heavy punch, could only feel its eyes throb, its vision darken, and its mind spinning with vertigo, clearly indicating a concussion.

It sank back down with a gurgle, shaking its head under the water for a long while before barely regaining some clarity, then opened its huge mouth and charged again.

Only to be knocked down once again by her punch. This time it was the corner of its mouth, and she heard the tooth-grinding "crack," not knowing how many teeth it broke, only seeing a lot of blood mist erupting from its mouth again.

Then came the third, fourth, fifth time... no matter from which angle it attacked, Ning Xiaoxian could always dodge past, delivering a punch to its weak spots. By now, it had no strength left to use its Innate Divine Ability, which consumed far more mental and physical energy than physical combat.

The water around Chi Wen had been dyed crimson with blood, thick with the stench of blood. The smell of Dragon Child blood seeped through the tunnel, quickly attracting other creatures. Unfortunately, the tunnel was too narrow, and several Mutated Lizards that arrived outside couldn’t enter, only crowding around the entrance, making urgent cries like babies.

"Had I known your blood was so alluring, I wouldn’t have bothered capturing lizards," she muttered, as Chi Wen charged onto the beach, she delivered one last straight punch to its right temple.

It let out a whimper, struggled twice, and finally had no strength to move, much like a stranded whale.

Alas, she was also quite exhausted, with her right fist swollen and reddened, at least two finger bones cracked, her wrist injured, and she could smell her own blood. No matter how good her physique, having clashed head-on with this Dragon Child multiple times, she too was wounded. In hindsight, she should have bid on those glove-like Magic Artifacts at the Bai Yujing auction.

But now, she mustn’t show fatigue.

She stepped out from the right rear, standing before the Chi Wen, simultaneously halting the bleeding effect of the tusk.

Its nostril alone was bigger than her, but looking at this human-like creature before it, the once crazed and muddled gaze finally showed fear: this creature could easily take its life with a lift of the hand.

Ning Xiaoxian did not raise her hand, but jumped onto its back. Chi Wen’s scalp tingled, thinking she was about to torture it again, letting out a few futile roars, but it had no strength to resist. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)