Chapter 63: Chapter 63: Scorching Heaven-Devouring Python
"Blood Sea Divine Palm!"
In an instant, the surging sea of blood transformed into a colossal palm, hurtling toward the river of Sword Qi that shone like the Milky Way!
BOOM!
The massive crimson palm and the white Sword Qi collided.
The incomparably sharp white Sword Qi, like a Flood Dragon, sliced the Blood Palm to pieces, then shot swiftly toward Xue Wuya!
Seeing his Blood Palm cleaved in two, Xue Wuya’s pupils shrank in shock.
He immediately raised his right hand, his Blood-colored True Essence flaring out to form a crimson shield.
The sharp Sword Qi cut through the air as if meeting no resistance, slashing instantly at his Blood Shield.
BANG!
The bloody aura and the sword’s light intertwined.
Under the assault of the white Sword Qi, the Blood Shield began to crack and shatter, inch by inch.
Li Xingyue’s figure flashed, vanishing in an instant. When she reappeared, she was high above Xue Wuya, behind his back.
Her gaze was icy as she gathered her power and unleashed a strike. Sword Qi erupted, tearing through space like a white dragon soaring through the sky as it plunged toward Xue Wuya.
Just as Xue Wuya managed to dissipate the sharp Sword Qi before him with what was left of his Blood Shield, he sensed a grave danger. He whirled around and looked up, his pupils constricting.
’Damn it!’
A beam of sword light suddenly illuminated the sky, then fell like a river of stars.
It tore through the heavens and ripped through space, slashing down at him!
SHINK!
In the face of this Sword Qi that seemed capable of sundering anything, all defenses were rendered meaningless.
Xue Wuya’s head flew into the air, his eyes wide with disbelief.
It then fell from the sky and hit the ground, kicking up a small cloud of dust.
Li Xingyue collected Xue Wuya’s Storage Ring.
Then, she stepped into the air. With a wave of her hand, her Longsword shot through the sky. She mounted it and used Sword Flight to speed away, deeper into the ruins.
...
「Elsewhere」
In a different part of the ruins, the ground was a shattered mess of wreckage, strewn with bleached white bones.
Tattered Spiritual Artifacts, now drained of their Spiritual Power, lay among the crumbling walls and debris.
Even the passage of time could not erase the signs of the great battle that once took place here.
Not far from this spot stood a massive volcano.
Xiao Chen arrived at the volcano’s magma pool, where the scorching heat visibly distorted the air.
Xiao Chen murmured, "Master, is that thing really here?"
"Yes. We’re getting closer. It must be here."
"However, there’s a little something under the magma. You’re no match for it right now."
A deep voice resounded in Xiao Chen’s mind.
"I understand, Master."
Xiao Chen continued deeper into the volcano. The surrounding heat intensified, as if the very air was being steamed into vapor.
He gazed at the churning, boiling magma not far ahead.
Beneath the surface, he could faintly make out a massive shadow.
The first thing Xiao Chen did was take out a Communication Talisman and infuse a message into it with his True Yuan.
Only then did he turn his attention back to carefully observing the roiling magma before him.
Xiao Chen stepped forward, drawing closer and closer to the scorching, churning pool.
Suddenly, the magma began to heave and surge like a stormy sea.
A giant magma python, radiating a terrifying aura, erupted from its depths.
Its fiery body was fifty zhang long.
It threw back its head, opened its monstrous maw, and lunged toward Gu Yun and Xiao Chen.
’So it’s here?’ Xiao Chen was already on high alert.
Xiao Chen’s power erupted. His Cultivation had already reached the True Martial Second Layer.
The True Yuan inside him began to boil, like a raging sea of volcanic lava.
The rising, searing temperature swept out, turning the surrounding space into a scorching furnace.
The Flame True Essence burning around his body rapidly condensed into a fiery fist several dozen zhang wide.
With lightning speed, he threw a punch. The giant fist of fire seared the air, carrying the weight of a mountain as it flew toward the fifty-zhang-long python!
RUMBLE!
The sky-devouring fire python used its powerful body to smash through the fiery fist.
Then, with unstoppable momentum, it continued its lunge toward Xiao Chen!
’What?!’ Xiao Chen was stunned.
Seeing the fiery python about to swallow him whole, Xiao Chen’s figure flickered, becoming an afterimage as he instantly crossed several hundred zhang to put distance between them.
Xiao Chen carefully studied the fiery python before him.
His heart sank.
’A Scorching Heaven-Devouring Python. An extremely rare species of serpent that typically lives in high-temperature, fiery places. Their power is immense.’
The aura radiating from this Scorching Heaven-Devouring Python was clearly that of a True Martial Fourth Layer expert.
’Looks like I’ll have to stall for time.’
Xiao Chen’s expression was grim. He had already resolved to wait for aid from the unfathomable Gu Yun.
He watched as the scales on the Scorching Heaven-Devouring Python’s body glowed a brilliant crimson, and a torrent of flames wrapped around its massive frame.
Under the intense heat, the very air rippled like disturbed water.
Streams of fire rose from the void, eventually converging into an enormous fireball that hurtled mercilessly toward Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen’s pupils shrank. Steeling his heart, he summoned two different-colored Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires, which coiled around his hands.
With practiced movements, he swiftly condensed them into a lotus throne shimmering with purple and cyan light.
He threw the lotus throne. As it made contact with the Scorching Heaven-Devouring Python’s massive fireball, it contracted and expanded in the void before rapidly swelling in size.
BOOM! A deafening explosion rang out.
It collided with the python’s fireball, triggering a world-shaking blast.
It was like two meteorites colliding in space. A boundless power erupted outwards.
It was a clash of mountains and rivers, a tidal wave, an earthquake.
A visible shockwave blasted outwards in all directions, striking the walls of the Volcano Valley.
The valley’s rock formations instantly collapsed. Huge, fiery red boulders fell, sending shrapnel flying everywhere.
The spreading dust and smoke were instantly incinerated into nothingness by the furnace-like flames.
The magma surged like a monstrous wave, boiling and spilling out onto the surface.
"Damn it!"
He watched as one of his killing moves became entangled with the python’s massive fireball, and both gradually annihilated each other.
Xiao Chen’s gaze grew even more solemn.
’Do I really have to use that technique?’ Xiao Chen thought to himself.
He then shook his head slightly. ’Using that move would set back my Cultivation at best... that’s the least of the worries.’
’Or... should I ask Master to possess me?’
The moment that thought appeared, he wanted to slap himself!
"For the sake of that thing... it seems a bitter fight is unavoidable."
Xiao Chen’s gaze, once distant, gradually turned to ice.
With a wave of his hand, the Flaming Spear appeared. His long hair drifted about him, though there was no wind.
Celestial Fire Three Profound Transformations—"Cyan Lotus Transformation!"
The True Yuan in his body surged, his aura climbing higher and higher as monstrous flames erupted around him.
An extremely searing heat swept through the Volcano Valley. Vaguely, it seemed as if endless flames were rising from the void, turning the entire valley into a sea of fire.
His boundless Flame True Essence churned like a vast ocean, emitting a heavy, oppressive aura.
It caused the superheated space around him to feel as if it were being crushed by an immense force, creating a powerful sense of pressure!
Amidst the rolling sea of fire,
Xiao Chen’s eyes blazed like roaring flames. Gripping the Flaming Spear, he walked forward step by step, fire trailing behind him like the mantle of a War God of Flame.
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