Chapter 1834: Chapter 1819: Frustrated Demon Clan Dao Realm Trio
I have to say, the Goldback Crocodile Dragon’s Crocodile Dragon Hide, especially after reaching the half-step Dao Realm and refining and tempering for over two thousand years, its resilience is too formidable!
If the Crocodile Dragon Hide of these Goldback Crocodile Dragons were to be peeled off, and Ye Zhen were to slightly refine it, he would definitely craft a Supreme defensive Suppressing Device.
The Innate Divine Ability of the Three-eyed Demon Clan’s Second Elder Jii Gongyue, the terrifying attacks of the golden light burst from those golden eyes, is powerful enough to rip open the Void Barrier of the Primordial Continent.
However, when it strikes upon the toughest forehead of the Goldback Crocodile Dragon, all it could leave was a white mark.
How terrifying must this defensive capability be?
Yet, Jii Gongyue is not dumb. After seeking an opportune moment, a large gash was opened on the abdomen of one of the Goldback Crocodile Dragons.
But, in comparison to the several kilometer-long body of the Goldback Crocodile Dragon, an opened gash on the abdomen doesn’t affect their combat power; instead, it drives them into a frenzy.
The dense tail whip strikes like thunder, relentlessly attacking Jii Gongyue and Jii Yan, making them struggle to cope.
The entire passage roared like thunder, and not long after, the location where Jii Gongyue and Jii Jii were in the passage collapsed.
Thus, the space left for Jii Gongyue and Jii Yan to execute their moves became even smaller.
Moreover, Jii Gongyue and his companion found that even if they used all their Divine Skills, they couldn’t severely injure these five Goldback Crocodile Dragons.
For the first time, whether Ye Zhen or they themselves, Jii Gongyue witnessed what is truly called Boundless Magic Power.
Is Jii Gongyue’s golden eye and blood eye’s golden ray attack scary enough?
But these Goldback Crocodile Dragons, with their terrifying Mana, coat their flesh and skin with layers of mud armor.
One layer of mud followed by one layer of Spiritual Power.
Perhaps one or two layers are inconsequential, but what about a hundred layers or a thousand layers, even up to several thousand?
After only half a quarter-hour of fierce battle, Jii Gongyue felt so frustrated that he almost spat blood, the thickness of the mud armor on these Goldback Crocodile Dragons already exceeds fifty meters.
Even though this mud armor has quite ordinary defensive capabilities.
But once their attacks penetrate this mud armor, their attack power becomes mediocre as well.
More frustratingly, these five Goldback Crocodile Dragons are too cunning.
Even the Goldback Crocodile Dragon whose belly he had broken with a large gash, no matter how furious, wouldn’t leave the Quagmire Lake to attack these two.
Leaving them no chance to attack separately.
This intense battle left Ye Zhen astounded; in the face of these five Goldback Crocodile Dragons, even Ye Zhen himself didn’t know where to start.
After employing numerous Divine Skills with no success, Jii Gongyue resorted to the simplest method.
Since these five Goldback Crocodile Dragons occupy the Quagmire Lake’s advantageous position, they can effortlessly condense endless mud armor.
So, destroying this advantage would be the solution.
After retreating through the Secret Technique and via the collapsing realm’s passage for an hour, Jii Gongyue and Jii Yan returned somewhat disheveled.
The hairs on their bodies were gone, even their eyebrows turned into black ash, more repulsive and fierce.
"Release!"
With a soft cry, Jii Gongyue ascended to the highest point, and with a wave of his hand, flowing red lava streamed out from Jii Gongyue’s hand.
Below, Jii Yan struck with palm winds, accelerating the red lava before it could cool rapidly, blasting it into the Magma Lake.
Sizzle!
Like throwing a red-hot charcoal into cold water, sizzling noises arose, a mass of steam evaporated, and the Quagmire Lake, devoid of moisture, resembled a dried lakebed, the mud rapidly clumped, hardened.
The five Goldback Crocodile Dragons roared furiously.
One of the Goldback Crocodile Dragons tried to block the red lava but kept crying out in pain, even its Crocodile Dragon Hide scorched black.
"With no advantageous terrain, let’s see what you can do!" Jii Gongyue’s expression was ice-cold.
In Jii Gongyue’s hands, the red lava seemed endless, as if there was a magma river in his hands, swiftly filling the entire Quagmire Lake, turning it rapidly into hard clumps of dried mud.
The Goldback Crocodile Dragons gazed upon this scene, roaring repeatedly, yet it was all in vain.
All they could do was struggling to agitate the remnant mud, trying to block the red lava’s path towards the core of the Five Seed Lotus.
Seeing this, Ye Zhen was greatly amazed.
This method, albeit clumsy, proved extremely effective.
As for how Jii Gongyue managed to acquire so much red lava, Ye Zhen had some insight.
When a Martial Artist’s cultivation advances from the Peak of Ninth Stage Dark Palace Realm to the Realm King Realm, they gain the Divine Skills ability to open up a Mustard Seed Space within their own body.
Yet, opening up a Mustard Seed Space within oneself requires tremendous resources, impossible for anyone but a Great Divine Power Practitioner to maintain it over time.
Many Realm King Realm experts only open a Mustard Seed Space a few meters or hundreds of meters large within themselves to store various precious treasures and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
After all, hiding valuable and essential items in one’s own Mustard Seed Space assures that no one can steal or rob them, being much safer.
However, some Martial Artists with ample cultivation resources slowly expand their Mustard Seed Space within their bodies over time, gradually turning it into a Mustard Seed Small World, sometimes genuinely creating a Little World under their dominion through accumulation.
Nowadays, many Little Worlds in the All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds are actually transformed by the guiding will of deceased eminent figures.
The Divine Soul may perish, but the will remains; thus, the Little World could eternally exist.
Ye Zhen guesses that the Second Elder Jii Gongyue of this Three-eyed Demon Clan likely means he has carved out a vast Mustard Seed Space or Mustard Seed Small World.
Directly channelling distant lava into the Mustard Seed Space, then releasing it here.
Let alone a Dao Realm expert’s Mustard Seed Space or Small World, even an average Creation God’s Mustard Seed Small World can’t completely contain this subterranean Magma Sea.
However, transporting a large amount of lava to dry up a three-hundred-mile-wide Quagmire Lake with no issue is certainly possible.
Now, Jii Gongyue and Jii Yan are doing just that, pressing forward step by step.
The entire underground is filled with dense fog, but Quagmire Lake is rapidly disappearing.
As the massive lava cools and solidifies, Quagmire Lake has already turned into rocky ground.
The activity space of the Goldback Crocodile Dragon is shrinking at a rapid pace.
Due to the high temperature, the entire Quagmire Lake is like boiling, but the five Goldback Crocodile Dragons are screaming and roaring constantly, trying to stop the lava from invading.
About half a quarter-hour later, the river of lava in Jii Gongyue’s hand suddenly stopped.
And the activity space of the five Goldback Crocodile Dragons has been compressed to only ten miles, which is very crowded.
The ten-mile radius Quagmire Lake can no longer be used by the Goldback Crocodile Dragon for much longer.
Moreover, Jii Gongyue is also worried that the moist lava will destroy the Five Seed Pomegranate; if that happens, it would be really frustrating.
"Kill!"
With a roar, Jii Gongyue and Jii Yan rushed out again, one in golden light, the other directly sacrificed his Supreme Suppressing Item Blood Blade, charged into the Quagmire Lake—or rather, it should be said it’s already rocky ground radiating high temperature like a mad tiger.
The Goldback Crocodile Dragon was also enraged, furiously roaring and rushing out of the remaining ten miles of quagmire, its massive body and claws came crashing down like a mountain.
Only four rushed out.
The strongest Goldback Crocodile Dragon remained curled up, steadfastly guarding the Five Seed Pomegranate.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Under the mix of anger and greed, the bloodiest battle began.
Every attack between Dao Realm Experts and the immense Goldback Crocodile Dragon caused the earth to tremble.
But the most powerful Goldback Crocodile Dragon let out a low growl like a dragon hymn, and a soil-yellow light flashed by, just adding an invisible layer of protection to the nearby underground space, preventing immediate collapse.
"Die!"
Seizing the opportunity Jii Gongyue created, Jii Yan’s Blood Blade flashed with brilliance, and a single strike decapitated an already scarred Goldback Crocodile Dragon.
This scene made Jii Yan burst into hearty laughter.
Having killed the first one, the rest would be easier.
But before Jii Yan could finish laughing, his smile froze.
The head of the Goldback Crocodile Dragon just decapitated suddenly leaped up and bit onto Jii Yan’s waist and abdomen.
At the same instant, a soil-yellow demon beast the size of a bull’s head, burst forth with a dazzling golden light, the bite force of the Goldback Crocodile Dragon was unbelievably terrifying.
In just an instant, it broke Jii Yan’s Protective Battle Armor, and as the sound of shattering rang out, the Goldback Crocodile Dragon’s teeth had pierced through Jii Yan’s High Grade Demon Suppression Armor.
In a frenzy of shock and anger, Jii Yan’s Palm Shadow crazily blasted away; in an instant, countless strikes smashed the dragon’s head into pieces, and along with it, the bull-sized yellow demon core shattered.
But at the moment the Goldback Crocodile Dragon’s head was smashed, it made one last effort to bite, directly piercing Jii Yan’s waist, flesh splattering.
Amid Jii Yan’s earth-shattering screams, half of his waist disappeared.
One leg fell directly to the ground, and the other only had tendons connecting to the gruesome waist.
Beside, handling three Goldback Crocodile Dragons alone, Jii Gongyue was shocked by this scene, getting whipped by the tail of a Goldback Crocodile Dragon, spitting blood.
It was too unexpectedly daring.
Truth be told, Ye Zhen didn’t expect this scene either.
The Goldback Crocodile Dragon, even with its head cut off, could still launch such terrifying attacks.
However, before Jii Gongyue was whipped away, he managed to scoop up Jii Yan, saving him to safety.
The life force of a Dao Realm expert is extremely resilient.
After swallowing several top-grade pills, Jii Yan utilized spiritual power, and the wound on his waist stopped bleeding and started to heal.
Jii Yan, being ruthless, severed his other broken leg, throwing it into the Mustard Seed Space.
Anyway, Dao Realm experts can fly without legs.
When returning, the leg could be restored at the lowest cost.
Unfortunately, his actions were slightly slow, and the other broken leg had already been swallowed by the remaining Goldback Crocodile Dragons.
"How much combat power do you have left?" After swallowing a few pills and meditating for a moment, Jii Gongyue suddenly asked.
At this point, having already paid such a high price, there was absolutely no way they could give up.
"About fifty percent, not more than sixty percent!" Jii Yan stared fiercely at the remaining four Goldback Crocodile Dragons, eyes full of anger, "Didn’t expect to be underestimated by a beast."
Having lost two legs and half an abdomen, such injuries would practically render a martial artist below the Dao Realm half-crippled.
Yet Jii Yan could still exert over half of his combat power, showing his toughness.
Jii Yan was just frustrated; with such severe injuries today, it was impossible to fully recover in less than ten years.
"Don’t worry, once we get the Five Seed Pomegranate, your losses, the ancestor will certainly compensate for them tenfold or hundredfold." Jii Gongyue somewhat understood Jii Yan’s sentiment.
Actually, Jii Gongyue was quite frustrated too, as their three top experts were unbeatable anywhere.
But on this trip, they didn’t even touch a hair of Di Kuohai, and two of them were severely injured.
So aggrieved!
"Next, I’ll lead the attack, you’ll assist. Create kill opportunities for me!" Second Elder of the Three-eyed Demon Clan, Jii Gongyue, took a deep breath and said.
Jii Yan, covered in Blood Evil Qi, heavily nodded.
