I conquer the immortal with my strength.

Chapter 369: Ebb Tide, Dilemma [Two Chapters in One]

Soon, the island sank completely into the lake.

There was no longer any human figure on the lake, only huge black waves surging and rushing straight into the sky.

Under the dark sky, there appeared a gigantic shadow of a black tortoise mythical beast, filling the heaven and earth, exuding an ancient and timeless aura.

Some monks were too close to the bank and were hit by huge waves. They were directly swept into the Xuanwu tide and died on the spot.

The monks on the shore looked at the Xuanwu Lake, which was as calm as black jade just now, and suddenly turned into a lake of death that swallowed even Nascent Soul monks. They were all terrified and turned around to flee.

"ripped!"

Under the surging waves, Xia Daoming held the knife in both hands. The muscles in his arms were coiled together like a dragon. He kept slashing forward, trying to cut through the black water that had completely swallowed him.

Not only that, a mountain god scepter appeared above Xia Daoming's head, and nine runes flashed together, converging into a giant axe, which chopped the black water together with the black tiger knife.

But just as he split open the black water that was swallowing him, a huge wave came down and immediately knocked him down and swallowed him.

"Click! Click! Click!"

The red fire tortoise shield that protected his body made a cracking sound.

Blood slowly flowed out from Xia Daoming's seven orifices.

The skin is cracked and blood is oozing out.

"Damn it!"

Xia Daoming's face turned extremely ugly.

He never dreamed that the Xuanwu Lake, which seemed so calm just now, would have such terrifying power once it erupted.

All the magic weapons he summoned, including the Chilong Pearl he snatched from Master Ma Ling, were no match for the huge waves.

Later, he did not hesitate to consume his energy and strength, and fully unleashed the power of the Red Fire Turtle Shield, and only then was he able to stabilize the situation a little.

But even so, the terrifying pressure still fell on his body through the Red Fire Turtle Shield, making him feel as if the strong body he was so proud of was about to be crushed into flesh and bones.

Of course, if he did not have a strong body, even with the Red Fire Turtle Shield as the first layer of protection, he would have been turned into minced meat and bones like those Jindan cultivators and Yuanying early stage cultivators.

But now, the Red Fire Turtle Shield could not withstand the beating of the Black Tortoise Tide and was about to fall apart.

Without the Red Fire Turtle Shield as the first line of defense, even if his body was strong, it would soon be reduced to dust.

"Now we can only rely on the temporarily refined black tortoise shell! If it can't resist, then we will really die here."

Xia Daoming's eyes showed determination, and with a thought, the tortoise pattern on the fragment of the black tortoise shell that was temporarily nurtured in the sea of ​​blood lit up.

"boom!"

The Red Fire Turtle Shield finally fell apart and turned into pieces.

At this moment, fragments of the black tortoise shell emerged from Xia Daoming's chest.

The patterns on the tortoise shell seemed to come alive, twisting constantly, floating up from the shell, and crisscrossing around Xia Daoming.

Soon, a light curtain with strange patterns appeared around Xia Daoming.

The shadow of the mythical beast Xuanwu was looming on the light curtain.

"call!"

The terrifying force that was originally pressing on his body through the Red Fire Turtle Shield actually became much smaller, which made Xia Daoming involuntarily breathe a sigh of relief, with a look of surprise on his face.

"The fragments of the Xuanwu tortoise shell are surprisingly effective in resisting the water from Xuanwu Lake!"

However, the surprise on Xia Daoming's face only lasted for a short time before disappearing.

The originally shallow lines on the turtle shell seemed to have suddenly turned into bottomless trenches, and the blood and energy were sucked into them.

Xia Daoming's face suddenly turned paler, and a feeling of weakness as if he was being drained kept coming up.

"Damn it, this thing consumes too much energy, I have to rush out as soon as possible!"

The strong sense of crisis made Xia Daoming swing the Black Tiger Sword more frantically, urging the Mountain God Scepter, and also sending out the Tiger Subduing Hand Seals one after another.

Qi, blood and strength rushed out like a burst dam.

The level of the boundless sea of ​​blood was dropping at a terrifying rate.

But no matter how Xia Daoming charged, the huge waves hit him and knocked him back.

"Damn, damn!"

Xia Daoming's heart continued to sink along with the level of the endless sea of ​​blood.

"Am I really going to die here?"

Facing the surging Xuanwu tide, Xia Daoming felt like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, destined to be crushed without any chance of reversal.

Despair was like the water from Xuanwu Lake that surged in from all directions and kept engulfing him.

When he was in complete despair, all the little things that had happened since he came into this world and the warm scenes of living with his beloved wife flashed through his mind like fleeting images, filling his heart with regret and unwillingness.

He also wanted to go to the legendary fairyland with them, live forever together, and be truly free and easy.

"No, I can't die here! I must find a way to get out alive. Even if there is only a glimmer of hope, I must not give up!" Xia Daoming suddenly broke free from the shackles of despair, and his heart became calmer than ever before.

After calming down, Xia Daoming's brain started to work rapidly, and soon a light like lightning flashed through his mind.

"Since Xiao Han calls this wave the Xuanwu Tide, then there is a tide and there is a tide. When the tide rises, the waves are surging, and I can't resist the power of the waves. Why don't I wait for the tide to recede and find a way to rush out of Xuanwu Lake after the wind and sea are calm?"

As soon as this thought came to his mind, hope instantly ignited in Xia Daoming's heart.

He made a prompt decision to put away the Mountain God Sceptre and the Black Tiger Knife. The Tiger Subduing Seal that had been condensed above the sea of ​​blood was also dissipated, transformed into blood and qi, and returned to the sea of ​​blood.

Not only that, the golden elixir in the lower dantian began to rotate rapidly again.

A glittering chariot and a crystal clear bead rose above Xia Daoming's head.

These two magic defensive weapons originally belonged to Nascent Soul cultivators.

Previously, under such raging waves, Xia Daoming had also used these two top-level defensive magic weapons in his hands, but they were almost vulnerable and were instantly knocked back to their original shapes by a wave.

Xia Daoming simply stopped pinning his hopes on the magic weapon of Qi Refining and instead concentrated all his energy on practicing the martial arts of physical training, trying to charge out at the fastest speed with his strongest defense and offense.

But now and then.

At this moment, Xia Daoming had to adopt a comprehensive defensive strategy and persist for a long time, so he had to make full use of the considerable true energy and magic power in his body, as well as the powerful magic weapons on him, to try his best to share the pressure of body refining and reduce the consumption of Qi, blood and strength.

As soon as the golden roc chariot was released, it covered Xia Daoming. There were also Chi dragons coiled around the chariot, and outside the Chi dragons was a light curtain formed by criss-crossing tortoise patterns.

Under the three layers of protection, Xia Daoming began to tighten the output of blood, energy and strength to the Black Tortoise Shell, distributing part of the pressure to the two magic weapons.

In fact, although the Black Tortoise Shell consumes a lot of energy and blood, it is still far inferior to activating the nine Mountain God Scepter runes together.

The latter can be said to be overdrawn every time, and if used more than a few times, it will damage the foundation.

Now, Xia Daoming not only stopped all means of attack including the Mountain God Scepter, he even transferred part of the pressure to the Qi Refining method. Suddenly, the sinking of the boundless sea of ​​blood became much slower.

"call!"

Xia Daoming felt that the loss of energy, blood and strength became slow and controllable, no longer like a flood bursting through a dam or a wild horse running wild, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Under the triple defense, people go with the flow in this doomsday-like Xuanwu tide, floating up and down, and unexpectedly feel like "let him be as strong as he can, and the breeze blows across the hills."

But he eventually gave up his resistance and silently endured the huge waves. Surrounded by three balls of light, Xia Daoming's body inevitably sank.

But strangely enough, due to the patterned light curtain released by the black tortoise shell, although the pressure continued to increase during the sinking process, it did not increase as significantly as imagined. This gave Xia Daoming great hope in his heart, and he simply let his body sink.

After all, there were huge waves on the lake, one after another, and the damage caused to his body by the power of the impact was much greater than the increase in pressure.

As he sank, Xia Daoming's eyes flashed with golden light, and he was always alert to changes in the surrounding environment.

"Hey, that is..." Xia Daoming narrowed his eyes slightly and saw that not far above him, there was a man with a Nascent Soul on his head, a fire dragon coiled around his body, and a huge sword in his hand. He was splitting the huge waves coming towards him one after another. There was even a faint sign of someone escaping from the huge waves.

If not the strongest person who has entered the Xuanwu Secret Realm this time, who else could Mo Li be?

When Xia Daoming's divine eye was focused on Mo Li, Mo Li inadvertently glanced down and saw Xia Daoming not far away.

"He is still alive!" Mo Li was slightly stunned.

However, the situation was critical at the moment, and Mo Li was only slightly startled, then he immediately put it out of his mind and tried to rely on a secret magic technique of the demon sect and the burst of Nascent Soul power to rush out in one go.

Otherwise, once the momentum of the Nascent Soul force wore off, he would not even have the slightest hope of escaping.

Mo Li's arms swelled up, his muscles were like the roots of an old tree, his body and the Nascent Soul above his head shrank at an odd speed, making his entire body extremely uncoordinated, as if he had turned into a monster.

This is the power that Mo Li exploded at the cost of his lifespan and the original power of his Nascent Soul for a century.

The Fire Dragon Sword in his hand suddenly burst into flames, and the sword body suddenly grew four or five times larger.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The Fire Dragon Sword cut through several huge waves in succession, temporarily sweeping away the huge waves in front of him.

"Okay!" Mo Li was overjoyed, and the fire tornado swept him up and was about to soar into the sky.

As long as this charge was successful, he would have at least a 10% chance of escape.

But just when Mo Li was about to soar into the sky, a dark thunder suddenly appeared under his body.

Mo Li suddenly felt a sense of alarm and lowered his head abruptly.

When he lowered his head, he saw a dark lightning under him, which suddenly glowed coldly. In the distance, there was a familiar young figure.

In the dark lake, Mo Li couldn't see the face of the figure clearly, but his sharp intuition as a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul seemed to allow him to see that the man was giving him a smug, sinister, and gloating sneer.

"No!"

Mo Li's face suddenly changed and he screamed.

Unfortunately, it was too late. A dark force was released, just like a drop of water dripping into an oil pan. Suddenly, the lake water under Mo Li suddenly raised huge waves, knocking him down and swallowing him up again.

The biting cold and the pressure as heavy as a mountain pressed down from all directions.

Most of the fire dragons surrounding his body were extinguished in an instant, and the Nascent Soul that was originally hanging above his head suddenly became dim, with most of its body sunk into Mo Li's head. No matter how he urged it, he was unable to release it.

Blood gushed out from Mo Li's seven orifices.

The skin on his body kept cracking and his bones made crackling sounds as if they were being squeezed and broken.

"I hate it!"

Mo Li raised his head and roared, his bleeding eyes widened with regret and unwillingness.

He almost had a chance to escape.

However, because of his previous arrogance and disregard for others, he was tricked by the young man at the critical moment and failed.

Seeing that someone as powerful as Mo Li was turned into minced meat and broken bones by the Xuanwu tide, Xia Daoming did not feel any gloating, but rather an indescribable fear and relief.

If he had not accidentally obtained a piece of Black Tortoise shell fragment when collecting the Black Tortoise Blood Pearl, and if he had not made a prompt decision to use the secret method of body refining and treasure collecting to perform a preliminary ritual to refine it and store it in the sea of ​​blood for nourishment in order to protect himself, he would have suffered the same fate as Mo Li.

After all, Mo Lili is only one step away from the late Nascent Soul stage. Even if he is suppressed by the laws deep in the secret realm, his strength is still much better than his.
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Xuanwu Lake is still surging and huge waves are still raging.

Xia Daoming sank into the lake and moved with the tide.

Time passes day by day.

The level of the boundless sea of ​​blood continued to sink.

The true energy and magic power in the meridians and dantian are also constantly decreasing.

Even if Xia Daoming continued to take elixirs and magic potions to replenish his qi, blood, true energy and magical power, he was unable to maintain the reduction of the two different forces in his body.

Fortunately, this process is continuous and moderate, and with the help of elixirs and effective medicines, the rate of their reduction is greatly reduced.

Unlike the last life-and-death battle with Master Ma Ling, the sudden burst and loss of energy was extremely rapid, and the medicinal power of elixirs and magic medicines could not be replenished in time, and the damage to the sea of ​​blood and the golden elixir was also extremely great.

But the Xuanwu tide showed no signs of stopping. The torment of being cut by a blunt knife made Xia Daoming feel gloomy and depressed.

There were even times when he felt like a frog in warm water, slowly waiting for death.

Because when his qi, blood, strength, true energy and magic power were depleted to the limit, he no longer had the strength to fight, which made him feel the urge to risk everything and go all out.

But in the end, reason prevailed over impulse.

Seven days ago, he had rushed forward recklessly.

Turns out, that just speeds up the path to death.

There was absolutely no hope of escape.

But like now, slowly enduring the blunt knife cutting into my flesh, there is at least a glimmer of hope for survival.

Time passes slowly in the agony of waiting for the dawn which may never come.

Xia Daoming's body was becoming weaker and weaker. If it were not for a strong desire to survive that was supporting him, as soon as his tense nerves relaxed a little, the triple defense would collapse immediately, and he would be swallowed up by the lake and crushed into flesh and bones.

My eyelids were getting heavier and my consciousness seemed to be becoming blurry.

Relying on instinct, Xia Daoming continued to draw the almost dried up blood, energy, and true power from his body, and injected them into the Black Tortoise Shell, the Golden Peng Chariot, and the Chilong Pearl to maintain their operation.

Suddenly, the turbulent undercurrent beneath the lake subsided significantly.

Xia Daoming, whose consciousness was almost falling into a coma, was shocked. He didn't know where the strength came from, but his eyes suddenly widened and golden light surged in his eyes.

The lake water is receding, and the island that sank into the lake is slowly rising up.

"The tide is going out! Haha, I finally made it!"

Xia Daoming cried with joy.

One day passed.

Xuanwu Lake has returned to calm, as quiet as a huge piece of black jade. There is an island sitting quietly in the middle of the lake. Under the gray sky, the ancient ruins do not show any traces of water stains.

Everything was as if nothing had happened.

But Xia Daoming, who was lying on the shore, gasping for breath, looked at all this peaceful scene, but he felt an indescribable lingering fear of surviving a disaster.

Just a little bit different!

If this Xuanwu tide lasts another half day or a day, he will surely die.

"Those who survive a great disaster will be blessed in the future, haha!"

Soon, remembering that he had finally escaped, obtained the Black Tortoise Blood Pearl and many other opportunities, Xia Daoming couldn't help laughing out loud again.

But as he laughed, Xia Daoming seemed to remember something and his laughter stopped abruptly.

"Damn it, it should have been more than 49 days now!"

Xia Daoming struggled to stand up, holding a top-grade spirit stone in one hand to absorb pure spiritual energy, while stuffing elixirs into his mouth at random, and immediately moved Xiao Jin out of the spirit beast bag.

Xiao Jin rested well in the spirit beast bag and was in high spirits.

As soon as it was moved out, it received Xia Daoming's order, and immediately carried its master on its back, spread its wings, and flew low over the ground towards the outer area of ​​the secret realm. At the same time, its eyes flashed with golden light, and it observed its surroundings vigilantly and carefully.

Pass through the broken walls and ruins everywhere in the deep area of ​​the secret realm, and fly over the turbulent Xuanming River.

The man and the bird finally arrived at the outer area of ​​the secret realm.

The earth was frozen and the cold wind was raging.

Apart from the dark mountains and rivers, there was no single person in sight, let alone any exit.

"Xiao Jin, we are trapped in the Xuanwu Secret Realm!" Xia Daoming looked up at the gray sky, wanting to cry but without tears.

When he was trapped in the Xuanwu Tide, he was only thinking about escaping when the tide receded, and he didn't even think about the exit.

After finally escaping, he found that there was still a dilemma waiting for him.

He had missed the time to leave the secret realm.

This missed opportunity lasted for two hundred years!
Xia Daoming still has more than 400 years to live, so he can afford to waste these 200 years.

Moreover, he has a strong body to rely on. As long as there is no major disaster like the Xuanwu Tide, it will not be a problem for him to survive two hundred years in this harsh environment.

Unlike the Qi Refining monks, in this harsh environment, even the Nascent Soul monks have to consume their true energy and magic power every moment. It's like a blunt knife cutting flesh. Even if the Nascent Soul monks have strong true energy and magic power, they will definitely not be able to withstand more than two hundred years.

Not to mention, in two hundred years, no one knows whether there will be any major natural disasters in the secret realm.

Anyway, ever since the Xuanwu Secret Realm was opened, there must have been people who missed the time to get out, but no one has ever heard of anyone being able to get out alive after it opened two hundred years later.

At this time, Xia Daoming did not have the mind to think deeply about any major natural disasters or whether he could survive two hundred years. What filled his mind now was how worried Liu Qiaolian, Ji Wenyue, his master, his mistress and others would be if he had not been back for two hundred years. If anything happened, he would probably regret it for the rest of his life. He had to find a way to leave and could not be trapped here for two hundred years!

“Oh, right, Xiao Han said that after the 49th day of the 77th month, multiple exit portals will appear in different places in the outer area of ​​the Xuanwu Secret Realm, but so far, no exit portals have appeared in the records in the depths of the Xuanwu Secret Realm.

Just because there is no record of it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Maybe the portal deep in the secret realm appeared at a different time? Or maybe the deep secret realm is too dangerous and few people enter, and the portal deep in the secret realm is hidden very secretly, so it has not been discovered so far!"

Thinking of this, hope ignited in Xia Daoming's heart.

However, he did not immediately order Xiao Jin to carry him back to the depths of the secret realm. Instead, he found a relatively quiet place, set up a formation, and ordered Xiao Jin to protect him by the side. Then he sat cross-legged and began to practice martial arts and rest.

Now that things have come to this, there is no need to rush.

The top priority is to recover as quickly as possible so that we can calmly deal with the upcoming difficulties.

After seven days and seven nights, Xia Daoming finally reached his best condition.

"Return to the depths of the secret realm."

At Xia Daoming's command, the man and the bird left the outer area and returned to the depths of the secret realm.
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Five months later.

Xia Daoming sat down on the ground in frustration.

In the past five months, he and Xiao Jin used their divine eyes to scan almost every corner of the deep secret realm. They discovered many opportunities that were protected by restrictions, some of which were even great opportunities, but they did not find any trace of the portal.

There was no sign of any portal appearing in the depths of the secret realm.

Xia Daoming was not in a hurry to seize those opportunities.

For him, the most urgent task is to find the portal, so as not to get into any unnecessary trouble, fall into any restrictions, and miss the chance to leave.

"It seems that I really have to stay here for two hundred years. In this case, I will just focus on building the Zhongyuan Jiang Palace. When I become stronger, I will take in opportunities one by one." Xia Daoming looked at the calm lake with a helpless look on his face.

"Master, do you think the portal could be under this lake?" Xiao Jin said suddenly as he looked at the calm lake.

"Under the lake?" Xia Daoming's heart was shocked when he heard this, and he stood up.

PS: Today's content is not suitable for two chapters, so I specially combined it into one chapter and published it today. It's almost the middle of the month, and I would like to ask book friends to see if they have monthly tickets and help vote for support. Thank you very much.

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