Wet viviparity

Chapter 989 Head, Half-Strike
When Zhao Langxing flew out of the sea, he transformed into a seagull and followed Chixia at a speed that defied the norm for a transformed seagull.

Within that radiant glow, there were four figures of different appearances, some sitting and some standing. He recognized all of them except for the one dressed in a blue robe and wearing a pearl crown. He had even met the young Chenlong several times before.

Zhao Langxing noticed that among these people, the Azure-Robed Man and the Stone Venerable Ding Ruyi were both extremely weak. The Azure-Robed Man, in particular, had two-thirds of his body covered in charred scales that had burst open from the heat, his flesh was peeling, and there was an electrical discharge.

"Ha ha!"

Amidst the crimson clouds soaring through the sky, Xiao Chenlong laughed loudly, raising his spear with a filthy human head embedded at its tip.

“This old dog’s true form of the Azure Sea Dragon Loach is truly enormous. I have lived in the sea for many years, and I have even been to the Azure Sea beyond the Eastern Pole, but I have never seen such a huge loach there.” At this point, Xiao Chenlong said with relief, “Fortunately, we have the magic weapon, the Buddha Head Subduing Demon Pendant, brought by Fellow Daoist Ding. It is truly this old dog’s nemesis.”

"The sea loach is the largest and most unpredictable of aquatic creatures. It can stretch for hundreds of miles, with oysters and clams piled on its back. It is also known as a boat-swallowing fish, and this is indeed true."

Ding Ruyi awoke from her meditation, holding a drill-like object that was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. Her face was full of lingering fear. She said, "Fortunately, before we left, Master foresaw this and ordered us to help Junior Brother Mingyue complete the refining of the 'Buddha Head Subduing Demon Wedge,' the treasure left behind by the Old Ancestor Kuma after his death."

This treasure can drill through mountains and create caves, no matter how hard or deep it is. It can easily break through a person's true form and destroy their formation.

Before his execution, the Old Ancestor of Crying Hemp intended to use this treasure to drill through the earth's core beneath Letou Mountain and destroy it in one fell swoop. If it weren't for the Dragon and Tiger Elders of his sect stabilizing the earth's core with their great magical power, and even activating the "Mist Curtain," a post-natal, formless spiritual treasure, to contain the treasure, the final outcome would have been uncertain.

Green Fairy covered her mouth and laughed, "This Demon-Subduing Chisel is a perfect example of breaking through Zhao Mingyan's true form of the Azure Sea Dragon Loach by targeting a single point."

Ding Ruyi suddenly smiled, with a proud look on her face, and said, "It is only right that my junior brother Mingyue has this opportunity. The Iron Scorpion Divine General he forged is unparalleled in its mystical and ever-changing nature. Moreover, the divine general has inherited the legacy of Kuma's life and even the spirituality of the Buddha Head Subduing Demon Pendant does not reject my junior brother Mingyue."

As he spoke, his expression shifted, and he said in a deep voice, "The greatest credit for this battle belongs to Senior Ling Han. If it weren't for Senior Ling Han's ability to subdue Zhao Mingyan's Lightning Dragon Spirit Shadow and break his Great Strength Technique, as well as his many lightning techniques and poisonous plagues, we might not have been able to defeat him in this battle."

Prince Linghan praised Ding Ruyi, saying, "Although you are only in the fourth realm, the silkworm general you have cultivated is extremely profound, and it can even fight alongside me in battle."

"All right."

Seeing that Ding Ruyi and Crown Prince Linghan were talking about how they couldn't praise him, Xiao Chenlong shook the spear with Zhao Mingyan's head stuck in it and used Yin Thunder to stimulate the head. Immediately, the head's eyelids rolled and its mouth opened and closed.

"Oh~
Ah~"

A strange cry came from that head.

Within the disheveled head, a misty, malevolent spirit struggled to break free, but was firmly imprisoned within by a curse. This was none other than Zhao Mingyan's malevolent spirit.

Stimulated by the Yin Thunder, Zhao Mingyan cried out in anguish, "The Dragon Gate has been destroyed, and living beings have been injured. The righteous god and Ling Xuzi behind him cannot escape the judgment of the Thunder Department. This battle will not stop in the mortal world. Thunder generals and spirit officials will surely descend to the mortal world to punish evil."

"look!"

Xiao Chenlong turned the spearhead around, and the tip of the spearhead was now facing Longyang Pass, also known as Longmen, where the river and the sea meet.

The Dragon Gate, which was originally missing a third of its length, is now barely visible, and everything has been restored to its original state. Even the treasure ships at the ferry are neatly moored there. Clearly, this place has been repaired by the capable people under the command of the righteous god, reducing casualties and preventing it from reaching the point of being condemned by the heavens.

"Human affairs should be left to human affairs, and heavenly affairs should be left to heaven; this is the law of heaven."

Ding Ruyi looked at Zhao Mingyan's head and said in a knowing tone, "Vice Commander Zhao is too impatient. He thinks that by imprisoning my master in Dayu Mountain, he can slowly fabricate charges and convict him in the Thunder Department, thus circumventing the heavenly rule that a celestial being cannot interfere with the human world."

Perhaps the deputy commander thought that, at worst, the increasingly dire external situation would force my master to act rashly and create an opening.

Of course, I think all of these are just preparatory measures for him.

Given the deputy commander's imposing presence, perhaps acting first and reporting later is his style. However, upon witnessing the connection between my master and the Golden Rooster of the Pleiades, as well as the vast amount of Dharma energy from the ancestral master Ganxiong, he knew that any rash action would result in the descent of the two great divine bodies, potentially triggering a great calamity in the Central Plains ahead of schedule.

"You're nothing but..." The head on the tip of the spear turned with difficulty to Ding Ruyi, its dry lips chapped. "You're nothing but a heretical bastard who borrowed a bit of Ling Xuzi's prestige and was forcibly elevated to a higher position by the cabinet. Just because you call me 'Stone Venerable,' do you really think you're a superior?!"

"Shut up, you old thief."

Green Flower Fairy was determined to protect her husband, and without further ado, she raised her hand and conjured a cold light to destroy the Yin spirit inside his skull.

Just then, more than two hundred points of dark light suddenly appeared outside the crimson glow, forming a dark patch that enveloped the area. No matter how the crimson glow rushed through this light, it could never escape this dark patch, while the dark patch could not penetrate the crimson glow in the slightest.

"Langxing!"
"Haha, but the mighty army of my Zhao clan has arrived!"

The head on the gun barrel was laughing loudly.

"No." A voice came from the darkness outside, saying very honestly, "Dog Guardian surrendered to the enemy in battle. He knew our military tactics and formations in detail. With a single strike from Dou Guang Xu Gou Ling Ying, he destroyed my Yaksha tribe and Daoist camp. Our army has been completely defeated."

"Noisy!"

Prince Linghan took a step forward, transforming into a round-scaled dragon. With a clench and a flick of his four claws, lightning and thunderbolts rained down.

Within this dark light, spanning tens of acres and manifested from 267 grains of black sand, lightning and thunder tore open a gap, allowing rays of morning light to penetrate.

The dense, dark light surged towards Prince Linghan, each grain of divine sand striking his scales with a continuous clang of metal against stone. Prince Linghan managed to withstand the impact, constantly struggling within the swirling dark light and sand. In the crimson glow, Little Dragon Chen wanted to go and help, but was stopped by Ding Ruyi.

Ding Ruyi sat cross-legged, actually raising his own ethereal light to its extreme. The dark light outside hindered his primordial spirit's exploration, but it could not stop his highly effective ethereal light, which he had cultivated for many years through the "Secret Refinement of Feather Transformation".

With a "bang," a rope-like black shadow flew out from outside the crimson glow and struck. The strike caused a thunderous sound, and even the glow formed by the protective magic treasure, the Blood Brocade Robe, swayed a few times.

Ding Ruyi remained calm and composed, showing no sign of panic.

"Go!"

He raised his hand and scattered a wisp of pale golden light, which flashed out from the rosy glow and pierced through a figure.

When he turned his hand back, the light faded, and only a small piece of fine scale remained on the Demon-Subduing Chisel.

"Incarnation Technique!"

Before Ding Ruyi could think further, the dark light outside suddenly dissipated, and the morning light shone from the horizon to the east. Meanwhile, in the high sky above the Dragon Gate to the west, a mountain peak shot out, leaving a long trail of flames, and crashed directly onto the crimson sky.

The peak came too fast; the dark light had barely faded when it struck again—a carefully prepared attack by Zhao Langxing.

The deafening explosion swallowed up all other sounds, and the visible shockwave exploded in a ring, creating a huge crater in the sea surface, some miles below.

The brilliant crimson glow, like glass shattered by a heavy hammer, broke into pieces, bursting forth with its last, poignant brilliance before being swallowed up by even more raging flames and smoke. The spirits of the magical artifacts that protected the glow cried out in anguish as they scattered and disintegrated.

This Blood Brocade Robe was personally crafted by Fairy Green Flower. After the battle to capture and kill Zhao Mingyan, and the current battle with Zhao Langxing, it finally gave way and was broken. Fairy Green Flower, who had a spiritual connection with this treasure for over a hundred years, was inevitably affected by the destruction of this treasure and was greatly exhausted.

The peak shattered upon impact, massive rocks were torn apart and flung into the air, burning fiercely and scattering in all directions.

Fire and smoke billowed down from the sky like hundreds of willow branches hanging down, mixed with broken rays of light and charred rocks, forming a chaotic airspace.

I've been infected!

The Zhao family seal must not be lost!

A figure, like a ghost, pierced through the billowing smoke and flying sparks, and with unparalleled precision rushed straight towards the core area where the radiant light burst forth. His target was clear—it was Ding Ruyi, whose aura had been slightly disrupted by the collision with the peak.

Zhao Langxing painstakingly crafted this thunderous strike, sparing no effort to expend the Jia Chen True Blood he had accumulated over many years, originally intended to enhance his spiritual shadow, and even using a powerful technique to move a mountain peak, all for this fleeting opportunity.

The "Chenyun Talisman Seal" that Ding Ruyi obtained from his third great-uncle must be retrieved here. We must not allow the righteous gods to use this seal to refine their true techniques.

"Give me the talisman." Zhao Langxing formed his five fingers into a claw and grabbed down at Ding Ruyi's head. Unexpectedly, strange light writhed in the void beneath his claw, and an extremely fat, semi-transparent phantom with a body of gold and red appeared. It was the silkworm general that Ding Ruyi had cultivated.

The fleshy silkworm's body was covered with rings of fat, making it appear bulky and cumbersome. However, when it struck with its claws, the force that could split rocks and shake the earth was completely dissipated layer by layer by its golden-red and translucent, plump body, like a mud ox sinking into the sea.

At the same time, Ding Ruyi pointed her fingers like a sword and calmly made a light slash at him from a distance, and a green shadow flashed out.

This emerald shadow was hazy and indistinct, seemingly real yet illusory, as if it were merely a highly refined thought, a boundary separating the pure from the impure. It had no unusual presence, only a sharp intent that could cut through anything and was unparalleled in its divine edge.

Without a second thought, Zhao Langxing retreated rapidly, simultaneously concentrating all the divine sand surrounding him in front of him.

The black sand blocked this formidable attack, but what surprised Zhao Langxing even more than the Azure Shadow attack was the significance of the Azure Shadow itself: "This is the Azure Lotus Sword Technique, which all candidates for True Monarch of Taiping Mountain have been required to learn!"

From the nearby smoke and fire, a dragon's tail suddenly lashed out, catching Zhao Langxing off guard. He was thrown from the sky and barely managed to stop about three zhang above the river. Just as he was regretting missing a golden opportunity and being shaken by a mere fourth-realm cultivator, he suddenly saw a shadowy figure rushing towards him from the lower reaches of the Li River.

"What kind of flying dragon is that?"

Upon seeing the figure, Zhao Langxing was stunned for a moment before realizing that it was Prince Mihuan.

"Go!" Zhao Langxing knew there was no way to turn the tide, and was about to escape by water when, from where the smoke and light were mixed and scattered, a blood-stained head carrying a jade seal flew down, heading straight for him.

"Third Grand Uncle, I knew you wouldn't just sit and wait to die at a time like this."

Overjoyed, Zhao Langxing did not forget to use his primordial mysticism to investigate the past. Upon investigation, he was shocked to discover that his third great-uncle's head was not only filled with magical objects such as thunder nails and fire pills, but also with a small drill, a small seal, and Ding Ruyi's cutting thread that specializes in attacking acupoints and blocking true qi.

“Okay! Okay! Okay!

"Truly worthy of being Ling Xuzi's prized disciple."

Zhao Langxing laughed in extreme anger, then gave up hope of taking back the Chenyun Talisman Seal. He flipped over and disappeared into the river, leaving only the old man's head wailing and calling out on the river.

(End of this chapter)