Starting as dockworkers, they swept through Chongqing.

Chapter 564 The Heart of the Thunder Dragon

As soon as a pirate raised his knife, a bloody hole appeared in his throat.

The second man attempted a sneak attack from the side, but the butt of his gun shattered his sternum like a thunderbolt.

prick.

pick.

sweep.

collapse.

The Thunder Spear Technique moved without any hesitation in the narrow hall.

The powerful, dragon-like tendons of Xilun allow him to adjust the spearhead at any angle. A spear that seems to have missed its mark can be easily deflected from another direction by a slight twist of the waist and abdomen, passing through the enemy's vitals.

Ten breaths.

There are fewer than ten ordinary pirates left standing in the hall.

The dark-skinned man struggled to his feet from among the corpses, his back covered in blood, his twisted knees forced back into place by his third-tier physique.

"I'll kill you!"

He lunged at Xiren from the side.

Xilun didn't even look back.

With a light tap of the soles of the feet on the ground, the body moves half a zhang to the side with the water vapor.

The Thunder Spear thrust out from under his armpit and precisely pierced the dark-skinned man's chest.

"thunder."

Xilun clenched his fists.

A bluish-white lightning bolt exploded inside the spear tip.

The dark-skinned man's chest was instantly charred black, his heart torn apart by the lightning.

The body slid slowly down the gun barrel.

Krov's expression finally changed.

He originally thought that Xilun was just an ordinary third-tier retainer, and even if he had some strength, the number of people in the village and the two newly promoted third-tier retainers would be enough to wear him down.

But now it seems that the opponent is by no means weak among the third-tier opponents.

"Release the beasts!"

Krov turned and rushed toward the back door, taking a bone whistle from his pocket at the same time.

A sharp whistle pierced through the mountain village.

A frantic roar immediately came from the water prison behind.

The entire village was shaking.

"Stop him!"

Croft gave orders to the remaining pirates, but he himself did not hesitate to flee to the water dungeon.

The pirates were already filled with fear.

Despite years of accumulated power, a few still gritted their teeth and charged toward West London.

Xilun's spear stance shifted.

The shimmering water spread like a tide.

The Thunder Spear pierced through three men in succession, then swept its tail across, sending the last two pirates flying.

Instead of immediately pursuing Krov, he opened the houses where the prisoners were being held.

More than a dozen caravan guards were tied together, many of them seriously injured.

The girl who had been under the bed earlier also crawled out and, trembling, helped untie the ropes.

"Those who can walk, take the wounded and leave through the west wooden wall."

Siren cut the last rope. "There are people waiting outside the forest. Follow the white cloth I left behind."

A caravan guard with a missing arm recognized Xilun and became excited.

"Mr. Siren, there are monsters behind the village!"

"I know."

"That monster can unleash mines; the pirates used them to ram trucks. Crove has the chains to control it!"

Xilun's eyes flickered slightly.

The chains that can control third-tier sea beasts are likely a treasure in themselves.

"Leave immediately."

He picked up his gun and left the hall.

The remaining pirates in the stronghold had already lost their will to fight after seeing that one of their three leaders was dead and the other had fled.

Some people escaped by scaling the wall, while others threw down their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy.

Xilun wasted no time in the pursuit.

He dealt with only a few pirates who tried to harm the prisoners before rushing towards the rear camp along the trail of blood.

The stone door to the water dungeon has been opened.

The thick chains were taut and straight.

Crove stood on a rock pillar by the pool, gripping the harpoon tightly with both hands.

The chains at the harpoon's tail were connected to the thick chains in the water prison, and dark blue runes appeared on their surfaces.

"Kill him!"

Krov blew the bone whistle.

boom!

The top of the stone cell suddenly shattered.

A massive sea monster, bound by chains, crashed through the stone wall and struggled to emerge from the water.

It was nearly thirty feet long and its appearance was very similar to the sea dragon that was killed on the White Stone River, but it had a short, curved horn on its forehead and more dense thunder patterns on its back.

His limbs were bound and mangled by chains, and several long black nails, driven by torture, were driven into his neck.

A familiar, thunderous aura wafted over.

This sea beast belongs to the same species as the previous sea dragon.

And it's even more powerful.

The sea dragon was clearly very weak, but its eyes were filled with a frenzied killing intent.

Unable to distinguish its true enemy, it burst out of the water prison and immediately spat out a bolt of lightning.

Croft was prepared; the runes on his harpoon lit up.

Lightning was pulled by the chains, bypassed his body, and headed straight for Xilun.

Xilun blocked with his spear.

boom!

Blue and white lightning exploded at the edge of the pool.

Xilun's feet slid back two zhang, and his tiger's mouth felt slightly numb.

The lightning spirit within the body frantically devoured the lightning energy that had invaded the body, but some of the lightning still traveled along the skin membrane, leaving behind tiny scorch marks.

Very competitive.

If this sea dragon were at its peak, it would probably have truly reached the third-tier extreme realm.

"Hahaha!"

Krov burst into laughter upon seeing this.

"So what if they're monastery disciples? They'll still die today!"

Xilun did not respond.

His gaze fell on the chains.

The chains can disperse lightning, bind sea monsters, and can also be connected to Croft's harpoon.

Such complex capabilities are beyond the capabilities of ordinary Tier 3 materials.

Xilun stomped his foot and darted to the side.

Krov blew the bone whistle again.

The sea dragon roared in agony, its claws tearing through the ground as it dragged its chains toward Xilun.

However, Xilun suddenly changed direction at the last moment before making contact.

With his massive tendons coordinating his entire body, he moved like flowing water, bypassing the claws of the sea dragon, and thrust the Thunder Spear towards the rock pillar behind him.

clang!

Mars exploded.

The chains binding the rock pillar were knocked away with a single shot.

Krov's expression changed.

"You want to let it go?"

"You're insane! It'll kill everyone!"

The spearhead of the attack shifts again.

Thunderous energy erupted along the water's surface, and the second iron stake used to secure the chain burst forth from the ground.

The sea dragon's struggles suddenly intensified.

The harpoon in Croft's hand vibrated wildly, almost flying out of his grasp.

"return!"

His arms were bulging with veins as he desperately activated the harpoon runes.

The black stud on the sea dragon's neck glowed with an eerie light.

The excruciating pain caused it to lose control again, and its massive tail swept across with lightning.

Xilun leaped into the air.

The giant tail swept past their feet, shattering half of the stone wall into dust.

Amidst the flying debris, Siron, guns in both hands, thrust straight at Crove from mid-air.

The gun is the river.

The surrounding water, drawn by the force of the spear, transformed into a deep blue stream that coiled around the spear shaft.

The blue-white lightning energy was hidden within, and it only erupted with a bang when Krov raised his harpoon to block it.

clang!

The harpoon and the thunderbolt clashed head-on.

Krov's arms trembled violently, and his tiger's mouth split open at the same time.

His expertise lies in beast taming and chains; his direct spear skills are far inferior to Xilun's.

After only three exchanges, two of the barbs on the harpoon were snapped off by the Thunder Spear.

When the fourth spear thrust came, the water suddenly split into three streams.

Unable to pinpoint where Lei Jin was hiding, Krov could only retract all the chains to his chest for defense.

The spearhead of the Weston sank midway through its flight.

It pierced Krov's right leg.

puff!

The spear tip pierced through the thigh, and the lightning energy exploded outwards.

His entire right leg was a bloody mess.

Krov screamed and fell to the ground, the bone whistle in his hand flying away.

Xilun stomped on the bone whistle and crushed it.

"Don't kill me!"

Despite the excruciating pain, Krov looked up in terror. "I have money! All the money in the village is yours! And this Sea-Binding Chains—if I teach you how to control them, you'll be able to command this dragon!"

The tip of Siren's spear was pressed against his throat.

"How many times have you used it to rob caravans?"

Krov's eyes flickered.

"Just this once—"

The spearhead moved forward half an inch, piercing the skin.

"Seven times! Seven times in total!"

Krov hurriedly changed his story, "The previous times were all small caravans, I didn't kill many people! Those were killed by my men, it has nothing to do with me!"

Seven attacks.

That matches exactly the number of times Bourne mentioned.

The missing third-ranking priest probably died here as well.

"An eight hundred pound bounty should be enough."

"That's what Xilun said calmly."

Krov's pupils suddenly contracted.

"etc----"

The Thunder Spear pierced his throat.

The tip of the gun protruded from the back of the neck.

Krov froze, his pale yellow left eye still showing resentment and fear.

Xilun drew his spear.

Before he could search the body, the sea dragon behind him had completely broken free from the two iron stakes.

After losing the bone whistle's suppression, it did not regain its sanity; instead, it became even more ferocious due to the prolonged torment.

Roar!

Lightning illuminated the entire Houzhai village.

Siren bent down and grabbed Crove's harpoon.

There was a movable latch at the junction of the harpoon and the thick chain. He infused his Overturning Sea Technique energy into it to test it, and the runes on the latch surface suddenly lit up, causing the chains to immediately loosen.

It truly is a treasure.

Xilun quickly untied the sea dragon's limbs and removed the entire set of sea-binding chains from the rock pillars and iron stakes, storing them in a package next to the deep-sea water bag.

The sea dragon, now freed from its restraints, wobbled to its feet.

It is too weak.

The scales on its back had lost their luster, its belly was pressed against its bones, and the wounds on its limbs had even rotted.

However, the essence of a third-tier extreme sea beast remained. When the short horn on its forehead lit up, the water above the pool was immediately filled with dancing lightning.

Xilun did not back down.

He needs the sea monster's lightning crystals and blood.

Moreover, the sea dragon has already gone berserk. If it is allowed to enter the White Stone River through the mountain waterways, merchant ships and villages along the way will suffer.

The sea dragon suddenly pounced.

Xilun moved sideways to avoid it.

His massive tendons made him even more agile than in the battle at Baishi River. His dragon claws brushed past the blood-stained cotton clothes, leaving only a shallow tear.

The Thunder Spear pierced the old wound on the sea dragon's forelimb.

A chilling aura of darkness erupted.

The wound froze quickly.

The sea dragon turned around in pain, its short horn on its forehead unleashing blinding lightning.

This time, the lightning covered the surroundings, leaving no gap for cover.

Xiren took a deep breath.

The Overturning Sea Technique protects the skin membrane, while the Great Thunder Sound Breathing Method vibrates the internal organs, and the Thunder Spirit within the body simultaneously opens an invisible vortex.

Boom!

Thunder engulfed his body.

Scorch marks appeared on the surface of the blood-stained cotton coat, and Xilun felt a sharp pain on his skin. Lei Ling frantically absorbed the incoming lightning energy, but was unable to digest such a massive amount of power in an instant.

A trickle of blood oozed from the corner of his mouth.

Xilun's eyes remained clear.

Before the thunder had completely dissipated, he had already rushed along the wet ground to the front of the sea dragon.

Water shimmered around the gun barrel.

The lightning energy that had just been swallowed was forcibly drawn out and superimposed on the lightning light of the Azure Thunder Spear itself.

The sea dragon seemed to sense death and opened its massive jaws to bite.

Xilun suddenly stumbled.

My body slid past its jaw.

The large tendons in the waist and abdomen twist like a dragon's body, and the power in both arms gathers layer by layer.

The 520-pound Thunder Spear changed direction repeatedly in the confined space, finally aiming at the sea dragon's left eye.

The spearhead pierced through.

Thunderous energy erupted.

puff!

The eyeball ruptured.

The sea dragon let out a mournful roar, its giant claws wildly reaching for Xilun.

Xilun drew his gun and retreated, avoiding the first claw, but was grazed on the shoulder by the second claw and crashed into the stone wall next to him.

The rubble collapsed with a deafening roar.

The Sea Demon Blood Cotton Clothes blocked most of the force, but Xilun still felt a sharp pain in his shoulder bone.

The sea dragon, dragging its heavily wounded body, pounced.

Siren rose from the rubble.

The breath of the Styx condensed in his mouth.

The deathly gray aura fell directly on the sea dragon's wound.

This sea beast was already extremely weak, and its vigorous vitality had been largely consumed by long-term torment.

After the breath of the Styx invaded the brain along the eye sockets, the remaining vitality immediately decayed at an alarming rate.

Its movements became noticeably slower.

Xilun gave it no chance to catch its breath.

The spearhead drew a streak of light, first piercing the sea dragon's forepaws, then tearing open large chunks of flesh along its rotting neck wound.

The third shot entered through the jaw.

The fourth shot went through below the short horn on the forehead.

The fifth shot went straight into the brain.

The sea dragon's massive body suddenly tensed.

The remaining lightning bolts spread uncontrollably in all directions, blasting the stone walls and the pool water into a mess.

Xilun gripped the gun barrel firmly with both hands.

The chilling aura of Yin froze the wound along the gun shaft, while the thunderous energy repeatedly vibrated in the brain.

After a few breaths, the sea dragon finally lost its strength.

Its body fell forward, and when it was less than half a zhang away from Xilun, it was forcefully supported by the Cang Lei Spear.

Xilun slowly exhaled.

Only the sounds of flowing water and burning flames remained in Houzhai.

A moment later, a bluish-white light slowly emerged from the sea dragon's corpse.

The light first condensed into a fist-sized lightning crystal, and then a wisp of even purer crimson lightning rose from the heart.

Xilun reached out and touched it.

The scorching heat penetrated into the body through the palm.

This time, it did not spread into the large tendons.

Instead, it went straight for the heart.

Boom!

Xilun's chest jolted violently.

The sound of my heart pounding inside me was like a war drum exploding.

Countless tiny lightning bolts emerged from the blood and traveled throughout the body along the blood vessels.

The area previously burned by the sea dragon's lightning quickly became itchy, and new flesh under the charred skin grew at a visible speed.

Familiar words slowly appeared before my eyes.

[Talent: Heart of the Thunder Dragon]

[Source: Thunder-Patterned Sea Dragon]

【Characteristics: Tempered by lightning blood, heart like a furnace】

Xilun's eyes narrowed slightly as he immediately looked inward.

A tiny thunder dragon pattern slowly appeared on the surface of the normally beating heart.

The thunder dragon coiled around the heart meridian, its head and tail intertwined.

Each time his heart beats, the Thunder Dragon pattern lights up, releasing a wisp of pure lightning that merges into his blood and his entire body.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

My heartbeat grew stronger and stronger.

Xilun stood amidst the ruins of the water prison, his body surrounded by flickering blue and white lightning.

As the third heartbeat fell, the Storm Bloodline within him, which had been dormant for a long time, slowly awakened.

Boom!

My heartbeat was heavy and deep, like a drum.

Standing before the collapsed water prison, Xilun felt as if a blazing furnace had appeared in his chest.

With each heartbeat, a wisp of pure lightning energy is infused into the blood.

Blood flowed through the limbs and bones at an even faster speed, bringing a subtle tingling and burning sensation.

The skin that had been burned by the lightning quickly peeled off.

Beneath the charred, dead skin, a new, white, and resilient membrane is emerging, with a faint, bluish-white sheen flowing through it.

Siren did not revel in the joy of gaining the talent.

He immediately sat down cross-legged, placed the Thunder Spear horizontally in front of his knees, and activated the Moon Memory Meditation Technique to quickly calm his restless mind.

The fighting in Blackwood Valley is not yet completely over.

Pirates may still have escaped from the stronghold, and there may be hidden sentries around the area.

If one is blinded by power at this moment, that is the true path to death.

Xiren closed his eyes.

The mind sinks into the body.

The thunder dragon pattern on the surface of the heart has fully formed and glows faintly as the blood flows.

It is not a physical entity, but rather an extraordinary mark formed by the combination of the Storm Bloodline and the Sea Dragon Bloodline.

Boom!

The Thunder Dragon's Heart began to beat again.

A wisp of bluish-white lightning surged from his heart.

This force first flowed into the shoulder through the blood vessels, repairing the muscles that had been injured by the sea dragon, and then dispersed, entering the internal organs, skin, and tendons.

Xilun carefully sensed the changes.

"The benefits of having strong tendons, like a dragon, include improved coordination, flexibility, and power generation."

"The Heart of the Thunder Dragon is even more comprehensive."

"It not only accelerates the recovery from injuries, but also continuously refines the lightning-type power within the blood and qi."

Xilun raised his right hand.

Clench your five fingers together.

A bluish-white lightning bolt appeared along the palm of his hand, nearly twice as bright as before.

In the past, he needed to actively circulate the Great Thunder Breathing Technique to activate the thunder spirit within his body in order to condense such obvious lightning.

But now, with just a thought, the Thunder Dragon Pattern in his heart naturally emitted a wisp of thunderous energy.

Moreover, this power is even more docile.

It seems to grow naturally from flesh and blood, unlike in the past when it would easily clash with the Xuan Yin coldness and the breath of the Styx River.

"The heart is like a furnace."

Xiren recalled the description on the panel.

The so-called "Jiaolu" (蛟炉) should refer to the heart as a furnace, where the energy of qi and blood is constantly warmed and tempered to refine the thunderous power.

In the short term, it only allows him to mobilize lightning magic more quickly.

However, if we consider the years or decades, the changes brought about by continuous refinement day and night are probably far beyond the current improvement.

In addition, Xilun also realized that the Storm Bloodline within him had been activated by the Thunder Dragon Heart.

The power that had been dormant deep within the body was like an eye opening from a long slumber.

It was not fully awake, but it began to actively absorb the thunder energy released by the Thunder Dragon's Heart.

The two subtly echoed each other.

This reminded Xiren of something Swain had once said.

Fourth-tier extraordinary individuals need to explore deeper levels of their bloodline and establish their own little world.

The forces within Xilun's body are complex and varied.

The Overturning Sea Technique, the Profound Yin Coldness, the Breath of the Styx River, the Storm Bloodline, the Remains of the Evil God, plus the Thunder Spirit and now the Heart of the Thunder Dragon.

If it were an ordinary third-tier cultivator, their body would have already lost control due to the conflict of power.

However, through his repeated efforts, these forces managed to maintain a delicate balance.

Now that the Heart of Thunder Dragon has joined in, it has not disrupted the balance; instead, it acts like a strong chain, binding the Storm Bloodline and the Thunder Spirit together.

"It looks like a good thing so far."

"But we must not be careless."

Sheren used the Moon Memory Meditation method to record every change in her body.

In particular, the heart rate, the frequency of lightning release, the extent of wound healing, and the reaction when lightning passes near the remnants of the evil god.

The severed limbs of the evil god were strangely quiet.

The strange mass of flesh hidden deep within the right arm seemed quite wary of the power released by the Thunder Dragon Heart.

Whenever the bluish-white lightning flows through the blood vessels in the arm, it shrinks a little deeper into the bones.

This was an unexpected bonus.

Xilun opened his eyes and his gaze fell on the corpse of the sea dragon.

The sea beast had been tortured beyond recognition, with less than 30% of its former strength remaining. Yet, even so, he still managed to obtain the Thunder Dragon Heart.

If it were an even more powerful adult sea dragon deep within Shenwan Lake—

The moment a flicker of emotion crossed Xiren's eyes, Swain's warning echoed in his mind.

Do not enter the center of Shenwan Lake.

The fact that the teacher specifically reminded him means that there is a danger there that could kill him.

Now that he has acquired two Sea Dragon talents, the benefits of going on adventures are not as great as before.

Greed is the easiest thing to make people forget how many lives they have.