Chapter 590: Vengeance and Gratitude
After True Master Xuan Yuan left,
Shen Xuan was alone in the secret chamber, pondering for a long time.
The meaning of Mysterious Trace True Master was very clear.
He hoped Shen Xuan would take action to kill True Master Changsheng.
This also indicated that Mysterious Trace True Master had long been guarding against True Master Changsheng’s betrayal.
"Ah, what a hassle. True Master Changsheng, why did you run away at such a good time!"
Shen Xuan felt a bit frustrated.
According to his plan, with time, he could completely manipulate True Master Changsheng within his grasp.
Like a cat playing with a mouse.
Unexpectedly, True Master Changsheng actually betrayed the sect and fled.
"He’s not stupid, though."
Shen Xuan paced back and forth in the secret chamber.
Actually, now, True Master Changsheng posed no threat to him.
But letting him just leave, fleeing to the Danxia Sect, living in luxury, and enjoying his old age.
Shen Xuan felt unsettled.
This was a life-and-death grudge, as he had once bribed Xiao Jinsong to assassinate him.
"Forget it. Knowing it’s a borrowed knife to kill, I still have to take part in this scene!"
Shen Xuan suddenly stood up.
In an environment like the East Sea, Shen Xuan had nothing to fear.
Mysterious Trace True Master forced True Master Changsheng to the East Sea.
How could he sit by and watch, missing a great opportunity?
Moreover, True Master Changsheng, as a Tier Three Upper Grade Pill Master.
His wealth must be substantial.
A sudden windfall, Shen Xuan definitely had to seize it.
He hadn’t scavenged a corpse in a long time.
His hands were itching.
...
East Sea, on the vast sea surface.
A Tier Three Warship was speeding along the Cyan Cloud Sect’s sea route to Yan Country.
True Master Changsheng, with a worried look, stood on the deck.
Beside him was True Master Hai Xuan, from the Danxia Sect, mid-stage Water Technique Golden Core.
"Fellow Daoist Changsheng, there is no need to worry."
True Master Hai Xuan smiled and said, "In this East Sea, even if Spirit Sword True Master were to come in person, I wouldn’t fear."
Upon hearing this, True Master Changsheng forced a smile.
"Thank you for the trouble, Brother Hai Xuan."
"Fellow Daoist Changsheng, you are too polite. From now on, we are fellow sect brothers. Please take good care of me in the future, Fellow Daoist Changsheng."
"I will always be grateful for your great kindness in rescuing me."
True Master Changsheng said solemnly.
The Tier Three Warship raced across the sea, slicing through waves, soon to skirt around the Wolong Archipelago.
Originally, the sky was clear, but in an instant, wind and clouds surged.
The azure sea water churned violently, raising towering waves several tens of feet high, like moving mountains, rushing toward the warship!
"Something’s wrong!"
True Master Hai Xuan’s expression changed, loudly warning.
"This isn’t a natural phenomenon; someone is stirring the wind and clouds, causing the waves."
Just as his words fell.
True Master Changsheng sighed softly.
"He’s here. Brother Hai Xuan, this is the True Master Profound Ice Shen Xuan I mentioned to you."
As if to verify his words.
"Moo!"
An ancient, deep dragon’s roar sounded from the depths of the waves, overshadowing the roar of the sea.
The next moment, a thirty-zhang-long, semi-transparent cyan dragon shadow broke through the huge waves, appearing fiercely.
This was a Profound Ice Divine Dragon, exuding a chilling aura.
Each scale was lifelike, refracting a cyan cold light, its massive dragon body churning the sea water, its dragon eyes showing mockery and contempt.
At this moment, in the claws of the Profound Ice Divine Dragon, was a dark-golden patterned, strange iron cold staff, pointing remotely at True Master Changsheng.
"True Master Profound Ice, you’ve come after all."
True Master Changsheng sighed, saying.
A foot-long, dark-red triangular spiritual flag floated in front of him.
It was his lifebound spiritual artifact, the Flame Light Fire Control Flag.
Capable of controlling fire to attack and also defending against all techniques, it was a rare high-tier dual-purpose spiritual artifact for attack and defense.
"Such impertinence, to come courting death!"
True Master Hai Xuan snapped sternly, a deep blue trident appearing in his hand, the shaft engraved with a divine dragon floating on the sea, the blade like a new moon with frost, sharp and threatening.
It was his lifebound spiritual artifact, the Water God War Trident.
The Profound Ice Divine Dragon glanced at True Master Hai Xuan’s Water God War Trident, revealing a hint of surprise.
This water attribute spiritual artifact, with its divine light emanating, showing water light flowing, accompanied by dragon roars, was indeed extraordinary.
True Master Hai Xuan pointed the Water God War Trident at the Profound Ice Divine Dragon.
In the deep blue spiritual light, a hundred-zhang wave phantom flickered, imposing and grand.
The roiling angry waves, as if receiving orders, all turned back, surging towards the Profound Ice Divine Dragon.
The Profound Ice Divine Dragon chuckled coldly.
Ignoring the raging waves, its massive dragon body wrapped in mist, it swung the strange iron cold staff, shattering the void, with terrifying momentum to cut mountains and break cliffs, pounding fiercely towards the Tier Three Warship.
"Swift!"
True Master Changsheng’s hair and beard stood up, shouting sternly.
The Flame Light Fire Control Flag extended in the wind, transforming into over ten zhang long, its surface rolling, spewing out overwhelming flames, condensing into a thick wall of fire to protect him.
True Master Hai Xuan roared angrily, "Such audacity!"
In his hand, the Water God War Trident emitted a resonant, long cry, with a divine dragon coiling and solidifying on the shaft, drawing a hundred-zhang column of sea water to surge skyward.
"Swift!"
A fierce azure stream of light flashed by.
Amidst the hundreds of zhang wave phantom, the enormous water spiritual power condensed into a cyan water dragon, its body over thirty zhang, rushing furiously towards the Profound Ice Divine Dragon.
The Profound Ice Divine Dragon’s eyes were cold, its dragon body shrinking, soon disappearing into the surging sea.
The cyan water dragon pounced but hit nothing.
The next moment,
The Profound Ice Divine Dragon appeared directly above the warship, as the sea water once again surged into towering waves.
"Spatial Divine Power!"
True Master Hai Xuan was momentarily bewildered.
"Not good!"
True Master Changsheng’s face underwent a drastic change.
"Boom!"
The mysterious golden-patterned iron staff flared with a faint golden glow, smashing hard onto the keel of the Tier Three warship.
Directly striking the core of the keel.
With a ’crack’, the keel of the warship shattered.
The hundred-meter-long Tier Three warship was abruptly split into two by Shen Xuan’s blow.
Countless wreckage and fragments, amidst the cries of the cultivators on the ship, flew through the sky.
The fractured Tier Three warship lost the support of spiritual power and slowly sank beneath the surface of the sea.
True Master Changsheng stood in the air, his face a steely blue.
Shen Xuan’s intention was clear, first cut off True Master Changsheng’s retreat.
"Young one, how dare you destroy my warship!"
True Master Hai Xuan’s hair stood on end with fury as he tracked him down.
With a wave of the Water God Battle Spear, he unleashed the divine power [Overturning Rivers and Seas].
The ocean water, as if commanded by an invisible giant hand, formed a massive whirlpool, lifting colossal waves that enveloped everything and rolled toward the Profound Ice Divine Dragon.
True Master Changsheng made a hand sign for a spell, and with a swirl of the Flame Control Banner, a rain of fiery meteors shot toward the Profound Ice Divine Dragon.
The Profound Ice Divine Dragon gave a long howl, shaking the heavens.
Shen Xuan no longer held back, and after activating [Dragon Blood Boiling], he unleashed various divine powers.
The Ice Soul Divine Sword rose, shooting out a strand-thin Ice Soul Divine Light; as the sword light condensed to silk, it reversed like a heavenly river, completely annihilating the meteor fire rain sent by True Master Changsheng.
At the same time, the Purple Gold True Water Seal hovered above the dragon’s head, spinning rapidly.
Nine shadows of the Profound Ice Dragons solidified and emerged, instantly turning into a burgeoning tide of ten thousand dragon swords, colliding thunderously with the raging waves raised by True Master Hai Xuan.
This was not enough.
Under the feet of the Profound Ice Divine Dragon, a large transparent ice lotus suddenly bloomed, its petals flying apart, transforming into countless Profound Ice sword petals that formed a massive sword petal tornado, sweeping toward True Master Changsheng.
"What audacity!"
True Master Hai Xuan roared angrily, his Water God Battle Spear spinning like a wheel, unleashing divine powers in succession.
"[Vast Blue Sea]!"
He attempted to use the vast water momentum to suppress Shen Xuan’s tide of dragon swords.
Yet, the Purple Gold True Water Seal continued its rapid spin.
The nine shadows of the Profound Ice Dragons, endlessly spewing out extremely cold ice swords.
Meanwhile.
True Master Changsheng was evidently struggling to hold on.
He kept retreating, and the flaming domain created by the Flame Control Banner was fragmented and shattered by the ice lotus sword petals.
"True Dragon of Divine Spear!"
True Master Hai Xuan gritted his teeth, turning all his spiritual power to its limit, furiously pouring it into the Water God Battle Spear.
The Water God Battle Spear emitted a resounding dragon roar, flying out of his hand, growing against the wind, transforming into a hundred-meter long water dragon with distinct scales, vividly lifelike, carrying an overpowering force to govern all waters and suppress rivers and seas, flying toward the Profound Ice Divine Dragon.
"[Immortal Ice Lotus]!"
Shen Xuan didn’t confront it head-on.
Nine lotus petal shadows condensed into substance, enveloping him entirely.
"Bang!"
The True Dragon of Divine Spear lit up with a layer of green-blue brilliance, directly colliding into the ice lotus petal.
The Immortal Ice Lotus shook intensely, and the struck petal caved in deeply.
However, the Water Spiritual Power from the East Sea frantically poured into the Immortal Ice Lotus.
The struck petal remained in complete form, visibly repairing itself.
The True Dragon of Divine Spear soared up and down, attacking left and right, stirring wind and clouds, capable of severing mountains and valleys.
Yet, the Immortal Ice Lotus stood steadfast.
Each time it was heavily struck, it retained its complete form, using softness to overcome hardness.
Then drew Water Spiritual Power from the East Sea to restore itself.
The attacks of the True Dragon of Divine Spear grew weaker, seeming incapable of breaching the ice lotus shield around the Profound Ice Divine Dragon.
"Now it’s my turn!"
Shen Xuan’s voice suddenly rang out.
The Purple Gold True Water Seal stopped spinning.
Nine divine dragons merged into one, re-coiling around the surface of the Treasure Seal.
"Rapidly!"
With a command from Shen Xuan, the Purple Gold True Water Seal expanded against the wind, crashing straight into the True Dragon of Divine Spear.
With a tremendous rumble.
The spiritual light of the True Dragon of Divine Spear scattered, nearly revealing its true form.
The Purple Gold True Water Seal wobbled, swaying side to side in the air.
However, the Profound Ice Divine Dragon ignored the True Dragon of Divine Spear, seizing this opportunity, with endless torrents of ice lotus sword petals cascading like rain, charging toward True Master Changsheng.
Countless sword petals ripped through space, emitting soul-shocking shrieks, rotating and slicing ahead and behind, forcing True Master Changsheng into continual retreat.
With a ’tear’.
True Master Changsheng couldn’t dodge in time.
A corner of the Flame Control Banner was swiftly cut and severed by thousands of rotating sword petals.
"You’re pushing me too far!"
True Master Changsheng’s face contorted, a flicker of fierce determination flashing in his eyes.
He produced a dark-red pill resembling blood, hesitated for a moment, and finally swallowed it.
Shen Xuan was slightly startled.
Judging from its appearance and aura, that spirit pill was likely a Demon Spirit Pill.
Capable of rapidly boosting one’s realm cultivation.
However, he recalled, the Demon Spirit Pill seemingly only worked for Demon Cultivators.
"Shen Xuan, you’re forcing me, so let’s go to hell together!"
True Master Changsheng made a hand sign for a spell, and a torrent of violent demonic qi erupted ferociously.
In an instant.
True Master Changsheng’s body suddenly soared, skin splitting open, revealing deep red flesh.
The Daoist robe burst apart, his original celestial demeanor disappearing completely.
At this moment, True Master Changsheng stood ten meters tall, with horns on his head, the rest resembling a writhing blood demon.
"Roar!"
The blood demon roared at the Profound Ice Divine Dragon, its sonic waves carrying a demonic power capable of corroding divine souls.
Below him, the azure sea water swiftly transformed into a dark red viscous, surging into a deep-red blood sea, the scent of blood permeating, resembling a hellish blood sea.
"So you are the Blood Spirit Sect Demon Lord!"
Shen Xuan suddenly realized.
No wonder, his direct disciple Ge Chengming colluded with the Thousand Eyes Demon Lord of Liang Country.
"So what if I am? Today I’ll use your essence blood to assist my Demon Technique to Great Success!"
The blood demon laughed wildly, conjuring a gigantic hand, stirring a monstrous blood wave, unleashing countless blood skeletons that engulfed the sky, biting toward the Profound Ice Flood Dragon.