Eternal Saber

Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, the Yin-Yang Qi in Chen Tang’s dantian circulated, igniting his body radiance. A series of cracking sounds erupted from within him as he stretched and expanded, his form surging!

At the very moment the Silver Flood Dragon bit down fiercely, a boundless purple-golden divine light burst out from within Chen Tang.

He spread his arms wide, one hand supporting the Silver Flood Dragon’s upper jaw, the other resisting its lower jaw. His arms exerted force, with muscles bulging all over his body, glistening with a metallic sheen, exuding a sense of ultimate strength!

The bite force of the Silver Flood Dragon was terrifying, arguably the most explosive strike.

Puff!

Almost the moment they made contact, Chen Tang’s hands were pierced by the Silver Flood Dragon’s sharp fangs, blood dripping everywhere.

Even so, the Silver Flood Dragon couldn’t bite down in one go.

They were deadlocked in mid-air, both striving to break the stalemate!

Xue Tuan’Er and the Little White Ape were hard-pressed under the Silver Flood Dragon’s claws and tail, unable to spare any effort to assist Chen Tang.

The Silver Flood Dragon glared into Chen Tang’s eyes, filled with ferocity, while its throat glistened. It spat out a plume of water, which transformed into countless ice arrows after passing through its Inner Core, striking Chen Tang’s chest!

Bam, bam, bam!

The impact of these ice arrows was extremely strong, dimming the purple-golden glow enveloping Chen Tang significantly.

Though the body radiance blocked most of the damage, preventing the ice arrows from piercing Chen Tang, the force within the arrows still inflicted a substantial shock on him.

"Puff!"

Chen Tang coughed up a mouthful of fresh blood.

The Silver Flood Dragon appeared somewhat complacent, its spirit momentarily slackening.

A streak of golden light descended from the sky at high speed, instantly arriving above the Silver Flood Dragon’s head.

The Little Golden Roc, waiting for this moment, finally struck!

Its talons targeted the Silver Flood Dragon’s weakest spot without scales—its eyes.

The Silver Flood Dragon reacted quickly, tilting its head and closing its eyes to avoid the Little Golden Roc’s strike.

However, the Roc still managed to claw into the Silver Flood Dragon’s face, digging into its flesh and launching a relentless pecking assault on its head with an indestructible beak!

The speed was unmatched, even compared to the Burning Wood Saber, creating afterimages.

Puff, puff, puff!

Blood splattered everywhere.

The Little Golden Roc, still in its juvenile phase, lacked sufficient power to truly harm the foundation of the Silver Flood Dragon.

Even so, the dragon’s face was left in shambles, bloody and disfigured, and with a wretched scream, it shook its head and tail. Its Inner Core, initially aimed at Chen Tang, suddenly charged towards the Little Golden Roc!

Bang!

The Inner Core collided with the Little Golden Roc, sending it stumbling, almost plummeting from the sky.

Yet, the Roc reacted swiftly, suddenly extending its talons to grasp the silver-white Inner Core, and turned to flee!

Smart as it was, the Roc realized that this Inner Core was the essence of the Silver Flood Dragon’s strength.

Once deprived of its Inner Core, the dragon’s combat power would drastically diminish!

The Little Golden Roc flapped its wings and disappeared in no time.

The Silver Flood Dragon suddenly panicked, trying to shake off Chen Tang.

How could Chen Tang miss such a golden opportunity!

He could clearly feel the dragon’s bite force weakening bit by bit, no longer as threatening as before.

Chen Tang’s eyes widened, Qi and blood surging, pushing his power to the limit. The body radiance intensified, and his arms exploded with astonishing divine power, grasping the dragon’s jaws and wrenching them apart!

The Silver Flood Dragon’s eyes changed; its massive maw was visibly distorted by Chen Tang’s force.

The corners of its mouth tore, spilling crimson blood!

"Ow, ow!"

The Silver Flood Dragon mournfully wailed.

"Die!"

Chen Tang roared fiercely, exerting his strength once more.

Crack!

The sound of bones breaking rang out.

The Silver Flood Dragon’s head was torn apart by Chen Tang, its eyes dimmed, and its seven to eight-foot-long body instantly went limp, plummeting heavily to the ground, dead on impact!

"Aaargh!"

The Black Dragon, entangled in combat with the Zen Sect and Evil Emperor, sensed the death of the Silver Flood Dragon and roared furiously.

It couldn’t believe the Silver Flood Dragon would fall at the hands of those few little ones!

Startled and shaken, the Black Dragon exposed an opening, prompting the Zen Sect to call out, "Hit!"

The Zen Staff slammed heavily onto the Black Dragon’s forehead, immediately cracking it open, blood spilling.

Simultaneously, the Evil Emperor’s Cyan Nether Sword also swept across the Black Dragon’s side, slicing off dozens of dragon scales, the blade leaving a deep, bone-revealing wound!

In an instant, dragon blood splattered, staining half the sky red.

The Black Dragon still wanted to pursue Chen Tang, but after Chen Tang killed the Silver Flood Dragon, he called to Xue Tuan’Er and the Little White Ape, turned around, and ran, quickly disappearing into the nearby woods.

"Ow, ow!"

Infuriated, the Black Dragon roared continuously.

With its current strength, it was already struggling to withstand the joint assault of the Zen Sect and the Evil Emperor, both Grandmasters of the Transformation Realm.

Now, severely injured, the Black Dragon dared not hesitate, activating its fiery Inner Core to spew out a blazing flame, temporarily forcing back the Zen Sect and Evil Emperor, then diving toward the East Sea!

With a splash.

The Black Dragon plunged into the sea, erupting in a massive spray of water.

The Zen Sect and Evil Emperor lingered above the sea, not pursuing further, only scanning the air ceaselessly.

Before long, the distant sea suddenly boiled!

The sea surface churned, inciting towering waves, as if a fierce battle was unfolding deep below!

Apart from an occasional scale or claw flashing above the water, a colossal figure loomed beneath, emitting strange cries.

"It’s the East Sea Giant Demon."

Sharing a knowing glance, the Zen Sect and Evil Emperor came to a realization.

Earlier, Chen Tang had mentioned recruiting a Grandmaster of the Transformation Realm to aid him, showing no concern about the Black Dragon escaping into the sea.

From beginning to end, they hadn’t seen this Grandmaster’s appearance.

Only now did they realize, the ’Grandmaster of Transformation Realm’ Chen Tang referred to was this monstrous beast reigning over the East Sea!

Years prior, when the Black Dragon was uninjured, it had once tangled with the East Sea Giant Demon in the depths, and neither gained the upper hand.

Just as the Black Dragon was wounded and entered the sea, it was caught by the East Sea Giant Demon, instantly falling into a crisis...

Chen Tang escaped to a distance. Upon seeing the Black Dragon flee into the sea, he knew that the Black Dragon was doomed.

Even if it could escape the mouth of the East Sea Giant Demon, it would surely suffer severe injuries and find it difficult to escape the siege of Zen Sect and the Evil Emperor!

There was no point in him staying there; in such a battle involving the Transformation Realm, his presence wouldn’t make much of a difference.

According to his guess, the Profound Celestial Sect Leader should have already left the Capital City.

He needed to take this opportunity to avoid the Profound Celestial Sect Leader and quickly head to Daqian Capital City!

The corpse of the Silver Flood Dragon was full of treasures.

Even its layer of silver skin was made of top-grade material.

Unfortunately, Chen Tang didn’t have a Divine Weapon at hand.

Moreover, time was pressing, and there was no time to deal with the Silver Flood Dragon’s corpse.

Before long, the Little Golden Roc held the silver-white Inner Core and landed down.

This Inner Core was the essence of the Silver Flood Dragon’s lifetime cultivation, absolutely the most precious thing on the Silver Flood Dragon.

"How do we deal with this thing? No experience at all."

Chen Tang muttered to himself.

The Little Golden Roc, without saying a word, pecked a few times, biting off a gap, and swallowed it.

Then the Little Golden Roc threw the Inner Core in front of Chen Tang, Xue Tuan’Er, and the Little White Ape, indicating they should eat together.

"Isn’t it disgusting to eat it raw like this?"

Chen Tang grimaced, finding it hard to accept.

Maybe keep it first, and study it later.

Chen Tang rubbed his chin, lost in thought.

See if there’s anyone to find, add some auxiliary materials, and refine it into Elixir Pills or something.

At the very least, change the way to eat it.

Braised, or oil-braised?

Xue Tuan’Er didn’t seem to mind, going up to take a bite.

The Little White Ape, out of curiosity, grabbed a piece and put it into its mouth.

After the three beasts consumed some of the Inner Core, their internal aura changed significantly, showing a notable improvement over a short period!

The Little Golden Roc originally had only a tuft of golden feathers on its head.

But after consuming a piece of the Silver Flood Dragon’s Inner Core, the feathers around its neck began to gradually transform, emitting a faint golden glow!

The muscles and bones within the Little White Ape rang out, and its size increased a bit, breaking through a yard.

Xue Tuan’Er’s body also expanded by a circle.

Chen Tang was startled.

Such intense effects?

The Little Golden Roc suddenly opened its eyes, staring at the Silver Flood Dragon Inner Core, grabbing another piece.

Xue Tuan’Er pounced towards the Silver Flood Dragon Inner Core.

The Little White Ape pounced as well, its eyes gleaming.

"Crap, save some for me!"

Chen Tang’s eyes widened, hurriedly shouting to stop them, and pounced in as well!

Can’t care so much now; whether it’s delicious or not, braised or oil-braised, if he doesn’t get a bite, it will all be divided among these beasts!

Chen Tang never thought he’d find himself scrambling for food with a bunch of beasts one day...

"Fortunately, I managed to snatch a piece."

Chen Tang took a deep breath, suppressing his disgust, and swallowed it whole.

"Oh?"

Chen Tang’s eyes lit up.

This thing isn’t hard to eat.

This piece of Silver Flood Dragon Inner Core was cool and soft in the mouth, with a texture similar to ice cream, but it had no taste.

A faint seafood taste lingered afterward, not strong, just a coolness following the throat into the belly.

Instead, Chen Tang felt a sudden heat, breaking out in sweat all over, feeling extremely transparent.

The internal injuries caused by the Silver Flood Dragon Ice Arrow were almost healed.

A sensation of itch and numbness came from his palm.

Chen Tang looked down.

At the location where he was pierced by the Silver Flood Dragon’s sharp teeth, tender pink flesh buds were rapidly wriggling and growing.

Having cultivated into the Vajra Indestructible Body, Chen Tang’s self-healing ability was already astonishing.

After swallowing a piece of Silver Flood Dragon Inner Core, the wound in his palm was visibly healing!

Having secluded himself in Liangzhou City for three months, his Qi Refining had already reached Innate Great Success.

During this period, his cultivation had further improved.

However, there was still a gap to the Extreme Realm.

At the normal cultivation speed, it might take a year and a half.

The energy contained in that one piece of Silver Flood Dragon Inner Core directly propelled Chen Tang into the Innate Extreme Realm!

The Innate True Qi in his Dantian was vast like the sea, seemingly infinite.

Moreover, even Chen Tang’s damaged Divine Soul felt a coolness, which was extremely comfortable.

Chen Tang reached out his finger, touching the blood mark on his brow.

Compared to before, the blood mark was lighter.

Though not completely healed, it was not far off, significantly shortening the time for his Divine Soul’s recovery!

Chen Tang had a premonition: once his Divine Soul healed, he would immediately break through to First Grade Divine Illumination Realm, achieving Grandmaster status.

After all, he had long opened the Mud Ball Palace, Entering the Divine State.

To advance from Innate to Grandmaster for normal people, it was as hard as climbing to heaven.

Throughout history, countless people have been stuck at this step.

Yet the barrier between Innate and Grandmaster, for Chen Tang, was like non-existent!