Chapter 1178 - 1175: Xingxiu Black Dragon
In the vast Kunlun Mountain, Lin Chuan was undergoing a trial of blood and fire.
Lin Chuan spent a night in the forest, and early the next morning, he continued on the path to the depths of Kunlun Mountain with his two small companions. The deeper they went, the denser the forest became, and eventually, there was no path at all.
After passing through a patch of forest, a lake appeared ahead. The lake was not large, and the water was very clear. Not far from the opposite shore of the lake stood a towering peak that seemed to pierce the clouds.
The peak was covered in snow, while below, the lake's surface rippled with clear waves, surrounded by lush green grass, creating a dazzling spectacle.
This was a lake Lin Chuan had visited before, and he wondered how he ended up here again. The two small companions, especially Xiao Ling, seemed to feel a strange sense of dread about this place.
Can't blame them; the two strange exotic beasts they encountered before in the Kunlun Mountains were indeed frightening.
Standing on the lake's shore, Lin Chuan gazed at the shimmering surface, wondering if the monster within the lake was still there and if he could handle it should it suddenly appear.
Lin Chuan distinctly remembered the exotic beast in this lake, known as the Starry Black Dragon, and the giant bird with mighty wings that battled it.
A gentle breeze swept across the lake, creating ripples on the water, which under the sunlight, looked like a glowing mirror.
The two small companions seemed to have sensed something. They flew around in circles above, calling out to Lin Chuan with urgency.
From the cries of the two small companions, Lin Chuan also felt an ominous vibe, so he secretly raised the Heavenly Heart Skill and Sealing Heart Skill to the highest state, focusing on the lake's surface.
On the lake, a whirlpool suddenly appeared, rapidly growing larger. A column of water shot skyward from within the whirlpool, wrapped around a massive black shadow.
Damn, the monster really appeared. Lin Chuan silently cursed, recalling the trouble it caused last time. With no time to think, he dashed into the forest like lightning.
The two small companions followed Lin Chuan's lead, darting into the forest behind him.
The Starry Black Dragon, with a roar, soared towards Lin Chuan and his companions, along with the water column.
Lin Chuan was much faster than the two small companions. He barely reached the forest, turned around, and saw Xiao Hei hadn't yet entered the forest; it was already caught up in the water column of the Starry Black Dragon.
Damn, Lin Chuan cursed. He couldn't just stand by and watch Xiao Hei perish. Twisting his body, he pushed off with his feet, leaping into the air.
Mid-air, Lin Chuan spread his palms apart, enhancing the Inner Qi to its peak with the Heavenly Heart Skill and struck fiercely at the Starry Black Dragon.
The power in Lin Chuan's palms was extraordinary, cutting through the air with clear slicing sounds, directly piercing the water column of the Starry Black Dragon.
Bang...
A tremendous force burst between Lin Chuan's palms, colliding with the water column, which shattered to reveal the shadow of the Starry Black Dragon.
Just like before, the monster was three to four meters long, entirely black. Seeing Lin Chuan break through its water column, it roared, sweeping its long tail towards him.
The monster's tail was immensely powerful, whipping through the air, stirring up a whirlwind.
Lin Chuan was no longer the Lin Chuan of the past, easily avoiding such an attack. He swiftly evaded, the Starry Black Dragon's tail sweeping past and snapping the trees in half.
Xiao Hei, caught in the water column, was nowhere to be seen now that it had shattered. Xiao Ling, attached to Xiao Hei, anxiously cried out and dove towards the Starry Black Dragon.
"Xiao Ling, come back!" Lin Chuan shouted in alarm.
Before Lin Chuan's voice faded, Xiao Ling had already reached the Starry Black Dragon, shimmering with golden light as it attacked the dragon's eyes.
The Starry Black Dragon violently swung its massive head, sending Xiao Ling flying away.
As the Starry Black Dragon swung its head, Lin Chuan saw Xiao Hei held by its front claw, still struggling.
The Starry Black Dragon's front claws were short, hidden by its long tail. If it hadn't swung its head, Lin Chuan wouldn't have noticed.
Xiao Ling, hit by the Starry Black Dragon's head, plummeted towards the lake. Lin Chuan was already in motion, leaping through the air to catch Xiao Ling before it hit the water.
As Lin Chuan caught Xiao Ling, a strong current struck from behind – the long tail of the Starry Black Dragon sweeping in once more.
With no time to ponder, Lin Chuan sped forward, the lake in front, no place on the ground to bounce from, his Inner Qi unlinked mid-air, and he involuntarily fell towards the lake.
The small creatures were nowhere to be seen, likely hiding in the lake. If Lin Chuan fell into the water, he would probably be surrounded by those little monsters.
When a person is in the most dangerous moment, the brain becomes exceptionally quick to react.
Just as Lin Chuan was about to fall into the lake, he gritted his teeth, turned his body, and instead rushed toward the Star Black Dragon.
The Star Black Dragon probably did not expect Lin Chuan to rush toward it at this moment, its long tail swept up a stream on the lake surface.
Lin Chuan's body rushed to the front of the Star Black Dragon, using its tail as leverage, his toe pointed, catching his breath. Although Inner Qi connected, the giant mouth of the Star Black Dragon was already in front of him.
Damn it, going all out. Lin Chuan gritted his teeth, his body sprang up, and both of his hands pressed directly on the big mouth of the Star Black Dragon.
The odor from inside the Star Black Dragon's big mouth was too disgusting, it could simply be described with the word "stench," and moreover, this big mouth was directly facing his face, Lin Chuan was almost about to faint from the stench.
Damn it, Lin Chuan's right hand pressed on the upper mouth of the Star Black Dragon, his left hand pressed on the lower mouth, the smell making him almost unable to breathe. The Star Black Dragon shook its body violently, trying to throw Lin Chuan off.
Lin Chuan's body turned, flipped up, and directly rode on the neck of the Star Black Dragon, with both hands tightly gripping two long whiskers at the corner of its mouth.
The Star Black Dragon let out two angry roars, its head and body swung violently, plunging into the lake from mid-air space, trying to throw Lin Chuan off its body.
Under the lake surface, indeed there were many small monsters, but fortunately, after the Star Black Dragon charged into the lake, it quickly sprang up again, those small monsters couldn't even touch it.
Lin Chuan held tightly onto the two whiskers of the Star Black Dragon, daring not to let go for a moment, letting it jump up and down wildly.
From afar, one can only see a huge black monster occasionally leap into the air, occasionally plunge into the lake, and on the neck of the black monster, there is a person riding on it, his body appearing to sway along with the black monster's movement.
Lin Chuan gritted his teeth, activating the Heavenly Heart Skill Sealing Heart Skill, concentrating all Inner Qi onto his hands, the Star Black Dragon couldn't do anything about him for a while.
Xiao Ling, this little fellow, was at this moment inside Lin Chuan's clothes pocket, when Lin Chuan caught its body, he conveniently stuffed it into his clothes pocket.
Xiao Ling poked its little snake head out from Lin Chuan's clothes pocket, eyes fixed on the neck of the Star Black Dragon, where there was actually a bit of white there.
After staring for a long time, Xiao Ling suddenly hissed twice at Lin Chuan.
Lin Chuan heard Xiao Ling's hiss, his hands clutching the whiskers of the Star Black Dragon, glancing toward it.
Xiao Ling's small snake head hissed twice at Lin Chuan, eyes fixed on the white spot under the neck of the Star Black Dragon.
Lin Chuan followed the little fellow's gaze and also noticed the white spot, saying to the little fellow, "Xiao Ling, are you saying that this monster's fatal weakness is at that white spot?"
Xiao Ling's snake head wobbled twice, hissed twice, evidently Lin Chuan's guess was correct.
Lin Chuan's eyes fixed on the white spot under the neck of the Star Black Dragon, right hand released the whisker, and punched toward the white spot.
Before the fist reached the white spot, the body of the Star Black Dragon suddenly twisted, almost throwing Lin Chuan off.
Lin Chuan quickly steadied his body, then swung his fist again toward the white spot under the neck, but several times in a row, Lin Chuan's fist just couldn't hit the white spot.
Lin Chuan secretly concentrated, calmed his mind, closed his eyes slightly, letting his body sway with the intense movements of the Star Black Dragon. As strong as the Star Black Dragon was, struggling up and down for over an hour, its stamina clearly decreased.
At this moment, Lin Chuan's slightly closed eyes suddenly opened, eyes tightly locked on the white spot under the neck, channeling tenacity of the Heavenly Heart Skill's Inner Qi into his right fist, and struck straight toward it.
This punch finally hit the white spot, the punch's power was so great that it actually drove the entire right fist through the white spot, into the body of the Star Black Dragon.
A burst of blood spurted wildly from the white spot, Lin Chuan withdrew his fist, blood splattered all over him.
Roar...
The Star Black Dragon let out an incomparably massive painful cry, its gigantic body trembled and twisted in apparent agony in mid-air.
Lin Chuan grabbed the whisker with his left hand, and with his right hand reached toward the front paw area of the Star Black Dragon, seizing Xiao Hei's body, with a swift tug, fortunately, the Star Black Dragon's grip on Xiao Hei's body wasn't very tight, and immediately extracted Xiao Hei out.
With Xiao Hei rescued, Lin Chuan no longer hesitated, released the whiskers, borrowed the Star Black Dragon's sway, spun mid-air, landed five meters away.
As his body hit the ground, Lin Chuan turned his head to look at the Star Black Dragon painfully wailing in mid-air, the blood hole in its neck punched by Lin Chuan was gushing blood, splattering everywhere.
Lin Chuan and the two little fellows dared not get too close, ran to the edge of the forest, watching from afar.