Chapter 431 432: It's Yours
One punch. Just one single punch!
Chen Dong coughed up blood as he was sent flying. He could sense the shifts in his opponent's intentions, but he couldn't keep up with its speed at all. The physical gap between them was just too great.
His left arm, which he had raised to block the punch, was bent into an unnatural shape, the bones within shattering completely.
'This must be one benefit of the black mist.' The pain was almost completely blocked. Chen Dong swiftly gathered the True Qi around his body. A lightning technique sprang from his will, and a force of life slowly unfurled, quickly restoring his left arm to a usable state.
But as another punch came flying at him, even the minimal pain sent a chill through Chen Dong, as if he was about to be punched straight through.
'No, if this keeps up, I'll really die!'
'Speed... I'm still too slow!'
The Demon Race member sent a vicious telepathic message: "Kid, go die!"
Its claw shot toward Chen Dong's heart, attempting to pierce his chest and crush it.
But Chen Dong's speed suddenly changed. He again executed a reverse grapple, breaking the demon's hold with a reverse joint lock that twisted one of its arms like a pretzel.
"AHHHH~! How is this possible!"
Chen Dong's left eye had distinctly changed, now shining like a bright star. With the help of his Grand Deduction, though his speed hadn't increased, he could see the Demon Race member's movements with perfect clarity. He could even predict its next action. By combining this with his perception of its intent, he could now keep up with the demon, despite not being any faster.
In Mu Qingzhu's words, it wasn't that she was helping Chen Dong; it was that she was in genuine pain! Indeed, while the black mist dulled Chen Dong's pain, she, within the Jade Embryo, was forced to endure the full extent of it.
Chen Dong let out a low grunt. The tables had turned!
The Demon Race member swiped a claw back, trying to shake Chen Dong off, but Chen Dong easily predicted its move. He dodged with a slight tilt of his head—not an inch more than necessary. Then, like he was glued to it, he stuck to the demon's body and unleashed a relentless barrage of martial techniques.
Beaten to a bloody pulp, the Demon Race member sent a defiant telepathic message: "In this black mist, spells are suppressed! You can't kill me with physical strength alone!"
Chen Dong slammed his forehead against the demon's, pinning it in place. Only then could he send a telepathic message of his own: "I'm only beating you like this to help someone vent her anger. As for not being able to kill you? You wish!"
As he finished his message, he formed his fist into a claw and plunged it straight into the demon's tail.
The Demon Race member was instantly terrified. 'How did he know? I hid the Demon Heart there! No, no, it's impossible!'
Chen Dong ripped out a crimson Liuli bead, and the Demon Race member collapsed without a sound.
'Heh! With the Grand Deduction, finding your Demon Heart was a piece of cake!'
Chen Dong looked out into the black mist with his left eye. Li Zhixuan was still wandering in circles somewhere, and the small flower was still at the very center of the mist.
Chen Dong asked, "Qingzhu, do you have any idea what this small flower is?"
"I don't know."
'Even Mu Qingzhu doesn't know. I should have asked that demon. Oh well, what's done is done. At least the fluorescent glow in my sea of consciousness has grown quite a bit.'
Using his Grand Deduction, Chen Dong easily walked over to Li Zhixuan.
Li Zhixuan held his Spirit Sword, his expression alert. It seemed his Divine Sense couldn't perceive a thing within the black mist of the 'Mire.' He had lost all five of his senses.
Chen Dong waved a hand in front of his face, getting no reaction. The moment Chen Dong lightly tapped him, however, he instantly unleashed dozens of sword strikes in Chen Dong's direction.
Chen Dong had no choice but to gift him a headbutt.
"It's me!"
"You can see in this black mist?" Li Zhixuan was stunned.
"Cut the crap and follow me!" Chen Dong grabbed Li Zhixuan's hand and pulled him toward the small flower.
As they approached the small flower, the black world visible to the naked eye finally showed a trace of something different. The flower's presence was the only thing that could be perceived in this entire world.
Li Zhixuan's entire body trembled. All he had to do was thrust the Spirit Sword in his hand toward Chen Dong, and he could claim this Supreme Treasure of Heaven and Earth for himself. Because Chen Dong was leading him, he knew Chen Dong's exact position. He was confident he could kill him with a single strike.
But in the end, he did not make that strike.
Perhaps because they were so close to the flower, Chen Dong's telepathic message came through.
"It's yours!"
Those two simple words left Li Zhixuan in disbelief. In the face of such a treasure, even the bonds between master and disciple or Dao Companions became as fragile as paper. Drawing blades and fighting to the death—that was the norm in the Cultivator Realm.
"Do you even know what this is?" Li Zhixuan asked, baffled.
Chen Dong's relaxed voice came through, "I wanted to know earlier, but I don't care anymore."
Li Zhixuan fell silent. Finally, he sent a telepathic message, saying, "This is a Supreme Treasure of Heaven and Earth—the Five Senses Calming Flower! It's something even those great powers in the Mahayana Stage yearn for but can never obtain!"
"That has nothing to do with me. Say no more. I don't even know how to pick it, so just do what you need to do, and quickly. I think people from the Cyan Sky Sect will be here soon!"
Li Zhixuan still didn't move. Instead, he explained via telepathy, "Refining it can grant you an extra Divine Technique! It provides a massive boost to the Daoist Scripture of Void Forgetfulness, which is why it's recorded in the secret scrolls of the Wangyou Sect. What's more, it's far more effective than breakthrough medicines like the Nascent Soul Pill or the Divinity Transformation Pill. If Feng Fu obtained it, he could easily break through to the Divinity Transformation realm and gain an extra Innate Divine Technique. The same goes for you. If you get it, forming a supreme-grade Golden Core would be a certainty!"
"Is that all?"
It seemed Chen Dong's tone hadn't changed much.
Li Zhixuan stressed again, "That's an Innate Divine Technique!"
"Xiaoli, why are you telling me all this? I, Chen Dong, don't need any Five Senses Calming Flower to reach the Golden Core stage. Besides, you want it more than I do, don't you? My path does not rely on rare treasures!"