Chapter 613: Illusory World Pagoda, Heart-Burning Technique (Combined)
Chapter 613: Illusory World Pagoda, Heart-Burning Technique (Combined)
Fang Che's body instinctively moved, the Water Control power activating.
His body slowly rose, ascending.
The Golden Horned Dragon, which had entered the water with him, was puzzled. Wasn't it agreed that they would keep sinking until it was safe to look for an opportunity to go up?
Seeing Fang Che float upward with a blank expression, it quickly followed, only realizing something was wrong after floating up several dozen feet.
It floated in front of Fang Che, anxiously trying to block him, but Fang Che, as if not seeing it, insisted on rushing upward.
Above, the massive demonic beast was clearly waiting.
The Golden Horned Dragon transformed into its physical form, mustering up the courage to plunge its sharp claws deep into Fang Che's thigh.
There was a soft "pu" sound.
Fang Che felt an intense pain surge through him, instantly spreading throughout his body and straight to his brain.
It shattered all illusions.
He suddenly became fully awake.
Then, he felt a sudden fear: There was nothing in front of him, only the dark, murky water. Where was the shore? Where was the white-robed person? Where were the treasures?
Even if there were treasures, how could he see them now, being hundreds of feet underwater?
Fang Che's mind cleared instantly, and only then did he realize the need to activate the Crystal Clear Spirit Platform.
He was then horrified to discover that, when he had been trapped in the illusion, he hadn't even managed to activate the Crystal Clear Spirit Platform!
Praising, he stroked the Golden Horned Dragon, communicating through their soul link: "Little Dragon, I owe you one."
The Golden Horned Dragon excitedly grinned, its mouth splitting wide open. Its owner hadn't praised it in a long time, and it was truly elated.
It couldn't resist doing a somersault in front of Fang Che, its tail arching high to form a circle with the horn on its head.
Fang Che couldn't help but smile.
He then focused all his energy on activating the Crystal Clear Spirit Platform, closing his eyes to maintain a stable divine perception.
His mind raced.
This monster was clearly the one that devoured the Guardian. It created this illusion to lure me, but not just me, right?
It must be to lure the white-robed person outside?
Even though Fang Che was now clear-headed, he only just realized that a strand of the powerful beast's mental energy, fine as a thread, was still bound to him.
It never intended to let him go!
Fang Che and the Golden Horned Dragon continued to sink like stones.
They sank deeper, but that mental energy never gave up.
Fang Che suddenly realized something: How deep was this Black Water River?
This was truly terrifying.
Moreover, the beast was constantly watching him. How could he escape?
Even with his Water Control power, it was absolutely impossible to escape under the watchful eye of such an immensely powerful demonic beast!
Fang Che and the Golden Horned Dragon communicated through their souls, agreeing that simply sinking would be useless.
In the black water, the monster swam freely, a massive shadow gliding silently from afar, devouring schools of fish as it moved.
It was over twenty feet long, with a blood-red maw.
Fang Che's mind raced, and he instructed the Golden Horned Dragon to transform into a soul mist, enveloping his body, then allowed his body to float upward, positioning itself right in front of the monster's mouth.
The monster barely hesitated, instinctively opening its mouth to swallow.
Its double rows of teeth moved to chew, but the food in its mouth seemed to turn into a mass of water, slipping down its throat with a whoosh.
The monster was taken aback.
But it didn't think much of it, as it had swallowed countless things that didn't require chewing.
So it continued to eat and swim.
At this moment, the Golden Horned Dragon materialized a sharp claw and viciously stabbed the monster's insides.
A burst of intense pain erupted.
The monster's body convulsed violently, instinctively darting away in a frenzy.
In an instant, it was far away at the bottom of the river.
Fang Che entered a state of fetal breathing.
After traveling an unknown distance, he finally felt that the thin mental energy strand binding him to the monster had finally disappeared.
Only then did Fang Che finally relax, content to stay inside the monster's belly, letting it carry him wherever it went.
As for any treasures or windfalls... Fang Che, now fully awake, didn't even consider them.
At that level of combat, waiting for a windfall was purely courting death!
Now, he only thought of safely escaping and returning to the Southeast Headquarters, not thinking about anything else.
...
"Jie Sha, what are you doing here!"
Bei Mingxin shouted.
Jie Sha jumped violently, as if electrocuted, his long sword instantly forming a light barrier around him, spinning around like a whirlwind.
Bei Mingxin and five others were already within arm's reach.
"Lord Bei?"
Jie Sha was somewhat puzzled.
Why would Bei Mingxin appear here?
He had forgotten about chasing the Night Demon and even the Night Demon's desperate cries for "Bei Mingxin" earlier.
Seeing Bei Mingxin, he was only surprised.
When Jie Sha turned around, Bei Mingxin and the others immediately felt at ease.
Indeed, it was him. Just from the forced calm on his face and the panic in his eyes, they knew this was the Jie Sha Star Deity, whose cultivation was far below their own.
At this moment, Bei Mingxin had even forgotten about the monster in the Black Water River.
He sneered coldly, "Jie Sha, with all the good things you've obtained, why not show some respect and give your Lord Bei a share?"
Hmm? You have some nerve!"
Jie Sha roared, "Why should I give... Brother Bei, how about half for you?"
"Half?"
Bei Mingxin burst into laughter, his voice echoing like a night owl, and said indifferently, "Do you think I need your half? No! I want it all! Even the treasures on your body, hand them over to me right now, immediately!"
Jie Sha's face turned difficult to look at, "Bei Mingxin, you're going too far!"
Bei Mingxin said, "The thing I enjoy most in this life is going too far! What are you going to do about it?"
Jie Sha, filled with sorrow and anger, said, "Bei Mingxin, our Heavenly Palace..."
"Your Heavenly Palace is as good as a bird's egg!"
Bei Mingxin waved his hand, "All of you, come at me!"
At that moment, the five guardians were excited and rushed forward together!
The six of them rolled and tumbled, fighting each other.
Jie Sha's furious roars, cries, pleas, and curses suddenly echoed in the void!
Bei Mingxin's hand rested on his sword hilt, a cruel smile on his face, watching from the side.
At this moment.
If there was someone else present, they would surely find it strange.
Because the actual scene unfolding was...
Bei Mingxin stood with his five guardians in front of Jie Sha, while Jie Sha stood alone on the opposite side.
Bei Mingxin's face wore a sinister smile, and the five guardians mechanically performed their attacking duties, making tiger-like gestures, but in reality, no actual combat took place.
Jie Sha, on the other hand, was also acting as if he was being beaten up, making various blocking gestures.
In the middle, there was nothing, no treasures or artifacts. Yet, the seven of them were passionately acting out a drama called 'Treasure Snatching'.
It was as if the seven of them had gone mad, working together to perform a ridiculous and clumsy play.
As the audience watched, laughing hysterically, making all sorts of sarcastic comments, and even cursing, the seven of them thought they were putting on an Oscar-worthy performance.
They were completely immersed in their silly and comical actions.
The monstrous beast's enormous body had completely surfaced, its huge head like a small mountain had reached the shore, its eyes looking down at Bei Mingxin and the others, who were still passionately and enthusiastically performing their actions.
A hint of regret flashed in his eyes.
If only he could have swallowed them directly in the Illusory World Pagoda.
But that wasn't possible.
The Illusory World Pagoda could only confuse, but he couldn't swallow them either. If he did, he would fall into their illusion too.
He could only break free and return to the real world to devour them!
A little regretful.
It was a pity.
Although these two-legged creatures were weak and not particularly delicious, consuming them would bring great benefits. Especially after digestion, his strength would show a clear increase.
The only drawback was that their bodies had some strange thorns that couldn't be digested... they needed to be excreted. When passing them out, it would be painful, and the area of excretion would hurt.
He needed to eat a big meal, eat until he was full, and digest them together, so that when he took a huge dump, he could wrap the thorns inside and get rid of them...
The beast's huge right horn flashed, and its nose made a 'chi' sound, expelling a strange, foul-smelling breath.
Bei Mingxin had already changed his actions, raising both hands in front of his eyes, his face filled with joy.
He was examining the treasures he had obtained from Jie Sha in the illusion.
He was overjoyed.
He examined each item one by one, his eyes shooting out a crazed intoxication, with these treasures, give me some time, and my cultivation will reach unprecedented heights! I can even become the Supreme Sect Master!
At that time, what would Bi Changhong be?
I could lift him with one hand, slap him with the back of my hand, and with each slap, I'd ask: Do you know why I'm hitting you?
No matter how he answered, it would be wrong, and after each slap, I'd tell him: Actually, I don't know why I'm hitting you, but I just want to hit you...
Hahahaha...
Bei Mingxin imagined beating Bi Changhong, and couldn't help but reveal a sinister smile.
But at that moment...
Pfft.
It seemed like something in the air shattered.
Then Bei Mingxin suddenly realized: Jie Sha Star Deity, who had just been chopped into minced meat by his five brothers, was standing before him again.
He was staring at Bei Mingxin in terror.
His hands were empty.
No, he was holding a half-eaten, foul-smelling intestine of some unknown demonic beast.
He stood there foolishly.
The five guardian brothers widened their eyes, looking at their own hands in bewilderment. Why don't we have any weapons in our hands?
Weren't we just chopping Jie Sha Star Deity into minced meat?
Bei Mingxin reacted the fastest, immediately realizing that they had been affected by an illusion. He bit his tongue hard, feeling the intense pain spread to his brain, and with a thunderous roar, he shouted, "Wake up!"
His voice was like thunder!
Even the beast was startled, and it couldn't help but snort through its nose, expelling a foul-smelling breath.
This strange breath caused the seven of them to turn their heads.
Then, their eyes all froze in shock.
A look of despair appeared on their faces!
Because they had just realized that right beside them, within arm's reach, was the enormous cow-headed, snake-bodied beast!
Not to mention how big its head was.
"Ahh!!!"
A simultaneous cry of shock escaped from the mouths of the seven.
In this critical moment, their instincts screamed to run, but their feet refused to obey, rooted to the ground like trees. They looked up in panic and despair at the monster's eyes, each as large as a house.
Bei Mingxin suddenly understood something, a realization that came to him out of the blue.
It was something his master had once said: People say that in desperate situations, one can tap into infinite potential. When faced with danger, all one's potential can be unleashed. In moments of anger and fear, one can explode with boundless strength. But I tell you, that's all bullshit!
Any normal person, when faced with a true life-or-death situation, will have only one reaction: their mind goes blank, and their legs won't even move!
That's the true aura of death. As long as you can still move, you're not truly in a desperate situation!...
Bei Mingxin now truly understood these words.
In fact, even when facing Xue Fuxiao, there was still hope for survival, so he could struggle. But when facing this monster, he couldn't even muster the desire to fight! This was the real desperate situation!
Jie Sha and Bei Mingxin reacted simultaneously.
Jie Sha screamed and finally felt some strength in his legs, ready to flee in madness.
But Bei Mingxin let out a hysterical roar, "Heart-Burning Technique! Rush into its stomach and self-destruct! Seek life in death! Only one can survive!"
Bei Mingxin roared, his eyes bulging with fury.
He knew that there was no way they could escape now. If they split up, they would all perish, and everyone would die here! The only option was the plan he had just proposed!
Let it swallow them first, and then seek life in death!
Bei Mingxin's thousands of years of life and combat experience, along with countless life-and-death battles, allowed him to maintain a shred of clarity in his mind amidst his despair.
The five guardians finally snapped out of their daze and immediately began to frantically circulate their spiritual energy.
Their auras rapidly intensified.
"Boss, if you can make it out alive, we can only entrust our afterlives to you!"
The five men roared in unison, huddling together and embracing each other as they stood still, their auras rapidly surging.
Heart-Burning Technique!
Back then, Sun Yuan, an Imperial Rank One, used the Heart-Burning Technique to hold off four top-tier Imperial Rank experts single-handedly! Now, the five guardians, with their Saint Rank cultivation, simultaneously activated the Heart-Burning Technique!
Over there, Jie Sha fled in panic, seemingly providing cover for Bei Mingxin and the others, delaying their escape. His body swiftly took to the air, moving in a snake-like pattern, instantly soaring a hundred zhang away.
But a long tongue shot out in an instant.
With a swish, it wrapped around his body, and with another swish, it retracted.
Jie Sha screamed as his bones shattered, blood gushing from his seven orifices. He gripped his sword tightly and frantically slashed at the monster.
However, the monster's tongue thickened in an instant, engulfing both his sword and arm.
With a whoosh, he was thrown into the monster's mouth.
The monster's teeth clamped down.
Pfft.
Inside the monster's mouth, Jie Sha's body burst like a tiny water bubble, and his voice disappeared.
The monster lowered its head, looking at the six two-legged beasts in front of it, all motionless. It opened its mouth in satisfaction.
Its tongue shot out.
"Go in!"
Bei Mingxin roared, "In the next life, we'll be brothers again!"
"In the next life, we'll be brothers again!"
The six of them transformed into a beam of light and flew towards the monster's mouth, moving against the direction of the tongue's movement, like moths flying into flames or birds seeking refuge in the forest.
With a whoosh, they entered the monster's mouth.
In the instant the monster couldn't chew, they rushed directly into its throat. Bei Mingxin immediately retracted his power, creating distance between himself and the five guardians, desperately slowing their descent.
The five guardians, without a backward glance, charged forward at full speed, their auras still rapidly intensifying.
"Big Brother! We're going!"
"Brothers!"
In the monster's throat, Bei Mingxin's tears welled up in his eyes.
The monster's enormous eyes blinked in confusion.
It didn't understand why these creatures went down without chewing.
But it didn't care.
It opened its huge mouth and rolled up all the demon beast corpses that Jie Sha had killed on the shore, swallowing them all.
Then, half of its massive body slowly returned to the water after crawling onto the shore.
It was preparing to hunt other demon beasts, to eat a meal so filling that it could expel the tiny thorns inside its body through excretion...
As its massive body entered the water... it suddenly felt something was wrong.
Its head couldn't help but emerge from the water again...
Then, a crazy explosion erupted right in the middle of the monster's stomach!
Bei Mingxin's five guardians collectively self-destructed using the Heart-Burning Technique!
The intense explosion caused the monster's enormous body to soar a thousand zhang into the air above the Black Water River, before plummeting back down!
Boom!
The Black Water River surged like a tsunami, with black water spraying hundreds of zhang high onto both riverbanks.
The middle of the monster's stomach, also the weakest part of its body, was blown open, creating a hole several zhang wide!
Countless chunks of flesh, along with intestines, spilled out...
The monster, resembling both an ox and a snake, wailed and thrashed in agony.
His body frantically rushed downstream.
Along the way, the thick, rolling blood water spread wildly.
However, it did not change the color of the Black Water River in the slightest.
Fang Che rode the waves within the madly rushing small demonic beast's stomach, shooting downstream like a rocket, not knowing how far he had traveled before he felt safe.
Fang Che released the soul shield on his body and, with a thought, summoned the Netherworld into his hand.
Just as the demonic beast's stomach began to churn and twist, he unleashed the first style of the Nine Sovereign Techniques!
Boom!
He thrust out a spear.
The demonic beast's body instantly stiffened in pain, letting out a roar in the water, and its stomach was blasted open.
Fang Che and the Golden Horned Dragon quickly emerged.
Before leaving, adhering to the principle of not leaving empty-handed, the Golden Horned Dragon used its claws to tear out the beast's demon core.
The beast writhed in despair, struggling and frantically rushing downstream.
But it was only a fleeting glimpse.
Fang Che understood that this beast wouldn't live much longer.
The Golden Horned Dragon groped its way to the side, using its water control power to quickly approach the shore. This was a nearly right-angled sharp turn, suitable for taking a stand.
Just as he was about to go up...
To his surprise, the water of the Black Water River surged like a stampede of thousands of horses.
What had happened?
Fang Che was completely baffled.
Then, his divine perception sensed something, and his soul was instantly scattered.
In his divine perception,
The enormous hundreds-zhang-long beast glared angrily, rushing downstream towards Fang Che with murderous intent.
Its speed was like thunder,
Reaching an extreme velocity.
The water of the Black Water River roared as it was stirred by the beast.
"Holy sht..."
Fang Che was stunned.
Was this huge beast really chasing after me relentlessly? Was it necessary? There were so many things in the Black Water River, and this beast was many times larger than me. Was it necessary to chase after just me?
Moreover, after the beast went mad, it stirred up all the water in the Black Water River. Fang Che's water control power was completely overwhelmed by the beast.
The water of the Black Water River was completely uncontrollable.
"My life is over!"
Fang Che roared in despair.
But he immediately felt something was amiss.
The beast's divine perception seemed extremely chaotic... When it came into contact with Fang Che's divine power, it completely ignored him.
There were still thousands of zhang left... But in an instant, the distance of thousands of zhang disappeared! The beast suddenly appeared right in front of him.
Its enormous eyeball met Fang Che's gaze. Fang Che's soul felt frozen in that instant...
Terrified, he thought he was going to die...
Then...
The beast completely ignored Fang Che, its massive body roaring past him.
Fang Che's mind went numb as he stared.
The beast's enormous body passed by him like a river of time, three zhang away...
"..."
Fang Che hadn't even had time to catch his breath.
Then he noticed the gurgling blood-filled wound in the beast's stomach!
"Damn, who's so badass? Such a powerful monster, yet there's a hole in its stomach... This is the tough skin that even Bei Mingxin and the others couldn't cut with their sword aura... No... Bei Mingxin..."
"Fck, Bei Mingxin!"
Fang Che stared in disbelief.
As the beast's massive body turned around the sharp bend and headed downstream, the wound was clearly larger, and its speed had slowed down...
At that moment, a human-like figure desperately crawled out of the beast's stomach wound.
Immediately, the beast's massive rear half rolled over the human-shaped creature.
As the beast's half-body crushed the human-shaped creature, it tumbled in the water, its mouth gurgling with what seemed to be blood... Since it was in the black water, the color was indistinguishable.
But Fang Che held his breath and watched, knowing that this guy was definitely vomiting blood, even without seeing the color.
Moreover, this was definitely a person.
It was actually a person!
Fang Che was amazed.
The beast's massive body roared away, and under the intense pain, it no longer cared about the blood flowing from its stomach. It only wanted to rush downstream to a place it considered safe to heal its injuries.
This blow was enough to be fatal.
He had to return as soon as possible!
The human-shaped object at the bottom of the river finally wobbled and stood up. In the rushing water of the Black Water River, its face was also revealed.
Fang Che's divine perception had never been withdrawn, and he watched intently.
Bei Mingxin!
It was actually Bei Mingxin!
But the current Bei Mingxin looked extremely miserable, with tattered clothes, one arm severed, and the missing part of the arm was nowhere to be found. One of his legs was unnaturally curled up, obviously broken, and blood was gushing out from various parts of his body.
Bei Mingxin had prepared for death, he swallowed half of all the high-level pills he had.
He tried to create distance from his five brothers.
However, the collective self-detonation of the five guardians' Heart-Burning Technique was still too close; the powerful explosion almost sent Bei Mingxin back into the beast's mouth.
(End of Chapter)
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