https://novelcool.info/chapter/Chapter-980-Endless-Sands-Unyielding-Battle/13474460/
https://novelcool.info/chapter/Chapter-982-Truce-and-Cooperation-to-Eradicate-the-Enemy/13487350/
Chapter 981: Heart-to-Heart Talk, Kisses on the Neck
Chapter 981: Heart-to-Heart Talk, Kisses on the Neck
The vast, desolate desert was dotted with undulating ridges.
Under the night sky, these winding ridges formed a circle, as if drawn by a single line.
As dawn approached, the gentle sunlight gradually revealed the scenery within.
The ridges stretched for a hundred miles, forming a deep valley.
From the outside, there was nothing unusual to be seen.
But from above, one could see the enormous number of demon beasts gathered within.
At this moment, they should have been resting, but they were suddenly jolted awake by a series of explosions in the air, growing closer and closer.
The leader of the demon beasts, a tall figure in a black robe with silver embroidery, had a long face and a sharp nose. He reacted swiftly.
The moment the explosions began, he was instantly awake.
His face turned both shocked and angry, "Could it be that someone has discovered our plan to ambush Five-Peak Temple here in the Quicksand Chasm?"
He shot up into the sky, his aura spreading out, but his face turned deathly pale in an instant.
For a far more powerful aura, like an endless sea, was pushing towards them, filled with overwhelming killing intent that chilled the bones.
"A Nascent Divinity expert?"
The black-robed demon beast trembled and, without hesitation, turned to flee.
Inside the Quicksand Chasm, the hundred thousand demon beasts looked on in confusion, not understanding why Lord Lian Yin Peng had suddenly left.
Their gazes instinctively turned to the opposite direction.
Soon, a slightly disheveled figure appeared in the sky above the Quicksand Chasm.
As their eyes met, the demon beasts suddenly realized what was happening.
A human?
The next moment!
Whoosh!
A sharp explosion echoed, and the disheveled, one-armed man casually flicked his wrist, sending a blood-red longsword flying.
The blood-red longsword sliced through the air, transforming into a streak of light, and in an instant, claimed countless lives.
"Roar!"
"Ugh!"
Chaos erupted in the valley.
The demon beasts tried to rise into the sky, desperate to escape this prison.
The disheveled man, with only one arm, seemed to finally have a moment to spare after releasing the longsword.
He made a hand seal and pointed at the sky.
The desert, which should have been cloudless, suddenly gathered a faint white cloud as the day and night were about to merge.
The demon beasts were confused.
Then they saw a massive eye open within the endless cloud.
Blood-red and golden, it was the Crimson-Eyed Golden Pupil!
As the cloud eye opened, it emitted a hazy light, and the previously chaotic and fleeing demon beasts suddenly calmed down.
But while they were calm, the blood-red longsword was not.
The sword light expanded, growing larger and larger, stretching to ten, twenty, and even a hundred miles.
Wherever it passed, a mist of blood was left behind.
Within this mist, the blood-red longsword voraciously devoured the blood, becoming increasingly sinister and evil, its body shimmering like glass.
This process, though described as lengthy, actually occurred in just a few breaths.
After all this, the disheveled man's aura had withered to the brink.
His entire body was barely maintaining any spiritual power fluctuations.
His once clear eyes uncontrollably shed two streams of blood tears.
He slowly turned his head, looking back at the path he had taken.
"Qing Shuang, can you withstand this strike?"
"Screech!"
A cry pierced through the clouds and mist.
A majestic azure bird crossed the space, ready to attack. When she saw Luo Chen's terrifying appearance and the hellish scene behind him, her heart trembled.
But the hatred and killing intent in her mind could not be quelled.
"Even if I destroy my own cultivation, I will kill you!"
With a shrill scream, a hazy green light burst from her entire body.
A crescent-shaped, hundred-zhang-long black crack slowly appeared before her.
It was the same move as before!
C-Space Slash!
After releasing this move, Qing Shuang seemed unable to support herself further. Her massive form rapidly shrank, becoming smaller and smaller until she returned to her human form.
The C-Space Slash moved forward slowly, devouring everything in its path.
Though it seemed to move at a snail's pace, as if it could be easily dodged, Luo Chen, who had lost an arm to this move before, knew its true nature.
Unless one's speed exceeded Qing Shuang's and one was well-versed in the laws of space, there was no avoiding it.
But he had never intended to escape!
He raised his one arm and pointed.
"Go!"
Whoosh!
A sword light shot up from the deep valley behind him.
Infinite blood qi formed a blood-red streak, trailing behind the Primordial Slaughter Sword, creating a long tail as it raced toward the hundred-zhang black crack.
Ten Thousand Demon Beasts Slain by the Azure Phoenix!
Closer!
Closer!
In an instant, the two met.
There was no earth-shattering sound, no dazzling display of light.
Only a silent annihilation.
The black crack was voraciously devouring the endless sword qi.
The blood-red longsword was furiously impacting the bizarre technique.
Luo Chen's lips were pressed together, his face as cold and unyielding as ancient ice. His vast divine soul strained to control this strike.
This strike was his using the Crimson-Eyed Golden Pupil to cast the Mirrored Flowers and Flowing Moon, then using the Cloud Mirror Water Reflection Spell to spread and briefly control the ten thousand demon beasts, before using the Primordial Slaughter Sword to slaughter them and gather their essence.
This move, however, was a killing technique from the Fifth Rank Sword Manual, the Ten-Thousand Heavens Transforming Sword Manual: Ten-Thousand Heavens Convergence.
It was a sword technique that, though not a divine power, was more powerful than any. It required the consumption of a vast amount of Nine Heavens Qi.
Luo Chen's Nine Heavens Qi had long been depleted, so he could only use the blood energy of countless demon beasts as a substitute.
As a result, controlling it with his divine soul was extremely difficult, especially with his already severely wounded body, which was on the verge of collapse.
But he couldn't fall!
He couldn't fall here!
Hui Nv, Cai Yi, his son, his friends, his disciples, his old acquaintances... and the immortality that was just one step away!
"Explode!"
A roar like that of a wounded beast echoed in the instant.
Luo Chen's sword finger suddenly turned, and the sword technique changed.
He directly detonated the subsequent variations of the move, using the power of ten thousand demon beasts to impact the C-Space Slash divine power.
The stalemate was instantly shattered.
Boom!
The hundred-meter-long black crack vanished in an instant.
A terrifying shockwave, centered on Luo Chen and Qing Shuang, surged in all directions.
The white clouds dispersed, and the earth sank.
Luo Chen's figure fell helplessly into the quicksand of the Quicksand Chasm.
A figure stumbled forward, covered in numerous small wounds.
Suddenly, a blood-red light pierced the air, aiming straight for her abdomen.
The sword came unexpectedly.
The woman leaped.
Pfft!
Her right foot was severed at the knee.
"Hmph..."
The woman grunted, turned, and grabbed the sword firmly in her hand.
Ignoring the blood streaming from her hand, she trembled all over.
After such a powerful clash, both she and Luo Chen were almost at their limits.
She never expected that the sword itself had a spirit and could still launch a surprise attack.
"Your master isn't dead yet!"
With a snap of her fingers, the blood sword, already on the verge of weakness, fell silent.
Qing Shuang, paying no heed to the surroundings, leaped into the deep valley, where the endless mud and sand were flowing downward.
...
A thousand miles away.
Lian Yin Peng, his face pale, gazed in the direction he had come from.
"So strong!"
Muttering to himself, his pale face gradually turned hesitant.
"It doesn't seem to be a Nascent Divinity expert..."
He recalled the moment he clashed with the unknown cultivator's divine soul.
"It's neither as purely domineering as my brother's divine soul, nor as versatile as the divine will of the Crimson Sand Scorpion. It seems to be the same as the divine soul of ordinary Nascent Soul True People, just more powerful."
With this thought, his hesitation grew.
Abandoning his troops in the middle of a battle would mean severe punishment when his brother returned.
Moreover, it was clear that the person's arrival was sudden and unexpected, not well-prepared. It seemed more like he had been transferred from a battle elsewhere.
"It must be a life-or-death battle between two late-stage Nascent Soul Great Cultivators!"
"Such a powerful clash will surely leave both of them severely wounded. If I can take advantage of the situation..."
Lian Yin Peng licked his lips, and the hesitant look in his eyes gradually faded, replaced by a greedy expression.
Not to mention the legacies of the two severely wounded Great Cultivators, their Nascent Souls alone would be a great boon to him!
If he could obtain them...
Lian Yin Peng took a deep breath, patted himself a few times, and then quietly moved toward the Quicksand Chasm.
...
The Quicksand Chasm collapsed, and a massive wave of quicksand flooded the entire valley.
Two figures struggled inside, unable to escape.
But they didn't want to escape!
Qing Shuang, following their aura, pursued swiftly.
Suddenly!
A fist came out of the quicksand.
Caught off guard, it left a dent in her body, which was as tough as a True Artifact.
In pain, she retaliated with a grab.
The hand tried to pull back, but as she tightened her fingers, it could no longer retreat.
"I've found you!"
Another hand followed like a snake.
Pfft!
A kick came from below, colliding with her left hand.
As they separated, blood splattered from the leg, and Qing Shuang's left hand hung limply.
The quicksand couldn't hide their figures or the eyes filled with murderous intent.
"Die!"
"Die!"
Bang!
Pfft!
Thud!
The two figures continued to sink, ignoring the quicksand around them, regardless of their injuries. Even with just one hand and one foot, they aimed for each other's vital points.
The once prestigious first Nascent Divinity cultivator below, the renowned Dan Sect master of the Eastern Wasteland, had lost all their grace and dignity.
Their methods of attack were no longer the endless divine powers, magic treasures, or True Artifacts. Instead, they became as primitive and savage as common people.
Fists, palms, kicks, headbutts, and elbow strikes.
At one point, driven to desperation, Qing Shuang even used her sharp teeth to bite a chunk of flesh from Luo Chen's shoulder.
Of course, with Luo Chen's physical strength, the cost was the loss of one of Qing Shuang's teeth.
Time passed.
The flow of the surrounding quicksand slowed.
Deep underground, a large cave had been filled with countless rough yet fine grains of sand, forming a massive sand dune.
Suddenly!
Bang!
Two figures burst from the ground, instantly entangling once more.
Each of them thrust out a palm, then tumbled backward like rolling gourds.
Bouncing off the walls, they rebounded and clashed again.
In the cramped space above the dune, their legs intertwined in a blur.
Just as they were about to separate, Qing Shuang lashed out with her leg like a whip, wrapping it around Luo Chen's thigh.
Caught off guard, Luo Chen felt her bite down, clamping her teeth onto his neck.
"This lunatic!"
Struggling to no avail, Luo Chen jabbed back, piercing through her incredibly tough flesh and gripping her heart.
But he didn’t crush it!
Because her fangs were also clamped around his throat.
"Go ahead, bite. Even if you sever my neck, I’ll still crush your heart!"
At that moment, they were entangled, one "kissing" the neck, the other piercing the chest.
From a distance, it looked almost intimate.
But the danger was only known to the two of them.
Without the support of origin energy, a severed neck would not heal quickly, turning a minor injury into a fatal one.
The same went for her; if her heart were crushed, even with a divine beast’s body, she wouldn’t fare much better.
"I’ll count to three, and we’ll each let go, then decide our fates!"
Without waiting for Qing Shuang’s response, Luo Chen slowly loosened his grip on her heart.
"One!"
"Two!"
"Three..."
"You crazy woman!"
Luo Chen tightened his grip again, feeling the heart’s pulsating rhythm.
Pain surged through his neck once more.
She didn’t want a truce!
He tried to take a deep breath but couldn’t, glancing up.
Then, suppressing his anger, he whispered, "If we keep fighting like this, neither of us will have a good outcome. I... don’t want to die!"
Before Qing Shuang could respond, he continued, "I know you’re not afraid of death, but can you really die? If you die, who will go to Soul-Draining Cliff to save your sister?"
"With the abilities of a Nascent Divinity, do you really believe she’s dead?"
"Fine, even if she is dead, I have studied the Heavenly Phoenix Rebirth Scripture and know the method of the Phoenix Rebirth. Although I can’t use it, your sister will definitely know it. Doesn’t that mean she still has a chance to be reborn?"
"You must stay alive to find Soul-Draining Cliff and save your sister!"
The fangs around his neck seemed to loosen slightly.
Luo Chen breathed a slight sigh of relief, loosening his grip on her heart as well.
"Let’s talk heart to heart... in short, you and I don’t have deep-seated grudges. What I did earlier was only because I was forced by the Heavenly Origin Dao Sect. You saw it with your own eyes; I wanted to leave Soul-Draining Cliff and stay out of your conflict."
"In short, let’s call it quits and leave. If we have the chance, I can help you find Qixia Yuanjun. I have the Nirvana Holy Fire, and with your help, finding the elusive Soul-Draining Cliff won’t be difficult."
"Let’s count to three and let go, okay?"
"One!"
"I don’t trust you!"
"Two... huh?" Luo Chen was surprised, looking down at the pale face just inches away, even covered in mud and sand.
He thought for a moment, then said, "I have something called the Life-and-Death Binding Curse."
"I trust your curse insect even less!"
Luo Chen didn’t know how she managed to speak, not opening her mouth, not using telepathy, but her voice was clear as her body trembled.
Luo Chen thought for a moment, "How about we both place restrictions on each other?"
"You’ve hidden for so long under the nose of a powerful Nascent Divinity; your True Artifact restrictions must be highly advanced. I still don’t trust you."
Luo Chen gritted his teeth, "A Great Dao Oath!"
This time, Qing Shuang was silent.
Silence meant she was considering it.
Luo Chen really didn’t want to die in this dark, bottomless pit.
He had experienced lows and highs, and even a period of brilliance.
He didn’t want to die here and become a mere curiosity for future generations.
He made his final offer.
"Let’s each implant a Life-and-Death Binding Curse, place restrictions on our vital points to prevent betrayal, and finally, take a Great Dao Oath not to attack each other until we reach Nascent Divinity. Under these three constraints, we can turn enemies into friends. What do you say?"
As he spoke, he completely released her heart.
Her breath stirred his nostrils, a sign that she was about to bite down again.
Luo Chen growled, "Think of your sister!"
Qing Shuang, who had been momentarily blinded by anger, finally regained her clarity at his roar.
She slowly released her grip, her sharp teeth pulling out of Luo Chen’s neck like swords.
She lifted her head, the mud and sand falling away, her eyes locking onto Luo Chen with a complex gaze.
"Let’s begin!"
Luo Chen felt a weight lift, glancing up.
"It seems you’ve noticed his arrival." (End of Chapter)
Chapter end
Report
