Chapter 954: Chapter 414: Ten Thousand Woods Evergreen Scripture: Perfection (Part 3)

Pfft!

The serpent’s body was severed, almost fatally injured and dying.

Seeing this, Hongyi’s eyes lit up, and he immediately activated the Dragon Locking Pin.

Buzz!

The Dragon Locking Pin’s spiritual light surged, slaying the nearly defenseless Nether Serpent.

The massive snake body convulsed a few times, and finally sank powerlessly to the seabed, its life completely extinguished.

The sea surface gradually returned to calm, leaving only a strong smell of blood and lingering energy fluctuations.

But at this moment, an extremely dense evil qi clung to Hongyi’s body.

Xu Ping also got tainted by the evil qi, but it was much less than Hongyi’s.

Xu Ping raised his hand with a gesture, and a fist-sized, entirely dark, yet exuding a vast life essence and soul power Essence Soul Pill flew out from the sinking serpent corpse, landing in his palm.

Hongyi also retracted his Dragon Locking Pin, whose light was slightly dimmed, and looked at the massive serpent corpse, laughing:

"Fellow Daoist Xu, the power of your Sword Array is truly earth-shattering, I’m impressed, I’m impressed."

Xu Ping, feeling the astonishing energy contained in the Essence Soul Pill, was also delighted, and laughed:

"It was all thanks to Fellow Daoist Hong’s sharp secret treasure, sealing its foundation, allowing me to severely wound it. A pleasant collaboration!"

Having obtained the Essence Soul Pill, with less taint and a scapegoat, it was simply perfect.

The two exchanged smiles, both very satisfied.

Thus, the two collected their spoils of victory, quickly cleared the battlefield traces, and transformed into Escape Light, quietly leaving.

Under the ten-thousand-fathom trench, only a pool of blood remained, silently telling of the brief yet incredibly intense hunt just now.

....

Two years later.

In a rarely visited circular reef group.

This place was filled with strong undercurrents, jagged rocks, and a faint dragon aura permeated the sea, indicating this was a nest of a true dragon descendant.

At this moment, an earth-shattering roar and dragon roar erupted from the center of the reef group.

"Boom!"

The sword light was like a prison.

A Sword Array formed by seventy-three Cyan Locust Wood Thunder Swords, like a giant millstone, trapped a true dragon descendant several hundred feet long, its body covered in brilliant golden scales, a single horn on its head, and five claws under its belly, firmly in the center!

This true dragon had apparently just recently broken through to the Fourth Rank Upper Grade, but its bloodline was pure, and its dragon aura was mighty, with strength no less than some long-established Late-Stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

It struggled madly within the Sword Domain, its dragon tail sweeping violently, shattering countless reefs, and its dragon breath scorching the air into distortion.

Though still heavily suppressed by the Sword Array, it had reached a stalemate for a time.

"Roar, how dare the human race invade the True Dragon Hall’s lineage!"

The true dragon roared, its voice shaking the surroundings, its golden dragon eyes filled with rage and a hint of fear.

It hadn’t expected that just after breaking through, and stabilizing its realm, preparing to visit the human race for a feast.

It had devoured a human city before being targeted.

Outside the Sword Domain, Xu Ping’s dark robes flapped, his expression emotionless, his hands forming sword techniques, controlling the Sword Array to continuously compress and annihilate.

Beside him, Hongyi, controlling the Dragon Locking Pin, constantly assaulted the dragon’s body, leaving deep bone-revealing wounds, and the dense evil qi continually eroded the true dragon’s life force.

But this true dragon’s life force far exceeded that of ordinary Fourth Rank demon beasts, its skin tougher, making it difficult to kill it instantly.

Seeing this, Xu Ping’s eyes flashed, and he opened his mouth to unleash a powerful strike.

Whoosh!

A nearly invisible glimmer ignored the spatial distance, instantly penetrating the true dragon’s massive head.

"Argh!"

The true dragon let out an exceedingly painful howl, its circulating dragon power suddenly halted, its movements becoming significantly sluggish.

"Slash!"

Xu Ping’s sword technique drew again, the power of the Sword Array surged, countless sword lights poured down like a torrential rain, instantly engulfing most of the true dragon.

"Lock!"

Seeing this opportunity, Hongyi shouted lowly.

The Dragon Locking Pin transformed into several black venomous pythons, instantly piercing through the dragon scale defenses, fiercely embedding into the critical meridian nodes of the true dragon.

Dragon blood spurted like waterfalls, protective scales shattered, its heart suffered a fatal blow.

But this true dragon still did not die until the Dragon Locking Pin tore it into several pieces, it let out a final unwilling lament, its massive body finally losing all power.

It crashed onto the reefs with a thunderous sound, sending waves climbing tens of thousand feet high, its life force rapidly drained.

At this moment, Hongyi, due to slaying the true dragon, was shrouded in almost unbearably dense evil qi, like an Asura walking out of hell.

While Xu Ping’s evil qi was notably lighter.

Xu Ping waved to retract the Sword Array and swiftly advanced, precisely cleaving open the dragon’s head with the Canghua Divine Wood Sword.

Then, he extracted a fist-sized, golden radiant Essence Soul Pill, containing abundant dragon essence and essence soul force.

This true dragon was indeed formidable, fortunately, Hongyi’s Dragon Locking Pin restrained it.

Otherwise, letting Xu Ping battle it alone, it would have been quite a hassle, maybe even letting it escape.

After all, whether the Sword Array or Puppet Array, their flexibility was lacking, suitable for positional battles.

"We mustn’t linger here."

Xu Ping carefully put away the Essence Soul Pill and said in a deep voice, "Having slain a true dragon descendant, the True Dragon Hall must already be sensing it."

"The evil qi on us is too dense, making it easy to be tracked, it’s time to stop."

Hongyi packed up the dragon body and nodded, "Indeed, this evil qi needs to be dissolved quickly." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Although he belonged to the Star Palace, the evil qi was too dense, making it easier to be detected by the True Dragon Hall.

"In that case, let us part ways here, our target is too large, being together is more dangerous." Xu Ping suggested.

"Just as I wished."

Hongyi laughed, "Once I’ve cleansed the evil qi, I’ll seek you out, Fellow Daoist, and together we’ll hunt demon beasts!"

"Naturally, that won’t be an issue." Xu Ping nodded with a smile.

Always having a scapegoat, striving to elevate the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to the supreme treasure level as soon as possible.

Then, not to mention resisting the Divinity Transformation cultivators, at the Nascent Soul level, there should be few equals.

But before parting, Xu Ping took out a jade slip he had prepared in advance and handed it to Hongyi.

"Fellow Daoist Hong, I have a small request for you."

"The jade slip records some artifact refining materials that are crucial to me, but it is rather troublesome to collect. Could I trouble you to keep an eye out for me?"

"For the Spirit Stones or equivalent items needed, I, Xu Mou, will not be stingy."