Chapter 377: Chapter 93: Slaying the Earth Dragon and Leaving the Ruins!

"Really courting death."

Lin Chen snorted coldly.

On the surface, with Jiang Liqian at his side, Lin Chen held back slightly.

But deep underground, Lin Chen’s strength was not diminished, and he could go all out.

"Candle Dragon’s Power!"

The power of the Candle Dragon instantly empowered Lin Chen.

His strength and speed instantly doubled!

"Bullet Time!"

Everything around Lin Chen slowed down countless times in his eyes.

Every subtle movement and weakness of the Earth Dragon was visible to him.

"Quick battle, quick decision!"

Lin Chen wielded the Demon-slaying Blade, breaking free from the Earth Dragon’s restraints.

On guard, the sharp blade cut through the Earth Dragon’s scales, slicing into flesh and bone.

Blood instantly stained the earth red.

A human-like confusion and fear appeared in the Earth Dragon’s eyes.

It couldn’t understand why this Human Race before it could move as freely underground as itself.

It didn’t get the chance to figure it out.

"Tenfold, Vibrating Blade!"

Lin Chen raised and dropped his blade, striking several times in an instant.

A mysterious light flashed on the Demon-slaying Blade, easily piercing the Earth Dragon’s scales.

"Heh, after getting hurt... it looks like its defense and recovery powers have drastically decreased..."

A few breaths later, the Earth Dragon was sliced into three segments by Lin Chen.

Each segment nearly two meters long.

But even after being cut apart, the Earth Dragon’s body still writhed in the soil.

"Its life force is truly resilient..."

"But I want to see, are you really immortal!"

Since three segments aren’t enough, then cut into more!

Lin Chen swung his blade again, and the Earth Dragon was chopped into segment after segment, buried in the soil.

Six segments, twelve segments, thirty segments!

In just a moment, the Earth Dragon was chopped into dozens of short fragment pieces by Lin Chen.

As more pieces were chopped off, the Earth Dragon’s writhing grew weaker.

The glow unique to the Earth Escape Technique gradually faded...

Finally, the Earth Dragon’s life breath completely vanished from Lin Chen’s perception.

However, having learned from past experience, Lin Chen did not let his guard down.

He wrapped it in True Essence and stored the decapitated Earth Dragon’s body into the Purple Jade Gourd.

In a Spatial Magical Artifact, living beings cannot be stored, only dead ones can.

After storing the dozens of segments, Lin Chen picked up the Earth Dragon’s massive head.

"Hmm? Not completely dead yet..."

Lin Chen raised an eyebrow; the Earth Dragon’s head wouldn’t fit into the storage magical artifact.

"This life force... a bit too resilient, isn’t it?"

Even sliced into dozens of segments, this Earth Dragon still retained a faint breath.

But...

Lin Chen’s Divine Sense scanned the head of the Earth Dragon and finally detected a concentrated life force at the end of its head.

The next second, True Essence wrapped around his hands, Lin Chen directly reached into the Earth Dragon’s wound.

Soon after, a round piece of flesh was crudely torn out by Lin Chen.

This was the Earth Dragon’s Demon Core!

With the Demon Core removed, the last trace of breath from the Earth Dragon also completely dissipated, allowing it to be stored smoothly.

Lin Chen stored the Demon Core, then surveyed his surroundings.

"Hmm? This soil is stained with the Earth Dragon’s blood... can’t let it go to waste!"

Lin Chen packed the surrounding soil into the Purple Jade Gourd.

In line with his principle of never missing any valuable treasure, Lin Chen carefully searched before heading towards the surface.

A moment later, Lin Chen saw a huge crack overhead, the smooth rock walls on either side reaching skyward endlessly.

"Am I in an abyss?"

Lin Chen didn’t have time to think further and flew upwards.

Soon, he saw Jiang Liqian.

"Junior Sister Jiang!" Lin Chen called out.

Jiang Liqian froze for a moment upon hearing the voice, then flew excitedly towards Lin Chen.

"Senior Brother Lin, you’re okay? The blood on you..."

Lin Chen shook his head and said, "This blood is from the Earth Dragon... shall we talk somewhere else?"

"Alright!"

After the two escaped to the surface, they watched the huge rift canyon slowly heal.

Lin Chen looked surprised and thought to himself:

"This commotion... was it caused by Junior Sister Jiang?"

Meanwhile, Jiang Liqian carefully looked over Lin Chen and asked:

"Senior Brother Lin, how did you escape from the Earth Dragon deep underground?"

Lin Chen blinked and said:

"The Earth Dragon was already seriously injured. After dragging me underground, its combat ability fell drastically, and it was barely alive."

"I seized the opportunity to repel the Earth Dragon, then escaped."

Jiang Liqian looked skeptical, was it really that simple?

But she didn’t know Lin Chen possessed the rare Earth Escape Technique, so she had to believe it.

"Senior Brother Lin, the Earth Dragon is a social demon beast... staying in this valley is very dangerous."

"Hmm, this place is not a safe spot to linger. Junior Sister, wait a moment..."

Lin Chen searched the surface for a while and found the other half of the Earth Dragon’s tail, gleefully storing it in the storage magical artifact.

Jiang Liqian was stunned for a moment, and said quietly:

"Senior Brother Lin... really frugal, aren’t you?"

Lin Chen smiled awkwardly and said:

"Cough, cough, scared of poverty! The flesh and blood of this Fourth Tier Demon Beast... must not be wasted!"

"Junior Sister, should we leave quickly?"

Thus, the two of them hurried towards the outside of Fallen Dragon Valley.

...

A moment later, outside the entrance of Fallen Dragon Valley.

The two who had escaped the life-threatening situation let out a sigh of relief together.

"Senior Brother, there might still be a great secret in this valley... The main body of the True Dragon might be buried within!"

"However, based on our current strength... we might not be able to investigate it fully."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen also turned back and glanced at the valley.

Just by venturing a few hundred miles deep into the valley, encountering a Fourth Tier Earth Dragon, the two nearly fell into a crisis.

Perhaps it will take until the Nascent Soul Late Period before one can confidently delve deeper to explore the secrets within.

"Alas, such a pity for those Dragon Spirit Flowers and the Spiritual Soil stained with Dragon Blood..."

"We’ll have to wait for another opportunity to retrieve them later."

Lin Chen said somewhat regretfully.

"By the way, Senior Brother Lin, do you intend to cultivate the Dragon Spirit Flowers yourself?"

"Yes, you know I come from Pill Peak and have a good understanding of cultivating Spiritual Medicine... so I want to give it a try."

Jiang Liqian thought for a moment, then took out a handful of seeds from her Storage Bag.

"There are over a hundred Dragon Spirit Flower seeds here, they’re useless to me... Why don’t you take them, Senior Brother?"

Lin Chen’s eyes lit up at this sight and he accepted them without hesitation.

Planting the Dragon Spirit Flowers is certainly necessary; they are needed for studying the refinement of Dragon Spirit Pills.

However, cultivating and planting Dragon Spirit Flowers in the High Martial World also requires a large amount of experimental samples.

Although Lin Chen already has several hundred seeds in hand, having more is certainly better.

"Thank you, Junior Sister Jiang!"

"It’s about time... should we leave this Defeated Dragon Forbidden Land?"

Thus, the two of them flew towards the giant vortex in the sky.

...

A moment later.

Outside the Dragon Spirit Sect relic, Lin Chen and Jiang Liqian appeared in a deserted area.

Turning around to look back, the entrance to the Dragon Spirit Sect relic had already completely closed.

Jiang Liqian took out a compass, identified the direction, and said:

"Senior Brother, the relic entrance is sixty miles north of us... shall we go take a look?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen nodded. Zhou Tieshan and Li Zhenqian were still lurking outside the relic.

Definitely need to go back and search.

So the two cleaned off the aura and battle traces on their bodies and flew towards the relic entrance.

Shortly after arriving at the relic entrance, Lin Chen frowned slightly.

In just half a day, nearly a thousand cultivators had gathered at the relic entrance.

Most of them were Foundation Establishment and Golden Core Cultivators, but Nascent Soul Cultivators were not uncommon.

"It’s the closure of the relic, the emergence of a Transformed Great Demon... causing a stir!"

Jiang Liqian transmitted to Lin Chen.

Lin Chen nodded slightly, speaking softly: "Let’s go over and see what’s happening..."

The two pretended to be cultivators who had just arrived at the Dragon Spirit Sect relic.

This didn’t draw much attention, as the commotion caused by the relic drew many cultivators, like Lin Chen, from afar.

"Did a Transformed Great Demon really appear in this Dragon Spirit Sect relic?"

"Isn’t it true! The commotion from the Transformation Thunder Tribulation... didn’t you see it?"

"No... I just came to watch the fun."

Hundreds of cultivators gathered together, those who knew each other formed groups of three to five, mostly there to watch the excitement.

Lin Chen and Jiang Liqian exchanged a look, then stepped forward to ask:

"Fellow Daoist, what happened to the Dragon Spirit Sect relic?"

The Golden Core Cultivator being questioned gave Lin Chen a glance and replied.

"Just arrived? You’re late! The Dragon Spirit Sect relic has already closed... who knows when it will open next!"

"Alas, too bad I only gathered some peach gum and peach branches... didn’t find the Thousand-Year Spiritual Peach. I’ve heard the Fifth Young Master is offering a high price for Spiritual Peaches!"

"Set at 200,000 Spirit Stones for a single Spiritual Peach! Too bad the relic has closed, and the cultivators who obtained Spiritual Peaches are few and far between, unwilling to eat them themselves... who’s going to take them out to sell?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen raised his eyebrows, then asked:

"Fellow Daoist... then what’s this matter about the Transformed Great Demon you mentioned?"

"Don’t you know about it? A few days ago, a Transformed Great Demon appeared, running tens of thousands of miles into the Nether Realm!"

"It’s said that the Lord of the Nether Realm, that Blood Pupil old demon, was almost slain!"

"In the end, it caused the Celestial Sect to open; I’ve heard another True Monarch of Divinity Transformation stopped this Transformed Great Demon... otherwise, the Demon Path might be extinguished!"

Lin Chen listened, frowning slightly.

This he truly did not know, as Elder Tao Yao and Jiang Liqian were waiting inside the relic when it happened.

"So a True Monarch of Divinity Transformation took action... no wonder Elder Tao Yao was in such a mood when he returned..."

Lin Chen thought quietly.

"Fellow Daoist, since the relic is already closed... why are you all still gathered here?" Jiang Liqian asked at this time.

This Golden Core Cultivator laughed in response:

"Most of them are just like you, here to investigate the situation."

"And there’s another group, because of True Man Linglong! This time True Man Linglong said the Dragon Spirit Sect relic was opened by him, and that anyone who entered the relic should pay Spirit Stones."

"A thousand Spirit Stones, it’s not much in itself... but thousands of cultivators means True Man Linglong took away at least tens of millions of Spirit Stones."

As he spoke, his voice lowered slightly.

"Now these Golden Core Foundation Establishment Cultivators are gathering together to cause trouble for True Man Linglong!"

"Let’s see how True Man Linglong will handle this!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen felt moved.

Just Foundation Establishment and Golden Core Cultivators dare to make trouble for a Nascent Soul True Man?

Even with many people... who would dare to stick their neck out?

Perhaps... someone else is stirring the waves among them!

After a pause, the Golden Core Cultivator continued:

"Besides that, the Fifth Young Master himself appeared... offering high prices to purchase treasures from the relic!"