Eternal Saber-Chapter 259 - 44: Twin Dragons

Chen Tang left Longyin Village, heading east along the main road for nearly an hour.

Along the way, not a single soul was in sight.

After traveling three hundred li, he finally saw another village.

However, the village was nothing but ruins, with collapsed houses and no sign of life, only a dead silence!

Chen Tang initially thought the village was destroyed by a mountain flood.

But riding the Thunder Leopard into the village, he noticed some traces left behind that made him gradually frown.

Looking down, Chen Tang saw on the moist soil below, faint outlines winding towards the distance, crisscrossing chaotically, as if a giant serpent had once passed through this village!

On some of the broken stones, a few remnants of blood could still be seen.

Suddenly, a possibility occurred to Chen Tang, startling him!

After investigating the village thoroughly and confirming there were no survivors, he continued eastward.

Near dusk, as the sky grew darker, Chen Tang arrived at the edge of the Eight Hundred Li Marsh.

In front, he could see patches of marshy reeds, with the water’s surface glistening faintly, stretching endlessly.

There was no sign of life around!

Based on his experience living in the Snow Ridge, this place was the forbidden zone of some powerful creature!

The Thunder Leopard stood at the edge of the marsh, lifting and lowering its front hooves, appearing somewhat uneasy.

Wanting to confirm his suspicions, Chen Tang prepared to venture into the deep marshes to find out more.

"You stay here. If you encounter any danger, escape quickly and don’t worry about me, got it?"

Chen Tang whispered.

The Thunder Leopard raised its head, understanding Chen Tang’s intention.

Yet it tried to take a few steps forward, quickly plunging into the marsh, paddling a few times, and then floating on the water’s surface.

The Thunder Leopard kept looking at Chen Tang, signaling with its eyes that it could enter the water and carry him further.

"The two of us together would make too much noise, which could cause problems."

Chen Tang shook his head, refusing the Thunder Leopard’s goodwill, and tied the ’Eternal’ around his waist to his back.

He entered the water himself, following some remaining faint trails among the reeds, slowly swimming forward.

The night deepened.

Occasionally, a black dot would appear on the calm water’s surface, only to quickly disappear.

Most of the time, Chen Tang was moving underwater.

With his eye power, he could see clearly for dozens of meters even with his eyes open underwater.

When surfacing to breathe, he only exposed half of his head, cautiously scouting before submerging again.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Tang reached the base of a cliff, where there were several dark, deep, large caves.

After lightly climbing up, Chen Tang saw in the crevices of the cave stones some skin shed by what appeared to be a giant serpent!

Judging by these remnants, this ’giant serpent’ had grown even more robust than before.

With his strong night vision, Chen Tang carefully explored along the edge of the cave walls.

He hadn’t taken many steps when he smelled a faint scent of blood!

Following this scent, Chen Tang continued deeper into the cave.

As he ventured further, the bloody odor intensified!

It seemed he had reached the end of the cave.

Chen Tang peeked ahead.

He saw a massive space, with a three-zhang-long giant serpent coiled at rest below, and under this giant serpent, piled countless white bones, shocking to behold!

These bones were those the giant serpent couldn’t digest after swallowing people alive.

The people of the abandoned village he passed earlier were probably swallowed whole by this giant serpent, leaving no remains!

"Something’s not right!"

Chen Tang focused his gaze.

To his surprise, beneath the giant serpent’s belly, there was an underdeveloped pair of claws!

"Is this... a Flood Dragon?"

Chen Tang’s heart skipped a beat.

This was no ordinary giant serpent; it was a Juvenile Flood Dragon!

There’s a legend that a giant serpent must cultivate for a thousand years to have a chance to transform into a Flood Dragon.

And the greatest physical difference between a Flood Dragon and a giant serpent is that the Flood Dragon has a pair of feet underneath!

If there was a Juvenile Flood Dragon here, it meant...

Just as Chen Tang thought of this, he felt a violent tremor from the adjacent cave, causing countless stones and sand to roll down!

He immediately lay flat on the ground, hiding in the shadows, motionless, holding his breath.

At the same time, he activated the Wind Listening Technique, not only controlling his breathing but also slowing his heartbeat as much as possible!

Chen Tang narrowed his eyes, only leaving a slit as he looked forward.

Suddenly, from the side cave, a Silver Flood Dragon darted out, its belly bearing a pair of feet, stretching six to seven zhang long, roughly twenty meters by modern calculations!

This Silver Flood Dragon’s body was even thicker than Chen Tang’s form!

That swaying tail, with just a flick, could unleash ten thousand pounds of force!

Chen Tang felt cold all over, suppressing the fear in his heart as much as possible.

Not even the slightest sound could be made!

If discovered by this Silver Flood Dragon, he would never have a grave!

At this moment, countless doubts in his heart were resolved.

The True Dragon, on par with a Grandmaster of Transformation Realm, was held back by Master Le Kong, unable to call forth rain, yet the mountain floods were incessant because there was a second Flood Dragon!

And a Juvenile Flood Dragon had already been bred between the Black Dragon and the Silver Flood Dragon!

The people of Longyin Village were food prepared by the Profound Celestial Sect for this Juvenile Flood Dragon!

Judging by the accumulated bones below, it’s unknown how many villages this Juvenile Flood Dragon exterminated and devoured.

Communication was already scarce and backward in this era.

Additionally, outside the village, there were Alchemists from the Profound Celestial Sect guarding, restricting villagers’ movement.

Thus, a closed space formed among the villages.

Even if a village was massacred by a Juvenile Flood Dragon, villagers hundreds of li away would remain uninformed until the Juvenile Flood Dragon entered their village, only to realize calamity struck.

Villages near Qingzhou Marsh suffered no floods for this reason.

The people there were food for the Juvenile Flood Dragon!

Therefore, the flash floods unleashed by the Silver Flood Dragon intentionally spared these villages, creating an illusion of Divine Dragon protection against water disasters for the villagers.

Chen Tang dared not even breathe in deeply.

Fortunately, the heavy scent of blood here masked Chen Tang’s aura.

As long as he remained completely still in the corner’s darkness, the two Flood Dragons would barely sense him.

The Silver Flood Dragon returned, tangled briefly with the Juvenile Flood Dragon, then both left one after the other shortly after.

Listening to the sounds gradually fading, Chen Tang finally exhaled lightly.

In just that short moment, it felt as if he’d weathered a fierce battle.

As he relaxed suddenly, waves of dread washed over Chen Tang, his heart pounding wildly, instantly breaking into a cold sweat.

The foundation of the Profound Celestial Sect was terrifying!

A True Dragon, rivaling a Grandmaster of Transformation Realm.

This Silver Flood Dragon likely had the power of a Grandmaster, too.

And a rapidly growing Juvenile Flood Dragon!

Given time for the Juvenile Flood Dragon to mature, these three Flood Dragons alone could sweep across the world!

Chen Tang waited a while longer in the cave, ensuring no commotion outside, before swiftly escaping the place.