Chapter 1019 - 311: Encountering Luo Tianxing Again

The old beggar approached the cave entrance, his stooped figure gradually coming to a halt as he regarded the cave with an odd expression.

Shen Chongming stood for a moment hesitating at the cave entrance, before finally using his powerful Divine Sense to directly break through the array that concealed the aura.

"Hmm!?"

With the array dismantled, his Divine Sense immediately detected a very familiar aura!

"Elder Luo!?"

Filled with suspicion, Shen Chongxu set aside everything else and charged straight into the cave.

Inside the naturally formed cave, the surroundings were dim, the ground uneven and damp with a foul stench.

Following the aura sensed by his Divine Sense, Shen Chongming traversed quickly and soon arrived at the depths of the cave.

At a glance, he noticed a weakly breathing cultivator seated on a somewhat flat stone slab in the corner.

The cultivator wore tattered Treasure Armor, with his Spirit Light completely vanished.

A hideous and terrifying wound on his chest nearly tore his upper body asunder, his left arm was gone, and only the bare bones remained of his right arm.

A dormant and decayed anomalous power surrounded his body as if a bone-gnawing disease, entrenched within his flesh.

This person was none other than Luo Tianxing, who once guarded the barrier leading from Danzhou to Yangnao Land.

Before the Dao decline, Luo Tianxing had left Yangnao Land, claiming he was going to search for the legendary Beichen Immortal Mountain.

Shen Chongming hadn’t expected to encounter him here, and seeing him again in this pitiful state, such a once formidable Nascent Soul Perfection Realm cultivator like Luo Tianxing.

Examining the aura upon his body, Shen Chongming found that his physical life’s vitality was nearly extinguished completely.

The Nascent Soul within him had inexplicably fallen into a coma, unable to abandon the flesh and flee.

Now, affected by the decay of the flesh and the anomalous power within the flesh, the Nascent Soul had become extremely weak, on the verge of collapse at any moment.

"Elder Luo?"

Shen Chongming cautiously called out softly.

Suddenly, within the broken flesh of Luo Tianxing’s Dantian, a faint glimmer of light appeared.

But the light only flickered momentarily and quickly dimmed again.

Seeing this, Shen Chongming knew there was no time to waste.

If timely assistance were not rendered, Luo Tianxing’s Nascent Soul might not last long before collapsing completely, leading his Divine Spirit to dissipate, resulting in utter annihilation.

Thinking of this, Shen Chongming immediately prepared to execute a technique to extract Luo Tianxing’s Nascent Soul from his body.

However, at this moment, the old beggar suddenly dashed forward.

His figure ghost-like, as his withered hand promptly struck the chest of Luo Tianxing’s incomplete flesh with a fierce blow!

"You!"

Witnessing this, Shen Chongming’s expression changed dramatically!

Given Luo Tianxing’s Nascent Soul was already flickering like a candle in the wind, the bizarre old man’s strike might outright shatter the Nascent Soul.

From the Southern Border’s invasion, through to the Dao decline before Yangnao Land, Luo Tianxing had greatly aided the Shen Family.

Though Xu Xiu leveraged him to resolve issues with the Shen Family, beyond Xu Xiu’s will, Luo Tianxing had always been considerate towards the Shen Family.

He was considered a pretty decent old gentleman.

Now encountering him in such a plight, Shen Chongming was naturally inclined to find a way to save him.

Boom!

The old beggar moved swiftly.

The force behind that strike was terrifying.

Luo Tianxing’s broken flesh, along with the tattered Treasure Armor, facing the old beggar’s hand devoid of spiritual power fluctuations, was instantly destroyed like tofu!

Seeing this, Shen Chongming’s face turned livid!

His eyes immediately flashed with terrifying electric light!

He had refrained from confronting the old beggar, knowing he couldn’t overpower him.

Additionally, the strange old man merely followed him without causing overt trouble.

But now, he couldn’t hold back any longer.

Roar!

As Shen Chongming’s body surged with spiritual power, electric light flickering all over him, ready to confront the old beggar, a low dragon roar suddenly sounded!

In that instant, Luo Tianxing’s shattered flesh transformed into masses of eerie black mist!

That black mist twisted and turned into a black dragon brimming with the stench of death and decay, roaring towards the old beggar!

Nearby, Shen Chongming inhaled only a tiny wisp of the black mist, but immediately sensed the spiritual power within his body abruptly slowing!

Wherever that black mist passed, his meridians and flesh instantly dulled and dimmed!

"Such tyrannical power!"

Alarmed, Shen Chongming disregarded everything else and quickly summoned a large amount of Thunder Power, chasing and besieging that strange black mist invading his body!

Finally, consuming nearly half his spiritual power, just before the black mist penetrated his Dantian, he managed to dissipate it utterly!

Upon resolving that strand of black mist, returning his focus, Shen Chongming realized the black dragon formed from the mist now coiled upon the old beggar’s body, roaring and biting, trying to kill the old beggar completely.

Yet, the old beggar’s skeletal frame seemed encased by an impenetrable anomalous power, as no matter how the black dragon thrashed, it couldn’t infiltrate even a fraction of his body.

The black dragon, powerless against the old beggar, let out two more impotent roars, then seemingly noticed Shen Chongming nearby, immediately abandoning the old beggar and charged towards him.

However, the next moment, a large hand grasped the black dragon’s neck tightly!

No matter how it struggled and roared, it remained unable to break free.

After the initial shock, Shen Chongming realized he couldn’t help in this situation.

Glancing sideways at the Nascent Soul of Luo Tianxing, thankfully intact, Shen Chongming flipped his hand to retrieve a top-grade jade bottle from his storage bag, sealed the Nascent Soul in it, and hurriedly made his way toward the cave entrance.