Chapter 514 - 344: Fierce Battle Against the Foundation Establishment Stage Demon Serpent! (Part 2)

Chapter 514: Chapter 344: Fierce Battle Against the Foundation Establishment Stage Demon Serpent! (Part 2)

"You three, wait here!"

His voice was like a great bell, shaking everyone’s eardrums until they hurt.

Lu Xuan’s command made the three Inner Sect Disciples at the late Qi Refining Stage immediately straighten their backs, clasp their fists, and respond in unison.

Finally, Lu Xuan disregarded the thoughts of others, as deep blue spiritual power surged around him, making his long sleeves flap fiercely.

Lu Xuan swiftly stretched out his right hand, accurately grasping Fang Yunshui’s nape like a pair of iron pincers, lifting him up.

Fang Yunshui couldn’t even gasp in surprise before being hoisted into the air by this sudden force.

In an instant, the clear, sharp sound of a sword’s cry pierced the sky.

The sword at Lu Xuan’s waist unsheathed automatically, its blade’s fleeting blue light illuminating the entire Spirit Testing Plaza.

The spirit sword transformed into a dazzling blue rainbow, wrapped around the two as they soared into the sky.

The howling wind swept away all cries of surprise and murmurs from behind.

Only Lu Xuan was seen standing steadily at the sword’s tip; his clothes fluttered, fully showcasing the style of an immortal.

Though Fang Yunshui, held by Lu Xuan’s right hand, appeared somewhat awkward, he too pierced through the clouds along with the deep blue sword light, swiftly heading towards the Cangwu Mountain Range.

Half an hour later, the boundless Cangwu Mountain Range lay like a giant beast between heaven and earth.

Layers of mountain peaks enshrouded in mist seemed dressed in translucent gauze.

Lu Xuan hovered mid-air, eyes scanning the primitive forest spread below.

Ancient towering trees reached into the sky, their canopies overlapping, blocking out the sun.

Even the lowest tree trunks stood a hundred feet tall.

The tree bark was covered in various mosses and vines, as if time had lost its significance here.

Suddenly, sharp cries echoed through the forest as several gigantic red birds emerged from the clouds, each with a wingspan of three feet.

Their pupils glowed with a fierce green light, and lethal black venom dripped from their talons, clearly indicating they were high-level beasts with awakened intelligence.

"Hmph, courting death!"

Lu Xuan snorted coldly, his spiritual power bursting forth.

A tempest surged in the void, and the mist had unknowingly spread all around.

Vast Sea Cyan Wave Skill!

Four deep blue sword rays swiftly sliced through the sky, the sword’s cry causing leaves to rustle and fall within several miles.

Before the beasts could even approach, they were shredded by the deep blue sword qi.

Warm blood rain mixed with feathers fell profusely, and the sweet, pungent scent permeated the air.

Lu Xuan, riding the flying sword, plunged downwards, the winds he raised spinning the fallen branches into a vortex.

Three feet from the ground, the flying sword suddenly halted and landed steadily.

Lu Xuan lightly tapped his toes, and the Clear Water Sword with its shimmering brilliance gracefully drew a few elegant arcs.

Then, it precisely slid back into the sheath at his waist, as if communicating with Lu Xuan’s will.

The mountain forest instantly returned to silence, save for the lingering scent of blood in the air.

However, Lu Xuan’s expression did not look good.

Host: Red Dust Immortal Lu Xuan (Second Life)

Realm: Foundation Establishment (Perfect)

Cultivation Technique: Vast Sea Cyan Wave Skill 3/9

Points: 0

Useless?

The system points had no change at all!

Why is this happening?

Lu Xuan couldn’t understand why the system panel’s function to refine beasts into points had failed.

Could it be that the beasts’ level was too low for the system panel to refine them?

The giant bird beasts Lu Xuan had just killed equated to middle Qi Refining Stage cultivators.

If killing beasts at Qi Refining Stage is pointless, then I’ll kill those at Foundation Establishment Stage.

He wouldn’t hesitate even to kill beasts at the Golden Core Stage.

Next to him, Fang Yunshui, catching a glimpse of the faintly discernible killing intent on Lu Xuan’s face, felt the hair on his nape stand instantly.

The sharp demeanor when Lu Xuan slayed the beasts earlier hadn’t dissipated yet.

The surrounding oppressive aura was suffocating, more than the miasma within the Cangwu Mountain Range.

Fang Yunshui suppressed the surging fear in his heart, hunched his back, and retreated half a step, a fawning smile forcing its way onto his cracked lips: "Immortal Master, this way please."

"A few days ago, while escaping for my life, I embedded a Phosphorus Red Stone in a crevice in the rock wall as a marker."

Fang Yunshui deliberately lightened his footsteps, his fingertips brushing over the moss-covered ancient trees, the half-faded triangular carvings on the bark suddenly striking the eye.

"This mountain path is hidden beneath the fog; ordinary people can’t find the entrance at all."

The sound of Fang Yunshui’s voice, mixed with the scent of decaying leaves in the forest, seemed to drift in the moist air.

The dry branches underfoot let out a faint groan as Fang Yunshui, wielding a broken blade, hacked through the overgrown vines, startling a group of ugly, bizarre little demon rats.

When the first skeleton appeared abruptly in the pile of decaying leaves, Fang Yunshui’s steps paused.

The intersecting tooth marks on the beast bones emitted a strange black-purple hue, clearly having been gnawed by a poisonous beast.

Further ahead, a giant fossilized beast claw half-buried in the earth remained in a splayed position, as if still in its death throes.

In the moment of parting the last thicket of brambles, Fang Yunshui suddenly halted.

In the steaming mist, a trace of purple light flickered, the air suffused with a sweet medicinal aroma intertwined with the rancid smell of some demonic beast.

Fang Yunshui turned to look at Lu Xuan, his Adam’s apple moving with difficulty: "It’s right... right in front."

"That demon snake is also there!"

Before the words could fall, a dull tremor came from the ground, and in the distance, the hissing sound of a giant python spitting out its tongue could be heard.

In fact, even without Fang Yunshui’s reminder, Lu Xuan had already sensed it.

A powerful aura lay ahead.

A thousand meters away, the cyan demon snake coiled in a mountainous form, its body spanning thirty meters long.

The blue scales emitted an eerie metallic luster, the murderous intent swirling in its vertical pupils almost solidifying into substance.

The demon snake’s breath churned with white mist, corroding the surrounding ground into countless pockmarks.

And at the core of the coiling demon snake, a three-zhang tall purple stem stood towering.

The vine-like rhizome entwined with countless crystal clusters, three unopened flower buds like bells hanging at the top.

Each bud tip held a droplet of pale purple dew, refracting a colorful halo in the sunlight.

Three near-ripe pale purple fruits nestled between the sepals, with flowing starlight faintly visible under their skin.

It was exactly the legendary Astral Spirit Fruit capable of cleansing Spirit Roots—The Purple Diamond Fruit!

The cyan demon snake seemed to sense the prying eyes, suddenly raising its head and emitting a sky-shattering hiss, the sound waves shattering leaves into powder within a hundred-meter radius.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan lightly flicked his fingertips, and the sword at his waist instantaneously unsheathed, the sword body humming as it hovered to the side.

The dark blue Sword Qi gathered around him, pressing the ground into a web of cracks.

Startled, Fang Yunshui staggered backward, cold sweat streaming down his forehead.

Immediately, Lu Xuan showed no regard for Fang Yunshui’s feelings, grasping the nape of his neck by his collar and hoisting him up.

The Clear Water Sword in his right hand buzzed as it unsheathed, the dark blue Spiritual Power entwining the sword body transforming into turbulent water flows.

In the steaming mist, the stunning afterimage of surging sea waves faintly emerged.

"Follow me!"

Knowing the vicious nature of the Cultivation Realm, Lu Xuan would naturally not fully believe others.

Therefore, Lu Xuan opted for a simple and crude method, directly taking Fang Yunshui with him.

Even if there were traps set by Fang Yunshui ahead, Lu Xuan could use him as a scapegoat at any time.

"Go!"

Lu Xuan’s low command exploded with oppressive force, and Fang Yunshui felt an icy chill prickling the nape of his neck.

Like a puppet on strings, he was tugged into the air by Lu Xuan.

In an instant, the Spiritual Power around Lu Xuan coalesced into a vortex, bursting through the air, causing the forest’s birds and beasts to scatter in fright.

The cyan demon snake’s blood-red vertical pupil suddenly constricted, the sound of its scales scraping over dry leaves crackling incessantly.

The eight-zhang long snake body abruptly straightened, and amid the swirling dust, its massive maw opened to an unbelievable arc.

The green venom dripping between countless fangs sizzled as it corroded deep pits in the ground.

Lu Xuan’s eyes blazed with blue light, the Sword light of the Clear Water Sword erupted with a beam as thick as a bowl’s opening.

Four streams of blue Sword Qi stirred up layers of waves, creating a howling wind as they passed.

Seeing this, the cyan demon snake let out a deafening roar, unhesitatingly spewing out foul venom.

The pale green venom and blue Sword light collided violently in the air.

In an instant, poison smoke and Sword light exploded simultaneously, ancient trees within a ten-zhang radius were cut in half, their break points emitting a strange burnt-black hue.

Lu Xuan snorted coldly, the sword momentum shifted, Spiritual Power converging at the sword tip into a phantom water dragon, carrying a force of ten thousand jun, directly striking at the demon snake’s weak point seven inches below its head.