Chapter 139 - 96: Ancient Immortal and Ancient Immortal, Heaven and Earth Are Ruthless, Treating All Things as Straw Dogs

Chapter 139: Chapter 96: Ancient Immortal and Ancient Immortal, Heaven and Earth Are Ruthless, Treating All Things as Straw Dogs

Watching Lu Chen unleash the Outer Path One Sword, the Little Golden Dragon screamed in terror, just as it had before. "Immortal Slaying Sword! Why do you know the Immortal Slaying Sword?!

"This is clearly a technique used by **** specifically to deal with Immortals! How could a Cultivator like you have learned this Swordsmanship?!"

And just like before, Lu Chen still couldn’t understand the strange syllables coming from the Little Golden Dragon’s mouth. It was as if those notes contained some mysterious power that shielded them from the perception of most living beings.

Only a Fortune Golden Dragon with an extremely high Personhood like the Little Golden Dragon could speak of it so brazenly without fear of suffering a backlash from that mysterious power. However, Lu Chen didn’t possess its Personhood.

Although he didn’t know who had cleaved the Cyan Cloud Sect’s Sword Storage Pavilion with a single strike back then, nor did he understand what exactly this group of "Ancient Immortals" the Little Golden Dragon kept mentioning was, he had still grasped the gist of one crucial piece of information after so many trips to the Dungeon.

That was, an "Immortal" and an "Ancient Immortal" were completely different entities. Although the words for both sounded identical, their underlying meanings were complete opposites.

Though he really wanted to ask the Little Golden Dragon what those Ancient Immortals actually were, the Outer Path One Sword—or rather, the Immortal Slaying Sword—ultimately did not belong to Lu Chen’s own power.

He could only mimic it; he couldn’t control it. Therefore, once it was unleashed, it could never be stopped.

SLASH!

As the swords of Lu Chen and his clone descended, an invisible sword mark instantly appeared across the necks of the Little Golden Dragon and the sole remaining Corpse Dragon. And this time, the Little Golden Dragon had nowhere to run.

SQUELCH!

Bloodlines burst on their necks, and a massive rotting dragon head alongside a small golden one fell to the ground on the spot.

Regarding its own defeat, the Little Golden Dragon wasn’t overly exasperated. Its head lay on the ground, shooting a speechless glare toward the Golden Tripod where Lu Chen had also collapsed in agony from the backlash of the Immortal Slaying Sword.

Undoubtedly, even though this kid had slain its Split Soul, he wasn’t going to survive either.

Thinking of this, the Little Golden Dragon couldn’t help but say, "I mean, why go to such lengths, kid?

"I really don’t understand what you Cultivators are thinking. What does the life or death of Mortals have to do with you?

"Trading your lives for theirs is just utterly foolish.

"Whatever. As long as you’re happy. I just wonder if you’ll regret everything you’ve done today when the Ancient Immortals reclaim the Celestial Dao.

"Goodbye, or rather, we’ll never see each other again. After all, by the time I get out, you two will have long turned into dry bones.

"Sigh, that old fogey Cyan Cloud. Who would have thought that even after you died, your juniors would still be causing trouble for me!

"I shouldn’t have been so gluttonous back then. Why the hell did I eat those Dragon Veins?! Why?!"

After finishing its tirade, the small golden dragon head transformed into a streak of flowing light and dissipated into heaven and earth. Meanwhile, the golden dragon engravings that had been about to crawl out of the Dragon-locking Golden Tripod completely receded back onto its surface.

[You have killed the Dragon-locking Golden Tripod - Extraterritorial Corpse Dragon (Foundation Establishment First Level). You have obtained 2,500 Experience Points, Soul Crystal Fragment (Green) x4, Divine Power Fragment: Human Mountain Technique (1/4)...]

[You have killed the Dragon-locking Golden Tripod - Extraterritorial Corpse Dragon (Foundation Establishment First Level). You have obtained 2,500 Experience Points, Soul Crystal Fragment (Green) x4, Divine Power Fragment: Human Mountain Technique (2/4)...]

...

[You have killed the Fortune Golden Dragon - Split Soul (???). You have obtained 10,000 Experience Points, Heavenly Dao Fragment (???) x1...]

[Current Experience Points: 20,000]

...

[Human Mountain Technique]

[Type: Earth Attribute Divine Techniques]

[Cultivation Requirements: Earth Spiritual Root reaching Upper Grade or above, Cultivation reaching Qi Cultivation Fifth Level or above]

[Effect: Gathering Spirits into Mountains. At Great Success, can transform into a human mountain possessing Supreme Power.]

...

Looking at the information popping up on the panel, Lu Chen understood that this trip to the Dungeon was finally drawing to a close.

THUD!

On the high platform, Pang Xiao heaved heavily with his shoulder, completely righting the slanted Golden Tripod.

The next second, the numerous Spirit Cauldrons within the Nine Dragon Cave seemed affected by something and began emitting massive amounts of transparent light motes. These firefly-like motes flew into the air, forming a dazzling Spiritual Power Galaxy.

After accumulating in the air for a moment, the entire galaxy poured down into the Golden Tripod, much like a Spirit Spring Wash Tripod. Before long, the areas on the Golden Tripod that had been corrupted by the Power of Outer Path were swiftly cleansed.

An antique and magnificent Golden Tripod reappeared before Lu Chen.

"Fellow Daoist... thank you for your help." Pang Xiao arrived by Lu Chen’s side, his zombified face filled with gratitude.

In his eyes, Lu Chen was trading his own life to take down the Little Golden Dragon’s Split Soul. Even if he ultimately only managed to delay the Fortune Golden Dragon’s escape by a century, this mere century was enough for the Human Race outside to properly catch their breath.

At this moment, even though Lu Chen’s head was splitting with pain, he still rallied his spirits. He wanted to seize this final bit of time to ask Pang Xiao a few things.

"Fellow Daoist Pang, I wonder if I, Lu, could ask you a few questions?"

Pang Xiao nodded. "Please speak, Fellow Daoist."

"I would like to know what caused the destruction of my sect, and exactly what are those ’Ancient Immortals’ the Golden Dragon mentioned?"

Hearing Lu Chen’s words, Pang Xiao immediately began to explain. Very quickly, Lu Chen finally understood what exactly had happened outside of this Dungeon. He also understood why the Cyan Cloud Sect had been annihilated.

In the end, it was fundamentally the "Struggle Between Immortals and Ancient Immortals."

Immortals referred to Cultivators like Lu Chen. Although they occasionally defied the heavens, most of the time they chose to follow the celestial timing. Their power came from themselves as well as from heaven and earth, advocating the Natural Daoist Skill.