Chapter 379: Chapter 378: A Heart of Compassion, Black Dragon’s Gratitude (3rd Update, Request for Subscription)
Boom boom boom!
The terrifying celestial tribulation swept down, with celestial thunder, celestial fire, nightmare wind, and more, wave after wave. The destructive tribulations surged down, engulfing everything.
Such a tribulation was indeed fierce, seemingly intent on tearing everything apart.
However, its power was just so, and it could not really harm this Black Dragon. It would only take a moment to pass through the tribulations and successfully complete its transformation.
"A black python transforming into a Black Dragon, equivalent to a Golden Core Great Demon. Its bloodline grade is somewhat low, only a mixed-blood demon beast. But as cultivation continues to improve and the bloodline is continuously refined, it might eventually become a pure-blooded demon beast!" Lu Xuanji moved his hand, intending to suppress this Black Dragon with his sword.
This Black Dragon currently had a low bloodline grade, but it had infinite potential and supreme creation in the future.
But after a moment, Lu Xuanji gave up.
A Black Dragon in the early stage of Golden Core had little use for him.
Could it be killed to make soup? In the storage bag of a Nascent Soul Great Demon, mere Golden Core dragon meat isn’t worthy of the table. Could it perhaps be taken as a mount? It seems lacking as well. To become his mount, it would at least need to be a Nascent Soul Great Demon, with top-tier bloodline level and potential.
It’s a pity that this Black Dragon before him was clearly unqualified.
"What a pity!"
Lu Xuanji chose to abandon it outright because it was useless, opting to abandon it.
At that moment, the void shimmered, and a black figure appeared. A great cauldron suppressed from above, colliding with destructive qi force.
The Black Dragon went berserk, its expression hideous, spitting out black flames to burn.
Bang bang!
The destructive qi force collided, and the Black Dragon was clearly at a disadvantage, its body being knocked back.
The black-clothed person moved like a flash, transforming into a stream of light, urging the great cauldron to suppress once more, a cauldron suppressing heaven and earth.
The Black Dragon roared, operating its hundred-meter-long dragon body, stirring the power of the ocean. Storms circled around its body, waves surged, with destructive tides attacking the black-clothed person one after another.
A fierce battle ensued between a person and a dragon. Within a ten-mile radius, water vapor permeated, waves surged, destructive qi forces continually collided, flying swords crisscrossed, and a great seal suppressed down. The fight was extremely intense.
But in the midst of the confrontation, the Black Dragon was the one falling behind.
Seeing itself outmatched, the Black Dragon flashed, wanting to escape.
But in the next moment, it collided with a barrier. Within a ten-mile radius, everything was covered by an array, isolating inside from outside, cutting off the possibility of escape.
The Black Dragon exerted its full force, needing only a moment to break through the Grand Array.
But the black-clothed person intervened to contain it, continuously launching killing moves, attacking without pause, fully denying any chance of escape.
Pshh!
Pshh!
Blood streaked across the Black Dragon’s body, with blood flowing out and scattering into the seawater.
As dragon blood entered the seawater, fish immediately swam up to devour and snatch it away,
Boom boom boom!
The black-clothed person’s attacks grew fiercer, the rhythm even faster.
The battle was like fire, the battle was like tide.
Seeing the Black Dragon struggle, Lu Xuanji frowned slightly, his steps flashing as he struck with his saber.
At the moment of the saber’s strike, the void dimmed, as if night descended instantly, with the white light in heaven and earth fading away.
Bam!
The array broke apart.
The Black Dragon’s body flashed, breaking out of the array and disappearing into the sea.
"You’re courting death, daring to ruin this True Master’s good deed!" the black-clothed person angrily said, "Great Sea Immeasurable Seal, suppress heaven and earth!"
The hand changed, clutching the Seal Technique, with magical power surging in the void like waves rising and falling.
A Great Seal appeared in the void, transforming into a vast sea and directly suppressing down.
Sea Covering Seal!
At that moment, Lu Xuanji struck with his saber. A Seven-Colored Long Saber appeared, with yin yang qi revolving upon it, the power of the Five Elements rising and falling upon it, and Elemental Magnetic Power condensed on it, forming a destructive Divine Dao, cleaving down from the void.
Abandoning any divine technique changes, abandoning any strange killing moves, there was only a simple yet destructive saber strike, severing ancient and modern times.
With just one saber, the Sea Covering Seal broke instantly.
The black-clothed person thought poorly of the situation, at the critical moment urging a secret technique. Accompanied by a crisp sound, Lu Xuanji’s saber cleaved onto a piece of wood, shattering it instantly.
But ten miles away, the black-clothed person’s figure appeared.
Only his face was pale, his expression anything but good.
Transplantation, one of the East Sea’s top divine techniques, requires refining a Fourth Grade Divine Wood, linking with one’s qi and blood, inseparable.
In a moment of crisis, urging the secret technique can use the Fourth Grade Divine Wood to substitute for oneself’s death, dodging a death calamity once.
Swish swish!
The black-clothed person urged the Water Escape Technique, entering the sea, aiming to flee.
At that moment, an arrow flashed past, like a flicker, piercing through his body.
The black-clothed person fell at once.
With a flash of golden light, Lu Xuanji appeared above, waved his hand to collect the black-clothed person’s corpse, and tossed it onto the Flying Ship.
At this moment, in his palm, a long bow had appeared, the body of the bow about the height of a person, with scarlet marks, and the bowstring was so thin it seemed non-existent. Blood-colored runes were engraved on the long bow, with death qi revolving around it.
It represented calamity and tribulation.
Calamity Bow and Tribulation Arrow were unparalleled magical treasures he had recently refined through continuous calculations from Destiny Calculation.
Specifically for breaking defense and long-range attacks, containing the Law of Cause and Effect, once aimed, it would surely hit, unstopped without drawing blood.
Storing away the bow and arrow, urging the Flying Ship, Lu Xuanji was about to leave.
At that moment, the Black Dragon returned, respectfully saying, "Greetings to my benefactor! Thank you for saving my life!"
"This is just a minor thing!"
Lu Xuanji said with a calm expression.
"It’s a small matter for my benefactor, but a life-saving grace for me!" the Black Dragon said. "To impact the Golden Core and transform into a dragon, I’ve expended much wealth, leaving my hands empty with no way to compensate my benefactor. Please, benefactor, leave your esteemed name, and I will surely repay you in the future!"
"Elder of the Dan Yang Sect, Lu Xuanji!"
Lu Xuanji said, urging the Flying Ship and disappearing.
As for the Black Dragon’s words about repaying the favor in the future, he just listened without taking them to heart.
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On the Flying Ship, Lu Xuanji took out the Storage Bag, beginning to inspect his spoils.
Firstly, the Great Cauldron.
The Great Cauldron was about a meter high, weighing three thousand pounds.
Held in hand, it gave a heavy feel.
This Great Cauldron, a four-legged square cauldron, shimmered with a bronze luster, engraved with divine beasts like Cyan Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, Qilin, Bifang, etc., placed on the Flying Ship, giving off a subtle oppressive aura.
Among the many reliefs, three words were engraved: Demon God Cauldron.
The Demon God Cauldron was of Fourth Grade Peak quality.
The higher the magical treasure grade, the fewer in number, not only due to the scarcity of materials but also the increased difficulty in forging.
Many newly advanced Golden Core cultivators used Third Grade Spirit Treasures; only after a period of time, continually accumulating materials and forging, could their magical treasures be upgraded to Fourth Grade.
That black-clothed person, though merely of Golden Core Third Transformation cultivation, had a Fourth Grade Peak Great Cauldron, indicating great destiny, yet ultimately died at his hands.