Within the broken ancient sword, it contained a terrifying power of unfathomable mystery.
The soul controls the sword, the intent carries the sword body, the sword heart is clear, like the speed of light!
Heaven's Will Sword Technique, this was the most powerful secret technique Wu Tao could unleash at this moment.
Sword Qi surged, and a peerless immortal sword, at this moment, grew in the wind! Instantly it stood tall, transforming into a hundred-zhang sword shadow.
With a thought from Wu Tao, the hundred-zhang sword shadow slashed down with a roar!
The terrifying sword shadow, with almost no pause, shattered the Five Dragon Imprisoning Immortal Frost Cover, breaking it into pieces!
Following that, the broken ancient sword, under Wu Tao's divine sense control, turned into a beam of light.
As if it had crossed the barriers of heaven and earth in an instant, the broken ancient sword appeared before Tang Dai.
Tang Dai was about to retrieve something from his storage bag to deal with the sudden attack.
However, Wu Tao's Nightmare Eye then unleashed a mental shock.
Enduring Wu Tao's blow, Tang Dai felt as if his brain had been pricked by a needle, and his vision went blank for a moment.
When Tang Dai, enduring the intense pain in his mind, quickly regained consciousness, the broken ancient sword, transformed into a beam of light, had already decapitated him.
Blood splattered, and a head that died with its eyes wide open rolled onto the ground. The headless body went limp and fell to the ground.
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By now, the sky had turned dark. Wu Tao couldn't help but frown. This battle had actually taken up several hours of his time.
However, to kill a formidable enemy like "Tang Dai," it was impossible to do so without resorting to some means.
Still, his Dragon-Patterned Broken Saber was quite a good trophy.
Selling it in the black market could fetch a good price.
Not to mention the Emerald Core and other treasures that awaited him to scavenge.
Wu Tao immediately dumped out all the treasures from Tang Dai's storage bag with a "whoosh." The few Spirit Sealing Boxes made of thousand-year water jade were spotted by Wu Tao at a glance.
He bent down, picked up the Spirit Sealing Boxes made of thousand-year water jade, and then opened them one by one to inspect. As expected, they contained rare treasures.
Besides the Emerald Core, there were also pills like the Gold Melting Spirit Pill and Water Spirit Condensation Pill, precious elixirs that could aid in breaking through to the Core Formation stage.
Not only that, but Tang Dai's storage bag also contained over ten thousand spirit stones, and countless other miscellaneous items.
The Emerald Core was a piece of beautiful green jade, as translucent as emerald, within which was hidden a vast life force.
Wu Tao kept the Emerald Core close to his body, and immediately, large streams of life force surged into him. Wearing the Emerald Core for a long time could prolong life and allow for rapid recovery after severe injuries, with no side effects.
The Emerald Core was indeed a treasure formed from the essence of the Wood Clan after their death, truly a source of life.
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This Dream Sea Abyss was far more terrifying than other places. Wu Tao did not dare to charge in recklessly, lest he attract the attention of powerful demonic beasts or ill-intentioned individuals.
Thus, the journey took longer.
However, sometimes, no matter how careful one is, it is impossible to be thorough. In three days, Wu Tao encountered several early-stage Core Formation demonic beasts and one mid-stage Core Formation demonic beast.
He could still withstand a few moves from the former, and if he couldn't win, he would run immediately. The latter almost cost him his life upon their first encounter. After much effort, using many trump cards, and even the newly acquired Nightmare Eye, he narrowly escaped.
Even when a mysterious and boundless expanse of dense fog appeared directly in front of him, Wu Tao gritted his teeth and plunged into it without a second thought.
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Rushing water!
Waves churned on the icy lake. Wu Tao sat on a high-grade magic artifact, the Water Element Spirit Boat. All around, it was a gray mist, rendering visibility to nothing.
"Damn it, where is this place!"
Even with Wu Tao's powerful divine sense, he could only scan an area of tens of thousands of meters. This fog seemed endless, with no boundaries whatsoever.
Shifting his attention from the surrounding environment to himself, Wu Tao gave a bitter smile. The situation was not good. Not only was his body severely injured, but to make matters worse, his spiritual energy was also almost depleted.
After consuming numerous healing and energy-restoring pills, Wu Tao chose a direction and, using his spiritual energy as a beacon, steered the Water Element Spirit Boat forward at speed.
He finally found a small island. After landing and walking only a few miles, a crisp snapping sound suddenly came from beneath his feet. He quickly lowered his head to look, and his eyes narrowed.
On the ground lay a skeletal remnant. His left foot had landed precisely on a half-bone of a thigh, causing the sound.
Wu Tao stopped and carefully observed his surroundings.
He scanned the area and discovered that the ground around him was littered with white bones, similar remnants, one after another, as if endless.
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Looking at the residual clothing and other items on these skeletons, they were clearly intruders who had perished here in previous years. However, some of the bones were oddly shaped and exceptionally large, clearly not the remains of humans.
Seeing this, Wu Tao's heart grew even more solemn.
Just then, a terrifying low roar suddenly echoed from the mist nearby.
The sound was deafening, reverberating through the surrounding few miles.
"Damn it, this is impossible! It's a genuine dragon's roar, not some mongrel like a flood dragon. There are actually demonic beasts with true dragon bloodlines here."
The surging dense fog was pushed up by something below.
Within the shroud of water, two huge eyes shining with a faint green light were revealed. However, these eyes appeared eerily dark green and radiated a cold malevolence!
At this moment, Wu Tao was enveloped by the overwhelming aura, his body stiffened, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead.
"Shènlóng..."
The Divine Beast Ranking records: "In forests and swamps, there is a dragon named Shènlóng.
The Shènlóng manifests as dense fog, thus it can stir the mist and manifest illusions of what the heart desires, controlling and manipulating its prey!"
He recognized the creature before him as a pure-blooded Shènlóng, unlike the mixed-blood flood dragons he had encountered before.
The Shènlóng possessed many incredible abilities. The mist exhaled from its mouth had the power to induce hallucinations in living beings.
As long as a creature was hit by the Shènlóng's mist, it would suffer and perish in an illusionary world, eventually being eaten by the Shènlóng.
This was an incomparably huge, growing Shènlóng at the Core Formation stage. Its lower body was submerged in the water, while its upper body and serpent-like head, reaching into the sky, were already hundreds of feet above the ground.
The length of this dragon's entire body was approximately a thousand zhang, comparable to a common mountain.
The Shènlóng's giant mouth opened wide, and a ball of multicolored mist instantly spread out, filling thousands of meters in the blink of an eye.
The dazzling mist appeared to have no offensive power, yet Wu Tao was completely mesmerized by it, feeling a dizzying sensation that made him lost.
Fortunately, Wu Tao's companion, the small purple cat You Meng, let out a meow in Wu Tao's sea of consciousness, startling Wu Tao, who was immersed in the illusionary world.
The Shènlóng could never have imagined that Wu Tao's companion, the small purple cat You Meng, was the bane of all illusions.
Gazing at the suddenly awakened Wu Tao, a cold glint flashed in the Shènlóng's eyes. A dragon tail directly swept down with immense force.
Before the dragon tail even landed, the surrounding space began to ripple, a fierce gust of wind roared, and accompanied by the violent sweep of the dragon tail, it lashed out directly.
Bang!!!
A violent sound exploded.
Wu Tao felt a sudden sense of crisis. With his current cultivation, if he were to be hit directly by this blow, he would be crippled, if not killed.
Wu Tao took a deep breath, and then the broken ancient sword let out a high-pitched sword cry, drawing itself from its scabbard. As sword light flowed, it carried an extremely powerful sword momentum, and magnificent sword qi erupted instantly.
The surrounding spiritual energy was drawn in, and then he walked forward step by step. With each step, the sword qi on the broken ancient sword became sharper.
This sword qi accumulated to its peak, and when the dragon tail descended, the broken ancient sword, shining with an extremely brilliant sword light, slashed towards the dragon tail!
At the very moment the broken ancient sword collided with the dragon tail, earth-shattering metallic clangs reverberated throughout heaven and earth.
The next second, Wu Tao spat out blood and, using the recoil, retreated dozens of feet.
Upon landing, Wu Tao transformed into a beam of light and instantly vanished from his original position.
Facing an enemy with no chance of victory, Wu Tao, after enduring one blow, decisively fled!
Amidst the sky filled with dark clouds, the Shènlóng roared, its four dragon claws dancing, its scales standing on end all over its body.
The scales on its body were emitting light, faintly forming a complex pattern, awe-inspiring and terrifying.
This Shènlóng was clearly casting a very terrifying innate divine ability.
Wu Tao, glancing back, accelerated his speed by several folds in the next second.
He flew for several hundred kilometers in one breath. Seeing that the Shènlóng had not caught up, Wu Tao finally stopped.
Deeper into the mist, wandering in all directions, turning left and right, Wu Tao, by chance, finally found another opportunity here.
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Gazing at a dilapidated hall in front of him, Wu Tao secretly exhaled a breath and murmured, "It seems this adventure into the depths of the Dream Sea Abyss was worth it!
Not immediately entering the dilapidated hall to search for treasures, Wu Tao had been on high alert for days, leaving him somewhat fatigued and in need of a temporary rest and adjustment.
After all, no one knew if there were any restrictive formations or terrifying demonic beasts within this broken hall.
After spending a day to recuperate and ensure he was fully prepared, Wu Tao took a deep breath and then strode into the dilapidated hall.
The moment Wu Tao stepped inside, he was trapped by a formation still operating within the hall, unable to break free in the slightest.
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