amaotonovel Chapter 1396 Level 8 Poisonous Dragon
Chapter 1396 Level 8 Poisonous Dragon
Chapter 1396 Eighth-Level Poisonous Dragon
One month later, in the alien sea.
A streak of dark light silently tore through the dawn mist and shot toward the endless blue sky.
A month ago, Qin Hao left Tianxing City again to hunt demons in the outer sea.
This time, Qin Hao's demon-hunting strategy was more focused, targeting only level seven demon beasts. He simply ignored level five and six demon beasts unless they were courting death.
It wasn't that he looked down on the gains from level 5 or 6 demon beasts; the main reason was to save time. His primary goal in hunting demons this time was to collect five level 7 metal-attribute demon beast inner cores to cultivate the divine power "Purple Gold Sky-Splitting Blade" of the [Purple Gold Sky-Splitting Technique].
Time flies, and ten years have passed in a flash.
Without the Rainbow Grass, finding all five level-seven metal-attribute demonic beasts is quite difficult, and Qin Hao has spent most of his time searching for them over the past ten years.
Fortunately, perseverance paid off, and they finally collected all the necessary demon beast cores.
Qin Hao stood at the bow of the Ink Dragon Boat, about to turn around and return to Tianxing City.
Suddenly, a terrifying tremor originating from the very source of heaven and earth swept in from the northwest without warning!
A hundred miles away, the once clear sky suddenly changed color. Thick, inky black clouds appeared out of nowhere, swirling wildly and forming a huge funnel covering dozens of miles.
Deep within the clouds, blinding purple-white lightning bolts roamed wildly, each flash turning the gray sea and sky a ghastly white, followed by deafening thunderclaps that shook the seawater below to a violent boil.
A bolt of lightning, thicker than anyone could imagine, carrying the aura of destruction, pierced the center of a desolate island below like a spear of divine punishment!
"Transformation Tribulation!" Qin Hao's eyes narrowed, instantly identifying the source. When a demonic beast breaks through to the eighth level, it must undergo this trial of heaven and earth. Only after passing it can it shed its beast form and transform into a human, becoming a transformed great demon!
Almost simultaneously, two beams of light of different colors suddenly lit up from different directions, like sharks smelling blood, and shot towards the deserted island at the center of the lightning tribulation, where the spiritual energy was extremely violent! The aura of greed could be clearly heard even across a hundred miles of sea.
A cold, sharp smile flickered across Qin Hao's lips. A scheme to stalk the mantis? Or perhaps... the mantis stalking the cicada?
A hundred miles is nothing more than a blink of an eye for a flying boat piloted by a Nascent Soul cultivator.
On the edge of the deserted island, the suffocating pressure of the violent lightning tribulation was palpable. In the air, two human cultivators stood dozens of feet apart, their gazes fixed on the crimson dragon shadow writhing in agony amidst the lightning at the center of the island, their eyes a mixture of greed and fear.
"Fellow Daoist Li." An elderly man with a thin face, dressed in a gray-blue Daoist robe, spoke first, his voice slightly dry: "The one undergoing tribulation is the Flame Flood Dragon, known for its ferocity among the Flood Dragon Clan! That old monster, the Golden Flood Dragon King, is extremely protective of his own. Aren't you afraid of bringing about the extermination of your clan by attacking one of his own?"
Upon hearing this, the old Taoist priest Li Xuanfeng, with his white hair and youthful face, holding a whisk, flashed a fierce light in his eyes and sneered, "Old Taoist Wang, stop pretending! The Golden Flood Dragon King is far away in the depths of the Chaotic Star Sea, beyond our reach! This Transformation Tribulation is extremely dangerous. Even if that Flame Flood Dragon manages to survive, it will surely be severely injured! The entire material of an eighth-level Transformation Flood Dragon, and that inner core... Hehe, such an opportunity is once in a thousand years! If you are afraid of the Golden Flood Dragon King's fearsome reputation, get out of here now and don't get in my way!"
The whisk in his hand moved automatically without wind, and wisps of silver light gathered at the end of the whisk, clearly ready to be unleashed.
Wang Daoren choked, his face flushing red and then pale. The allure of the materials for an eighth-level transformed demonic dragon was simply too great, enough to drive any Nascent Soul cultivator mad. He snorted coldly and said nothing more, but his internal energy secretly gathered to its peak, and a simple, ancient shield shaped like a tortoise shell quietly appeared in front of him.
Their minds were completely preoccupied with the roaring and struggling fiery dragon beneath the tribulation clouds and the possibility of a sudden attack. They were completely unaware that, in the deep, turbulent seawater below them, stirred by the lightning tribulation, a dark green shadow floated silently, like a ghostly apparition blending into the water.
A pair of cold, vertical pupils pierced through the murky seawater, firmly locking onto the two "prey" in the air who exuded alluring spiritual pressure.
Just as the thickest bolt of Purple Heaven Divine Lightning crashed down, smashing the Flaming Flood Dragon's massive body, shattering its scales and scattering blood, its aura instantly weakened to its lowest point—
"Roar--!"
A ferocious dragon roar that shattered the waves suddenly erupted from below! The calm sea surface was as if a massive boulder had been thrown in, and a terrifying water column with a diameter of a hundred feet was blasted open! At the top of the water column, a ferocious dragon, even larger than the Tribulation-Transcending Flame Flood Dragon and covered with dark green scales, burst out of the water!
Before its massive body had fully emerged from the water, its gaping maw, filled with fangs, opened wide, and a thick, almost tangible, dark green poisonous mist, like a burst dam, carrying a nauseating, sweet-smelling stench, instantly engulfed the unsuspecting Wang and Li!
"You beast! How dare you!" Old Taoist Li Xuanfeng's roar, filled with shock and rage, was drowned out by the poisonous fog. Suddenly, a layer of crimson protective light appeared on his body, and with a flick of his whisk, thousands of silver threads twisted into the depths of the poisonous fog like living things.
Wang Daoren reacted a beat too slow. The tortoise-shell shield rapidly enlarged, barely blocking the frontal impact. However, wisps of dark green poison gas, like maggots clinging to bones, still penetrated the defense and clung to his protective aura, emitting a "sizzling" corrosive sound. The aura dimmed at a visible speed.
"A poisonous dragon! It's an eighth-level poisonous dragon!" Wang Daoren exclaimed in shock, his voice filled with barely concealed fear. This poisonous mist was not only extremely toxic, but it could also corrode the spiritual light of magical treasures!
The venomous dragon's enormous body swung its tail nimbly in the air, its barbed tail lashing out like a battering sledgehammer at the two people struggling to expel the poison! Wherever the tail passed, the air crackled under its strain, leaving behind distorted afterimages.
"Bang! Boom—!"
Li Xuanfeng's silver whisk clashed head-on with the dragon's tail, unleashing a blinding light and a violent energy shock. The silver whisk snapped inch by inch, the whisk itself trembled violently, Li Xuanfeng groaned, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, his body blasted backward by the immense force.
Wang Daoren's tortoise-shell shield let out a mournful cry, its spiritual light dimming by more than half in an instant. He and the shield were violently smashed hundreds of feet away, and the protective spiritual light fluctuated violently, on the verge of shattering.
"Go!" Li Xuanfeng shouted, suppressing his injuries, and transformed into a streak of crimson light to escape.
Knowing there was no chance of victory today, Wang Daoren followed closely behind without hesitation. The two transformed into streaks of light, fleeing desperately away from the deserted island at lightning speed.
However, a hint of human mockery flashed in the cold, vertical pupils of the dark green venomous dragon. Its massive body twisted in mid-air, its speed no less than that of a Nascent Soul cultivator's escape light, relentlessly pursuing them. Even more terrifying, as time passed, Li Xuanfeng and Wang Daoren's expressions grew increasingly grim. They were horrified to discover that their Nascent Souls were experiencing waves of numbness, and their magical energy was becoming sluggish and viscous!
"This is...poisoning!" Wang Daoren's voice trembled, his eyes filled with despair. The venom of that poisonous dragon was so bizarre that it could penetrate the physical body and directly erode the cultivator's very foundation—the Nascent Soul!
"Ah—! You beast, I'll fight you to the death!" Seeing that he couldn't escape and was being corrupted by the poison, Li Xuanfeng became ferocious in despair. He suddenly stopped his escape, his hair and beard standing on end, and poured all his magical power into the dimly lit whisk in his hand, making it burn like a silver torch. He turned around and fiercely stabbed at the approaching poisonous dragon!
A hint of surprise flashed in the giant venomous dragon's eyes, quickly turning into disdain. Its enormous, ferocious claws suddenly shot out, their tips wreathed in dark green poisonous light, aiming with unparalleled precision at the burning whisk.
"Pfft!"
A sickening tearing sound rang out. The dragon claw pierced through the precious light of Li Xuanfeng's whisk, which he had desperately unleashed, as if piercing rotten paper! The claw's momentum wasn't exhausted; carrying unparalleled power and deadly poison, it viciously gripped Li Xuanfeng's chest!
"Uh..." Li Xuanfeng's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the dark green dragon claw that had pierced his heart. The terrifying toxin attached to the claw spread instantly, the light in his eyes receded like a tide, and his body turned a terrifying dark green at a visible speed before being violently torn to pieces by the venomous dragon!
"Fellow Daoist Li!" Wang Daoren was terrified. Witnessing Li Xuanfeng's sudden and gruesome death, his last shred of will to resist completely collapsed. He bit his tongue sharply, spitting out a mouthful of blood containing his life essence, and his body suddenly exploded in a blinding burst of blood light!
Blood Escape Technique! This is an extremely fast escape technique that comes at the cost of burning one's life essence and origin!
A dim, blood-red streak of light traveled a hundred miles in an instant at a speed far exceeding its previous speed, fleeing into the distance and escaping the venomous dragon's attack range in the blink of an eye.
"Hmph, Blood Escape?" The Poisonous Dragon watched the blood-red streak disappear into the sky, its huge nostrils spewing out two streams of white mist carrying a fishy smell. It stopped chasing, and instead, a hint of cat-and-mouse playfulness appeared in its vertical pupils.
"Once you've been poisoned by my 'Infant Corruption,' Blood Escape will only hasten your death."
Sure enough, just a moment later, at the distant horizon where the sea met the sky, the dim, blood-red light suddenly stopped, teetering on the verge of collapse like a kite with a broken string. From within the light came Wang Daoren's mournful and desperate wail: "No—!"
Clearly, the venomous dragon's bizarre "infant-corroding poison" has fully erupted.
The venomous dragon let out a deep roar, its massive body stirring up the wind and clouds, about to chase after the Nascent Soul cultivator and finish him off.
Suddenly, the venomous dragon's massive body stiffened abruptly, and it turned its head sharply, its cold, vertical pupils staring intently at the seemingly empty cloud layer to its side and rear.
Qin Hao sighed inwardly. The dragon clan truly lived up to its reputation as one of the best among the demon races in the human realm. Their spiritual sense far surpassed that of cultivators of the same level. Since they had been discovered, they might as well reveal themselves.
"Fellow Daoist ahead! Save this humble Daoist!" A desperate and piercing cry for help emanated from the dim, blood-red light that Wang Daoist had transformed into, filled with the ecstatic joy of escaping death: "This fiend is an eighth-level venomous dragon! Incredibly ferocious! Fellow Daoist, lend this humble Daoist a hand and slay it, and all the materials will be yours! This humble Daoist is Wang Kun of Qingxu Temple, and I will surely reward you handsomely afterwards! Spirit stones, cultivation techniques, ancient treasures—take your pick!"
The crimson light, like a moth drawn to a flame, rushed recklessly towards Qin Hao's location at an astonishing speed.
As Qin Hao watched the blood-red light draw ever closer, a cold smile crept onto his lips.
"Join forces?" Qin Hao's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an all-knowing indifference: "If I let you come here, you'd probably immediately push me out to cover your retreat, wouldn't you?"
He slightly raised his right hand, and a dazzling golden light suddenly condensed in his palm.
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly pushed his palm forward!
"Om-!"
A piercing metallic shriek tore through the sky! A golden blade of light, no more than a foot long and as thin as a cicada's wing, suddenly shot out! It was Qin Hao's natal magic weapon—the Gilded Sky-Splitting Blade!
The moment this blade appeared, the surrounding air groaned under its strain; its speed was incredible! So fast that even a Nascent Soul cultivator's divine sense struggled to lock onto it!
The streak of blood-red light that was fleeing for its life seemed to have crashed into it on its own!
"puff!"
A soft sound, like a bubble bursting.
The golden blade, about a foot long, pierced through the extremely dim protective blood-red light in front of Wang Daoren without any resistance, easily penetrating his fragile nascent soul body like a hot knife cutting through butter! The ecstasy and calculation on Wang Daoren's face instantly froze, turning into endless astonishment and bewilderment. Then, the dim blood-red nascent soul, like a weathered sand sculpture, silently disintegrated into a void of blood-red light spots, completely annihilated in the raging sea wind.
The gilded Sky-Splitting Blade emitted a clear, melodious sound, then nimbly spun around and disappeared back into Qin Hao's sleeve.
"Roar—!" Witnessing all this, the venomous dragon let out a deafening roar, filled with furious anger at being slighted.
"Foolish human! How dare you waste the blood food I have chosen!" Its huge vertical pupils burned with dark green rage as it locked onto Qin Hao.
"If you had joined forces with that old Taoist priest just now, you might have had a sliver of hope! Unfortunately, you despicable humans are only good at killing each other and deserve to become my food!"
The half-demon, half-human body let out a sinister grin, and the terrifying level eight demonic power crushed towards Qin Hao like a tangible tsunami.
Qin Hao stood atop the ink-black dragon boat, his robes fluttering in the sea breeze. Facing the overwhelming demonic power, his stance remained as steady as a rock. He slightly raised his head, his gaze calmly meeting the venomous dragon's vertical pupils, burning with ferocity and greed. His voice was flat and devoid of any emotion: "Join forces? Why would I need to join forces to deal with a beast like you?"
"Arrogant!" The venomous dragon had never suffered such humiliation, and it instantly flew into a rage. Its dark green poisonous mist erupted, forming a poisonous miasma domain covering several miles, transforming into a terrifying dark green lightning bolt, carrying a gigantic claw shadow that tore through space, and slashed down at Qin Hao!
"You mere early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator dares to be arrogant before me? You're courting death!"
Before the giant claw even arrived, the pungent, corrosive fumes caused the air to hiss and crackle, and countless dead fish instantly floated to the surface. Power strong enough to crush mountains was concentrated at the claw's tip, ready to crush this tiny human along with his flying boat!
Qin Hao's eyes turned cold, and instead of retreating, he advanced! He tapped the ink dragon boat with his feet, and his figure soared into the sky. At the same time, he slightly opened his mouth, and the Myriad Talisman Treasure Record grew longer in the wind!
"Om-!"
The treasure scroll moved automatically without wind, its pages turning rapidly with a whooshing sound, and dazzling golden light surged forth from it like a torrent bursting its banks! Instantly, hundreds of incredibly refined golden talismans, like golden bees leaving their hive, densely filled the sky! Each talisman exuded a sharp aura capable of cutting through everything.
"Golden Blade Piercing the Sky! Imperial Decree!"
Qin Hao pointed his fingers like a sword and pointed them in mid-air at the onrushing venomous dragon! His command resounded like thunder!
"Boohoo, boomboo-!"
The countless golden talismans responded and instantly transformed into several terrifying giant halberds, each ten feet long, with their blades wreathed in golden light!
These giant halberds were not chaotic; under the precise control of Qin Hao's powerful divine sense, they formed a destructive golden torrent, like a well-trained army, tearing through the sky with ear-piercing shrieks, and crashing towards the giant claws extended by the venomous dragon!
"Heh heh! Mere talismans dare to stand before me..." A hint of contempt flashed in the venomous dragon's enormous vertical pupils. Its eighth-level transformed demonic body was harder than refined gold; ordinary magic weapons could hardly harm it, let alone talismans. Without dodging or evading, it used its dragon claws, covered in dark green scales, to fiercely grab at the several golden halberds charging at the forefront! Dark green poisonous light swirled around its claws, intending to crush them to pieces!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Violent explosions rang out one after another! Golden light flashed, and poisonous gas billowed!
The first few giant halberds were indeed crushed and sent flying by its ferocious claws! However, even the tips of the most hardened scales on the venomous dragon's ferocious claws cracked with several fine fissures! Streams of violent and sharp metallic magic power surged wildly into its claws, impacting its demonic body!
"Hmm?" The slight disdain in the venomous dragon's eyes froze instantly, turning into astonishment. The power of this talisman far exceeded its expectations!
However, this was just the beginning! More than ten golden halberds, like an endless golden meteor shower, relentlessly bombarded its giant claws, arms, chest, and abdomen!
“Boom boom boom boom—!”
The rapid, drum-like explosions shook the entire sea! Golden light completely engulfed the massive figure of the venomous dragon!
At first, the venomous dragon could withstand the impact with its powerful demonic body, its dark green scales glowing as it absorbed most of the force. However, the terrifying aspect of Qin Hao's talisman attacks lay not only in the power of a single talisman, but also in their sheer number and relentless, saturation bombardment!
The Myriad Talismans Treasure Record shimmered with light, as if connected to an endless golden treasure trove of talismans!
Each falling halberd contained terrifying power enough to severely injure a Nascent Soul cultivator. Ten halberds, twenty halberds… The dark green scales on the venomous dragon's body flickered violently, emitting groans of unbearable strain! Fine cracks began to spread across its hard scales! Fifty halberds, sixty halberds… The cracks spread like a spiderweb, and dark green demonic blood began to seep from the cracks in its armor! The violent tearing power of Geng metal surged wildly into its body, churning its demonic essence!
"Roar—! Damn insects!" The venomous dragon roared in pain and rage. Despite its powerful physique, it was being forced back by the raging golden torrent! Its proud defenses proved so fragile in the face of the relentless bombardment of talismans!
This can't go on! The sheer number of human talismans is simply unbelievable!
A flicker of fear and resolve finally flashed in the venomous dragon's eyes. It suddenly reared up and let out a terrifying dragon roar that pierced the clouds and shattered rocks!
"hold head high--!"
With that dragon's roar, a blinding, dark green demonic light erupted from its body like a tsunami! Within the light, its form rapidly expanded and twisted! In an instant, a terrifying giant dragon, several times larger than before and exceeding a hundred zhang in length, revealed its true form! Its ferocious single horn pierced the sky, its dark green scales covered in barbs gleamed with a cold, eerie light, and its robust body, like a continuous mountain range, stirred the sea below, creating a massive whirlpool! The terrifying pressure of an eighth-level transformed demonic beast was now unleashed, crushing everything in its path like a tangible force!
Its true form has appeared! This is the Poisonous Dragon's strongest battle form!
"Boom boom boom!"
The subsequent golden halberd slammed heavily onto its massive body, which had revealed its true form. This time, although it still unleashed a deafening roar and dazzling golden light, most of the power was forcefully withstood by its incredibly thick scales and ferocious physique! The cracks on its scales deepened, and demonic blood flowed like streams, staining a large area of the sea green, but ultimately it failed to severely injure or repel it! The venomous dragon coiled in the air, its enormous vertical pupils fixed on Qin Hao, filled with savage killing intent, brewing a deadly counterattack.
However, just as it had withstood the torrent of talismans, its mind relaxed slightly, and it prepared to launch a thunderous counterattack—
A cold glint flashed in Qin Hao's eyes! This was the moment he had been waiting for!
With a sudden flick of his left hand, an ancient bell, its body a dark bronze color and its surface engraved with countless fine and mysterious runes, appeared out of thin air—it was the magic treasure he had obtained from the Dark Abyss Pavilion auction, the Soul-Suppressing Bell!
"Jingle Bell……"
There was no earth-shattering sound, only a clear and ethereal bell ringing out, as if it resonated deep within the soul, gently spreading out.
The bell rang, and the enormous venomous dragon, which was about to pounce on Qin Hao, suddenly froze, its huge vertical pupils filled with violent killing intent! A sharp pain from the depths of its soul and an irresistible dizziness felt like millions of steel needles piercing its sea of consciousness!
Its mountain-like body trembled violently, as if struck on the head by an invisible giant hammer, its movements freezing instantly! Even the terrifying fluctuations of demonic power faltered!
"Not good! It's a soul attack!" The venomous dragon's demonic soul was utterly horrified. It never expected that this human cultivator would possess such a vicious magic weapon specifically designed to suppress the primordial spirit!
Fortunately, the dragon clan's demon souls are naturally powerful, far surpassing those of others of the same level. The dizziness only lasted for an extremely short moment, less than half a breath!
But for Qin Hao, who was poised to unleash his power, half a breath was enough!
Just as the venomous dragon's soul trembled and its body stiffened, Qin Hao moved! His hands moved so fast, like butterflies flitting among flowers, that they left behind afterimages! Inside his dantian, the seated nascent soul suddenly opened its eyes, and its pure and vast magical power erupted like a volcano, instantly draining away most of it!
At the same time, he unhesitatingly slapped three talismans that were already held between his fingers—the "Thousand Machine Armor-Piercing Talisman" flashing with sharp golden light, the "Golden Sharp Armor-Splitting Talisman," and the "Gathering Yuan Talisman" which amplified the strength of spiritual power—into the void in front of him!
"Om-!"
A dazzling golden beam of light, too bright to look at directly, suddenly shot into the sky from between Qin Hao's palms! Within the beam of light was the secret technique "Golden Sky Slash" from the Purple Gold Sky-Splitting Technique.
With the blessing of three top-tier talismans, a giant blade made purely of metal-attribute magic power instantly took shape at the top of the pillar of light!
This blade is over ten feet long, with a blade as thin as a line of autumn water. Its edges flow with a dazzling white-gold color, as if even space itself cannot bear its sharpness. Fine, dark spatial cracks constantly appear around the blade!
A terrifying aura that could cleave heaven and earth and destroy all laws swept out like a gale from the heavens, even the distant tribulation clouds that had not yet completely dissipated were invisibly cut apart by this aura!
"go with!"
Qin Hao's eyes flashed with cold light, and he uttered a chilling incantation. He joined his fingers together like knives and slashed fiercely down at the enormous poisonous dragon's true form below, which had just shaken off its dizziness and still had a trace of horror left in its eyes!
The colossal blade, imbued with unparalleled sharpness, silently slashed down towards the venomous dragon's neck, following Qin Hao's gesture!
Fast! Faster than the perception of time!
In the venomous dragon's newly cleared vertical pupils, only a very thin, very bright platinum line, as if it had existed since the beginning of time, was reflected, magnified infinitely in its field of vision!
There was no earth-shattering roar, only a soul-freezing "hiss" sound as if space was being smoothly sliced apart.
Time seemed to freeze at this moment.
The platinum thread swept across the venomous dragon's dark green scales, which were a hundred times harder than refined steel, without any hindrance; it swept across its neck, which was as thick as an ancient tree; it swept across its massive head, which was as large as a mountain...
In the venomous dragon's tyrannical vertical pupils, the last glimmer of light froze and magnified, filled with utter bewilderment, disbelief, and... a deep-seated fear.
next moment.
"puff--!"
Like a sharp knife slicing through tender tofu.
A terrifying, enormous, and grotesque dragon head covered in dark green scales, spewing forth a fountain of scalding demonic blood, detached from its massive body and tumbled down into the turbulent sea below! The severed head was smooth as a mirror, without a single burr remaining!
The enormous headless dragon's body froze in mid-air for a moment, then crashed down like a collapsing mountain with a muffled whooshing sound!
"Ah—!!!" A shrill, venomous scream that shattered the soul did not come from the falling head, but from the severed neck of the headless dragon! A miniature dark green dragon shadow, carrying a fist-sized dark green inner core that emitted terrifying demonic energy, shot out like a startled venomous snake!
It was the soul of the venomous dragon!
The face of this divine soul was twisted to an extreme, filled with endless resentment and madness. It stared intently at Qin Hao, who stood there with his sword sheathed and his aura slightly fluctuating, and shouted fiercely: "Human cultivator! How dare you destroy my body, which I have cultivated for a thousand years! From this day forward, it is a fight to the death! My dragon clan will use all its strength to grind you to dust, extract your soul, and refine your spirit, so that you may never be reborn!"
As it uttered those harsh words, the dark green miniature dragon shadow trembled violently, and the space around it fluctuated wildly. It was about to use the teleportation ability of a Nascent Soul cultivator to escape thousands of miles away!
Nascent Soul teleportation, with a speed far exceeding that of ordinary escape light, is a trump card for Nascent Soul cultivators to save their lives.
How could Qin Hao let him escape? The soul and inner core of an eighth-level demon beast are priceless, and if he were allowed to escape back to the dragon's lair, he would surely become a great threat in the future.
After storing the venomous dragon's remains in his storage bag, he immediately took out a "Sky-Splitting Talisman," infused it with magic power, and the talisman transformed into a golden light that enveloped him, instantly catching up with the venomous dragon's soul.
When the Poisonous Flood Dragon's soul saw Qin Hao relentlessly pursuing it, it was terrified and tried its best to teleport, but found that no matter how it tried to escape, Qin Hao could keep up with it.
In his panic, he saw a deserted island in the distance—there, the Flame Dragon had survived the tribulation of lightning and was transforming in the rain of transformation, gradually turning into a young man in red.
"Nephew! Help me quickly!" The Poisonous Dragon's soul grasped at a straw and flew toward the red-clad youth.
The red-clad youth was none other than the newly transformed Flame Flood Dragon. He saw the Poison Flood Dragon's soul, then Qin Hao behind it, and a flicker of hesitation crossed his eyes. But when he saw the golden, massive blade gleaming behind the Poison Flood Dragon's soul, he shuddered—to be able to sever the Poison Flood Dragon Elder's physical body, this cultivator's strength far surpassed his own.
"Join forces?" Yan Jiao's lips curled into a cold smile. His figure flickered, blocking in front of the Poisonous Dragon's soul, but instead of helping, he condensed a wall of fire: "Elder, you are joking. Your physical body has been destroyed. I have just transformed and my cultivation is still shallow. How can I help you? You should find a way yourself."
After saying that, Yan Jiao's figure flickered, and he reappeared in his true form, fleeing into the distance and disappearing into the horizon in the blink of an eye.
"You! You traitor!"
Enraged, the venomous dragon unleashed a torrent of curses.
In that brief moment of delay, Qin Hao had already caught up behind him, and seeing this scene, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.
"Fellow Daoist Poison, it seems that it's not just us human cultivators who will fight amongst ourselves!"
The venomous dragon was terrified and forgot to curse the fiery dragon for being disloyal. It immediately tried to use its teleportation technique to escape, but Qin Hao was prepared. With a flick of his hand, the bronze bell reappeared.
Ring ring~~~
The venomous dragon's soul trembled and lost focus once more. Taking advantage of this, Qin Hao extended his left hand, and invisible magical power condensed into a large hand, firmly grasping the venomous dragon's soul. The venomous dragon struggled desperately, but found it impossible to break free, and could only watch helplessly as Qin Hao took out several black iron needles.
"Brush! Brush! Brush!"
The golden needles precisely pierced the acupoints all over the body of the venomous dragon's soul. With each needle inserted, the struggle of the venomous dragon's soul weakened. After a moment, the venomous dragon's soul closed its eyes, fell into a coma, and never moved again.
Qin Hao nodded in satisfaction and took out an exquisite jade box—engraved with soul-suppressing runes, specifically used to store treasures of the divine soul. He placed the venomous dragon's divine soul into the jade box, then affixed three soul-suppressing talismans to ensure it wouldn't wake up, before finally putting the jade box into his sleeve.
"We have the demon core and spirit blood of an eighth-level demon beast, which is perfect for making high-level talismans." Qin Hao breathed a sigh of relief, but then frowned again.
"However, the Outer Star Sea is the territory of the Flood Dragon Clan. If we kill an eighth-level Poison Flood Dragon, that old bastard Golden Flood Dragon King will definitely not let it go. We should go back to Tianxing City to avoid it for now."
You must know that the Golden Flood Dragon King is a level ten demon beast, equivalent to a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator in the human race. Moreover, the Flood Dragon race has an incredibly strong physical body. In terms of combat power, it is even stronger than a human cultivator. It is not something he can deal with now.
With this in mind, Qin Hao no longer hesitated. He urged the Ink Dragon Boat to transform into a streak of dark light and flew towards Tianxing City.
Three days after Qin Hao left the Outer Sea, the monsters in the Outer Sea suddenly rioted. Not only were many cultivators who went out to hunt monsters devoured by high-level monsters, but some islands were also attacked by monsters.
Some cultivators even claimed to have seen the figures of transformed demonic beasts within them.