140: Chapter 140: Exploring the Deep Sea, Encountering a Black-Scaled Dragon, Fierce Battle to Seize the Elixir and Breakthrough Again

Ye Qing's escape light streaked across the sky above the Storm Sea Region like a shooting star, flying towards the depths of the sea.

The further he flew into the depths, the worse the sea conditions became.

The clouds in the sky were already so thick that they seemed to be pressing down onto the sea surface, taking on an ominous lead-black color.

The waves on the sea surface reached dozens of zhang in height, like moving mountains, wave after wave, frantically battering everything that dared to intrude into this sea region.

The Demonic Qi permeating the air had become so thick it was almost tangible, carrying a suffocating sense of oppression.

Beneath the sea surface, some huge, submarine-like shadows could be vaguely seen swimming slowly in the deep sea, emitting a heart-palpitating aura.

"This core region of the Storm Sea Region is truly not a benign place. The Demonic Qi permeating the air alone is enough to make any Cultivator below the Golden Core stage unable to move an inch."

Ye Qing thought to himself, circulating his Chaos Infant Essence to the extreme, forming an invisible protective halo on his body surface, completely isolating those violent Demonic Qi and waves.

He continued to fly forward for about half an hour when his Divine Sense suddenly caught an extremely powerful and extremely cold fluctuation of Demonic Qi beneath the sea surface a few miles ahead.

That Demonic Qi was more than ten times stronger than the Unicorn Water Crocodile he had encountered before! Moreover, it also contained a faint trace of the pressure unique to the Dragon Clan Bloodline!

"A Fourth Stage Yao Beast! And it seems to possess a trace of True Dragon Bloodline!"

A trace of solemnity flashed in Ye Qing's eyes, but there was more excitement.

He immediately lowered the height of his escape light, flying almost against the sea surface, while simultaneously pushing the effect of the "void concealment pill" to the extreme, his entire person becoming like a wisp of shadow, merging into the surrounding violent waves.

He approached the source of the Demonic Qi fluctuation silently.

He saw that on the sea surface a few miles ahead, the seawater was churning violently as if boiling, forming a huge vortex with a diameter of over a hundred zhang.

In the center of the vortex, a huge, ink-jade-like black dorsal fin could be faintly seen, like a small mountain, appearing and disappearing in the vortex.

That dorsal fin was covered with a layer of black scale armor shimmering with a dark light, and the edges of the scale armor presented a sharp, saw-toothed shape, emitting a heart-palpitating cold light.

"Black Scaled Flood Dragon! And it's a Fourth Stage Early Stage Black Scaled Flood Dragon! It seems that the bearded man from Tingtao Pavilion was right; this Storm Sea Region really is occupied by a Black Scaled Flood Dragon!"

Ye Qing understood in his heart, and at the same time, he was quickly evaluating the strength gap between the two sides.

"Fourth Stage Early Stage is equivalent to the peak of the Early Stage Nascent Soul, only one step away from the Mid-Nascent Soul Stage. Coupled with a trace of True Dragon Bloodline and a formidable Physical Body, its combat power is probably comparable to an ordinary Mid-Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator."

"However, it's still not enough in my eyes."

He had a plan in mind and decided to use this Black Scaled Flood Dragon to test his true combat power level after breaking through to the Mid-Nascent Soul Stage.

He did not hesitate at all and made his move just as the Black Scaled Flood Dragon was about to completely dive into the deep sea.

He pointed his fingers like a sword and slashed through the air towards the dorsal fin of the Black Scaled Flood Dragon exposed above the sea surface.

A dark silver ruler beam, condensed to the extreme and seemingly capable of severing the Void Realm, swept silently across the sea surface, instantly appearing above the Black Scaled Flood Dragon's dorsal fin, and slashed down fiercely!

For this strike, he used the power of the hunyuan ruler, and its might was many times stronger than when he killed the Unicorn Water Crocodile before!

The Black Scaled Flood Dragon was, after all, a Fourth Stage Yao Beast, and its spiritual sense was extremely keen.

The moment Ye Qing made his move, it felt a warning sign and let out a deafening roar!

That roar, like a thunderclap, exploded on the sea surface, shaking the surrounding seawater until it churned violently!

Its huge body sank violently, attempting to dodge this fatal blow!

At the same time, its tail, like a black dragon and covered in barbs, whipped over fiercely like a steel whip, tearing through the seawater with a harsh sound of breaking the air, towards the direction from which the ruler beam was attacking!

"Your reaction is not slow."

Ye Qing chuckled, and that dark silver ruler beam, like a maggot on a tarsal bone, instantly changed direction, bypassing the tail whipped over by the Black Scaled Flood Dragon at an extremely tricky angle, and slashed fiercely onto its mountain-like back!

Clang—!!!

A deafening sound of metal clashing rang through the sky!

Sparks flew everywhere!

The ruler beam, which was enough to kill a Golden Core Perfection Yao Beast, slashed onto the Black Scaled Flood Dragon's back, but it only left a shallow white mark on its scale armor!

"What hard scale armor!"

A trace of surprise flashed in Ye Qing's eyes.

The defensive power of this Black Scaled Flood Dragon was even more formidable than he had expected!

"Roar—!!!"

Although it failed to break through the defense, the immense force contained in the ruler beam still shook the Black Scaled Flood Dragon, causing its blood and Qi to churn, and it let out an angry roar!

Its huge body rushed out of the seawater, exposing more than half of its body, and like a black mountain, it hovered in mid-air, a pair of cold, lantern-like vertical pupils locking onto Ye Qing tightly!

"Human! You are courting death!"

The Black Scaled Flood Dragon spoke in human language, its voice hoarse and cold, filled with boundless killing intent!

It was clearly completely enraged by Ye Qing's strike.

"Courting death? Just because of you?"

Ye Qing's tone was relaxed, even carrying a hint of mockery.

He slowly raised his right hand, and the hunyuan ruler appeared in his hand out of thin air, with a deep dark silver light flowing across the ruler's body.

"It just so happens that I'll use you to test just how much power my newly refined hunyuan ruler has."

Before the words had even fallen, his figure swayed, and like a ghost, he took the initiative to charge towards the Black Scaled Flood Dragon!

"Arrogant!"

The Black Scaled Flood Dragon roared, opened its bloody mouth, and spat out a pitch-black, foul-smelling column of venom, which shot towards Ye Qing like a high-pressure water gun!

At the same time, its huge body also slammed towards Ye Qing like a moving mountain! Its sharp claws tore through the air, carrying a harsh sound of breaking the air, and grabbed fiercely towards Ye Qing's head!

Facing this violent attack, Ye Qing did not dodge or avoid it.

Holding the hunyuan ruler in his hand, the dark silver light on the ruler's body flared, and he simply slashed down with the ruler towards the incoming column of venom!

Chila!

A soft sound!

The column of venom, which was enough to corrode metal and stone, was easily split in two before the hunyuan ruler as if it were made of paper!

Ye Qing's figure passed through the split column of venom, his speed unabated, and he instantly rushed to the front of the Black Scaled Flood Dragon, slashing down with the ruler again at its incoming sharp claws!

Clang!!!

Another deafening sound of metal clashing!

This time, the Black Scaled Flood Dragon's sharp claws, which were enough to tear apart mountains, were actually cracked open by brute force the moment they collided with the hunyuan ruler! Dark green dragon blood sprayed out like a fountain from that opening!

"Ow—!!!"

The Black Scaled Flood Dragon let out a painful roar, its huge body retreating frantically, and its gaze towards Ye Qing was filled with horror and disbelief!

Its proud and formidable Physical Body was actually as fragile as tofu in front of the opponent?!

How is this possible?!

"I said it, you are not good enough."

Ye Qing's tone was flat, and holding the hunyuan ruler, he pressed forward again.

He no longer gave the Black Scaled Flood Dragon any chance to breathe; the hunyuan ruler in his hand, like a living thing, turned into streaks of dark silver light, pouring down onto the vital parts of the Black Scaled Flood Dragon's body like a storm!

Clang clang clang clang—!!!

The dense sound of metal clashing, like blacksmithing, rang out over the sea surface!

Under Ye Qing's storm-like attacks, the Black Scaled Flood Dragon's huge body retreated repeatedly, and the scale armor on its body was sent flying and shattered piece by piece! Dark green dragon blood dyed a large area of the sea beneath it black!

It let out angry and unwilling roars, attempting to counterattack, but every counterattack was easily resolved by Ye Qing, and new wounds were left on its body!

In just half a stick of incense's time, that arrogant Black Scaled Flood Dragon was already covered in wounds, its breath weak, and it had completely lost the power to resist.

"It's over."

Ye Qing's eyes went cold, and he raised the hunyuan ruler in his hand high; the dark silver light on the ruler's body was brilliant to the extreme, as if a dark silver sun had risen in his hand!

Then, he slashed down fiercely towards the Black Scaled Flood Dragon's head!

"No—!!!"

The Black Scaled Flood Dragon let out a desperate roar, attempting to make a final struggle.

But it was all in vain.

The hunyuan ruler, like divine punishment, slashed onto its head without any hindrance!

Puchi!

A huge, ferocious dragon head soared into the sky!

Dark green dragon blood sprayed out like a fountain from the smooth, mirror-like severed neck!

The Fourth Stage Early Stage Black Scaled Flood Dragon, dead!

Ye Qing retracted the hunyuan ruler, did not even look at the huge dragon corpse, raised his hand and waved, taking it along with that huge head, as well as that fist-sized, pitch-black Yao Dan that emitted rich water-attribute and poison Law fluctuations, into the Cave Heaven World.

"A Fourth Stage Early Stage Yao Dan, and this body of Materials, are all good things. Especially that Yao Dan, if absorbed by the ten thousand poison soul-eating wood, it might be able to evolve again."

He nodded with satisfaction, and just as he was about to leave this sea region to find a place to digest this harvest, his Divine Sense suddenly caught an unusual energy fluctuation in the deep sea below.

That energy fluctuation did not come from a Yao Beast, but... it carried a pure and heavy aura unique to a Spirit Stone vein!

"Eh? Could it be... what that bearded man from Tingtao Pavilion said is true? Is there really a Spirit Stone vein on the seabed where this Black Scaled Flood Dragon is entrenched?"

Ye Qing's heart moved, and he immediately became interested.

He did not hesitate at all, put away the hunyuan ruler, took a dive, and plunged into the cold, bone-chilling seawater below, sneaking towards the source of the energy fluctuation.