135: Chapter 135 The Gluttonous Beast Battles the Azure Dragon

"Is this the place?"

Seeing the Great Sea Turtle suddenly stop, Xiao Yuchen immediately asked.

"It should be somewhere around here. I need to dive down to take a look. Master, can you go underwater?"

"No problem. Just lead the way; I will follow behind you."

As a Cultivator, Xiao Yuchen could completely use Spiritual Qi to keep the seawater away, though it would consume some energy. However, with his current abilities, lasting a day or two underwater was not a problem at all.

"Alright."

The Great Sea Turtle agreed and dove directly into the water. Xiao Yuchen followed closely behind. Although visibility in the water was obstructed, Xiao Yuchen had his Divine Sense, so there were no obstacles.

His current Divine Sense range was thirty li; it would be somewhat affected underwater, but he should still have a detection range of twenty li. However, Xiao Yuchen did not detect the location of any cave.

"Hey, did you remember the place wrong? There is nothing here."

The two communicated via thoughts, so even underwater, they were not affected in the slightest.

"It seems there is a slight deviation. I was previously being chased by a shark and accidentally discovered that Immortal Cave. However, at that time, I had not yet gained intelligence, so I did not know what it was.

Now that I think back on it, I realize that place seemed quite unusual. Although I don't remember the exact location, I am certain it is in this sea area."

Hearing the Great Sea Turtle's words, Xiao Yuchen felt somewhat sympathetic. It was no wonder that such sea turtles that lived for over a hundred years were rarely seen; many sea turtles did not die of old age, but were eaten by other fish while they were still young.

"Alright, let's look slowly."

Just like that, the Great Sea Turtle searched in the sea based on its memory, while Xiao Yuchen used his Divine Sense to investigate. An hour later, Xiao Yuchen finally detected an unusual spot.

"Follow me. I know where that place is."

Xiao Yuchen took the lead and rushed to the front, with the Great Sea Turtle following closely behind. Twenty minutes later, Xiao Yuchen finally arrived at the entrance of that Immortal Cave.

Just by taking one look, Xiao Yuchen was shocked by the scene before him, because this was truly an Immortal Cave, and on the top of the cave, three large characters were written: Qingmu Hall!

The key was that these three characters were not Chinese characters, nor were they ancient scripts, but rather the text of the Cultivation World. This indicated that the owner of the Immortal Cave was a Cultivator, and one with a very high cultivation level.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yuchen was exceptionally excited and swam towards the Immortal Cave. However, no matter how he swam, he maintained the same distance from the Immortal Cave and could never reach its entrance.

"Huh? A Rank 7 Illusion Formation has actually been set up here, completely isolating the seawater. No wonder it is preserved so well."

When he first arrived here, Xiao Yuchen had felt something was a bit strange. Although this Immortal Cave looked slightly weathered and had experienced long years, there were no traces of it being soaked by water.

Moreover, just earlier on the periphery, he had faintly felt the fluctuation of a Formation, but he could not be sure. Although he appeared to still not be approaching the Immortal Cave, he was now already within the Formation.

"It is dangerous here. You wait for me outside; do not approach the cave entrance."

After transmitting his voice to the Great Sea Turtle, Xiao Yuchen began to study the Formation. Although this Illusion Formation had reached Rank 7, for him, a Rank 9 Formation Master, breaking the Formation was not difficult.

After carefully sensing for a while, Xiao Yuchen found the location of the Formation Eye and then struck it with one palm.

Crack!

The Illusion Formation shattered directly. The Qingmu Hall in front of him suddenly disappeared, turning into an ancient battlefield. The battlefield was littered with corpses, and there were two people fighting in the sky—one dressed in white, the other in black.

The two's battle was extremely intense, with lightning striking down from the sky from time to time. Having experienced the baptism of Pill Thunder once, Xiao Yuchen could naturally tell that it was Heavenly Tribulation. The two's battle had actually triggered a Heavenly Tribulation.

Although Xiao Yuchen could not see their cultivation Rank, the fact that their battle could trigger a Heavenly Tribulation meant that their strength must have reached the ceiling of the Cultivation World—the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

"Azure Dragon, what exactly do you want? These humans were not killed by me; they killed each other. I just picked up some corpses to eat. Do you have to interfere with that too?" the man in black roared.

"Taotie, I am the God of the East. These people are all subjects I protect. Even if they are dead, their corpses shall not be trampled upon by you."

"Bastard, do you really think I am afraid of you? White Tiger has already fallen, and although Vermilion Bird has undergone Rebirth through fire, she has also become an ordinary person. Black Tortoise is even more severely injured and his whereabouts are unknown.

Of the Four Divine Beasts, only you, Azure Dragon, remain. For the sake of these foolish humans, do you really want to fight me until both sides suffer?"

Taotie was angry; if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't beat Azure Dragon, why would he waste so many words?

"You still have the nerve to mention Black Tortoise? I don't care that you challenged Black Tortoise, but why didn't you fight him openly instead of launching a sneak attack?" Azure Dragon was equally angry.

"Can you blame me for that? That guy's turtle shell is simply too hard. Every time I attack, he hides in his shell, and then the big snake on his back bites me back. I was also driven to anger."

"Enough nonsense. We, the Four Divine Beasts, have our own mission, and death is not to be regretted. Although these humans have temporarily made the wrong choice, one day they will realize their mistakes and once again cherish peace. Reveal your true form; let's fight to the end."

As he spoke, the man in white transformed directly into a giant Azure Dragon, occupying half the sky, almost identical to the one embroidered on the Dragon Throne.

Hearing their conversation, Xiao Yuchen was already too shocked to speak. However, seeing Azure Dragon transform, he felt an even more familiar sensation. It turned out that ancient myths were not entirely false; at least the Four Divine Beasts truly existed.

Seeing Azure Dragon transform back into his true form, Taotie also transformed back into his true form. His appearance was similar to the descriptions in myths: a sheep's body with a human face, tiger teeth, human claws, and eyes growing under his armpits.

"An ancient Divine Beast Azure Dragon battling an immemorial Vicious Beast Taotie—this truly is a battle of the ages."

Although Xiao Yuchen knew that everything before him was still another illusion, this illusion should have actually happened. To be precise, this was the residual consciousness of Azure Dragon.

The two ancient divine beings fought fiercely, with both sides having wins and losses, but overall, Azure Dragon was slightly superior. Taotie was constantly being suppressed and beaten, continuously letting out wails like a baby.

It is unknown how much time had passed when Azure Dragon used a divine Dragon tail whip, directly sending Taotie flying. He crashed heavily onto the ground, smashing a large pit into the earth, and transformed back into human form again.

Seeing this, Azure Dragon also transformed back into human form, descended from the sky, and arrived in front of Taotie.

"You have lost. Considering that you also belong to the Dragon Clan, I will not kill you today. You had better behave yourself."

Azure Dragon turned around and was about to leave when Taotie suddenly stood up from the pit and scattered a bag of white powder towards Azure Dragon.

"You... despicable! What is this stuff?" Azure Dragon was greatly alarmed, never expecting that Taotie would be so shameless.

"Haha, this is Hidden Incense. It is colorless and odorless; even an Immortal would lose consciousness in a short time after smelling it. It is something I prepared specifically for you. Are you satisfied?"

Taotie laughed loudly; in the end, he had won.

"Dammit, even if I die, I will take you with me."

Bang!

Azure Dragon struck Taotie's forehead with one palm, and both of them fell backward at the same time. With this, the scene ended, the ancient battlefield also disappeared, and Qingmu Hall appeared in front of Xiao Yuchen once again.