The Mysterious Turtle, the Spirit Crane, and the Qilin all swiftly dodged away!
The colossal body of the Flood Dragon-Serpent was once again pinned to the ground by the Violet Heaven Divine Thunder.
A series of hoarse roars echoed!
Old wounds not yet healed, new injuries were added.
The exposed flesh was charred black by the lightning.
Simultaneously with the descent of the second heavenly thunderbolt,
the overall life-force of the Ancient Clan members increased by another thousand points.
Everyone's cultivation directly reached the peak of Martial Arts Master.
However, the life-force of some children and youths did not increase this time.
After the thunder tribulation passed,
the Qilin seized this opportunity
to launch another attack.
However, it was quite clear the Qilin was not skilled in combat.
It merely relied on its speed, using simple claw attacks or bites with its mouth.
The Spirit Crane, which had just pulled out its beak to avoid the lightning, once again stabbed it towards the Flood Dragon-Serpent's body.
The Flood Dragon-Serpent swung its tail.
The Spirit Crane easily avoided it.
But the Mysterious Turtle was sent flying by the blow.
Its massive body crashed into the mountain wall, embedding itself deeply.
Seizing this chance, the Flood Dragon-Serpent sprayed its venom in a mist form.
Within a few breaths,
the entire valley was shrouded in green poisonous fog.
Right at this moment, the third Violet Heaven Divine Thunder struck down again.
Another dazzling purple lightning illuminated the entire valley.
The Qilin and Spirit Crane both closed their eyes.
The Flood Dragon-Serpent let out another roar.
The severe damage from the thunder tribulation filled it with dread!
Moreover, each thunderbolt was twice as powerful as the last.
This made the Flood Dragon-Serpent's desire to devour the Mountain Soul and Water Spirit grow even more intense.
The Spirit Crane flapped its wings,
stirring up a fierce gale
that swiftly dispersed the Flood Dragon-Serpent's poisonous fog.
The Qilin seized this opportunity
to attack again.
It flashed past the Flood Dragon-Serpent, a piece of flesh already in its mouth.
Its body trembled slightly, clearly having suffered significant injury as well.
The Qilin's speed was too fast.
Even with all its might, the Flood Dragon-Serpent could hardly avoid the Qilin's attacks.
It could only resort to trading injury for injury.
The moment the Qilin attacked, it would thrust its massive body forward to collide.
At this moment, the Spirit Crane took the chance to poke another bloody hole in the Flood Dragon-Serpent's body.
However, the Flood Dragon-Serpent forcefully clamped down on the Spirit Crane's beak with its muscles.
Although it only held it for an instant,
it was enough for the Flood Dragon-Serpent.
Its enormous serpentine body immediately coiled towards the Spirit Crane.
The Spirit Crane, startled, struggled fiercely to escape.
But it was a step too late.
First its legs were entangled, then its body.
The sound of cracking bones immediately rang out.
Seizing this chance, the Mysterious Turtle spoke to the Mountain Soul and Water Spirit floating in the air:
"Quick, hide inside my shell."
The Mountain Soul and Water Spirit, somewhat confused, drifted towards the Mysterious Turtle.
The Flood Dragon-Serpent, unable to attend to the Spirit Crane, hastily flung it away.
It opened its gigantic maw, once again lunging to bite the Mountain Soul and Water Spirit.
It did not want them hiding inside the Mysterious Turtle's shell.
It knew all too well how hard that shell was.
Elsewhere,
Chen Feng finally arrived at the Yin pole of the Jade Mountain's Jasper Pool.
However, a tremendous change had already occurred within the Yin pole Jasper Pool.
It had turned into a state of chaos.
The previous black, viscous substance had completely vanished.
It looked gray and murky.
Chen Feng pondered briefly.
Then he jumped directly in.
Though he didn't know what was happening, he had to try.
...
At the critical moment,
a sound like the sky cracking apart rang out once more.
The fourth Violet Heaven Divine Thunder fell.
The Flood Dragon-Serpent's body suffered heavy damage again.
This time, the doubled thunder tribulation caused almost all the scales on its back to shatter.
The exposed flesh was completely blackened and charred.
The Mountain Soul and Water Spirit successfully slipped into the Mysterious Turtle's shell.
Coupled with the Qilin's frenzied assaults,
the Flood Dragon-Serpent grew increasingly frantic, roaring in fury.
"Damnable Qilin!"
"Zhang Bowen! Why haven't you made your move yet?!"
Inside the Jade Mountain, Zhang Bowen chuckled darkly.
"The Flood Dragon-Serpent seems impatient."
"Qianqian, it's time for us to make our entrance."
Mmph... mmph...
Qianqian's mouth was gagged.
Her limbs were also bound by chains.
Zhang Bowen carried her to a platform on the Jade Mountain, which was also the Ancient Clan's training ground.
By now, the cultivation of the Ancient Clan members had also risen to five thousand points of life-force,
reaching the late-stage Martial Grandmaster level.
Zhang Bowen, facing the battling Qilin, used his Lion's Roar Technique and shouted:
"Qilin! I've captured Qianqian!"
With that,
he directly threw Qianqian off the cliff edge.
It was also the spot currently closest to the Flood Dragon-Serpent.
The Flood Dragon-Serpent, already prepared,
instantly opened its gigantic maw, biting at the now within-reach Qianqian.
A serpent's fastest movement is the moment it opens its mouth to strike its prey.
At that very moment,
from within the empty Jasper Pool,
a sword-shadow shot out.
Chen Feng happened to witness this scene that made his eyes nearly burst with rage.
"Qianqian!"
The sword-shadow, merged with his person, shot towards the Flood Dragon-Serpent without a second thought.
However, the disparity in their strength was too great.
It caused almost no harm to the Flood Dragon-Serpent.
At the instant the Flood Dragon-Serpent's jaws snapped shut,
Chen Feng clearly saw
Qianqian's bewildered face turn towards his direction.
But those lifeless eyes could see nothing.
The next moment, the Flood Dragon-Serpent's maw closed completely.
Simultaneously, a spray of blood mist erupted from the edges of its mouth.
Chen Feng froze instantly.
That silly little apprentice of his!
Was she just... dead?
CRACK!
The sky seemed to shatter!
The fifth Violet Heaven Divine Thunder descended.
The Flood Dragon-Serpent resisted with all its might, but the sound of bones breaking already came from its body.
Its body emitted a strong smell of charring, with wisps of black smoke rising.
The thunderlight illuminated Chen Feng's stunned face.
Unable to accept this outcome, his eyes instantly turned crimson.
Then he locked onto the figure on the cliff halfway up the Jade Mountain, on the Ancient Clan's training ground.
"Zhang Bowen!"
A furious roar!
Accompanied by the cry of a sword!
Chen Feng, merged with his sword, instantly shot towards the platform on the Jade Mountain.
"Six thousand life-force points! Your cultivation speed is truly fast."
Zhang Bowen smiled faintly.
Now, the life-force suppression over Kunlun had been weakened by the five Violet Heaven Divine Thunderbolts.
His own life-force had also increased to six thousand points,
reaching the peak of Martial Grandmaster.
Facing Chen Feng, who only had six thousand life-force points,
he felt no fear whatsoever.
He immediately activated his Indestructible Vajra Body technique.
Yet, in the next moment,
the Chen Feng before him was surrounded by swirling dragon-shadows.
A golden energy shield enveloped his entire body.
An unbelievably massive martial arts phantom, a hundred meters tall,
holding a giant sword phantom in its hand,
swung its sword!
The scene before Zhang Bowen's eyes suddenly spun out of control.
He saw heaven and earth flip over.
He saw behind himself.
He saw his own headless body.
"I actually couldn't block it! How could the power be so formidable?"
"Could his swordsmanship have reached the Harmony of Heaven and Man realm?"
"But it still shouldn't be this powerful!"
This time, Zhang Bowen lost his smile.
His heart was filled with bewilderment and shock.
Chen Feng caught Zhang Bowen's head.
Roaring in furious rage, he demanded:
"Why did you kill Qianqian?!"
"Wasn't she your clansman?!"
In the final moments of his life, Zhang Bowen's gaze drifted towards the sky above the Jade Mountain Jasper Pool.
He scanned the area but could not find the Qilin's figure.
He glanced at the bloodstains on the Flood Dragon-Serpent's lips.
He revealed the last smile of his life.
"Yes... why?"
"I asked the same question three hundred years ago."
Zhang Bowen remembered.
Over three hundred years ago, he and his mother had waited sixty years for someone who never appeared.
Instead, that person's child had come.
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
