Three Hundred Years Ago, I Asked the Same Question

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.