Chapter 726: Sacred Heart White Snake
Black dragon qi surged from the wounds on Long San’s back and abdomen. Driven by the dragon qi, the wounds healed rapidly. From his mouth came an angry dragon roar, transforming into sound waves that rippled outward in circles.
His left arm, containing the Divine Dragon Bone, gradually thickened. The bones and scales on his arm swelled quickly, exuding a shocking divine dragon aura.
“Roar!”
Long San’s eyes were bloodshot. He raised his left arm and swung a claw backward, trying to slap Zhang Ruochen away.
“Struggling in vain?”
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze hardened. He channeled more sacred qi into the Dragon Pattern Emerald Water Sword.
A dazzling light surged from the sword’s body. Then, he swiftly withdrew the blade and slashed upward diagonally, breaking through Long San’s protective sacred armor.
“Pfft!”
Long San’s left arm was severed at the shoulder, flying into the air.
Though it was a half-human, half-dragon arm, once separated from Long San’s body, it completely transformed into a massive black dragon claw, weighing hundreds of thousands of jin.
An ordinary martial artist would likely be crushed to death by the claw’s weight.
Zhang Ruochen reached out and caught the dragon claw, which was dozens of meters long. Then, using the Dragon Pattern Emerald Water Sword, he cut through the claw’s scales and flesh, extracting a basin-sized dragon bone.
A Divine Dragon Bone!
Although Long San had refined the Divine Dragon Bone into his left arm, due to his limited physique, the bone had not fused with his own skeleton.
That was why Zhang Ruochen could extract the Divine Dragon Bone so easily.
Of course, if Long San had truly merged the Divine Dragon Bone with his own bones, given Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation at the seventh change of the Fish-Dragon Realm, he might not have been able to defeat him.
The Divine Dragon Bone was crystalline and translucent, like a piece of divine jade, emitting a chilling light that forced many cultivators to close their eyes.
It was said that Divine Dragon Bones were the bones of divine dragons, supreme treasures of the dragon race, all sealed in the dragon clan’s sacred grounds. Only the various dragon clans and the half-dragon human race could enter. Even so, extracting a single Divine Dragon Bone from the sacred grounds every hundred years was rare.
The bone contained mysterious power and vast amounts of divine dragon qi, coveted even by saints.
Seeing the Divine Dragon Bone in Zhang Ruochen’s hand, many cultivators present showed greedy expressions. If not for being on the territory of the Liangyi Sect, some might have already tried to snatch it.
“Return… my Divine Dragon Bone…”
Long San roared, flipping over from the ground. His body emitted cracking sounds, and his head shook, instantly transforming into a ferocious black dragon head.
Then, his body rapidly changed, about to reveal his true form to seize the Divine Dragon Bone.
“Shua!”
Zhang Ruochen flashed and appeared before him, striking out with a palm.
The palm print hit Long San’s chest, shattering a large area of his dragon bones. Long San let out another mournful cry, flew backward, and crashed heavily to the ground, unable to get up again.
Zhang Ruochen did not kill Long San, only severely injuring him.
Standing on the battle platform, Zhang Ruochen held the Divine Dragon Bone and said lightly, “Where are the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall? Why haven’t you bound Long San and thrown him into prison?”
Maintaining order at the Sword Discussion Assembly was the responsibility of the Law Enforcement Hall, one of the seventy-two halls. Now, in the Divine Platform City, disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall were everywhere.
Hearing Zhang Ruochen’s words, two teams of Law Enforcement Hall disciples immediately rushed toward Long San.
Now, Lin Yue’s status in the Liangyi Sect was comparable to that of an ordinary half-saint ancestor, so they naturally obeyed his orders.
Moreover, Long San had been too arrogant earlier, claiming no one in the Eastern Domain could match him. The Law Enforcement Hall disciples had long found him insufferable.
Now that Senior Brother Lin Yue had knocked him down, they would lock him up in the Law Enforcement Hall’s prison and see how he could still be arrogant!
“Who dares touch him?”
Shou Shu’s eyes flashed with sharp light as he roared.
His voice carried powerful sound waves, surging like layers of water toward the two teams of Law Enforcement Hall disciples.
It was easy to imagine that if the sound waves hit them, the disciples’ bodies would explode into blood mist.
“Whoosh!”
Zhang Ruochen swung his sword, dragging out a dozens-of-zhang-long sword aura that severed the powerful sound waves.
Then, his gaze locked onto Shou Shu. “Since Long San signed a life-and-death contract with me, now that he has lost, he belongs to me to deal with. What, do you want to disrupt order too?”
Shou Shu’s hands clenched into claws, clearly furious, but he let out a cackling laugh. “Kid, even if I disrupt order, do you think you can catch me?”
Shou Shu’s cultivation was unfathomably deep.
Earlier, he had only shown part of his power, yet he had beaten a sacred body from the Eastern Domain until they had no strength to fight back.
Most of the Eastern Domain cultivators present were already traumatized, deeply afraid of Shou Shu.
Although Lin Yue’s cultivation was strong, if he fought Shou Shu, everyone still worried he might not win.
Xiao Hei’s voice came from the Cosmic Divine Wood Map, sounding excited in Zhang Ruochen’s ear. “I never thought, after a hundred thousand years, I’d still encounter a Divine Demon Rat. Zhang Ruochen, let me out of the scroll world right now to catch it myself!”
Although Xiao Hei was a cat, he was unreliable. Zhang Ruochen didn’t think he could catch Shou Shu.
Besides, many knew Xiao Hei was Zhang Ruochen’s cat. If he appeared now, more people might suspect Lin Yue’s identity.
So, Zhang Ruochen suppressed the Cosmic Divine Wood Map and stared at Shou Shu, calm and composed. “If you dare make a move, I will suppress you.”
The Eastern Domain cultivators all grew excited.
Lin Yue was so confident—could he really defeat Shou Shu, the leader of the thirty-six palace guardian beast generals?
If he could, he would immediately become famous across the world, a figure on par with the Demon Son Ouyang Heng, the Wanxiang City Young City Lord Xue Wuye, and others.
Shou Shu grinned, grinding his teeth. “Since you want to die, I’ll grant your wish.”
But She Er chuckled softly, stepping out from beside Ouyang Heng. She extended a snow-white, delicate jade hand, pressing it on Shou Shu’s wrist, and said gently, “Why must Big Brother act personally? Since he’s a sword expert, it’s more fitting for me to test him.”
She Er was the “Sacred Heart White Snake,” another ancient relic.
Every ancient relic carried the bloodline of ancient divine beasts, capable of matching human cultivators who had drawn divine resonance.
Weaker ancient relics could only contend with humans who had drawn divine resonance once.
But some ancient relics with extremely powerful bloodlines could even match humans who had drawn divine resonance three or four times.
The physiques of ancient relics were also formidable.
Even the weakest ancient relic was comparable to a sacred body.
In the distant ancient era, the ancient races were the rulers of the Kunlun Realm.
However, their reproductive ability was extremely poor, their numbers dwindling, and their growth difficult, so they gradually withdrew from history. Thus, the highly reproductive human race became the rulers of the Kunlun Realm.
Now, finding an ancient relic was already very difficult.
She Er manifested in human form, looking like an eighteen- or nineteen-year-old girl. Her chin was sharp, her skin pale, and her figure curvaceous and tall. Particularly, her waist, exposed beneath her white clothes, seemed slender and smooth, exuding astonishing flexibility even without touching.
Ranking second among the thirty-six palace guardian beast generals, her strength surpassed Long San’s, making her a formidable opponent.
Shou Shu looked at She Er, instantly showing a lecherous smile, his eyes flickering. “Since Second Sister wants to act, Big Brother naturally has no objection. But that kid’s strength is not weak—you must be careful.”
As he spoke, Shou Shu’s hand grew restless, reaching for She Er’s wrist.
“Whoosh!”
She Er’s lips curled slightly. Using some unknown technique, her arm seemed boneless, creating a series of afterimages as she withdrew it.
Even with Shou Shu’s cultivation, he couldn’t touch her wrist.
“Shua!”
In a flash, before many cultivators could react, She Er appeared on the battle platform.
A bright light emerged from She Er’s palm. As the light intensified, a white serpent-shaped sacred sword materialized.
“Swish, swish.”
The serpent-shaped sacred sword was clearly a powerful hundred-pattern sacred artifact. Its surface surged with eight hundred and eighty-four inscriptions. Just held in She Er’s hand, it emitted formidable sword qi.
A sword domain covering most of the battle platform manifested around the serpent-shaped sacred sword. Hundreds of sword auras floated within the domain, circling She Er.
Shou Shu stood beside Ouyang Heng, watching the two on the platform. He withdrew his lecherous smile, his expression turning serious. “Lin Yue’s cultivation is formidable. Even if I fight him, I don’t have a ten percent chance of winning. I wonder if She Er can match him?”
Ouyang Heng gently stroked the winged dragon in his arms and said calmly, “She Er’s sword path and spiritual power have both reached a bottleneck. Fighting a evenly matched expert like Lin Yue will greatly benefit her. Perhaps she can break through before the Sword Discussion Assembly.”
Clearly, after Zhang Ruochen defeated Long San and proved his strength, Ouyang Heng and Shou Shu began to take him seriously.
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(I missed updating yesterday, sorry. I really had no choice. The day before yesterday and yesterday were too busy and tiring. I slept less than four hours for two consecutive days. Many readers know the reason, so I won’t elaborate to avoid more scolding. You can scold me—I don’t care—but scolding my daughter really makes me angry.
Over the next three days, I might only manage one chapter per day. I’ll try to resume normal updates by July 5th.
Today, I should post a photo of my daughter on WeChat public account 5. Readers who want to see it can follow.)