Proving Immortality Starting with Hextech Runes

Chapter 172 The Legend of the Fish Emperor

The sinister scholar waved his folding fan, and countless cyan wind blades tore through the air, sealing off the left and right sides.

The burly man took the giant axe from his back, and a huge axe beam, as powerful as splitting mountains, cleaved down from above.

The red-haired elder formed hand seals, and two ferocious fire pythons opened their molten maws to devour Chen Xu and Nan Longyue.

Upon seeing this, Chen Xu and Nan Longyue's pupils constricted sharply.

Faced with the combined attack of three Core Formation cultivators, the two were utterly powerless to resist.

But Nan Longyue still took half a step forward, blocking Chen Xu's way.

"Buzz..."

Centered on her, the sea area within a radius of several miles suddenly became extremely viscous, attempting to resist the attacks of the three Core Formation cultivators.

But how could Nan Longyue possibly withstand the attack of a Core Formation cultivator?

The seawater barrier that Nan Longyue had painstakingly created shattered instantly under the combined attack of the three Core Formation cultivators.

A hint of despair flashed across her pale face, yet she still stood in front of Chen Xu.

Just then, a girl in a green robe suddenly appeared in front of Chen Xu and Nan Longyue.

The expressions on the faces of the three Core Formation cultivators suddenly froze, replaced by incredulous horror.

"A late-stage Core Formation cultivator!?" the red-haired old man exclaimed in shock.

Despite the terrifying attack from three Core Formation cultivators, Qingling's expression remained unchanged.

She took out a magical conch shell, activated it with her spiritual power, and produced an ethereal melody.

In an instant, a visible ripple of pale silver sound waves suddenly spread out from Qingling.

The sound waves seemed to ignore the barriers of space and matter, instantly shattering the three violent attacks.

It accurately struck the consciousness of the red-haired old man, the sinister scholar, and the burly man.

hum! ! !

The three Core Formation cultivators felt as if their sea of ​​consciousness was being pierced and stirred by billions of invisible needles.

Then, Qingling raised her jade fingers slightly, as if plucking invisible strings in the void.

Her movements were elegant yet deadly; with each slight tremor of her fingertips, concentric rings of refined sound rippled through the air.

Several sound waves transformed into silver sonic blades, striking the heads of the three Core Formation cultivators before they could even react.

……

When the music ended, only three corpses at the Core Formation stage remained on the sea.

Qingling looked at Chen Xu: "Senior brother, are you going to silence the nearby cultivators?"

She hovered in the air, her gaze calmly sweeping over the cultivators in the distance who were desperately activating their magical artifacts to escape the sea.

For her, eliminating these Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stage cultivators was a matter of a snap of the fingers, like brushing off a speck of dust from her clothes.

Chen Xu stood on the crest of the broken wave, the blue light of the Wanli Yunshuo Talisman had dimmed and faded.

Letting these cultivators escape and spreading the news would indeed be troublesome for him. Chen Xu then replied without hesitation:

"Yes, clean it up thoroughly, leave no one behind."

"Yes."

Qingling responded, and the Illusionary Sound Conch reappeared, with even stronger spiritual energy fluctuations beginning to condense.

The invisible killing intent, like icy seawater, instantly permeated the surrounding area for dozens of miles, making every fleeing cultivator feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave, letting out desperate cries.

"Ugh!!!"

On the distant horizon, a Foundation Establishment cultivator who was piloting a flying shuttle suddenly had his head explode without warning.

Red and white substances were sprayed onto the azure sea, a shocking sight.

Another elder, who was at the late stage of Qi Refining, had just crushed a life-saving jade talisman to form a light shield. That light shield, which was enough to withstand a full-force attack from an early stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, was as fragile as paper in the face of the sound wave.

He felt as if countless giant drums were beating in his head at the same time. Blood spurted from his seven orifices, his eyeballs burst, and his consciousness completely sank into boundless pain. His body went limp and was swallowed by a wave.

Further away, a monk skilled in concealment hid behind a reef, believing himself to be safe.

But the moment the sound waves swept over, his body felt as if it were being gripped by an invisible giant hand, squeezed inward violently, and the crackling sound of bones breaking was continuous.

In the blink of an eye, he turned into a blurry mass of flesh, blood, and bone fragments, which splashed onto the black reef and were quickly washed away.

Screams rose and fell, only to be abruptly cut off in an instant.

On the sea, it seemed as if a brief but cruel rain of blood was falling.

In just a few breaths, the sound dissipated, and the world returned to deathly silence.

The once noisy and chaotic sea is now only filled with the monotonous sound of waves crashing against the shore.

Chen Xu stood on the sea, his face expressionless.

His gaze swept across the crimson sea, making sure nothing was missed, before he put Qingling back into his beast-taming space.

Nan Longyue, standing to the side, was pale, her spiritual energy was disordered, and her meridians were aching.

She was horrified by the scene before her, a veritable hell of corpses and blood, but she didn't ask any further questions.

"Cough..." Nan Longyue coughed lightly, covering her mouth. A trace of crimson blood seeped from between her fingers, which she then wiped away without making a sound.

Chen Xu turned his gaze to her: "How are your injuries?"

"It's alright, the spiritual energy is just a little volatile, a few days of recuperation will do the trick."

Nan Longyue's voice carried a hint of weariness.

"This place is not safe to stay for long."

Chen Xu's voice remained calm, and he didn't care about the energy expenditure, taking out another Myriad Miles Cloud Shuttle Talisman.

As the azure light shone again, it gently enveloped the two of them, tearing through the sea breeze and heading towards Meteor City.

The sea breeze howled, blowing against their robes. Nan Longyue's face was still pale. She closed her eyes and regulated her breathing, trying her best to calm the churning blood and disordered spiritual energy in her body.

Chen Xu stood with his hands behind his back at the front of the blue light, his gaze seemingly fixed on the endless horizon, but in reality, his mind was focused.

The Dragon Palace's secret realm, its legacy, and the true identity and conspiracy of that hooded cultivator...

Countless pieces of information swirled in Chen Xu's mind.

A thought flickered in his mind, and he asked Nan Longyue behind him, "Do you know about the Nine Dragons Palace-Suppressing Talisman?"

Upon hearing this, Nan Longyue's body stiffened abruptly.

The faint golden light deep within her pupils surged, rippling violently.

"Nine Dragons Palace-Suppressing Talisman..." she murmured, seemingly lost in memories.

"That's a key to unlocking the evil realm..."

"In the depths of the Evil Realm, within the inherited memories, countless evil spirits slumber."

Among them was a terrifying evil lord, known as the Fish Emperor...

"However, the evil spirits of the Evil Realm call themselves the Holy Race, and their strength is terrifying."

Nan Longyue's eyes flickered violently with golden light: "The ancient dragon race exhausted all its strength and paid a terrible price to seal the holy race within the evil realm."

The Nine Dragons Palace-Suppressing Talisman is one of the core components of that sealing array, possessing a natural resistance to corrupting forces.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xu was utterly shocked.

The Evil Holy Clan, the Fish Emperor...

Unexpectedly, in this Meteorite Sea, I could still hear the legend of the Fish Emperor.

Although Nan Longyue's memories of the Fish Emperor were vague and incomplete, the fact that the ancient Dragon Palace had to pay such a heavy price meant that this Holy Clan must be incredibly powerful.

After all, the ancient Dragon Palace was a power at the Nascent Soul stage...

The Fish Emperor is probably also a demon god at the Nascent Soul stage.

The thought that he might be targeted by a Nascent Soul stage being filled Chen Xu with a sense of unease...