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Chapter 53 Subduing the Flood Dragon and Suppressing the Demon
Xuan Yao stepped out from the clouds, and with a wave of his sleeve, an extremely dazzling platinum sword light shot out from his sleeve.
After being tempered by the Southern Ming Fire, the Flying Golden Sword's edge had become majestic and righteous.
At this moment, the sword light surged to a length of a hundred feet, and with overwhelming force, it cleaved an insurmountable void rift between the dark golden evil dragon and the gray-white spirit vulture, instantly halting the evil dragon's pursuit.
With a deafening roar, the water surface within a radius of millions of miles below was cleaved in two by the sword energy, creating a terrifying surge.
Having escaped death, the grey-white eagle knew that a powerful being had intervened, so it dared not resist any longer. It folded its wings and dragged its blood-stained body to a cloud hundreds of miles away, where it looked at Xuan Yao warily with its sharp bird eyes.
The dark golden evil dragon was forced back by the sword energy, and its huge body rolled once in the sea of clouds before it stabilized.
It stared intently at the suddenly appearing Taoist in green robes with its blood-red, lantern-like eyes.
This evil dragon has been entrenched in Yunze for many years and is used to being ferocious. In addition, Xuan Yao deliberately concealed his innate evil aura, and only a peaceful and virtuous aura emanated from his body.
For a moment, it couldn't see through Xuan Yao's true strength, thinking he was just some ordinary rogue cultivator who had come out of nowhere and was unaware of his own mortality.
"You Daoist!" the evil dragon roared, its voice like thunder.
"How dare you ruin my plans? Are you tired of living and want to serve me a meal?"
Xuan Yao stood atop a cloud, his expression calm and serene, unperturbed by the arrogance of the vicious dragon. He held the flying golden sword upside down in one hand and asked indifferently:
"Judging from your fortune, you are already burdened by karmic obstacles. What karmic connection do you have with this vulture that compels you to exterminate it completely?"
"Cause and effect? Hahaha..."
Upon hearing this, the evil dragon let out a piercing laugh, its massive tail slapping the water's surface with a deafening roar.
"In this primordial world, the strong prey on the weak! I've set my sights on the essence and blood of this hairy beast. If I want to devour it, I'll devour it. Why should I bother with any principles of cause and effect? Since you insist on standing up for me, I'll devour you too, just to replenish my vital energy!"
Before the words were even finished, the evil dragon had already launched its attack.
It opened its huge mouth, not to pounce or bite, but to spew out a thick, black jet of water from deep within its throat.
The black water reeked of a foul stench, and as soon as it appeared, it began to sizzle and corrode the surrounding clouds.
Upon closer inspection, the water not only contained highly poisonous miasma and underground thunder from the depths of Yunze, but also countless painfully distorted faces struggling and wailing within it.
This was clearly the vicious supernatural power that the evil dragon had cultivated over tens of thousands of years after devouring countless sentient beings and refining their vengeful spirits and poisonous energy together.
This water does not harm the physical body, but specifically defiles the cultivator's protective aura, magical treasures, and primordial spirit.
If an ordinary Golden Immortal were to be enveloped by this black water, even if their cultivation was not low, they would suffer damage to their Dao foundation if they were not careful and their spiritual platform became tainted by this resentful and foul energy.
"I was just looking for someone to test my skills, and you've walked right into my path."
Xuan Yao's newly cultivated Southern Ming Guardian General is not some kind of killing technique, after all, this supernatural power is mainly for internal use and not for external use.
However, all things in the universe are governed by the principles of mutual generation and restraint.
The filthy poison and malevolent energy that this evil dragon is so proud of, along with its vengeful spirits and foul air, are precisely what the Southern Bright Fire can most easily restrain.
Faced with the raging black water, Xuan Yao didn't even use his magic weapon. He simply raised his left hand and gently touched the bottomless poisonous water in front of him.
"Disperse."
As he uttered this whisper, the crimson-gold armored general who had been standing with his eyes closed in the depths of Xuan Yao's sea of consciousness suddenly opened his eyes.
The fire-patterned halberd in the god's hand trembled slightly.
The next moment, a wisp of crimson-gold firelight floated down from Xuan Yao's fingertip and landed precisely in the vast expanse of black water.
In an instant, the principles of mutual generation and restraint were fully displayed in the void.
The wisp of firelight fell into the water and spread along the black water at an incredible speed.
Before the flames of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the miasma was like withered grass meeting the scorching sun, instantly burned into wisps of smoke and dissipated into the world.
What's even more astonishing is that the vengeful spirits that were originally howling with resentment in the black water had their resentment completely burned away the moment the firelight touched them, and were replaced by a sense of liberation and clarity.
They bowed in the direction of Xuan Yao, then transformed into specks of spiritual light and dissipated into the depths of reincarnation.
In just a few breaths, the massive, towering black water was completely cleansed by this wisp of fire, leaving not a trace of filth behind.
"How is this possible! What kind of divine fire is this?!"
The evil dragon's eyes were bloodshot, and it was so frightened that it retreated repeatedly.
Its trump card, which had tainted countless magical treasures of rogue cultivators, was now easily destroyed by a single finger from its opponent.
Only at this moment did the evil dragon finally realize that the seemingly easy-going Taoist in green robes was not a soft persimmon that it could easily manipulate!
Faced with a life-or-death crisis, the ferocity inherent in the evil dragon's bones was fully unleashed.
"roar!"
It roared and stopped casting spells. Instead, it expanded its ten-thousand-foot-long dragon body wildly, its dark golden scales spreading out like blades. Its four thick dragon claws tore through the clouds, intending to use this incomparably powerful golden immortal demon body to crush Xuan Yao directly in mid-air.
Seeing this, Xuan Yao advanced instead of retreating.
With a flick of his right hand, he unleashed a magnificent sword flourish with his flying golden sword.
The platinum sword light intertwined in the void to form an impenetrable sword net. A series of ear-piercing clanging sounds of metal clashing rang out, forcefully knocking away the evil dragon's two front claws that were reaching for its face.
Taking advantage of the moment when the evil dragon's central gate was wide open, Xuan Yao's figure flashed like a ghost, and he took the initiative to get close to the evil dragon's mountain-like chest.
At the same time, he made a palm with his left hand.
The natal Xuan Sha that had been dormant within his body for so long was no longer concealed, transforming into an extremely intense black-gold Xuan light, which was poured entirely into his palm.
Xuan Yao was originally a black tiger species that was mainly used for killing. When it came to physical strength, this mere dragon was not even worthy of carrying his shoes.
"break!"
Xuan Yao uttered a single word, and his palm, imbued with both virtuous energy and extreme ferocity, struck precisely the millstone-sized dark gold reverse scale on the lower jaw of the evil dragon.
"Click—"
That seemingly indestructible reverse scale shattered under Xuan Yao's palm strike!
The raging innate evil energy pierced through his palm and entered his body, instantly wreaking havoc within the evil dragon's body.
"Aww—"
The evil dragon let out a heart-wrenching scream, and its massive body, tens of thousands of feet long, was struck as if by lightning, crashing straight down into the cloud-covered marsh below.
A single, devastating blow clearly demonstrated the difference in skill.
The evil dragon was filled with shock and rage, and its fear was compounded by endless terror.
It no longer dared to harbor any desire to fight. Taking advantage of the moment it fell into the water, it bit its tongue sharply, and a thick layer of bloody light suddenly rose from its body. It was about to burn its Golden Immortal essence blood and use the Blood Escape Technique to escape into the depths of the Cloud Marsh.
Xuan Yao sneered from his high position and suddenly waved his sleeve.
"go!"
Thirty-six streams of black and gold light shot out from his sleeves, growing longer in the wind and instantly transforming into thirty-six enormous array flags radiating fierce energy, which, according to the number of the Heavenly Dipper, were firmly nailed to the void spanning tens of thousands of miles around Yunze.
With the banners fluttering, thirty-six black and gold pillars of light pierced the sky and the earth, instantly weaving together to form an impenetrable Heavenly Gang Array.
The evil dragon had just transformed into a streak of blood and rushed for dozens of miles when it crashed headfirst into the invisible barrier of the great formation.
The Xuan Sha energy flowing on the formation rebounded, slamming it back heavily onto the water's surface, leaving it dazed and confused.
A net so tight it's impossible to escape.
Within the formation, malevolent energy surged like knives.
Knowing that its time was coming to an end, the evil dragon struggled to transform back into a half-human form and knelt on the water's surface, completely devoid of its previous arrogance.
"Great Immortal, spare me! Great Immortal, spare me!"
The evil dragon kowtowed repeatedly, slamming its head against the water's surface with a loud crash, its voice filled with pleading:
"This lowly demon was blind and offended the great immortal's dignified presence. My cultivation has been arduous; I am willing to serve you as my master, to be your ox and horse, to be your mount and mount, but I beg you to spare my worthless life!"
Upon hearing this from above the clouds, Xuan Yao's expression turned strange.
He secretly grumbled to himself:
"It is true that I have come down from the mountain to find a mount. But I need a bird that can soar ninety thousand miles into the sky. You, a mudfish covered in scales and spending all your time in the water, are you what you call a mount?"
Moreover, this evil dragon has heavy karma. Just now it was extremely arrogant and wanted to devour people, but when it saw that it could not be defeated, it immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy. Its nature can be described as two-faced.
Such a vicious and unscrupulous beast, if kept as a mount, would not only ruin one's own fortune and luck, but if one were to encounter a truly powerful enemy in the future, it would likely be the first to betray its master and bite back.
When the evil dragon saw that Xuan Yao did not respond, its eyes were filled with despair, and it was about to make a last-ditch effort to detonate its primordial spirit.
However, Xuan Yao acted even faster. With a thought, a wisp of Nanming Fire flicked from his fingertip and precisely entered the evil dragon's body, instantly burning away all the poisonous energy accumulated on its surface and in its meridians, completely crippling its ability to harm people.
Immediately afterwards, Xuan Yao formed hand seals and, with the power of the Zhou Tian Sha Qi formation, condensed a Xuan Jin chain, which directly suppressed the evil dragon's primordial spirit, rendering it unable to move.
"If I just kill you, your poisonous blood will be spilled on Yunze, polluting the land for no reason."
Xuan Yao descended from the sky and, under the terrified gaze of the evil dragon, forcefully imprinted a Fude Xuansha restriction deep into its true spirit.
"My Qinghei Mountain Daoist Temple's cold pool water veins are gradually growing stronger. My two disciples' cultivation is still shallow, and we need someone to suppress the water veins. Although you, you beast, are not of great use, you can still be put to some use."
After speaking, Xuan Yao spread his sleeves and used the "Universe in the Sleeve" spell. A gust of wind swept through and took the dark golden evil dragon, which had been completely subdued and shrunk to the size of a mudfish, into his sleeve.