Chapter 944: Scorching the Sky and Boiling the Sea |
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The sword light was like a bolt of silk, cleaving through the vast sky.
The Battle Masters who had seized the chance to escape did not catch Li Qingran's attention.
She hovered in mid-air, her Su Xian Sword transforming into one streak of flowing light after another in her hand. With each swing of her sword, tentacles were inevitably severed with a crisp sound.
Those tentacles, thick as stone pillars and covered in sharp teeth, were as fragile as paper in the face of her Sword Qi.
Although Xindra had means to regenerate its tentacles, Li Qingran's speed in severing them was faster.
Soon, the part of Xindra floating on the sea surface no longer had a single tentacle left, only a bald head remaining.
"Roar——!"
Xindra let out a heaven-shaking roar, a hint of emotion finally appearing within its densely packed compound eyes: rage and pain.
Even sea monsters were no exception.
And Xindra's choice was to continue fighting stubbornly.
More tentacles, shimmering with the radiance of World Rings, emerged from beneath the sea surface, lashing out frantically towards Li Qingran.
One.
Two.
Ten.
Twenty.
Li Qingran didn't even bat an eyelid.
Wherever the sword light passed, tentacles broke apart one after another, spraying jet-black blood that dyed the entire sea area ink-black.
"Too slow."
She said softly, her figure flashing as she directly bypassed the sky full of tentacles, arriving in front of Xindra's head.
The Su Xian Sword was raised high.
Nine ten-thousand-year World Rings lit up simultaneously.
Vast Sword Intent condensed into a single point, aimed directly at Xindra's densely packed eyes——
"Dao Gives Birth… to One Sword!"
But just as the sword light was about to descend.
The entire world froze for an instant.
And within this relative stillness.
Xindra moved.
It abruptly retracted all its severed tentacles, its massive body sinking into the deep sea at an inconceivable speed.
Boom——!
The sea surface exploded with massive waves, then returned to calm.
The frozen time resumed its flow.
Li Qingran, holding her sword, hovered in the air, frowning slightly.
It ran away?
She stared at the deep, dark sea surface, extending her Divine Sense downwards, trying to sense the direction of that monster.
Then——
Her expression changed drastically.
Through that pitch-black seawater, she saw dozens of red glows.
A full thirty-six of them.
Those red glows lit up from the deep sea, circling around Xindra's massive body in rings, one layer after another.
Those were World Rings.
Thirty-six World Rings.
Each one emitted an aura that made one's heart palpitate.
Li Qingran's pupils contracted sharply.
Driving thirty-six World Rings?
That's cheating!
The next second——
Boom——!
The entire sea area exploded.
Violent Battle Power erupted from the deep sea, carrying a trace of oceanic divinity.
The aura was so strong it sent chills down Li Qingran's spine and made her scalp go numb.
The sea surface suddenly sank downwards.
As if an invisible giant hand had pressed down hard on the entire sea area.
Immediately after, the seawater surged upwards.
Instantly condensing into a tsunami powerful enough to overturn heaven and earth.
Seawater from all directions rose simultaneously, forging towering walls of water that reached the sky and pierced the earth, converging towards Li Qingran from the east, south, west, and north.
The water walls were so high, their tops were invisible.
The water walls were so thick, they blotted out the sky and sun.
Between heaven and earth, only these four rapidly approaching water walls remained, and Li Qingran trapped at the center.
This all-out strike, condensed with the full power of thirty-six World Rings and further enhanced by that trace of divinity.
The power of this strike had already far exceeded the scope of Legend.
This was——
Demigod.
Even though it was just seawater, at this moment it possessed the power to tear everything apart.
Li Qingran gripped her Su Xian Sword tightly, her expression grave.
She could feel it; she couldn't block this strike.
Even with nine ten-thousand-year World Rings, even though her comprehension of the Green Lotus Sword Manual had touched the threshold of the Dao——
But a Demigod was still a Demigod.
It was an existence of another level.
The four water walls drew closer and closer.
A hundred zhang.
Fifty zhang.
Thirty zhang.
The aura of death rushed towards her face.
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On the sea surface, a woman with an elven appearance stood steadily on a small piece of wooden plank.
The towering waves all around, the violent Battle Power, even Xindra's suffocating pressure, seemed to have no effect on her whatsoever.
She stood quietly, watching Li Qingran trapped by the water walls in the distance.
Her expression changed slightly.
She slowly raised her hand, a point of faint light glowing at her fingertip.
But just as she was about to make her move——
Boom——!
The colors of heaven and earth changed.
A crimson red light erupted from the center of the water walls, flames soaring into the sky, instantly tearing the four converging water walls into shreds.
That seawater, powerful enough to trap and kill any existence below Demigod level, the moment it touched the crimson light, directly transformed into mist filling the sky, rising upwards.
The entire sea area was boiling.
The sky was dyed a crimson red.
Rolling waves of heat swept through heaven and earth, vast white mist spread across the wilderness, enveloping the entire sea area in a hazy veil.
Xindra's agonized screams shook the heavens and earth.
Those tentacles that hadn't been retracted in time, under the scorching of the flames, turned charred black, cracked one by one, and then——
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Exploded into countless pieces of flesh, raining down into the sea.
Flesh fell like rain.
Blood mist spread.
But before this blood mist could diffuse, it was evaporated completely by the overwhelming heat waves.
In the crimson sky, flames continuously fell.
Clusters, blossoms, trailing long tails of flame as they descended from the sky, smashing into the sea, stirring up towering columns of mist.
The entire world seemed to be experiencing an apocalypse.
The elven woman stood on the wooden raft, her raised hand slowly lowering.
She looked at the crimson sky, at the boiling seawater, at the rain of fire falling from the heavens, her eyes filled with shock.
And then——
Her gaze fixed on a certain spot.
The mist gradually dissipated.
In the depression where the seawater had been evaporated, illuminated by the crimson sky, a slender figure slowly appeared.
White robes.
Pale hair.
A tall figure stood shielding Li Qingran.
With one hand, he protected the young girl behind him, the other hand casually raised.
Between his fingertips, he held a small cluster of fire.
That cluster of fire was tiny.
So small it was only the size of a fist.
But it was this tiny cluster of fire that emitted extreme high temperatures, causing the sea area for a hundred li around to continuously boil, and making Xindra hidden within the seawater wail incessantly.
The woman's pupils contracted slightly.
Within that small cluster of fire, she sensed a terrifying pressure.
That pressure… was very similar to divinity, yet did not belong to this world.
"Husband, you finally came out!" Li Qingran, feeling the warm embrace behind her, felt a surge of joy, but immediately her eyes reddened. Hugging Chen Huaian's arm, she started acting spoiled: "Husband, look at it!"
She pointed at the massive shadow of Xindra beneath the sea surface, puffing out her cheeks, saying angrily: "It bullied your little disciple! Hurry up and deal with it!"
Chen Huaian narrowed his eyes.
He had come out precisely to deal with this sea monster.
However, this sea monster was somewhat peculiar, resembling a World Beast yet not quite, giving him a very strange feeling.
But never mind!
It almost hurt his disciple, so it must die!
That cluster of fire fell from his hand.
The entire vast ocean, before even touching that wisp of flame, was forcibly split in two.
The seawater retreated madly to both sides, waves churning yet not daring to advance half a step. Amidst the roaring, the ancient seabed that had slumbered for eons was completely exposed under the light of day.
Dark brown reefs, millennia-old silt, even the hard bedrock of the seafloor… without even a chance to char, directly melted into crimson, churning magma.
The seabed continuously collapsed and liquefied under the extreme heat, sizzling sounds filling the air as the entire seafloor was burned out of shape.
And the flame suspended in mid-air, at this moment, gradually shed its blazing red hue, sinking into a piercing, blinding white—— the temperature had reached its extreme, even the surrounding light and wind were incinerated together, leaving only a pale white fire shadow capable of scorching through Divine Souls, firmly locking onto the massive creature ahead.
A single spark landed on Xindra's slick, wet scales.
In an instant.
Tongues of flame raced madly along its flesh, blood, and bones. The entire sea monster instantly transformed into a massive fireball.
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