Chapter Ninety-Six: The Water Snake

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  "The ancient water lake is indeed fraught with crises."

  Ye Dun's gaze was directed at the water surface in front of him, and he only heard the sound of rushing water breaking out. One by one, strange fish shaped like arrows darted up.

  The strange fish was over three feet long, its entire body covered in dark green scales. Its pectoral and abdominal fins were extremely long and wide, resembling bird wings, flapping violently as it flew at high speed.

  Hehehehehehe...

  In flight, the fish's mouth opens and a pair of two-inch-long venomous spines shoot out, densely packed together.

  Although Ye Chen couldn't identify the species of the strange fish, he didn't dare to underestimate its poisonous stinger. Who knew if it could instantly kill a cultivator in the Condensing Reality realm? Of course, after practicing the Tempering Jade Strong Body Technique to the fourth level, the poisonous stinger was almost impossible to penetrate his defense, but Ye Chen also didn't plan on passively taking hits.

  The body's energy surged up, and the dense poisonous thorns were stirred up and crushed.

  Clang!

  The sword emerged from its scabbard and flashed four times in mid-air.

  Next moment!

  Four gleaming sword lights shot out, cutting the monstrous fish into a scattered mess, with blood rain filling the air.

  One wave has not yet subsided when another one rises.

  Suddenly a huge wave surged up from behind, and in the midst of the waves, a gigantic serpent-like creature appeared and disappeared, emitting an eerie aura that stirred up whirlpool after whirlpool.

  This time, Ye Yan recognized the species of the strange snake, which was a top-notch four-level demon beast, the Splitting Water Python. It had boundless strength and the innate ability to summon wind and rain. In addition to the demon beast's inner elixir, its body might also form a Splitting Water Elixir, which a warrior could wear on their person and activate with true energy, allowing them to increase their aquatic evasion speed by twofold. It was an extremely rare and precious treasure.

  Hiss!

  The python opened its bloody big mouth and a thick greyish-white water column shot out.

  Ye Chen's eyebrows slightly furrowed, the Cloud Concealing Sword in his hand slashed through the air, leaving a clear sword mark. Immediately afterwards, a concentrated beam of sword light flew out and struck.

  Splash!

  The waterspout burst open and a torrential downpour poured from the sky.

  Ye Chen stood still, and the rainwater had yet to approach within three feet before being cut off by his protective aura.

  The Flood Dragon saw the water pillar and couldn't help but let out a long, mournful whistle. The fierce and sinister aura shot straight up into the clouds, causing a drastic change in the heavens' primal energy. In the low-lying sky, large swaths of dark clouds gathered without warning, their oppressive blackness making one's heart feel anxious. At the same time, on the ancient lake, strong winds howled and dark currents surged, stirring up wave after wave of turbulent water.

  "Ordinary fourth-level top-tier demon beasts shouldn't be so powerful, right? Could it be that this Water-Splitting Python has the bloodline of an ancient demon beast within its body? That would be astonishing." In Ye Chen's understanding, a fourth-level top-tier demon beast could summon strong winds, but to cause a small-scale heavenly phenomenon was extremely difficult, almost impossible, unless it was a fifth-level demon beast that could make such a big commotion.

  The wooden plank beneath his feet rose and fell in the dark current, Ye Chen let out a cold hum, lifted his right foot, and stomped it down fiercely.

  Buzz!

  The ripples spread out in circle after circle, and the surface of the water within a radius of ten zhang was completely calm, with no waves rising.

  Abruptly——

  The giant python let out a mournful cry, its massive body flying upwards as if it had been struck by something.

  Several blinks of the eye passed, and the coiled body of the water snake finally fell back onto the surface of the water, but it didn't seem to have suffered any harm. Instead, it became abnormally enraged, its long body rolling and thrashing about, with a tail that was at least 40 or 50 feet long breaking through the waves and striking fiercely towards Ye Chen, creating a series of residual shadows.

  Ye Chen's expression turned grave, his previous kick not only stabilized the wooden board but also unleashed a secret technique he learned from Blood Hand Butcher - Earth Shattering Heaven Shocking. The hidden force silently attacked the Split Water Python from underwater, thinking that even if it couldn't kill the opponent, at least it would inflict some damage and make it retreat. Now it seems that the power of Earth Shattering Heaven Shocking is unable to break through the opponent's defense.

  The coarse and fine tail of the water bucket comes, sharp airflow scrapes face like a knife, leaf dust does not think carefully, body jumps up, jumping into the air.

  Splendid!

  It was as if a stick had been smashed onto tofu, and the wood instantly shattered into powder.

  In mid-air.

  Ye Chen took a deep breath, and with the Cloud Concealment Sword in hand, he swung it four times in succession. Four sword energies shot out like mountains, striking down at the Partitioning Python's head, neck, abdomen, and tail seven inches from the tip.

  Clang, clang, clang!

  Except for the last seven inches that missed, the other three hits were successful. However, with the sword's sharpness, it could only break open the snake scales and barely reach the inside, where the dark red blood instantly stained the lake surface, spreading out like ink.

  The water snake was really hurt this time, arching its back and letting out a long hiss, its gray-green eyes turning into a sinister red.

  Open wide bloody mouth, a whirlpool gathered at its throat.

  Immediately afterwards, a spiral water column with a diameter of about half a meter shot out and was compressed again along the way, becoming as thick as a thigh, striking towards Yedu like a ray.

  "This is bad, this monster is too powerful, can't deal with it at all."

  Ye Dun's face changed, the thick and thin spiral water column was too fast, he had no time to borrow power in the air, let alone dodge, and could only meet the water column with a powerful punch.

  In the midst of a deafening roar, the lake surface sank into a huge semicircle, tens of meters deep. Compared to it, Ye Chen's body seemed like a slightly larger insect, so tiny.

  A thread of blood oozed from the corner of his mouth, and Ye Chen had suffered a slight injury.

  The giant water snake was no better off either. Its massive body rolled over in the water, dizzy and disoriented, unable to emit a second spiral water column for the time being.

  "Let's take the Watershed Dan next time, for now let's go to Panshan Island first." Having made up his mind, Ye Chen didn't plan on continuing to entangle with the Watershed Python. With a push of his foot, the rainwater in mid-air curved into an astonishing arc, like a drawn bowstring.

  This is naturally not a bowstring, but the leaves condense the rainwater, making it an object that can be borrowed for power, increasing the 'initial momentum'.

  Whoosh!

  With arms outstretched, Ye Chen was like a white crane, leaving the area in an instant and swooping towards the center of Gu Shui Lake.

  ……

  Half a day passed, and after a bumpy ride, Ye Chen finally saw a lush and verdant large island.

  The island is round in shape, with a ring road around it, and at the top of the island, except for a mountain peak, there are ancient buildings stretching continuously.

  He let out a wry smile and muttered to himself, "That Qu Ming should have arrived early! After all, he's more familiar with Gu Shui Hu than I am, and can avoid some dangers in advance."

  Shaking his head, Ye Chen urged on the true energy, and the wooden boat beneath his feet moved forward at an even faster speed.

  Upon landing on the island, Ye Chen did not directly fly up the mountain; that was not a polite thing to do.

  Along the small path, Ye Chen arrived at the Pan Mountain Avenue, where four men were guarding.

  "What kind of person!" The yellow-faced man scolded loudly.

  "Several of you, I am a inner disciple of Liuyun Sect, and have come for a mission."

  "What evidence is there?" he asked.

  Ye Chen suddenly remembered the inner sect disciple token and hastily took it out, tossing it into his opponent's hand.

  That man carefully examined it again, confirmed that there was no mistake, and handed the token back. He politely said: "I offended you just now, Young Master Ye, please follow me up the mountain."

  Ye Chen nodded and followed behind him.