Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable-Chapter 129: Spiritual Energy Pearl
"Ye Tianling, this hatred is irreconcilable!"
Wan Xuegui roared and was blown up again.
The previous explosion had already reduced the water’s resistance, so the force of this blast was nearly double the last.
Wan Xuegui was blasted into a streak of bloody light, a "return in blood" that was all too fitting for his name.
He was blown straight out of the water and slammed violently against a distant cliff face.
His entire body tumbled down from the cliff face, landing face-first in the mud. He couldn’t get up for a long time.
Arcs of electricity periodically erupted across his body, and each time, the smell of roasting meat wafted out.
How could the word ’miserable’ even begin to describe this situation?
"Poor child, I told you not to come, but you wouldn’t listen? With an intellect like yours, it’s child’s play for your grandpa here to read your mind. And even if I guessed wrong, couldn’t I just retrieve any misplaced Thunderous Pearls?"
Ye Tianling pursed his lips and thought, ’If you come again, your grandpa will be the one feeling the pinch. These Thunderous Pearls are precious. Giving you three was already more than generous.’
"My dear grandson, don’t thank your grandpa. Your grandpa never leaves his name behind when doing good deeds."
Ye Tianling chuckled and called out, not caring whether Wan Xuegui could hear him. Then his figure flickered and he swam off into the distance.
The restrictions here were gone. Fang Qingxue was probably somewhere at the bottom of this lake.
Ye Tianling was extremely covetous of that Creation Ice Blood Lotus.
Now, with seven Thunderous Pearls in his possession, Ye Tianling felt a bit more confident.
Ye Tianling didn’t know that when Wan Xuegui, who had just regained consciousness, heard his words, his vision went black. He spat out a mouthful of black blood laced with arcs of lightning, and then passed out from pure rage.
...
Ye Tianling gradually descended toward the bottom of the Blood-Colored Ice Lake.
At a depth of nearly ten thousand meters, Ye Tianling felt immense pressure.
However, the closer he got to the bottom, the more Ye Tianling felt that there was more to this Blood-Colored Ice Lake than met the eye.
Lost in thought for a moment, Ye Tianling then chuckled mischievously. His Spiritual Lotus Armor transformed to resemble Wan Xuegui’s robes.
At the same time, Ye Tianling used the Little Faceless Technique to activate his Disguise Technique and the Returning Butterfly Cocoon Technique, changing his bone structure and appearance. He then used the Turtle Breath Technique to adjust his aura, and finally, used the Little Faceless Technique again to simulate the aura of the Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique.
A moment later, a living, breathing ’Wan Xuegui’ appeared.
"Fang Qingxue, you dare to steal ’Wan Xuegui’s’ Creation Ice Blood Lotus? You’re dead! Not only will I take the Creation Ice Blood Lotus, but I’ll also subject you to Yin Yang Harmony and show you the miserable fate of anyone who offends me, ’Wan Xuegui’!"
Ye Tianling tried saying a line viciously.
When the words came out, Ye Tianling felt it wasn’t just a physical resemblance, but a spiritual one too!
Even the temperament, the rising and falling cadence of his speech—it was all perfectly lifelike.
’Good, good. When the time comes, I’ll take the prize and let that Fang Qingxue settle the score with Wan Xuegui! That unfilial grandson wanted to seal his grandpa in a latrine for a hundred years? The hell he did, that’s too vicious! Your grandpa will just have his dear grandson pay a little price first.’
Ye Tianling chuckled to himself, his figure accelerating toward the lakebed.
At the bottom of the lake, circulating the Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique felt surprisingly smooth and effortless.
Ye Tianling found it a bit strange, but he finally confirmed that the Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique wasn’t as useless as he’d thought—at least, at his current Realm, it wasn’t bad to use.
...
At the lakebed, there was a Forbidden Array.
The Forbidden Array was ancient and mottled, forming a special barrier that looked like the eye of a spring.
From a distance, Ye Tianling could sense Fang Qingxue’s aura inside, but he couldn’t pinpoint her exact location.
Using methods like the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, Ye Tianling found the key location of the spring’s eye. Then, using the simulation ability of the Little Faceless Technique, he mimicked the Array’s fluctuations and entered the spring’s eye with ease.
Inside the spring’s eye, the World enveloped by the Array surprisingly contained no water. Instead, it was like a dreamlike space, incredibly profound and mysterious.
It was as if this was an independent Small World.
The World was desolate and ancient, filled with an incomparably profound aura of the Dao’s rhythm.
In the distance, there was something that looked like a small volcano.
From its crater, a clear spring flowed upward, defying the basic Laws of nature.
It seemed to be a natural Spiritual Spring.
In the distance, Ye Tianling saw Fang Qingxue. She was standing guard there with intense focus.
Just as Ye Tianling was about to use his abilities, he discovered with shock and suspicion that he was almost completely unable to use his Sword Dao Cultivation abilities here—an invisible restriction was completely suppressing his power.
’This—this place suppresses Cultivation?’
Ye Tianling was shocked at first, but then his heart filled with joy.
’If that’s the case, doesn’t that mean Fang Qingxue is also suppressed?’
Ye Tianling tried to circulate his Innate True Essence Power, but this time, his heart sank—his Innate True Essence Power was also suppressed in this place.
"This—Innate True Essence, a power that doesn’t even belong to this World, is suppressed? What kind of place is this?"
The smile on Ye Tianling’s face froze. His other trump card was his Innate True Essence Power, but as it turned out, that ability couldn’t be used either.
’Doesn’t that mean... I’ve become an ordinary person?’
"I got happy for nothing!"
Ye Tianling was a little speechless, but at the same time, he knew that if this was his situation, Fang Qingxue’s was probably even worse.
After all, the strength of his physical body was something Fang Qingxue could never hope to match.
CHH-CHH—
Suddenly, the distant fountain stirred, and an indescribable feeling welled up in Ye Tianling’s heart.
"An Exotic Treasure is emerging! Go get it!"
The Little Dragon Girl’s incredibly young voice suddenly echoed in Ye Tianling’s mind.
If even she was calling it an ’Exotic Treasure,’ how could Ye Tianling dare to ignore her?
From Ye Tianling’s perspective, for someone with the Little Dragon Girl’s high standards to consider something an Exotic Treasure, it must be incredibly valuable.
In that case, he had to seize it, no matter how shameless or unscrupulous he had to be.
Ye Tianling immediately broke into a sprint, and at that moment, the powerful ability of his physical body was on full display.
He pushed off with his feet, generating an explosive force that launched him into the air, covering more than ten meters in a single leap!
WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH—
Above the crater and the Spiritual Spring.
Three azure-blue Spiritual Energy Pearls, looking very similar to the Thunderous Pearls, suddenly shot out one after another like streaks of blue Flowing Light.
"They’re finally out! With these Spiritual Energy Pearls, I can also step into the Sword Void First Transformation Realm!"
Fang Qingxue let out a sigh of relief, a confident smile appearing in her beautiful eyes.
BUZZ—
Suddenly, an afterimage flashed past her, and then, the three Spiritual Energy Pearls were simply gone.
Fang Qingxue froze, her pupils contracting—Wan Xuegui had actually appeared!
’And I can’t even see through his Realm now?’
’And his speed... it was so fast I almost couldn’t see him?’
"There are three Spiritual Energy Pearls. You take two, give me one!"
Fang Qingxue suppressed her surging rage and killing intent, her voice low and heavy.
The treasure had been within her grasp, only to be snatched away. One could only imagine her fury.
Moreover, these Spiritual Energy Pearls were exactly what she needed to break through to her next crucial Realm.
