Chapter 289: Chapter 228: Underwater Struggle with the Flood Dragon

This was the power of the Blood-Colored Demon Flame after Tribulation Star Possession!

The Blue-White Demon Flame was like an ordinary fire, easily swayed by the wind. But the Blood-Colored Demon Flame, imbued with the power of the Tribulation Star, burned in a conical shape, piercing through all techniques.

During the battle at Tokyo Tower, Mr. Ju had used the Eight Universes in One Tower to cast a Curse Art, six Saint Realm experts had deployed the Six Paths Soul Suppressing Array, and Tanaka Shoukichi had channeled the Great Trend of Japan. Yet the Blood-Colored Demon Flame had broken free from this threefold suppression in an instant, a testament to its power to shatter techniques and protect its wielder.

The greatest strength of the Light Condensing Cause and Effect Curse lay in its silent, traceless nature. It used hypnotic suggestion to make every misfortune seem logical and preordained, luring the target into a trap. It could even instill a powerful sense of fatalism, causing them to lose the will to resist.

But Yi Beidou was different. He had never believed in fate. The moment he felt that sense of fatalism, he knew he had been affected.

Once the problem was identified, it was naturally easy to overcome.

One could only say that the Alchemist’s Curse Art was exceptionally terrifying, but he had used it on the wrong person!

However, even though the "fated cause and effect" had been reversed, Yi Beidou was not yet completely out of danger.

The massive Sea Flood Dragon’s strength was even more terrifying than he had imagined. Caught in its jaws, he couldn’t break free right away.

Most importantly, they were in the middle of the ocean.

The Sea Flood Dragon seemed to possess considerable intelligence. Realizing the immense power of the creature in its mouth, it reacted immediately.

SPLASH!!

Its body, which had been poking out of the sea, suddenly recoiled, dragging Yi Beidou down into the water.

GLUG GLUG GLUG!!

In an instant, turbulent seawater rushed in, battering everything around Yi Beidou.

’This is bad!’

Cheng Zhihong and Yuna watched the scene unfold, completely helpless. Even Saint Experts were land-dwellers; if they went into the sea, they would just be an extra meal for those monsters.

Worse still, the sea surface churned as shadows rapidly approached—the other Sea Flood Dragons were charging them.

Now, Yi Beidou’s fate in the ocean was entirely up to him.

Water flooded in. This was a type of battle Yi Beidou had never experienced before, a completely new sensation.

The water made it difficult to breathe. His senses were disrupted by the currents, and his hearing and vision were severely impaired.

But the most terrifying part was the sudden panic of losing his footing.

And that wasn’t all. He could feel himself moving at high speed. The massive Sea Flood Dragon was smart; it was dragging him into a rapid, deep dive.

Once they reached a certain depth, even if Yi Beidou managed to escape its maw, fighting this Sea Flood Dragon in the deep sea would be a death sentence.

’I have to finish this beast quickly.’

’This is more than I expected. As expected of a being that has lived for a millennium or even longer in the river of history, mastering all sorts of secrets and methods.’

’Am I being pushed this far before I’ve even seen the main culprit?’

BOOM!!

In the next moment, the Blood-Colored Demon Flame erupted around Yi Beidou, and a divine light shot from his eyes.

The Life Magnetic Field within him reversed.

Celestial Demon Dissolution, Second Layer of Reverse Chaos!

In that instant, his physical strength surged once more, shattering the stalemate with the Sea Flood Dragon.

CRACK! CRACK!

A cracking sound echoed from the Sea Flood Dragon’s jaw as Yi Beidou forced its gaping maw open, like Pangu propping up the heavens and earth of Chaos.

Forcing its jaws open this wide caused the Sea Flood Dragon intense pain. It stopped its dive and began to thrash about in the water, but it refused to let go.

Yi Beidou propped the Sea Flood Dragon’s mouth open with one palm and placed his other hand on its upper jaw.

BOOM!!

The Blood Fire Demon Flame flared. The blood in Yi Beidou’s body felt thick as mercury, acting like a hydraulic system, transferring power incrementally to his palm.

Underwater, all attacks were weakened by the current. Therefore, the most destructive method was an Inch Force Vibration blast, delivered directly against the opponent’s body!

The next moment, power poured into the Sea Flood Dragon’s upper jaw, sending visible shockwaves rippling through the water.

A creature’s brain lies just above the upper jaw. Yi Beidou’s strike wasn’t just an Inch Force Vibration; it was also accompanied by the powerful mental assault of the Blood-Colored Demon Flame, both rattling the Sea Flood Dragon’s brain.

ROAR!!

A tremor ran through the Sea Flood Dragon’s body. Yi Beidou could clearly feel its bite force weaken significantly, as if it had fallen into a daze.

At this point, Yi Beidou could have escaped. But they were deep in the ocean. If the creature recovered before he reached the surface, a fight in the water would be extremely disadvantageous for him.

He took a sudden step forward, curling his body and shifting to the corner of the Sea Flood Dragon’s mouth.

Bracing his feet against its lower jaw and his palms against its upper jaw, he unleashed a terrifying burst of power.

It was as if he were trying to pry apart the heavens and the earth.

RRRIP!!

The thick skin at the corner of the Sea Flood Dragon’s mouth tore under the immense force. Bright red blood streamed into the seawater, followed by a sickening crunch of bone as Yi Beidou forcibly dislocated one of its jaw joints.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The Sea Flood Dragon roared in pain and thrashed violently in the water, trying to throw Yi Beidou off. But Yi Beidou’s fingers were like steel needles, digging into its flesh to secure his position. Exerting his strength, he moved to its other jaw joint, preparing to repeat the process and completely unhinge the beast’s jaw.

However, just at that moment, a vine-like appendage of flesh shot out from the Sea Flood Dragon’s mouth. Like a steel whip, it struck Yi Beidou’s body before he could fully exert his power.

WHOOSH!!

Yi Beidou’s body was instantly flung out of the Sea Flood Dragon’s mouth.

It was the Sea Flood Dragon’s Snake Tongue. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Sensing danger, the Sea Flood Dragon seemed to lose all interest in Yi Beidou and plunged headfirst into the deep sea.

It felt fear from that tiny human. Not even the Alchemist’s Curse Art could suppress the massive creature’s survival instinct, so it fled without a second thought.

’This beast...’

Yi Beidou floated in the water, looking down at the increasingly blurry silhouette in the depths and shaking his head slightly.

He had no idea what kind of creature this mutant was. With its terrifying size and strength, it could probably hunt even whales, the tyrants of the ocean, with ease. It was also incredibly slippery. On land, Yi Beidou would never have let it escape, but killing it in the ocean was indeed no easy task.

Still, its retreat saved him a lot of trouble. The life or death of a single beast was irrelevant; the most important thing was the person pulling the strings from behind the scenes.

He stopped looking down and turned his gaze toward the surface.

In that short time, he estimated the Sea Flood Dragon had dragged him over a hundred meters deep.

BOOM!!

He stomped his foot, and the water seemed to explode like a cannonball as his body shot through the current, ascending in a straight line.

A second step, a third, a fourth...

Yi Beidou ascended by stepping on the water itself, a truly shocking sight that, unfortunately, no one was there to witness.

「On the surface of the sea.」

"Be careful."

Cheng Zhihong and Yuna were constantly dodging the attacks of the Sea Flood Dragons from beneath the waves, their expressions grim.

However, just then, their expressions suddenly faltered.

They sensed that the threats beneath the water were descending.

’Are they... leaving?’

The two exchanged a look, unsure what was happening with the Sea Flood Dragons.

THUMP!!

THUMP!!

Suddenly, they both frowned slightly. They felt a series of tremors from the sea surface, the waves rising and falling. It seemed like something terrifying was approaching the surface, but they couldn’t get a clear sense of what it was.

Their expressions grew wary and vigilant.

A few breaths later.

BOOM!!

The sea surface suddenly exploded, and a figure leaped high into the air, landing steadily on the water amidst the falling spray.

"Mr. Yi!"

Seeing the figure appear, delighted surprise spread across their faces.

’He actually managed to retreat completely unscathed under these circumstances?! It’s unbelievable!!’

"Are you injured?"

The two of them quickly ran toward Yi Beidou as they asked.

"Just a minor injury."

Yi Beidou glanced at his palm, where several bleeding punctures remained—wounds from the Sea Flood Dragon’s sharp teeth.

That thing’s bite force could tear even steel to shreds.

"It seems that Sea Flood Dragon was the leader of the pack. Now that the group has left, we can keep moving," Yi Beidou said, his gaze fixed on the floating island shrouded in a hazy, Immortal light.

Hearing this, Cheng Zhihong and Yuna were slightly stunned.

’It was this dangerous before we even set foot on the island, and he still wants to continue?!’