Mortal Alchemy

“Bang——”

The sea surface exploded.

Several Foundation Establishment cultivators' auras exploded with spiritual power, creating waves of hundreds of meters, a display of considerable power.

“Damn it!” Han Yu's figure emerged from the sea in a disheveled state, fleeing towards the Floating Light Market.

“Swoosh, swoosh——”

Several streaks of cyan sword energy attacked him.

Han Yu's soul trembled in fear as he desperately dodged Chen Ping's sword energy. He finally understood the difference between a Foundation Establishment cultivator like himself and a disciple of a major sect.

They were simply no match!

“No wonder Zhang Daosheng didn't want to stand up; he knew that Chen Ping's combat power was extraordinary!”

Han Yu cursed inwardly.

Just as the two were chasing and killing Han Yu, an unforeseen event occurred—

“Roar!”

A giant snake, entirely black and exuding a foul stench, appeared, opening its bloody maw and spraying venom at the three!

Madam Guo's expression changed drastically: “A Rank 2 Peak snake demon!”

The giant snake was dozens of feet long and had even undergone a mutation. It had a pair of fleshy bone wings on its snake body, and two bulges on its head, as if it were about to grow horns and transform into a蛟 (jiao, a mythical dragon-like creature)!

Han Yu's face lit up with joy: “Well done!”

With this snake demon causing a disturbance, he might be able to escape!

“Zzzzz!”

The venom sprayed out extremely quickly, landing on the sea surface and immediately turning a large area of the azure sea black and foul-smelling. All kinds of marine life within half a mile were instantly poisoned to death, floating on the sea surface, and even beginning to rot.

Chen Ping's face darkened: “What a beast!”

“Fellow Daoist Guo, you stop Han Yu; I'll kill this long creature first!”

Madam Guo gritted her silver teeth and mobilized her spiritual power to stop Han Yu from returning to the Floating Light Market.

“Courting death!” Han Yu's eyes revealed murderous intent: “I can't beat Chen Ping, but I can't kill you, this lowly bitch?”

Whether in terms of magic power or fighting skills, Madam Guo was no match for him, yet she still dared to come forward to stop him?

This could be regarded as Madam Guo showing her loyalty to Chen Ping. She was not Han Yu's opponent, but she was still willing to take a huge risk to delay Han Yu's time.

In an instant, they were hundreds of feet apart.

The giant, eerie snake eyes stared at Chen Ping, exuding a cold murderous intent, enough to make one's hair stand on end.

Chen Ping's eyes were cold: “This is the monster beast that wants to advance to Rank 3? The spirit beast of the Loose Cultivator Sea Worm.”

This giant snake with fleshy bone wings must be a mutated species, and the prototype of dragon horns has already appeared.

It wants to use this Rank 3 sea spirit vein to advance to Rank 3.

There must be a Rank 3 heaven and earth spiritual object inside this sea spirit vein.

“Roar!”

The black snake opened its bloody maw and charged towards Chen Ping at an extremely fast speed in the air, seemingly wanting to swallow Chen Ping directly.

“Hmph!” Chen Ping's eyes were cold: “You really underestimate me!”

Chen Ping gently patted his storage bag, and another Rank 2 Azure Cloud Sword appeared.

Chen Ping's spiritual power surged with all his strength, and the Obsidian Moon Sword immediately flew out of his hand, shooting towards the black snake!

At the same time, the Azure Lotus sword light erupted, and Chen Ping, holding the Azure Cloud Sword, also unleashed sword energy:

“Azure Lotus Sword Art—Twin Lotus United as One!”

This Azure Lotus Sword Art has a total of thirteen forms, and Chen Ping currently only masters three.

The two swords simultaneously erupted with sword light, as if lightning descended, dazzling and overwhelming.

The black snake only hesitated for a moment, and several streaks of sword energy struck the black snake, cutting through its scales and flesh, and a large amount of fragrant snake blood dripped into the sea.

Chen Ping's eyes did not show joy, but became more solemn: “As expected of a Rank 2 Peak monster beast, even with the first realm of swordsmanship, combined with the moves of the Azure Lotus Sword Art, I can't seriously injure it with one strike.”

“If I were in the second realm of swordsmanship, I should be able to kill it within a few moves!”

“Roar!” The black snake immediately roared in pain, its double bone and flesh wings flapped violently, and it flew towards him at an extremely fast speed. At the same time, a snake tooth flew out of its mouth,挟裹 (xié guǒ, carrying) with enormous spiritual power and toxicity, stabbing towards Chen Ping.

Chen Ping took a deep breath: “Since I can't kill it, then I'll drive it back! I can't waste too much time on it!”

Chen Ping's divine sense and spiritual power poured down.

The Obsidian Moon Sword and the Azure Cloud Sword suddenly erupted with azure light, like mother and son swords. The Obsidian Moon Sword bloomed with朵朵 (duǒ duǒ, clusters of) azure lotuses, revolving around Chen Ping, and azure light layered upon layer!

Then—

“Azure Lotus Great Yi!”

Those朵朵 (duǒ duǒ, clusters of) azure lotuses suddenly erupted with powerful sword energy. In an instant, a full one hundred and twenty-eight condensed silk azure lotus sword energies erupted!

“Bang, bang, bang——”

The sword energy bombarded the black giant snake, making explosive sounds, and spiritual light fell like heavenly flowers.

The sound of explosions was mixed with the black giant snake's painful roar.

It must be said that the Heavenly Sect's Azure Lotus Sword Art is really easy to use and powerful.

The first and second moves can cooperate, like a sword formation, with many changes.

This is the sword art that a true sect disciple should learn.

This made Chen Ping even more looking forward to Palace Master Gong Yue's sword dao inheritance, which should be even more powerful than the Azure Lotus Sword Art.

Snake blood sprayed into the sea like a fountain.

“Buzz, buzz, buzz!”

The Obsidian Moon Sword revolved around Chen Ping, and the sound of the sword was clear and loud.

The black snake's huge snake eyes revealed a look of dread. It roared unwillingly and drilled into the sea, heading towards the Rank 3 sea spirit vein.

“Hmph!” Chen Ping's face was slightly pale, and his eyes were cold:

“If I step into the second realm of swordsmanship, I will kill you, this long creature, with a few swords!” Two moves had consumed a lot of his spiritual power.

The power of the Azure Lotus Sword Art's moves also made him extremely satisfied.

But he fought a Rank 2 Peak monster beast to a draw with his Foundation Establishment Initial Stage cultivation, which was enough to be proud of.

Chen Ping didn't have time to recover his state and went all out to chase after Han Yu and Madam Guo!

Her combat power was not enough, and she probably couldn't hold Han Yu for long. If it took too long, there would be a risk of serious injury and death.

She showed her loyalty to Chen Ping with such action, and Chen Ping would naturally not stand idly by.

The scene on the sea was a bit strange.

Madam Guo's figure was a bit disheveled, falling into a disadvantage. Her道袍 (dàopáo, Taoist robe) was already tattered, revealing large areas of her snow-white and alluring skin, and her spring scenery was almost exposed. The Rank 2 magic tool on her hairpin had been shattered.

Otherwise, she would have already died under Han Yu's attack.

But even so, she was still desperately stopping Han Yu.

Han Yu was extremely annoyed, his face ashen:

“Lowly bitch! You are a dignified Foundation Establishment cultivator, risking your life to stop me for Chen Ping, what for?”

“With that blow just now, your Rank 2 magic tool has already been shattered. I'll see what you use to stop me next!”

“Go to hell!”

He held a round珠 (zhū, pearl)-shaped Rank 2 magic tool in his hand.

With the urging of magic power, dozens of red spiritual lines suddenly emerged from the magic tool and shot towards Madam Guo.

Madam Guo's face was pale, her lips were tightly bitten, and she took out several Rank 2 talismans from her sleeves, and then urged them to resist Han Yu's attack, her heart extremely anxious:

“Chen Ping! Why haven't you come yet!”

She was lucky enough to enter the Foundation Establishment stage. Although she had cultivation techniques, there was nowhere to obtain the way of attack, and her combat power was mediocre.

“Bang, bang, bang……”

The sound of spiritual light exploding rang out, blocking many red spiritual lines, but there were still several that were not blocked.

The power of Rank 2 talismans was ultimately not as powerful as the power of Foundation Establishment cultivators cooperating with magic tools.

Several red spiritual lines suddenly pierced towards Madam Guo's snow-white flesh.

Madam Guo's divine sense captured it, but she was already unable to resist. Her face was pale, and her eyes were somewhat desperate.

“咻——”