Returning Immortal

Chapter 44

Gwi Seongjin, who had decided to take the skull out of the cave, suddenly staggered.

Then he fell back and struggled, then stood up again with difficulty.

Before he fell, Gwi Seongjin's hand had brushed past the Qiankun Pouch.

And he had taken out the box made of red jade, had put the skull inside, and had sealed it again with a talisman.

Rustle.

The Raging Fire Divine Lord, who was following behind, had noticed that Gwi Seongjin had picked up something as he fell to the ground.

But he did not know in his dreams that it was a skull.

While Gwi Seongjin was seriously negotiating with the skull, the Raging Fire Divine Lord had approached close to Gwi Seongjin.

But it was still a distance where he could not attack.

Stagger, stagger.

The Raging Fire Divine Lord suddenly quickened his steps.

As he had sworn before coming to the absolute forbidden zone, one of them had to die today.

The Grand Prince, who had his shuttle snatched by the three-headed snake, was engaged in a difficult fight, pushing the flood dragon's jaw, which had come out of the pond, with one hand, by performing the Tyrant's Great Strength Art, the ultimate skill of his sect.

Crack.

It seemed the flood dragon's wide-open mouth was being pushed back, but at some point, it was pushed forward again.

The Tyrant's Great Strength Art, which was said to be comparable to the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, was being pushed back.

Ugh!

As the demonic qi surrounding the Grand Prince thinned, his form, which had grown to about a zhang, also gradually shrank.

When the flood dragon's snout came close to his face, only then did the Grand Prince regret his haste.

'Was I too hasty, blinded by the treasure?'

It was no use regretting it now.

Woooooong!

When the Grand Prince concentrated the latent power he had raised to the fullest with the Demonic Poison Pill into his arm, thick veins popped out on his skin, and black scales sprouted.

But this much was not enough.

The flood dragon's snout, which had once started to open, did not seem to close easily.

Saliva dripped from the flood dragon's fangs.

Drip, drip.

Now, that saliva was also falling on his head.

It was then.

A human figure slipped under the flood dragon's jaw and dug its sharp claws into it.

Screech!

But it was not the expected sound.

A sound of piercing leather should have been heard, not a sound of sliding on scales like this.

In the end, even with Ne Jinja's Yin Talisman Ghost Killing Art, which was at the supreme realm, he could not pierce the flood dragon's skin.

The flood dragon, which had been hit by an unexpected blow, shook its head greatly.

Kwwwwwaaaaang!

And when it roared ferociously, the Grand Prince flew back, spewing blood from his mouth.

The flood dragon, which had shaken off the Grand Prince, this time spewed a black poison mist at Ne Jinja.

Swoosh.

When Ne Jinja shook his body and disappeared into the air, the flood dragon, which had sneered at this, moved its head to the left and then opened its mouth wide and bit the empty air.

Gasp!

Ne Jinja had cultivated the Hidden Stealth Art to the point of almost being a body-splitting art.

Even so, he could not completely avoid the flood dragon's attack.

Although Ne Jinja, who had sucked in empty air, had twisted his waist exquisitely, the hem of his clothes had been caught by the flood dragon's teeth.

Rip!

Ne Jinja's upper garment was torn long.

But he had no time to pay attention to that.

One of Ne Jinja's feet was more than half caught in the flood dragon's wide-open mouth.

Whoosh!

Ne Jinja, who had rolled his body into a ball and had flipped his body in the air, swung his two arms fiercely.

Clang!

When his claws collided with the flood dragon's fangs, Ne Jinja barely escaped the danger with the rebound.

Ne Jinja, who had retreated from the flood dragon's attack range and had discovered that the flood dragon's teeth that had collided with his claws were fine, had a premonition that this fight would not be easy.

The flood dragon was fierce, for one thing, and its skin was tough and its teeth were too strong.

Moreover, as if it had a sixth sense...

Kwwwwwaaaaang!

It had grasped the Hidden Stealth Art he had performed as if by a ghost.

There was no way to face it alone.

"Vice Director! Let's attack together."

Fortunately, the Grand Prince, who had been sent flying back, joined the attack again.

"Good. I will attack the monster's eyes, so you, Grand Prince, please distract its attention."

"I understand."

In Ne Jinja's mind, it seemed they could defeat the flood dragon if the two of them attacked together.

But that was his illusion.

Although the two who had come out of the ancient formation had taken the Demonic Poison Pill and had triggered their hidden latent power, both of them were not in a good condition.

The Grand Prince could not use one of his arms, and the latent power Ne Jinja had drawn out was also below the expected level.

But the opponent was a spiritual being that had cultivated for a whopping several thousand years.

No matter how much its primordial qi was exhausted, it was a monster the two could not face.

Swish!

Ne Jinja, who knew that his Hidden Stealth Art did not work on the flood dragon, this time performed a strange empty art.

He had left his own form in the air and had exquisitely moved only his real body.

Although it was not a perfect body-splitting art, it was a rather similar level.

Ne Jinja, who was approaching the flood dragon by hiding his body in the air like that, had to twist his waist before he could even attempt an attack.

Chomp!

It was because the flood dragon had pushed its teeth at his real body.

'Even the body-splitting art doesn't work...'

Before he could regret it in surprise, a black poison mist was spewed from the flood dragon's mouth.

Whoosh!

Although Ne Jinja had performed his movement technique with all his strength, this time he could not completely avoid the flood dragon's attack.

The poison qi had brushed against his body.

The flood dragon's attack did not end there.

The flood dragon tried to swallow Ne Jinja, whose movements had slowed down from being poisoned.

"No!"

Thwack!

The Grand Prince, who had appeared from the side, struck the flood dragon's snout with his Tyrant's Great Strength Art and saved Ne Jinja, who was on the verge of entering its mouth.

Sway.

The flood dragon's head swayed for a moment at the surprise attack.

But...

The flood dragon, which had immediately come to its senses, attacked Ne Jinja again.

It had charged at him with the horn on its head like a bull.

Ugh!

Ne Jinja's body, which had received a great shock in a poisoned state, flew like a dry leaf.

The flood dragon, which had made the annoying Ne Jinja into a half-dead state in one breath, suddenly turned its head to the side.

Then it opened its large mouth and in an instant, bit the Grand Prince's head.

Crunch!

The Grand Prince, who was surrounded by black demonic qi, was too powerless.

His protective barrier was powerlessly pierced by the flood dragon's strong jaw strength, and his body, whose head had been torn off, fell down helplessly.

Crunch! Crunch!

Gulp!

The flood dragon chewed and swallowed the Grand Prince's head as if eating a delicious snack.

"Y-young master!"

Gwi Seongjin, who had approached close in the meantime, flew up and kicked the Grand Prince's corpse, sending it flying to the side of the fallen Ne Jinja.

Swish!

And as he was about to dodge, the Raging Fire Divine Lord, who was following behind, suddenly attacked him.

Although he had moved his body recklessly to preserve at least the Grand Prince's corpse, in the meantime, he had entered the Raging Fire Divine Lord's attack range.

However, perhaps because his internal energy was exhausted, the flame on the Sky-Piercing Halberd was not that strong.

"Crazy old man..."

Gwi Seongjin, who had cursed at the Raging Fire Divine Lord, who couldn't grasp the situation because his two eyes were blind, performed the Shifting Form Steps and dodged the Raging Fire Divine Lord's attack.

But in the place where he had dodged, the flood dragon's large mouth was waiting.

It had grasped the flow with its spiritual sense and had preemptively occupied the spot where Gwi Seongjin would move.

Gwi Seongjin, who had hastily drawn out his spirit energy and had performed the Shifting Form Steps, cursed at the Raging Fire Divine Lord again.

Swish!

This time too, the Sky-Piercing Halberd was blocking the front.

Gwi Seongjin, who had moved his sleeve and had taken out his Thunder Cloud Sword, struck the Sky-Piercing Halberd with the sword containing his spirit energy.

Clang.

At that, the Sky-Piercing Halberd, which was called a divine weapon, was broken in two at once.

Gwi Seongjin's hair, who was about to pass by the Raging Fire Divine Lord's side after cutting the Sky-Piercing Halberd, stood on end.

Swish.

When the Raging Fire Divine Lord swung his two hands, dozens of strands of internal energy unraveled from the tips of his fingers like threads.

The internal energy wriggled like a living creature and rummaged through the space, and the technique was so profound that it seemed he could not escape in one breath.

'Such a divine capturing hand...'

Although it was a desperate situation where his life was on the line, Gwi Seongjin couldn't help but admire.

Even though his two eyes were blind and he couldn't even properly deploy his consciousness, the capturing hand alone was truly a masterpiece.

At that very moment.

Swoosh!

A large shadow was cast on Gwi Seongjin's head.

It was the flood dragon's head.

Drip! Drip!

Thick saliva dripped long from the flood dragon's wide-open mouth.

Swoosh.

The startled Gwi Seongjin deployed his spirit energy with all his strength and slipped through the Raging Fire Divine Lord's hand shadow.

At that, the Raging Fire Divine Lord flew into the air and attacked Gwi Seongjin's head with both hands.

It was a handstand posture in the air.

It was then.

Chomp!

The flood dragon, which had been waiting for an opportunity in the air, bit the Raging Fire Divine Lord's two legs with its mouth.

The startled Raging Fire Divine Lord's hand suddenly faltered.

Coincidentally... Gwi Seongjin's upper garment was caught in that hand.

The flood dragon, with the Raging Fire Divine Lord's legs in its mouth, pulled its head towards the pond.

In response, the Raging Fire Divine Lord, who was struggling not to be dragged, pressed Gwi Seongjin's head with his other hand.

And a surprising thing happened.

Although it would have been insufficient to even pull his hair, surprisingly, at that moment, the Raging Fire Divine Lord blew his true qi into Gwi Seongjin's crown.

It was the last remaining Pure Yang True Qi in his middle dantian.

Swoosh.

At that, a tremendous suction force acted from Gwi Seongjin's body and sucked in his Pure Yang True Qi in an instant.

It was the same phenomenon as before.

"You brat! And you still say you didn't steal the Pure Yang True Qi..."

The Raging Fire Divine Lord shouted as if he were being wronged.

Thwack!

Gwi Seongjin, who had absorbed all of the Raging Fire Divine Lord's Pure Yang True Qi, raised his two hands and shook off the Raging Fire Divine Lord's hand.

At that, the Raging Fire Divine Lord's body was dragged towards the pond, following the three-headed snake.

Crack!

Slurp!

The three-headed snake, which had slowly chewed and swallowed the legs in its mouth, absorbed the Raging Fire Divine Lord's body as if sucking in air.

At that, the Raging Fire Divine Lord's body was sucked into the three-headed snake's mouth like noodles.

Crunch.

When the three-headed snake's sharp teeth pressed on his chest, the Raging Fire Divine Lord's heart was crushed in one breath.

Even so, the Raging Fire Divine Lord's gaze did not move away from the direction where Gwi Seongjin was.

It was a gaze full of resentment.

Slurp!

By the time the three-headed snake had absorbed the Raging Fire Divine Lord's head and had broken his skull, Gwi Seongjin was already escaping out of the cave.

In his two hands were the clothes of the fainted Ne Jinja and the Grand Prince.

Whoosh!

When Gwi Seongjin fled, the three-headed snake in the pond let out a ferocious sound.

It was a cry of victory.

The Beast Flower in the center of the island also spread its petals wide and freely emitted a thick fragrance.

At that, the primordial qi of heaven and earth in the vicinity swirled and was sucked into the cave.

* * *

Gwi Seongjin, who had safely escaped the Xuan Tian Cave Mansion, crossed the Black Dragon Cliff and entered the formation where the giant stone statues were buried.

Perhaps because the formation's pivot had collapsed, the giant stone statues showed no sign of moving.

The center where the giant stone statues were concentrated.

There, Gwi Seongjin, who had taken out the Three-Eyed Toad's inner core and the demon stone from the Grand Prince's clothes, detoxified Ne Jinja's poison using the Ghost Medicine Hall Master's ring.

After that, he woke him up and cast a suggestion with the Soul Capturing Art.

It was a suggestion that he had to protect him from now on.

It was the Soul Capturing Art that had even made the Blood Scorpion Demoness, whose martial arts were close to the extreme demonic realm, obey.

Ne Jinja, whose energy was exhausted and whose mind was even confused, could be easily subdued.

Gwi Seongjin, who had cast a suggestion deep into Ne Jinja's subconscious, manipulated his memory so that all the treasures obtained in the absolute forbidden zone had been taken by the monster in the cave.

And after waiting for a long time, he supported Ne Jinja and escaped out of the formation.

After that, Ne Jinja, who had come to his senses, took the lead and pioneered the path.

"Be careful!"

Even though the demonic beast that had appeared in front was not very dangerous, Ne Jinja warned Gwi Seongjin.

As if Gwi Seongjin's safety was the supreme goal.

Although it could be because of the suggestion Gwi Seongjin had cast, Ne Jinja's attitude towards Gwi Seongjin had changed by a world of difference compared to when they had entered the absolute forbidden zone.

When they encountered a formation or a barrier, he would definitely ask for Gwi Seongjin's opinion, and even when he faced a situation that was difficult to judge alone, he would ask for Gwi Seongjin's opinion.

Thanks to that, the two were able to pass through the Phantom Beast Forest without much difficulty and return to the main fortress.

(End of Chapter)