Chapter Fifteen: Explosive Dragon King

  They could feel that the attack launched by Ling Wu Shuang was, subtly, even more astonishing than Yao Sheng's. Even Yao Sheng's eyes flashed with an incredulous light.

  "Wu Yin Jue, Fan Shan Yin!" translates to "Five Seal Decree, Reverse Mountain Seal!"

  Ling Wusong and Yao Sheng's attacks, one after another, slammed onto the skull giant mantis' body.

  With a crisp sound, the Medicine Saint's full-force strike of his Heaven Splitting Fist was absorbed by it like being sucked into an invisible black hole, having no effect whatsoever, only provoking its anger to rise several more levels.

  "It's actually useless" The few people around Medicine Saint felt despair when they saw this.

  If even their master can't defeat them, then aren't they doomed today?

  "Boom!"

  Darkness filled the high sky, and with it came a ghostly mountain shadow that suddenly descended onto the back of a giant skull scorpion. Accompanied by a crisp crackling sound, its massive body was directly blown into the crimson sand grains, only revealing a tail like a steel giant python.

  "It's nothing, is he dead?" Tiefeng and others opened their eyes.

  A flash of deep thought flickered across Zhan Xiuying's eyes, but she quickly flipped over and jumped down, her clear eyes shining brightly, yet her expression still carried a hint of heaviness.

  "Boom!"

  The crowd's astonished and fortunate feelings had not yet reached the bottom of their hearts, when a loud rumbling sound suddenly interrupted their thoughts, filling their minds with fear and despair in an instant.

  "Ahh——"

  With a sharp hook, the giant tail swept across, and several people were pierced and flew away. The sand and rocks around them flew wildly, carrying an atmosphere that pierced the sky. In an instant, the skull-like giant scorpion, which was submerged in the dark red soil, let out a loud roar and revealed its ferocious body. What made people despair was that it seemed to have no injuries at all.

  "Get out of the way!" Zhang Qi shouted loudly.

  Like a steel plate flying horizontally, the giant tail was several times thicker than Warjiro's body, wrapped in a terrifying tornado, almost brushing against his nose tip as it swept past. If he had reacted any slower, he would have been doomed.

  "It's not that easy to deal with" Zhan Xiu picked up his long spear, a few swift turns and he landed on the ground, his eyes secretly glanced at Ling Wushuang who quickly dodged and pushed away, what could be done?

  Ling Wushuang almost imperceptibly shook his head, and a sonic boom echoed in his ears. The Flame Gun reflexively shot out of his hand, striking the giant skull's long tail with a metallic clang. However, the blow that could pierce through dozens of meters of mountain rock left no mark on its body.

  "How annoying, this is troublesome" Ling Wu Xuan muttered to himself, his thoughts racing quickly. This thing was impervious to swords and guns, their attacks were completely useless against it.

  "Ah——"

  A miserable cry, the remaining dozen or so people, another one was passed over by the skull-like giant turtle's ship body. Suddenly, it spat out a cluster of black mist from its mouth, wrapping that person up, and in an instant, it swallowed him clean. Afterwards, a pile of white bones fell down with a rustling sound.

  "It's all over, it's really all over." The giant skull-like creature in front of him was like a messenger from hell, watching as one by one, people were ruthlessly swallowed up. Tie Feng's face turned pale, and he could barely muster the strength to resist.

  "Great Medicine Master, think of something!"

  A big man, facing such a terrifying situation, his voice was actually trembling with a sob.

  "What can I do?" Medicine Saint growled with a stiff face, his sparse white beard tightly clenched, facing the massive bone tail whizzing by and the black mist spewing out, even he, the strongest one, was somewhat overwhelmed.

  Zhan Qi's arm, not careful for a moment, was pierced by the sharp hook. Ignoring his bloody arm, he looked at the few people around him and said, "This won't do, we must think of a way!"

  This thing is impervious to swords and guns, and if things go on like this, they'll have no choice but to die. But wanting to escape is even more impossible, as it's lurking in the shadows, making it all the more deadly. The only way out is to kill it, but that's even more unrealistic. One attack after another landed on its massive black body, with almost no effect. Thinking of this, even Jian Qi felt a sense of despair.

  "Ah——"

  The sand and gravel flew all over the sky, and the already gloomy sky became even more blurred. Another mournful cry came from somewhere, and in an instant, a pile of white bones fell to the ground with a rustling sound. On the black earth, it was extremely eye-catching, making everyone's scalp feel numb.

  Zhan Xiu gritted his teeth, his face unusually heavy. "Is there any way, is there really a way to kill this thing?" he muttered to himself as his mind rapidly spun around, forcing himself to calm down: "There must be a way, but what are they afraid of?"

  What's dead can't be afraid of anything!

  "What's wrong?" Just then, Ling Wushuang, who had just flipped over and landed beside him, heard this sentence, her eyes suddenly lit up, and her red lips curled up into a beautiful arc. "There's a way now."

  "Is there a way?" Zhan Xiu heard this, quickly turned his head, saw Ling Wushuang's calm and clear face, suddenly released a confident shallow smile, and his eyes also sparkled.

  Musou had a way of doing things, and when she said something like that, she must have been confident. Almost at the same time, Waraku's mind was made up.

  Before Zhan Xiu could ask more questions, Ling Wushuang's slender legs suddenly kicked out, and her entire body transformed into a flowing light that shot towards the dark sky. A red glow flashed behind her back, and a pair of fiery wings suddenly unfolded, allowing her to tread on air and stand still, hovering above the skull-like giant scorpion's head. Suddenly, she coldly said: "Disperse!"

  Everyone was already dodging and weaving, but when they heard Ling Wusuo's words, they retreated even further.

  "Drink——"

  Ling Wusuo let out a clear cry, and the mysterious energy in her body suddenly surged to its peak. The heart wrapped in emerald green vines like a spider web contracted abruptly, and the thousand-mile-long vines inside her body rotated rapidly. A majestic and powerful life energy, like a tidal wave, burst forth from her slender body, with each wave surpassing the last!

  Those who bathed in this atmosphere suddenly felt refreshed, and even the black wounds inflicted by the skull giant's slash began to heal at a visible rate.

  The Medicine Saint's eyes widened in surprise, what kind of aura is this?

  "What is this aura?" Zhan Xiu was also shocked, his mouth agape. From the moment they arrived here, they had been surrounded by this aura, but now it seemed to have thickened a hundredfold in an instant!

  "Ahh——"

  A giant skull-like creature with a terrifying aura, standing on the crimson earth, emitting an eerie glow. The surrounding air was devoid of any signs of life. Two empty black holes locked onto Ling Wu's suspended body. A massive steel whip-like tail swept through the air, striking her petite frame. The sharp hook at the end of the tail left one aghast!

  "Invincible, dodge quickly!" War God saw Ling Wu Xiong hovering in the air, seemingly without any intention of dodging, and hastily shouted out.

  Ling Wu's eyes dimmed, her entire body's aura rose to the extreme, and the breath of life, with her slender physique as the center, rapidly diffused outwards, transforming into a silvery white mist that enveloped the gigantic scorpion-like creature.

  "Ahh——"

  The giant skull-like creature swung its steel tail in the air, unknowingly touching something, and after a sudden tremble, it rebounded and retreated as if it had touched fire. The tremors spread throughout its massive black skeletal body, accompanied by an eerie, ice-and-fire-mixed cry. After that, it shook and tottered, wanting to escape.

  Ling Wu's voice was cold and clear as she said "I want to leave".

  "Ahh——"

  Ling Wu's slender body trembled slightly, her invisible breath pouring down like a waterfall onto the massive skull of the giant scorpion, instantly submerging it. Then, like a maggot burrowing into bone, she quickly drilled into its dark, glossy exoskeleton, the black color gradually turning a faint greyish-white.

  "Hmph!"

  The few survivors who saw what was happening in the distance were shocked out of their wits.

  All they could see was Ling Wu Shuang floating high in the air, her hands lightly waving, while that terrifying massive creature beneath her feet let out a series of cracking and crunching sounds as its bones twisted, seemingly in agony.

  "My god" Zhang Yi looked at the skull giant scorpion being pinned down by Ling Wu Shuang, and swallowed his saliva with some difficulty, "I didn't see it wrong, did I?"

  They had over a dozen Saint Ranks among them, including even the Medicine Saint, yet none of their combined efforts could stop this ghostly thing. Unparalleled, alone, was able to easily take care of it!

  "It's over." Ling Wu Xuan hummed softly, her breath subtly restrained as she swung her arm, and a fierce flame wrapped in scarlet fire appeared in her hand.

  "Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo——"

  The woman's calm and clear voice had just fallen, her hand holding a crimson sharp wind blade, one after another silver-white light arc, in her slender arm swing out, both gentle and fierce, towards the giant scorpion crawling on the ground.

  "Crack, crack!"

  "Get out of my way!"

  Every silver-white arc went down, and a sound of bone shattering echoed. The previously pitch-black skull frame, as hard as steel, was now fragile like tofu in Ling Wu's hands, shattering into pieces with just one strike!

  The ground was littered with not only the skeleton of a giant spider, but also the chins of several people nearby.

  "I'll have you know I'm furious!" The cold, feminine voice sent a shiver down everyone's spine.

  Looking at the towering and icy Ling Wushuang, like a fierce beast, cutting the giant skull scorpion under his feet into pieces with one knife after another. Zhan Qi opened his mouth, "This, Wushuang, won't be possessed by something, right? There are many ghosts here..."

  The last sentence, Zhan Qi swallowed hard and still held back from saying it out loud.

  Zhan Xiu heard his father's words and a black line slid down from his forehead, then he looked up at the half-empty sky again, almost bursting with rage, Ling Wusuo's mouth twitched.

  "Crack crack crack!"

  "Damn beast!" Ling Wu's eyes gleamed with icy coldness, the fiery spear in her hand danced wildly, and the silvery white light wrapped around her body transformed into sharp blades, attacking the giant scorpion skull without mercy.

  In less than a moment, its massive body turned into a pile of grayish-white skeleton, lifelessly piled under Ling Wu's foot that had just stepped on it. This time, it was really dead and couldn't be deader.

  Ling Wushuang's slightly furrowed brow finally relaxed, and the flames on his back fluttered lightly. With a swift movement, he stretched out his hand, like a leopard in the dark night. After a few spins and flips, he landed in front of everyone, also letting out a sigh of relief. "Damn it, it's finally settled."

  However, Ling Wushuang raised her head and saw that everyone's gaze at her made her pause slightly.

  Some people's faces were dull, some were numb, some were fearful, and some had a faint smile. The crowd was diverse, each one unique, as colorful as they came.

  "What's wrong?" Ling Wu Shuang was perplexed, looking at the crowd with a hint of innocence in her eyes, had they all been scared silly by this ghostly thing?

  Zhang Yi's face twitched, his expression still somewhat stiff, and he said in a low voice: "Wu Shuang, I've found that you seem to be even more terrifying than the ferocious beasts here."

  This little girl gets angry, just like a raging dragon king, such a terrifying skull giant scorpion, was actually cut into a pile of white bones by her few knives. Thinking of this, Zhang Yi swallowed his saliva, and later offended anyone, don't offend this little girl.

  Is Wú Shuāng more terrifying than a fierce beast? Zhàn Xiū looked at Zhang Yì's serious expression and couldn't help but curve the corners of his lips.

  Tie Feng, who had previously spoken sarcastically to Ling Wu Shuang, pushed his foot back slightly, and when he saw Ling Wu Shuang's eyes, they were even more strange. The disciple who survived beside Yao Sheng also directly retreated behind Yao Sheng. Damn it, why did he go provoke this lady?

  Seeing the expressions of everyone, Ling Wu's face turned slightly dark, his mouth twitched almost imperceptibly, and he coughed lightly before reminding them: "This place is not suitable for a long stay, once there's one, there will be two, it's better if we leave here quickly."

  Is she very scary? Is there? No...

  "It's true" As soon as this was mentioned, the crowd came back to their senses from their shock. If they were to exert themselves like this a few more times, how would they survive?

  "Are we going forward?" In the face of this situation, Tie Rong was really scared to death and didn't want to move forward at all.

  "Continue," the Medicine Saint's face seemed somewhat unsightly, deeply gazing at Ling Wu Xue for a moment before spitting out two words and turning to leave. Tie Feng had no choice but to follow, despite feeling regretful and frustrated, he could only steel himself and catch up.

  Ling Wushuang's red lips curled up slightly as she slowly took a step forward, heading deeper into the place.

  In this dark region, people basically had no concept of time. Ling Wu Shuang moved forward slowly, relying on the faint pull in his mind. Except for necessary communication, there was little language and no one dared to make too much noise. The atmosphere around them was somewhat oppressive.

  "Wait a minute," War Qi suddenly said in a low voice, and if you listened carefully, you could still hear the faint tremolo in his tone.

  "What's wrong?" Zhan Xiu turned his eyes, looking at his father beside him with some confusion.

  Zhan Qi's face was calm and quiet, his lips moved slightly as he said in a low voice: "Why did nine people appear here..."

  "Nine people, what's wrong with that?" Zhang Yi looked around.

  "But we just, in total, are left with only eight people" War Qi's next sentence was light and casual, but the three words made everyone's hair stand on end instantly.