txolops Chapter 86 Enslavement! Level 5 Bloodline Dragon!
Chapter 86 Enslavement! Level 5 Bloodline Dragon!
Lin Chuan did not dive too quickly. Instead, he hovered near the surface of the water and carefully spread his powerful divine sense outwards to the bottom of the river and the surrounding area, like ripples on water.
They carefully sensed every abnormal fluctuation of spiritual or demonic power.
The Panlong River is extremely deep, with a dark bottom where aquatic plants sway and common fish and shrimp swim.
Lin Chuan's divine sense, like the most sophisticated detector, slowly swept across the riverbed's silt, reefs, and deep gullies...
About an incense stick later, his mind stirred slightly.
About two miles away from him, in a deep water area, the current seemed more turbulent than elsewhere, and a faint, mixed, yet heavy, demonic energy fluctuation could be heard.
This fluctuation was intermittent and extremely unstable, as if its owner was in a state of extreme weakness or coma.
"Found it!"
A glint of light flashed in Lin Chuan's eyes.
He concealed his divine sense, trying not to disturb the other party, and manipulated the waterless space formed by the water-repelling pearl. Like a large fish swimming silently, he used the underwater reefs and seaweed for cover and slowly approached the source of the abnormal fluctuation.
The closer he got, the more obvious the oppressive feeling brought by the demonic energy fluctuations became. Even though its master was in poor condition, the natural pressure brought by the life level of a fifth-level demonic beast still made Lin Chuan feel palpitations.
He became even more careful, concealing his aura to almost nothing.
After traveling another hundred feet or so, and rounding a huge underwater reef, the sight before him made Lin Chuan's pupils shrink slightly.
On a relatively flat area at the bottom of the river, covered with fine sand and pebbles, a colossal creature lay quietly on a huge, dark blue-green rock.
This creature was over twenty feet long and as thick as a water vat. Its entire body was covered with dark red scales that gleamed with a metallic sheen in the dark water.
Its head resembled a dragon but was not a dragon, with a single dark red horn on its top and long whiskers around its mouth. At this moment, its eyes were closed, its body was undulating, and its four sharp claws were slightly curled up, with the tips of the claws gleaming coldly.
It is indeed the Bloodline Dragon!
However, at this moment, it is in extremely poor condition.
The dark red scales were covered with crisscrossing wounds, some of which were deep cuts from sharp weapons that revealed the bone, with faint traces of magical artifact light still remaining at the edges.
Some were charred black, clearly having been bombarded by powerful fire spells or magical artifacts.
The most serious wound was below its neck, where the scales were broken, the flesh was mangled, and a faint glow could even be seen flickering inside, suggesting that its internal organs had been damaged.
Dark red dragon blood seeped from the wound in strands, merging into the river water and filling the surrounding waters with a faint, sweet, and fishy smell.
The rushing river water flowed over its massive body, washing over its wounds and bringing continuous pain, but the Bloodline Dragon seemed unresponsive, only swaying slightly with the impact of the water, its breath extremely weak, almost unconscious.
"As expected, he is critically injured and on the verge of death..."
Lin Chuan felt a chill run down his spine, but at the same time, an irrepressible excitement welled up inside him.
opportunity!
He held his breath, his eyes sharp as an eagle's. Time was of the essence; the divination indicated that the people from the Heavenly Star Sect would arrive in two hours, and he had to act swiftly.
Without further hesitation, Lin Chuan immediately followed the instructions of the "Spirit Summoning Seal" technique, focusing his mind and calming his spirit. Within his divine consciousness, the divine power far surpassing that of his peers began to rapidly gather, compress, and outline...
A moment later, a strange mark, about the size of a fingernail, composed of pure divine power, pale gold in color, and with countless subtle and profound runes flowing on its surface, slowly took shape in front of his brow.
The mark exudes a unique fluctuation that suppresses, controls, and connects to the soul.
"go!"
Lin Chuan silently shouted in his heart, locking his divine sense onto the location of the unconscious Bloodline Flood Dragon's head not far away.
The pale golden "Spirit Seal" transformed into a stream of light that was barely visible to the naked eye, instantly piercing through the water flow and the faint protective demonic light on the Bloodline Flood Dragon's body, and disappearing into its brow!
"roar--!!!"
The moment the Spirit Seal entered, the massive body of the previously unconscious Bloodline Flood Dragon suddenly shuddered violently! A violent, ferocious, and pain- and anger-filled will erupted from its head like a volcano!
Its tightly closed eyes suddenly snapped open, revealing two blood-red vertical pupils filled with endless savagery and murderous intent!
A terrifying demonic aura, far exceeding anything seen before, accompanied by a tangible stench of blood, suddenly spread out, stirring the surrounding river water into a frenzied turbulence and forming dangerous whirlpools!
Even if a level-five demon beast is severely injured and on the verge of death, its remaining divine instincts are by no means easy to defeat!
Lin Chuan felt a violent, chaotic, and primal force violently impacting his divine consciousness, attempting to tear apart and annihilate the newly implanted Spirit Seal.
At the same time, the Bloodline Dragon's scarlet eyes were fixed on him, the "intruder," with overwhelming killing intent!
Lin Chuan grunted, his face slightly pale. But he was prepared; the "Awakening of Insects Divine Sword" instantly activated in his Divine Court's sea of consciousness!
It wasn't an attack, but rather a gathering of divine sense to firmly protect one's own sea of consciousness, while simultaneously maintaining and activating the Spirit Summoning Seal with all one's might!
The pale golden spirit seal floated within the blood-lined dragon's raging and chaotic soul essence, its light flickering uncertainly, as if it might be extinguished by the raging power at any moment.
The pale golden spirit seal floated and sank within the blood-line dragon's raging and chaotic divine soul essence, its light flickering uncertainly, as if it might be torn apart by its fury at any moment.
However, Lin Chuan's spiritual strength far exceeded that of ordinary late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, and he had also cultivated the "Great Evolution Technique," making his spiritual sense condensed and resilient.
He gritted his teeth, ignoring the stinging pain and impact on his soul, and poured more and more refined divine power into the Spirit Seal.
The Spirit Seal shone brightly, and the runes on its surface swirled wildly, radiating an even stronger suppressive and assimilative power, like golden roots that stubbornly took root and spread into the depths of the Blood Thread Dragon's soul.
"Roar...woo..."
The savagery and killing intent in the Bloodline Dragon's eyes began to struggle and flicker violently, and the twisting of its body became sometimes violent and sometimes stiff.
A hint of confusion, bewilderment, and complex emotions toward Lin Chuan, the "source," gradually appeared in those scarlet vertical pupils.
This process lasted for about ten breaths, until Lin Chuan felt his spiritual energy was greatly depleted and he was about to collapse—
The last trace of rage and struggle in the Bloodline Dragon's eyes finally dissipated completely.
Instead, there was a slightly blank expression, but when looking at Lin Chuan, there was a deep respect, obedience, and a hint of instinctive closeness.
Its massive head lowered slightly, emitting a low, no longer hostile whimper. The demonic power that had stirred the river quickly subsided.
It worked!
Lin Chuan let out a long sigh of relief; his back was already soaked with cold sweat.
He clearly felt that a strong and wonderful connection of consciousness had been established between himself and the enormous thing in front of him.
He could vaguely sense the Bloodline Dragon's current weak and painful state, as well as its absolute obedience to its new "master".
Although the connection is still in its early stages due to the other party's severe injuries and lack of intelligence, making complex communication impossible, basic command transmission and sensing are no longer a problem.
"Great! It's done!" Lin Chuan was overjoyed, but he immediately suppressed it. Time was of the essence!
He quickly approached the Bloodline Flood Dragon and took out a spirit beast bag with a spacious interior, specially designed to store large spirit beasts.
"Come in!"
Lin Chuan issued commands through the consciousness connection.
The Bloodline Flood Dragon obediently nodded slightly, its body shrinking to a smaller size, transforming into a dark red streak of light, which was then enveloped and absorbed by the guiding light emanating from the spirit beast pouch.
The spirit beast pouch sank slightly before returning to calm.
Lin Chuan dared not delay for the slightest. He immediately put away his spirit beast pouch and water-repelling pearl, and his figure shot out of the water like an arrow, landing on the shore.
He didn't even have time to look around before summoning the Graywing Boat and pushing his magic power to its limit!
"Whoosh—!"
The gray-winged boat transformed into an almost invisible gray shadow, skimming the surface of the river and speeding away from the Panlong River and the central area of the Yuanwu Kingdom!
He chose a route that deviated slightly from the one he took when he came to Yue, in order to avoid leaving obvious traces.
About an hour after Lin Chuan left that riverbank.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
More than a dozen streaks of light of different colors flew rapidly from the sky and landed precisely near the riverbank where Lin Chuan had stopped before, which was also where the Bloodline Flood Dragon was hiding.
The light dissipated, revealing thirteen cultivators dressed in moon-white robes with star patterns from the Heavenly Star Sect.
The three leaders possessed powerful auras, all at the late Foundation Establishment stage, with one even reaching the peak of Foundation Establishment. The remaining ten were all at the early or mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Their expressions were solemn, filled with anxiety and exhaustion, clearly indicating they had been tracking them for a long time.
"The last trace of that beast was found at the bottom of the river nearby!"
A late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator said in a deep voice.
"Quickly! Set up the 'Seven Stars Locking Dragon Formation'! Prevent it from escaping again!" the leader, a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator, shouted the order.
The cultivators immediately sprang into action, spreading out in a well-trained manner, raising their array flags, and preparing to set up their formation.
However, as they probed the bottom of the river with their divine senses and searched repeatedly, their expressions turned grim.
"Senior brother... at the bottom of the river, there's only a lingering, strong demonic aura, bloodstains, and some signs of battle. The Bloodline Flood Dragon... is gone!"
"What?! How is this possible? It suffered a severe blow from Elder Xingyan of our sect, its very essence was severely damaged, there's absolutely no way it could have recovered its ability to escape in just a few days!"
The leader of the cultivators was ashen-faced, his divine sense frantically scanning the surrounding dozens of miles. "Search! Search carefully! See if there are any traces left by other cultivators!"
A moment later, a cultivator skilled in tracking discovered a faint trace of spiritual energy in a crevice in the rocks on the shore. It was not of the Bloodline Dragon and was almost imperceptible.
"Someone came by! And just recently!"
The cultivator exclaimed in horror, "This person's concealment skills are extremely high; if the water stains weren't so fresh, they would be almost undetectable!"
"You bastard! How dare you snatch food from a tiger's mouth!"
The leader of the cultivators flew into a rage, his eyes flashing with cold light. "Chase them! Within the territory of the Yuanwu Kingdom, anyone who dares to touch the prey that my Tianxing Sect has its eyes on is courting death!"
However, Lin Chuan had already fled hundreds of miles away, and deliberately took a detour, leaving no trace.