[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-the-immortals-disappeared":3,"chapter-after-the-immortals-disappeared-after-the-immortals-disappeared-chapter-69":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","After the Immortals Disappeared",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2283953,4468,"Chapter 69: Word Spirit","after-the-immortals-disappeared-chapter-69",69,"\u003Cp>Besides, the creatures here all have the ability to automatically regenerate; could it be that the Black Flood Dragon, as a spirit of the vessel, does not? As if responding to his skepticism, smoke burst from the Black Flood Dragon's head, and soon a complete lower jaw grew back. The parts that had been sliced off and fallen to the ground also turned into black water, rolling back onto its tail to become one again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless, this is the Black Flood Dragon's home turf, and the laws of nature are most favorable to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Needless to say, the two were locked in another life-or-death struggle. The Black Flood Dragon desperately tried to swallow Nian Songyu whole, while the latter was unrestrained and wanton, even more fierce and wild than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most astonishingly, the cyan light radiating from his body was exceptionally bright, indicating that his utilization of the Universe Coin had reached its peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was evident that the suppression of the illusion world against Nian Songyu had actually vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the white light possessed him, Nian Songyu was like a player using a cheat, shattering the Black Flood Dragon twice in succession. Fortunately, the latter could recover rapidly, fighting with extreme tenacity. The surrounding magic apes and sand leopards that attacked were also swept away by him, crushed into smithereens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was very bizarre. Logically, the cost of using primordial power is very high; after holding on for those few dozen seconds, Nian Songyu should have been physically drained, short of breath, with dark circles under his eyes and unstable footing. While he might not have needed to lean against a wall to walk, he certainly shouldn't have been able to fight He Lingchuan for thirty rounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Nian Songyu was suddenly having a second go, and was even more vigorous than the first time, it must be the work of the possessing white light. He Lingchuan felt no envy for this; there is no such thing as a free lunch when it comes to power. Nian Songyu was forcibly boosting himself mid-fight, likely at the cost of damaging his tendons and bones and squeezing out his vital essence to push his body to its limits; he would likely suffer terrible aftereffects later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, neither the enemy nor the allies present cared about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another round of fighting ensued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Too weak! Is this all you've got?\" Nian Songyu pointed his blade at the ground. \"Making me waste this trip, it's not worth it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Lingchuan could tell that its tone was genuinely disappointed, and his heart stirred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not know how complicated the process of invoking a god was, but there had only been three successful divine descents in history; adding this one, it was only four, so it must not be easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disappointment means the effort and the harvest are not proportional. So what is this thing disappointed about? Isn't it better for the spirit of the vessel to be weaker? That would make it easier for them to claim the Great Square Pot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Flood Dragon did not get angry, but laughed aloud: \"I can keep fighting for three or five years, can you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, having been slashed into three sections, its body was also recovering rapidly; at most twenty breaths and it would be as good as new. The remaining magic apes that had been cleared away also re-aggregated, soon to launch an offensive again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endurance and stability are the true path. No matter how fierce the opponent is, the borrowed body is tattered and the foundation is too poor; time and victory would ultimately stand on the side of the Black Flood Dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nian Songyu did not say much more, biting his fingertip to draw three runes in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood flowed out and congealed in mid-air, turning the runes into blood-red characters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He started with fast movements, but the further he went, the more sluggish he became, as if these few strokes weighed more than a thousand jun. It was not until the Black Flood Dragon had finished reorganizing and charged up again that he barely managed to finish the last few strokes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, he let out three loud roars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each sound used a different syllable, and the tone was very strange, but it immediately drove each blood character to transform into red light and rush toward the Black Flood Dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the three loud shouts, three blood-red chains appeared on the Black Flood Dragon! These chains were phantoms, appearing to have no substance, but the Black Flood Dragon was actually pressed to the ground with a boom, as if carrying three great mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every step it took forward was exceptionally arduous, requiring three to five times the effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people on the city wall changed color. On its own home turf, how could the Black Flood Dragon be suppressed to this extent? Is this the \"Heavenly God\" that Sun Fuping spent so much effort to invite? Truly formidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the Word Spirit Art I imitated, corresponding to the three effects of 'Sinking,' 'Stagnation,' and 'Fatigue,' so even your regeneration will slow down.\" Thus, creatures struck by the Word Spirit Art become sluggish in movement, heavy in body, and weak in combat power. Nian Songyu smiled, \"Strange, can you not break it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Flood Dragon looked at him silently, crawling toward him with determination and slowness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you cannot break it—\" There was light in Nian Songyu's eyes, and even his voice was full of excitement, \"then you are not the true master of this world!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Lingchuan frowned. Even the master of this illusion world could not do whatever they wanted, right? Otherwise, they could just crush the enemy with a finger and be done with it; why bother entangling with them until now? But this invited Heavenly God clearly had hidden meaning in his words, and his expression was so agitated, as if he had hit the jackpot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of the cost of the God-Invoking Art, and thinking of He Chunhua, He Lingchuan felt a sudden pain in his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of pain seemed deeply rooted in the depths of the original body's memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the divine descent had appeared, then He Chunhua was ninety percent likely dead, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Lingchuan hurriedly turned his thoughts elsewhere. The dead cannot return to life; the most important thing is what he should do next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being face-hugged by the white light, he always felt a splitting headache and a muddled mind, wishing he could lie down and sleep for three days. Associating this with the grotesque experience just now, he knew he must have suffered damage; if nothing else, the sand leopard transformed from the shadow had almost gutted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waking up, he had touched his chest and abdomen; except for the internal injuries caused by the rolling stones, his skin was intact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, the injury is in the brain? He Lingchuan tried hard to ignore the discomfort in his heart and brain, calming his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those two rounds of ballistae had completely ruined his relationship with Sun and Nian, so he could only help the Black Flood Dragon deal with the State Preceptor of his own country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But is the Black Flood Dragon necessarily trustworthy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After killing Sun and Nian, would the Black Flood Dragon happen to swallow them too? After all, the Black Flood Dragon guards the Great Square Pot, and they are also invaders; there is no essential difference between them and the two men, Sun and Nian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, everyone on the city wall was gripping the battlements and looking down, having no time to attend to anything else. He Lingchuan's eyes rolled, and suddenly a peculiar idea popped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems to have some feasibility, why not give it a try? ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Struck by the Word Spirit Curse, the Black Flood Dragon's offensive was greatly discounted; if it was like a dragon swimming before, now it was as slow as a snail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never mind Nian Songyu, even Zeng Feixiong could roll up his sleeves and go up to tangle with it for a few rounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nian Songyu stabbed his long blade into the Black Flood Dragon's head, once again writing in blood in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time there was only one character as well, and Nian Songyu wrote it even more arduously, his fingertips even trembling, struggling to continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Black Flood Dragon's movements hadn't been restricted, he would have been unable to complete this task at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nian Songyu's face turned red and then white; having finally finished writing and shouting it out, he immediately vomited a mouthful of black blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were chunks of flesh in the blood; those were fragments of his internal organs that he had spat out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the effect of this Word Spirit Curse on the Black Flood Dragon was better than all the previous ones:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The area where the blade struck began to frost over, spreading downward from the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever the white frost spread, the movements of that part of the Black Flood Dragon stopped completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Nian Songyu had finally thought of a way to deal with the Black Flood Dragon, which was to freeze it completely, thus avoiding the trouble of the opponent regenerating again and again after being smashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only drawback was that he had to chant spells as an auxiliary to continue this process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the Word Spirit Curse is not that easy to use either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1584,"2026-06-20T02:23:30.219Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","392822c5fc692bd3a8f8dcb8f838dfc7e6cf9632f0a62ef11e1fca5d449915ec","after-the-immortals-disappeared-chapter-70","after-the-immortals-disappeared-chapter-68",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-the-immortals-disappeared-cover.jpg"]