Chapter 757: Re-visiting the Panlong Ruins!

Only in front of him was this death desert restrained, cautious, and even somewhat gentle.

Soon, he left Red Cliff Road and stepped into the desert.

This was the domain of the Three-Corpse Insects and wandering souls; regardless of whether it was the sandstorm season or not, those who dared to do this mostly met a bad end.

But He Lingchuan walked more than ten zhang, and nothing happened.

A huge tornado circled around him, and tens of thousands of tons of yellow sand were sucked into the sky by the tornado, then swept across the desert at a speed faster than a stray arrow.

But He Lingchuan's body emitted a faint red light, making him immune to all of this.

This was the true qi of the Great Wind Army, and also the pass for the sandstorm season.

At this very moment, this death desert was his own world.

He could travel as he pleased, unimpeded, as if it were his own backyard.

Under heaven, this was a unique privilege.

It was a pity that no one else could appreciate this strange sight.

Just then, a behemoth suddenly emerged from the sand dunes, looking like an eel or an earthworm, only hundreds of times larger.

An Earth Dragon.

This was also a species He Lingchuan was very familiar with; the last time he entered the Panlong Desert, the Heishui City army used it to lure the Earth Dragon to pull their boats.

The size of the one in front of him was larger than any He Lingchuan had seen before, with a body length of over nine zhang (nearly thirty meters).

He Lingchuan was also startled by such a big guy suddenly blocking the road.

But the Earth Dragon didn't open its mouth to pounce on him; instead, it swam slowly to his front, sank most of its body into the sand, leaving only a section of its back exposed, and then remained motionless.

The meaning was conveyed very clearly.

Who sent it? He Lingchuan had an idea.

He was skilled and bold, so he wasn't afraid; he leaped onto the Earth Dragon's back in one step and sat down on its arched segments.

Afterward, the Earth Dragon started moving; it was a bit slow at first, but then it swam faster and faster, sweeping past one mountain-like sand dune after another.

He Lingchuan sat on its back and looked around the vast sea of sand, as if he were riding a whale through rough waves.

The sky was vast, and the world was boundless.

After watching like this for two quarters of an hour, He Lingchuan began to close his eyes and rest. It seemed he didn't need to worry about the Earth Dragon; it would automatically carry him to his destination for this trip—

The Panlong Ruins.

There is no sun or moon in the sandstorm season.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but the Earth Dragon's speed slowed down, and with a final flick of its tail, it came to a sudden stop.

Before him lay the endless Chapa Plateau.

The Earth Dragon stopped in front of the land bridge. He Lingchuan jumped off his mount and walked quickly forward, coming face-to-face with the massive Panlong Ruins.

The Nanchengmen tower was still majestic and desolate, dilapidated and ruined, just as it was when he left last time, maintaining the appearance it had held for the past hundred and fifty years.

The once-mighty city on the frontier had long since become a hero's grave.

The Earth Dragon didn't leave but followed behind him into the Nanchengmen.

There was no wind or sand in the city, just like the eye of a storm where the wind force was the weakest.

He walked through the deserted ruins; entering the city for the second time, he was familiar with the path, and after seven twists and eighteen turns, he quickly found the original entrance to the Panlong Secret Realm—

The pool well in front of the Mitian Temple.

After the He family father and son fought a decisive battle with Sun Fuping, Nian Songyu, and others last time, they wanted to enter the secret realm again, but the pool well was no longer passable.

He Lingchuan walked over and looked; the pool well was still dry, only the bottom of the pool was slightly red.

To open the channel between the realm of illusion and reality, he had to pour water into this pool well.

He came prepared; several storage spaces on his body were filled with fresh water, which should barely be enough to pour a shallow layer of water at the bottom.

However, before he could take action, the Earth Dragon behind him suddenly arched its body and lifted its massive tail into the pool well.

Huh, what is this posture?

He Lingchuan tried to summon Fusheng and performed a sword dance in front of the Earth Dragon.

The cold light flashed, but it didn't scare the monster away.

Understood.

He jumped to the edge of the pool and gave the Earth Dragon's tail a vertical cut to bleed it.

This monster was nine zhang long, and its pale red blood gushed out like a faucet being turned on, with a pungent smell overflowing.

He bled it like this for a long time.

By the time its wound stopped bleeding on its own, a finger-deep pool of water had accumulated at the bottom of the pool well.

Honestly, the visual was not good.

Only then did the Earth Dragon give a start and flee outward without looking back.

The mysterious power controlling it in the dark finally disappeared.

He Lingchuan stood by the pool facing the temple and said loudly: "Great Fang Hu, I have tried to communicate with you several times through the God Bone Necklace to no avail, so I had to come in person."

He didn't know if it was because the surroundings were too empty, but his words caused layers of echoes.

"I have risked my life for you, and my merit is great. Now, I demand equal reward!"

He Lingchuan paused for a few breaths and heard the echoes lingering in the surroundings:

"Reward... reward... reward!"

"Our fates are connected, and I have traveled thousands of miles to come back, only to ask you for one definite answer—" He said every word clearly and forcefully, "—can you deal with Nara Heaven for me?"

The echoes were endless, reflecting everywhere, and in the end, all that reached his ears were the words "deal with Nara Heaven."

The Fusheng sword suddenly trembled twice, letting out a long 'clang'.

He took the opportunity to insert the sword into the pool water.

Even though it was only a finger deep, this time it sank to the hilt, and he still couldn't reach the bottom.

Sure enough, the channel between illusion and reality was opened again.

He Lingchuan stuffed a turtle bead into his mouth, then pinched his nose and jumped into the bloody red pool! Plop.

The water here was indeed very deep.

He Lingchuan discovered that he was once again in that red ocean; no matter whether he swam up or dived down, it was boundless.

This time, he had come down in his true body, not like usual when his spirit entered.

He didn't know if it was because he was holding the turtle bead, but he could breathe freely in the water.

For him, this ocean was usually just a scene to pass through, flashing by, and then he would enter the Panlong world.

However, today was an exception.

He Lingchuan thought he would enter the Panlong world in his true body this time, but he didn't know where he was swimming in the vast ocean.

But he wasn't panicked, because the God Bone Necklace also started to glow.

This should be the Great Fang Hu's response to him.

Not long after, a black shadow vaguely emerged from the depths of the sea; it was small at first, but the closer it got, the more massive it appeared.

He Lingchuan naturally knew what that was—

Apart from He Lingchuan, it seemed that no second living creature had ever appeared in this vast ocean so far.

The master of the vast ocean was one and only one.

The red giant shadow.

This time, the red giant shadow swam straight toward him, neither stopping nor turning halfway.

He Lingchuan finally experienced the pressure of the Hundred-Face Nightmare of the past; the closer this thing got, the more colossal it appeared! How long was the giant shadow? He Lingchuan estimated it should be over one hundred zhang (300 meters).

Since snatching back the pot lid, the red giant shadow seemed to have grown even larger.

Having dealt with it so many times, he still hadn't seen its true face.

Now this giant object was swimming toward him, getting closer and closer, closer and closer...

And then it opened its abyss-like giant mouth and swallowed He Lingchuan!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 758 =====