Chapter 5

Devouring to strengthen was only the beginning!

In the future, he might comprehend flight, might comprehend the control of thunder and lightning, and even… regaining human form was no longer out of reach!

As long as his comprehension was sufficient, nothing was a problem!

This ferocious great fish was enormous in size, and the energy contained within it was extremely abundant.

Brother Ning Chuan spent a full several hours before completely devouring it clean.

After the devouring was complete, he felt his entire body filled with explosive power; an unprecedented might pervaded every corner of his serpentine frame!

His body length had already grown from the original three meters to nearly four meters!

His ink-black scales shimmered with a cold, ghostly luster in the dim seawater, brimming with a sense of power, as though unbreakable!

"Huff…"

Brother Ning Chuan contentedly stretched his body, savoring the metamorphosis-like transformation, and an indescribable sense of exhilaration welled up from within.

Just as he was preparing to find a safe place to properly consolidate his strength and think about his next plan—

Suddenly!

An astonishingly extreme surge of energy fluctuation came from far above the sea surface!

That fluctuation was like thunder from the nine heavens, and like a raging deep-sea billow, violent and vast, instantly sweeping across a sea region of dozens of li in every direction.

"This… what is it?!"

Brother Ning Chuan's heart stirred; a vigilance originating from the depths of his soul made him heighten his guard.

Before this terrifying fluctuation, the strength he had just grown seemed utterly insignificant.

Curiosity and caution coexisted.

He carefully swayed his tail, soundlessly swimming toward the sea surface.

The closer he got to the surface, the clearer that energy fluctuation became, and the more oppressive it felt.

Finally, his head quietly poked out through the surging sea surface.

Cold rain lashed against his scales.

He narrowed his serpentine pupils and looked toward the direction from which the fluctuation came.

He saw, on the sea surface dozens of zhang away, two blurred human figures standing atop the waves, locked in fierce combat!

Yes, human figures!

They tread the sea as though it were flat ground; every strike they threw sent the waves churning and changed the very color of wind and cloud!

Sword Qi swept across the heavens and earth, palm shadows howled!

One of them wore a blue robe, his face thin and gaunt, holding a jade flute in hand, his bearing dashing and carefree—yet every move contained tremendous power; flute shadows flickered like points of light, as though capable of sealing off heaven and earth.

The other was burly in build, his aura wild and unrestrained; as his twin palms opened and closed, they stirred up towering waves, fierce and unmatched.

Such might far exceeded Brother Ning Chuan's comprehension.

"This… is this a power that humans can possess?"

In his previous life he had been nothing but an ordinary person—when had he ever witnessed such an earth-shattering scene!

At this moment, a clear voice, carried by the howling sea wind, drifted from afar:

"Huang Yaoshi! Your Jade Flute Sword Technique truly lives up to its reputation! But today, I shall have a taste of just how formidable you, the 'Eastern Heretic,' truly are!!"

That voice was deep and domineering, brimming with soaring fighting spirit.

Huang Yaoshi?

Eastern Heretic?!

Hearing this, a flash of realization crossed Brother Ning Chuan's mind, followed immediately by a violent shock.

These two titles—he knew them all too well!

Weren't those… characters from The Legend of the Condor Heroes?

The waters of Taohuadao… the Eastern Heretic Huang Yaoshi…

A guess that set his heart trembling suddenly sprang up in his mind.

"I… I've not only transmigrated, I've even become a snake—and transmigrated into a… Martial Arts World?!"

"Is this the world of The Legend of the Condor Heroes? Or… a far vaster Comprehensive Martial Arts World?"

In Brother Ning Chuan's serpentine pupils flickered a light of deep thought and inquiry, along with a hard-to-suppress… intense excitement and expectation toward this brand-new unknown world.

This world seemed far more complex and brilliant than he had imagined!.