Chapter 88: The Stunned Northern Beggar

"Island Master!"

"Brother Chuan!"

"Eldest Senior Brother!"

Those cries, filled with surprise, excitement, worship, and deep affection.

Clearly reached the ears of the Northern Beggar, Hong Qigong.

He looked at Huang Rong, Qu Lingfeng, and even the Old Foolish Child, Zhou Botong.

These people were none other than those with high spirits and pride, or rather, innocent and carefree figures who disregarded worldly conventions.

Yet now, they displayed such a loss of composure regarding the disturbance coming from the direction of the water pool.

As if inside that pool lay the existence they revered and relied upon most.

Hong Qigong immediately realized.

This sudden, earth-shaking commotion must be related to that mysterious Island Master of Taohuadao!

Could it be that the Island Master has finished seclusion and is about to emerge?

But...

Hong Qigong's eyebrows furrowed slightly, a hint of doubt rising in his heart.

That roar which shook the heavens just now, though full of majesty and power.

Yet it sounded as if... it was not a sound a human could possibly make?

Rather, it resembled the roar of some... some extremely powerful strange beast?

Curiosity was instantly aroused to the extreme!

This person, to whom Huang Laoxie entrusted Taohuadao, and whom Zhou Botong willingly called "Eldest Senior Brother."

The acting Island Master whom Qu Lingfeng and the other disciples of Taohuadao revered as a deity.

Exactly what kind of divine being is he?

He hesitated no longer, grabbing Guo Jing, who was still standing nearby in a daze, bewildered by the terrifying pressure from just now.

Speaking in that booming voice: "Good lad, stop standing there like a fool! A good show is about to begin! Hurry and follow this old beggar to take a look!"

Having spoken, his figure swayed, and like a great bird, he unleashed the exquisite Lightness Skill of the Gai Gang.

Carrying Guo Jing, he swiftly darted towards the direction of the water pool.

He wanted to see exactly what kind of demon this acting Island Master of Taohuadao was!

At the bottom of the deep water pool.

Ning Chuan's massive snake body remained coiled into a huge sphere.

His feeling at this moment was better than ever before!

Better to the extreme!

After absorbing the vast energy from the strange dark-gold giant crab earlier.

His Black Water Mystic Snake bloodline had successfully reached its current limit!

The power of his bloodline surged wildly within his four limbs and hundred bones, like flowing lava!

Filled with primal and ferocious power!

And the innate true qi of the Black Water Mystic Snake within his dantian and qi sea had long ago reached the peak of the innate great perfection!

Extremely pure, and unmatched in might!

For these past three days, he had been immersed in a spiritual state of cultivation.

Constantly adjusting his own breath, refining the true qi and bloodline power within his body.

Bringing them to a state of most perfect, most harmonious balance.

Making the final preparations for the coming earth-shaking transformation!

Now, the time has arrived!

"It is now!"

Ning Chuan let out a silent shout in his heart!

He fully activated the Water Mystic Snake Method he created—the Embracing the Elixir chapter!

The innate true qi and bloodline power that had been dormant for three days, at this very moment, like two surging torrents!

Under his deliberate guidance, began to circulate, merge, and collide at incredible speed between the three hundred and sixty-five major snake acupoints and over a thousand fine scale acupoints within his body, following a wondrous and mysterious trajectory!

Boom!

An indescribable, terrifying energy erupted from within his body!

His massive snake body, coiled at the bottom of the pool, suddenly shot straight up into the sky!

Shattering the thick layer of water directly, raising a huge water column dozens of meters high!

"Aaaah—!!!"

A Long Yin sound, filled with endless majesty and joy, issued from his mouth!

That sound was no longer the slightly awkward hiss from before, but the true, dragon-like roar of the Dragon Clan!

Piercing the clouds, shaking the four wilds!

As if it would make heaven and earth tremble!

The transformation had begun!

Only to see Ning Chuan's massive snake body, originally black as ink, at the moment it burst through the water surface.

Was enveloped by streams of brilliant, dazzling mystic-black radiance!

Within that radiance lay vast vitality and profound Dao rhymes!

His body was undergoing earth-shattering changes at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Around the pool stood Huang Rong, Qu Lingfeng, Lu Chengfeng, Wu Mianfeng, Feng Mofeng, as well as Hong Qigong and Guo Jing, who had just arrived.

Everyone was utterly stunned by the scene before them, which seemed like a divine miracle!

They gaped as he was held aloft, supported by a water column dozens of meters high.

Brother Ning Chuan, bathed in the mystical black divine light.

They felt a sense of awe and insignificance rising from the depths of their souls!

At this moment, Brother Ning Chuan was like a demon god descending into the mortal world!

Filled with an indescribable majesty and sanctity!

"Chuan… Brother Chuan… he… he's about to succeed… 〃～ …"

Huang Rong covered her little mouth, her beautiful eyes brimming with tears and an incredulous, wild joy.

She could feel that the aura on Brother Ning Chuan was undergoing an essential transformation!

Becoming stronger, more noble, and even more… unlike any mortal creature!

"B-Big Senior Brother! Big Senior Brother is so amazing!"

Old Urchin Zhou Botong was even more thrilled, dancing about with his face flushed bright red.

Although he couldn't understand exactly what was happening to Brother Ning Chuan.

He could feel that his "Big Senior Brother" was growing stronger and stronger!

So strong that even he felt a trembling awe!

And Guo Jing, who had just arrived, was so frightened by this scene, which seemed like something out of myth and legend, that he was completely dumbfounded.

He opened his mouth wide, pointed at Brother Ning Chuan in midair, and stammered:

"Wh-what… what is that?! A… a huge snake… no! Is… is it a dragon?!"

Where in his life had he ever seen such a bizarre and shocking sight?!

Even the well-traveled Hong Qigong, one of the Five Absolutes of the present age, the Northern Beggar.

Was at this moment also dumbstruck, his wine gourd nearly slipping from his hand and crashing to the ground.

He rubbed his own eyes, then pinched his thigh hard.

After making sure he wasn't dreaming, he muttered in a tone as if he'd seen a ghost:

"O-Oh heavens! This… this acting island master of Taohuadao… is actually… actually a snake?!"

"And... and judging by the stance... this snake seems... seems to be embracing the core, condensing, and charging at the Grandmaster Realm?!"

"A snake… cultivating human Wu Gong… and even breaking through to Grandmaster?!"

Hong Qigong felt that his entire life's understanding, in this moment, had been completely overturned!