Chapter 374: I'm Back Again! (Fifth Update)

Overseas, a remote sea area.

Deep beneath the sea, a pitch-black pit suddenly appeared; within the pit, all waters gathered, while a thousand fire veins spread out around it, like stars circling the moon.

The Earth-Fire Sea-Core Furnace!

At the center of the volcano, a handsome young man with a refined, scholar-like appearance was holding a jade slip, reading it with his divine sense.

Moments later, he set down the jade slip, his face showing difficulty.

"The overseas regions have been unstable lately."

Suo Huan had been in seclusion within this Earth-Fire Sea-Core Furnace for nearly a few decades; to be precise, he had been in seclusion since Master Chongguang attained the Realm of Non-Existence.

There was no choice; the tide of the times forced it.

When Master Chongguang attained the Realm of Non-Existence, he took all the True Lords with him in one go; among them, the overseas regions were the most excited, with the Long Wang even leaving while laughing loudly.

After the various True Lords went into seclusion, the True Dragon Clan immediately poured out in full force, beginning a comprehensive sweep of the overseas regions to search for spiritual materials, preparing for the Great Crown Prince of the Long Gong, Tian Qiu, to seek the Golden Core; under such a tide, Suo Huan, a lone cultivator from beyond the heavens with no support, naturally could only choose to temporarily hide.

Thinking of this, he could not help but sigh again.

"Sigh."

Master Chongguang taking all the True Lords of the world was a great boon for all cultivators, but for him alone, it was a calamity like thunder from a clear sky.

Because unlike others, Suo Huan needed True Lords to seek the Golden Core!

Without even mentioning other things, just the foundation for seeking the Golden Core—the realm of Perfect Foundation Establishment—he needed the Son of Heaven of the Dao Court to personally grant him an official rank to achieve it.

But now, the Son of Heaven of the Dao Court has gone into seclusion.

The Crown Prince is acting as regent, and his attitude toward him is completely different; after several discussions between the two sides, the other party simply refused to grant him an official rank of Perfect Foundation Establishment.

Thus, Suo Huan was stuck.

For a moment, he could not help but show a look of despair: "My time is nearly up now... could the Huan Xu Jie truly be completely extinguished here with me?"

He could not accept it!

But what could he do even if he could not accept it? Suo Huan slumped his head dejectedly: "At this point, I can only wait a bit longer, enduring until the True Lords return."

However, just at this moment.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the entire Earth-Fire Sea-Core Furnace began to trem violently; Suo Huan frowned and looked toward the direction from which the shaking came.

It was better not to look.

But once he looked, he immediately jumped up.

"Damn it!"

Wherever his eyes fell, he saw that the remote sea area where the Earth-Fire Sea-Core Furnace was located had, in this very moment, had billions of acres of seawater forcibly lifted by a mighty power!

Suo Huan gazed into the distance and suddenly saw hundreds of thousands of demon soldiers standing on the sea surface, currently arranged in formation, channeling the spiritual energy of heaven and earth; the lifting of the seawater was clearly their doing, while at the very front of the demon soldier army formation stood a man and a woman with prominent horns, both old acquaintances of Lu Yang.

Long Wang Chui Ying and the Long Wang Chui Ling.

These two Dragon Lords of the Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment, now with the support of hundreds of thousands of demon soldiers, had their qi and aura surge violently, staring straight toward Suo Huan's direction.

"Sure enough, he is here."

"Are you Suo Huan?"

Facing the questions from the two Dragon Lords, Suo Huan pretended not to hear, his hands trembling with anger, because his Earth-Fire Sea-Core Furnace had already been destroyed!

It must be known that the Earth-Fire Sea-Core Furnace was constructed based on Feng Shui.

Therefore, the terrain and topography were the most important; but now, the two Dragon Lords lifting the seawater had directly broken the Feng Shui and destroyed his Earth-Fire Sea-Core Furnace!

'Bold demons...'

Suo Huan cursed loudly in his heart, but in the end, he could not utter those four words, after all, he could not provoke the True Dragon Clan, which was currently at the height of its momentum.

"... Two Daoist friends, why have you come to seek me?"

Suo Huan shook his sleeves, performing all the proper courtesies.

Upon hearing this, Chui Ying smiled slightly, a pair of dragon eyes revealing mockery: "I heard that you, this cultivator from beyond the heavens, possess a Ling Xu Blessed Land; I wonder if this is true or false?"

Upon hearing these words, Suo Huan's heart immediately sank. 'So that's why they came to find me; they are eyeing the Ling Xu Blessed Land! Do they want to use my Blessed Land as a ritual instrument to consume for seeking the Golden Core?'

Too oppressive!

If it were something else, considering the might of the True Dragons, Suo Huan would have given it; after all, he had already bowed his head more than once, so bowing once more would mean nothing.

But the Ling Xu Blessed Land was absolutely out of the question.

Because this was the seed for the revival of the Huan Xu Jie, his greatest hope for surviving to this day; if he gave it away, then the Huan Xu Jie would truly be destroyed!

'... You seek death!'

For a moment, Suo Huan's anger rose from his heart, and evil arose in his courage; he looked at Chui Ying and Chui Ling before him with a cold gaze, revealing a trace of killing intent.

Admittedly, the two Dragon Lords had the support of an array of hundreds of thousands of demon soldiers, but they were merely of the Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment; he, on the other hand, was at least a Late-Stage combatant, and with the support of the Ling Xu Blessed Land, he was no weakling in the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment; if they truly fought, he could suppress these two little dragons with a single flip of his palm!

However, as soon as his qi and aura changed.

Almost simultaneously, Chui Ling and Chui Ying also seemed to have been prepared; they directly took out a trident and offered it into the air, reflecting shimmering, clear waves.

'The Imperial Sea Trident!'

This weapon fell into the air, instantly reflecting thousands of brilliant colors, exploding with a thunderous roar, and the clear sky even transmitted the rumbling sound of flowing water.

"This is..."

Seeing this, Suo Huan's pupils immediately contracted; he recognized the origin of this weapon—it was none other than the personal weapon of the Long Gong Crown Prince, Tian Qiu, a superior spiritual treasure!

And the Imperial Sea Trident appearing here had clearly received prior divine arts support from Tian Qiu; now offered up by Chui Ling and Chui Ying, it immediately gained the status support of Perfect Foundation Establishment, so that the two people whom Suo Huan had previously not taken seriously suddenly saw their threat level surge several times!

In an instant, Suo Huan felt his heart turn icy cold.

'This is... they intend to kill me?'

It was obvious that Chui Ling and Chui Ying had come prepared, and even the Crown Prince of the Long Gong, Tian Qiu, might currently be secretly watching him!

Thinking of this, Suo Huan instantly dispelled all killing intent.

"Very well, it's just another escape."

Suo Huan closed his eyes, daring not to harbor even a shred of resistance; after all, since arriving in this wretched place, resistance had been nothing but a fairy tale.

Yet just as he prepared to risk his life for a path to survival, suddenly, a thunderous roar exploded from the heavens above, instantly spreading across the entire Outer Sea, causing countless cultivators to look up in response, only to see the violent clouds part, with boundless spiritual energy pouring down from beyond the sky!

It was as if the heavens were collapsing!

"Is this... the World Sky falling?"

Suo Huan raised his head, and in a daze, it seemed he had returned to the past; the former Huan Xu Jie had been just like this, dragged in from beyond the sky by the True Lords.

But this one before his eyes seemed somewhat different.

It appeared to have entered of its own accord?

Before Suo Huan could sort out his thoughts, very soon, he witnessed a scene that left him dumbfounded: a hand of immense size, filling the sky and earth, descended from the heavens.

Originally, the raising of billions of acres of seawater by the Sui Ling and Sui Ying, with the scale already grand enough, let alone bolstered by the status of a Foundation Establishment perfection, was truly like the waters of the Chen Tianhe; yet when this descending hand from the sky opened, it pressed everything into its palm!

"Who dares!?"

Seeing this, the Sui Ling and Sui Ying were greatly terrified, both transforming into their true dragon forms, attempting to flee through the void, yet they could not escape the range of the five fingers of that great hand.

"Boom!"

Without any suspense, the next second, the five fingers of the great hand closed, easily crushing the two Dragon Kings in its palm as if they were mere chicks.

"Fellow Daoist, show mercy..."

From the distant sea, the voice of Tian Qiu came.

However, the response to him was a faint sound.

"Crack!"

Flesh and blood flew everywhere; the two Dragon Kings were instantly annihilated, then the shadow of the great hand dimmed, divine light rolled back, and a tall youth figure materialized.

"I'm back in this wretched place!"

Glancing around, a sinister smile appeared on Lu Yang's face.

As for the words of Tian Qiu, he paid them no mind whatsoever.

Show mercy?

He had returned this time precisely to unleash all his weapons!

(End of this chapter)