Chapter 265: Subduing the Jiao!

Puff puff puff!!

While the Cold Chant Flood Dragon fell into rigidity, the three Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Swords stabbed fiercely into its body.

Roar!!!

The Cold Chant Flood Dragon in a chaotic state instantly woke up from the intense pain, and as fresh blood dripped into the Cold Pool, it roared at Yunhe.

Its eyes were filled with uncontrollable astonishment.

What just happened?

It felt as if its head had been heavily struck with a blunt stick, and when it regained consciousness again, it was the moment those three flying swords pierced its body.

The battle situation changed so quickly that it couldn't react at all.

But the intense pain thoroughly aroused its ferocity, and it actually lunged at Yunhe, twisting its body violently despite the three flying swords embedded in it.

Seeing this, Yunhe was neither startled nor pleased.

This flood dragon once again displayed its powerful body, being able to move freely even after having three Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Swords stuck in it.

However, Yunhe didn't indulge it, lightly making a hand seal.

Heavenly Thunder!

Boom!!

The three flying swords embedded in the Cold Chant Flood Dragon instantly burst forth with golden arcs of light, and the jumping electric arcs immediately clung to its body.

The suppressing effect of that Heavenly Thunder power on demon beasts was obvious; the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's mid-flight body instantly stiffened and plunged straight down into the Cold Pool.

Yet Yunhe turned his finger into a sword and lightly lifted it.

Rise!

Thus, the three Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Swords instantly lifted the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's body.

If one wanted to kill it, the Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Sword could have pierced its demon core just earlier, rather than now embedding it in its body; although the injury is not minor, it is not fatal.

Gradually recovering from the stimulation of the Heavenly Thunder power, the Cold Chant Flood Dragon panted with its mouth open, and a hint of fear finally appeared in its eyes as it looked at Yunhe.

But more than that, it was still unwilling to submit.

As a proper flood dragon, it felt its defeat was rather inexplicable, and it was nothing like the great battle it had imagined.

Seeing the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's gaze, Yunhe suddenly felt a headache and rubbed his temples.

Demon beasts and human cultivators are just trouble.

If it were a demon beast here, simply pressing this Cold Chant Flood Dragon to the ground and giving it a beating would make it completely obedient despite its arrogance, and it would submit wholeheartedly, with no need to leave a divine sense imprint.

But that's among demon beasts; for humans to tame a demon beast inherently hostile to humans, the trouble is much greater.

Moreover, the higher the cultivation base and the greater the spiritual intelligence of a spirit beast, the less willing it is to submit, even preferring death.

Otherwise, there would be no sects like the Spirit Beast Sect and the Spirit Controlling Sect that specialize in beast taming, and every cultivator would have their own demon beast.

Therefore, the value of high-purity demon beast eggs or young beasts remains high.

Because only demon beasts raised from youth can be tamed without too much trouble.

But even if a demon beast is raised from youth, improper rearing can still lead to betrayal, so cultivators are heavily guarded against their own demon beasts and often set up multiple restrictions.

And this Cold Chant Flood Dragon before us, even if defeated and controlled by me, still seems unwilling to submit.

Roar——

Gradually recovering from the Heavenly Thunder power, the Cold Chant Flood Dragon struggled again.

Seeing this, Yunhe had no choice but to again unleash the Heavenly Thunder power on the Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Sword, saying in a deep voice:

"Cold Chant Flood Dragon, if you refuse to submit, then I will no longer indulge you."

Upon hearing this, the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's eyes were full of arrogance, its head held high, preferring death to submission.

Hah.

Yunhe chuckled lowly, but did not employ any technique, simply patting the Corpse-refining Bag again.

The next second.

Without even activating the Heavenly Thunder power, the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's body froze in place, staring wide-eyed at the figure that appeared beside Yunhe, showing a look of astonishment.

Immediately after, a terrifying surge of magical power burst forth from that corpse refining.

Nascent Soul Corpse Refining!

The Cold Chant Flood Dragon instantly tensed its whole body and let out a high-pitched, prolonged howl, seemingly with a hint of panic.

Quite obvious.

It realized that this corpse refining could rival a Fourth-Level demon beast Nascent Soul Corpse Refining, completely overwhelming it in realm.

And it also understood that it was no match for a Nascent Soul old monster!

But it couldn't fathom how Yunhe, a cultivator of the same realm as it, could master such means.

This is not equivalent to a Third-Level demon beast controlling a Fourth-Level demon beast?

That is what the Cold Chant Flood Dragon cannot understand.

But before it could figure it out, the Nascent Soul Corpse Refining stepped forward, raised a hand covered in numerous corpse spots and sharp black claws, and clenched it in midair.

The next moment.

A large amount of Yin Cold Qi instantly surged forth, wrapping the Cold Chant Flood Dragon from all directions.

As an ice-attribute demon beast, the Cold Chant Flood Dragon actually felt a trace of bone-chilling cold welling up from within.

The Cold Chant Flood Dragon struggled again in fear, but under the Nascent Soul Corpse Refining's method it had no effect at all.

More and more Yin Qi surged out, like a great net tightly binding it.

And under this pressure, the Cold Chant Flood Dragon gradually fell from midair, coming to rest at the edge of the Cold Pool.

Yunhe walked slowly up to it and looked down from above.

He lifted one foot.

He directly stepped on its head.

Then, with a lift of his palm, the Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Sword originally embedded in the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's body was pulled out with a sound, and steadily fell into Yunhe's hand.

Cold Chant Flood Dragon, my patience is limited. You also saw, I even have a Nascent Soul Refining Corpse; making you my spirit beast is not mistreating you.

Yunhe's voice became devoid of any emotion, merely speaking ever more coldly.

I will give you one last chance; after three sounds, if you still do not agree, then I am not merciful. One, two, three!

Seeing this, Yunhe's eyes turned cold, he made a move to kill.

But just then, the Cold Chant Flood Dragon closed its eyes, let out a low mournful cry, expressing its intention to submit.

To put it bluntly.

Among demon beasts, the law of the jungle prevails; the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's unwillingness stems from its belief that Yunhe lacks the qualifications to subdue it, but now seeing the appearance of the Nascent Soul Refining Corpse, it finally understands that if they truly fought, they are not on the same level.

Since that's the case, there's nothing to be unhappy about.

That's more like it. Hurry up and open your sea of consciousness!

Seeing the Cold Chant Flood Dragon give up resistance and choose to submit, Yunhe laughed heartily; at the moment it opened its Demon Sense, he mercilessly imprinted his divine sense onto its soul.

And with the infusion of Yunhe's divine sense, a basic master-servant relationship was established between him and the flood dragon.

The divine sense he imprinted is also skillful, using a secret technique from the Thousand Poisons Myriad Insects Art; even if the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's cultivation rises, as long as its Demon Sense cannot overwhelm Yunhe, it has no chance to betray.

For Yunhe, having such a late-stage third-level flood dragon as a spirit beast will undoubtedly raise his combat ability by a notch.

Nothing else to say.

This Cold Chant Flood Dragon temporarily holding off a Late Jie Dan Stage cultivator should pose no problem.

Moreover, traveling afterward will be much easier.

Master.

After the Nascent Soul Refining Corpse loosened its binding on the Cold Chant Flood Dragon, the dragon lay obediently at Yunhe's feet, transmitting via Demon Sense.

Hearing the sound, Yunhe was somewhat surprised.

I didn't expect it to actually be a female flood dragon.

However, it's just surprise; the gender of a demon beast doesn't greatly affect its displayed strength.

Yunhe slightly nodded, lifted his palm, and the remaining two swords inserted in the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's body were also drawn out.

The three flying swords and the Demon-Restraint Armor simultaneously returned to his dantian.

Roar!

The pained Cold Chant Flood Dragon couldn't help but let out a low roar; the trickling fresh blood, under its bodily control, also gradually staunched.

Seeing its suddenly wilted, pitiful appearance, Yunhe laughed and shook his head.

Just a second ago it was full of arrogance, now it has learned to act cute.

He lightly tapped his storage bag, pinched out two snow-white elixirs.

Smelling the medicinal fragrance, the Cold Chant Flood Dragon twitched its nose, its eyes suddenly brightened.

Yunhe also did not hesitate, throwing two Fostering Elixirs into its mouth.

This is, carrot and stick, the Cold Chant Flood Dragon became completely obedient.

Its injury looks severe, but Yunhe controls it well; given the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's physique, at most five or six days, it can fully recover.

He patted the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's huge, uncomfortable body, feeling the rugged texture on its seemingly smooth scales and the coolness transmitted to his palm, Yunhe nodded satisfied.

"You are also a late-stage third-level demon beast; if there is an opportunity, I can help you break through to the fourth level." Yunhe promised.

If the Cold Chant Flood Dragon can break through to the fourth level, that will definitely be a qualitative increase in his strength.

Upon hearing this, the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's head kept nodding.

If Yunhe had said this at the beginning, the Cold Chant Flood Dragon would surely have scoffed; but after experiencing the Nascent Soul Refining Corpse and consuming the Fostering Elixir, which greatly affects demon beasts, it has no doubt.

"Alright, tell me, what exactly is the situation beneath this cold pool?" Yunhe asked.

Why does the cold pool periodically erupt with terrifying cold, while the Ice Immortal Pavilion can only reinforce the seal rather than completely resolve it.

Also, why did this Cold Chant Flood Dragon appear in the cold pool.

Because, according to Ice Gui Immortal Maiden's words, this cold pool has been sealed for at least thousands of years, yet this Cold Chant Flood Dragon couldn't have lived that long, indicating that the cold eruption of the abyssal cold pool is not closely related to it.

"Below, there is a place where the cold is very dense; it periodically erupts with cold, from which I can gain considerable benefit."

Oh?

Yunhe recalled that when his divine sense swept earlier, there was a place where the icy aura was extremely dense and could not be penetrated.

After a brief ponder, Yunhe immediately said: "Let's go down and have a look."

After speaking, he directly came onto the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's head.

The Cold Chant Flood Dragon was somewhat unaccustomed to this, but after Yunhe lightly stepped on it with force, it realized it is now Yunhe's spirit beast.

Immediately it flicked its tail and dove into the bottom of the cold pool.

The deeper they went, the more they could feel the cold of the pool water.

Soon.

The person and flood dragon soon arrived at the bottom of the cold pool.

It's really cold.

The Ice Immortal Pavilion is originally in a frigid region; although for a cultivator like Yunhe it's nothing, upon delving to the bottom of this cold pool, even he felt the cold.

"Your 'Profound Dark Cold Breath' probably isn't learned from here, is it?"

Roar!

The Cold Chant Flood Dragon nodded.

They gazed at the expanse of darkness before them.

The cold of the entire cold pool emanates from here, but Yunhe's divine sense cannot penetrate, his naked eye cannot see anything, even using the Spirit Eye yields nothing.

For a moment, Yunhe really didn't dare to continue approaching.

Because even the Cold Chant Flood Dragon instinctively feared the cold there and could only wander the periphery absorbing the extreme cold spiritual energy, Yunhe also couldn't guarantee how much he would be affected after entering.

But one thing is certain: this place definitely hides a significant secret.

Perhaps it is closely related to that Yuan Ying Cultivator from the Ice Immortal Pavilion back then.

"Master, perhaps we can wait until the Cold Tide erupts and ends before coming to look; then we'll be able to approach." the Cold Chant Flood Dragon suggested.

Upon hearing that, Yunhe crossed his arms over his chest with one hand and rested the other on his chin, lightly rubbing.

What the Cold Chant Flood Dragon said made sense, after all, it had lived here for who knows how many years, so it ought to understand this place better than Yunhe.

Moreover, if this place truly produces the Ten-thousand-year Ice Heart, if he moves too much and affects its production, that would be troublesome.

He had subdued the Cold Chant Flood Dragon because Yunhe was certain that whether the dragon left or not would not greatly affect this place, but if his actions caused too much destruction here, that would be hard to say.

Boom—

Suddenly.

A surge of churning water rose from the bottom of the Cold Pool, and in the darkness not far away, waves of extreme cold aura spread outward.

Feeling the sudden drop in temperature, Yunhe even saw the spiritual energy wrapping himself freeze into peculiar ice crystals, and his expression changed slightly.

This really isn't something he can handle right now.

He immediately hesitated no longer, tapping the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's head with his foot.

"Go!"

(End of Chapter)