Chapter 19: Lightning and Transformation into a Flood Dragon

The "living" metal snake became flexible, coiling and swimming on the blood-jade bracelet that emitted blood light.

The three pairs of blood-jade snake eyes flickered and then lit up.

"Whoosh!"

A three-headed snake blood-soul, six or seven meters long and as thick as a bowl, flew out from inside the metal snake, with wide wings, flying straight to pounce on Li Youyi, who was rushing over.

It was too huge!

The blood aura was pungent, with a faint wind force, very soul-shaking.

But it was very faint, like mist.

Clearly, Director Yang didn't know the true method of activating the three-headed snake bracelet, only discovering by trial and error that using blood sacrifice could release a wisp of weak snake soul from within.

For a mortal, being able to control a wisp of snake soul was already quite extraordinary.

"Why is there such a bizarre object?"

This blood soul was simply a ghost, huge and ferocious; how could Li Youyi dare to touch it? He immediately dodged and fled.

Fortunately, his adaptability and footwork were extraordinary, his speed fast enough. After avoiding the attack of the three-headed snake blood soul, he pulled out the Huang Long Sword stuck in the old man’s chest.

In his mind, the image of "the Huang Long Sword slashing the Bone Demon’s hair, causing it to instantly turn into mist" flashed by.

This sword was absolutely a divine weapon that restrained demons and evil spirits.

Li Youyi mobilized the scorching current from the center of his right foot, pouring it into the Huang Long Sword.

On the blade, a faint yellow glow appeared.

While fleeing rapidly, as if he had eyes in the back of his head, he stopped instantly, turning around abruptly. The long sword in his hand slashed from bottom to top, dragging out a crescent-shaped arc, precisely slashing the three-headed snake blood soul that was chasing and diving down.

The judgment was precise to the extreme, as if the blood soul had actively hit his blade.

The leftmost head of the three-headed snake blood soul, where it was slashed by the Huang Long Sword, began to burn.

In an instant.

The already faint head couldn't maintain its form, turning into wisps of mist.

Having succeeded in one strike, Li Youyi no longer had any of that fear of the unknown, his eyes filled with fighting spirit, and he strode forward, actually chasing the three-headed snake blood soul to slash it.

For a time, sand and stones flew on the ground.

It had wings, but it couldn't fly high.

The scene was simply like a mortal chasing and killing a demon.

Countless people present were shocked by this scene.

A member of the 705 Laboratory wanted to pick up the shotgun again, but was pressed to the ground by Gao Huan and several other scientific researchers who had untied their bonds. The female graduate student with a good appearance picked up the shotgun as if it were hot charcoal, and ran to the ship’s railing, throwing it into the sea.

By the time Gao Huan saw it, it was too late.

That was a gun, the last gun on the ship with bullets.

The female student was scared by Gao Huan’s roar, hugging her head and trembling on the ground by the railing.

Regardless of what was said, all the scientific researchers had clear eyes; they knew very well who they should believe. When Xie Tianshu, Chen Hong, Kong Fan, and the others were committing crimes, why didn't they see the 705 Laboratory people come out to stop them?

To maintain the three-headed snake blood soul, Director Yang lost a massive amount of blood, his body continuing to wither, gradually becoming too weak to kneel on the ground.

But it was useless; the three-headed snake blood soul was simply no match for Li Youyi.

It was soon slashed into several pieces and vanished into thin air.

While Li Youyi was fighting the three-headed snake blood soul, the middle-aged woman wearing glasses from the 705 Laboratory calmly took off her coat, revealing the scripture belt tied around her body.

The belt was bright yellow, two inches wide, with dense scriptures on it.

The 705 Laboratory had observed the bronze ship for many years, and after falling onto the ship, they were the first to arrive at the location of those skeletal humans. Therefore, several immortal items were taken by them.

The middle-aged woman took out a small bottle of Golden Crow blood and poured it onto the scripture belt.

The "blood sacrifice" method of the scripture belt was different from the three-headed snake bracelet; it used the blood of dead things.

"Whoosh—"

As the Golden Crow blood soaked in, the scriptures on the belt immediately emitted blood light, and her whole body seemed to be shrouded in a faint blood-colored mist.

The scientific researchers who rushed up wanting to restrain her were about to hit their target, but in a flash, she appeared several steps away.

Clearly just a mortal, but with the blessing of the scripture belt, her movement speed became very bizarre.

Li Youyi hadn't yet slashed the three-headed snake blood soul when the middle-aged woman had already approached.

After the three-headed snake blood soul was slashed into pieces and vanished, the middle-aged woman took out a black iron seal the size of a fist and stamped it on the ground only six or seven steps away from Li Youyi.

"Boom!"

The sound of thunder rang out.

From the bottom of the black iron seal, a bright and winding electric light flew out, straight toward Li Youyi.

The black iron seal and the scripture belt were both obtained from the skeletal human whose bones were nearly jade-like, and their quality was extremely high; even without knowing the specific method of activation, they could erupt with extraordinary power.

Li Youyi’s perception was keen, and he didn't have time to turn around, immediately rolling to the side, narrowly avoiding the electric light.

The shoulder of his left coat was charred, the fabric carbonized, and the skin burned with pain.

Just a little bit more, and what would have been hit was his neck or head.

Although the black iron seal was powerful, it required a heavy strike to release lightning. Moreover, because the middle-aged woman didn't know the true method of control, fine currents surged into her palm while releasing the electric light, making her arm numb with pain, making it very difficult to launch a second attack quickly.

Fortunately, there was the blood light emitted by the scripture belt to protect her, otherwise, her arm would have been more than just numb with pain.

After dodging the lightning, Li Youyi moved like a leaping ape, immediately closing in on the middle-aged woman.

"Swish!"

Her movement speed was like an illusion, dodging Li Youyi’s first sword, only slashing off a wisp of hair.

You must know that Li Youyi had practiced martial arts since childhood, so his movement techniques and moves, under the blessing of the scorching current, became transcendent, having the style of a martial arts master. But she only activated the scripture belt, and she could turn decay into magic, which was too inconceivable.

The two were wary of each other, sometimes she fled, sometimes Li Youyi retreated.

On the other side, Gao Huan and the others were anxious to help the scientific researchers untie their bonds, and no one noticed that Xie Tianshu, who had been lying in a pool of blood with a severed arm, was undergoing a earth-shaking change.

The dragon-patterned thumb ring on his thumb absorbed the blood flowing from his severed arm, and the dragon pattern turned blood-red, flashing with faint blood light.

His heart resonated with the frequency of the dragon pattern’s flashing, and his blood flow became slower and slower.

The wound on his severed arm stopped bleeding.

On his skin, fine and icy scales grew. His forehead bulged irregularly, forming irregular patterns like coral.

Li Youyi soon discovered that the middle-aged woman couldn't use that black iron seal indefinitely.

She had only used it four times, and her entire hand had turned black, trembling uncontrollably.

The blood light emitted by the scripture belt was also fading rapidly.

"You don't know how to use these immortal items at all; every time you use them, the damage to your body becomes deeper." Li Youyi saw that if she used it one more time, her entire arm would be crippled.

There was no need to clash head-on with her; once the blood light of the scripture belt faded, she would naturally no longer be a threat.

"Awoo!"

A high-pitched cry, like a wolf, a tiger, and a dragon, resounded through the bronze ship.

Li Youyi, the middle-aged woman, and many scientific researchers were all shocked, looking at Xie Tianshu, who had already climbed up from the ground.

Their eyeballs seemed about to fall to the ground.

In the faint underworld mist, Xie Tianshu was still one-armed, but his body had expanded to a height of nearly 2.8 meters, and his clothes were almost all burst.

His skin turned into black scales the size of fingernails.

His only remaining left hand had turned into a sharp and huge claw.

His feet also appeared mutated, his soles twice as wide.

The dragon-patterned thumb ring was worn on his claw, its light even brighter. A blood dragon woven from dragon patterns swam on the thumb ring like a living thing.

The scientific researchers screamed, their legs went weak, and they fled.

They had already been scared enough by Xie Tianshu before, and now this Xie Tianshu, needless to say, was surely even more terrifying.

"He... did he steal and drink flood dragon blood?"

"Scales, claws, head... it really might be so; his body is clearly mutating in the direction of a black flood dragon."

"How did he dare?"

"Li Youyi, this severed arm of mine is thanks to you; neither the black flood dragon corpse blood nor the dragon-patterned thumb ring can make it grow back."

Xie Tianshu, mutated into a flood dragon-like creature, walked with heavy steps, rushing toward Li Youyi with increasing speed, his eyes the size of wine cups filled with anger.

He arrived in the blink of an eye, swinging his claw toward Li Youyi’s head, stirring up a strong wind.

Li Youyi took a step back, and the sharp claw brushed past the front of his nose.

In the past few days, having experienced too many bizarre things that couldn't be explained, even if Xie Tianshu was now nearly demonized, Li Youyi could still view him calmly.

After dodging this claw, he took a step forward and slashed at Xie Tianshu’s chest with one sword.

"Ding! Ding! Ding..."

The blade collided with the black scales on his chest, creating countless sparks, leaving only a shallow mark.

Xie Tianshu retreated quickly, and after discovering he wasn't injured, a happy laugh came from his mouth: "I have flood dragon scales to protect my body; what can you do to me? Don't worry, I won't let you die too easily."

Li Youyi looked at the Huang Long Sword in his hand.

"Without the scorching current in my body to activate it, the Huang Long Sword is really just a bit sharper than ordinary swords, unable to make things collapse at a touch."

Not far away, the middle-aged woman from the 705 Laboratory took out another bottle of Golden Crow blood, preparing to pour it onto the scripture belt.

Catching a glimpse of this with his peripheral vision, Li Youyi rushed over at a speed of one zhang per step.

"Want to escape?"

Xie Tianshu chased after him.

His footsteps were heavy, and the ground was shaking slightly.

"Pfft!"

Li Youyi slashed the middle-aged woman’s head off with one sword, without the slightest hesitation, and then snatched the black iron seal from her hand. Turning around, he knelt on one knee, looked up at Xie Tianshu who was chasing him, and slammed the seal heavily into the ground.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a thunderclap.

A bright stream of electric light flew out from the bottom of the seal, hitting Xie Tianshu.

Xie Tianshu flew backward, his body turning even blacker...

Somewhat charred, his whole body was smoking.

Li Youyi didn't feel good either, suffering the backlash of the lightning in the seal, his entire arm numb with pain, losing at least half of its sensation.

"This seal is definitely not used like this. She was just messing around!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 20 =====