Chapter 18: Lightning and Transformation into a Flood Dragon

The "alive" metal snake became soft and swam on the blood-red jade bracelet that was emitting blood light.

The three pairs of blood-jade snake eyes flickered, 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, and flew straight toward Li Youyi, who was rushing over.

It was so huge!

The blood aura was pungent, with 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, just groping in the dark, and by mistake, discovered that using blood sacrifice could release a wisp of weak snake soul from it.

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, immediately dodging and fleeing.

Fortunately, his adaptability and footwork were extraordinary, and his speed was 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 heart.

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

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

Li Youyi mobilized the scalding airflow from the sole of his right foot, pouring it into the Huang Long Sword.

On the blade, a layer of faint yellow light appeared.

While fleeing rapidly, as if he had eyes on the back of his head, he stopped suddenly and turned around abruptly. The long sword in his hand dragged an arc-shaped sword mark from bottom to top, accurately 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 and turned into wisps of mist.

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

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

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

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

I don't know how many people present were shocked by this scene.

A member of Laboratory 705 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-looking appearance picked up the shotgun, as if picking up hot coals, and ran to the side of the ship, 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.

That female student was scared by Gao Huan's roar, hugging her head and trembling on the ground by the side of the ship.

Regardless, the eyes of all the scientific researchers were bright; they knew very well who to believe. When Xie Tianshu, Chen Hong, Kong Fan, and the others were committing crimes, why didn't they see the people from Laboratory 705 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 weak and kneeling on the ground.

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

It was soon slashed into several pieces and dissipated into smoke.

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

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

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

The middle-aged woman took out a small bottle of Jin Wu 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—"

The Jin Wu blood soaked in, and the scriptures on the belt immediately erupted with blood light, her whole body seeming to be shrouded in a faint blood-colored misty group.

The scientific researchers who rushed up wanting to restrain her, just as they were about to hit, saw a flash before their eyes, and she had appeared several steps away.

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

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

"Swish!"

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

You know, Li Youyi had practiced martial arts since he was a child, so his movement techniques, under the blessing of the scalding airflow, became extraordinary and had the style of a martial arts expert. But she only activated the scripture belt and 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 untie the scientific researchers, and no one noticed that Xie Tianshu, who had been lying in a pool of blood with a severed arm, was undergoing earth-shaking changes.

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, and his blood flow became slower and slower.

The wound on his severed arm stopped bleeding.

Fine and icy scales grew on his skin. His forehead bulged unevenly, forming irregular patterns like coral.

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

After only four uses, her entire hand had turned black and was trembling uncontrollably.

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

"You don't understand how to use these immortal objects 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 fight her head-on; 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 nether mist, Xie Tianshu was still one-armed, but his body had expanded to a height of 2.7 or 2.8 meters, and his clothes were almost all burst.

His skin turned into black scales the size of a fingernail.

The only remaining left hand 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 the claw, its light even brighter. A blood dragon woven from dragon patterns swam on the thumb ring like a living thing.

The scientific researchers were screaming, their legs weak, and running away.

They had been scared enough by Xie Tianshu earlier; now this Xie Tianshu, without thinking, must be 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 dare he?"

"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, who had 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 full of anger.

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

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

Over the past few days, he had experienced too many bizarre events that couldn't be explained; even if Xie Tianshu was demonized at this moment, Li Youyi could still view it calmly.

After avoiding 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 rapidly, discovering he wasn't injured, and let out a happy laugh: "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 scalding airflow in my body to activate it, the Huang Long Sword is really just a bit sharper than ordinary swords, unable to cut through at a touch."

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

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

"Want to escape?"

Xie Tianshu chased after him with big strides.

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 any hesitation, then snatched the black iron seal from her hand. He turned around and knelt on one knee, looked up at Xie Tianshu who was chasing him, and smashed the seal heavily toward the ground.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a thunderclap.

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

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

He was somewhat scorched, his whole body smoking.

Li Youyi didn't feel good either, being backlashed by the lightning in the seal, his entire arm numb and painful, losing at least half of its sensation.

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

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 19 =====

The footsteps were heavy, causing the ground to tremble slightly.

"Pfft!"

Li Youyi slashed down with his sword, severing the middle-aged woman's head without the slightest hesitation, then snatched the black iron seal from her hand. He turned, knelt on one knee, looked up at the pursuing Xie Tianshu, and struck the ground heavily with the seal.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a peal of thunder.

A bright stream of light, like an electric shuttle, flew out from the base of the seal and struck Xie Tianshu.

Xie Tianshu was sent flying backward, his body even blacker...

Somewhat charred, with smoke rising from his entire body.

Li Youyi did not fare well either; backlashed by the lightning within the seal, his entire arm went numb with pain, losing at least half its sensation.

"This seal is definitely not meant to be used this way. She was just messing around blindly!"

(End of this chapter)