Chapter 454: then translation of title

It wasn't that the dragon-shaped carving really came to life, but rather this Dragon Qi passing through the Linghai Forbidden Ground was sucked into the Ancient Bronze Sword!

Dragon Qi continuously flowed and darted within the dragon-shaped carving on the Ancient Bronze Sword's body; from afar, it looked as if that dragon had come to life.

Dragon Qi was mighty.

If it were an ordinary sword, it would probably have been shattered into pieces by the impact.

Liu Junyan gripped the sword hilt with both hands, Dragon Qi radiating throughout his body; I saw his arms' veins bulging high, his forehead covered in cold sweat, and those amber-colored vertical pupils tightening into a vertical line.

That vertical line was actually golden.

The Copper Coin Person, after having its evil energy cut off, returned to Liu Junyan's side.

Dragon Qi passed through the eight Formation Arrays and dispersed, the seal of the Linghai Forbidden Ground completely vanished, and sea waves surged up wave after wave.

Amidst this expanse of sea waves, countless black qi condensed into streaks of black shadows, wreaking havoc everywhere.

On the horizon, faint bird calls could be heard.

Chaos.

From this moment on, the entire Linghai fell into great turmoil.

The Cosmos Mandarin Duck Hook broke free of the Zhé shàn's black iron chain restraints; Hu Yulin retracted his Zhé shàn, barely managing to stabilize his stance. Opposite him, a single Cosmos Mandarin Duck Hook instantly turned into three!

Then, three became five, five... and then became seven...

The several Cosmos Mandarin Duck Hooks continually shifted positions, spinning, making people dizzy and their vision darken.

Among these several Cosmos Mandarin Duck Hooks, only one was genuine; the others were entirely formed from the condensed vengeful resentful evil qi of the sea.

They spun and transformed, rapidly approaching.

If one cannot promptly and accurately identify the main one, they will be placed at a particular disadvantage.

I even broke out in a sweat for Hu Yulin.

But it's obvious that this problem is not a big deal for Hu Yulin.

He flicked his Zhé shàn to his waist, swiftly formed a hand seal, a light ring immediately appeared, and he thrust both hands forward.

The True Qi light ring went forth to meet those several Cosmos Mandarin Duck Hooks.

The Eight-Tailed Spirit Fox's inner strength and Fǎzhèn are no longer comparable to what they were initially.

The Cosmos Mandarin Duck Hook formed from condensed vengeful resentful qi, upon colliding with the True Qi light ring, immediately became entwined with black qi and revealed its true form.

Within just a few dozen seconds, Hu Yulin had already locked onto the true body of the Cosmos Mandarin Duck Hook, and he unleashed his Zhé shàn again.

This time, the Zhé shàn unfolded into a semicircular shape, with over a dozen small swords revealed in its ribs, each flashing with cold light.

The Zhé shàn swept out flat, spinning rapidly; its speed was such that its original form could no longer be seen, only a sheet of cold light slicing toward the opponent.

At the moment the Zhé shàn collided with the Cosmos Mandarin Duck Hook, sparks flew everywhere, and the grating, teeth‑on‑edge tearing sound rose and fell repeatedly.

The next moment, several more Cosmos Mandarin Duck Hooks appeared on the Sea Surface, likewise formed from condensed black qi.

Hu Yulin had the ability to resist the Cosmos Mandarin Duck Hook and could also identify the fakes immediately, but doing so required a great deal of True Qi and inner strength.

He could block it for a moment, but his inner strength could also be completely exhausted, leaving him unable to strike.

Linghai is too vast.

In the sea, countless resentful spirits.

Furthermore, the resentful spirits of families like Li Qingying's, when alive, had even reached the cultivation level of the Leaping Dragon Gate.

These guys are not easy to deal with.

As for Liu Junyan's side, having to bear an entire Dragon Qi with a single Ancient Bronze Sword—how difficult that is!

The Bird Formation cried out as it gathered toward the Linghai Forbidden Ground, and the Bādà hùfǎ all took the field together.

For a time, black qi intertwined above the entire Linghai Forbidden Ground, and the battle became fiercely chaotic.

But the fundamental problem remained unsolved.

Dìluán has yet to appear!

The evil qi that had infected the White Dragon's Dībā pò had already been slain by Liu Junyan, the Cosmos Mandarin Duck Hook appeared, and the Bird Formation was also summoned… Is Dìluán's true form perhaps in Linghai?

If we don't uproot this poisonous thorn completely, we cannot withdraw unscathed from this turmoil.

But upon second thought, Dìluán's true form may not necessarily have arrived.

Because controlling all of this, he only needs to go through the Pagoda Formation!

The Pagoda Formation is the main base, the root of all evil!

Thinking thus, I leapt into the In the Sea, heading toward the direction of the forbidden ground's abyss guided by memory.

In fact, once I truly descended to a certain depth, I no longer needed to discern the direction myself, for those whirlpools on the Sea Surface and the vengeful resentful qi within them all erupted from a single direction.

I desperately swam toward that direction; when I got close enough, a strong suction force pulled my body down rapidly, and not long after I saw that tower in the abyss.

The entire abyss was filled with murky miasma, and my ears were filled with the sounds of ghosts wailing and wolves howling.

At the moment I entered the abyss, it seemed as if countless pairs of eyes instantly fixed on me.

No, to be precise, they were fixated on the Soul-guiding Lamp in my hand.

The Soul-guiding Lamp can extinguish souls, and also ferry them across.

Wherever the Soul-guiding Lamp passes, those creatures drool yet are afraid.

After a brief moment of eager trial, they then sensibly retreated on their own, making way for a path; after I passed through, they quickly gathered again… In this eerie atmosphere, my body landed above the tower, and then, as the whirlpools circled the tower's body, they rotated.

Only then did I suddenly discover that the iron chains originally tightly wound around the tower's body had already snapped.

Now wrapped around the tower's body is not iron chains, but…… a Hēimǎng!

The Hēimǎng's body is long and sturdy, covered densely with black scales, coiled layer upon layer around the tower's body, almost wrapping the entire tower!

This Hēimǎng is perhaps a bit too huge?!

The Hēimǎng's body twined around the tower, constantly moving; I could hear the hissing sound of the snake flicking its tongue.

But strangely, while the hissing sound came, I also heard various bird calls, and even frog croaks…

At first, I thought those sounds were coming from above.

But after listening carefully again and again, I realized something was off.

Those sounds and the hissing were coming from the same place.

Because the black snake's body was moving, and I was also turning with the vortex, my movement stayed in sync with the black snake's.

This made it impossible for me to tell where the black snake's head was and where its tail was.

Only after I determined the direction of those chaotic sounds did I consciously mobilize my internal force to resist the vortex's force, slowing my own spinning speed.

One loop, another loop…… I don't know how many loops I had turned before I finally saw the black snake's head!

At that moment, I wished I could gouge out my own eyes!

Following the black snake's body, the first thing I saw was a large ring of colorful feathers, gorgeous beyond words, like a phoenix!

But ahead of that ring of feathers there were no scales; instead it was patchy, like many animals' fur stitched together.

Moving forward, I finally saw the black snake's head.

As I looked at him, he turned his head to look at me, four eyes meeting…… no, far more than just four eyes…… for a moment I didn't know how to describe that face.

It was a human face, yet across his forehead and the upper half of his cheeks grew pairs of different eyes, a hooked nose, a pointed beak, a forked scarlet tongue, and an excessively elongated crop…… strange and absurd……