Chapter 1221 : Confronting the Primordial Serpent

Contemplating the terrifying nature of the Primordial Era Desolate Spirit, Eldrin Chen's expression grew increasingly grave.

Such an entity was a supreme malevolence born of heaven and earth, far beyond comparison with ordinary Demon Immortal or Divine Spirits. To face it would likely invite unknown and extreme peril.

"The power of this Boundless Black Serpent is likely on par with a Half-Step Earth Immortal,"

Eldrin Chen stated, his voice heavy with solemnity.

Six Stars Immortal's countenance also shifted slightly. "Such a ferocious creature will be difficult to handle. Should we retreat first and gather Immortal Alliance Immortals for a joint assault?" he could not help but ask.

"There is no rush. Let us first test its capabilities,"

Eldrin Chen shook his head and replied.

With a flick of his sleeve, he summoned the Celestial Abyss Twin Swords. They shot forth, transforming into two dazzling arcs of sword energy that cleaved through the air towards the Boundless Black Serpent.

"Hiss!"

As the twin Immortal Swords descended, the Black Serpent let out a furious hiss. Its massive black tail swept out in a devastating arc, striking the Celestial Abyss Twin Swords with such force that they were sent flying away. Visit audi novel.com to enjoy the complete series.

Not only that, but after the serpent's tail sent the Celestial Abyss Twin Swords flying, its residual force surged forth with overwhelming might, continuing its assault towards Eldrin Chen.

The two of them, enduring the immense pressure of the Heavy Water [a profound and crushing water-based divine power], managed to evade. They watched as the serpent's tail struck through the Heavy Water, creating a vacuum bubble and causing the Boundless Abyss [the Endless Chasm] to tremble violently.

Seizing the moment, Six Stars Immortal channeled his power into an Immortal Sword and brought it down in a mighty slash. Yet, upon striking the serpent's tail, it merely sparked with points of light, leaving behind nothing but a faint white scar.

"What formidable physical defense!"

Six Stars Immortal was inwardly shaken, his voice grave as he spoke, "This Black Serpent has been tempered under the immense pressure of the Returning Abyss Heavy Water [the Abyssal Heavy Water of the Returning Abyss]. Each of its scales has borne the weight of countless millions of tons for millennia, becoming utterly indestructible."

"Forget you and I, even a Half-Step Earth Immortal [a cultivator on the verge of becoming an Earth Immortal] might struggle to slay it."

"Allow me to test it!"

Hearing this, Eldrin Chen did not retreat further.

With a sweep of his sleeve, he summoned a pillar of Five-Colored Divine Light [a divine radiance embodying the five elemental forces] that pierced heaven and earth, enveloping the Boundless Black Serpent.

This Black Serpent was born from the aqueous malevolent energies of the Returning Abyss, its very nature steeped in those formless, corrosive forces. Thus, it was innately countered by the Five-Colored Divine Light.

Yet when Eldrin Chen channeled the Five-Colored Divine Light to shine upon the Black Serpent, it felt as if he were trying to bind a Primordial Era Savage Ox with a single rope; he found it incredibly difficult to completely restrain the creature.

In the span of mere breaths, the Black Serpent tore through the Five-Colored Divine Light and broke free. From its pupil, larger than the sun, a divine light erupted, shooting towards the two of them.

"Beware! It's the Black Miasma Divine Light [a corrosive divine ability born from primordial chaos]!"

Eldrin Chen's expression shifted drastically. Reacting on instinct, he activated the Polarity Dual Poles Pearl. The opposing energies of Polarity [the fundamental forces of Yin and Yang] surged forth, forming a protective barrier that enveloped them both.

Instantly, the Black Miasma Divine Light slammed into the swirling Polarity energies. A violent collision erupted, shaking even the Polarity Dual Poles Pearl itself.

"What formidable Divine Ability [a supreme supernatural power]."

Having blocked the strike, Eldrin Chen began to maneuver, engaging the beast in a fluid dance of evasion and counterattack. Yet, his countenance remained grave.

The innate Divine Ability of this Boundless Black Serpent, the 'Black Miasma Divine Light', was terrifyingly potent, its power brushing against the realm of a World-Opening Heavenly God Ability [a divine power capable of cleaving primordial chaos]. Moreover, its speed rivaled the chase of stars across the moon. A single strike from it would likely force even a Ascendant Immortal 9th Tier [a cultivator at the peak of the Ascendant Immortal realm] into Reincarnation [the cycle of death and rebirth].

Were it not for the protection of the Polarity Dual Poles Pearl, Eldrin Chen himself would have been in grave danger of a crippling blow.

"Wretched fiend, face your end!"

Having blocked a strike from the Boundless Black Serpent, Eldrin Chen did not retreat. Instead, he once more channeled the Celestial Abyss Twin Swords, those Immortal Sword [divine blades forged by and for Immortals], transforming them into a single, resplendent blade of sword energy that he unleashed, cleaving towards the Boundless Black Serpent.

This time, Eldrin Chen was channeling the combined power of the Celestial Abyss Twin Swords. In that instant, they erupted with the peerless, dazzling sword energy of the Slaughter technique, striking the scales of the Black Serpent with the speed of a thunderbolt.

This single sword strike finally managed to breach the Black Serpent Scales, yet Eldrin Chen turned and fled without a word.

"Withdraw, now!"

Eldrin Chen shouted the command, leading the Six Stars Immortal away from the fray.

The reason became clear. Even with the might of the Sky-Severance Sword Union [a supreme sword technique meant to sunder the heavens], his attack had merely shattered a few of the Black Serpent's scales, leaving behind wounds that were not particularly deep. For the best reading experience, visit audi0-n0vel.c0m.

Such injuries were of little consequence to the Black Serpent. Unless Eldrin Chen could land hundreds, even thousands more such blows, or strike a truly vital point, there was simply no hope of slaying the beast.

Yet the Sky-Severance Sword Union was already Eldrin Chen's most powerful offensive technique, and it consumed a tremendous amount of his Immortal Essence [the refined spiritual power of an Immortal]. Even with his current reserves of Immortal Essence and the support of the Positive Water Verdant Lotus Throne, he could theoretically execute several dozen such combined strikes.

However, limited by the endurance of the Immortal Sword themselves, he could unleash the technique at most ten times in quick succession before risking damage to the sword bodies.

Therefore, relying solely on the power of the Sky-Severance Sword Union was far from sufficient to slay this Boundless Black Serpent.

If they were to attack its vital point [the critical weak spot, often the seventh inch from the head on a serpent] with all their might, they might barely manage to slay it. However, the Black Serpent would not simply allow them to strike its vitals unimpeded.

Under its counterattacks, the Polarity Dual Poles Pearl likely could not hold out for long.

Therefore, Eldrin Chen understood that relying solely on their combined strength would most likely be insufficient to overcome the Boundless Black Serpent. He made the decisive choice to withdraw immediately.

Given their cultivation levels, engaging the Boundless Black Serpent in battle might prove difficult to win, but escaping with their lives was not a difficult feat.

They flew outward from the Returning Abyss Sea Chasm. The Black Serpent pursued them for a short while before giving up the chase.

This was because boundless Heavy Water [an immensely dense and pressurized spiritual water] surged through the sea depths. Moving against the current of the Heavy Water was already arduous. Its body was far too vast and boundless; the pressure it had to endure to swim upstream was incomparably greater than what the two cultivators faced.

Thus, from the moment the Boundless Black Serpent was born, it had never left the bottom of this Returning Abyss.

Returning to the main thread, Eldrin Chen and the Six Stars Immortal ascended together. After flying for an unknowable length of time, they finally traversed the boundless sea chasm and emerged beyond the Bottomless Valley.

"Husband."

Seeing them emerge, Exquisite Jiang and Verdant Consort immediately approached.

Seeing that they were unharmed, Exquisite Jiang then asked, "What is the situation inside?"

"Not good."

Eldrin Chen's expression turned grave as he informed the two of them about the Boundless Black Serpent and the news regarding the Supreme-Grade Water Vein.

After hearing this, both of their faces grew extremely solemn. Verdant Consort could not help but speak, "That Black Serpent coiling around the Supreme-Grade Water Vein must be using the Water Essence Power [the concentrated spiritual energy of water] exhaled by the vein for its cultivation."

"If we wish to seize the Supreme-Grade Water Vein, it will be a fight to the death with it."

Exquisite Jiang also nodded slightly, then suddenly inquired, "You said that where the Supreme-Grade Water Vein lies, there is a hazy world, wrapped and coiled by that Black Serpent?"

"Yes." Eldrin Chen nodded, recalling what he had witnessed earlier, and then said, "It is a hazy world stretching for a million Li-lengths [one Li-length equals five hundred meters]. Unfortunately, because the Black Serpent was coiled around it, we could not see its full form."

Speaking to this point, Eldrin Chen's expression suddenly changed drastically, and he could not help but exclaim, "Are you saying that..."

"Yes."

Exquisite Jiang nodded, her face then turning incomparably solemn as she said, "A Supreme-Grade Water Vein rarely forms a world on its own. To reach the step of evolving a world, even if it is not an Earth Immortal Blessed Land [a paradise-like realm created by an Earth Immortal], it is not far from transforming into a Blessed Land [a realm of concentrated spiritual energy and natural wonders]."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of everyone present shifted dramatically, revealing a mixture of astonishment and elation.

The preciousness of an Earth Immortal Blessed Land [a realm of profound spiritual energy and natural laws, ideal for cultivation] is such that any Immortal [a being who has transcended mortality through cultivation] would be driven to madness for it. Even an Earth Immortal Patriarch [a powerful patriarch who has attained the Earth Immortal realm] would covet it intensely. Access the full story on audio-novel.com.