Free Web NovelChapter 706: Chapter 550: Mutation
"Demon Tribe’s Heavenly Tribulation!"
Lii Qianjie, seeing this, felt his eyelids twitch violently and couldn’t help but speak in a deep voice.
He could feel an overwhelming celestial might from the void locking onto this place.
This celestial might now was more than ten times stronger than when he underwent the Nascent Soul Celestial Tribulation, instantly making his scalp tingle!
At this moment, Qin Ming and the others could easily guess that it must be the Sea-Splitting Demon Saint of the Merfolk Race, who was about to undergo tribulation here, attempting to reach the Tier Four Perfection Realm.
If this tribulation were successfully passed, the strength would inevitably skyrocket.
The three of them did not expect that just when they were about to take the Heart Inquiry Fruit, they would coincidentally encounter the Merfolk Race’s Demon Saint breaking through.
The Thunder Tribulation of a Tier Four Perfect Great Demon was extremely terrifying; even those with Lii Qianjie and Xiao Xun’s cultivation didn’t dare to recklessly confront it.
Xiao Xun still wanted to seize the last opportunity to quickly pluck the Heart Inquiry Fruit and then retreat.
But just at this moment.
Qin Ming’s powerful divine thought suddenly sensed an unusual fluctuation.
The next instant.
The Cyan Emperor’s Dharma Eye on his Nascent Soul’s forehead abruptly opened!
As the cyan light scanned over the two-foot-tall Heart Inquiry Fruit Tree, he vaguely saw a peculiar human figure nearby.
Even he felt an extremely dangerous sensation.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao, danger! Fall back quickly!" Qin Ming hurriedly called out to warn.
Xiao Xun hesitated upon hearing this, looking at the Heart Inquiry Fruit so close at hand. Although there was a hint of reluctance in her eyes, upon hearing Qin Ming’s warning, there was undoubtedly some kind of danger present.
She bit her silver teeth and decisively gave up taking the fruit, retreating swiftly to Qin Ming’s side.
But Lii Qianjie seemed unwilling to give up, knowing the characteristic of the Heart Inquiry Fruit withering once off its branch, yet disregarding advice, rushing forward.
Suddenly!
Just as Lii Qianjie was about to use magic to seize the spirit fruit, a burly man with a fierce human face and shark tail appeared behind the spirit fruit, his body covered in cyan-black scales, revealing a half-human, half-demon form.
Qin Ming, seeing this, had a glint in his eyes, assuming that this was the one undergoing the Heavenly Tribulation, namely the Tier Four Late-Stage Sea-Splitting Demon Saint of the Merfolk Race.
Swish!
The man casually glanced at Lii Qianjie, and a black light flew out, instantly piercing through his protective Gang Qi and, without losing momentum, pierced through his abdomen completely.
The black light circled back and returned to the Sea-Splitting Demon Saint.
"Uh! It’s poisonous!"
Lii Qianjie was caught off guard and got injured, looking at the other party in shock and anger.
The attack happened in the briefest moment, leaving no time to react.
Qin Ming’s Cyan Emperor’s Dharma Eye saw clearly that the thing that ambushed Lii Qianjie was a three-inch long pitch-black bone spike.
But right now, what worried him the most was not this.
"Hmph! Human Race cultivators! How dare you!"
"Daring to sneak into our forbidden land, attempting to steal the Heart Inquiry Holy Fruit."
"Once I finish undergoing the Heavenly Tribulation, I’ll make you understand what it means to wish for death over life!"
The Sea-Splitting Demon Saint, seated deep within the cave, cast a cold glance at the three of them, preparing to pack up the spirit fruit on the tree.
However, at this moment.
Suddenly!
An unexpected change!
A silhouette vaguely appeared in the void near the center of the deep pool, like an invisible person, moving with lightning speed.
It managed to act before the Sea-Splitting Demon Venerable, in an instant, taking out an ancient flower basket, seemingly a special spiritual treasure, and collected all four spirit fruits into it...
Then floated away lightly.
The Sea-Splitting Demon Saint, seeing this sudden change, was filled with anger and shock on his hideous face, but due to the imminent Heavenly Tribulation, dared not rise and move recklessly.
He could only watch helplessly as the other party took the spirit fruit.
At this time, the three also saw clearly the person hidden in the air, able to avoid detection by a Late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator’s divine thought, indicating the high level of his divine technique.
In the void ahead, emerged a middle-aged man as thin as a skeleton, draped in a black robe, with an aura fluctuating between highs and lows... lingering around the Late-stage Nascent Soul.
Yet, to Qin Ming and the others, there was an inexplicable sense of confronting a Divinity Transformation Stage great power.
The skinny middle-aged man only gave them a faint glance, making the three feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.
Lii Qianjie, having suffered a significant loss at the hands of the Sea-Splitting Demon Saint, hurriedly retreated to Qin Ming and Xiao Xun’s side, not daring to face the mysterious and unpredictable cultivator alone.
But in the next moment, Xiao Xun seemed to recognize the man before them.
"Isn’t this Ascendant Lingtao who disappeared hundreds of years ago? But he was supposed to be only Mid-stage Nascent Soul, how can he give us a feeling of extreme danger? Could it be he secretly broke through?" Xiao Xun was also greatly alarmed, showing a look of uncertainty under her veil.
Had Qin Ming not reminded her to retreat, she might have been the one harmed just now.
Qin Ming narrowed his eyes, secretly using the Cyan Emperor’s Dharma Eye to scan Ascendant Lingtao again, only to find that the Nascent Soul on the Purple Mansion Spirit Platform of the skinny middle-aged man seemed to be occupied and controlled by another powerful divine soul.
"No, this person is no longer Ascendant Lingtao; it seems to be controlled by a divine technique similar to the Demon Soul Possession Technique..." Qin Ming saw through the trick at a glance.
After Ascendant Lingtao succeeded, he was about to escape when he heard Qin Ming’s words and glanced deeply at him: "Heh heh! I didn’t expect someone could see through this ancestor’s means..."
"Remarkable indeed!"
Their hearts trembled instantly, this ability to freely possess even a Mid-stage Nascent Soul, possibly only a Venerable Divinity Transformation could achieve.
Boom crackle!
The terrifying Heavenly Tribulation tore through the dark sky, igniting a series of thick lightning pillars, weaving into a dense silver lightning net, crashing down on the Tide Sound Cave Heaven where everyone was.
Such a powerful Heavenly Tribulation, even a Late-stage Nascent Soul would retreat three leagues.
The possessed Ascendant Lingtao displayed a strange smile, then his figure blurred and disappeared from the spot first.
The trio, led by Qin Ming, dared not linger here and risk being struck by lightning for no reason.
Immediately, they each displayed their divine techniques and vanished in an instant from within the Tide Sound Cave Heaven.
"Damn it! This infuriates me!"
The Sea-Splitting Demon Saint stared at the bare Heart Inquiry Fruit Tree, nearly bursting with rage.
This Spirit Fruit ripens once every five thousand years and was something he had planned to use when attempting to break through to Tier Five, but it ended up snatched right under his nose.
But now there was no time to think about it; he hurriedly swallowed a massive bone hammer and charged to meet the descending Thunder Tribulation!
In an instant.
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Outside the Dragonbone Reef.
As the terrifying Thunder Tribulation of the late-stage Tier Four Great Demon descended, numerous affected demon beasts turned to dust on the spot, leaving not a trace...
For a moment.
Influenced by the demon saint’s Thunder Tribulation, the two warring demon races were immediately terrified, fleeing in panic...
Each scrambling for their lives.
The Nine Serpent Ancestor of the Blood Flood Dragon Race, having lost his sanity, was on a killing spree, slaughtering the Merfolk Race. Seeing the unusual thunder tribulation, his expression turned extremely grim.
"How can this be? That old Sea-Splitting Old Monster is about to advance to Tier Four Perfection first!"
His bloodthirsty vertical pupils revealed a hint of disbelief.
If the opponent truly breaks through to the Tier Four Great Perfection Realm, the balance between the two races would be completely overturned.
Most likely, he wouldn’t be a match anymore.
The Nine Serpent Ancestor was contemplating when he saw four Human Race cultivators’ escape lights shoot out in succession from the direction of the Tide Sound Cave Heaven!
"Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Human Race?!"
His expression turned utterly astonished, and immediately recalling Dragon Princess’ words, he understood everything instantly.
Particularly, he sensed the aura of his own son’s soul on Lii Qianjie.
"Ah!! It was indeed the Human Race causing trouble! I will ensure you have a terrible end!"
Realizing he had been schemed against.
The Nine Serpent Ancestor roared in anger, recklessly pursuing the four.
The Dragon Princess of the Merfolk Race, with a complex expression, had just received a communication from the Sea-Splitting Ancestor.
She learned of the significant upheaval in the Tide Sound Cave Heaven—that the holy fruit of the race had been seized by the Human Race cultivators.
What surprised her more was that the Human Race had snuck into the Dragonbone Reef without detection.
And there were four of them...
The familiarity of the aura on three of them suggested she had met them personally, but their disguise was just too good.
The Dragon Princess immediately transformed into a green streak of light, chasing the group.
She sent a message to the Nine Serpent Ancestor: "Nine Serpent Old Monster, let’s put aside our grievances for today. You must know the cause and effect by now; first, let’s join forces to deal with these audacious Human Race Nascent Souls."
"Fine!" the Nine Serpent Ancestor replied succinctly.
He then called upon the Tier Four Demon Saint of the Blood Flood Dragon Race to pursue.
The Dragon Princess also gathered two Tier Four Mid-Stage Merfolk to join the chase.
Over the Dark Sea.
Qin Ming and his companions followed Ascendant Lingtao closely, Lii Qianjie wavering as he asked:
"Fellow Daoist Qin, this person is controlled by a strand of Divine Soul from a Divinity Transformation Great Power. Should we continue the chase? If we provoke the person behind this, I’m afraid..."
"Of course, we’ll continue. Whoever dares block my path to the Path of Eternal Life, I’ll kill them!" Qin Ming replied succinctly.
With these words.
Lii Qianjie and Xiao Xun also felt a chill in their hearts.
This fellow turned out to be the truly audacious one, unafraid of even the Venerable Divinity Transformation in his pursuit of the Divinity Transformation opportunity...
But at this point, with events already halfway through, it was impossible for the two of them to back out now.
Realizing this, Lii Qianjie took out a pill and swallowed it, barely stopping his recent injuries, and had no choice but to continue following the pursuit.
However, as they expanded their divine thoughts, they suddenly sensed several powerful Demon Race cultivators urgently chasing from behind.
Leading them was none other than the late-stage Tier Four Nine Serpent Ancestor.
"Humph! Let’s see where you run to?!"
"Face your death!!"
The next moment.
A tyrannical demonic aura surged skyward!
The Nine Serpent Ancestor manifested his true Demon Beast form, a nearly thousand-zhang-long blood-colored Flood Dragon, exuding azure demon flames. It spanned several hundred li in an instant, its massive body intercepting the fleeing group.
With a sudden halt in their movement, the pursuing demon races quickly caught up from behind.
"Pavilion Master Xiao, Fellow Daoist Lii, I’ll leave this beast and the pursuers behind to you two. I’ll deal with Ascendant Lingtao," Qin Ming’s divine thought transmission echoed instantly in their minds.
Xiao Xun and Lii Qianjie were not ones to hesitate; they immediately nodded in agreement.
Qin Ming immediately released the Heaven-Devouring Rat, instructing it to join the battle and delay them for a while.
The Heaven-Devouring Rat, wielding a black steel fork and draped in a five-colored command flag, patted its chest: "Don’t worry, Master. Those two big ones I can’t handle, but the smaller ones I can."
With that, its figure disappeared, flying towards Xiao Xun and the others.
