The beams of light fell and pierced through the earth, as if the world was bound by a birdcage. At that moment, Long Chen's bones ached. This birdcage was absolutely deadly; if he was trapped, he would surely die.
Long Chen couldn't focus on completing his task and sprinted outward. The birdcage quickly closed up, and at the moment it closed, the void was squeezed, and time and space seemed to freeze.
Long Chen knew that this cage was similar to his Blazing Prison—the smaller the area, the stronger the power. To break through, he had to break the seal as soon as it activated.
Thunder wings flapped behind Long Chen, moving at an extreme speed. The black dragons behind him seemed completely unaware of the danger and continued desperately charging at him.
Long Chen dashed forward, the beam tightening, and soon he reached the edge of the prison. His expression was solemn, the bone blade raised high, and a fierce will erupted. Divine light flickered on the blade, resonating with the sky as he slashed down.
"First Heaven-Opening Technique"
The blade shadow shot skyward, shattering the laws, carrying the will to destroy heaven and earth, slashing down fiercely.
"Boom!"
The Cage of Light in front of Long Chen was smashed open with a large hole by his blade. Endless fragments of time flew everywhere, as if heaven and earth had been pierced by this strike.
Long Chen's face turned from pale to red, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. This strike had taken a huge backlash, draining most of his rich energy in an instant.
"As expected, the Kaitian and Heavenly Dao are hard to merge."
Long Chen felt a wave of frustration. Under Luo Zichuan's guidance, he comprehended the true essence of blade Dao and comprehended the principles of the Heavenly Dao.
He wanted to infuse the Nine Heaven-Opening Techniques with new power, and after merging with the Heavenly Dao, form a new Nine Heaven-Opening Techniques.
But the very concept of opening the world carries the meaning of creating heaven and earth. Merging with the Heavenly Dao is like negotiating with someone: you lend me some power, and then I'll strike you once.
This was somewhat contradictory, but Long Chen was exceptionally clever, dividing the power of the Heavenly Dao into two parts: one full of kindness for himself, and the other for his own malice.
Long Chen wanted to absorb the power of the benevolent Heavenly Dao and then split through the malicious Heavenly Dao. This way, he wouldn't be able to distinguish friend from foe as before, which greatly weakened the power of the Heavenly Creation.
Long Chen's idea was very good, gradually improving, and making tremendous progress. However, distinguishing between the power of the Heavenly Dao of goodwill and malice—and in an instant—was almost impossible.
Therefore, since Long Chen absorbed most of the benevolent Heavenly Dao power, he would inevitably absorb a small portion of the malicious Heavenly Dao power. Thus, although his strike power increased several times compared to before, he would still suffer some backlash.
If the Demon-Eyed Water Lily weren't so terrifying, he wouldn't have risked a single strike. But the power of this strike was truly terrifying. The void was pierced, and Long Chen dashed forward along the passage, instantly breaking free from the birdcage's blockade.
Bai Shishi and the others, who had been quietly waiting, were overjoyed when they saw Long Chen rush out. Bai Xiaole immediately directed the black dragon to greet Long Chen. As long as they caught him, they could leave immediately.
"Whew!"
But before Bai Xiaole could move, nine-colored divine light burst forth in the void, and a huge lotus appeared out of thin air. Long Chen had just flown out of the birdcage when the nine-colored lotus swallowed it whole. This scene caused Bai Shishi and the others to gasp in surprise.
Long Chen hadn't expected that the Demon-Eyed Water Lily would set traps; the Nine-Colored Lotus had been waiting for him for a long time.
Wrapped in the nine-colored lotus, the space sealed off at that moment, Long Chen lost all sensation. At that moment, it was as if he had fallen into a boundless hell.
Behind him, an eye appeared—a pupil woven from nine-colored patterns, radiating endless sinister charm and murderous intent, staring at him.
Stared at by that gaze, Long Chen suddenly realized he couldn't move, and in that instant, his scalp tingled.
Because he discovered that, at some point, the stamens as thin as hairs had wrapped around his entire body, with spikes extending from the stamens piercing into his body.
His hard dragon scales couldn't resist its intrusion; a strange power was infused into his body, causing him to lose consciousness in an instant.
Long Chen was terrified. This Demon-Eyed Water Lily was terrifying. Even without the pod, it still had the strength to easily kill him.
Long Chen estimated that after losing its pod, the Demon-Eyed Water Lily immediately revealed its true form, using other parts to replace the pod, frantically extracting and storing the power of heaven and earth to launch the next attack.
If he had run away right when the Demon-Eyed Water Lily activated her lightsaber, without giving it time to recharge, he might have escaped.
But because he wanted to complete his mission, he was eventually captured. The nine-colored lotus closed, creating a space of its own, isolated from the outside world, somewhat like Long Chen's chaotic space. Here, the Demon-Eyed Water Lily was the supreme king.
"Wait, chaotic space..."
Long Chen suddenly had a flash of inspiration. At that moment, the nine-colored demonic pupils before him slowly condensed into a sharp spike, like a mosquito's mouthparts, slowly stabbing toward Long Chen's forehead.
"Want to take back your lotus pod?" Unfortunately, once the item fell into Master Long San's hands, it could never be taken out! Long Chen laughed heartily.
"Boom!" Suddenly,
the space behind Long Chen trembled, and endless black earth poured out, like a river breaking through its dam, instantly covering the entire world.
"Buzz"
When the black earth appeared and the nine-colored lotus trembled, Long Chen felt a tremendous force surge from him, sending him flying. The black earth churned everywhere, and Long Chen saw the lotus shrank rapidly.
"Haha, you have things you're afraid of too!"
Long Chen laughed heartily, moving his body and transforming into a streak of lightning. Just as Long Chen flew out, he was swallowed wholeby by a black dragon—the one controlled by Bai Xiaole.
"Run!"
Long Chen boarded the flying boat. Bai Xiaole immediately activated the dragon and fled desperately. Long Chen deployed his divine sense and saw the demon-eyed water lily shrouded in black mist, mist billowing and continuously spewing black mist.
Seeing this, Long Chen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. This time, he really had escaped from the brink of death.
This Demon-Eyed Water Lily was terrifying. Not to mention Immortal King level, even a Divine Lord Realm demon-eyed water lily wouldn't be a match. For beings of this level, cross-tier battles would be a joke.
Fortunately, the black earth restrained it. It was infected by the black earth, seemingly trying to drive away the poison, desperately trying to extract the power of the black earth's contamination.
Long Chen secretly felt lucky. Back when he fought Liu Ruyan, her resistance to black soil was extremely strong.
As for this demon-eyed water lily, whether it was due to its weak resistance to black soil or its increased power after ascending to the Immortal Realm, it managed to restrain this terrifying creature, allowing Long Chen to spare his life.
"This is so thrilling,"
Long Chen said, watching the black dragons frantically chasing after him, letting out a long sigh and sighing.
Jiang Yuhe and the others were about to cry:
"Grandpa Long, we're still out of danger. That terrifying black dragon is about to catch up. You'd better come up with a solution!"