Was it you that night?
Chapter 130 - 128: Despicable...

Chapter 130: Chapter 128: Despicable...

"You’ve already successfully transitioned from a Foundation Building Cultivator to Core Formation within the short span of two years, which is quite remarkable. Sorcery and such things can be learned slowly. If you don’t know them, I can teach you," Xu Jun seized the rare opportunity to chat warmly with Shen Qinghe.

After that experience in the Illusory Realm, Shen Qinghe now felt a lot more kinship towards Xu Jun, "Thank you, Senior Brother Xu."

Once Shen Zhiyao was released from the Confinement Technique, she excitedly hugged Shen Qinghe.

Shen Qinghe patted her back, "I’m fine now, and elder sister is fine too."

Shen Zhiyao looked towards the fiercely fought battle between the two men and the demon, her voice hoarse, "Even together, they are unlikely to be a match for the Flood Dragon. If Big Senior Brother and Second Senior Brother can’t contain the Flood Dragon, we’re all going to die."

Shen Qinghe hated the fact that her cultivation base was too low to be of any help.

It was at this moment, a black shadow suddenly flew out from the ruins of the cave.

Shen Zhiyao saw it clearly and exclaimed in surprise, "Qinghe, isn’t that your Black Rope?"

Shen Qinghe also saw it and thought to herself that it was just as she expected, "It is."

She always knew the Black Rope wouldn’t be so easily destroyed; it was such a spirited Magical Treasure, how could it be finished just like that?

The Black Rope even purposefully flew in front of the Flood Dragon, flaunting proudly as if it was mockery saying the Flood Dragon couldn’t kill it.

The Flood Dragon, already frustrated by Xiao Chen and Yan Changsheng’s entanglement, found the Black Rope’s insolent display particularly annoying.

The Black Rope’s shamelessly comical motions provoked laughter, and no one could help but chuckle.

The Flood Dragon, enraged by the Black Rope, lashed its long tail towards it.

The Black Rope deftly avoided and counterattacked with a whip at the Flood Dragon.

The Flood Dragon hadn’t expected the Black Rope to strike at it and, caught off guard, was hit squarely by it.

To everyone’s surprise, the whip was immensely powerful; the point where the Flood Dragon was struck by the Black Rope burst open, spewing Monster Blood everywhere, and the thick scent of the monster blood spread throughout the mountains.

For a moment, everyone was stunned, including Shen Qinghe, the Black Rope’s owner, who did not expect the Black Rope to wield such formidable power.

Shen Zhiyao excitedly pinched Shen Qinghe’s arm and cheered, "Well done, Black Rope, give the Demon Dragon a few more lashes! Let it be arrogant, let it rampage, beat it to death!!"

Hearing Shen Zhiyao’s noisy voice, the Flood Dragon spewed a breath of Monster Qi towards her.

Shen Zhiyao immediately ducked behind Shen Qinghe, who couldn’t help but laugh and cry, swiftly intercepting the Flood Dragon’s attack with the Red Lotus Shield Armor.

The Flood Dragon’s Monster Qi was thus repelled by the Red Lotus Shield Armor, causing backlash and obstructing its circulation of qi and blood. Seizing the opportunity, the Black Rope continued to lash the Flood Dragon several times.

The Black Rope’s whipping was too fast for the Flood Dragon to react, and it was hit several more times, its skin and flesh mangled and bloody.

Outraged, the Flood Dragon opened its wide mouth and bit towards the Black Rope.

This time, the Black Rope surprisingly didn’t avoid and allowed itself to be swallowed by the Flood Dragon.

The Flood Dragon clearly hadn’t anticipated that it would so easily swallow the Black Rope. Puzzled by why the Black Rope didn’t dodge, in the next moment, its belly felt as though knives were churning inside it. Intense pain as if its internal organs were being torn apart gripped the creature that had cultivated for nearly a thousand years – it had never experienced such agony.

Even as a Level Ten Dragon, it now felt fear, realizing that there was definitely something strange about this Black Rope, and its biggest mistake was swallowing it.

What followed was the onlookers watching the Flood Dragon writhing in pain on the ground, devoid of its previous arrogance and fury.

Yan Changsheng and Xiao Chen sheathed their swords and stood aside, watching the spectacle.

Everyone knew that the owner of the Black Rope was Shen Qinghe, and when the disciples of the Sky Pole Sect heard that the magic artifact Shen Qinghe obtained was merely an unremarkable black rope, they thought that Shen Qinghe’s fortune was far less than Nan Sheng’s.

But now it seemed that the black rope’s lethality was so strong that it could exert such great power even without being wielded by its master. Once Shen Qinghe’s cultivation base became powerful, the black rope was destined to become a Great Killing Device in the Three Realms that would strike fear into the hearts of many!

One must know that the great demon in front of them was a Level Ten Flood Dragon, a demon dragon that even Yan Changsheng and Xiao Chen could not subdue together, yet it was now being slaughtered by a magic artifact without the power to fight back.

Even though the scene was filled with elite cultivators from two great Immortal Sects, they had never seen such a phenomenon.

Throughout the entire cultivation world, there was basically no magical treasure capable of rendering such a powerful great demon powerless, which was beyond belief.

Standing to the side, Shu Xiu couldn’t help but exclaim with emotion, "Qinghe, could it be that your black rope has become sentient?"

Shen Qinghe was also overjoyed, "I have no idea what’s going on. Ever since I picked it up on the first day, it had sentience and insisted on following me."

She couldn’t get rid of it even if she tried.

Nan Sheng, listening from the side, felt complex emotions.

If it weren’t for already knowing the plot of the book, she would have suspected that Shen Qinghe was the female protagonist of the story. A character that was supposed to die early on had managed to attract the attention of three male leads and even taken away the Snow Bone Grass that rightfully belonged to her. Now, this spiritual artifact had allowed Shen Qinghe to steal the spotlight again.

This made it incomprehensible to her, why did Shen Qinghe have better fortune than her?

No wonder Shen Qinghe had been disdainful of her Thousand Shadows Divine Sword last time; it turned out Shen Qinghe had obtained a better opportunity.

Shen Qinghe herself was unaware of Nan Sheng’s mental struggles.

She knew the black rope was sentient from the day she picked it up, but she didn’t realize it had such capabilities to suppress a Level Ten Flood Dragon.

Such a top-tier divine artifact was rare in the Three Realms, how had she managed to find it?

It was too late to deliberate, as the moment unfolded quickly, everyone only saw the dragon writhing in pain on the ground, completely losing its formidable demon dragon deportment.

Just then, a black figure suddenly appeared. The person in black was entirely shrouded in a black cloak, obscuring their true face. The person in black reached into the abdomen of the Flood Dragon and, forcefully pulling at the other end of the black rope, extracted it from within the Flood Dragon.

Seeing this, Shen Qinghe wanted to step forward, but was timely pulled back by Shen Zhiyao, "Qinghe, that person has a high cultivation base, don’t recklessly stand out!"

But Yan Changsheng didn’t just stand by as the shadow appeared; he drew his sword and thrust at the vulnerable points of the person in black. However, the person in black didn’t want to fight and cleverly dodged, avoiding Yan Changsheng’s attack.

Yan Changsheng naturally couldn’t watch the person in black get away and fiercely directed his sword wind at the attacker.

A glint flashed in the person in black’s eyes, and they suddenly counterattacked with a palm strike toward Shen Qinghe not far away.

The person in black had a very high cultivation base and, in addition to everyone being taken aback by the fact that they could launch a sneak attack under Yan Changsheng’s assault, even Shen Qinghe didn’t expect it.

She had only reached Core Formation and was completely unprepared for a sudden attack by a powerful figure like the person in black; she didn’t even have time to use her Red Lotus Shield Armor for defense.

In this critical moment, someone promptly drew their sword, shielding Shen Qinghe behind them and blocking the black-clothed person’s palm strike with all their might. It was Xu Jun.

Despite Xu Jun’s Nascent Soul Stage cultivation, he suffered severe injuries when hit by the palm wind of the highly skilled person in black.

The person in black was merely creating a diversion and did not wish to linger on the battlefield. After injuring someone, they swiftly fled the scene.

The Flood Dragon also took advantage of the chaos to flee and vanished from everyone’s sight in an instant.

Seeing Xu Jun badly injured for protecting her, Shen Qinghe immediately offered an elixir for Xu Jun to swallow, "This time, I owe a great debt to Senior Brother Xu for his timely rescue. Thank you, Senior Brother."