Chapter 391: Black Flood Dragon, Intercepting the Opportunity in Advance

The black bear's body was sliced in half, and blood gushed out.

Before Zhou Chen, a Yao Beast of the Sixth Layer of the Venerable Realm couldn't even withstand a single move.

After flying for another half an hour, Zhou Chen finally reached his target location.

This was a valley surrounded by steep cliffs and shrouded in mist.

At the bottom of the valley was a small lake; the water was crystal clear, emitting a faint Spiritual Qi.

And by the lakeside, a massive Yao Beast lay coiled.

It was a Black Flood Dragon, a hundred zhang long, with scales like black iron, exuding a chilling aura.

Venerable Realm Ninth Layer!

"It really is here…"

Zhou Chen hid in the distant woods, not disturbing the flood dragon.

His Divine Sense swept across the lake bottom, and he quickly discovered something unusual.

Deep at the bottom of the lake, there was an entrance to an Immortal Cave hidden by a Formation.

That was where the ancient Immortal Cave was located.

"The Immortal Cave is at the bottom of the lake; I must defeat the flood dragon to enter."

Zhou Chen frowned. "But a flood dragon at the Venerable Realm Ninth Layer won't be easy to deal with."

"Moreover, if I engage in a fierce battle with the flood dragon here, I'll likely alert other Yao Beasts or even draw Murong Fei over."

"I must end this quickly."

With a thought, Zhou Chen took out a Medicinal Pill from the System space.

It was the Bursting Spirit Pill he had obtained through System return back in the Tianxuan Continent.

After consumption, it could increase one's cultivation by two layers for a short time with no side effects.

Zhou Chen swallowed the Bursting Spirit Pill.

Boom!

Terrifying spiritual power erupted within his body, and his aura instantly soared.

Venerable Realm Sixth Layer… Venerable Realm Seventh Layer!

"Tai Xu Domain — Open!"

Zhou Chen expanded his Domain, enveloping the entire valley.

Within the Domain, he was the Dominator.

The flood dragon instantly sensed the abnormality, snapped its head up, and looked toward Zhou Chen's direction.

"Roar—"

It let out a heaven-shaking roar, its massive body soaring into the air as it lunged toward Zhou Chen.

"Good timing!"

Zhou Chen held the Void Divine Sword and charged toward the flood dragon.

"Void — Consecutive Slashes!"

Dozens of space cracks appeared out of thin air, slashing toward the flood dragon from all directions.

The scales on the flood dragon's body were incredibly hard; ordinary attacks couldn't break its defense at all.

But the Void Slash contained Space Law, which could ignore defense and directly attack the main body.

Puff puff puff—

Several space cracks slashed into the flood dragon's body; scales were torn apart, and blood sprayed out.

"Roar—"

The flood dragon was in pain and became even more frenzied.

It opened its mouth and spat out a black dragon breath, containing destructive power.

Zhou Chen didn't dare to take it head-on; his figure flashed as he used Formless Immortal Traces to dodge the attack.

"Chaos Cage!"

Zhou Chen activated the Space-Time Law of the chaos bell, and the flow of time in the surroundings instantly slowed down.

The flood dragon's movements became sluggish, as if it had fallen into a quagmire.

"Now!"

Zhou Chen seized the Opportunity and continued to activate the chaos bell.

"Chaos — Heaven Suppression!"

The chaos bell erupted with brilliant light, and a terrifying suppression force enveloped the flood dragon.

The flood dragon's body was forcibly suppressed, unable to move.

"Great Void Eight Desolations Slash!"

Zhou Chen swung his strongest sword strike.

The sword light was dazzling, the space shattered, carrying a power that could destroy everything.

Puff!

The sword light pierced through the flood dragon's head, slaying it.

The flood dragon of the Venerable Realm Ninth Layer, under Zhou Chen's full power, lasted for less than fifteen minutes.

"Whew…"

Zhou Chen put away the Void Divine Sword and let out a long breath.

The effect of the Bursting Spirit Pill was still ongoing; his cultivation was currently still at the Venerable Realm Seventh Layer.

Zhou Chen didn't dare to delay and jumped directly into the lake.

The lake water was bone-chillingly cold, but for a Venerable Realm Cultivator, it was nothing.

He soon found the entrance to the Immortal Cave hidden by the Formation.

It was a stone door covered with ancient runes.

Zhou Chen sent his Divine Sense inside, carefully studying the arrangement of the runes.

"This is an ancient Seal Formation…"

"However, it's very old; the Formation is already incomplete, with only thirty percent of its power remaining."

"With my Formation expertise, I should be able to crack it."

Zhou Chen took out a Formation Plate and began setting up to break the Formation.

Half an hour later.

Crack—

The Seal Formation was finally cracked, and the stone door slowly opened.

Zhou Chen didn't hesitate and walked directly into the Immortal Cave.

Inside the Immortal Cave was a deep passage.

On both sides of the passage, night-luminescent pearls were embedded, emitting a soft light.

Zhou Chen followed the passage and soon arrived at the Core Area of the Immortal Cave.

This was a huge stone room, its walls carved with insights into Cultivation Techniques and cultivation diagrams.

In the center of the stone room stood a stone platform.

On the stone platform lay an ancient Jade Slip.

Zixia Immortal Formula!

Zhou Chen's eyes lit up, and he walked quickly to the stone platform.

He picked up the Jade Slip and probed it with his Divine Sense.

Boom!

A massive amount of information flooded into his mind.

It was a complete Immortal Rank Low Grade Cultivation Technique, from the Foundation Establishment Stage all the way to the True Immortal Realm.

The technique used Zixia Qi as its core; it could absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and convert it into Zixia True Essence, possessing great power.

"What a good technique!"

Zhou Chen praised.

Just then, the System's notification sound rang out.

[Congratulations to the Host for successfully intercepting Murong Fei's Opportunity!]

[Triggered 10,000-fold critical hit return!]

[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining: Immortal Rank Top-Grade Cultivation Technique Zixia Immortal Scripture (Complete Version)!]

Zhou Chen's vision blurred, and another Jade Slip appeared in his hand.

The cultivation limit of this technique had been raised to the True Immortal Realm Tenth Layer!

"10,000-fold return… truly powerful…"

Zhou Chen was shocked.

This was the power of the System.

By intercepting others' opportunities, he could not only get the original treasure but also trigger a 10,000-fold return to gain even stronger rewards.

Zhou Chen put the Zixia Immortal Scripture into the System space and then turned to leave the Immortal Cave.

He had to leave before Murong Fei arrived.

Otherwise, once discovered, it would likely cause unnecessary trouble.

Zhou Chen returned along the passage and swam back out of the lake.

Just as he stepped onto the shore, a sound of breaking air came from the distance.

A figure flew over on a sword at high speed.

It was a young man in a white robe, handsome and with an extraordinary temperament.

It was indeed Murong Fei.

"Oh no…"

Zhou Chen's expression changed.

He hadn't expected Murong Fei to arrive early.

According to the opportunity panel's prompt, Murong Fei should have arrived at noon, but it was only the End of the Si hour now.

"Could it be that the opportunity panel made a mistake?"

Zhou Chen's heart sank.

But he soon realized.

It wasn't that the opportunity panel was wrong, but because he had killed the guardian flood dragon, he had changed the original timeline.

Originally, Murong Fei would have needed a fierce battle for three hours to kill the flood dragon.

But now that the flood dragon was dead, Murong Fei naturally didn't need to fight and arrived early.

"Damn it…"

Zhou Chen gritted his teeth.

Murong Fei had already spotted him.

"Hmm?"

Murong Fei stopped in mid-air, looking at Zhou Chen with a wary gaze.

"Who is Your Excellency?"

"Why are you here?"

Zhou Chen's mind raced, and he immediately came up with an excuse.

"I am Zhou Chen, a Loose Cultivator from Qingfeng City."

He cupped his hands and said, "I was exploring nearby just now and accidentally discovered that this flood dragon had already been killed."

"I wanted to see if I could scavenge anything."

"I didn't expect to run into you, Fellow Daoist."

A hint of suspicion flashed in Murong Fei's eyes.