Chapter 1796 (Raw 1808): Intense Battle with a Turtle Beast
“Pa!”
Xiao Chen smashed his palm against the sea surface and soared into the air with a somersault.
He saw a stream of water shooting out like an arrow from where he had been lying.
If this water arrow had struck him, it definitely would have pierced through his chest. The injuries that just healed would have opened up again and worsened.
Who is it?
Xiao Chen hovered in the air with a wary and puzzled expression.
All the lifeforms had long since fled the area where the lightning tribulation happened. This place was also desolate with no one around. Who could be sneak-attacking him?
Without giving Xiao Chen any time to wrestle with his questions, huge waves surged up on the calm sea surface, one after another.
The sea region here recovered to how it was when Xiao Chen first arrived. Furthermore, it appeared even more dangerous than before.
Xiao Chen revealed an expression of understanding. He had not investigated the reason for the harsh environment of this sea region, with its huge waves endlessly soaring to the sky. It looked like this was the result of a ferocious beast going berserk.
Where is it, and what ferocious beast is it?
As Xiao Chen looked around, he discovered the island, which had been blasted apart by the lightning tribulation, rising out of the water.
That is it!
Xiao Chen showed a startled expression. It turned out that he had been undergoing his tribulation on the back of a ferocious beast.
That island had formed on the back of the ferocious beast.
With this realization, Xiao Chen quickly retreated. That island was fairly large, at least one hundred kilometers wide. Just how large would the ferocious beast be? It would definitely be extremely strong.
The “island” grew increasingly taller until it completely surfaced from the water. By then, Xiao Chen had already gone quite a distance.
Only then did Xiao Chen discover that the island was a colossal turtle beast with a terrifying aura.
This was clearly a late-stage Star Venerate ferocious beast. Although it was not at peak late-stage Star Venerate, it would not be far from it. Furthermore, it was this huge.
Xiao Chen had just taken his tribulation, and his severe injuries had barely healed. This ferocious beast really caught a good timing.
Xiao Chen felt the other party’s aura lock down on himself. So, he stopped retreating and cautiously eyed the other party, storing up power as he waited.
Just then, Xiao Chen saw a pair of jade-green eyes appear in a “cave” in the “island,” staring hard at Xiao Chen.
Those eyes revealed a savage glint inconsistent with the gentle and firm aura of a turtle beast.
Interesting. This turtle beast even wants to eat me.
“Pu ci!”
Just as Xiao Chen thought that, the area with the two dim lights in the cave suddenly shot forward.
The turtle beast’s head shot out like a terrifying viper trying to bite Xiao Chen.
The turtle beast moved even faster than lightning. When it opened its mouth and sucked, a strong pulling force appeared. Xiao Chen immediately resisted, and he slowed down significantly.
Damn it! This turtle beast really is thinking of eating me, Xiao Chen roared in his heart.
There was not much time to think. Then, two lights flickered in his eyes.
The Taiji Yinyang Flame Diagram instantly formed, blocking this lightning-quick attack that would catch anyone off guard.
“Bang!”
The turtle beast’s serpentine head opened its mouth wide as it crashed into the Taiji Yinyang Flame Diagram. In intense pain, it retreated at an even faster speed.
The turtle beast let out a furious roar, and the waves of the sea turned even more terrifying.
Water-attributed Great Dao Energy spread out. This turtle beast was unusually talented. It actually managed to comprehend Great Dao Energy.
Thousands of waves turned into dragons and soared out, charging at Xiao Chen with terrifying momentum.
As that happened, more horrifyingly huge waves appeared on the sea, looking like they were trying to swallow him up.
As the other party’s Great Dao Energy spread out on the sea, the gravity of the Ash Gray Sea, which was already very intense, strengthened.
Xiao Chen’s mobility suffered another setback, his agility declining by a large margin.
That is fine with me!
Xiao Chen’s expression turned serious as a strong fighting spirit blazed in his heart. He had just cleared his lightning tribulation and was merely half a step from comprehending the Thunder Great Dao.
Fighting the other party’s Water Great Dao would give Xiao Chen great motivation for advancing his Thunder Great Dao.
With this thought, lightning immediately lashed down from the sky. The rumbling thunder echoed in the heavens.
Roaring ferociously, Xiao Chen spread his hand, and a boundless electric light shot out of his palm.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The electricity blasted apart the water dragons flying over. However, after the water dragons scattered, they quickly reformed.
Since this was a sea region, water-attributed ferocious beasts naturally had the advantage here. Furthermore, this was an old turtle beast that already lived for an unknown amount of time.
Countless arcs of electricity surged out of Xiao Chen’s body, painting half the sky with electric light.
When the water dragons approached, he quickly punched with the force of rushing lightning.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
Electric light exploded at Xiao Chen’s fist. In one breath, he threw hundreds of punches, crushing all the water dragons.
However, the huge waves surged out of the sea, swallowing him up.
Xiao Chen’s internal organs churned. He felt like a heavy mountain of metal had crashed into him.
A whirlpool appeared in the water and sucked him in, pulling him toward the colossal turtle beast.
Xiao Chen’s Purple Thunder Divine Incantation circulated wildly. When he roared, lightning-attributed energy exploded in the surroundings, allowing him to charge out of the huge waves while electricity flickered all over his body.
The sky turned dark, and the thunderclouds spread. As Xiao Chen hovered in the air, he appeared to be in a sorry state.
However, the battle continued, giving him no time to rest.
Xiao Chen did his best to digest all the comprehension he obtained during the lightning tribulation. The more he fought, the more ferocious he became. His control of lightning-attributed energy became increasingly smoother.
With a wave of his hand, a majestic lightning bolt boomed as it shot out, looking like a storm of lightning.
As Xiao Chen refined the energy of the lightning tribulation in his body, he discovered that the restraints of the Ash Gray Sea on him slowly relaxed.
He became even nimbler. He found he had a much easier time dodging the various sea waves and water dragons attacking him.
“Boom!”
Upon seeing that it could not take down Xiao Chen, the turtle beast repeated its attacks. Suddenly, the sea soared three kilometers high, forming an overwhelming titanic wave trying to swallow him up.
The taller the wall of water became, the heavier the Dao Might of the Water Great Dao.
Xiao Chen continuously ascended, but he discovered that his physical body reached a certain limit of the Ash Gray Sea, unable to go any higher.
So, he somersaulted and quickly landed on the sea surface.
As he looked at the lofty wave, he continuously circulated his Purple Thunder Divine Incantation, wildly absorbing the lightning-attributed energy in the sky.
Eventually, a terrifying pillar of electricity encased Xiao Chen, connecting him to the lightning-attributed energy of the world.
As he absorbed more lightning-attributed energy, it replenished his lightning-attributed Veritable Essence Energy.
Now, Xiao Chen reached an unprecedented level. At this moment, all his hair turned purple.
His eyes flickered with electricity, losing their usual color.
Vaguely, Xiao Chen felt like he had broken through some sort of limit.
Before he could react, he saw a complete Dao disk slowly spreading out behind him.
It was the Thunder Great Dao!
Without the assistance of the Tyrant Saber, Xiao Chen independently utilized the Thunder Great Dao. He could not help rejoicing.
As the towering wall of water surged over, he punched.
The lightning-attributed energy that accumulated in Xiao Chen’s body rushed out. Then, the Dao disk behind him compressed to one point before shooting up. It was like the sky above him rose.
“Bang!”
As Xiao Chen punched, he appeared extremely insignificant, standing before that titanic wave.
However, his lightning-attributed aura made him look tall and majestic at this moment.
The surging lightning-attributed energy from his punch blasted a huge gap in the wall of water.
Going through the hole, Xiao Chen happened to see the turtle beast’s cold jade-green eyes in the distance.
He soared up and charged at the turtle beast.
However, just at this moment, the wall of water, which Xiao Chen had split into two, suddenly turned into two gigantic hands and clapped together, trying to smash him into a paste.
Xiao Chen could not help pondering.
The turtle beast was a late-stage Star Venerate ferocious beast in the first place. Furthermore, it comprehended the Water Great Dao and held the geographical advantage in the Ash Gray Sea.
It would be extremely difficult to kill this ferocious beast. Just by looking at the turtle shell, one could tell how strong its defenses were.
If he carried on like this, he would be exhausted to death sooner or later.
Xiao Chen already comprehended the Thunder Great Dao, reaping a sufficient harvest. After returning and entering closed-door cultivation for a few days to meditate on everything he comprehended today, his strength would definitely grow significantly.
Given this thought, he decided to retreat, no longer willing to waste his time on this turtle beast.
“Hu ci!”
However, just at this moment, something strange happened.
The two gigantic palms clapping together suddenly separated into halves again. Then, a gust of strong wind blew by Xiao Chen’s head.
It was the Demon Blood Vulture, which had never left.
Upon seeing Xiao Chen in danger, the Demon Blood Vulture appeared and used its wings to chop apart the gigantic seawater hands containing a huge force.
When Xiao Chen saw this, he could not help laughing, “You actually still have a conscience.”
Given the assistance of the Demon Blood Vulture, Xiao Chen no longer considered retreating. He turned around, landed on the Demon Blood Vulture, and charged at the turtle beast.