Chapter 313 - 194: Cyan Dragon Body

Chapter 313: Chapter 194: Cyan Dragon Body

With that, Governor Zhang led a few Taiping Captains and headed down from the city wall.

Shao Santong’s lips curled into a cold smile.

’You brutes from the Taiping Bureau are so impulsive. All it takes is a little goading. Getting you to leave the city was the whole point!’

’If you stayed on the city walls, how could I possibly execute my plan?’

’I’ve had a nasty surprise waiting for you outside the city for a long time!’

’By now, Wu Qiuyuan and the Demon Court’s Grand General should have the trap all set.’

’Once you leave, don’t even think about coming back.’

...

"They really stopped!"

Xu Chongyuan said with pleasant surprise.

Dozens of yards behind them, the relentlessly pursuing Demon Soldiers from the Demon Court came to an abrupt halt, as if they’d hit an invisible barrier.

They roared and glared at the group, pawing at the ground but not daring to take another step forward.

One demon that tried to take a step forward was kicked head over heels by a Tier Four Demon.

Xu Chongyuan and Zhong Guizheng collapsed to the ground. They truly couldn’t run another step.

Su Mu and Shi Ziran were in slightly better shape, but they were still drenched in sweat and gasping for air.

Su Mu cautiously scanned his surroundings but found no trace of the powerful demon.

But a sense of unease washed over him.

His gaze fell upon a dense forest in the distance. The hairs on the back of his neck stood up, as if a pair of eyes were fixed on him.

Su Mu took a deep breath. With a thought, he summoned his system panel.

[Name: Su Mu]

[Identity: Silver-faced Killer (Concurrent), Taiping Captain (Fifth Rank)]

[Points: 21,500]

[Realm: Rebirth Realm (Eleven Blood Exchanges, Body Tempering Extreme Realm)]

[Divine Techniques: Indestructible Golden Body, Blood Body]

[Cultivation Technique: Four Symbols Rebirth Technique (Cyan Dragon Body (Uninitiated/+), White Tiger Body (Perfection), Black Tortoise Body (Perfection), Vermilion Bird Body (Perfection))]

[Martial Arts: Li Fire Realm (Great Accomplishment), Kan Water Realm (Great Accomplishment), Xun Wind Realm (Great Accomplishment), Gen Mountain Realm (Great Accomplishment), Archery (Perfection)]

Twenty-one thousand five hundred points.

From the time his White Tiger Body reached Perfection until today, Su Mu had saved up 21,500 Points.

Back in the Daxing Mountains, the disturbance caused by his White Tiger Body reaching Perfection had attracted Lord Hu of the Demon Court.

Su Mu had known that breakthroughs with the Four Symbols Rebirth Technique caused a stir. It was fine within a city, but in places like the Daxing Mountains or the untamed wilds, such a disturbance was likely to attract demons.

That was why he had refrained from using Points to advance his Four Symbols Rebirth Technique.

Originally, he had planned to wait until he reached Hujue Pass, then find the time to break through all at once.

But he couldn’t worry about that now.

In a situation like this, it’s not like I have to worry about attracting demons anymore.

’Tens of thousands of demons have already noticed me. What’s there to be afraid of?’

"Even if this upgrade isn’t enough, every extra bit of strength gives me a better chance to survive."

Su Mu sighed to himself.

With a flicker of his thoughts, he commanded, ’Upgrade.’

HUMMM!

Su Mu’s body shook violently as an invisible force surged from within, washing over and vibrating every cell in his body.

One thousand Points deducted. Cyan Dragon Body: Initiated.

Three thousand Points deducted. Cyan Dragon Body: Minor Accomplishment.

Ten thousand Points deducted. Cyan Dragon Body: Great Accomplishment.

In an instant, Su Mu’s clothes billowed without any wind.

A whirlwind formed around Su Mu, making it seem as if he might ride the wind and take flight.

Shi Ziran, Xu Chongyuan, and Zhong Guizheng all looked at Su Mu with surprise.

’A breakthrough?’

’We’re all running for our lives, and you pick now to have a cultivation breakthrough? Is this really the time?’

"Damn it all, now I see what a true genius is,"

Xu Chongyuan muttered. Breaking through in the heat of battle was a known phenomenon, but that usually happened during a life-or-death fight. They had just been running.

’You can break through just by running away?’

Shi Ziran’s gaze was scorching, a tempest raging in the depths of his eyes.

’I made the right bet.’

Shi Ziran thought to himself. ’As long as my Lord survives this, he is destined to have a place of power in the world.’

’One day, won’t it be a simple matter for my Lord to destroy the Pure Land Sect?’

’And if he has a child with the Young Miss, I will have fulfilled my promise to the Sect Leader and the Saintess.’

The men stared at Su Mu, seemingly forgetting about the Demon Court’s Demon Soldiers lingering in the distance.

A faint, cyan shadow flickered into existence around Su Mu.

That cyan shadow looked just like a Five-Clawed True Dragon.

Before they could get a clear look, the shadow had already dissipated, making them think it was just a hallucination.

Xu Chongyuan and Zhong Guizheng didn’t know what it was, but Shi Ziran saw it with perfect clarity.

’The Cyan Dragon’s phantom!’

’It truly is the Four Symbols Rebirth Technique!’

’The Four Symbols Rebirth Technique, which no one has successfully cultivated for hundreds of years... My Lord has actually done it!’

Shi Ziran’s heart was filled with excitement.

TAP.

Suddenly, the sound of a footstep rang out.

From the dense forest in the distance, a figure walked out.

The moment the figure emerged from the woods, the Demon Court’s Demon Soldiers fell into a commotion, retreating several yards in unison.

Even the faces of those Tier Four Demons showed expressions of terror.

Shi Ziran, Xu Chongyuan, and Zhong Guizheng all whipped their heads toward the dense forest.

There, a four-legged snake lay at the edge of the forest. Its pair of yellow eyes weren’t looking at them; they were fixed on Su Mu, a surprisingly human-like expression of delight in them.

That’s right, it was a four-legged snake!

Or rather, a large lizard.

The men exchanged glances, none of them having expected the powerful demon—one that could make both Da Xuan and the Demon Court keep a wide berth—to look like this.

The four-legged snake was barely ten feet long. Compared to the High Tier Demons that often stood twenty or thirty feet tall, its size could only be described as miniature.

Its scales were a grassy green, making it look exceptionally ugly.

From its body, the men did not feel the slightest aura. If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn’t have even noticed the demon’s presence.

Even seeing it, to them, this demon seemed no different from an unranked one.

If they had encountered this demon elsewhere, they would have only thought it was an ordinary, unranked demon, and would never have imagined how powerful it was.

[Name: Su Mu]

[Identity: Silver-faced Killer (Concurrent), Taiping Captain (Fifth Rank)]

[Points: 7,500]

[Realm: Rebirth Realm (Eleven Blood Exchanges, Body Tempering Extreme Realm)]

[Divine Techniques: Indestructible Golden Body, Blood Body]

[Cultivation Technique: Four Symbols Rebirth Technique (Cyan Dragon Body (Great Accomplishment), White Tiger Body (Perfection), Black Tortoise Body (Perfection), Vermilion Bird Body (Perfection))]

[Martial Arts: Li Fire Realm (Great Accomplishment), Kan Water Realm (Great Accomplishment), Xun Wind Realm (Great Accomplishment), Gen Mountain Realm (Great Accomplishment), Archery (Perfection)]

The moment the demon appeared, Su Mu had not yet opened his eyes.

He saw the changes on his system panel.

’The Cyan Dragon Body has finally reached Great Accomplishment.’

Just then, he suddenly felt as if something had locked onto him. He instinctively opened his eyes and found himself staring into a pair of dim, murky yellow eyes.

Those eyes held a human-like look of delight... and greed.

Before Su Mu could react, the ugly four-legged snake suddenly shot out its tongue.

SWOOSH!

A forked tongue suddenly shot out a thousand feet, rocketing toward Su Mu at an incredible speed.

It moved so fast that Su Mu had no time to dodge.

Just as Su Mu was about to be ensnared by the tongue.

At this moment, a red light flashed from Su Mu’s body, and a second Su Mu appeared out of thin air.

The moment this second Su Mu appeared, he reached out to grab the tongue, only to be helplessly coiled up by it.

With a SWOOSH, the tongue retracted, pulling the second Su Mu along with it into the four-legged snake’s mouth.

GULP. The four-legged snake swallowed the second Su Mu whole.

Su Mu grunted, a trickle of blood leaking from the corner of his mouth.

He instinctively took a step back, staring warily at the four-legged snake.

After swallowing his Blood Body, the four-legged snake did not continue its attack, but instead stood frozen in place.

A glow enveloped its body, and its scales began to flake off. Then, new scales grew in at a visible rate. Compared to before, the new scales were a more vibrant green and far less ugly.

At the same time, the four-legged snake’s body began to slowly lengthen. A bulge formed on its forehead, as if something were about to sprout from it.