Chapter 55: White Jade Water Lotus

  "One hundred points of merit, this fifth-stage water python is equivalent to a high-ranking master in the eighth or ninth layer of the Violent Qi Realm." By beheading the fifth-stage water python, Fang Yan's eyes revealed a hint of excitement. He didn't expect that he could transcend a major boundary and behead a master equivalent to an eighth-layer practitioner of the Violent Qi Realm.

  Fang Yan was able to achieve such brilliant results, among which Xia Nian's Huanyuan Dan played an indispensable role. With just three breaths of work, it could restore all the true energy consumed in the body, and its effect was crucial.

  Why many cultivators can't kill enemies across levels, it's not that they're not strong enough, but the amount of true energy in their bodies is simply not on the same level. It's like one person has a bowl-sized amount of true energy, while his opponent has a basin-sized amount, and if he could beat him, that would be a strange thing indeed. This is why killing across levels is so difficult, it's the exclusive domain of those rare geniuses, because many ordinary people simply don't have the qualifications or skills for it.

  "Miss Xia, I'm here to help you." Having settled his opponent, Fang Yan let out a loud whoop and turned his gaze towards the sixth-stage Water Python and Xia Meilin, who were still battling.

  "You've killed that fifth-order water python, it's really great. But I don't need your help, you quickly go to the bottom of the pool and see what kind of heavenly material or treasure is lying there, at this moment I can already smell a strong fragrance of medicine." Xia Nianxiang heard this and her eyebrows rose with joy, reminding Fang Yan.

  Fang Yan heard this and knew that Xia Nianru didn't not want his help, but rather he simply couldn't intervene. The battle between congenital realm cultivators was fundamentally something he couldn't get involved in. He stopped persisting, dodged the wave of attacks, and dove towards the bottom of the pool.

  Sixth-order water python, its wisdom is extremely high, not inferior to humans. How could it let Fang Yan sneak into the bottom of the pond to pick spiritual medicine? With a long whistle, it stirred up the pond water, and two ferocious water dragons charged towards Xia Nianxiang, while it swung its huge tail towards Fang Yan.

  Facing that thick-as-a-water-bucket, scale-armor-flashing giant tail, Fang Yan's first thought was to quickly retreat at high speed and pull away from the opponent.

  The raging flames retreated, but he was still swept away by the residual waves of that giant tail, and his body flew out in a backward somersault.

  "Not good, the water python's target isn't me, it's the bottom of the pool, stop it quickly." The water python didn't take advantage of its victory to pursue, and Fang Yan saw that the sixth-stage water python had come to a dragon-like tail, diving towards the bottom of the pool, and suddenly felt uneasy.

  As Fang Yan's voice fell, Xia Mianyu shook the purple brocade, transforming it into a long dragon that wrapped around the water python. Then, with a forceful flick, she pulled it in the opposite direction, upstream.

  "Fang Yan, I've temporarily trapped this water python. You quickly go down and pick the spiritual herbs." Xia Nianqiu shouted.

  Fang Yan heard the sound and dodged the massive body of the water python, like a lone arrow shooting towards the bottom of the pool.

  "Hum!"

  The sixth-order water python was trapped by Xia Meiling's purple brocade seal, revealing a huge head, its speed slowing down. It didn't want to see Fang Yan snatch the spiritual object it guarded, so it opened its mouth and two waves of water rushed towards Fang Yan.

  Although Fang Yan was strong, he didn't dare to take the attack of a pre-heavenly boundary great demon head-on, and could only dodge with all his might. However, he was still hit by a whirlpool-like wave.

  "Awesome." Fang Yan was struck by lightning, his mouth bleeding, this sixth-order water snake was more terrifying than he had imagined, and with just one blow, he broke several ribs.

  "No, this water python's body is too massive, and the pool bottom seems a bit narrow. To obtain the spiritual object at the bottom of the pool, we must kill this sixth-order water python." Fang Yan was injured, and Xia Meiling furrowed her brow involuntarily.

  "Fang Yan, I'll take the lead, you assist from the side, let's first kill this water python."

  "Good." Fang Yan let out a loud shout and began brewing an attack.

  "Phantom Slash."

  Along the wound of the sixth-order water python, Fang Yan let out a loud roar, and the Phantom Slash was unleashed, instantly expanding the wound of several inches to a gruesome gash several feet long.

  The water python let out a continuous hiss, twisting its massive body, and couldn't continue diving down.

  "Hurry up and hit his seventh inch, I can't break through his defense." Fang Yan shouted loudly as he charged towards Xia Nianyu.

  Xia Niang didn't expect Fang Yan's attack power to be so strong, able to severely injure this sixth-stage water python. There was a reason why she broke through the opponent's defense, but the gap in strength between the two was obvious, and she couldn't help but look at Fang Yan with newfound respect. She activated the jade hairpin artifact in her hand, shooting it towards the seventh inch of that sixth-stage water python.

  The scarlet blood gushed out, the water python was in pain, its eyes were venomous, but it did not attack Xia Nianxiang. Instead, it twisted its huge head towards Fang Yan. Fang Yan's strength was the weakest, but he felt the most danger. Xia Nianxiang could break through its defense, but she couldn't inflict fatal damage on it. But Fang Yan, whose strength seemed to be the weakest, his attack unexpectedly enlarged the wound and severely injured it.

  "You're courting death!" Xia Nianqiu naturally knew the Water Python's intentions, and with a delicate rebuke, her silk ribbons and whip-like movements continuously expanded, stirring up the universe and blocking the Water Python's attack range.

  "Rain falls from the sky."

  Fang Yan suddenly let out a loud shout, and the Water Shadow Sword was unleashed, its shadow swallowing and spitting out continuously, transforming into a water curtain. A wave of water transformed into a massive whirlpool that attacked the water python. As for him, he turned into an arrow shot from a bowstring, following the whirlpool to attack the water python.

  "Fang Yan, come back quickly, it's dangerous." Fang Yan had risked his life to enter the attack range of the water python, and was even near its head. Once the python regained some movement, Fang Yan's actions would certainly lead to a disastrous outcome, so he couldn't help but remind him.

  "Roar!"

  The water python opened its bloody basin-like mouth and let out a furious roar, shooting a beam of light towards Fang Yan. Fang Yan did not dodge or evade this attack, instead meeting the ferocious assault of the sixth-stage water python head-on with his strongest stance.

  "Ahhhroo!"

  Fang Yan was not swallowed by the huge bloody mouth, but instead, the water python's eyes were bleeding, and it let out a loud screech as it endured immense pain.

  "How is this possible? You actually hurt the water python." The water python's eyes were bleeding, and Xia Nianxiang had an incredulous look on her face.

  "Hurry, this water python has gone berserk! Hurry and bind it!" Fang Yan was shocked by the opponent's yuanqi blast, his body flying out with his blood churning. The surroundings were filled with violent air currents. This sixth-stage water python's eyes were injured, and now it had completely gone berserk, stirring up the pool water and randomly attacking everything around it.

  Xia Niangqun exerted her full strength to urge the purple brocade, which resembled a dragon, to tightly entwine and restrain the ferocious water python. Meanwhile, Fang Yan seized this rare opportunity to unfold his Shadow Slash, directly stabbing at its vital point. In coordination with Xia Niangqun's Jade Hairpin attack, the blinded water python was unable to withstand for long before being slain by the duo.

  "This time it's really thanks to you, if not for you, this sixth-order water snake wouldn't have been killed so easily." After the battle, Xia Meiling gave Fang Yan a thumbs up.

  "This is the result of our collaboration, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to blind his eyes either. Let's go take a look at what treasure is hidden in this pool now." Fang Yan said with some fatigue.

  "White jade water lotus, this pool actually has such a divine object, no wonder the water python guards it and doesn't want to leave." Looking at the crack in the rock at the bottom of the pool, a white as jade, fragrant and enchanting lotus flower was growing, Xia Nianxiang's face showed surprise.

  This White Jade Water Lotus is called that not because it resembles a blooming lotus flower, but rather because it was born from the spiritual energy of water and has a pure white color throughout, which is the essence of the water element. As soon as it enters your mouth, it dissolves instantly and is a kind of miraculous healing medicine that defies the laws of nature. As long as you still have a breath of life left in you, taking this White Jade Water Lotus will allow you to recover from your injuries instantly.