Chapter 801: A Big Guy

Chapter 801: What a Huge Body

Hoo!

After killing the Yao Clan's Zhun Tian Jing expert, Ye Chen finally breathed a long sigh of relief. He quickly looked toward the direction where Ji Ning Shuang was fighting Yao Long.

There, due to their fierce battle, that stretch of heaven and earth had become utterly devastated. Beams of destructive divine light shot through the air, and the Xuan Ling Zhi Hai clashed with the Yao Qi Xue Hai, the battle shaking the heavens and the earth.

However, it was clear that Ji Ning Shuang was at an absolute disadvantage. Even though she had mastered many secret techniques and possessed the Shen Clan's domineering recovery power, she was still being suppressed by Yao Long.

Seeing this, Ye Chen urgently sent a divine sense message: "Withdraw."

Upon hearing the message, Ji Ning Shuang struck out a palm towards the sky and then quickly retreated.

"Today, neither of you is getting away." Yao Long snorted coldly, his expression fierce and terrifying. With his seniority and cultivation level, being held back by a junior for so long filled him with rage.

On the spot, he shattered Ji Ning Shuang's palm print with a single punch and then shifted through space in pursuit.

"You're all talk—be careful not to blow yourself up." Ye Chen chuckled coldly from the side, already drawing his bow to a full moon and firing a thunderous divine arrow straight at Yao Long, all to cover Ji Ning Shuang's retreat.

Break!

Yao Long was overwhelmingly powerful. He swept his palm, crushing Ye Chen's thunderous divine arrow into pieces.

But in that brief moment, Ji Ning Shuang and Ye Chen had already regrouped. Without a second thought, they turned and fled.

They had no choice but to run. The Yao Long behind them was on a completely different level than the Yao Clan's Zhun Tian Jing expert they had just defeated. Even at their peak, Ye Chen and Ji Ning Shuang together might not have been able to defeat him, let alone now when Ye Chen could barely muster thirty percent of his strength and Ji Ning Shuang was severely injured.

Stay put!

Soon, a roar shook the void as Yao Long charged forward with surging killing intent. His rolling Yao Qi Xue Hai billowed forth, crushing the sky as if to engulf Ye Chen and Ji Ning Shuang entirely.

"At this rate, we'll eventually be suppressed." Ji Ning Shuang wiped the fresh blood from the corner of her mouth and glanced gravely at the surging Yao Qi Xue Hai behind them.

"Then we have to hold out until reinforcements arrive," Ye Chen said, suddenly grabbing Ji Ning Shuang's jade hand. "I'm in a state of harmonizing with heaven and earth. I wonder if linking our vital energies could help you harmonize as well."

"If I can harmonize with heaven and earth, I'd have the strength to stand against him, but that depends on fate. Achieving harmony is no easy feat," Ji Ning Shuang murmured softly. Though she said this, she still exerted all her effort to seize that sliver of fate for harmonizing with heaven and earth.

"What nonsense!" Ye Chen felt an urge to curse. His own body was in bad shape, yet he had managed to harmonize with heaven and earth, but it seemed useless. Due to his condition, even in harmony, he couldn't unleash his full power. Besides, they were facing a Yao Long whose strength rivaled Du Gu Ao's.

In comparison, he wished it was Ji Ning Shuang who had harmonized. Though she was heavily injured, her combat power remained. If she harmonized with heaven and earth, she could match Yao Long.

But reality was disappointing. The power of heaven and earth had gone to Ye Chen, this temporary invalid, leaving both of them in a battered state. How could they fight such a powerful foe?

Yao Mie!

As their faces turned grim, Yao Long unleashed a great divine ability, channeling various secret techniques into a single finger that shot toward Ye Chen and Ji Ning Shuang like a beam of divine light.

Tai Xu Cave!

Ye Chen abruptly raised his hand and executed the secret technique of the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan, manifesting a black vortex instantly.

However, just as that finger of divine light was about to collide with the black vortex, it split into two paths, each bypassing the Tai Xu Cave.

Damn!

Ye Chen cursed loudly, not expecting Yao Long to pull the same trick on him.

In a flash, he drew the Tian Que Sword and shielded Ji Ning Shuang behind him.

Bang! Bang!

The two beams of divine light struck the Tian Que Sword in quick succession, producing crisp sounds. Ye Chen was sent flying on the spot, and Ji Ning Shuang, right behind him, couldn't escape the impact.

Boom!

A mountain peak collapsed instantly as the two crashed into it.

Suppression!

Yao Long arrived in one step. From his forehead, a silver pagoda flew out, rapidly expanding and radiating silver Yao Qi. Every wisp of it was incredibly heavy, and with its immense devouring power, it sucked in Ji Ning Shuang and Ye Chen, who had just barely gotten up, before they could react.

"You mess with me, and you'll pay the price." As soon as they were inside, Ye Chen pulled out the God-Striking Whip and swung it fiercely at the interior of the silver pagoda without a word.

Clang! Buzz!

The metallic collision rang out clearly, making the silver pagoda tremble and hum. As it was a natal spirit weapon connected to his soul, Yao Long's divine sea buzzed instantly, and his vision went dark for a moment.

In that brief instant, Ji Ning Shuang slashed through the pagoda's restrictions with her sword, and the two who had just been drawn in escaped once more.

"You two deserve to die." Yao Long, snapping back to his senses, erupted in fury and charged forward with rolling Yao Qi.

Shen Shang!

Shen Shang!

Ye Chen and Ji Ning Shuang both shouted lightly, executing the same secret technique—a soul-targeting mystic art. In their current state, it was perhaps the only divine ability that could inflict some harm on Yao Long.

But Yao Long, having suffered from it once before, wasn't fooled again. Before the Shen Shang divine light could enter his divine sea, he crushed it with a palm.

"This guy is a real beast!" Ye Chen wiped away the fresh blood from his mouth and turned to run.

"He's even more terrifying than we imagined." Ji Ning Shuang didn't lag behind, but her condition wasn't much better—her face was as pale as paper, her breath uneven, and even the domineering recovery of her Xuan Ling Zhi Ti couldn't keep up.

Roar!

They had barely escaped a hundred zhang when a deafening dragon roar echoed from behind.

Ye Chen instinctively glanced back, his eyes widening in shock. "What a huge body."

Roar!

As Ye Chen swallowed hard, another earth-shattering dragon roar resounded.

Indeed, Yao Long had reverted to his true form—a massive dark-golden dragon over a hundred zhang long. Each scale gleamed with dark-golden Yao light, and his entire body radiated Yao Qi and dragon aura. He was incredibly powerful, his every breath like thunderous booms, his colossal form crushing the void.

Tai Xu Dragon Seal!

Ye Chen immediately used a forbidden secret technique, trying to trap Yao Long for a second or two before he could attack.

Nine Heavens Xuan Ling Seal!

Ji Ning Shuang did the same, deploying her sealing mystic art.

Roar!

Yao Long roared fiercely, his massive body coiling through the air and disrupting the heavens. Ye Chen's Tai Xu Dragon Seal and Ji Ning Shuang's Nine Heavens Xuan Ling Seal were shattered on the spot.

Ten Thousand Swords Converge!

Flying Phoenix Sword Formation!

Regaining their footing, the two swung their swords in unison, pointing them at Yao Long's enormous body. Countless sword beams rained down, each one fiercely sharp and innumerable.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Soon, the sounds of metal clashing rang out continuously, but to Ye Chen and Ji Ning Shuang's dismay, their attacks couldn't even breach Yao Long's defenses—they only sparked off his surface.

Hmph!

Yao Long's cold snort thundered like lightning as his two dragon claws reached down from the sky, grabbing Ye Chen and Ji Ning Shuang respectively.

"This is bad." Caught in the dragon claw, Ye Chen couldn't move at all, his spiritual energy and true essence forced back into his dantian. He was certain that if Yao Long struck with full force, he'd be reduced to ashes on the spot.

Ji Ning Shuang fared no better on the other side, completely immobilized.

"I told you, today is bound to be a great harvest." Yao Long laughed wildly, his massive dragon eyes gleaming with cruelty and menace.

But no sooner had he spoken than the entire heaven and earth began to hum and tremble.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

Then came the deep tolling of a great bell, steady and rhythmic, its sound long and profound, interwoven with the essence of the Dao—ethereal and ungraspable, yet irresistible.

Dong Huang Bell?

Yao Long suddenly looked up, fixing his gaze on one direction.

There, a massive bell floated in the void, ancient and solemn, surrounded by golden runes that intertwined with the sounds of the Dao.

"A sacred artifact?" Ye Chen noticed it too, his expression full of surprise. That bell was a genuine sacred artifact, and not just any one—it was enveloped in the aura of an emperor.

"It's him." From the other side, Ji Ning Shuang murmured softly, her beautiful eyes fixed on the plain-clothed young man beneath the bell. He had the bell hovering above his head as he stepped through the sky, his pace steady and unhurried, each step seeming to tread on profound Dao principles.

"Hmm?" Ye Chen, on the other hand, let out a soft sound of surprise, his eyes shining as he looked at the young man, as if he recognized him.