Chapter 60 Charge You hurt my little tiger, you deserve to die...
The hydra's massive body began to tremble, a fear emanating from the depths of its bloodline. There seemed to be records of this creature in its inherited memories.
"No, impossible, she's destroyed!" For the first time, the Hydra's voice carried a hint of panic. It thrashed about, trying to retreat. "Who are you? What kind of monster is hidden inside you?"
The answer it received was a myriad of vines, these emerald roots wrapping around the hydra's body in an unavoidable manner. The tiny roots burrowed into the flesh through the gaps in the scales, greedily sucking the hydra's bloodline power.
"Ahhh, it's you! It's you!" Hydra cried out in terror, but the screams quickly stopped.
It discovered that this root seemed to be hundreds or thousands of times weaker than the one it inherited from its memories. Even if it did not stop it and allowed the other to absorb it, it might take decades to exhaust its life force.
"Pretentious! Die!" the hydra roared, opening its blood-red maw to bite down on Bai Ye.
Bai also floated in the seawater, and countless fine branches and leaves grew wildly from her body, instantly weaving into a cocoon, which steadily blocked the hydra's fatal blow.
Meanwhile, the roots that had penetrated deep into the hydra's body were still greedily drawing life force, and streams of pure vitality were continuously feeding back into Bai Ye's body.
Bai Ye's pale skin gradually regained its color, and his aura steadily improved. If this stalemate continued, he could wear down the giant snake until it died.
However, a call came from behind.
"Ye Zai!!!"
Jiaojiao's voice pierced through the seawater and clearly entered the large green cocoon.
Bai suddenly opened his eyes, forcibly stopping the absorption of life force, and turned to look.
In the abyss, the golden dragon turtle, like a shooting star, broke through the waves and returned at an astonishing speed.
Chu San Niang stood on the tortoise shell, holding up the Sea God Map with both hands, the scroll radiating a deep, dark blue light in her palms.
She closed her eyes and chanted: "Sea God's decree, Dragon Whale appears in the world!"
As the last syllable faded, a massive shadow slowly approached from the void.
With a "whoosh," a dragon whale as large as a mountain burst out of the boundary. Its entire body was covered with bluish-black scales, and it had sharp claws on its belly. It exuded a fierce aura.
"Go, Dragon Whale!" Chu San Niang pointed into the distance. Her instincts as a low-level cultivator instilled fear in her when facing the Hydra, but her courage allowed her to overcome that fear.
Chu Erniang casually broke off a piece of coral and used it as a spear. She and her sister stood side by side, like generals about to charge into battle, while Jiaojiao was their chariot.
"Kill!" Jiao Jiao roared, her giant claws tearing through the water, crashing with immense force into the massive body of the hydra.
At the same moment, the dragon whale also lashed out with its tail, causing the seawater to boil and creating a deafening roar.
At this moment, even though they were as insignificant as ants, they had the determination to charge at that arrogant behemoth!
As the murky seawater gradually calmed down, the scene before him made Bai's pupils congested.
Jiaojiao's golden shell was covered with cracks, and the central head of the hydra was biting down hard on it, its sharp fangs deeply embedded, and dark green venom flowed through the cracks in the shell, making a hissing sound.
The dragon whale's massive body was tightly bound by the other heads, and in a short while, it let out a mournful cry and dissipated into specks of blue light.
The Chu sisters lay dead on the seabed, their fate unknown.
Their combined attack, despite its best efforts, was nothing more than a mayfly trying to shake a tree in the eyes of Hydra.
The gap in cultivation level is like a chasm, which cannot be bridged by mere courage.
"Hiss~ That's really touching."
The hydra's chilling laughter echoed in the seawater as it extended its scarlet forked tongue and slowly licked Jiao Jiao's bleeding claws.
"Little White Tiger, are you going to be a coward? Hiding under someone else's protection, watching your friend die right before your eyes?"
"Don't fall for that trick, you stinky tiger. As long as you don't go out, it can't touch you. Just keep sucking it in, and you'll eventually suck it to death," Little Green advised.
"How delicious...it even has a trace of true dragon blood." A greedy glint flashed in the cold, serpentine eyes. "If you don't come out soon, I'll eat your friend up!"
Blood continued to gush from Jiao Jiao's lips, spreading a pale red mist in the seawater. Her large eyes remained fixed on Bai Ye's direction, and she weakly called out, "Ye Zai..."
This call caused the emerald green leaves enveloping Bai Ye to tremble violently, and the quietly intertwined branches twisted and opened wildly, revealing Bai Ye at the center.
Seeing this, the Hydra's massive body twisted with excitement, and it laughed maniacally, "Hahaha, you can't hold back anymore, come out and pull those damned roots out of my body, pull them out, and I'll let these poor little insects go."
"Crack! Crack!"
There was no response, only a series of cracking sounds from joints.
Bai Ye's body first transformed into a tiger cub, then rapidly expanded, growing into a massive size comparable to the Hydra in an instant.
"Roar!" She raised her head and let out a tiger's roar. Her giant wings, covered with golden dragon scales, flapped violently, and the white tiger's figure instantly disappeared from the spot.
The golden claws tore through the seawater and pierced deep into the body of the hydra.
With a "splat", three ferocious snake heads were severed at the neck, and foul-smelling snake blood gushed out.
The hydra let out a heart-wrenching roar, and the remaining heads twisted wildly. The largest head in the middle suddenly swelled up, opened its huge mouth, and a ball of dark green light burst from deep in its throat.
Ten times more concentrated venom gushed out, and the moment it landed on Bai Ye's body, his snow-white fur instantly emitted blue smoke, breaking through the fur's defenses and corroding into his flesh.
"Ye Zai..." Jiao Jiao called out weakly, tears streaming down her face. She watched helplessly as the venom corroded Bai Ye's body, leaving deep pits that revealed the pale golden bones beneath.
"Don't be afraid, Jiaojiao, everything will be alright." Bai roared, letting the venom corrode her flesh and blood. She opened her mouth and bit down on a ferocious snake head, her sharp teeth piercing through the snake's scales. Then she violently shook her head, tearing the entire snake head and a section of its spine off.
Bai tilted her head back and swallowed the snake head, which contained immense life force. The wounds on her body that had been corroded healed at an extremely fast pace.
She completely abandoned her humanity and fought the Hydra with the most ferocious and savage nature.
With each swing of their claws, flesh and blood flew everywhere. The entire sea was turned upside down by their battle; the underwater mountains collapsed completely, and boiling waterspouts carried fragments of flesh and broken bones to the surface.
"Ye Zai, we can't hold on much longer, you have to hurry." Xiao Lü's voice rang in her mind, sounding weaker than ever before. The repeated power-ups were also a considerable burden for her.
Bai Ye's bloodshot eyes narrowed slightly. She had tried her best, but why couldn't she kill this monster?
"I can't bite off its entire head in one go, how do I kill it?"
"The main head in the middle!" Little Green exclaimed urgently, "If the main head is severely damaged, its regenerative ability will be greatly weakened."
"clear!"
With a sudden unfolding of golden wings, Bai Ye's figure vanished from Hydra's sight once more.
When she reappeared, she was already hovering above the Hydra. She transformed into a golden and white beam of light and swooped down.
The hydra sensed Bai Ye's intentions and manipulated its remaining heads to collectively defend. Several gaping maws opened simultaneously, biting Bai Ye's limbs, their sharp teeth digging deep into her back and limbs, tearing off large chunks of flesh.
Bright red blood gushed out like a fountain, but Bai Ye's speed did not slow down at all. At this moment, her eyes were only on that huge snake head.
The physical pain was no longer important to her; if the giant serpent didn't die today, all her friends would die here.
Belief transformed into strength.
"roar!!!"
Amidst the deafening roar of the tiger, Bai opened its mouth wide and bit down on the thickest snake head.
The hydra let out a shrill hiss, and dark green venom gushed out wildly from its wound.
Bai Ye's mouth was instantly corroded into a bloody mess, but she held on to the head tightly and refused to let go.
The hydra's main head struggled wildly inside Bai Ye's mouth, while its tail swept across, collapsing several underwater mountain ranges.
The remaining snakes tore at Bai Ye's body like madmen, tearing off his golden wings and nearly hollowing out his abdomen, exposing his bare white bones.
Even so, Bai Ye's sharp teeth remained firmly embedded in the snake's neck! She was panting heavily, and the tiger was almost unconscious.
【Ye Zai...】Xiao Wang had already cried into a mosaic deep in Bai Ye's mind.
"Ye Zai! Keep going, it's just one more step." Xiao Lü was also cheering her on.
Bai Ye's hazy eyes cleared for a moment, and she suddenly shook her head with all her might. With a "ripping" sound, the huge snake head was finally torn off completely. Bai Ye swallowed the snake head.
After that attack, she could no longer maintain her giant tiger form. The majestic tiger rapidly shrank, eventually becoming a small white tiger the size of a kitten, floating in the blood like a broken rag doll.
The hydra hissed, its remaining heads simultaneously emitting hysterical roars, "Damn it! Damn it! Eat you all! Eat you all!"
It extended its scarlet forked tongue, coiled around Bai Ye's petite body, and pulled her into its mouth, intending to reclaim the life essence that Bai Ye had consumed.
In that very instant.
Countless silvery-white points of light appeared out of thin air, like a cascading galaxy, illuminating the entire sea area. The massive body of the Hydra was frozen in place, even the churning blood foam was suspended in the water, like a frozen highlight shot in a movie.
Three figures broke through the void and arrived.
Zhong Jiuli was the first to arrive at the hydra. She reached out and picked up the wounded little white tiger from its scarlet forked tongue.
Bai also sensed the familiar presence, and wearily opened his eyes. Seeing her blood-stained clothes and pale face, his first thought was to ask her with concern: "Zhong Daya, what happened to you? Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine, don't speak, guard your heart." Silver light flickered in Zhong Jiuli's palm, and surging spiritual power flowed into Bai Ye's body, dispelling the snake venom in her body.
"Tsk tsk, look at the state you've become, and you still care about others." Hei Yang, who was a step behind, came up to the two of them, glanced at her, and said with some disdain, "Go to the back and wait, I'll take care of this little bug."
Zhong Jiuli held Bai Ye in one hand and the small crimson egg in the other, then retreated to the back.
Bai also looked at A-Lian with his eyelids open and found that she had become transparent, as if she was about to melt into the seawater at any moment.
A-Lian also looked at her, and before Bai could speak, she said, "Don't speak. The sisters won't die, but you are about to die."
Although he hadn't seen them, Bai could guess that their battle must have been incredibly difficult. Otherwise, Zhong Jiuli wouldn't be covered in blood, A Lian wouldn't be so weak, and that giant octopus didn't seem much easier to deal with than the Hydra.
Hei Yang lowered her eyes to look at the stiff-bodied Hydra, a seductive smile curving her red lips. "You really know how to pick your moments. Such lowly bloodlines dare to attempt to taint the dragon's might?"
"Hiss..." The hydra hissed in terror, its cold, serpentine eyes filled with fear.
The snake's head, which had been raised just moments before, was now completely lowered to the seabed. Faced with the true might of the ancient dragon, it didn't even have the strength to raise its head, and could only squeeze out a fearful hiss from its throat.
Although the bigger reason for this is that it had already been severely injured by Bai, the suppression of its bloodline still existed.
In its prime, it might have dared to challenge the dragon's might, but now, the Hydra only wants to escape, to escape from under the black dragon's nose.
Hei Yang casually raised her hand, and a longsword formed from the power of thunder appeared in her palm. Thunder dragons coiled around the blade, making it extremely terrifying.
"Keeping your head down won't help. You hurt my little tiger, so you deserve to die!"
The Thunder Sword fell with a casual flourish.
"Don't you think so?"
"Boom!" The entire sea area was instantly engulfed by lightning. The blinding electric light pierced through every inch of the Hydra's flesh and blood, and those ferocious snake heads were annihilated into ashes in the flow of electric light.
When the lightning dissipated, the hydra's enormous body had long since turned to dust, leaving only a fist-sized, emerald-green serpent core floating quietly in the seawater, radiating a chilling life force.
The malevolent creature that had plagued the waters of Dongzhou for tens of thousands of years was thus annihilated.
Hei Yang raised her hand and the snake pill fell into her palm. She turned to look at the row of wounded soldiers and couldn't help but facepalm.
She approached Zhong Jiuli and handed her the snake pill, saying, "Here, give it to this little tiger."
Bai, curled up in Zhong Jiuli's palm, kept her mouth tightly shut, her fluffy little head shaking stubbornly, "Give it to Jiaojiao."
"I don't want to!" came Jiaojiao's protest from not far away.
The once golden dragon turtle was now a dark green, with poisonous blood oozing from every crack in its shell. It struggled to raise its head, green blood also flowing from the corner of its mouth. "Give... Yezai some!"
“My dear, Yezai will be alright. I won’t let anything happen to her,” Zhong Jiuli assured her earnestly. “But you have to eat this snake pill first, otherwise she won’t be able to see you again once she’s healed.”
Jiaojiao's tears rolled down her cheeks. "I'll eat it."
She opened her mouth, took the snake pill in her mouth, and swallowed it.
As the snake pill entered her stomach, the abundant life essence rapidly repaired Jiao Jiao's injuries. The cracks on her tortoise shell healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the dark green venom faded away, replaced by a more dazzling golden light than before.
Jiaojiao's aura also rose steadily under this powerful energy, from the seventh rank to the eighth rank, the ninth rank... and finally settled steadily at the tenth rank of demon beast, which is comparable to the Mahayana stage of the human race.
As Jiao Jiao broke through to the next level, Hei Yang and Zhong Jiuli split up to treat the injured.
The Chu sisters' injuries weren't too serious. They had been knocked unconscious by the impact of the previous collision, but after being given healing pills, they would be able to rest for a while.
Only Bai Ye's injuries were too severe; she was practically just a skeleton. What the hydra had devoured was flesh and blood containing her life essence. This kind of injury was far beyond what ordinary external injuries could be compared to.
Fortunately, she ate a few hydra heads, and the life force circulated within her body. With the help of Little Green, her life force was stabilized.
Zhong Jiuli stared at Bai Ye's broken body, her fingertips trembling slightly. Even with her calm and self-possessed demeanor, she felt a moment of helplessness.
The next moment, she forced herself to calm down, and silver light flowed in her palm. A disc containing the laws of time slowly appeared. She wanted to reverse time and space and forcibly bring back Bai's dissipated life force.
Hei Yang waved his hand to interrupt, saying meaningfully, "Save your energy, I'll save her."
She lightly touched her brow with her fingertip, and a dazzling golden dragon pearl emerged from it. The surface of the dragon pearl was covered with lightning patterns, and a dragon shadow moved inside, radiating an astonishing aura.
This is the real Dragon Ball; the one in the Dragon Palace before was just a fake used to deceive people.
Zhong Jiuli raised her hand to stop her, but Hei Yang was faster. She flicked her finger, and the dragon ball turned into a golden light, directly entering Bai Ye's mouth.
"You were injured because of me, so this Dragon Ball will settle things." Hei Yang said rather casually, as if he were giving away some insignificant, readily available Sea Spirit Pearl instead of his own natal Dragon Ball.
Zhong Jiuli's outstretched hand froze in mid-air. She wasn't worried about Hei Yang's safety, but rather about the other party's plot to seize Bai Ye's body.
This black dragon had been lying dormant at the bottom of the sea for tens of thousands of years, coldly watching them fight to the death with the ferocious beasts, until the last moment when Bai also faced a life-or-death crisis, when it finally stepped in to help.
Now that he has so easily given his natal Dragon Ball to Bai Ye, she can't help but suspect his motives.
However, at this moment, Bai Ye's safety is the most important thing.
The Dragon Ball entered the tiger's body, and the little tiger's broken body radiated a dazzling golden light. The exposed bones were enveloped in the golden light, and the flesh and blood grew wildly like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.
The dragon wings that had been torn off its back were also reshaped in the golden light.
"Roar~ Awoo~" Bai, who was unconscious, groaned unconsciously, sometimes like a tiger's roar and sometimes like a dragon's cry.
However, no matter what kind of cry it was, it was very weak, like a newborn animal, soft and feeble.
Hei Yang watched this scene quietly, observing the fusion of the Dragon Ball and the White Tiger bloodline within Bai Ye's body before she withdrew her gaze.
Turning their heads to look into the dark depths of the sea, they saw two enormous figures moving slowly, greedily eyeing the group of people in the arena.
Zhong Jiuli and Alian also noticed it. They both turned their heads at the same time and looked at the huge shadow in the darkness. Alian cursed angrily, "There are actually ferocious creatures attracted by the aura of the Dragon Ball?"
Hei Yang chuckled lightly, took a step forward without fear, and faced the two ferocious beasts directly. "You should leave now. Next, it's my turn to fight."
Upon hearing this, Jiao Jiao, who had just completed her breakthrough, flashed in front of the group and said, "Come on up, let's go."
A-Lian raised her hand and the water flowed, carrying the Chu sisters to the tortoise shell. Zhong Jiuli, holding an egg in one hand and a tiger in the other, leaped onto the tortoise shell.
"Hold on tight, I'm about to break free!" Jiao Jiao's four paws glowed with golden light, ready to pounce.
Zhong Jiuli and Alian, both on the tortoise shell, turned around and looked at that lonely figure. They had faced the Great Ferocious head-on before and knew how difficult it was to deal with. Now, this black dragon, who was both righteous and evil, had to fight two against one without the Dragon Ball, and its chances of winning were extremely low.
"Stop looking, let's go, I'll help you break through!" Hei Yang's voice came from afar.
Without turning her head, she raised her hand, and a spear of purplish-black lightning condensed in her palm, with a lifelike black dragon phantom coiled on its body.
"Break!" The moment the spear left his hand, it transformed into a real thunder dragon, roaring as it plunged into the horde of sea beasts in the darkness.
The originally impenetrable encirclement of sea monsters was blasted open, creating a passage.
Jiaojiao seized the opportunity, let out a long howl, and her four claws left afterimages in the seawater as she rushed towards the escape passage pierced by lightning like an arrow.
At the last moment of this breakout, Bai finally woke up. What she saw was the overwhelming tide of beasts and the figure of that annoying woman who made her grit her teeth in hatred.
She calmly faced countless sea beasts and two ferocious monsters. Countless lightning snakes swirled around her, transforming into a lightning domain that covered the entire seabed.
"Don't die... you annoying woman, I still have to blow your head off." Bai murmured.
Jiaojiao's speed increased, and she eventually transformed into a golden light and disappeared into the deep sea.
......
Above Qianlong Abyss, the wind and waves were calm, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the water, reflecting a blood-red ripple.
Within the spatial interlayer, the concealment runes shimmered faintly.
Thousands of cultivators hid in the folded space. Among them were elderly people with white hair, elite disciples who were not too old, and many masked assassins dressed in black robes.
These people were either sitting cross-legged or gripping their longswords tightly, but without exception, their eyes were all fixed on the calm sea below.
The entire elite families of Guzhou have mobilized their best forces, lying in wait here.
"The commotion has stopped. It seems the fighting below has finally ended?" The hoarse voice of the Wang family patriarch, holding a long sword, echoed in the void.
"Hey Wang Laogui, you're so old, why are you still so impatient?" the Gu family patriarch teased.
The Wang family patriarch glanced at the Gu family patriarch but did not reply. He couldn't be bothered to argue with such a brute who only knew how to fight and kill.
"Don't speak, something's coming up," the Zhao family patriarch said ominously.
Upon hearing this, everyone turned their gaze to the calm sea. The once tranquil surface began to churn, then bubbles rose to the surface, followed by the emergence of the carcasses of some enormous sea beasts.
At the very bottom, a dazzling golden shadow was rapidly approaching the water's surface.
"Activate the formation!" The Wang family patriarch waved his hand and drew his longsword.
At this command, the entire sea area instantly came to life.
Centered on Qianlong Abyss, countless array patterns lit up on the sea surface within a radius of a thousand miles. The array flags, which were made from countless rare materials from various families, transformed into a blood-red cage, firmly sealing off this world.
The cultivators who had been hiding in the void revealed themselves, and all of their weapons simultaneously emitted a spiritual light.
"Kill!" With this command, a torrential downpour of light filled the sky.
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Author's Note: [Hugs][Hugs][Hugs] Today's version of the battle-worn little tiger.
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