Chapter 965 - Dragon Slayer

Ye Xuan had no choice but to believe in Long Chen after seeing how confident the latter was. Still, Ye Xuan had some reservations because he had spent a long time with Long Chen and had a good understanding of how strong Long Chen was. He was certain that Long Chen was slightly weaker than the Category One Divine-tier Underworld Beast.

Thankfully, Fluttering Blood’s sharp edge was good enough to puncture the Golden Horn Blood Shark’s scales.

Their hope lay in Long Chen’s speed and Fluttering Blood’s capability to injure the Underworld Beast.

“You might be fast on land, but once you dive into the Underworld Blood Sea, the water resistance will slow you down significantly. The Golden Horn Blood Shark, however, will be much faster. Make sure to fight it above the water,” Ye Xuan warned as he moved back a little.

Long Chen nodded. The bloodlust in his eyes was more than enough to attract the attention of an Underworld Beast. To the Golden Horn Blood Shark, any beings that intruded onto its territory were most likely there to steal its territory. More importantly, Long Chen wore the Underworld Armor, a symbol of the Underworld Beasts’ nemeses.

“Hiss!”

The Golden Horn Blood Shark let out a horrifying shriek as it sent plumes of blood towards Long Chen.

Long Chen’s feet gently glided on the surface of the Underworld Blood Sea as he changed into golden lightning and dodged the attack!

Ye Xuan had retreated a suitable distance to give them space to fight, but he was still hovering close enough so he could rescue Long Chen if anything happened.

Long Chen couldn’t fly yet due to the dense Royal Qi in the air and his own insufficient essence. He jumped and landed after the attack. The Golden Horn Blood Shark took advantage of this and charged towards where Long Chen would land.

The Golden Horn Blood Shark was faster than Su Xue, though thankfully, it wasn’t fast enough to the point that Long Chen couldn’t track it down.

Time to show you how strong my Killing Retribution is.

Killing Retribution required bloodlust. He couldn’t generate any while he was sparring with Ye Xuan. Hence, he couldn’t fully utilize the true power of Killing Tribulation.

But now it was different.

Long Chen transformed and his body became stronger. He emitted a stronger killing intent, one that overshadowed the Golden Horn Blood Shark.

He raised Fluttering Blood and aimed it at his foe.

Before the Underworld Beast arrived, it shrieked loudly, causing Long Chen’s ears to go numb.

“You are so noisy!”

Long Chen attacked when the Golden Horn Blood Shark was just twenty meters away. He smiled as his bloodlust escalated. To the Golden Horn Blood Shark, Long Chen was like an ancient ferocious beast and the sword he held was the sharp tooth of the beast.

“Fluttering Blood Strike.”

Long Chen turned into a blood-red light that was ten times faster than the Golden Horn Blood Shark. The light was unstoppable and flew true. If the Golden Horn Blood Shark had a human form, Long Chen would’ve slashed past the neck and caused blood to spray everywhere.

Quick and sharp—that was Fluttering Blood’s method of attacking.

Long Chen’s technique was completed within a single moment. He brushed past the Golden Horn Blood Shark. At the next moment, blood and a strange liquid sprayed out of the creature.

The Golden Horn Blood Shark hissed in pain as its blood sprayed everywhere. Long Chen turned back and saw the Golden Horn Blood Shark flailing on the surface of the water with its left eye burst open. Long Chen had blinded its left eye in that single moment.

Ye Xuan whistled in surprise.

It seems that Long Chen has been holding back in our sparring sessions. I doubt that I could even dodge that attack.

The Golden Horn Blood Shark went berserk after its left eye was blinded. It glared at Long Chen with its right eye and let out a horrific howl. The surface of the sea rippled as bloodlust radiated out from it. The Underworld Beasts beneath the Divine-tier cowered in fear.

The golden horn glowed and let off a brilliant, golden light. Several intriguing golden runes appeared and rapidly spun around the horn.

Ye Xuan warned from afar, “Be careful! That’s its signature move that can puncture your body easily!”

“Is that so?”

Long Chen chuckled while he allowed the golden lightning to flicker on his body. He disappeared in an instant and he circled the Golden Horn Blood Shark at high speed. A regular human would’ve lost sight of Long Chen, and even the Golden Horn Blood Shark had a hard time keeping track of him.

Demonic Qi converged onto the Golden Horn Blood Shark. It was prepared to unleash its strongest attack the moment it could aim at Long Chen. However, because of how fast Long Chen was, the Golden Horn Blood Shark couldn’t lock onto him.

Even though its injured left eye was slowly healing, the pain inflicted by Long Chen was still fresh in its memory, causing it to go berserk. The difference between humans and Underworld Beasts lay in their intelligence. Humans were intelligent, but the Underworld Beasts weren’t.

The Golden Horn Blood Shark lost its patience and released its technique. A golden light burst forth from its horn like a laser and evaporated the surface of the sea. Everything in its path evaporated without a trace.

The golden light reminded Long Chen of the Gold Clan’s Golden Eye of Annihilation, but it was stronger!

The intense, golden ray shot towards Long Chen.

Long Chen’s face grew increasingly golden as the ray of light rapidly approached him. He remained calm and ran faster to dodge the golden light by an inch.

It’s hot!

Thankfully, the light did not harm him at all, but he had underestimated how strong the attack was. The heat from the light was enough to make him feel uncomfortable even though he had avoided it. He had a feeling that his body would melt if he got hit by it.

The golden light ultimately crashed into the ocean, sending a large plume of steam and blood into the air.

This is my chance!

The Golden Horn Blood Shark was fatigued after the attack. Long Chen seized the chance to dive into the water and rapidly approached it.

It failed to notice where Long Chen was when the latter leaped out of the water and came crashing down with Fluttering Blood.

“Dragon Slayer!”

A blood-red light cascaded downwards like a waterfall. The light was composed of an infinite amount of small blades of sword Qi. It formed a large slash that cut through the Golden Horn Blood Shark easily.

A sharp noise echoed around the area when Long Chen sliced the Golden Horn Blood Shark’s vertebra cleanly into two. The Golden Horn Blood Shark has been cut in half and died instantly.

Blood flowed out of the corpse and merged with the Underworld Blood Sea.

Long Chen quickly used the Blood Devouring Domain to collect all of the blood along with the corpse, storing it all in the Primordial Realm.

“Don’t forget about its soul. A Divine-tier beast's soul is very precious. If you give it to a Scribe, they might be able to produce a Beast Soul Talisman.”

Ye Xuan ran over and used a Soul Collecting Bead to absorb the Golden Horn Blood Shark’s soul.

“This is another difference that separates the Underworld Beasts and the demon race. The souls of Underworld Beasts are strong, but there’s nothing else to them. On the other hand, a Divine-tier demonic beast’s soul is roughly the same as our Divine Martial Souls. Even if their bodies are vanquished, they can still survive as Divine Martial Souls. Maybe that’s why they can take human form too.”

“Is that so?” Long Chen committed that information to memory while he received the Soul Collecting Bead from Ye Xuan.

“Here, this is yours.”

Long Chen accepted it without hesitation. Even though he didn’t need it, there wasn’t any reason to give it to Ye Xuan, considering his prestigious background.

Both of them sighed in relief after dealing with the Golden Horn Blood Shark. Ye Xuan looked at Long Chen as if he were a monster. “What a monstrous bastard you are. To think that you could deal with the Golden Horn Blood Shark so easily. I thought I was going to have to step in.”

“Bullshit.”

Long Chen then looked around. “We made a huge commotion here and the stench of blood is very thick. We should leave while we still can.”

The two of them nodded and headed towards the depths of the Underworld Blood Sea. Thankfully, any traces of battle would be quickly wiped away thanks to the ever-moving water, especially since Long Chen had taken the corpse of the Golden Horn Blood Shark.

Long Chen did not use the True Martial Overlord Soul when he fought Underworld Beasts, since the beasts didn’t use martial arts to begin with. They fought using their robust bodies, strong Demonic Qi, and their innate talent, such as the golden light of the Golden Horn Blood Shark.