Ling Xiao ran as fast as he could. With the help of the Water Repelling Pearl, he moved as fast as lightning, as if he was on land. He was not hindered by the flow of water.
When the Purple Drake saw Ling Xiao run in the direction it was looking at, it let out an unwilling roar. It no longer paid any attention to the Green Algae Snake Vine, and its huge body rolled forward.
After running for a while, Ling Xiao discovered that a multicolored light was constantly swaying in front of him, sparkling and translucent, causing people to feel extremely dazzled.
"Treasure … it's definitely a treasure!" Ling Xiao couldn't help but exclaim, and he sped up again.
The Purple Drake was even faster, and it instantly overtook Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao looked at the Purple Drake and shouted, "Xiaolong, don't do it! Leave some for my brother!"
Just by looking at the light in front of him, he knew that it was definitely not an ordinary item. If it was eaten by the Purple Drake, it would definitely kill him!
However, when the Purple Flood Dragon Drake neared the multicolored light, a vine wrapped around it and wrapped around it.
Ling Xiao stopped and frowned. "Xiaolong, be careful!"
However, his cry was still too late. Those thorny vines instantly bound the Purple Flood Dragon Centipede tightly.
"Oh no, it's a Bloodthorn Vine!" Ling Xiao cried out. He had already recognized what kind of spirit grass it was.
Bloodthorn Vine, a fourth-grade plant that grew by sucking the blood of animals.
Each of its thorns had the ability to suck blood. Once bound by it, even a King Stage expert would die.
Fortunately, the Purple Drake was already at the peak of the fifth-grade, and its physical body was quite strong. The Bloodthorn Vines were scattered by it.
However, the moment the Bloodthorn Vines were shaken off, they would once again grow back. It was simply unthinkable.
After a while, the Purple Drake was once again tied up.
Ling Xiao didn't dare to get too close, so he could only choose to attack from a distance.
Ling Xiao raised the Azure Dragon Moon Slashing Sword. First Form: Flower Twirling Moon!
Gentle and lingering attacks bombarded the Blood Vines in an endless stream.
Ling Xiao blasted out dozens of moves in a row, and the chaotic spiritual energy continuously bombarded the Blood Rattan Vine.
One by one, the vines fell to the ground. They flickered like living creatures, and then they stuck to the ground and grew again. It was an extremely strange sight, and it made one's scalp go numb.
The blood-vine vines that had just grown shot towards Ling Xiao.
"Damnit, this thing can regenerate!" Ling Xiao cursed as he continued to unleash powerful sword techniques.
On the other side, the Purple Drake Centipede kept struggling and roaring, but its body was unable to escape the entanglement of the Bloodthorn Vines.
On Ling Xiao's side, he was gradually being entangled by the Bloodthorn Vines.
"Damn it!"
Ling Xiao was always on the defensive. His waist was firmly bound by a blood vine, and those thorns pierced into his abdomen.
"Ouch!" Ling Xiao cried out in pain.
However, the Bloodthorn Vines did not pierce through his flesh, but only caused pain.
"Luckily, I just increased the defense of my body, or else I would be in trouble!" Ling Xiao secretly sighed, and just as he was about to chop off the Bloodthorn Vines.
Suddenly, dozens of Bloodthorn Vines completely wrapped around his body.
"Damnit, get out of my way!" Ling Xiao shouted angrily, and the Blue Demon Flame instantly ignited around his body.
"Pa pa!"
The Bloodthorn Vines crackled as they were burned by the blue flame, and all the Bloodthorn Vines that were binding Ling Xiao were burned to ashes.
"If a tiger doesn't show its might, you think I'm a sick cat!"
Ling Xiao shouted, and put away the Azure Dragon Moon Slashing Sword. His palms shot out two fire dragons towards the Bloodthorn Vines that were wrapped around the Purple Drake Centipede.
Most of the Bloodthorn Vines were burned off, and the Purple Drake Centipede was able to escape.
The remaining Bloodthorn Vines quickly fled in all directions.
The Purple Drake Centipede seemed to have suffered a great fright. As soon as it escaped, it turned into a smaller version of the Centipede and hid behind Ling Xiao. That appearance was extremely comical.
"Are you afraid now? Who asked you to be so greedy? Now you know what you've done!" Ling Xiao laughed as he patted the Purple Drake Centipede's head.
The Purple Drake Centipede looked around nervously, as if it was afraid that the Bloodthorn Vines would appear again.
Ling Xiao no longer paid attention to the Purple Drake Centipede, and he walked towards the multicolored light.
"It's … it's a ten-thousand-year-old Blood Coral!" Ling Xiao couldn't help but cry out when he saw the multicolored light.
Blood Coral was a fifth tier spirit grass. It could increase the density of a person's bloodline, and it could even instantly replenish the bloodline of a person or spirit beast that had lost too much blood. It was a top-grade blood replenishing spirit grass.
However, in front of Ling Xiao was a bright-red ten-thousand-year-old Blood Coral. Its translucent stem was densely spread out, like countless tentacles. It was extremely bewitching. And in the middle of the Blood Coral was a rare coral fruit. This fruit was the size of a fist, and it seemed to be the head of the Blood Coral.
It was from this coral fruit that Ling Xiao was able to determine that this Blood Coral was over ten thousand years old.
That was because Blood Corals that were less than ten thousand years old were unable to bear fruit. But this Blood Coral in front of him had produced a fruit the size of a fist. This definitely wasn't just ten thousand years old. It might even be twenty thousand or thirty thousand years old.
Ling Xiao stared at the Blood Coral in a daze. He swallowed, and a greedy light shone in his eyes.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, the Purple Drake on Ling Xiao's waist displayed its gluttonous nature again. In an instant, it rushed towards the Blood Coral.
"No!" Ling Xiao shouted. He instantly reached out and grabbed the Purple Drake's tail, preventing it from snatching the food.
However, just as Ling Xiao was about to grab the Purple Flood Dragon's tail, a strong force flung him far away.
"Scram! This brother will fight it out with you!" Ling Xiao steadied himself and once again chased after the Purple Drake.
However, the Purple Drake's bloody mouth was already biting towards the Blood Coral.
That Blood Coral was a spirit grass that was over ten thousand years old. It had already become a seventh tier spirit grass. It should be able to sense danger. When the Purple Drake's bloody mouth approached, it actually dodged and sank into the mud at the bottom of the river. How could it avoid the fate of being devoured?
How could the Purple Drake let go of a delicacy that was already in its mouth? It immediately scuttled into the mud and chased after it.
When Ling Xiao returned to his previous position, he felt a stabbing pain in his heart.
That was a heaven-defying seventh-tier spirit herb, and it was also an essential spirit herb for him to cultivate the fifth transformation of the Ancient Emperor Divine Art, "Blood Refinement". Even if it didn't escape, it would still become food for the Purple Flood Dragon Centipede.
Ling Xiao was rooted to the spot, his expression indescribably aggrieved.
He pounded his chest and cried, "Heavens, how did I end up with such a glutton!"
Although Ling Xiao was vexed, he still forced himself to stay alert. He began to look around to see if there were any other discoveries.
Within a hundred meters, apart from the occasional appearance of Bloodthorn Vines, there was nothing else of value.
Before long, the Purple Drake finally scuttled out of the mud at the bottom of the river.
"Fuck, a glutton like you still has the face to come back? Scram! This young master doesn't want to see you ever again!" Ling Xiao angrily pointed at the Purple Drake and cursed.
His anger was truly unbearable. If he didn't curse out loud, he would go crazy.
Who knew that at this moment, the Purple Drake would suddenly open its bloody mouth.
Ling Xiao was startled by its actions and quickly retreated far away. He waved his hand and said, "Hey, little … little dragon, what … what are you doing? Bro … I'm not cursing you, I … I'm cursing the Bloodthorn Vines. Don't misunderstand, our family's little dragon is loved by everyone, and flowers bloom when they see it …"
Before he could finish speaking, the Purple Drake swallowed something from its mouth.
"What's going on?
You scared this young master! "Ling Xiao lightly patted his chest.
He had thought that the Purple Drake was angry and wanted to eat him, but he didn't expect that it was actually vomiting something.
Ling Xiao thought that it was vomiting something, but when he took a closer look, he was overjoyed.
It was actually the blood coral! It hadn't eaten it and had kept it. Only the fruit in the middle was missing.
Ling Xiao hurriedly went over and picked it up, revealing a lucky expression as he said, "Good, good … You know how to save some for me, so I didn't treat you sincerely and raise you in vain."
After Ling Xiao put away the blood coral, he discovered that the Purple Drake had vomited something else.
"Hey, this is …" Ling Xiao looked at the stone that was emitting a silver light in confusion.
"Could it be …" Ling Xiao seemed to think of something and took out a fifth-tier profound artifact he had obtained from the Secret Mirror Heaven Suppressing Sect and slashed at the silver stone.
Clang!
In the time it took for a spark to fly off a flint, the sound of metal clashing rang out!
"I can't cut through it! It really is Ten Thousand Year Deep Silver!" Ling Xiao exclaimed.
Ten Thousand Year Deep Silver was the same as the Ten Thousand Year Profound Iron that Ling Xiao had obtained in the belly of the volcano. They were both extremely rare Artifact Refining materials, and they were also one of the necessary materials to refine Spirit Artifacts or Saint Artifacts.
The piece in front of him was more than half a meter wide, enough to refine quite a few Spirit Artifacts.
Without a second thought, Ling Xiao immediately put it into his spatial ring.
Presumably, this Ten Thousand Year Deep Silver was something that the Purple Drake had eaten while chasing after the blood coral, and it was unable to digest it, so it spat it out.
Ten Thousand Year Deep Silver and Ten Thousand Year Profound Iron were two extremely hard materials, and they were not so easy to separate.
It was impossible for an ordinary Artifact Refiner to separate these two materials with ordinary flames. Even if they could do it, who knew how many years it would take to do so.
To separate these two materials, one would need a flame above the Earth Fire grade to do so.
It was enough to show how hard these two materials were.
At this moment, the Purple Drake let out a roar, and its body instantly swelled up a few times as it tumbled on the ground.
Ling Xiao did not understand what it was doing, and his entire body was thrown far away.
"Xiaolong, what's wrong?" Ling Xiao shouted at the Purple Drake.
The Purple Drake Roar roared at Ling Xiao. It was a voice that was different from before, but Ling Xiao found it familiar.
"This … this is a dragon's roar!" Ling Xiao was stunned, and then he exclaimed in surprise, "Xiaolong, you're going to advance?"
The Purple Drake no longer cared about Ling Xiao. It kept roaring, and its huge body kept tumbling. The beast skin on its body actually began to peel off.
As the beast skin peeled off, a new layer of faint blue skin was revealed. The new skin was actually covered in shining dragon scales, and below its abdomen, six eagle claws grew out.
During this process, the Purple Flood Dragon Centipede roared incessantly, as if it was enduring unprecedented pain.