I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

#319 - Filthy Dragon Vein

Zhang Chen couldn't block that strike, but could someone else?

Just then, Zhang Chen gently pushed the Emperor's Daughter's body, placing her head directly in front of him. A 'clang' resounded as the long blade in the attacker's hand snapped. The force of the impact numbed their limbs and weakened their meridians, rendering them unable to move. In that instant, Zhang Chen thrust his blade, piercing the attacker's heart.

A swift and decisive kill, without any hesitation.

Zhang Chen withdrew his blade and moved on, without any delay or wasted motion, heading directly towards the lake.

At this moment, dozens of soldiers surrounded him from the corridors. Zhang Chen remained expressionless. The next moment, he opened his mouth, and a gust of wind erupted, blowing away over a dozen soldiers in the front ranks. The immense airflow swept them into the high sky, and the sandstorm in the air intensified, making it difficult to open one's eyes even with gauze covering them, causing a complete loss of control over their bodies.

The hurricane raged, obscuring everything beyond three steps. Several pavilions and palaces in the courtyard collapsed.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Zhang Chen infiltrated the confused crowd, using echolocation to navigate, constantly weaving and circling. Finally, after five minutes, he bypassed the heavy encirclement and saw the small lake hundreds of meters away.

"Stop!" At this moment, hundreds of pursuers caught up, roaring in the chaotic sandstorm.

Seeing this, Zhang Chen shook his head: "Now that I've reached the lake, this is my domain. How can I allow you to be so presumptuous?"

With a thought, a hundred-meter-long, ten-meter-thick water dragon rose from the lake, instantly engulfing the hundreds of soldiers chasing after him. The water flowed rapidly, and the soldiers' long blades, trapped within the water, became like rapidly spinning meat grinders. In an instant, hundreds of soldiers were reduced to mincemeat.

"Truly terrifying!" Zhang Chen couldn't help but click his tongue at the sight.

The water dragon transformed into a river of blood, flowing back into the lake, turning the entire lake blood-red.

"I can use this river to break through." Standing on the shore, a cold glint appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes. He was about to use his divine power to drain the entire lake, but then a golden light automatically flowed through his eyes, revealing a small path in the center of the lake, with a mysterious aura flowing above it.

"Hmm? The Pingbian Prince's Mansion actually hides a secret?" Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

Then, the water beneath his feet froze, forming an ice bridge, carrying Zhang Chen towards the lake island on the opposite side.

Since he was already here, and seeing that the Pingbian Prince's Mansion actually had a mysterious foundation, he couldn't just ignore it, could he?

"It must be my good fortune." Zhang Chen felt pleased, carrying his niece's corpse, step by step, approaching the lakeside island of the Pingbian Prince's Mansion.

"Halt! Password!"

At this moment, dozens of soldiers in golden armor appeared on the opposite side of the island, holding bows and crossbows, aiming at Zhang Chen, their eyes filled with coldness.

At this time, yellow sand filled the sky, but the lake island was shrouded in a mysterious force, which blocked Zhang Chen's sand power. All the yin winds that blew to the shore were completely dissolved by an inexplicable geomagnetic force.

Ignoring the warning, Zhang Chen simply carried the Emperor's Daughter's corpse, walking unhurriedly on the lake surface.

"Fire!"

Seeing Zhang Chen approaching, the guard leader gave an order. The arrows from the bows and crossbows whistled like bullets leaving a gun barrel, shooting towards Zhang Chen in the lake.

Buzz ~

The next moment, the lake water rose, forming walls of water that blocked the arrows. All the water turned into weak water, and the arrows lost all their force upon entering it.

Even bullets from an AK rifle can't kill people when shot into water, let alone arrows from bows and crossbows? Weak water?

"Courting death!"

Seeing that they were attacking to kill, Zhang Chen thought, and the lake water transformed into a hundred-meter-long dragon, sweeping across the dozens of armored soldiers in the field. In an instant, the dozens of armored soldiers, unable to dodge, flew out like balls, crashing into distant trees and rocks, and then there was no more movement.

"Fifth-level water control is really terrifying!" Zhang Chen sighed inwardly.

However, he also realized that although he had the protection of dragon energy, he was still suppressed when mobilizing his skills. The operation of his skills felt somewhat obscure, heavy, and sluggish, without the smoothness he experienced outside.

"Dragon energy is very important, it is simply a jack-of-all-trades. I will inevitably have to deal with the government in the future, and the skill level of this dragon energy needs to be raised as soon as possible." Zhang Chen sighed inwardly.

In fact, Zhang Chen didn't know that the great chaos in the Northern Lands due to drought had led to widespread suffering and displacement of the people. The guardian dragon energy of the Pingbian Prince's Mansion had been weakened. Most importantly, he had built a Bagua Furnace at the most sensitive point, constantly drawing away the dragon energy within the Pingbian Prince's Mansion, causing the dragon energy to be reduced by at least 30%.

Moreover, the dragon energy protection in the Prince's Mansion was only the remaining power of the dragon vein. The true power and momentum of the dragon vein were all concentrated on the Pingbian Prince.

Just as various thoughts flashed through Zhang Chen's mind, he stepped onto the shore. Behind him followed a hundred-meter-long water dragon, winding and crawling behind Zhang Chen.

"Halt! This is a forbidden area of the Prince's Mansion, no trespassing allowed!"

Two more men in black jumped out, their bodies circulating with qi and blood, actually martial arts experts who had cultivated their qi and blood.

However, looking at the hundred-meter-long, ten-meter-thick water dragon behind Zhang Chen, their voices trembled, and their bodies shook constantly. But due to their duty, they still braced themselves and stood in front of Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen waved his hand gently. The next moment, the water dragon erupted and charged out. The two men, like ants, were struck and sent flying into the bushes, their fate unknown.

"Interesting, it seems this island has some secrets, otherwise there wouldn't be such experts guarding it." Zhang Chen walked along the path, his echolocation constantly echoing, exploring the terrain of the island.

"Found it!" Before long, Zhang Chen had sensed a small building, and then he walked towards it. Along the way, Prince's Mansion guards constantly ambushed him, but in the face of Zhang Chen's echolocation, they were completely useless, and before they could even act, they were already repelled by the water.

Zhang Chen quickly arrived in front of a small building. The small building was three stories high, with bells hanging from the eaves, emitting crisp sounds.

The entire small building was flowing with a layer of mysterious power, looking very extraordinary.

"I want to see what secrets the Pingbian Prince's Mansion has." Zhang Chen looked at the small building, sensing its unusualness, because the window paper of the entire small building was not made of polished shells or the like, but all the window paper was sealed with black cloth.

With a thought, Zhang Chen struck the gate with water flow, and the gate shattered. The next moment, five black shadows shot out from inside the door, attacking Zhang Chen, but before they could get close to Zhang Chen, the five had already turned into ice sculptures.

Zhang Chen shook his head, "A mayfly trying to shake a tree!"

At the same time, he sighed inwardly at the unimaginable suppression that bloodline inheritors had over ordinary martial artists.

After Zhang Chen entered the small building, he couldn't help but be stunned. In the very center of the room, there was an enshrined tablet. The tablet wasn't engraved with a person's name, but rather with the two characters 'Heaven and Earth'.

"Trying to imitate Zhen Yuanzi?" Zhang Chen mocked, looking at the offering table. On the table was an jade basin, with water flowing within. A golden fish was constantly swimming in the basin.

The fish constantly spat out a purple pearl, swallowing and spitting it out repeatedly, while the fish chased and played with the pearl in the basin.

Within the jade basin, mysterious runes were engraved, and the power of the earth veins surged out from the traces of the runes, being devoured by the fish.

It was clearly just a fish, but in Zhang Chen's perception, it was a dragon, a constantly swimming flood dragon.

"What is this thing?" Zhang Chen looked at the offering table in front of him, and the strange goldfish inside, not daring to act rashly. Instead, he summoned the Great自在Heavenly Demon.

"Old timer, what do you think?" Zhang Chen asked.

The Great自在Heavenly Demon looked at the jade basin, goldfish, and pearl, and his eyes lit up. "Good trick!"

Turning to Zhang Chen, he said, "This should be the Pingbian Royal Mansion, right?"

Zhang Chen nodded.

The Great自在Heavenly Demon chuckled strangely, pointing to the jade basin and saying, "This is a feng shui formation, the 'Fish Leaping Over Dragon Gate' setup. That carp is the embodiment of the fortune of Zhang Shicheng, the ancestor of the Pingbian Royal Mansion, and that purple pearl represents the fortune of the Northern Lands. As for the jade basin and the water in the jade basin, they symbolize the boundless sea. As long as that carp swallows the purple pearl, Zhang Shicheng can leap over the Dragon Gate and transform into a flood dragon again."

"But Zhang Shicheng's physical body is already gone, so how can he transform into a flood dragon?" Zhang Chen offered his opinion.

"I don't remember! Anyway, what I said is correct, Zhang Shicheng is about to transform into a flood dragon again." The Great自在Heavenly Demon shook his head and said, "If you break this feng shui formation, you can severely damage the earth veins of the Pingbian Royal Mansion and affect Zhang Shicheng's transformation into a flood dragon."

"How do I break the formation?" Zhang Chen asked again.

He didn't know much about feng shui formations, so he could only ask the Great自在Heavenly Demon.

The Great自在Heavenly Demon pointed to the jade basin and said, "This thing is connected to Zhang Shicheng and the fortune of the Northern Lands' dragon vein. All the damage you do to this thing will be reflected on Zhang Shicheng's soul and the Northern Lands' dragon vein. I don't remember how to break the formation, so think about it yourself."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen's mind moved, wanting to use water control to draw out the water in the basin, but who knew that the carp's body would emit a force of earth veins, suppressing Zhang Chen's water control, preventing him from using any magical power.

"Hmm? As expected, the dragon vein can destroy all laws. My fifth-order water control is just a younger brother in front of it." Seeing that his water control couldn't do anything to the water in the basin, Zhang Chen wasn't anxious or annoyed, but instead wanted to control the water to overturn the basin.

But as soon as Zhang Chen controlled the water to approach the jade basin, the carp opened its mouth and directly swallowed the water controlled by Zhang Chen.

"Good trick!"

A hundred-meter-long water dragon was swallowed, and Zhang Chen couldn't help but clap his hands in praise, his eyes filled with curiosity.

"If the water I control can't do anything to you, then what about my Righteous God Golden Light?"

Zhang Chen stepped forward and carefully placed his hand on the jade basin. The next moment, Righteous God Golden Light flowed, pouring into the jade basin. Who knew that after Zhang Chen's Righteous God Golden Light landed on the jade basin, the purple pearl bathed in the Righteous God Golden Light and rapidly transformed, becoming even more extraordinary, actively swallowing Zhang Chen's Righteous God Light, as if Zhang Chen's Righteous God Golden Light was of great benefit to it and could help it transform quickly.

"My Righteous God Golden Light can only restrain evil spirits. The power of earth veins is the power of heaven and earth. Not only can my Righteous God Golden Light not cause damage to it, but it will instead cause it to transform under my Righteous God Golden Light." Seeing this, Zhang Chen quickly withdrew his Righteous God Golden Light, and then his eyes looked at the purple sphere. At this time, a golden thread was actually born on the purple sphere.

"Damn it, I haven't even settled the score with the Pingbian Royal Mansion, but they're actually taking advantage of me. This is simply unbearable." Zhang Chen looked at the jade basin. Since he couldn't do anything to the purple pearl, he might as well just overturn the jade basin on the ground. Once the jade basin was overturned, everything would naturally be over.

Zhang Chen grabbed the edge of the jade basin, wanting to overturn it, but who knew that the jade basin was like a rooted tree, motionless and without any shaking.

"Good fellow, it's just a jade basin, weighing at most thirty to fifty pounds, but I can't even shake it. It's really strange." Zhang Chen muttered aside.

Hearing this, the Great自在Heavenly Demon said, "Don't look at the jade basin in front of you as just a jade basin, but through the connection of the feng shui formation, it's equivalent to an entire Northern Lands' earth vein. Even those who have attained the Fruit Status would probably find it difficult to overturn it. You little kid with your small arms and legs and mortal body, wanting to overturn the Northern Lands' earth vein is simply wishful thinking."

Hearing this, Zhang Chen was in trouble. "The dragon vein's energy itself prohibits all laws, and with such extraordinary blessing, doesn't that mean I can only be helpless and leave?"

The Great自在Heavenly Demon shook his head, his eyes looking slyly at the sky. "There are many things I can't say. If I say the wrong thing and cause you to do the wrong thing, then a portion of the karma will definitely be counted on my head. This old ancestor won't do that kind of thankless thing. And I want to tell you, once you destroy the dragon vein, you will inevitably be recorded by the invisible laws of heaven and earth, and you will inevitably be struck by lightning, removing you as a scourge."

"The earth vein is nurtured by heaven and earth, representing the vitality of a land. If the earth vein dies, that land will lose its vitality and turn into a barren wasteland. So think about it, what a huge karma this is? When the laws of heaven and earth settle the score, no one can resist it. It's not a problem if you want to ruin Pingbian Royal Mansion's dragon transformation plan, but you can't harm the earth vein," said the Great自在Heavenly Demon.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen's eyes looked at the jade basin in front of him, his mind spinning rapidly, and then his eyes looked at his golden finger panel. You know, he really found a skill that could complete his plan: Blood Sea Filth!

Blood Sea Filth that can defile everything mysterious!