Chapter 431 – Sword Formation Emerges, Ten Thousand Dragons Annihilated

Above the East Sea, raging waves dominated the waters.

Hundreds of massive corpse flood dragons broke through the waves and soared into the sky.

These corpse flood dragons not only retained their cultivation from when they were alive,

but also enhanced their already formidable physical bodies,

resulting in a significant boost to their strength.

More crucially, the Corpse Fiend Cave’s corpse refinement techniques differed from conventional methods.

Zombies created through ordinary means required extensive effort to develop intelligence.

But the Corpse Fiend Cave’s refinement process was far less cumbersome,

as they fused a portion of their own True Spirit with the refined corpses.

Thus, it would be more accurate to say the Corpse Fiend Cave was creating Clones rather than refining corpses, using this method to achieve a personal Breakthrough.

This approach enabled the hundreds of flood dragon corpses over the East Sea to each display remarkable power,

averaging above the Golden Core Stage.

A hundred flood dragons at the Golden Core Stage created an overwhelmingly grand spectacle.

The entire surface of the East Sea grew exceptionally turbulent due to their emergence,

while the air thickened with a fishy, blood-like mist,

making one feel as if immersed in a sea of blood.

“Roar!”

As one corpse flood dragon roared at the sky,

it charged headfirst toward Lu Chen, who was within the Heavenly Tribulation above.

Their goal was simple: to stall Lu Chen, preventing him from easily approaching the Corpse Fiend Cave’s stronghold in the East Sea.

If they could keep Lu Chen at bay, the Heavenly Tribulation he brought would not affect the Corpse Fiend Cave’s base.

But they overestimated themselves and underestimated Lu Chen’s power.

Just as the corpse flood dragon ascended, a thunderbolt ripped through the air.

When the bolt struck the creature,

a agonized shriek echoed over the East Sea.

The corpse flood dragon’s body cracked incessantly, its surface charred and smoking.

A single thunderbolt had instantly slain a Golden Core Stage corpse flood dragon,

demonstrating the sheer terror of the lightning.

Boom!

The fallen corpse flood dragon crashed heavily into the sea and slowly floated to the surface.

Once fierce and imposing, it now lay lifeless, its eyes dull and body riddled with wounds.

Simultaneously, a Golden Core Stage cultivator within the Corpse Fiend Cave’s East Sea stronghold vomited blood, his face turning pale.

Although one corpse flood dragon was lost in an instant,

the others showed no signs of retreat.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

As more corpse flood dragons closed in on Lu Chen,

countless thunderbolts began to rain down from the sky.

For a moment, the entire East Sea seemed engulfed in a storm of ten thousand thunderbolts.

The terrifying lightning illuminated the previously dark East Sea, turning it as bright as day.

The first fallen corpse flood dragon acted like a signal,

as more and more began to plummet from the sky, crashing into the sea below.

Dozens of these hundred-meter-long corpse flood dragons falling into the same waters

instantly stirred up wave after wave of ‘tsunamis’ across the sea.

However, after sacrificing over thirty corpse flood dragons,

the remaining ones finally reached a position close to Lu Chen.

But arriving here didn’t mean they could pose a threat to him;

it only meant they would perish in a different manner.

Lu Chen calmly watched the horde of ferocious corpse flood dragons charging toward him and slowly raised his hand.

In the next moment, fierce Samadhi True Fire blazed to life behind him.Initially, these corpse dragons did not show much fear upon seeing the Samadhi True Fire.

In fact, they even felt a hint of relief in their hearts.

Dragons govern water, while corpses belong to the yin realm.

Corpses fear fire, but dragons do not.

If it were thunder techniques, they would indeed be highly effective against these corpse dragons.

Or rather, thunder techniques are the most effective means to counter the Corpse Fiend Cave.

But fire techniques are different.

Originally, only Earth Corpse Immortals at the Nascent Soul Stage could achieve immunity to both water and fire.

However, due to the unique nature of the dragon corpses,

these corpse dragons at the Golden Core Stage already possessed this divine ability.

But when the fire was no ordinary flame,

the relief in the hearts of the dragon corpses turned into boundless fear and despair.

“Roar!”

A dragon corpse that first approached within a hundred meters of Lu Chen was the first to come into contact with the Samadhi True Fire.

It had believed that with its fire-and-water-resistant corpse body, it could easily break through this sea of flames.

But the reality was completely opposite.

The moment it touched the Samadhi True Fire, it immediately let out a piercing scream.

This was because the fire was not only burning its physical body but also the True Spirit residing within the dragon corpse.

The former was manageable, but the latter was fatal.

Under the dual burning of both the physical body and the True Spirit,

the corpse dragon quickly lost control of its body and began to plummet toward the sea surface.

What was terrifying was that even after falling into the sea,

the Samadhi True Fire on the corpse dragon did not extinguish.

Instead, it ignited other dragon corpses that had fallen into the sea around it.

For a moment, the entire East Sea resembled a living hell.

With the Lightning Tribulation ahead and the Samadhi True Fire behind,

these hundreds of corpse dragons could not get even a step closer to Lu Chen.

Such a situation undoubtedly exceeded the expectations of many cultivators within the Corpse Fiend Cave.

Although they had initially intended to use these corpse dragons to test Lu Chen’s strength—

after all, anyone daring to come to the Corpse Fiend Cave alone

must possess extraordinary abilities—

they had not expected Lu Chen’s strength to be so formidable.

It was important to note that the approaching tribulation thunderclouds belonged to Lu Chen.

Although some of the lightning might strike outsiders,

the primary target was Lu Chen alone.

Thus, Lu Chen was simultaneously resisting the lightning tribulation above him while dealing with the hundreds of corpse dragons.

Moreover, the more outsiders were affected, the more powerful Lu Chen’s tribulation thunderclouds would become,

making his own breakthrough increasingly difficult.

It could be said that Lu Chen’s method was one of harming the enemy a thousand while damaging himself eight hundred.

But upon witnessing Lu Chen’s exceptionally fierce Samadhi True Fire, which could burn the True Spirit,

the high-level cultivators within the Corpse Fiend Cave could no longer remain seated.

If Lu Chen were allowed to continue like this, he would soon bring the tribulation lightning directly above them.

Under normal circumstances, the Corpse Fiend Cave would not be overly concerned.

After all, within their current stronghold, there was a Celestial Corpse Immortal at the Great Vehicle Stage.

Such strength was nearly invincible in the Mortal World.

It was precisely because of the presence of this Celestial Corpse Immortal

that the Corpse Fiend Cave could firmly establish itself in the current Azure Cloud World.

However, whether intentionally or unintentionally,

Lu Chen had chosen to arrive by triggering the Heavenly Tribulation.

As everyone knew, there was a distinction between immortals and mortals.

Mortal Realm Immortals were not permitted to remain freely in the mortal realm.

Therefore, if the Celestial Corpse Immortal—comparable to a Mortal Realm Immortal—within the Corpse Fiend Cave did not act, it would be fine.

But once he intervened at this moment, he would immediately attract the attention of the Heavenly Dao of the Azure Cloud World,

thereby triggering a Conduction Heavenly Tribulation.The intensity of the Heavenly Tribulation triggered by Lu Chen was completely incomparable to the Tribulation Transcendence thunderclouds he had summoned before.

If such a scenario truly unfolded, forget about the current Corpse Fiend Cave stronghold—over half of the East Sea region might be utterly annihilated in that Heavenly Tribulation.

Therefore, the Celestial Corpse Immortal currently residing in the Underwater Dragon Palace not only couldn’t attack Lu Chen but also had to conceal its aura as much as possible to avoid drawing the attention of the Heavenly Dao.

In this way, the Corpse Fiend Cave’s greatest trump card was effectively neutralized.

Naturally, Lu Chen had long anticipated this situation, which was precisely why he had chosen this location for his breakthrough.

His goal was to utilize this Heavenly Tribulation to weaken the Corpse Fiend Cave’s strength as much as possible.

That’s right—weaken, not eliminate.

Lu Chen was well aware that even if he successfully achieved his breakthrough, he would still be no match for a Celestial Corpse Immortal capable of rivaling a Mortal Realm Immortal.

Merely preventing this Celestial Corpse Immortal from taking action and dealing a heavy blow to the Corpse Fiend Cave during this period was already the limit of what Lu Chen could accomplish at present.

Beyond this, Lu Chen had another purpose in coming to the Corpse Fiend Cave for his Tribulation Transcendence: to use the countless corpse fiends as whetstones to test his Sword Path during his breakthrough.

The sword is the foremost among all weapons.

Since ancient times, breakthroughs for Sword Cultivators have been the most perilous and demanding among all cultivators.

Lu Chen’s second Clone was intended to achieve its breakthrough with the Fiend-Slaying Sword Formation at its core.

During this process, Lu Chen needed numerous opponents to temper his Sword Path and fully integrate with the Sword Great Dao of the Fiend-Slaying Sword Formation.

The vast numbers of corpse fiends in the Corpse Fiend Cave were undoubtedly the best opponents for this purpose.

It could be said that Lu Chen had already planned his subsequent breakthrough strategy long before consolidating his first Transformation Soul Stage Clone.

Now, he was merely turning his plan into reality.

Over the East Sea, when they discovered that even a hundred corpse flood dragons couldn’t hinder Lu Chen in the slightest, the high-level cultivators of the Corpse Fiend Cave finally could sit still no longer.

The churning sea surface gradually rose as a dark shadow continuously ascended from beneath the waves.

Its massive form caused the sea level to swell.

Before long, a ferocious four-clawed Corpse Dragon emerged from the water.

Compared to the previous corpse flood dragons, this four-clawed Corpse Dragon not only stretched over a kilometer in length but also emitted a denser draconic aura—one potent enough to affect reality.

Faintly, this draconic aura even seemed to influence the remaining corpse flood dragons to some extent, causing them to reveal fearful expressions.

Witnessing this, the Corpse Dragon disdainfully remarked, “A bunch of useless trash.”

With these words, the four-clawed Corpse Dragon fully took to the skies.

Its colossal form, spanning over a kilometer, loomed like mountains and rivers.

A Dragon’s Roar pierced through the air, its sonic waves reverberating.

The mere soundwaves alone sent numerous flood dragon corpses scorched by Samadhi True Fire scattering across the sea surface.

At this moment, the four-clawed Corpse Dragon resembled a meteor crashing into a lake surface, stirring up towering waves.

A single Dragon’s Roar created a whirlpool hundreds of meters long and dozens of meters deep in the sea.

Facing this warning-filled roar, Lu Chen in the distance showed no fear but instead revealed a meaningful gaze.

Then, instead of retreating, Lu Chen accelerated instantly.

Seeing this, the Corpse Dragon’s expression stiffened immediately.

This indicated that Lu Chen hadn’t been using his full strength earlier—an undoubtedly dangerous signal.

But the current East Sea was his domain.This once again gave the Four-Clawed Corpse Dragon a considerable boost of confidence.

Great Divine Power… Myriad Dragon Barren Tomb.

Under the influence of this Great Divine Power, massive coffins emerged from the Void Realm and crashed heavily around, encircling Lu Chen completely.

However, as this Great Divine Power enveloped Lu Chen, it naturally meant that the Four-Clawed Corpse Dragon, with its Transformation Soul Stage cultivation, had also entered the range of the Lightning Tribulation.

But since it was not the primary target of the tribulation, it did not have to bear the full brunt of the heavenly lightning just yet.

On the other side, surrounded by numerous coffins, Lu Chen raised his hand in a sword gesture.

In an instant, four Immortal Swords appeared above the East Sea, clashing directly against the Four-Clawed Corpse Dragon’s Myriad Dragon Barren Tomb.

It had to be said, this Corpse Fiend refined from the dragon corpse of the East Sea Gate’s Transformation Soul Stage True Dragon was truly formidable.

This was because the True Dragon had mastered a Great Divine Power during its lifetime.

Moreover, the Transformation Soul Stage high-level Cultivator from the Corpse Fiend Cave who refined it also possessed a Great Divine Power.

Thus, after successfully refining it, the Transformation Soul Stage high-level Cultivator from the Corpse Fiend Cave effectively controlled two Great Divine Powers.

Therefore, the Myriad Dragon Barren Tomb contained not only the Corpse Great Dao but also the Dragon Great Dao.

It was by no means ordinary.

This was precisely why the Four-Clawed Corpse Dragon felt confident it could completely eliminate the nuisance that was Lu Chen.

However, its confidence soon began to fade.

Because Lu Chen’s Fiend-Slaying Sword Formation was not only not suppressed by its Myriad Dragon Barren Tomb but was instead counter-restricting it.

This turn of events was clearly beyond its expectations.

Initially, it had assumed that Lu Chen’s Great Divine Power was related to the Fire Great Dao, especially since the Samadhi True Fire was a genuine Great Divine Power of the Transformation Dao Realm.

But now it appeared that Lu Chen’s true expertise was not the Fire Great Dao at all.

It was the Sword Great Dao.

And this Sword Great Dao was no ordinary Great Dao—it was a fusion of four distinct Sword Intent Great Daos.

Such a feat was something no ordinary being could accomplish.

What kind of Cultivator’s True Spirit could possibly bear so many Sword Intent Great Daos?

Could it be that the one standing before it was a Reincarnated Immortal, or perhaps even a Descended Immortal?

As soon as this thought emerged, the Four-Clawed Corpse Dragon felt a chill run through its entire body.

All arrogance in its heart vanished without a trace.

But Lu Chen paid no heed to its inner turmoil.

At this moment, he had only one thought.

That was to have the Four-Clawed Corpse Dragon before him aid in his cultivation.

The only cost would be the complete annihilation of its form and spirit.

“Slay.”

As Lu Chen uttered the word, the full power of the Fiend-Slaying Sword Formation was unleashed.

The withered dragon corpse claws extending from the massive coffins were instantly severed by countless strands of Sword Qi.

The dragon claws summoned through Divine Ability could not withstand the onslaught of these intangible Sword Qi.

After holding out for only a moment, they were shredded into dust.

If the dragon claws extending from the coffins fared so poorly, the coffins themselves fared no better.

Under the relentless assault of countless Sword Qi, the massive coffins began to shatter one after another.

The destruction of these Divine Ability coffins, which were connected to the Four-Clawed Corpse Dragon’s mind and spirit, directly affected its True Spirit.

Countless wounds began to appear all over the Four-Clawed Corpse Dragon’s body.

Although these wounds healed shortly after appearing, they could not keep up with the accelerating rate at which new ones emerged.

In an instant, the Four-Clawed Corpse Dragon realized it was no match for Lu Chen.A single clash of Great Divine Power had already inflicted such injuries upon him.

If he were truly affected by this Sword Formation, coupled with the Lightning Tribulation overhead…

This Dragon corpse he had painstakingly refined would undoubtedly perish here.

Along with it, the True Spirit he had entrusted to the Dragon corpse would also be annihilated.

He could no longer care about pride or Sect reputation.

Having determined he was no match for Lu Chen,

the Corpse Fiend Cave Cultivator controlling the four-clawed Corpse Dragon immediately conceived the idea of retreat.

But though he wished to flee, Lu Chen would not simply let him go.

(End of Chapter)