Chapter 71
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Chapter 71: Eighth-Order Monster, Thunder Flood Dragon!
Fang Yu submerged himself into the river.
The Lijiang River is about sixty to seventy meters deep. Since it was morning and the sun was shining brightly, the river water, although somewhat murky, still had decent visibility.
Following the direction of the aura, Fang Yu continued to dive down, reaching a depth of about fifty meters.
The aura of the demon beast was getting closer to Fang Yu.
What kind of eighth-tier demon beast could it be underwater?
Fang Yu felt a bit excited.
After about ten seconds, he spotted a glowing white dot in the distance.
Quickly, the white dot grew larger… Fang Yu saw a head with a pair of giant eyes shimmering with silver light!
This was…
Fang Yu felt a sense of familiarity but couldn’t recall immediately.
It wasn’t until the demon beast was less than twenty meters away and revealed its body, approximately thirty meters long and covered in shimmering silver scales, that Fang Yu remembered what kind of demon beast it was.
A Thunder Dragon!
This was a Thunder Dragon!
The Thunder Dragon is an eighth-tier demon beast that lives in deep waters and has been extremely rare since ancient times.
“This is a jackpot,” Fang Yu said, his eyes filled with excitement as he looked at the Thunder Dragon.
As a type of dragon, the Thunder Dragon’s value goes without saying. Its scales are incredibly hard and make excellent forging materials. Its eyes and blood can be used in medicine and have great efficacy.
At the auction for cultivators back in the day, a small vial of dragon blood would cost at least tens of thousands of spirit stones.
While Fang Yu was observing the Thunder Dragon, it also noticed him.
Like a predator spotting its prey, it opened its massive mouth and swung its tail toward Fang Yu!
Fang Yu’s expression sharpened, and he quickly dodged to the side.
The Thunder Dragon is an extremely aggressive demon beast, and as an eighth-tier beast, its strength is terrifying.
Its physical body is incredibly robust, imbued with the power of thunder, capable of killing all creatures in the surrounding waters with a single rage. In the water, its speed is astonishing, reaching up to a thousand meters per second, like lightning moving through the water.
Thus, if Fang Yu wanted to deal with the Thunder Dragon, he had to aim for a one-hit kill.
Otherwise, if the Thunder Dragon sensed danger and chose to flee, it would be difficult for Fang Yu to catch up.
After all, the underwater realm is the Thunder Dragon’s territory.
After dodging the Thunder Dragon’s attack, Fang Yu pushed off the ground and charged toward it.
The Thunder Dragon seemed to sense Fang Yu’s hostility, and a white light enveloped its body as dozens of bolts of lightning erupted from it!
“Crackle!”
The entire water area was instantly covered by the power of thunder!
All the fish, shrimp, crabs, and other creatures in the water were almost instantly electrocuted, slowly floating to the surface.
“Indeed, it’s a Thunder Dragon; the thunder power it emits must exceed fifty thousand volts,” Fang Yu felt a faint red energy rising from his body but still felt a bit numb.
After releasing its thunder power, the Thunder Dragon opened its massive mouth and charged at Fang Yu again.
This time, it used its fastest speed!
Fang Yu looked at the charging Thunder Dragon, a smile creeping onto his face.
He had thought of a way to kill this Thunder Dragon in an instant.
“Whoosh!”
In the next moment, Fang Yu was swallowed by the Thunder Dragon’s mouth.
Fang Yu found himself in a cramped and dark space, with slippery walls on either side, and a mass of slime pushing him toward the Thunder Dragon’s stomach.
Then, he caught a whiff of an extremely foul odor.
He knew he was likely nearing the Thunder Dragon’s stomach.
The Thunder Dragon’s fatal weakness is located in its head.
Its inner core is right there.
Fang Yu punched the wall beside him.
“Thud!”
The wall was smashed open by Fang Yu.
Using both hands, he tore the hole wider and squeezed through, finally escaping the slippery slime.
Then, he gathered a mass of true energy in his right hand and punched upward!
“Boom!”
The Thunder Dragon, which was moving at high speed, suddenly stiffened, opening its massive mouth as if in great pain.
Then, its body began to convulse violently, its thirty-meter-long body twisting grotesquely.
About thirty seconds later, the Thunder Dragon ceased all movement and slowly sank to the riverbed.
After a while, a large hole exploded open in the Thunder Dragon’s head, and Fang Yu floated out, holding a shimmering silver inner core.
Standing at the riverbed, Fang Yu looked at the Thunder Dragon’s inner core in surprise.
The inner core of the Thunder Dragon is somewhat different from those of other demon beasts; it is not only scorching hot but also seems to contain immense power.
“Could this be the source of its thunder power?”
Fang Yu squinted at the Thunder Dragon’s inner core in his hand.
He was contemplating whether to swallow it directly as he usually did.
After thinking for about five seconds, Fang Yu decided to pop the Thunder Dragon’s inner core into his mouth.
“After swallowing it, will I be able to master the power of thunder?” Fang Yu felt a sense of anticipation.
The Thunder Dragon’s inner core was rapidly refined within Fang Yu’s body, breaking down into strands of pure spiritual energy that were absorbed into his dantian.
Fang Yu felt a warm current flowing through his dantian, layer upon layer of shackles being broken.
One layer, two layers, three layers… four layers… five layers…
Six layers!
Fang Yu broke through six layers in succession, reaching the ninth level of the Qi Refining Stage at nine thousand eight hundred forty-eight layers!
Yet even after breaking through six layers at once, there was still a hint of disappointment in Fang Yu’s eyes.
Because the thunder power he had anticipated did not manifest on him.
After completely refining the Thunder Dragon’s inner core, Fang Yu looked at the massive corpse of the Thunder Dragon before him, pondering how to deal with it.
Most of the precious dragon blood on the Thunder Dragon had already leaked out, diluted in the river water.
However, the primary use of dragon blood is body tempering, which is not very useful for Fang Yu.
His physical body had already been tempered countless times and was now in an almost perfect state.
As for the scales on the Thunder Dragon and its two eyes…
These items were not immediately useful to Fang Yu and would be difficult to carry away, drawing too much attention.
After some thought, Fang Yu decided to leave the Thunder Dragon’s corpse in place, planning to return for the scales and eyes if needed.
After all, the Thunder Dragon’s body was submerged at the riverbed, making it hard for anyone to discover.
Thus, Fang Yu began to float upward.
…
On the banks of the Lijiang River, an elderly man in traditional Chinese attire sat quietly on a bamboo chair, fishing.
Beside him stood a girl with short hair.
The girl had beautiful features, and her sharp eyebrows added to her spirited demeanor, making her aura stand out from other delicate girls.
Behind the elderly man and the girl stood two attendants in casual clothing.
These two attendants had serious expressions, standing straight like professional bodyguards.
“Grandpa, you’ve been fishing here for half an hour with no sign of any movement. There must be no fish here; let’s go back,” the girl said impatiently.
“Wei Yu, the reason I brought you here to fish is to train your patience. It’s only been half an hour, and you’re already impatient?” The elderly man smiled as he looked at the girl.
“I’m not impatient… I just think you’re wasting your time. The river surface is so calm here; there haven’t even been any bubbles…” Xia Wei Yu pouted, defending herself.
“Fishing is all about enjoying the process of waiting, Wei Yu, you…” The old man shook his head and smiled.
Before the old man could finish his sentence, he suddenly heard Xia Wei Yu exclaim.
“Grandpa, look at the river surface!”
The old man turned to look at the river and saw many dead fish floating with their bellies up.
“What… what is happening?”
Even the well-informed old man was taken aback.
In all his years, it was the first time he had witnessed such a scene.
The old man stood up, wanting to step forward for a closer look.
The two attendants behind him immediately stepped forward to support him, saying, “Old Xia, please be careful.”
“Help me retrieve a fish corpse,” the old man instructed.
One of the attendants immediately moved closer to the riverbank, trying to scoop up a dead fish.
“Splash!”
But at that moment, a large wave suddenly erupted from the river not far away!
This startled the old man and his companions, causing their expressions to change.
“Old Xia, we should step back; it might be dangerous here!” one of the attendants said.
The old man waved his hand, remaining silent as he stared intently at the river.
The river surface returned to calm, with only a large number of dead fish floating.
What on earth happened in the river?
The old man continued to gaze at the river, his expression grave.
About two minutes later.
“Whoosh!”
A head emerged from the river not far away.
Then, a young man climbed out of the water and onto the shore.
