110: Capture the Blackwater Turtle King

Immediately after, the pool water churned violently, and a massive, hideous black shadow broke through the surface, sending water spraying everywhere!

It was none other than the tailless 'Black Water Yuan Lord'! It appeared even more wretched than when it was by the river. The wound on its severed tail was a bloody mess, still faintly wreathed with golden threads of light that prevented healing. Its two enormous, lantern-like, dark green eyes were bloodshot, filled with endless pain, malice, and... a trace of fear as if facing a natural predator!

It clearly never expected this deadly scourge to pursue it all the way to its lair!

'Human... you push too far!' The demonic turtle opened its massive maw, emitting a muddled yet malice-filled mental fluctuation. 'This place is my, this lord's, dao field, protected by the 'Covenant'! If you dare trespass, damaging the spiritual eye, the Elders of the Alliance will tear you to pieces!'

'Protected by the Covenant?' Li Muchen slowly turned, his gaze calm as he looked at this blustering yet cowardly monster. 'Protecting you to set up evil Formations here, devour living beings, steal earth veins, and commit heinous acts against heaven and reason? Such a covenant is better discarded.'

He took a step forward. Though his figure was insignificant compared to the colossal demon turtle, an intangible, deep and imposing Aura spread out, instantly filling the entire cavern, even causing the faint blue glow of the stalactites to seem to dim slightly.

'As for tearing me to pieces...' Li Muchen's tone remained flat, 'you should worry about yourself first.'

Before his words even faded, the demon turtle flew into a rage! Knowing its wounds were unhealed and delay would only worsen things, it had no choice but to stake everything on a desperate gamble while its opponent was not yet fully settled, leveraging the advantage of its home ground!

"Gurgle—!!!"

It suddenly took a deep breath, its already enormous body swelling another size. Its maw opened to the extreme, and a sickly green light ignited deep within its throat!

The next instant, an immense, solidified, ink-green water column, carrying bone-chilling cold, a putrid stench, and terrifying corrosive power, shot towards Li Muchen like a high-pressure water cannon! Wherever the water column passed, the air hissed, and rocks on the cavern walls instantly bore scorched, corroded marks where it grazed!

This was none other than its innate Divine Ability — the Profound Yin Poison Water Cannon! It contained the life-bound demonic poison and Gui Water essence it had Cultivated for centuries. Ordinary Magical Artifacts would be damaged upon contact, and flesh would rot instantly upon touch!

Facing this terrifying strike capable of melting metal and eroding stone, Li Muchen merely slightly raised his right hand.

His palm faced upward, fingers slightly spread.

There was no earth-shattering commotion, no dazzling, brilliant radiance.

Only a gentle, soft, faint golden halo, like the newborn morning sun, quietly blossomed from his palm, rapidly expanding to form a shield of light before him, thin as a cicada's wing yet incredibly solid.

The ink-green poisonous water cannon slammed violently against the faint golden light shield!

The anticipated violent explosion or corrosive sounds did not appear.

The menacing water cannon, powerful enough to pierce rock walls, upon contacting the faint golden light shield, seemed like clay oxen entering the sea — its speed plummeted, its momentum vanished! The shield's surface rippled like a calm lake disturbed by a stone, yet it remained incredibly resilient, absorbing, neutralizing, and dissolving all the impact and corrosive force!

At the edges where the poison water met the light shield, a faint sizzling sound was heard. The ink-green color visibly faded and dissipated, ultimately turning into ordinary water, sliding weakly down the shield.

For the first time, the demon turtle's dark green eyes revealed utter, despairing terror!

Its trump card, its life-bound Divine Ability, couldn't even force the opponent to take a single step back?! What kind of monster was this?!

But Li Muchen gave it no more chances.

He formed his left hand into a sword finger and lightly pointed through the air towards the black spiritual eye eggstone beneath that Demonic Qi idol.

"Break."

A soft command.

A strand of pure golden sword light, refined to the extreme, thin as a hair yet dazzlingly brilliant, shot forth from his fingertip. Ignoring spatial distance, it instantly struck the spiritual eye eggstone!

"Crack!"

A crisp shattering sound echoed with peculiar clarity in the silent cavern.

The black eggstone covered in runes, along with the intricate, malicious composite Formation upon it, instantly became covered in spiderweb-like cracks, as if struck by a heavy hammer! Then, the subdued, twisted earth vein Spiritual Qi within violently lost control, mixed with the stripped Yin-cold Water Sha, and erupted with a boom!

"Boom—!!"

A chaotic and violent Spiritual Qi shockwave, centered on the eggstone, suddenly expanded! The entire cavern shook violently. Stalactites broke and fell, smashing into the pool and stirring up towering water columns!

"No—!! My spiritual eye! My Dao Foundation!!" The demon turtle let out a heart-rending wail, its Aura plummeting instantly. Its already severe injuries were aggravated, adding insult to injury! Its Qi was linked to this spiritual eye; its destruction was no different from damaging its Dao Foundation!

Meanwhile, as the sword light shot out, the faint golden light shield in Li Muchen's right palm transformed into countless fine golden rays. Like living things, they pierced through the not-yet-fully-dissipated remnants of the poison water, winding towards the weakened, terrified, and panicked demon turtle!

The golden light was like shackles, like chains, containing the supreme dao rhyme of purification, suppression, and restraint. This was precisely the 'Spirit-Binding Golden Light Curse' from the Huangting Dao Method, specifically designed to subdue demons, evils, ghosts, and specters!

The demon turtle tried to struggle, tried to dive into the deep water. But with its Dao Foundation damaged, injuries severe, and spirit shattered, how could it evade this long-prepared thunderous strike?

In the blink of an eye, countless golden rays had already tightly bound and locked its massive body layer upon layer! The golden light penetrated its body, reaching directly into the Origin of its demon soul, completely imprisoning and suppressing its remaining demonic power!

"Aow—!!!"

The demon turtle let out one final unwilling and despairing cry of anguish. Its struggles grew weaker and weaker. The light in its dark green eyes rapidly dimmed until, finally, all brilliance was extinguished. Like a giant dead fish, it was pulled by the golden light chains, floating motionless on the turbid, churning water surface.

The tremors within the cavern gradually subsided, leaving only the splashing of falling rocks and the faint breeze stirred by the disordered Spiritual Qi.

Li Muchen withdrew his hands and stood upright, his blue robe still pristine, as if the previous exchange had merely been him brushing dust from his clothes.

He glanced at the suppressed demon turtle, then at the shattered spiritual eye eggstone and the desecrated sacrificial site, his eyes cold.

The evil Formation here was broken, the monster captured, but this was only the tip of the iceberg.

The Five Immortals Alliance... Snow Nest... the Centennial Grand Sacrifice... the real storm was still to come.

He lingered no longer. With a wave of his hand, the massive body of the demon turtle bound by the golden light chains rapidly shrank, eventually transforming into a black fish no more than a foot long, which he stored in his sleeve. Then, his figure flickered, and he left this filthy, sinful underwater Immortal Cave along the path he came.

Above the river, the moon had already dipped to the west.

Li Muchen returned, treading upon the waves, speeding towards the inn. The shrunken demon turtle in his sleeve might still yield more core secrets about the Five Immortals Alliance and this Grand Sacrifice from its memories.

And the place name 'Snow Nest' was now imprinted in his mind like a clear coordinate.

The next destination would be there.