Chapter 264: Extinguishing the Black Flood Dragon

Yang Zongyan left a few people to guard against Wang Changsheng and his group, then returned with the others to reinforce Yang Zongwang.

Wang Ruyan conjured a green flying shuttle, carrying her and Wang Changsheng away. They were accompanied by ten second-tier flying puppet beasts. Seeing this formation, the others naturally dared not obstruct them.

"Husband, we must find that black flood dragon as soon as possible," Wang Ruyan said with some concern. "Otherwise, by the time Senior Yang is free, that third-tier demon flood dragon might not fall into our hands."

Wang Changsheng nodded, took out two blood-stained black scales, and patted his spirit beast pouch. The Twin-Pupil Rat emerged from it.

"Remember this scent and find it," Wang Changsheng instructed, handing the blood-stained black flood dragon scales to the Twin-Pupil Rat. The rat sniffed them lightly, and Wang Changsheng fed it two century-old ginseng plants. He had trained the Twin-Pupil Rat many times, and it would lead him to the third-tier black flood dragon.

After eating the two century-old ginseng plants, the Twin-Pupil Rat quickly climbed onto Wang Changsheng's shoulder, sniffing the air. It chirped continuously. Wang Ruyan immediately stopped and flew to the left, but the rat kept chirping. She then flew to the right, and the chirping stopped. Clearly, the scent of the black flood dragon was to the right. Soon after, they vanished into the horizon.

Three days later, a blue light quickly streaked over a continuous mountain range. Shortly after, the light descended onto a hill. As the blue light dissipated, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan’s figures were revealed.

A few dozen feet away from them, there was a cave several zhang high. The Twin-Pupil Rat leaped from Wang Changsheng’s shoulder, its tail wagging excitedly. Wang Changsheng bent down and picked up a few碎 stones, which had some faint brown bloodstains that one might not notice without close inspection.

"The black flood dragon should be hiding here, my dear," Wang Changsheng said. "Let's finish this quickly." He released two second-tier ape puppets to lead the way, then put the Twin-Pupil Rat back into his spirit beast pouch, took out his Ice Flood Dragon Banner, and followed them.

The cave was winding, and the debris on the ground was stained with brown blood, further confirming Wang Changsheng's belief that the black flood dragon was hiding there. After walking over a hundred steps, the path ahead narrowed, and several black scales were scattered on the ground.

After turning left and walking straight for another hundred steps, a cave chamber roughly the size of a mu appeared before Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan. A massive black flood dragon lay on the ground, most of its body covered in wounds, its aura weak.

"Roar!" Seeing the couple, the black flood dragon immediately lunged. Although its demon core had self-destructed, it was still a third-tier demon beast. Two Foundation Establishment cultivators daring to target it was simply courting death.

Wang Ruyan raised her hand, and two Fire Thunderbolts flew out, exploding upon nearing the black flood dragon. "Boom!" Two deafening explosions rang out, and a large expanse of crimson flames and lightning submerged the black flood dragon.

That wasn't all; Wang Ruyan then unleashed two second-tier mid-grade Golden Lightning Talismans. The two talismans burst open, transforming into a vast expanse of golden lightning. Wang Ruyan further conjured several golden talismans, which formed a huge golden light curtain, enveloping the area covered by the golden lightning. The surface of the golden light curtain was covered with Buddhist runes, identifying it as a second-tier top-grade Vajra Soul Trapping Talisman. The Vajra Demon Trapping Talisman was a simplified version of the third-tier Vajra Demon Trapping Array, boasting defensive power far superior to ordinary second-tier top-grade array talismans.

Wang Changsheng sat down, taking out a talisman treasure shimmering with continuous green light, its surface adorned with a small knife pattern. When he left Qinglian Mountain, he had left the Flying Needle Talisman Treasure with Wang Mingjiang, carrying this Flying Knife Talisman Treasure instead. Their audacity in seeking the black flood dragon was naturally backed by something reliable.

Wang Changsheng's spiritual power surged frantically into the small knife talisman treasure, causing it to glow brightly. His spiritual power was more profound than cultivators of the same rank, and after reaching the fifth level of Foundation Establishment, he could activate talisman treasures very quickly. As a precaution, Wang Ruyan took out her top-grade spirit artifact, the Phoenix Tail Guqin, and held a Blood Burning Pill in her hand.

At this point, the golden lightning dissipated. The black flood dragon, already severely wounded with its demon core self-destructed, and further injured by two self-exploding artifacts and second-tier lightning talismans, its aura grew even weaker.

"Roar!" Its eyes turned blood-red, and it spat out a thick black light beam, which instantly struck the golden light curtain. The golden light curtain shook violently, its glow dimming considerably. The black flood dragon then thrashed its head and tail, slamming fiercely into the golden light curtain. With a loud crash, the ground shook violently, and the golden light curtain's glow dimmed further. The black flood dragon, leveraging its physical strength, shattered the golden light curtain after four consecutive collisions.

By this time, Wang Changsheng was almost done activating the talisman treasure; the blade had emerged, but not yet the handle. Wang Ruyan had already consumed the Blood Burning Pill, and her cultivation swiftly rose from the fourth level of Foundation Establishment to the ninth. Her fingers quickly swept across the guqin's strings. A rapid burst of guqin music sounded, and a faint green sound wave swept forth, striking the black flood dragon in an instant but causing little damage.

Wang Ruyan raised her hand, and three second-tier top-grade Demon Binding Talismans flew out, transforming into three giant yellow hands several zhang in size, pressing the black flood dragon to the ground. "Roar!" A dragon's roar echoed as the black flood dragon struggled to fly, and the three giant yellow hands shattered one after another.

"Slay!" A cold voice suddenly rang out. A two-foot-long flying knife, emitting dazzling green light, shot forth, appearing before the black flood dragon in a flash and striking towards its head. It had been severely wounded earlier, and further injured by Wang Ruyan's Fire Thunderbolts and Golden Lightning Talismans, so its defense was already greatly diminished. With a shriek, the black flood dragon's head was severed by the green flying knife. Its headless body plummeted from mid-air, a torrent of blood gushing out and staining the ground.

After slaying the black flood dragon, the green flying knife blurred and transformed into a dim green talisman. With a *whoosh*, the talisman treasure automatically ignited and turned to ash. To kill the black flood dragon in one strike, Wang Changsheng had depleted the talisman treasure's power in a single use, rendering it useless.

Wang Changsheng looked at the black flood dragon's corpse and let out a long sigh of relief, putting away the Earth Escape Talisman he had held ready in his hand. They had prepared two plans: if the talisman treasure failed to kill the black flood dragon, they would retreat immediately. Fortunately, they had successfully slain it.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan quickly walked towards the black flood dragon's corpse, their faces filled with wild joy. A third-tier flood dragon was worth over 100,000 spirit stones. Unfortunately, its most valuable demon core was gone. With the corpse of this third-tier flood dragon, Wang Changsheng could refine a Natal Spirit Artifact.

They quickly peeled off the black flood dragon's skin, chopped off its claws, and cut its body into several sections, storing them in multiple storage bags. After all this was done, the side effects of the Blood Burning Pill took hold, rendering Wang Ruyan unable to use her spiritual power for half a year. Both Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan were well aware of this.

Wang Changsheng took out an Earth Escape Talisman and crushed it. Enveloped in a dazzling yellow light, the couple vanished into the ground.