novelapdf Chapter 78 Viper Ambush
Chapter 78 Viper Ambush
"You really don't want to ride me? I'm a dragon! Don't you humans love riding powerful spirit beasts?"
"In no mood!"
"You really don't want to?"
Chen Chunan said with a serious face: "I am a cultivator, I should not be blinded by worldly desires, nor should I have a vain heart. I will not ride."
"Okay then, actually it's quite comfortable sitting on my back, what a pity~"
Chen Chunan, seeing that Chi Mianxi was about to lose her composure, said, "Alright, stop with the act, here you go!"
Upon receiving the Heavenly Cloud Crystal, Chi Mianxi cheered excitedly, "Great! With the Heavenly Cloud Crystal and the Void Stone, my Cloud Light Mirror can now form its own space! I also want a magical treasure that can hold people and transform into forms!"
Then she remembered something else: "Chen Chunan, could you help me turn your lightning magic into a restriction?"
These past few days, I've helped Chen Chunan refine the Eastern Azure Wood Cloud Banner and witnessed the ingenious combination of cloud energy and thunder magic.
This gave her the idea of incorporating thunder magic into the Cloud Mirror.
Chen Chunan was not surprised to hear this, as Chi Mianxi had truly witnessed the power of this array flag during her days of refining treasures.
Judging from the sparkle in her eyes at that moment, Chen Chunan knew that she would eventually have to ask him for help.
But Chen Chunan hadn't expected them to come so quickly.
Chen Chunan deliberately asked, "You want me to refine a treasure? What kind of reward are you offering?"
"Huh? You're so rich already, and you're still asking me for payment?"
"Getting paid for your work is only fair. When have I ever treated you to a free meal?"
Chi Mianxi lowered her head shyly: "How about I let you ride me? I still need to use my precious materials to repair the Cloud Light Mirror, so I don't have any extra to spare for you."
Chen Chunan still felt a tiny bit tempted when he thought of the appearance of the Sleeping Stream Dragon.
The only regret is that the Chilong belongs to the hornless dragon genus.
"Ahem, alright then. I see you really don't have anything to offer, so I'll let you use this to pay your wages."
"Great! Let's go back to my Water Palace. Water is the root of cloud energy, and it will be better to refine power in the water veins."
Upon hearing Chi Mianxi's words, Chen Chunan couldn't help but tease her: "Oh, you even have a water palace? How come I've never seen any of the little demons you command before? Are you all alone?"
"Of course not, I still have a few lesser demons under my command. I just don't like crowds. As a dragon, if I wanted to recruit aquatic creatures, I don't know how many would come back to join me."
Tch~
Seeing Chi Mianxi trying so hard to save face, Chen Chunan didn't bother to expose her.
"Shall we go? We should hurry back. I've had some new insights lately and need to go into seclusion to consolidate them."
"Alright, that'll be perfect, you can ride me there. Consider it an early payment. Oh, and you can't come back, it only counts as this one trip."
Looking at Chi Mianxi's wary face, Chen Chunan shook his head slightly: "Okay, this trip it is."
Seeing that Chen Chunan agreed, Chi Mianxi changed her form and instantly returned to her previous dragon body, which was over twenty feet long.
Chen Chunan leaped and landed on the dragon's back.
Chi Mianxi raised its head and let out a clear dragon roar, then emerged from the Cold Moon Cave and flew upstream along the Pingjiang River.
However, the two did not notice that less than a hundred miles after they flew, an inconspicuous little mudfish activated a strange magical artifact.
...
Above the Chilong Water Palace
The viper lurked in the air, its eyes gleaming with divine light.
Thousands of miles away, they saw a man and a dragon speeding towards them.
Seeing his "Dragon Goddess" being ridden on the back of a human, his killing intent surged uncontrollably.
Sitting cross-legged on the back of the dragon, Chen Chunan vaguely sensed a surge of malice coming towards him. He suddenly looked up and stared ahead.
Sensing Chen Chunan's movement, Chi Mianxi turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Stop! Don't fly!"
Chen Chunan spoke in a serious tone.
After he achieved the Mysterious Pearl, his five senses and six perceptions each developed extraordinary abilities, making it absolutely impossible for him to misperceive anything.
Someone ahead harbors murderous intent towards me!
Chi Mianxi stopped as instructed: "What did you find?"
Chen Chunan said confidently, "There's someone ahead who intends to kill me. I suspect it's Black Snake. He might have set a trap ahead. Let's not go any further. Let's retreat a bit and take a look."
He has a Yang Talisman. If it's a black snakehead, he can send a message to Han Yuqiu, and with Chi Mianxi's help, they should be able to keep it.
My Five Elements Formation Flags haven't even had a chance to show their power yet!
But rushing in headfirst is definitely not an option. Right now it's just speculation. What if that old viper comes too? Wouldn't I just become the meat bun for beating a dog?
Chi Mianxi had been in Hanyue Cave for some time now, so he naturally knew that the Viper had sent Black Snake to kill Chen Chunan.
But she wasn't afraid of a mere black snakehead!
"Black Snake is no match for me. If we join forces, he won't even have a chance to escape! He dares to ambush me on my turf, I'll smash his dead fish head to pieces!"
Seeing that Chi Mianxi seemed about to charge straight in, Chen Chunan quickly stopped her.
"Are you stupid?! They've set a trap, waiting for us to fall into it! If we go, we'll be playing right into their hands! We're the ones on the offensive now; if we don't go, they'll be the ones in a panic!"
"Wow, Chen Chunan, you're so cunning! No wonder you're full of bad ideas!"
Chen Chunan: "..."
Forget it, I won't bother arguing with a brainless idiot.
"Let's retreat first! Enough with the nonsense!"
Just as the man and the dragon began to retreat, a massive figure suddenly pounced down from the sky.
What the hell!
Chen Chunan instinctively unleashed the Five Elements Formation, which instantly enveloped the snakes, along with himself and his companion.
The next moment, a huge snake head with a single horn opened its blood-red maw and bit down hard.
Looking at the snake's head, which resembled a small mountain, Chen Chunan's heart pounded wildly. He grabbed Chi Mianxi and vanished from the spot in an instant.
The viper's attack failed, and it was trapped by the formation. Suddenly, it shook its head and used its single horn to fiercely stab at the Five Elements Formation.
His single horn seemed to have a peculiar effect; this attack actually caused the Five Elements Formation to shake violently.
"A viper?!"
Chi Mianxi was also startled. Her body, which was only about twenty feet long, looked like a small snake next to a giant python in front of the snake's body, which was over three hundred feet long.
Chi Mianxi patted her chest, still shaken, and said, "Thank goodness you told me not to go! Otherwise, we'd be in real trouble now."
Although the viper was injured, she knew perfectly well that it was still beyond her ability to fight back.
"With the Five Elements Formation here, that beast can't do anything to us for the time being. I'll inform True Lord Han! Once all four True Lords are present, he'll be the one running away!"
As he spoke, Chen Chunan activated a sound transmission magic device.
The ritual implement flickered a few times before going out.
"Damn it! This viper has probably temporarily cut off this space, and now we can't contact Han Zhenjun."
He didn't know how the viper did it. He had clearly trapped it with an array, yet it could still interfere with the outside of the array!
"Let's fly a bit further and see if we can contact Han Yuqiu! The two of us can't handle this old mudfish!"
With that, Chen Chunan's sword flashed and flew towards Jiangzhou.
But after flying for less than two breaths, Chen Chunan suddenly felt the sky darken, as if he had crashed into a bottomless abyss.