Although he didn't dare look at the few black, rumbling things in the pond, no matter how he thought about it, he knew they must be even more terrifying than the Demon-Eyed Water Lily, just waiting for him to take the bait.
But at this point, Long Chen couldn't give up, so he could only grit his teeth and slowly approach the flying vessel.
The flying vessel slowed down to the extreme, almost like a snail to avoid causing any disturbance, approaching the foundation stone.
In her anxiety, the flying boat finally landed on the foundation stone, but it didn't catch the attention of the Demon-Eyed Water Lily.
Long Chen took out a nine-story pagoda about the size of a fist, gritted his teeth, and placed it on the foundation stone.
"Buzz"—
the pagoda connected to the foundation stone, divine light burst forth, instantly illuminating the entire deep valley, making the dark world as bright as day.
"Roar!"
This was incredible. Endless black dragons roared, the valley boiled, and the dragons soared into the clouds, sealing off the area.
"Boom boom boom... The
earth trembled as one demon-eye water lily after another emerged from the pond. Besides the original one being the one, there were actually four more lying in ambush here, and their aura was even more terrifying than the original one.
Their green leaves stretched open the heavens and earth, their violent killing intent raging wildly, their divine senses sweeping back and forth.
Long Chen activated the Divine Tower, piloted the flying boat, and dove into the pond, hiding all his aura.
This was a classic case of darkness under a lamp. The demon-eyed water lilies' divine senses swept through, trying to find traces of Long Chen and the others, but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't find them.
Bai Shishi and the others felt their hearts leapt into their throats. These Demon-Eyed Water Lilies might be elders of their clan. Their divine senses rampaged wildly, and the void was thundering and exploding. The howling sound made one's scalp tingle. If they discovered them, even ten thousand lives wouldn't be enough.
The giant dragon roared, swirling through heaven and earth, watching over the entire world. The giant lotus covered the sky, yet it could never find an enemy.
They seemed stunned too—how did people just disappear? After a while, Long Chen suddenly felt a wave of anxiety.
"Not good, we've been discovered."
Long Chen hurriedly piloted the flying boat and flew out of the pond. But just as he flew out, the pond exploded, water arrows shot out, piercing the tail of the flying boat and sending it spinning and flying away.
"Boom!"
The flying vessel was exposed, five lotus leaves blocking out the sky and sun, sealing off the heavens and earth. In that instant, the vessel was enveloped by the lotus leaves.
With spatial distortion, Long Chen and the others felt as if they were in another world, where they were as weak as ants.
"Boom!"
The flying boat was torn apart, the steel stripped away, and Long Chen and the others were exposed. At this moment, threads of steel aimed at Long Chen like steel needles.
Bai Shishi and the others instantly realized they were unable to move. They were horrified to find that all their strength had been stripped away here.
"Do you still want to return your lotus seed?" Seeing them about to make a move, Long Chen shouted.
With Long Chen's shout, the countless threads stabbing toward him stopped right in front of him.
The threads stopped, but the howling wind was so fierce that Long Chen's skin seemed to split open. The power was terrifying—the helpers the Demon-Eyed Water Lily had found were terrifying.
"Hand over the lotus pod, or you will be unable to live or die." A cold voice came through the soul wave.
This fluctuation was very familiar—it was the demon-eyed water lily whose pod he had stolen. Clearly, it still held onto hope.
The Undying Clan really isn't very smart; even when Bai Shishi refined its Golden Lotus Seed, it didn't even notice.
"You can hand over the lotus pod if you want, but you must agree to one condition." Long Chen shouted loudly.
"You're not qualified to negotiate. Either pay or die." The demon-eyed water lily roared.
He was quite tough, with the same temper as Liu Ruyan. Long Chen shouted loudly, "If I leave it to you, will you let us go?" "
No, you must die." The demon-eyed water lily shouted angrily.
Damn, are you an idiot? Giving it to you means death, not giving it to you is also death. So what's the point of playing? Are the Undead clan all that dumb? How could this continue the negotiation?
"Let's discuss it, I'll ...," Long Chen said with a cheeky grin.
"Shut up! Cunning humans! If you don't hand them over, then die!"
"Boom!"
The demon-eyed water lily was extremely agitated, giving Long Chen no chance. Its thread-like tentacles stabbed directly at Long Chen and the others like billions of steel needles.
Faced with such a fool, Long Chen was so angry he wanted to curse. He wanted to stall for time, but this fool couldn't communicate at all.
Clearly, it intended to use its tentacles to directly control them. Long Chen was immobilized and prepared to mobilize the black soil of the chaotic space. But whether it would work this time would depend on luck.
"Boom!"
But before Long Chen could act, the space he was in exploded, space swirling, and Long Chen and the others felt their bodies lighten, and the restraints on them instantly vanished.
Then Long Chen saw a pair of eyes—one that covered the sky—a pair of triple-flower pupils.
"Mother!"
Bai Xiaole shouted in surprise. Only then did Long Chen and the others realize they were inside a pagoda, where divine light flowed and flames burned.
"The Divine Tower has finally been lit, and I've survived." Long Chen wiped his sweat and finally made it.
"Rumble rumble... The
pair of eyes above the void spun, trembling across the heavens. Five demon-eyed water lilies on the ground shone, their leaves swelling, immortal energy trembling, and beams of divine light like long swords slashed down from the sky.
With a thunderous boom, the pair of triple pupils above the heavens exploded with a thunderous crash. A figure appeared before Long Chen and the others—it was Bai Xiaole's mother.
"Buzz...
At that moment, five demon-eyed water lilies trembled simultaneously, billions of divine lights converging into sharp swords, slashing down toward the pagoda.
"Boom!"
The dawn shattered, golden light stretching for miles. An ancient, colorful sword scabbard appeared—it was the combined strike that shattered five demon-eyed water lilies.
The sword scabbard was held by a long-haired man. That person was none other than Bai Zhantang, the father of Bai Xiaole and Bai Shishi.
"This should be the scabbard of the Lingxiao Divine Sword. Just as I expected, they are not Divine Lord realm experts at all; they are all Immortal King experts." A smile appeared at the corner of Long Chen's mouth.
"Humans, you're courting death!"
The Demon-Eyed Water Lilies roared as their bodies swelled up into the sky, with terrifying spatial rifts behind them.
The fissure suddenly burst open, as if a demon had opened its eyes. Endless immortal energy surged in from the fissure, and the five demonic eye water lilies swelled violently against the wind, their bodies covering the stars in the heavens.
"Boom!"
All five Demon-Eyed Water Lilies struck simultaneously. Five divine lights descended from the heavens, each strike carrying the power to destroy the universe. Not to mention being struck, even if hit by the aftershock, Long Chen felt he would be instantly wiped out. This was the true power of the Demon-Eyed Water Lily.
At that moment, the void trembled as one figure after another appeared—thirty-six elders appeared simultaneously.
As soon as they appeared, they sat cross-legged in the void, forming hand seals simultaneously. The thirty-six people radiated light, and everyone's auras surged toward one spot—the sword sheath in Bai Zhantang's hand.