Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

“Hiss——”

The sand centipede let out a fierce cry, its legs moving as it charged towards Zhang Yuanjing like lightning.

This was a particularly strong ferocious beast, even among those at the Perfect Core Formation Realm; without the interference of the sandstorm, its attack power was exceptionally terrifying.

Zhang Yuanjing raised his hand and condensed a stone wall, then quickly retreated, while also preemptively setting up a sandstorm array behind the wall.

“Boom!”

The stone wall was shattered by the sand centipede in one blow. Faced with the reappearing sandstorm, the sand centipede opened its mandibles and sprayed out all the sand it had inhaled, scattering the sandstorm behind the stone wall in all directions, quickly causing it to collapse.

Zhang Yuanjing used another Earth Prison technique to block the sand centipede, then quickly released Ape Thirteen and the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast, instructing the latter to rush out of the surrounding yellow sand to see what the situation was on the other side of the desert.

The Earth Prison only blocked the sand centipede for a moment before it was violently broken open.

Ape Thirteen raised his Heaven-Stirring Rod and smashed it down.

The sand centipede twisted to dodge, but its tail swung over, slashing towards Ape Thirteen's legs.

Ape Thirteen pointed the Heaven-Stirring Rod to the ground, leaped up, flipped in the air, and used the long rod in his hand to deflect the sand centipede's head.

The sand centipede twisted its head and attacked Zhang Yuanjing instead.

Zhang Yuanjing was prepared and used another Sandstorm technique. In his mind, he transmitted a message to Ape Thirteen, telling him not to hold back and to attack with all his strength.

Receiving Zhang Yuanjing's order, Ape Thirteen took advantage of the sand centipede's devouring of the sandstorm to rush forward and attack wildly, his body flowing with golden light, like a golden monkey.

The sand centipede relied on its sturdy armor and sharp legs to withstand Ape Thirteen's attacks, giving him a sweeping blow, but it was easily blocked by Ape Thirteen's protective golden light.

On the contrary, Ape Thirteen seized this opportunity and smashed the rod on its head. Although it didn't feel much pain, it aroused its anger.

It simply stopped dodging and directly exchanged blows with Ape Thirteen. For a time, the two ferocious beasts fought fiercely, one with the rod and the other with its legs.

However, the sand centipede relied on its armor plates, which were exceptionally sturdy. Ape Thirteen's powerful attacks could only leave marks on them, and couldn't hurt it at all.

In contrast, Ape Thirteen's defense mainly relied on his protective golden light, which was extremely effective, but it consumed his energy. Moreover, he couldn't withstand the heat here, so after fighting for twenty or thirty rounds, he gradually fell into a disadvantageous position.

At this moment, the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast finally emerged from the endless yellow sand that covered an area of thirty to forty miles, cried out a few times towards Zhang Yuanjing's location, and used its escape technique to rush forward.

Ape Thirteen shouted loudly, his blood and energy rising like steam, and the Heaven-Stirring Rod unleashed tremendous destructive power, smashing a piece of armor plate on the back of the sand centipede's head, causing it to cave in.

The sand centipede felt pain and was unwilling to fight Ape Thirteen head-on, so it retreated several feet, preparing to wait for his berserk energy to pass before calmly dealing with him.

Unexpectedly, it darted to Zhang Yuanjing's side and disappeared.

Zhang Yuanjing immediately used the Earth Escape Technique and hurried towards the direction where the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast had cried out.

Just now, after hearing the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast's cry, Ape Thirteen transmitted a message to Zhang Yuanjing, telling him that the Suanni Beast had discovered that not far ahead was the end of the desert, where there was a vast lake, and the situation was unknown.

As soon as Zhang Yuanjing heard this, since there was still a road ahead, there was no need to fight to the death with the ferocious beast in front of him, so he transmitted a message to Ape Thirteen, telling him to force back the sand centipede, then take him into the spirit beast pouch and directly escape to the front.

The sand centipede was furious and quickly burrowed into the ground, chasing after Zhang Yuanjing. However, to its astonishment, Zhang Yuanjing's escape speed in the earth was even faster than its own.

So, it drilled out of the ground again and sped across the sand dunes, quickly catching up with Zhang Yuanjing.

However, as soon as it burrowed into the ground, it would be distanced by Zhang Yuanjing.

The sand centipede was furious and wanted to go mad, but it could only chase after him on the sand.

After escaping for only a hundred miles, the great lake was already in sight. The refreshing water vapor clashed with the heat in the desert, causing the temperature of this area of sand to drop a lot.

Seeing that the enemy was about to escape its territory, the sand centipede's two gray eyes were particularly red. It cried out "Hiss, hiss", not knowing whether it was venting its anger or issuing a warning.

Its speed suddenly increased, and it darted forward more than ten feet, wanting to block Zhang Yuanjing in front.

However, Zhang Yuanjing had already discovered from his divine sense that the aura in the sky above had become much milder and would not cause him too much damage, so he rushed upwards, came out of the ground, flew into the sky more than thirty feet high, stepped on the flying sword, and sped towards the lake.

The sand centipede had already prepared to burrow into the sand to intercept Zhang Yuanjing, but unexpectedly, Zhang Yuanjing went into the sky, which made it shout loudly in anger and chase wildly on the ground.

However, when it chased to the edge of the lake, it was immediately sobered up by the thick water vapor. It glared fiercely at Zhang Yuanjing flying in the sky, turned its head, and went towards the desert.

At this time, the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast was standing on a protruding boulder by the water, its eyes gazing into the misty lake, with a look of doubt in its eyes.

Zhang Yuanjing landed on the flying sword and asked, "Suanni Beast, have you discovered anything?"

The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast shook its head and did not speak.

Zhang Yuanjing's divine sense probed into the lake. Above the lake, the mist was swirling, but it did not block the divine sense. He probed out more than forty miles, but did not see anything unusual.

However, when he invaded the water with his divine sense, he was met with resistance. With the strength of his divine soul, he could only probe down about three feet. Any further down, it was like encountering an array, and he could not move forward.

Judging from the centipede beast's performance, there was obviously an extremely powerful ferocious beast hidden in this lake. Even if it was not a Transformation Realm existence, it was probably even stronger than the sand centipede beast, otherwise it would not have made it so afraid.

He pondered for a moment, and still sacrificed the flying sword, taking the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast with him, soaring into the sky, straight up to a height of more than ten feet, and flying towards the opposite bank of the lake.

This lake was very large, at least five or six hundred miles in circumference. Flying to the end, it was a vast expanse of white. Zhang Yuanjing drove the sword closer, and it felt like a ball of cotton, unable to exert force, but also unable to break through.

He also explored both sides, and until he circled back to the edge of the previous desert, he did not find any passage.

Obviously, the only way out was in one place, and that was in the lake.

Zhang Yuanjing was unwilling, so he drove the sword to search the lake, carefully searching all the places that he had not explored before.

Sometimes, he would also take out a flying sword and strike it into the water to feel the movement in the water. However, there seemed to be no water creatures in the lake. No matter how he stirred it, he did not see any signs of life.

Finally, he found a small island in the western part of the lake, only a few miles in circumference. The island was full of green trees and flowers, and there was a very elegant manor hidden among the branches and leaves.

Compared to the lake, which exuded a strong sense of weirdness, the manor on this island looked much better. However, there was also an array guarding it, and his divine sense could not penetrate it at all.