Soon, Lin Yun reached the end.
It was a cavern about fifty metres high and roughly two thousand square metres in area.
In the centre lay a pool of milky-white liquid, exactly like milk.
The surrounding rock walls were studded with countless crystals, each about the size of a fist.
Lin Yun walked straight to the wall and snapped one crystal free.
It was perfectly clear and gave off a refreshing coolness in his palm.
“Such pure energy is contained inside!” Lin Yun exclaimed inwardly.
He did not yet know exactly what these crystals could do, but he was certain they were extraordinarily precious.
Boom!
At that moment, the surface of the pool behind him suddenly exploded upwards.
Lin Yun spun around and saw a nine-headed serpent!
The instant it broke the surface, the serpent’s body swelled enormously. With a vicious flick of its tail, it whipped toward Lin Yun with terrifying force.
“What? There’s actually something like this here!”
Startled, Lin Yun instantly drew his sword and slashed upward.
Boom!
The sword light crashed into the serpent’s tail, forcing the creature to recoil.
“Not weak at all. It took a full strike from me and still lives,” Lin Yun muttered as he stared at the nine-headed serpent.
His weapon was a Great Luo heavenly weapon, unimaginably sharp. Yet the serpent’s scales merely oozed blood instead of being pierced clean through. That alone proved how exceptional the beast was.
Perhaps the special environment and energy of this cavern had nurtured this powerful nine-headed serpent.
“Hiss!”
The repelled serpent lunged straight at Lin Yun once more.
“You still dare!”
Lin Yun instantly unleashed his full power and met it with another sword strike.
Just as the two were about to collide, all nine serpentine heads opened their jaws and spewed a huge wave of foul green liquid toward him.
“Damn it!”
Lin Yun, who had been about to cut the serpent in half, hastily pulled back to defend.
The distance was too close. Even though he blocked most of the venom, a considerable amount still splashed onto his body.
Sizzle!
Wherever the green liquid touched, his robes instantly rotted away and his skin blistered red-hot.
The toxin seeped through his pores and frantically spread to every cell in his body.
“Such potent poison!” Lin Yun’s expression changed.
“Roar!”
The nine-headed serpent whipped its tail again, trying to smash him to death.
“Courting death!”
“Flying Sword Art: Sword Rain!”
Lin Yun forcibly suppressed the poison within him, activated the Source Heart at full strength, and simultaneously triggered the Divine Dragon Claw, Dragon Emperor Bone, his physical body power, and all four divine meridians, unleashing a terrifying attack.
Pfft!
The sword light flashed and directly severed the serpent’s tail, green blood gushing out.
Even the beast’s tough scales could not withstand the combination of the razor-sharp Great Luo weapon and Lin Yun’s ferocious strength.
“Awooo!”
The nine-headed serpent let out a shrill, agonised scream. Lin Yun gave it no chance to recover. While it was wounded, he slashed off three of its heads in a single stroke.
The serpent thrashed, then plunged back into the pool with a tremendous boom.
The colour of the pool water rapidly turned green from the serpent’s blood.
Lin Yun dived straight in after it.
The gravely injured serpent that had fled into the pool was quickly overtaken at the bottom.
Although the serpent was more agile in water, having lost its tail and three heads, its strength was severely diminished.
Once Lin Yun caught up, he erupted with another barrage of ferocious attacks and, in moments, severed the remaining six heads.
