“It’s actually a Heavenly Vein Divine Stone! And it’s so big!”
No wonder Ling Xiao was shocked, this Heavenly Vein Divine Stone was simply too precious.
The Heavenly Vein Divine Stone, as the name suggests, is definitely related to the Heavenly Vein.
According to legend, as long as one possesses the Heavenly Vein Divine Stone, the success rate of condensing nine martial veins into a Heavenly Vein can be increased by more than fifty percent.
More importantly, the Heavenly Vein formed afterwards will be incredibly powerful, far more robust than that of martial artists of the same realm, with a much greater capacity.
No one knows how this stone is formed.
But the function of the Heavenly Vein Divine Stone is recorded in ancient texts.
According to the records of the Moonlight Sect, the Heavenly Vein Divine Stone is extremely rare, and it is said that it was completely exhausted tens of thousands of years ago.
To obtain a piece of Heavenly Vein Divine Stone was, for Ling Xiao, like hitting the jackpot.
It’s no exaggeration to say that if someone were to sell a Heavenly Vein Divine Stone now, even a piece the size of a palm could fetch ten thousand top-grade spirit stones.
And those are top-grade spirit stones!
You must know, most sect disciples are still using low-grade spirit stones, and even mid-grade spirit stones are hard to come by.
The Heavenly Vein Divine Stone that Ling Xiao found was a hundred times the size of an adult’s palm. How many top-grade spirit stones would that be worth?
If he used it himself, just one percent of it would be enough, and the rest could be sold for a massive amount of top-grade spirit stones.
Thinking of this, Ling Xiao didn’t hesitate and quickly ordered Fan Daoke to retrieve the Heavenly Vein Divine Stone from the depths of the cold pool.
But Ling Xiao was so focused on the cold pool that he didn’t notice a pair of huge, dark green pupils staring at him from the nearby bushes.
The distance between them was a good five or six hundred metres.
This distance might seem far to ordinary people, but for a Mortal Realm martial artist, it was practically nothing.
The huge dark green pupils were slowly approaching Ling Xiao, as if unwilling to startle their prey.
Ling Xiao’s true essence sphere could only extend to a hundred metres at most, so he couldn’t sense anything at this distance.
Unless he deliberately searched.
But at that moment, all his attention was focused on the cold pool, completely unaware of the threat behind him.
Boom!
Suddenly, a massive black shadow lunged at Ling Xiao from behind, its speed so fast it was almost unbelievable, reaching him in an instant.
“Fan Daoke!”
At the critical moment, it was his rich combat experience that saved Ling Xiao’s life.
The moment he sensed the threat, Fan Daoke happened to leap out of the cold pool.
In an instant, Ling Xiao swapped places with Fan Daoke.
The massive black shadow crashed into Fan Daoke.
A mighty half-step Heavenly Venerable was killed in an instant.
Ling Xiao didn’t dare linger. After collecting the Heavenly Vein Divine Stone, he spread his Golden Light Dragon Wings and shot into the air above the basin.
Having obtained the Heavenly Vein Divine Stone, he was already satisfied. His next plan was to find more benefits elsewhere and then make a quick escape.
As he fled, Ling Xiao glanced back.
In that fleeting moment, he felt his scalp tingle.
What he saw was a massive dark green centipede, its body four or five times thicker than a well’s mouth, about twenty metres long, covered in a dark green hard shell that seemed far stronger than Ling Xiao’s Heavenly Dragon Scale Armour.
On both sides of the centipede’s body were rows of densely packed legs, each adorned with sharp spikes that looked like razor-sharp blades.
This wasn’t just a centipede, it was the ancestor of centipedes!
And it was absurdly huge.
Roar!
From the centipede’s mouth came a beastly roar, its frenzied true essence spilling out, causing the entire jungle to be swept by wild winds.
Even the nearby cold pool couldn’t withstand the pressure, churning violently as if it might erupt like a volcano at any moment.
Ling Xiao was fast.
Especially after deploying his Golden Light Dragon Wings, his speed was even greater.
Although the Justice Pendant had vanished after killing the Ancient Ship King and the members of the Black Spirit Organisation, he was still a peak eighth-layer Mortal Realm martial artist.
His true essence was incomparably robust, unmatched within the Mortal Realm.
His speed was likely unmatched within the Mortal Realm as well.
But now, he was being chased closer and closer by this massive centipede.
The centipede merely raised its head slightly, and in an instant, it was within a dozen metres of Ling Xiao, opening its gaping maw to bite at him.
“Ice Storm!”
Without thinking, Ling Xiao summoned his Ice Dragon Sword and thrust it forward.
He used the strongest move of the *Snow Lotus Sword Art*.
As his cultivation improved, the *Snow Lotus Sword Art* was clearly becoming a bit outdated, but it was still the sword technique Ling Xiao wielded most proficiently.
A raging blizzard roared towards the massive centipede.
But the centipede opened its mouth and spewed a swirling green gust.
Bang!
The two forces collided, and the Ice Storm was instantly shattered. Then, Ling Xiao felt a force slam into him, sending him flying dozens of metres.
Too terrifying!
The centipede’s attack power was simply insane.
The Ice Storm was utterly ineffective against its attack.
Fortunately, Ling Xiao’s defence was strong enough, or that single blow could have killed him.
Even so, he was heavily injured. Using the force of the impact, he seized the chance to escape.
“Is this the terror of the giant monster Changge spoke of? It’s truly horrifying. Luckily, I had the Justice Pendant before, so I could kill the Ancient Ship King in one strike, otherwise I’d probably be dead already.”
Ling Xiao still felt lingering fear, tossing a handful of top-grade true essence pills into his mouth and accelerating his escape.
The massive dark green centipede didn’t pause for a moment. After its attack, it continued its relentless pursuit, closing the distance that had briefly opened up.
Crack!
At the critical moment, Ling Xiao used the Cloud Dragon Divine Movement, narrowly dodging the centipede’s strike.
The centipede’s bite struck the cliff wall, easily shattering it like tofu, and the surrounding boulders actually melted!
Ling Xiao barely caught his breath before the centipede attacked again.
Its massive tail whipped up and slammed down, aiming to crush Ling Xiao against the cliff.
“Thunder Phenomenon, Ice Storm!”
This time, Ling Xiao was slightly better prepared and used the Thunder Phenomenon.
The same Ice Storm, infused with the power of the phenomenon, was several times stronger. With a booming roar, the blizzard surged towards the massive centipede.
Clang!
Like a thunderous strike combined with a blizzard, the sword heavily struck the centipede’s tail.
In that instant, massive sparks flew in all directions.
Yet even so, Ling Xiao’s strike failed to break the centipede’s defence, not even leaving a scratch.
It only slightly slowed the opponent’s attack, and using that strike, Ling Xiao escaped at an even faster speed.
