Starting from the Locked Dragon Well, I'll grind my way to becoming the Great Sage of Immortal

Chapter 82 Turtle Balls? Dragon Balls!

Beside the Dragon Scale Stone, the Cold Blade was stuck in the corpse of the Great Ghost. Tan Zonghan stood with the blade on his side, his feet on the head, his robes fluttering in the night wind, looking quite imposing.

However, there was not a trace of joy on his face at killing the great demon.

He lowered his head, looking at the black veins that had spread across his left arm, a bitter smile flashing across his face.

In the battle just now, although he killed the evil spirits, he also inadvertently allowed the evil energy to invade his body.

Once this eerie aura seeps into one's bloodline, even his father would find it difficult to dispel.

Once the eerie energy invades his internal organs through his blood vessels, the great monster will use his body to be resurrected.

Tan Zonghan pulled the cold blade from the corpse of the evil spirit, turned to look at the darkness on his left, and said, "Come out."

As he spoke, he raised the cold blade and slashed fiercely at his left arm.

The liquid gushed out immediately, but it wasn't red.

Upon seeing the black blood at the severed arm, the little hope left in Tan Zonghan's eyes vanished completely.

The eerie aura has already seeped into my blood.

Jiang Qi emerged from the shadows, his five fingers loosely gripping a knife, and stood not far away, watching expressionlessly.

"It's you, kid... You're still alive, you've got some skills." Tan Zonghan's eyes flashed with surprise when he saw that the person who came out was Jiang Qi, but the whites of his eyes were no longer visible.

"Is there anything I can do to help Lord Tan?" Jiang Qi slowly approached.

Tan Zonghan smiled contemptuously, seemingly aware of his situation. He slowly walked to the dragon scale stone, leaned against the boulder, raised his cold blade, and pointed the tip at himself.

puff!

With a sudden burst of strength, the cold blade pierced through his body and plunged straight into the dragon scale stone.

Black liquid slid down the boulder.

Tan Zonghan was pinned to the boulder, his breath gradually fading.

"Heh, help me? You're not qualified." He looked disdainfully at the giant monster's corpse he had just slain, as if he had done something glorious. "You're even less qualified!"

Then, he turned to Jiang Qi beside him and said, "Kid, get lost before I get 'angry'... Huh?!"

Before he could finish speaking, his expression suddenly changed.

The already sparse whites of his eyes were instantly replaced by black.

Black patterns resembling spider webs also appeared on its face.

"Hehehe, I haven't tasted Lord Zhenxie's body yet." The murmur echoed in his ear.

"Get out!" Tan Zonghan knew he was about to lose control. He first roared at Jiang Qi, then suddenly pulled out his cold knife and slashed at his own neck.

As the descendant of a military family, he would never allow himself to be possessed by evil spirits.

The cold blade stopped an inch from the neck.

Greed, prejudice, resentment, and countless negative emotions surged from his body like a floodgate being opened.

In the blink of an eye, his aura changed dramatically.

"I gave you a chance," Tan Zonghan raised his head, his entire face now covered in black markings. He looked at Jiang Qi with a sinister smile, "It was you who refused to leave."

"Lord Zhenxie," Jiang Qi said calmly, instead drawing his sword and walking forward, "Are you sure you don't need help?"

"Hehehe..." Tan Zonghan raised his face, which was covered in black markings. "You, a mere small-town demon guard, where do you get the courage? What can you do to help me?"

Jiang Qi stopped less than a meter away from Tan Zonghan and said with a faint smile, "I'll help you get rid of this."

"Haha, I think you're scared out of your wits." Tan Zonghan raised his one arm, his five fingers forming a claw, and grinned wickedly: "Considering how stupid you are, I'll give you one last chance. Kneel down and offer... um?! Ah—"

"What is that! What is that thing?!"

"Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"

Just a moment ago, Tan Zonghan was swaggering and arrogant, but now he looked as terrified as an ordinary person seeing a great monster.

Jiang Qi is the "great monster" in his eyes!

With each step Jiang Qi took, Tan Zonghan's fear grew as he held the tortoise-shaped bead in his hand.

Black blood spurted from the wounds on his chest and arms, turning the entire dragon-scale boulder black.

"Get away! Don't come any closer!"

Tan Zonghan clung to the boulder, trembling all over, the black and white lines on his face flickering erratically.

Jiang Qi knew that the great monster would soon abandon its body and escape.

But this time, he didn't intend to let the Great Demon leave his body.

Blood and qi flowed into the cold blade, causing it to hum and reflect the shadows of Ye Lan and Wu Yue practicing martial arts at the martial arts school. The blade's intent condensed under the night sky.

Green waves break...

Before the blade was even drawn, a sudden change occurred!

"Sizzle!!"

Tan Zonghan suddenly screamed in agony, his whole body seemingly glued to the dragon-scale boulder as if he were being sucked in.

The moonlight was jagged, as if the giant dragon-scale rocks were glowing on their own.

No, it's the boulder that's glowing.

Jiang Qi was on guard and was about to retreat when the boulder suddenly shot out a point of light.

The next instant, the tortoise-shaped pearl shone brightly, as if it were vying with the full moon for brilliance.

But it only lasted for a moment before returning to normal.

Looking at the surface of the tortoise bead again, there was an additional pattern resembling dragon scales.

The entire battle was under Jiang Qi's plan, but this sudden turn of events caught him off guard.

A giant rock? A tortoise-shaped pearl?

Are these two related?

His gaze shifted as he stared at the tortoise-shaped bead in his hand.

On its own, the tortoise-shaped pearl and the boulder seem unrelated, but what if we expand on the connection?

The boulder, also known as the Fallen Scale Stone; the tortoise pearl, comes from the Suolong Well.

The scales in Luolin Stone refer to dragon scales, and Suolong Well is also known as...Locking Dragon Well.

"dragon!"

Jiang Qi's five fingers clenched slightly as he grasped the tortoise-shaped pearl.

In this world, there are monstrous creatures that devour people, and there are also great demons that swallow people whole.

Among the great demons, there are dragons.

These secrets are difficult for outsiders to access, but they are recorded in the Demon Suppression Bureau's database.

A hundred years ago, a great dragon-like demon appeared a hundred miles upstream of the Li River.

According to records, this great demon lay across the Li River, blocking the entire river basin and causing a drought downstream of Licheng for a full year.

However, no one in the entire Licheng dared to hunt down this demon, because this demon could even devour those at the third level of martial arts, the Yin Zang realm!

Later, two top experts from Xicang County arrived and fought a bloody battle for three days and three nights before finally slaying the demon.

Jiang Qi now feels that the tortoise bead in his hand is very likely related to dragons!

It's not even a possibility, it's a certainty.

As everyone knows, anything from a dragon is definitely a treasure.

This bead now has the effect of calming the mind, warding off evil spirits, and suppressing demons. What about the extra dragon scale pattern?

Jiang Qi picked up the bead and walked to the boulder.

Tan Zonghan was completely dead; all his life force had been drained, and he was now just a skeleton wrapped in skin.

He waited a moment and checked several times before finally taking out two silver notes and a bottle of pills from the man's body.

Upon opening it, he found two round, brown pills inside. The medicinal fragrance they emitted was not very strong, and he did not recognize them.

However, the items that Tan Zonghan, a being at the Strong Bone Realm, possesses are certainly not of low quality; they are very likely elixirs used by those at the Strong Bone Realm to refine their bones and muscles.

After putting away the silver notes and pills, Jiang Qi ignored Tan Zonghan and instead circled the boulder several times.

The boulder was over ten feet tall, and its overall shape resembled a scale. It already looked somewhat ferocious under the moonlight, but now that it was stained with Tan Zonghan's black blood, it looked even more sinister and terrifying.

However, Jiang Qi couldn't find anything unusual about it; it seemed to be just an ordinary boulder.

He carried the tortoise-shaped bead close to the boulder, but the boulder did not move.

So, is this the end of the reaction?

Jiang Qi stared at the dragon scale patterns on the tortoise pearl and pondered for a moment.