Chapter 1591: Chapter 1591: Both Bow and Ding Appear

The cultivation level of Sikong Changjian is only at the initial stage of Soul Severing, and his clone is currently just a solidified entity of spiritual energy, far from reaching a state of flesh and blood life.

However, once his clone is summoned, it can fight alongside his main body, effectively increasing his strength by half.

Sikong Changjian’s clone also wields a sword-shaped spiritual artifact, which, although not as formidable as the golden greatsword in the main body’s hand, is still a superior holy grade spiritual artifact.

The clone of Sikong Changjian stood side by side with the main body, then, controlled by the main body, performed unified attack and defense maneuvers. In an instant, countless spirit beasts were killed and injured under their combined force, carving out a bloody path to approach Fang Bai.

“You want to kill me, then I will make you die first!”

Sikong Changjian soared into the air, brandishing the golden greatsword and slashed down at Fang Bai.

Fang Bai was well-prepared and withdrew dozens of feet back, ready to counterattack, when suddenly from a distance the golden flood dragon emitted a dragon’s roar and charged forward, seemingly intending to help him deal with Sikong Changjian.

“Little Flood Dragon, that short old man with the mid-stage Soul Severing level is too powerful, I can’t handle him. You go handle him! This person, leave him to me!”

Fang Bai gestured as he spoke.

The ferociously powerful golden flood dragon, comparable in strength to a mid-stage Soul Severing human, was called “Little Flood Dragon” by Fang Bai, but showed no discontent. It turned its head and rushed towards the Spirit Serpent Venerable attempting to escape, entwining him.

The Spirit Serpent Venerable tried to escape but couldn’t, and in a state of fury, simply summoned his own clone to fight the golden flood dragon.

Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Scorpion Tail Bees and Blood-Sucking Bats changed their attack target to Sikong Changjian’s eighteen warriors and other powerful beings.

The eighteen warriors and other powerful beings were all only Nascent Soul level cultivators, how could they withstand the attacks from tens of thousands of beast swarms? In moments, they all fell, their corpses reduced to skeletal remains, sinking into the lake.

The water of Dragon Lake had turned blood-red, with skeletal remains floating on the surface, grim as a human hell.

Meanwhile, Fang Bai retracted his divine sense, and once the spirit beasts were freed from control, they quickly dispersed, flying back into their deep mountain forests.

The tremulous buzzing over the lake soon vanished, and the world seemed to suddenly become calm again.

The various factions that were watching the battle from afar had already fled the moment the spirit beast swarms appeared, not daring to return for fear of getting caught in the crossfire.

Thus, at this moment around the lake, besides Fang Bai in confrontation with Sikong Changjian, Spirit Serpent Venerable, and the golden flood dragon, there was no one else present.

Initially, Sikong Changjian was apprehensive of the golden flood dragon interfering, so he didn’t dare make a swift move to kill Fang Bai. Seeing the golden flood dragon locked in battle with the Spirit Serpent Venerable and its clone, unable to determine a victor in a short time, Sikong Changjian finally lost patience. The golden greatsword was sent forth into the air, aiming to stab Fang Bai from above.

Even at this moment, Sikong Changjian harbored hopes of joining forces with the Spirit Serpent Venerable to slay the golden flood dragon, and in order to eliminate Fang Bai and rid himself of the distraction, Sikong Changjian decided to strike with full force to kill him.

As he sent forth the golden greatsword to stab Fang Bai, his clone attacked from behind Fang Bai as well.

With both the main body and the clone combined, their power far exceeded that of an initial stage Soul Severing expert, striving for a one-shot kill.

But how would Fang Bai respond after losing the support of the spirit beast swarm?

In fact, Fang Bai had already been confident before releasing the spirit beast swarm. Facing the incoming golden greatsword, he summoned the divine artifact Houyi Bow, shooting an arrow infused with spiritual energy and blood essence, intercepting the golden greatsword.

At the same time, he also summoned the Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron, smashing it towards the clone of Sikong Changjian behind him.

The Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron is a proper divine artifact. Due to unfamiliarity with its operation, Fang Bai used it sparingly, but at this critical moment, he had no choice but to expend a large amount of divine sense and spiritual energy to summon it, smashing it down heavily.

The smash of the Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron carried a force of tens of thousands of pounds, heavier than a mountain. The clone seemed to realize the threat, raising its spiritual artifact to block with all its might.

“Boom!”

When the tens of thousands of pounds heavy Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron slammed down, it abruptly erupted with ten thousand feet of green glow, its power increasing, directly shattering the superior holy grade spiritual artifact in the hands of Sikong Changjian’s clone. Its momentum unabated, it then crashed onto the clone’s head, causing severe injury.

The Martial Artist’s clone and main body are closely connected, and when the clone is severely injured, the main body is also affected.

Sikong Changjian’s main body swayed, his face pale as paper, just about to recall the clone, but unexpectedly Fang Bai willed it so, and the Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron rose again and smashed down, forcibly crushing the clone to pieces.

“Puff!”

Sikong Changjian’s main body spewed a mouthful of fresh blood. The fall of the clone caused his main body’s combat strength to instantly halve, and even the golden greatsword, he could no longer control at will.

Sikong Changjian had planned to secure his victory, but never expected that the bow and cauldron Fang Bai summoned were both so powerful that instead of gaining the upper hand, he suffered severe injuries.

Although he realized the two artifacts Fang Bai summoned were in no way inferior in grade to his own blood-colored long knife originally, at that moment, Sikong Changjian could only think about escaping, with no mind to covet them.

“Thinking of fleeing?”

Seeing Sikong Changjian transform into a streak of light to escape, Fang Bai sneered, mustering all his strength, and shot another arrow with the Houyi Bow.

“Swoosh!”

The arrow, infused with spiritual energy and blood essence, released terrifying energy waves, trailing flames like lightning across the sky, pursuing Sikong Changjian with unstoppable momentum, piercing through his protective spiritual energy from the back and passing through his body.

“Urgh…”

Sikong Changjian grunted, falling into the lake, where his body was torn apart by the spirit beasts within, leading to his demise.

Fang Bai, after drawing his bow and shooting twice, and summoning the Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron twice, had exhausted both his spiritual energy and divine sense. As the last arrow was released, he felt drained, his head spinning. After retrieving the Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron and the Houyi Bow, he blacked out, temporarily losing consciousness, and fell towards Dragon Lake.

As Fang Bai fainted and fell into the water, the golden flood dragon’s roar resounded again. The spirit beasts in the lake heard it and immediately retreated.

Fang Bai’s body fell into the water, slowly sinking to the bottom of the lake, where a silver-scaled crocodile several feet long supported his body, placing him on a smooth Water Spirit Stone at the lake’s bottom.

No one knows how long had passed, Fang Bai only felt his body warm and comfortable beyond words.

He slowly opened his eyes, finding himself lying flat, with the massive body of the golden flood dragon coiled beside him, and above his chest, a Flood Dragon Pill, the size of a fist, suspended, its shimmering glow enveloping his entire body.

The Flood Dragon Pill of the golden flood dragon possessed astonishing healing abilities, and Fang Bai felt the spiritual energy and divine sense he had exhausted rapidly recovering.

In fact, without the golden flood dragon’s Flood Dragon Pill, Fang Bai’s Chaos True Body had special traits allowing a swift recovery to peak strength, but he was too lazy to circulate his cultivation technique and simply lay there comfortably, letting the golden flood dragon nurse him with the Flood Dragon Pill.