Many tentacles and lightning bolts went toward Hongyu and Cao Yun. Thanks the pills Cao Yun had refined, the two of them had recovered a significant amount of strength. As violent as this storm dome was, it wasn't as lethal as the Blood Storm. As such, Cao Yun could indeed use his spiritual senses. Moreover, they had become even stronger now. Using his five Turbid Demons, he focused his spiritual senses around him. Instead of spreading them far, he kept them close so they would be denser. Thanks to that, the storm barely affected him at all. His spiritual senses and his Wei Qi were mingled with one another. At the same time, he was using his 'Dragon's Chest' and ethereal dragon scales were flying around him and the swords behind his back.
On the other hand, Hongyu had been able to produce new flames all around herself. Now that Cao Yun and Hongyu could work together without having to worry about Fading Fang, they became much stronger.
Without even speaking or communicating through spiritual senses, the two of them flew around the tentacles, the small flagella and even the lightning bolts. Here and there, the storm dome sent localized tornadoes toward them. Even though Cao Yun wasn't as fast as Hongyu, his senses were better and he could avoid everything sent toward him as well as she could. The two of them were not hit a single time. However, they had to keep moving as fast as they could to keep up with the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor's onslaught.
While they were seemingly toying with its attacks, the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor was getting increasingly more mad and furious. From its rocky head, one could see a large rift opening up. This didn't seem to be its mouth though. Indeed, the large 9-core demonic beast had two gigantic maws. This second one was a bit lower and much wider. As it opened, it truly looked like a rift between two mountains. Of course, its head was much smaller than a mountain, but this was the feeling anyone watching it could have. They saw the earth itself being opened up.
Suddenly, a powerful water jet erupted from its gigantic maw. In an instant, it crossed the vastness of the storm dome. Cao Yun and Hongyu immediately dived down and were able to evade the attack. The Stormriser Leviathan Emperor's attack literally cut through the entire storm dome. Even outside, some of the water fell upon Fading Fang and her crew. The pressure was so intense that it cut the demonic beast's own tentacles. The tornadoes and even the lightning bolts were cut apart as well. But the titanic beast didn't mind at all.
Indeed, its limbs grew back in an instant and the storm became even more violent after this apocalyptic attack. There was no doubt in either Cao Yun or Hongyu's mind. If they had received this attack, they would have been severed and killed on the spot. Even with Cao Yun's regenerative abilities, he would have been reduced to a bloody paste on the spot. The Stormriser Leviathan Emperor was still swimming on the inner surface of the storm dome. But as Cao Yun and Hongyu had gotten closer to the surface of the Divine Blood Ocean, it also decided to dive down.
Suddenly, the massive body of the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor swam all the way to the top of the dome. The sun itself was hidden as though a mountain had risen to occult the heavens. The next instant, the giant monster stopped moving and simply fell down toward the Divine Blood Ocean. Its mere fall through the air caused an intense air pressure to push against the surface of the ocean and the walls of the dome. Once again, even Fading Fang and her crew felt it. They had to literally fight against this air pressure not to be pushed farther away from the dome as Jing Baiyu could not abandon Cao Yun.
When the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor reached the surface of the Divine Blood Ocean, it was much worse. A tyrannical tempest raged. Cao Yun and Hongyu had been able to move out of the way but even they were taken in this tempest. Both the air and the water moved all over the place. At the same time, the 9-core demonic beast sent its tentacles to grab its two preys.
'The Son of Heaven's Cavalry'!
The young man used all the force of the storm to strengthen himself. Within his 'The Son of Heaven's Cavalry', Cao Yun poured his understanding of 'Three Storms' as well. Within his sea of consciousness, his Spear Heart vibrated and a name emerged in his mind.
'Son of Heaven's Chariot Tramples the Nine Skies'!
The scale all around Cao Yun turned golden for an instant as his Spear Heart intervened. All the winds and the raging water around Cao Yun seemed to now revolve around him instead of chaotically engulfing him. Cao Yun stabbed forward with his spear. 'Tainted Heavenly Pillar' turned into a war chariot pulled by nine horses with dragon-like features such as scales and multiple legs. The chariot rushed toward the surface of the Divine Blood Ocean and the horses trampled all over the shell of the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor.
At the very same time, Hongyu burned brighter then ever. Many of her feathers flew through the tempest and struck many of the exposed flesh of the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor. As such, the large beast writhed in pain. Such a tyrannical and powerful demonic beast was not familiar with this concept at all. Most of its preys didn't even have the opportunity to fight back. However, when it had been a weaker demonic beast, the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor had been used to those intense battles. In fact, it had grown more and more powerful thanks to them.
In a sense, its will was much stronger than anyone Cao Yun had ever faced. Indeed, the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor had faced death almost every single day of its life until it became the absolute tyrant of the Divine Blood Ocean. Even now, there were many 8-core demonic beasts and even a few 9-core demonic beasts who wanted to take its place. However, the 9-core demonic beasts stayed in their own territories while the 8-core demonic beasts were biding their time. Such an intense battle was making the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor's blood boil. It had to kill those two and devour them. Maybe it would have a chance of finally breaking through. It might truly become an Immortal Beast.
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Although demonic beast had no heritage like humans or demons, they instinctively knew about cultivation in a sense. Without theory, they simply understood that devouring and absorbing more and more Qi would slowly push them forward. And instinctively, they could tell that nine cores were the absolute limit of the demonic beast. After that bottleneck, something completely knew would await them. They would be reborn into something else entirely. Every demonic beast inherently desired this even though they couldn't explain or even understand why. In fact, those who didn't desire it would simply become food for the others.
The Stormriser Leviathan Emperor's shell vibrated under Cao Yun's 'Son of Heaven's Chariot Tramples the Nine Skies'. The dragon-like horses were pulling the war chariot all over the place and literally breaking down small peaks on the shell. But something else made the shell vibrate, it was the body of the demonic beast itself. Suddenly, small mountain peaks simply protruded out of the surface of the water. Every small patch of rocky armor on the large snake turned into a peak. It was as if its very bones were coming out of its body.
The shell itself grew larger and wider. Because of this sudden change, Cao Yun's attack was broken and the young man suffered a small backlash as the movement of his Qi was forced to stop without any warning. But this wasn't too bad for Cao Yun who had a great control over both his Qi and his blood.
Several pieces of rocky peaks flew all over the place, trying to hit Cao Yun and Hongyu. Once again, the two of them evaded most hits. But Cao Yun wasn't fast enough this time, maybe because of the sudden backlash to his Qi that had still affected him.
'The Dragon's Body Hits the Earth'!
Since he couldn't evade everything, Cao Yun crushed a few rocks with the butt of his spear. Even with his superior strength, each hit against his spear reverberated through his entire body. Cao Yun had to use of full cultivation just to stay conscious. Once again, staying too far away from this monster was a bad idea. Ironically, he would be safer closer to the demonic beast. Thus, Cao Yun flew through the onslaught of rocks, lightning bolts and tentacles.
Seeing her brother in a difficult situation, Hongyu tried to help. She threw as much fire toward the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor to distract it. Hongyu wasn't a fighter like Cao Yun but she was aware that getting closer to her brother would simply make the demonic beast focus its attacks even more. Instead, she wanted it to dilute its attacks. And it worked like a charm. Furious, the beast diverted more rocks toward Hongyu, alleviating the pressure on Cao Yun.
When he was close enough, Cao Yun dropped from the sky. Now, he could almost touch the slippery skin of the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor. As such, it was much harder for the beast to strike the young man. When the body of the giant monster moved, Cao Yun simply followed its movements. From the shell, many more tentacles emerged with thousands upon thousands of tiny flagella. Every single one of them was going for Cao Yun.
Flying as close to the massive body of the beast, Cao Yun slalomed around the oncoming attacks. This was extremely hard but he pushed his spiritual senses to their limit in order to improve his senses. Finally, Cao Yun reached his goal. He literally went in the opening between the shell and the serpentine body of the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor.
Immediately, the 9-core demonic beast became crazy. It stopped any attack against Hongyu. The storm dome itself crumbled in an instant. When the air pressure and the raging tempest contained within the dome were freed, it turned into a nightmare for Fading Fang. Jing Baiyu was ready for it though. The White Whale had already faced such a terrible tempest when he had sailed away from his first encounter with that very beast. He knew how to preserve both his ship and his crew.
In the meantime, the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor dived down as far and deep as it could. Maybe it was hoping to kill Cao Yun with the sudden change in pressure. Even the worst pressure of the Divine Blood Ocean was nothing much to Cao Yun. He could breathe the little oxygen still present within the water than was now filling his lungs. And his flesh could easily support even greater pressure. On the other hand, Hongyu was not as fast in the water than she was in the air. Still, she did decide to follow the giant monster and her brother who had flew into its body.
Indeed, Cao Yun was now within the body of the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor. Suddenly, rocky peaks emerged all around him as well as tens of thousands of flagella. Everything was trying to kill him. Even with all his spiritual senses, avoiding them all was almost impossible so Cao Yun pushed his 'Dragon's Chest' as much as he could. His entire body was covered his dragon scales. The swords behind his back were also now rotating all over his body, forming a small tornado. Electricity was also coursing through the swords. From time to time, two swords would clash and a lightning bolt would emerge. Cao Yun had become a tiny storm within the belly of the beast.
His goal was extremely clear though. In his first attacks, Cao Yun had damaged the ninth core of the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor. Those cores were the main weakness of any demonic beasts, just like Dantian for humans and the heart for demons. As such, Cao Yun had decided to attack them directly. But even from within, the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor was incredibly powerful. Cao Yun couldn't easily cut through its flesh. However, he could find the wound he had already inflicted and find his way toward the ninth core, and maybe other cores as well.
In the Divine Blood Ocean, the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor was writhing in agony. The beast literally struck itself against the oceanic floor in order to kill the human being who had invaded its body. Until now, such a thing had never happened. Indeed, no demonic beast would have thought of such a strategy. The Stormriser Leviathan Emperor was mad beyond reason as a small ant was going through its body. It could feel tiny movements within itself. Like an itch, the sea beast was trying to scratch itself.
Cao Yun evaded many tentacles and rocky peaks. Because of the movements of the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor, it became more and more difficult to move around without being struck. Finally, Cao Yun did get hit. A tentacle almost crushed his head. When he avoided it at the very last moment, a rocky peak pierced through his back. Even with all his defenses in place, the sharp rock did pierce through and through. Still, its size was drastically reduced by the collision against the swords and the dragon scales. That being said, Cao Yun's left lung was torn apart. Immediately, the young man controlled the flow of his blood to prevent the injury to worsen.
Sea water came into his open wound and Cao Yun quickly closed it using his Wei Qi and Golden Blood. In a powerful rotating movement, his spear broke the rocky peaks in an instant. Despite the pain, Cao Yun kept on going until he finally saw the wound he had inflicted in the very beginning of the fight while the Stormriser Leviathan Emperor had been focused on Fading Fang. Already, the wound was closing itself up. Many tendrils were trying to get each side of the wound close together. Cao Yun had to get inside before it was completely healed!