Shen Xuan's actions left Fan Siwen and Wei Shiya dumbfounded.

The two thought Shen Xuan would find a way to distract the Water Demon, allowing them to fly smoothly to the small island in the middle of the lake.

Unexpectedly, Shen Xuan straightforwardly dove into the water to kill the Water Demon.

"Senior Brother, can Fellow Daoist Shen really defeat that Water Demon?"

Wei Shiya had a worried look on her face.

She had seen that Water Demon with her own eyes.

The demon's body was enormous, over thirty zhang long.

Its tail was like a hook, swift and fierce.

A Foundation Establishment Cultivator, while flying over the lake, was hooked mid-air by its tail.

That cultivator couldn't hold out even for two breaths before being dragged into the water, never to be seen again.

"Junior Sister, be careful with your words!"

"Since Fellow Daoist Shen dares to enter the water, he must have absolute confidence in victory."

Fan Siwen spoke seriously with a stern face.

In fact, he too had his doubts.

But being mature in nature, he didn't show it.

If he's not mistaken, the Water Demon in the lake is the legendary Deep Water Hook Snake.

An ancient demon beast with Hook Snake bloodline, possessing a massive body, infinite strength, and an incredibly sharp hooked tail.

It should be a Tier Two Top Grade Demon Beast.

A demon beast of such extraordinary bloodline, in lake water, has strength far exceeding ordinary Late Stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Known as the loose cultivator Shen Fei, he's not an easy adversary either.

Just seeing his summoned Shadow Octopus, shimmering with golden light, one knows his methods are extraordinary.

Fan Siwen hoped Shen Xuan could kill the Deep Water Hook Snake.

This way, his Junior Sister Wei Shiya could solidify her Profound Bamboo Spirit Body and successfully break through to the next stage.

...

In the waters of Luoxia Lake.

As soon as the corpse beast of the Shadow Octopus entered the water, it alarmed the Deep Water Hook Snake.

Soon, the Deep Water Hook Snake engaged in a fight with the Shadow Octopus.

The Shadow Octopus excelled with its golden body enhancement, numerous talent skills, and agility.

However, in terms of strength, it still fell short of the Deep Water Hook Snake.

Power can defeat ten techniques.

Within just a few breaths, two of the Shadow Octopus's eight tentacles were hooked and broken by the Deep Water Hook Snake.

At this moment, behind the Shadow Octopus, Shen Xuan continuously formed spells.

[Water Control], [Iron Bone], [Critical Strike], [Overturning Rivers and Seas], [Infinite Strength], [Condensed Water Blade Technique], [Water Spirit Gathering Essence Technique], [Ice Soul Cold Water Technique], [Immortal-Slaying Water Qi Technique]...

Pointing remotely at the Bishui Sword of the Deep Water Hook Snake, the sword's body continuously enlarged.

After Shen Xuan finished forming the spells, his entire Spiritual Power surged like a tidal wave.

The Bishui Sword had transformed into a Cold Ice Divine Dragon over ten zhang long, emitting a terrifyingly destructive aura, with its head raised, letting out a deep dragon roar echoing through eternity.

The Deep Water Hook Snake, with fear in its eyes, abandoned the Shadow Octopus corpse beast and turned to escape underwater.

A Tier Two Top Grade Demon Beast, with an ancient demon beast bloodline, had some intelligence awakened.

Knowing the Cold Ice Divine Dragon transformed from the Bishui Sword was not easy to deal with.

Shen Xuan was not willing to let it escape so easily.

"Hasten!"

He cast the [Water Repellent] technique, clearing the lake water around the Deep Water Hook Snake.

Immediately, the Shadow Octopus made a path.

The Cold Ice Divine Dragon swung its head and tail, transforming into a streak of cyan cold light, shooting towards the Deep Water Hook Snake.

"Boom!"

The lake water exploded with massive waves.

The hook of the Deep Water Hook Snake rose high, hooking the Cold Ice Divine Dragon.

Then, it opened its bloody maw, spitting countless icy cold water blades at Shen Xuan.

Shen Xuan's Divine Thought moved slightly.

The Shadow Octopus transformed into a Golden Demon Body, blocking in front.

Its eight tentacles wielded the heavy lake waters, defending against the barrage of water blades.

At the same time.

Shen Xuan once again cast the [Ice Soul Cold Water Technique] onto the Cold Ice Divine Dragon.

The next moment, the temperature plummeted.

The body of the Cold Ice Divine Dragon became transparent.

The surrounding lake water began to freeze.

Even the hook of the Deep Water Hook Snake was sealed in ice.

The massive demon body of the Deep Water Hook Snake gathered a thick layer of ice, making its movements rigid.

The lake water around it froze into a huge iceberg.

Seeing something wrong, the Deep Water Hook Snake struggled desperately, its Demon Power suddenly burst out, causing the snake skin to turn a bright blood-red color, and the ice on its snake body shattered inch by inch.

The hook also shattered the heavy ice block.

At this moment, the Deep Water Hook Snake was totally enraged, letting out a wild roar, abandoning the Cold Ice Divine Dragon transformed from the Bishui Sword, and charging straight at Shen Xuan.

With a thirty zhang demon body, its power was unmatched, riding the waters and trampling the waves.

It could be said, its imposing manner was quite astonishing.

Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators were simply not its match.

Shen Xuan shouted aloud.

He charged straight up.

[Water Control], [Iron Bone], [Critical Strike], [Overturning Rivers and Seas], [Infinite Strength]...

Shen Xuan continually enhanced his flesh body.

[Divine Storage Five Divine Escape Techniques].

He employed the Thunder Escape, evading the attack of the Deep Water Hook Snake, and directly flashed to the seven-inch spot on the Deep Water Hook Snake's neck.

[Sharp Teeth and Fangs]!

The sharp teeth suddenly grew out.

[Devouring All Things]!

He began devouring the Deep Water Hook Snake.

This was the first time Shen Xuan used these two flesh body skills in battle.

The effect was excellent.

The demon body of the Deep Water Hook Snake convulsed, screaming in pain.

Compared to its thirty zhang demon body.

The wound Shen Xuan gnawed was negligible.

However, the spiritual power essence within its body frantically surged toward the wound, drastically reducing its demon power.

The hook was lifted again, heavily hooking toward Shen Xuan.

This time, the speed was clearly slower.

Shen Xuan calmly used the Thunder Escape to leave.

When he reappeared, he was constantly burping.

Just now, devouring too much spiritual power essence from the Deep Water Hook Snake, he couldn't refine it all at once, feeling overstuffed.

"Hasten!"

The Cold Ice Divine Dragon formed from the Bishui Sword flew over, piercing a bloody hole at the seven-inch spot of the Deep Water Hook Snake.

Ice Soul Coldness spread over.

Once again covering its demon body with a thick layer of ice.

On the other side.

The Shadow Octopus swung its six intact tentacles, tightly winding around the Deep Water Hook Snake's demon body.

The Deep Water Hook Snake continually struggled.

Only its head remained, not yet frozen by ice.

Shen Xuan sneered.

He hid behind the Shadow Octopus, constantly casting spells.

From within his body, dozens of Dark Ice Fish leaped out in succession, shooting onto the Deep Water Hook Snake, continuously thickening the ice layer on its demon body.

Man and snake ground against each other for nearly half an hour, and most of the spiritual power within Shen Xuan's body was consumed.

Shen Xuan consumed a drop of Ten Thousand Years Spirit Milk, restoring thirty percent of his spiritual power.

After breaking through the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, the Ten Thousand Years Spirit Milk, which sells for as high as fifty thousand spirit stones per bottle, could only instantly restore thirty percent of spiritual power.

Fortunately, this was within the lake water.

Shen Xuan used Water Spirit Absorption, along with Self-Healing, and his spiritual power not only didn't decrease but slowly restored.

Eventually, the Deep Water Hook Snake exhausted its demon power, unable to replenish it, and was cut apart at the neck by the Bishui Sword, unwillingly closing its massive snake eyes.

Shen Xuan separated the snake head, snake body, and tail hook, placing them into the beast bag.

Luckily, he prepared adequately this time, carrying over a dozen extra-large beast bags.

Nonetheless, the demon body of the Deep Water Hook Snake was still too large.

Shen Xuan had to cut it into seven pieces.

"What a pity, can't refine it into a corpse beast."

"But, for a long time, I won't need to purchase demon beast meat."

Shen Xuan's Devouring All Things could refine spiritual power from demon beast meat.

Every day, he needed to eat more than ten pounds of Tier Two Middle Grade demon beast meat.

Just this alone cost seventy to eighty thousand spirit stones each year.

Now, with this Deep Water Hook Snake,

it could be eaten for several years.

After all, he froze it with the Ice Soul Cold Water Technique.

No need to worry about the meat going bad.

He just feared eating snake meat for three meals a day might make him sick of it.

"No problem, I can occasionally switch it up with dog meat."

There wasn't much patrol mountain spirit dog meat, only enough for a small celebration.

After tidying up, Shen Xuan didn't hurry to get ashore.

Instead, he sat cross-legged at the lake bottom to recover.

Once his spiritual power restored to eighty percent,

he then leaped out from the lake bottom.

"Congratulations Fellow Daoist Shen, on slaying the Water Demon!"

Fan Siwen, who had deployed a magical treasure and continuously been on alert, quickly offered congratulations upon seeing Shen Xuan emerge from the water.

Beside him, Wei Shiya had an astonished expression, her small mouth slightly open, unable to close.

Her beautiful eyes repeatedly scrutinized Shen Xuan.

Shen Xuan smiled faintly.

Summoned the Golden Claw Divine Eagle Corpse Beast.

"Come on up!"

Fan Siwen and Wei Shiya boarded.

The three rode the Golden Claw Divine Eagle, flying towards the small island in the lake.

Shen Xuan had come here before and had an impression of the Purple Essence Divine Wood.

Soon, he led the two to the middle of the island, where he found the deep purple-colored Purple Essence Divine Wood.

The dense wood spiritual qi, even Shen Xuan could feel joyful and relaxed.

"Thank you Fellow Daoist Shen!"

Wei Shiya thanked Shen Xuan, blushing.

"No time to waste, Fellow Daoist Wei, seize the moment."

"Alright."

Wei Shiya's eyes held complex emotions that were indescribable.

However, now was not the time for excessive thought.

"Please, Senior Brother, protect this Junior Sister!"

"Rest assured, Junior Sister. With Fellow Daoist Shen and Senior Brother here, there's no worry."

Wei Shiya sat cross-legged beneath the ancient towering tree, her body like a green spirit bamboo, absorbing the purple divine light of the Purple Essence Divine Wood.

Shen Xuan glanced at Wei Shiya who was cultivating.

Judging by Wei Shiya's absorption speed, it's estimated it would take half a month to consolidate her spirit body.

Which is slightly longer than Qin Yuehan's time.

It's not that Wei Shiya's spirit body is inferior to Qin Yuehan's.

But rather that the characteristics of their spirit bodies are different.

Wei Shiya's Profound Bamboo Spirit Body seems more inclined towards resilience and vitality.

Thus, the time taken is slightly longer.

Shen Xuan looked at the purple divine light of the Purple Essence Divine Wood.

His heart stirred.

He possessed high-tier talent skills like Devouring All Things.

Reasonably, he should be able to devour the Purple Essence Divine Wood, to absorb its spiritual power essence.

However, being prudent by nature,

he held doubts, and dared not act recklessly.

Just such a Purple Essence Divine Wood could remain peacefully growing on the small island of Luoxia Lake.

The tree age must be at least ten thousand years old.

No cultivators took it down, no demon beasts came to eat it.

There was somewhat of a mystery.

Shen Xuan deliberated for a long time.

He performed Illusion-Breaking Spirit Eye Technique, Sharp-eyed, Insight Technique, yet found no abnormalities.

All was calm and peaceful.

Shen Xuan pondered, then also sat cross-legged beneath the Purple Essence Divine Wood, Five Hearts Facing Heaven.

Attempting to absorb the purple divine light.

Surely, Qin Yuehan and Wei Shiya could both absorb the purple divine light.

Why couldn't he?

As expected.

Shen Xuan could also absorb the purple divine light into his dantian.

However, it couldn't be refined into spiritual power, nor integrated into the Dao Foundation Spirit Sea.

Instead, he felt uncomfortable to the point of bursting.

No choice but to expel the purple divine light from his body.

"Alas, different attributes ultimately don't work."

Shen Xuan ceased his efforts, opened his eyes, gazing toward the body of the Purple Essence Divine Wood.

The branches and leaves were lush, purple energy swirling, and being within it was refreshing.

"Should I try cutting off a piece of branch to see if it can be eaten?"

Shen Xuan pondered thusly.

At this moment.

A grand and resonant voice echoed by his ear.

"You greedy little fellow, how bold! Not satisfied with capturing the Hook Snake, but daring to think of eating me!"

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