Chapter 77: What Sparrow Waiting Behind? This Is to Save Your Life!

Oh! Not bad!
What Zhang Chu pulled out was a pack of spicy sticks, twenty-four in total, the kind imbued with richly fragrant chili oil.
A single bite released a burst of flavor.
Combined with Su Mingyue’s dashing, forceful movements, it was a treat on par with digital pickled mustard.
Even the White Wave Flood Dragon, ten meters long and looming opposite, seemed utterly bewildered.
It had been nearly a century since it had last encountered a human martial artist.
Such a diminutive woman, yet she drew from her storage ring a long spear gleaming silver from tip to butt.
The key was—
With the aid of the Bloodburn Pill,
Su Mingyue took barely a minute for her cultivation level to temporarily settle at four stars.
The Bloodburn Pill,
a forbidden drug owned by the Martial Authority Bureau, was so rare that even the black market for martial artists had little in stock.
Taking a single pill could forcibly raise one’s cultivation level by two tiers for half an hour.
But the downside was dire:
Bloodburn Pills damaged the very foundation of a martial artist.
Thus, anyone caught selling them would find themselves rotting in the Bureau’s correctional cells.
If not for knowing Su Mingyue belonged to the Divinefall Alliance,
Zhang Chu would have been stunned as well—how could she afford Bloodburn Pills?
As the second spicy stick touched his lips, Zhang Chu’s eyes sparkled: “What kind of organization is this Divinefall Alliance, so extravagantly generous? They even gave Su Mingyue a two-star lower-grade martial art, the ‘Hundred Shadows Divine Spear.’”
He’d seen the “Hundred Shadows Divine Spear” in the “Twin Force Warrior Mall”—a high-level spear technique.
It was famed for its speed; when paired with the right footwork, the spear could move like a dragon, as swift as lightning.
But the price was outrageous.
The full set cost eight million.
“Roar!”
Seeing Su Mingyue dare challenge its authority as a guardian beast, the White Wave Flood Dragon refused to yield, unleashing a roar that shook the heavens and earth as it lunged forward.
Its body was protected by scales of prodigious defensive power.
Ordinary four-star Twin Force Warriors could hardly scratch it.
Zhang Chu’s judgment proved correct.
In the first exchange,
the White Wave Flood Dragon lashed its tail in a sweeping arc, sending up water that slashed like hundreds of sword energies—swift and devastating.
Su Mingyue was struck and sent flying.
Seated cross-legged on the stone slab, Zhang Chu watched Su Mingyue retreat, feeling a thrill of delight: “Now this woman’s about to unleash her full power. I hope she can seriously injure the White Wave Flood Dragon and clear the path for me!”
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The next second, Su Mingyue did indeed let loose.
Human and spear became one.
Her graceful figure merged with dozens of spear shadows, and in a leap, she appeared right above the Flood Dragon’s head.
“This woman really has some skill; she’s a perfect fit for the Divinefall Alliance. But how exactly did she get involved with them?”
Judging by Su Mingyue’s offensive, Zhang Chu was a bit surprised.
The Flood Dragon’s vital weakness lay between the twin horns atop its head.

Su Mingyue clearly knew this.
Her spear thrust straight for the fatal point.
One attacking with all her might, the other desperately dodging to protect its vulnerability.
Half an hour was nearly up.
The effects of the Bloodburn Pill began to fade rapidly.
Su Mingyue leapt back, watching the swift approach of the Flood Dragon. Her hands formed sword fingers at her brow, creating a triangular offensive stance.
A powerful surge of mental energy gathered.
Zhang Chu rose to his feet, watching the scene unfold.
All Twin Force Warriors possessed an innate spiritual combat technique.
Zhang Chu’s was “Wisteria Constriction.”
He was genuinely curious about Su Mingyue’s innate mental skill.
“Spiritual technique: The Prison of the Marked Ground!”
In the next instant, Su Mingyue’s eyes flew open.
With a push of her hands,
a wave of spiritual power shot forth.
The charging Flood Dragon seemed to crash into an invisible barrier, slamming to the ground and spinning wildly in place.
“Good heavens, an imprisonment-type innate skill!”
Zhang Chu was shocked.
Among Twin Force Warriors, imprisonment and formation-type innate skills were the rarest.
As for Zhang Chu’s Electric Vine Constriction, it was even more formidable—a blend of imprisonment and offense.
Su Mingyue, recognizing her moment,
advanced swiftly with the Hundred Shadows Spear while the Flood Dragon reeled in confusion, driving her weapon hard into the fatal spot between its horns.
A pained, howling roar burst forth as the vital point was breached.
In an instant, the Flood Dragon’s scales fell away, and it wailed in agony.
“By the timing, the Bloodburn Pill’s effect is ending.”
Seated on the slab, Zhang Chu wiped his hands, preparing to act.
Sure enough,
with the pill’s power exhausted, Su Mingyue’s body seemed drained, swaying on the verge of collapse.
Bang!
The Flood Dragon, enraged, summoned its last reserves for a final tail strike, slamming Su Mingyue squarely in the back.
With a spurt of blood, she was sent flying a dozen meters before crashing to the ground.
The Prison of the Marked Ground shattered instantly.
With a final roar, the Flood Dragon opened its massive jaws, lunging at the gravely wounded Su Mingyue.
Her vision swam with darkness;
facing the oncoming behemoth, she could only shut her eyes and await death.
But at that moment—
a dashing figure appeared before her.
Zhang Chu raised his hand.

A bolt of electric vine shot out.
The onrushing Flood Dragon was instantly bound, the fierce current rendering the already-injured star beast powerless.
Wasting no time, Zhang Chu
drew his Xuangang Greatsword.
Dozens of sword shadows fell, one after another.
The White Wave Flood Dragon perished on the spot.
With practiced ease, he extracted the four-star core and stowed it in his storage ring, tossing the dragon’s corpse in after it.
Every part of the beast was valuable; not a scrap should go to waste.
“Ding-dong! Host has slain a four-star star beast. Strength +80, Spirit +80!”
Hardly had he finished when the system’s voice chimed in his mind.
Damn! This ambush was definitely worth it!
“Zhang… Zhang Chu?”
Catching sight of his face, Su Mingyue nearly coughed up blood on the spot. “You… you were lying in wait like a mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind! You’re despicable!”
“Su Mingyue, mind your words!”
“What do you mean, lying in wait? I just saved you.”
“And besides, do I look like someone who takes advantage of others?”
As he spoke, Zhang Chu tossed the remaining half-pack of spicy sticks into Su Mingyue’s arms. “Half a pack of spicy sticks for the Flood Dragon’s corpse. You got a good deal.”
Su Mingyue was so incensed that her vision darkened and she fainted on the spot.
Trading half a pack of spicy sticks for a Flood Dragon—this was pure, unvarnished humiliation.
Especially here, at the Spirit Realm Fishing Platform!
“Consider it mercy on my part. No matter how much you disgust me, I couldn’t let you be eaten by a star beast.”
Before leaving, Zhang Chu pressed the emergency beacon on Su Mingyue’s arm.
Far away, three hundred kilometers off, the Twin Force Society members were still searching for Su Mingyue’s whereabouts.
Soon after,
Qiao Changnian’s locator received Su Mingyue’s distress signal. “Quick! This way—something’s happened to Teacher Su!”
Meanwhile,
Zhang Chu squatted by Mirror Lake, washed the Flood Dragon’s core clean, and swallowed it in a single gulp.
A free four-star star beast core—why not take it?
“Ding-dong! Host has consumed a four-star core. Strength +80!”
He glanced at his personal information panel:
Strength +160, Spirit +80.
Only then did Zhang Chu set his sights on the massive water sphere at the lake’s center. “According to the badge’s guidance, the Spirit Realm Fishing Platform should be inside that water sphere.”
With a nimble flip, he plunged into the water, propelling himself forward like a fish with surging muscular power.
In less than three minutes,
he vaulted straight into the giant water sphere.
“Welcome, fated one, to the Spirit Realm Fishing Platform!”