Lightening Serpent 1

*Boom!* A huge wave erupted from Flux Fire, blasting the enemies.

The usual red chicken turned into a gigantic Phoenix.

Long Chen suddenly felt a huge wave of exhaustion. The energy Flux Fire used in transforming was taking a toll on him.

"Take us out of here," Long Chen said weakly as Flux Fire flapped its huge fiery wing.

Long Chen took the white-haired woman along to repay her. He had seen her half-naked, so saving her life was a form of repayment.

Before they could regroup, Long Chen and his team were nowhere to be found.

"Dammit, search the area. We must not let her get away, dead or alive," the man with a scar said with an angry expression.

"It's been three days, and we still haven't caught her."

"Yes, sir," they said in unison as they spread out in all directions searching for traces.

Flux Fire flew with the speed of sound. In less than 5 minutes, they were 100km away. He flew directly towards an empty cave.

"Are you okay?" Flux Fire asked as he dropped Long Chen and the white-haired lady on the floor.

"Yes, I only need some rest," Long Chen said as Flux Fire started to shrink into his chicken form.

The moment Flux Fire shifted back, Long Chen felt a sudden relief as if a huge burden was lifted from his chest.

"Wheel of transcendent," Long Chen called as he began cultivating. The wheel moved in a circular motion as all the elements absorbed the holy qi around him, replenishing his spent holy qi.

The fight is what Long Chen needed, a life-and-death matter where he could only depend on himself and his skills to survive.

As he began cultivating, Flux Fire guarded him, keeping watch against the white-haired lady, who also got into a meditative posture, sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed. Her sword flew out of its sheath, circling around her in a defensive posture.

It is clear that even though Long Chen saved her, she is still wary of him and always on guard.

"Soul weapon?" Long Chen asked Flux Fire with his voice transmitted through telepathy via their connection.

Flux Fire examined the sword for a while before replying, "It is and it is not."

"What do you mean?" Long Chen asked, his eyes still closed.

"It is a mimicked soul weapon, it can only do 10 percent of what a real soul weapon could do," Flux Fire said.

"Mimicked soul weapon? I have never heard of it. Tell me more about it," Long Chen said.

"A mimicked soul weapon is a normal weapon with a summoned soul. Even though they have a soul, they were not forged together, so the power it can unleash is just 10 percent. To create a soul weapon, one needs a weapon master with spiritual power at the 50th level," Flux Fire said.

"50th level of spiritual power?" Long Chen said with a shocked expression.

He knew that increasing one level in spiritual power was a taxing endeavor that demanded an exorbitant amount of money, resources, and hard work. That's why there are more holy cultivators than spiritual power cultivators.

"When you were in your prime, what level was your spiritual power?" Long Chen asked.

"I was at the 99th level, one step away from becoming a spiritual power god, if not for that thing," Flux Fire said with a bitter expression.

"What?" Long Chen asked.

"I can't tell you. It will do more harm than good," Flux Fire said.

Long Chen did not push further; he knew Flux Fire had a past that he did not wish to share. But Long Chen could not help but wonder, what could be so great to separate the body and soul of the five great beasts of chaos and also trap them.

"You should focus on your cultivation; we still have to find the Flame Orchid for your mother," Flux Fire said, changing the topic.

"Okay," Long Chen answered as he cut the connection with Flux Fire and focused on recovering his holy qi.

After an hour, Long Chen's holy qi was half-filled when a loud hissing sound was heard, followed by lightning cracking at the entrance of the cave.

This made both Long Chen and the white-haired woman stop cultivating. They looked at the entrance of the cave and found what shocked them almost to death.

At the entrance, a Grade 5 Lightning Serpent with a body that stretched like the horizon, glistening silver scales, large blood-red eyes, and lightning cracking down its body.

It turned out that the cave they occupied was the home of this great beast.

"Hiss," the snake hissed loudly as it looked at the intruders in its territory.

"Why does bad luck seem to follow me everywhere ever since I met this woman?" Long Chen said inwardly as he picked up Asura and got into a fighting posture.