The Regressor of Mount Hua-Chapter 312. A Fierce Reunion (2)

Let's see who wins in the end!

Zhou Xuchuan grabbed onto the imoogi's snout and hung on.

"Ha!"

As he exerted his strength, his arm muscles swelled and gave him strength.

He flipped his body, rose above the imoogi's snout, then quickly stabbed it in one of its eyes.

Squelch!

It worked!

He could feel the sensation of his sword stabbing into its eye through his fingertips. He cheered inwardly and tried to shove the sword in even deeper.

Screeeeech!

However, the imoogi wouldn't stay still.

In pain, the imoogi struggled desperately and Zhou Xuchuan, who was barely hanging on, was also shaken in the air.

Ridiculous!

He gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, refusing to let go. He couldn’t afford to miss this chance. Like a wolf locking its jaws onto prey, he clung to the imoogi with everything he had.

SCREEEEEECH!

A howl of rage echoed through the South Sea. The imoogi grew angry and ducked its head under water when this leech-like human didn't fall off.

BOOOM!

This wasn't a mere splash, but rather a loud noise, as if a pile of gunpowder had been detonated.

The resulting waves were so high that they blocked the sunlight. Normally, schools of fish would have scattered in all directions—but they had long since abandoned the area at the appearance of the Ruler of the Sea.

Woosh, woosh, woosh, woosh.

The imoogi swam through the sea. It wasn't just swimming leisurely. It was thrashing violently in an attempt to shake off the persistent figure clinging to its head.

Ugh!

Zhou Xuchuan's vision spun around. The scene before his eyes changed rapidly.

Since they were swimming at such speeds, the water pressure he had to withstand wasn't normal.

An average or even a top-class expert would have fallen off long ago. Even Zhou Xuchuan wouldn’t have held out this long if it hadn't been for the Water Man Art.

Maybe poison... no, that won't work. If I try that, I may end up messing up the Water Man Art's circulation pathways.

The situation wasn't very good. Considering the water pressure he was withstanding and the lack of air, it was becoming increasingly dangerous.

In order to hold out a little longer, he stopped trying to inject poison through his sword.

It's descending!

The imoogi also realized that it couldn't continue like this, so it changed direction to descend further and move toward the deep sea.

No!

Zhou Xuchuan imbued weight into his sword and wrenched it straight up.

SCREEEECH!!!

The imoogi, which had been going down vertically, changed direction once again. Its sudden change in movement was almost at a right angle.

It made several more attempts to go down into the deep sea, but it could never succeed because of the pain that it felt each time it tried.

In the end, the imoogi gave up and turned around, sticking its head out of the water again.

"Ha!"

Zhou Xuchuan's shrunken lungs began to inflate once again. As he inhaled and exhaled the precious air, his murky brain also cleared up.

However, it was too early for him to feel relieved. The imoogi's body was once again attacking him from the side.

"...!"

It was a bold move.

Even though its unprotected eyes were getting attacked, if it wasn't careful, it could easily be hurt.

Zhou Xuchuan briefly considered holding on until the end, but then gave up on the idea.

The force of the blow, considering the speed and the weight, was truly on the level of natural disasters. Things would have become problematic if he suffered a fatal wound just because he wanted to hold on for no reason.

After pulling out his sword, he unleashed his defensive qi barrier to block the coming blow.

The imoogi's body became a whip and struck Zhou Xuchuan, hitting him squarely in the torso and sending him flying.

BAM!

He bounced off the water like a skipping stone. The moment his back hit the water, he felt his bones almost break.

It was pure, brute strength.

Even though the blow hadn't contained any qi, if he hadn't used a defensive qi barrier, he would have died.

"UGH!"

A groan escaped from the corner of his mouth. It hurt, but he survived without breaking anything major.

He was at the very least, able to avoid the situation of getting dragged back under the sea as the imoogi turned around in midair.

SCREEEECH!

The imoogi let out a roar, exuding bloodlust. Even the kings of the sea, the whales, were scared and fled.

There won't be an end to this if we keep going like this.

The imoogi's weak points were the eyes or the mouth. The problem was that it was still the King of all Spiritual Beasts.

A beast of that stature wouldn't just show its weakness like an idiot. As proof, the imoogi’s head was lowered, ready to dive at any time.

Zhou Xuchuan and the imoogi glared at each other.

The waves that had been storming just a moment ago had subsided. There was no more crying from the swans or mutterings from the miserable weather.

Silence settled over the ocean.

The gazes of the spiritual beast and the human met in the vast ocean.

BOOM!

A loud noise erupted once more, and the waves swelled again. The one who broke the silence was the imoogi.

Woosh!

From its tail to its torso, the imoogi’s body snapped like a whip. With a blast of water erupting like a fountain, it launched another attack from the side.

A shadow fell over Zhou Xuchuan's head. It was as if Mount Tai had fallen upon him.

Thrum.

Let's see how long it can hold out!

Zhou Xuchuan lifted his heel and kicked off the water's surface. The imoogi's body fell right where he had been standing.

BOOM!

A column of water shot up. A seven-colored rainbow appeared in the air as water droplets fell down below it.

Zhou Xuchuan broke through the chaos and ran on the water surface using Floating Duckweed Crossing Water.

BOOM! BANG! BANG!

The imoogi chased after Zhou Xuchuan, its body—seemingly endless like the Great Wall—dove into the water and rose again in repeated waves.

Heup!

While the imoogi was impressive, Zhou Xuchuan wasn't ordinary either. He evaded well by moving his body all over the place. He didn't only focus on evasion, he also used his sword every time the imoogi's body approached.

Every time he cut through the water droplets, a plum fragrance spread. The Twenty-four Sword Forms of the Plum Blossom showed off its power even on the water.

Every time the light reflected on the sword flashed, countless scratches appeared on the scales.

However, he still couldn't cut through the beast.

Should I try striking it from above using the Ten Thousand Jin Sword? Or should I force myself into its mouth and try poisoning it? Or...

Zhou Xuchuan didn't stop thinking even as he moved. He thought about dozens of ways to subdue the imoogi.

However, the issue was that he couldn't come up with a proper solution.

He never could have expected the Formless Aura not to work.

Considering it's already gotten this far, here goes nothing!

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Zhou Xuchuan twisted his body, maintaining a safe distance as he confronted the imoogi. His eyes burned brightly as he imbued his sword with power.

I'll stick to you even if I have to die and pour all my power into your eyes and mouth...

SCREEECH!

It was right at that moment—the imoogi that was confronting him suddenly twisted in pain.

When he looked to see what was going on, he could see a trident embedded in its body.

"South Sea Dragon King?"

The owner of the trident was an old man with a white beard.

At first, Zhou Xuchuan looked dumbfounded upon seeing the South Sea Dragon King, but his expression shifted to surprise when he saw the trident.

The trident actually went in?

The Formless Aura that he had obtained after reaching the Coruscant Realm wasn't able to pierce through those impenetrable scales. Seeing that trident do what he couldn't, his mind suddenly focused.

"Aim for the reverse scales!"

The South Sea Dragon King answered Zhou Xuchuan's unspoken question.

"The scales that are stuck upside down! Those are the weak points!"

So that's what it was! The reverse scales!

It wasn't that the legendary dragon had no weaknesses. Their one and only weakness was said to be the scales under their neck that grew in reverse.

According to legend, the reverse scale was located only on the neck or under the jaw. However, judging by the trident’s position, there didn’t seem to be just one.

"While a dragon has only a single reverse scale, the pseudo dragon imoogi has many! Look for them carefully!"

This time, it wasn't the South Sea Dragon King who shouted, but Chi Shuishui who answered instead.

"...!"

Zhou Xuchuan’s eyes moved rapidly. His gaze, which had been focused on the imoogi’s eyes and inside its mouth, now scanned the rest of its body.

It looked as though he was merely glancing over it, but that wasn’t the case. Using his eye technique, he inspected each and every scale.

Here, the physical ability of an Absolute Master shone through. It didn’t take long before he found the tiny reverse scales.

Just as the South Sea Dragon King and Chi Shuishui had said.

"Thank you!" Zhou Xuchuan said gratefully as he scolded himself.

How stupid!

He had forgotten about the forest as he searched for the trees.[1]

Thanks to the advice of the Dragon King and the Dragon's Tail, he saw something he hadn’t noticed before.

He spotted a reverse scale along the imoogi’s long torso.

"Ha...!!!"

A great power surged from deep within him. An overwhelming force rose like a haze.

The water’s surface sank, then swelled outward before soaring upward.

The water beneath Zhou Xuchuan’s feet swirled violently.

Let's go!

BOOM!

A loud noise erupted once again, and a thick column of water burst into the air.

He flew low, shooting out like a gust of wind. His body, light as a feather, glided in a straight line above the water without touching it.

Drawing a long trajectory like a meteor, Zhou Xuchuan narrowly passed the imoogi’s curved torso.

Three.

Time seemed to slow, almost stopping. His pupils shrank and shone, focused on the reverse scales.

Squelch!

It happened in an instant. As he passed the torso, he drew his sword and sliced ​​at only the reverse scales.

There was no metallic clang like before. Instead, three reverse scales fell off the imoogi's body and blood gushed out.

SCREEEECH!

The imoogi let out a scream, its bright yellow eyes wide with pain. It was a sound he had never heard from the beast before.

Woosh!

Zhou Xuchuan kicked off hard and spun around.

His body arced through the air and landed on the imoogi’s torso, which rippled like a wave.

The soles of his feet smoked from the sheer speed of his movement. Thanks to the moisture in the air, they didn’t catch fire, but they were still quite slippery.

"ROAR!!!!"

Zhou Xuchuan took a deep breath and exhaled, the Dragon's Roar coming out naturally.

He didn’t roar just to stop the imoogi. As he slid backward, he scanned the beast’s torso and swung his sword.

Squelch! Squelch! Squelch!

Each flicker of purple light was followed by a spurt of blood. Nine consecutive strikes of Violet Haze Dawnbreaker pierced through the reverse scales.

The wounds he left on the beast were as big as his own body.

To the human eye, they looked more like waterfalls rather than mere streams of blood.

The sword scars across the imoogi’s body bled freely, turning the sea red.

SCREEEEECH!

The ground shook—no, the imoogi's body shook.

The ‘path’ that had once traced elegant curves now became erratic. The beast’s massive body twisted upward, downward, and sideways, churning the sea into chaos, but Zhou Xuchuan remained unfazed.

Even amid the chaos, he maintained perfect balance. Pivoting on his right foot, he turned his body without getting thrown off. Using the momentum, he charged toward the imoogi’s neck.

Thank you for letting me live when I was younger, but I'm sorry about this!

A flood of memories rushed through him.

A boy had grown into a young man and stood in front of the imoogi.

If the beast had been able to communicate like the Human-Faced Spider, he might have had a conversation with it, but the beast didn't seem like one who could talk.

"GRAH!!!"

He let out a roar that surpassed human limits. As if to try to match the imoogi's cries, he let out another Dragon's Roar and soared into the air.

Kicking down with all his strength, Zhou Xuchuan soared upwards like a dragon ascending. Instead of the heavens, however, there was only an imoogi above him.

He was aiming for one thing. The reverse scale near the beast's head.

Woosh!

It was a pure sword slash without any techniques. He roared as he extended both arms, drawing a straight line without any hesitation.

Sensing a crisis, the imoogi quickly turned its body. However, it was too late.

The reverse scale split in two, creating a hole.

Screeeeeech!

A heartbreaking cry echoed through the sea, and the imoogi, which had yet to become a dragon, fell.

Its heavy body, which had been staggering slowly, fell helplessly into the water.

BOOM!

It was truly a spectacular sight to see from the sea.

Seeing the imoogi, which boasted a size that could have it mistaken for a dragon, fall, was such a wondrous sight that it felt almost sacred.

"I know I told you about the reverse scales, but..." Chi Shuishui muttered, dazed, as she emerged from the chaos. The South Sea Dragon King looked equally stunned.

The fact that someone had fought such a monster at all was terrifying enough.

Meanwhile, Zhou Xuchuan, the one in question, stood silently atop the imoogi’s head, tilting his head in confusion.

"Could it be...?"

He tried changing the way his qi circulated a few times. Then, muttering under his breath, he placed his hand on the imoogi’s head.

1. In Korean, this idiom is just "losing the whole while watching the one." ☜