Eternal Saber-Chapter 278 - 2: Narrow Escape from Death

The Dragon Flame from the Black Dragon was extremely scorching and searing. If it weren’t for the Flood Dragon Skin on his back shielding most of the damage, Chen Tang would have been burned to death instantly.

Even so, his arms, legs, and the back of his head were burnt, the skin ripped open.

His head full of black hair turned to ashes.

Even falling into the sea, the Dragon Flame extinguished.

But the wounds from the burns all over his body, mixed with the impact of seawater, made the pain even more intense, almost causing him to faint on the spot.

Chen Tang knew that if he fainted, he would surely be buried at the bottom of the sea!

He tried his best to stay awake, held his breath, and tried to open his eyes wide, wanting to see everything around him clearly.

Before he could swim to the surface, his body was swept into the depths of the sea by an undercurrent, and the enormous pressure made him lose consciousness instantly.

As seawater flow into his mouth and nose, a huge surge of energy suddenly burst from Chen Tang’s Dantian, quickly expelling the seawater from his mouth and nose.

A faint golden light emanated from the Dantian, enveloping Chen Tang, forming a sealed light barrier, isolating everything around him.

If Chen Tang were conscious, he would surely realize that this was the power of the Vajra Relic.

Back then, when the Vajra Relic merged into his Dantian, it erupted with a vast, intense force, almost destroying his vitality.

Fortunately, it was contained by Master Le Kong and the Evil Emperor, who jointly sealed the energy of the Vajra Relic temporarily.

Chen Tang once asked Master Le Kong if continuing to seal it like this was not a solution in the long run.

Master Le Kong ambiguously replied that maybe one day, as the Vajra Relic gradually blends with Chen Tang and stops rejecting him, the seal could be lifted.

What exactly would happen, Master Le Kong was also unclear.

During the recent encounter, Chen Tang’s Dantian was struck by Sun Tianlu’s Profound Celestial Divine Fist, and his abdomen was nearly pierced through.

This punch from Sun Tianlu triggered the seal set by Master Le Kong and the Evil Emperor.

The True Martial Arts intent of both erupted, counter-killing Sun Tianlu and Zhou Haijian.

This also meant that the seal on the Vajra Relic had already been lifted.

However, at that time, Chen Tang was suffering from a backlash from Entering the Divine State, and with a splitting headache, he was in a rush to escape, unable to sense the situation in his Dantian.

Just as Master Le Kong predicted.

After lifting the seal, the Vajra Relic did not cause any harm to Chen Tang.

Instead, when Chen Tang fell into the water and was nearly drowned, it emitted a golden light that protected him.

Not only that, the golden energy also continuously nourished the wounds on Chen Tang’s body.

Including the pierced left arm, scratched thigh, and the burned skin and flesh on his limbs and back of the head.

Drifting with the currents at the bottom of the sea, perhaps guided by this golden energy, Chen Tang unknowingly assumed a rather bizarre seated meditation posture.

This posture is precisely the seated meditation style from the "Arhat Demon-Subduing Fist"!

The wounds on Chen Tang’s body were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Even the blood hole pierced by the Flying Sword on his left arm had stopped bleeding, with fine new buds of flesh and blood growing around the wound, interlocking intricately.

The burned flesh was also starting to continuously recover, regenerate...

Chen Tang seemed to have had a long dream.

In this dream, everything was blurry and surreal.

Chen Tang only felt warm all over, incredibly comfortable.

Who knows how much time had passed.

Chen Tang gradually regained consciousness.

He opened his eyes, looking somewhat bewildered.

Gazing up at the endless sky, clear and azure, Chen Tang blinked and gradually came to his senses.

"I’m not dead yet?"

Chen Tang sat up, slightly furrowing his brows, trying hard to recall everything he experienced before fainting.

He was injured by the Dragon Flame, fell into the sea, and was swept away by the undercurrent.

Before losing consciousness, he seemed to see the Black Dragon and the East Sea Giant Demon entangled in a fight...

Under the sea, when Chen Tang saw the body of the East Sea Giant Demon, a thought flashed through his mind.

Speaking of which, this East Sea Giant Demon somewhat resembles a whale from the previous life.

Except, it looked even larger and more terrifying than the whales from before!

A rumored Giant Kun?

Chen Tang shook his head, preparing to check on his injuries.

Looking down, he was stunned on the spot.

The sword and knife wounds on his body had already healed!

Chen Tang couldn’t help but touch his left arm, where it had been pierced before.

There wasn’t a trace of a wound to be seen!

"Strange."

Chen Tang murmured softly.

Behind his arms and legs, however, there were quite a few large patches of charred black and red skin left from the burns, but they didn’t hurt.

Instead, the burned areas felt a bit itchy.

Chen Tang instinctively scratched a few times.

With just a few light scratches, the blackened scabs fell off, revealing white, smooth skin underneath.

"This..."

Chen Tang rubbed his hands over the burned areas several times.

Countless scabs fell away.

The skin and flesh that had been burnt by the Dragon Flame had all recovered completely, leaving no scars at all!

"How long have I been asleep?"

Chen Tang wondered in his heart.

Logically, with such severe injuries and his physique at the Four Extremes Realm, it would take at least two to three months to possibly heal.

Yet during this time, he was unconscious.

It’s impossible that he could self-heal without eating or drinking for two or three months, right?

Chen Tang stood up, looking around.

The soil beneath his feet felt somewhat soft, uneven.

All around was the boundless ocean, with no sign of land.

This seemed to be a deserted island.

After standing up, Chen Tang felt a chilly sensation below.

Looking down, he realized he was stark naked.

Chen Tang understood instantly.

Under the Dragon Flame, the clothes on him had mostly burned away, and with the impact of seawater, not a piece of fabric remained.

Luckily, there was no one around, so there was nothing to worry about.

The Flood Dragon Skin was tightly bound by Flood Dragon Tendon, still on his back.

Chen Tang took it off for a look.

It was originally an intact piece of Flood Dragon Skin, now a large part damaged by the Dragon Flame.

Like the skin near the head and tail of the Flood Dragon, the scales hadn’t fully formed, were extremely delicate, and were already burned away.

Only a stretch of Flood Dragon Skin above the Flood Dragon’s spine remained intact under the burning Dragon Flame.

Except, the scales had slightly blackened from the burn.

As Chen Tang touched it, it felt even more rigid. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Chen Tang wrapped the Flood Dragon Skin around his waist, using the Flood Dragon Tendon as a belt to fashion an apron, just enough to cover the vital areas of his waist and abdomen.

Chen Tang checked himself over.

All his possessions were gone, leaving only this damaged Flood Dragon Skin and one Flood Dragon Tendon.

Silver notes, elixir pills, Imperial Token—all were gone.

Even ’Eternal’ was not by his side.

Chen Tang recalled carefully.

’Eternal’ must have been snatched by Sun Tianlu during their encounter.

Sun Tianlu struck his Dantian with one hand and snatched the ’Eternal’ blade with the other.

So it goes, at least ’Eternal’ was left on the shore, leaving a chance to recover it.

If it had fallen into the East Sea, it would be like retrieving a needle in the sea, impossible to find.

Suddenly!

The ground beneath Chen Tang’s feet trembled!

The entire deserted island shook!