The Unparalleled Sword Emperor Chapter 2972 - 2947: An Even More Formidable Opponent Arrives!

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Previously on The Unparalleled Sword Emperor...
A passenger ship on the Manwu River is attacked by a horde of demon beasts summoned by Dragon Bone. Many warriors attempt to flee but are intercepted and killed by aerial beasts. As the ship begins to sink, Lin Bai unleashes his flying swords, severing the tentacles dragging it down and decimating the beasts in the water. He then confronts Dragon Bone directly, splitting a massive wave and engaging the beast with a powerful sword skill that wounds but does not kill it. Dissatisfied with his wooden sword's limitations, Lin Bai descends into the river to finish the fight.

The Dragon Bone that fell into the water stared at Lin Bai with terror in its eyes: "This human brat... this human brat... how can this human brat’s sword skill be so fierce!"

"Luckily, my skull is hard enough, otherwise this sword would have split me open!"

Lin Bai raised the wooden sword again and thrust it towards the Dragon Bone.

"Not good, this brat is coming again!" The Dragon Bone hurriedly flapped its body, stirring up waves, and in that instant, it turned around and ran!

"Trying to escape?"

"Flying Swords! Sword-controlling Skill!"

With a thought, Lin Bai’s flying sword landed under his feet, transformed into a rainbow, and immediately shot forward, chasing after the Dragon Bone.

The Dragon Bone’s speed in the water was extremely fast, in a blink of an eye, it had swept a thousand meters away.

It had already left that battleground far behind.

Seeing Lin Bai relentlessly in pursuit from behind, the Dragon Bone roared angrily: "Brat, don’t push your luck, it’s a big deal if I just leave your guest ship alone, isn’t that enough?"

Standing on the flying sword, Lin Bai said, "How do I know if you’re telling the truth or not?"

"If you’re willing to put it in writing, then I’ll believe you!"

Upon hearing this, the Dragon Bone roared in shame and anger: "You... you... you’re bullying the demon too much, have you ever seen a snake with hands? If I grew claws, I’d become a Flood Dragon!"

"Insult me if you must, but leave the snakes out of it!"

"Mad!"

Upon hearing this, the Dragon Bone continued to roar with anger.

Lin Bai heard and thought that the Dragon Bone had a point.

One human, one demon, chased each other, sweeping hundreds of miles away.

And at this moment, the rapidly fleeing body of the Dragon Bone suddenly stiffened, all its scales stood on end, and it stared in terror at the calm river surface ahead.

"This..."

The Dragon Bone was somewhat horrified, a soul-stirring fear quickly overwhelmed its entire being.

This fear was even more intense than that caused by Lin Bai.

Lin Bai seemed to sense something was amiss as well.

Instantly, Lin Bai, standing on the flying sword, looked up and stared at the river surface ahead.

The originally calm river surface suddenly rippled with waves, and gentle waves slowly pushed up.

In that instant.

With a loud bang.

The river ahead exploded, the water spray soared into the sky.

A gigantic creature appeared before Lin Bai and the Dragon Bone.

Lin Bai looked at this gigantic creature in shock.

This creature, over a hundred feet tall, had nine heads, covered in blue scales, and immense strength. Its nine heads rose from the river, towering into the clouds, all coldly staring at Lin Bai and the Dragon Bone!

"Primordial Colossal Beast!" Lin Bai looked at this gigantic creature with shock.

This was indeed a Primordial Colossal Beast.

"Primordial Colossal Beast! Nine-headed Snake!" The Dragon Bone uttered in shock.

"Run!" The Dragon Bone shrieked and scurried away.

And in the split second, the Nine-headed Snake’s blood-red eyes fixed on the escaping Dragon Bone, its nine heads roared in unison, charging forward, its massive body instantaneously catching up to the Dragon Bone’s escape route.

The nine heads simultaneously snapped at the water, clamping down on the escaping Dragon Bone and flinging it into the air!

"No, no, don’t kill me, don’t kill me..."

"No..."

The enormous body of the Dragon Bone swayed helplessly in mid-air.

Even though the Dragon Bone’s serpentine body was huge, in front of a primordial giant beast like this, it was still like an earthworm.

The Dragon Bone was flung into the air, the Nine-headed Snake’s nine heads clamped onto the Dragon Bone’s body, and with a fierce tug, the Dragon Bone’s body was torn into pieces and swallowed.

Lin Bai watched this scene, dumbfounded and lost in thought.

The Primordial Colossal Nine-headed Snake before him was incomparably more powerful than the one Lin Bai had encountered in the East Sea.

Lin Bai initially speculated that the Nine-headed Snake’s strength was likely approaching the Great Perfection of the Wending Realm!

Primordial Colossal Beasts, strictly speaking, should not belong to the Demon Clan.

Because the existence of Primordial Colossal Beasts dates back before the Demon Clan, before the Human Clan, when they were the supreme hegemons of the Barbarian Ancient Continent, consuming humans and demons like divine spirits.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!" After devouring the Dragon Bone, the Nine-headed Snake howled to the sky.

At the same time, the nine heads lowered again, looking at Lin Bai, who seemed as insignificant as an ant before it.

As the eighteen eyes of the Nine-headed Snake fell upon Lin Bai, being stared at, Lin Bai felt a hair-raising sensation, his face turned pale, and layers of cold sweat appeared on his forehead!

"Sword-controlling Skill!"

Lin Bai immediately screamed, stepping on the flying sword, and turned to escape.

The sword-controlling skill turned Lin Bai into a rainbow of light, soaring away from the Nine-headed Snake’s jaws.

The Nine-headed Snake, seeing Lin Bai’s distant figure, roared repeatedly, swung its massive body, and charged toward Lin Bai.

Its speed was not slow, its nine heads opened their bloody mouths, snapping at Lin Bai.

Yet every time, at the critical moment, Lin Bai narrowly escaped from the snake’s jaws.

"Accelerate!" Lin Bai gritted his teeth, hurtling forward with the flying sword.

With all the power of the sword-controlling skill, Lin Bai turned into a stream of light, appearing hundreds of miles away in an instant.

Appearing at the site of the guest ship’s fierce battle.

Lin Bai, upon his arrival, immediately boarded the ship, his expression exceptionally cold and grim.

Ye Suxin hurriedly asked, "How was it? Did you kill the Dragon Bone?"

"No!" Lin Bai, expressionless, replied, after which.

Immediately, Lin Bai turned to the Old Man and said, "Elder Wei, can you maneuver the guest ship out of this area quickly?"

The Old Man’s eyes narrowed, calculated a moment, and said, "It’s possible, but this would severely damage the guest ship, and as a result, we might not make it to Fire Lotus Mountain!"

"If we forcibly break out, with the ship heavily damaged, we must dock at the next port for repairs, which could take at least half a month to fix this guest ship!"

"Thus, the warriors on board will be unable to reach Fire Lotus Mountain!"

Hearing this, the nearby warriors all chimed in, "Elder Wei, forget about Fire Lotus Mountain, we’ll lose our lives!"

"Elder Wei, please take us out of here!"

"Elder Wei, we won’t go to Fire Lotus Mountain, just let us off at the next port!"

Each warrior cried out.

The Old Man’s eyes deepened.

Lin Bai earnestly said, "Elder Wei, if you can find a way to get the guest ship out of here, then do it quickly!"

"Because, there’s an even more terrifying entity speeding towards this direction!"

The Old Man paused, surprised and said, "An even more terrifying entity? Could it be Dragon Bone’s father? Is the Blackwater Snake King coming?"

Lin Bai sneered, "I’m afraid it’s even more frightening than the Blackwater Snake King!"

The Old Man was so frightened by Lin Bai’s words that his soul nearly left his body!

Roar! Roar! Roar!

At this moment, a series of strange roars reverberated over the Manwu River.

These loud sounds swept over, causing ripples over the river surface.

The demon beasts attacking the guest ship, upon hearing this roar, all showed fearful expressions, abandoned their attack on the guest ship, and fled in all directions.

"The demon beasts are running?" The warriors on the guest ship were momentarily elated.

As Lin Bai looked back, he saw the massive creature gently advancing over the distant river surface.

The Old Man and Ye Suxin’s gazes also followed suit.

Ye Suxin exclaimed in surprise, "That’s... a Primordial Colossal Beast!"

"Go! Go!" The Old Man shouted eagerly, frantically urging the guest ship to forcibly rush out of here!