Chapter 431
Bang!
An immense pillar of whiter splashed across, and along with it, some deep
asleep Saw Skates swirled. One could see clearly that a green tornado made
out of water, and erupting with a gaudy green light above the lake. The
surrounding water appeared to be pulled along, unexpectedly turning into a
whirlpool.
The Tenth Holy Guard didn’t stop and leave it at that, but let out a
terrible hiss instead. Two green lights flickered in the air, and the two
daggers were once again waved, producing green glints as another tornado
aimed for the lake.
The result was catastrophic. Afar, dozens glints of silver light abruptly
flashed, rushing at the Tenth Holy Guard like silver bolts of lightning.
The green soulfire in the eyes of the green skeleton pulsed downwards, and
with a dexterous movement, he avoided the silver light closest to him.
Immediately, he used his actions to show these Saw Skates his aerial
supremacy.
Seemingly totally unaffected by the gravity, his green figure made nine
flips in the air, escaping every attack of a Saw Skate by a hair’s breadth.
And furthermore, it was only at a height of three meters.
In the midst of a dense green light, the Saw Skates that were frantically
chasing after the green figure were already above hundred. However, even
though they vastly outnumbered him, and moved at such speed, they were still
unable to get hold of the Tenth Holy Guard.
In speed, the Tenth Holy Guard was extremely confident. Unless encountering
a powerhouse of the ninth step that could take control of the whole area,
his speed was at it’s maximum. With the addition of his unpredictable
movements, he managed to often avoid the attacks of the Saw Skates by a
fraction, while slowly getting further and further away from their area. He
didn’t leave at a fast speed, but he lured a large number of Saw Skates.
The wind and spatial spiritual energy flowing in the air was incomparably
fierce, scattering and smashing away the poisonous fog of the swamps. The
ability of the Saw Skates to get rid of any impurity came out perfectly. The
poisonous fog was devoid of power in front of them, and every time their
encirclement was about to overwhelm the Tenth Holy Guard, he broke out of it
like a bolt of green lightning in the end.
The Saw Skates were indignant, it was the first time they were confronted
with such a provocation. But even more importantly, their offender escaped
from all their attempts of encirclement.
The dim green light switched to a steady flight, finally flying straight
after having continuously dodged the attacks. At this time ,the full speed
of the Tenth Holy Guard emerged. It took only an instant for him to create
some distance between himself and the chasing Saw Skates.
With a sweep of green light, he disappeared in a blink of an eye.
The group of Saw Skates was still frantically chasing after him, but were
helpless as they saw the green light gaining distance.
How is it that it turned out the same as this afternoon? Saw Skates were
unable to howl, but the killing intent spreading out from them was real. The
surrounding vines once again became their victims.
After a continuous devastation, seeing that they were unable to keep going
after that green figure, they resignedly returned to their habitat.
Their returning speed would naturally not be as fast as when chasing after
the enemy. One could see that the majority was flying over at a greatly
inferior speed.
But suddenly, two chains of bright golden color appeared from nowhere. That
dense golden scenery in the air was similar to bright fireworks, and in its
midst, a shade was heading straight at the rear of the group of Saw Skates.
Over ten meter long, that shade had an indefinite appearance, but the
instant ‘she’ appeared, all the surrounding poison
The green figure that descended was rapidly swirling, like a meat grinder,
engulfing at least a dozen Saw Skates in golden light.
All of this happened just too sudden. Although the attack power of the Saw
Skates was great, their perception was only average. When they discovered
something was wrong, they were already drawn in that mass.
Immediately, an immense ball of light burst out in the sky, and the
surrounding illumination gained even further in brilliance. Meanwhile, the
two figures dropped to the side simultaneously, causing two booms to ring
out one after another.
On one side was a gaudy silver radiance, and on the other, an immense
shield, carrying four lumps of spatial crystal. Inside that gaudy silver
light, the shield was rotating at high speed, releasing a silver spiral of
ten meters diameter. As it knocked into a large area of returning Saw
Skates, the light radiance on the other side gained in terror.
The resplendent golden color mixed with terrible purple lightning, descended
like a gigantic bolt of lightning, smashing against a Saw Skate.
That gigantic golden ball took merely an instant to smash another one of the
Saw Skates, extinguishing its life energy just like that.
Right at this time, the Saw Skates in the front showed their responses,
counterattacking madly with bursts of silver light.
However, at this time, the ball of light that was ascending before, finally
fell, welcoming the returning Saw Skates.
Gaudy bright light became the main ground, and in the midst of violent
sounds, the ground shook, vines quivered, and the Saw Skates were scattered
in all directions by the seismic force of an intense elemental explosion.
This led to a very special situation. That huge fallen meteor engulfed at
least thirty of the Saw Skates, separating the Saw Skates that were attacked
by surprise before and the ones coming for the rescue in two groups. It
perfectly formed a successful block aimed against the silver figures that
were coming to rescue the others.
Silvery light flickered in the sky repeatedly, while Long Haochen arrived
with the Aria of the Goddess of Light. His spiritual energy was already
focused to its greatest level, the large golden silhouette forming his
greatest reliance. Each blow of his was backed by the judgement of the
descended goddess of light, a terrible existence beyond imagination. Caught
off guard, the Saw Skates could only rely on the spatial element to barely
protect themselves, and still had yet to identify all the enemies.
A blue and a red figure appeared this time, bursting with powerful attacks
and great might.
When the Saw Skates caught in the golden spiral would get thrown off, they
would already appear completely covered in bruises, making them into
extremely easy targets.
After unleashing their first attacks, Sima Xian and Wang Yuanyuan still had
no reservation, letting the entirety of their strength break out.
The fused Spiritual Stove of Godly Purple Thunder was wielded alongside the
Gigantic Ball of Light. Given how terrible Sima Xian’s strength became, when
his weapon would clash against the opponents, they would be rendered
completely helpless, clashing against the weapon as if attracted by it.
The Saw Skates showed powerful offensive power, but the Gigantic Ball of
Light was just too overwhelming. That was a Legendary Tier weapon, supported
by triple exploding abilities. In front of the Crush ability, they became
unable to resist, while damaging the Gigantic Ball of Light was an
impossible feat to them. The Spiritual Stove of Godly Purple Thunder was a
perfect complement to the Energetic Ball of Light since everything caught
inside of the purple thunder would get stunned for a short instant. Even if
the Saw Skates were magical beasts of the eighth rank, taking on the
Gigantic Ball of Light was impossible, and could only result in tragedy for
them.
The more terrible aspect of the Saw Skates was still their communitarianism.
The degree of terror from magical beasts of the eighth step living as a
group was immense, but individually, their most powerful aspect remained
their offensive power. Their defense and technique was almost non-existent,
and when ambushed with the calculated attacks from Long Haochen’s group, it
took only a short while for more than a dozen Saw Skates to perish.
However, Yating unleashed Light Meteor right at this moment, resulting in
the disappearance of even more of the Saw Skates that were rushing towards
their direction.
Long Haochen, Sima Xian, and Wang Yuanyuan were lit in golden color, from
the sharing of damage that came with the Soul Linking Chains. It wasn’t that
they were really injured by the Saw Skates, but produced due to the clash
with them. In case they were inflicted a direct attack from the Saw Skates,
even with the protection of the Goddess of Light, Long Haochen wouldn’t have
stayed unharmed.
“Withdraw!” Long Haochen gave a loud shout, while a white glow illuminated
the area, sucking in the corpses of the Saw Skates in the air. Long
Haochen’s group of three spread their spiritual wings, and rose high in the
air. During their escape, the two holy guards became a convenient diversion
for them.
At the moment Long Haochen’s group of three managed to get away, they turned
into two bolts of light, returning into the Eternal Melody.
Taking no pause, Long Haochen’s group of three madly rushed away, while
trying as best as possible to remain at a high altitude.
Right at this time, some change seemed to have occurred, as the lake on the
other side suddenly started boiling. Immediately, a thick silvery light shot
out, at a speed exceeding even the Tenth Holy Guard. The instant it starting
flying in their direction, its body disappeared without any trace, appearing
in a blink of an eye hundreds meters away. That was instant teleportation.
The instant this silver light appeared, snapping noises resounded, spreading
out in the whole surrounding. The next instant, a series of cracks occurred
in succession.
Even more terrifyingly, the entirety of the surrounding poison turned
silver, appearing as if nothing else than spatial attribute spiritual energy
remained.
The worse situation Long Haochen’s group anticipated had happened.
This group of Saw Skates indeed had a king amongst them.
Long Haochen’s group had succeeded in performing a sneak attack and kill a
little more than a dozen Skates. However, it infuriated this Saw Skate King,
who was now retaliating.
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Right, Saw Skates didn’t have the ability of flight, but with the use of his
spatial teleportation ability, the Saw Skate King directly appeared in
midair, before lashing the large tail on its back, just like an arrow aimed
from afar. Being a powerful magical beast of the tenth rank, it was one of
the rulers in these swamps, who of course had his own methods to lock down
the location of Long Haochen and the other two. And furthermore, it took
only three flashes for him to have Long Haochen’s group in sight.
However, also right that instant, the dashing figure of the Saw Skate King
came to a sudden stop. Abruptly turning back, it gave a look to its dwelling
place in the opposite direction.
Because of this sudden freeze, the appearance of this Saw Skate King became
visible.
Its looks were similar to ordinary Saw Skates, which were close to fishes in
this regard. On its head was a large horn, with a sharp blade glinting in
silverlight on each of its two sides. The light emitted from it was even
deeper in color than mythril, and even brighter than gold essence. Also, the
radiance coming out from its body was colored with a mixture of green and
silver. From its abdomen, two kinds of wings stuck out. These kinds of wings
were still not enough to enable it to fly, but allowed it to glide.
Being a powerful magical beast that went through countless evolutions to
adapt themselves to the changes of the external world, the Saw Skates’ genes
were already not the same anymore, explaining why this Saw Skate would be
capable of gliding. After thousands of years, who could be certain that they
would still be unable to grow wings.
Behind its horn, the two eyes of the Saw Skate King looked soft and thin,
revealing a gloomy expression. Its two eyes were scrunched, letting out a
bewildered look. Upon reaching its level, a magical beast would have
considerable intelligence. Toward Long Haochen’s provocation, it was of
course acting on behalf of its brothers, but right when it was about to
chase after Long Haochen’s bunch, it suddenly had a huge sense of crisis.
This feeling of crisis wasn’t directed at him, but at his kin’s habitat.
A resonant phoenix cry rang out in the air, and a massive blue flame took
flight in the horizon. It was because of its existence that the Saw Skate
King had come to a sudden stop.
The next instant, another spatial teleportation occurred, this time not
aimed at chasing after Long Haochen’s group, but in the direction of its
home.
These three were certainly hateful, but compared to the habitat they had
built for the past thousands of years, they were nothing significant.
That dazzling blue flame was already perceived as a major threat in the
senses of the Saw Skate King. In case it was let inside of the lake, the
consequences weren’t anything he dared imagine.
However, this move came an instant too late in the end. The instant the Saw
Skate King teleported itself in the range of the lake, a blue phoenix was
already falling inside, making way in the clear lake.
As a sharp cry came out from the mouth of the Saw Skate King, its body
flashed, entering the lake. But that instant, the water inside was boiling
intensely.
In total panic, a large amount of Saw Skates came out from the lake, which
immediately turned blue.
The splashed water evaporated at terrifying speed, and this originally not
so large lake decreased in size very rapidly, gradually revealing the
wetland originally concealed in the lake.
Shrieking in succession, the Saw Skate’s anger reached its extreme point,
but even then, he was still helpless in this situation. The Saw Skate King
was a spatial and wind elemental magical beast, not an ice elemental one!
What could it do to make the evaporating water cool down?
By cha
This lake of clear water was not only used as their habitat, but also as a
place where a large amount of water plants were produced. And the first
beneficiary of these water plants was the Saw Skate King!
The water in the lake was still boiling, so the Saw Skates became unwilling
to move inside, and the water plants inside were most likely carried away by
the boiling current.
The Saw Skate King was still in motion, letting out bursts of spatial energy
in the air, producing an immense silver net, cutting the air apart.
However, even if it was even more powerful, what could he accomplish with
air? This was no more than futile venting.
In the air, Lin Xin was carried away by Han Yu, while Haoyue was waiting for
them in the sky. Haoyue was the last trump card kept by Long Haochen, used
as their last rearguard and diversion. Long Haochen would have no difficulty
to sense his whereabouts due to their blood contract, and to reunite with
him.
Currently, Lin Xin had a very pale face, dripping in sweat, but he still
remained greatly excited.
On this afternoon, they were chased like dogs by these Saw Skates, and there
was nothing to say about their despair regarding that even. This could at
last be seen as a good revenge.
All of this went in accordance to their plans, formulated mainly by Long
Haochen, and improved with the help of everyone in the team.
The three of Long Haochen, Sima Xian, and Wang Yuanyuan were to act as main
assault force, with the help of the eleventh and twelfth holy guards. Their
goal was to kill as many Saw Skates as possible.
Baited out by the Tenth Holy Guard, the Saw Skates came out as expected, and
Long Haochen was waiting in the air for of them to return to their habitat.
At this time, their vigilance would be at the lowest, while Long Haochen’s
group was prepared with their power well preserved, having their greatest
techniques ready to be launched. With the two holy guards and Yating, the
three of them let out their greatest instantaneous burst of power, managing
to kill some of the Saw Skates in an instant whose strength was their
offense with considerable lack of quality in defence.
Yating’s Light Meteor was decisive, succeeding in cutting apart the whole
group formed by the Saw Skates, and to shake a large amount of them, giving
the other three plenty of time. And what followed was the climax.
Long Haochen had Lin Xin and Han Yu leave in advance, making a detour from
the lake, to go to the other side, where the preparations for the Blue Fire
Phoenix Spiritual Stove was prepared. Regardless of whether a Saw Skate King
was present, when Long Haochen’s signal came, Lin Xin was prepared to act,
baiting the greatest enemy force by the way. The one to transmit the signal
was the Tenth Holy Guard who had attracted the Saw Skates just before. With
the existence of the Eternal Melody, his connection with Long Haochen was
preserved without a problem. After taunting the enemies at him, he went back
to Lin Xin and Han Yu.
The fact the Saw Skate King really appeared immediately alarmed Lin Xin, who
had no hesitation to use the phoenix of blue flames at full force, thus why
he held nothing back in an all out attack with it.
Then followed the sudden appearance of the terrible phoenix of blue flames,
who aimed at the habitat of the Saw Skates. In front of the extremely
imposing Phoenix of Blue Flames, the Saw Skate King would have no choice but
to confront it, but the results turned out even better than they imagined.
The Saw Skate King did not go chase after them.
Very rapidly, everyone gathered on Haoyue’s back, and his massive wings
unfolded, bringing them through the poisonous gas as he flew afar.
Until now, everyone didn’t dare relax: the spatial teleportation ability of
the Saw Skate King was just too fearful. Should he become determined to
chase after them, confronting him wouldn’t be easy for the group.
Cai’er didn’t join the battle from beginning to end, and remained as a
hidden trump of Long Haochen’s. One reason was because Cai’er herself had
yet to familiarize with her own ability, and the other because of the power
of the Sickle of the God of Death. In case the Saw Skate King really decided
to chase, perhaps Long Haochen and Cai’er would have to go all out in
defence to give everyone the time to escape
This was all hypothetical, and thinking any further about this was futile.
As Haoyue was flying away from the lake, everyone finally eased up from the
nervousness they had inside.
Lin Xin showed Long Haochen a thumbs up gesture, before shutting his eyes,
suffering just like Sima Xian of the aftereffects from his spiritual stove.
Han Yu declared with a smile, “As expected, captain showed an incredible
foresight. With the Phoenix of Blue Flames aimed at their habitat, these Saw
Skates really didn’t dare chase us further, and chose to defend their own
home.”
Long Haochen shook his head to respond, “This operation was really perilous.
The terror of this Saw Skate King went even above my expectations.” Although
at the time the three of them were chased by the Saw Skate King, they didn’t
have to cross hands for real, Long Haochen got to clearly sense the terror
of the Saw Skate King.
The spiritual energy in the air was all turned into spatial element, and
even a god’s chosen one such as him was unable to perceive any light
essence. This signified that this Saw Skate King ought to surpass 200,000
units of spiritual energy, making it no ordinary magical beast of the tenth
rank. In case such a powerhouse were to put its attention on them, escaping
would be a very hard thing for them to do. Until they were safe, Long
Haochen’s back was still dripping in sweat.
Han Yu nodded, “This time it was truly filled with great danger. Captain,
should we get back to the Tower of Eternity to rest and reorganize?”
Long Haochen nodded, chanting with no hesitation.
A soft golden radiance gradually lit up, enveloping everyone in its scope.
Showing his dependability, Han Yu also released the ability from his own
spiritual stove, enveloping all his comrades with it.
All of a sudden, Long Haochen’s pupils contracted, and his incantation
became hurried. In the meanwhile, Haoyue let out a roar, unleashing
multicolored glints that covered everyone simultaneously. Immediately, his
five heads were raised upwards and snarled, unleashing a terrifying and
mystical penta colored radiance.
Penta colored Essence of Disorder.
A silvery light appeared in the air silently, clashing against the penta
colored Essence of Disorder that slightly delayed it. The next instant, Long
Haochen and his comrades disappeared, already teleported as only a glint of
light remained behind.
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That delayed silver glint shook Haoyue with force, using the upper part of
its horn, full of sinister intent. And on the previous location of Long
Haochen’s group, countless silver glints appeared, frantically entangling in
the air.
The silvery silhouette disappeared in the air in the next instant, before
reappearing three seconds later. Its aim was to follow Long Haochen’s group
using its spatial powers and kill them, but it unfortunately failed at its
attempt.
Right, the one chasing was precisely the Saw Skate King.
Being a magical beast of the tenth rank, its perception was even more
terrifying than what Long Haochen’s group could imagine. After the
surrounding air was filled with spatial essence, everything in it’s scope
was under his control.
Having his habitat attacked, the Saw Skate King admittedly avoided taking
risks, but after ensuring all his kin were safe, the Saw Skate King made a
thorough search. After making sure that no other threat was present, the Saw
Skate King chased after them, full of rancor. When coming at them, it even
relied on repeated spatial teleportations.
If Han Yu’s suggestion came a little later, perhaps they would have been
inflicted by the terrifying attack of the Saw Skate King. And the same would
have happened if Long Haochen’s reaction was just a bit slower. And another
important thing was that Haoyue had the quinary elemental Essence
of Disorder prepared beforehand, which burst out instantly at this time,
stalling some precious time for the group.
At the time Long Haochen brought everyone back to the Tower of Eternity, he
found out that the clothes inside his armor were completely drenched in
sweat.
The instant right before was truly perilous. He sensed death being even
closer to them in this adventure than the time they went up against Ah’Bao.
Even if Ah’Bao was even stronger, he had yet to break through the ninth
step, and those Demon Hunter Removers were the same. However, this Saw Skate
King was not only equivalent to a human powerhouse of the ninth step, it was
also an expert in offense. In case his attack really succeeded, none of them
would have made it out. In front of absolute strength, even divine tools
would be helpless.
The expressions on their faces were particularly unsightly, especially for
Long Haochen whose fatal mistake could have been the reason for the death of
their entire team.
Everyone went silent, and everyone seemed drenched in sweat. No one would be
fearless in front of death, especially when put in such a close distance
from it.
Long Haochen clenched his teeth tightly, remaining silent for a long time.
Appearing dispirited, Haoyue was crawling on the floor. It was fortunate
that at the time he launched Essence of Disorder, Han Yu had released the
formidable power of the Spiritual Stove of Blessing of Light, ensuring him a
rapid recovery. Otherwise, his overdraft from the frenetic release of such a
powerful spell would have become even greater.
Essence of Disaster was originally an innate magic of Haoyue, with
undoubtable power, but its weak point remained that no matter how strong
Haoyue would be, unleashing this spell would still nearly exhaust all his
spiritual energy.
Still, that previous blow revealed the real strength Haoyue attained after
evolving. When attacked by the penta elemental Essence of Disaster, even a
powerhouse of the ninth step was delayed for over five seconds. A spatial
attribute user such a the Saw Skate King was unable to struggle free from
the effects of the spell, only keeping itself unharmed at most.
“Sorry everyone. I need to review my decision, my planning was not thorough
enough, putting our group in great danger. As captain, the responsibility
falls on me.”
“Boss, don’t be lik
Han Yu also nodded , “That’s right! All of this went beyond our
expectations. It is all our responsibility, don’t just blame yourself.”
Letting out a bitter smile, Long Haochen shook his head, “No! As the
captain, I still brought you there despite realizing that we might possibly
encounter a powerful Saw Skate King. This was already a mistake. Had someone
have been lost today, I would forever be unable to forgive myself. I am the
one at wrong. As punishment for it, I will renounce all of the profit and
the Forest Boa Pills that we will have obtained from the trip here. ”
“Captain, the one at wrong should be me. It was all because of my
selfishness, so I…” Although being staunch, Wang Yuanyuan couldn’t help but
leak out red traces on her eye socket. The one who benefitted from the
killing of Saw Skates the most was her, and it was precisely because she was
lacking in spatial attribute equipment that Long Haochen undertook this
venture.
Revealing a slight smile, Long Haochen raised his hand to stop Wang Yuanyuan
from saying more, “Alright, we can at last be considered safe. I will now
definitely be even more careful when planning our next course of action.”
“Everyone should go have a good rest. After these two teleportations, we
will need to stay here for a long time before coming out. This should
avoid encountering the Saw Skate King waiting in ambush for us to come out.”
In particular Lin Xin and Sima Xian who suffered aftereffects from their
spiritual stoves or Haoyue who needed time to recover after unleashing
Essence of Disaster and even Long Haochen needed time to rest. In fact, when
using Storm of Blades, he had also been using Storing Power in combination
and although it didn’t use his sword intent, the consumption of his
spiritual energy was massive. Han Yu’s Spiritual Stove of Light Blessing was
stopped before ending due to the teleportation, so everyone was clearly
somewhat beat.
Although they had failed to find traces of the Devil Snake Clan, their gains
were still abundant, be it from the Forest Boas or the Saw Skates, they were
all rare treasures. Long Haochen was certain that since the Devil Snake God
Andromalius was willing to spend so much time in these Swamps of Gloom, it
must be that something attracted him here. He couldn’t possibly be unaware
of the existence of the habitat of the Saw Skates here, or about these
creatures that targeted Long Haochen’s group. Although this enterprise was
dangerous, the result was undoubtedly fabulous. Having gathered eleven Saw
Skates in total, making one piece of Legendary Equipment per person should
be possible relying on it.
Thus, Long Haochen was currently not the least bit worried. Their reward was
already plentiful, and the gains they could make by killing Devil Snakes
would be even greater. In case the enemy was undefeatable, ending their trip
of slaughter here, it was already pretty okay.
From their departure from the Temple Alliance this time, the greatest loss
was regarding Cai’er’s memories, otherwise their objectives as a whole were
already reached, as Cai’er’s awakening as a god chosen one was already
complete.
The Tower of Eternity rapidly quietened, and everyone started cultivating.
Long Haochen learned a lesson from his encounter with the Saw Skate King. He
had to be even more prudent from then onwards. This time of rest
and reorganization took no less than three days. Only when Sima Xian and Lin
Xin recovered from the backlash of their respective spiritual stoves, did
they finally return to the Swamps of Gloom.
Long Haochen took the initiative to transport himself back to the swamps. He
could be regarded as the cornerstone of the teleportation of their group.
His location would be the one where his comrades would be teleported.
When returning in the Swamps of Gloom, Long Haochen tried to conceal his own
aura as much as possible while blocking the poison, keeping distance from
the habitat of the Saw Skates to the furthest possible extent.
With Haoyue remaining in the Tower of Eternity, Long Haochen was able to
trigger his blood contract to summon himself at his side at anytime, which
was a lot faster than a teleportation through the Eternal Melody. Even if
the Saw Skate King were to reappear, he would have the time to escape.
The Saw Skate King didn’t turn out to be patient enough to lay at wait in
this place, so Long Haochen smoothly flew away.
The poisonous gas in the air was warded off with his armor of spiritual
energy, letting out Puff sounds repeatedly. Nonetheless, the current Long
Haochen having three spiritual cavities, although the light essence in the
swamps was not plentiful, his recovery still counteracted the consumption
from resisting the poisonous fog.
Moving as one person was bound to be always a lot easier than in group, and
with the lesson from the Saw Skate King, Long Haochen managed to smoothly
leave rapidly by himself. After no less than half an hour of flight, when
reaching a far distance from the Saw Skates’ territory, he summoned his
comrades back here.
At the time Haoyue’s massive stature appeared in the Swamps of Gloom, Long
Haochen’s line of sight finally cleared up. Little Purple’s long whale- like
absorption cleared up most of the poisonous fog as he sucked it in. All this
poison thus rapidly dispersed from their sight.
“Recover your spiritual energy everyone.” Invoking the Rippling Light, Long
Haochen guarded the place. The Tower of Eternity was after all a place where
the majority of the group was unable to recover spiritual energy, and even
if this place was lacking, various elements were still present.
Sitting on Haoyue’s back, everyone tried to recover their spiritual energy.
Little Light and Little Flame respectively released abilities close to
Spiritual Gathering Halo. Aside from Wang Yuanyuan, the whole group
recovered at considerable speed. As for Chen Ying’er, she didn’t participate
from beginning to end, and naturally didn’t have any need to recover.
“Ah!” With a cry of alarm, Chen Ying’er attracted Long Haochen’s attention.
“What’s the problem, Ying’er?”
Chen Ying’er was holding the treasure pig on her hands, “Boss, see.” This
girl was very proud to the core, and still calling Long Haochen by his name
or the appellation of captain at the time they just became Demon Hunters.
But as the team kept maturing, when seeing everything Long Haochen did for
the sake of the team, she started to sincerely call him as ‘Captain’, even
though Long Haochen was actually a bit younger than her.
Long Haochen then discovered that in her hands, the Mirror Image Treasure
Pig was letting out a discreet brilliance of gold color, only discernible
very faintly.
“This is…” Long Haochen looked at Chen Ying’er with some hesitation. Chen
Ying’er’s left hand was in contact with the bottom of her forehead,
and a little twisted ripple appeared on the pig. Immediately, McDull’s eyes
lit up, letting out a similar kind of radiance.
“He told me that he found some good thing. Right there.” There, Chen Ying’er
pointed her hand to a certain direction.
Only then did Long Haochen remember that this Mirror Image Treasure Pig also
had a treasure hunting ability. Nonetheless, he couldn’t help but feel
somewhat unconvinced, after all, in their previous trip to the Illusory
Paradise, he didn’t see any display of this capability from the little guy.
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“Is his information reliable? Why is it that he didn’t help us the last
time, when we were looking for spiritual stoves in the Illusory Paradise.”
After asking McDull, Chen Ying’er replied, “McDull said that the divine
power of the goddess of nature acted as a shield in the Illusory Paradise,
blocking his ability to detect treasures there. But he is certain that
there’s really some good treasure in this direction. He doesn’t know about
the specificities, but it’s certainly at least one treasure of light
attribute.”
Long Haochen asked, “Can McDull perceive the degree of danger around the
location of this treasure?”
Chen Ying’er shook her head, “He’s incapable of telling that. This ability
only gives a rough location of that treasure. We are now about ten
kilometers away from that treasure. The closer we are to the treasure, the
more accurate his ability to locate will get.”
Long Haochen narrowed his eyes, muttering in reaction, “If there’s really
some treasure here, perhaps that’s the target of the Devil Snake Demon God.
After everyone recovers in spiritual energy, I will take a look.”
This ‘I’ wasn’t really designating the group, but Long Haochen who made the
resolve to go alone, after all the least they would be, the safer it would
become.
Chen Ying’er volunteered herself to accompany, “Boss, then I will be
bringing McDull along and follow.”
Long Haochen nodded in acceptance.
Taking Chen Ying’er along was necessary. More accurately speaking, it was
about bringing the Mirror Image Treasure Pig McDull. If his senses were to
become more accurate, having him show the way would naturally result in less
detours, but only Chen Ying’er was able to communicate with him. Long
Haochen was unwilling to let him lead the way, as they experienced enough to
confirm that the reputation as land of death for the Swamps of Gloom was not
just a rumor. If their luck turned bad, perhaps they would all die here. It
was no wonder that the Devil Snake God Andromalius, ruling over the Devil
Snake Province, has remained here for so long without having found his
designated target.
Only when his comrades recovered the entirety of their spiritual energy did
Long Haochen bring them back to the Tower of Eternity, for the sake of
making their preparations. This way he also confirmed his limit in number of
possible teleportations.
After going through continuous improvements, the current Long Haochen had
the ability to complete two collective teleportations within a short while.
One would be instantaneous, while the second would need him to take the time
to incant. Since they were very possibly on the verge of encountering the
Devil Snake God, he obviously wouldn’t dare be careless, and prefered
waiting a few more hours, to avoid the risk of putting his comrades in great
danger.
Cai’er was standing calmly on the side, looking at Long Haochen and the
others discussing plans and countermeasures. Unbehest to her, she started
pouting, as it was clear that Long Haochen wasn’t including her in the
plans. This made Cai’er feel very dissatisfied.
“I also want to be included in your plans.” Cai’er extended her head at the
side of Long Haochen’s face.
As her soft hair was in contact with Long Haochen’s face, making him feel
her familiar fragrance, Long Haochen turned around startled, looking at her
in the eyes, and felt some difference in her.
“Are you able to control your fighting abilities?” Long Haochen asked in a
rush, full of self control. Deep inside, he had the urge to go give a sudden
kiss on her cheeks.
Cai’er nodded, “No problem
Feeling helpless, Long Haochen gave her the response, “But how could I let
you face a situation of danger? The enemy we are going to face next will
very possibly be the most difficult one to handle in the whole Swamps of
Gloom.”
In dissatisfaction, Cai’er replied, “I don’t care! I want to go anyway!
Didn’t you tell me that I am supposed to be the vice-captain of our Demon
Hunt Squad? How can I be left here by myself when everyone is going to
battle? And perhaps some of my memories will come back through battles. At
least I can remember about fighting.”
Seeing Cai’er’s urging look, Long Haochen replied, somewhat helpless, “Okay.
But you will have to listen to my plan, and cannot act blindly without
thinking.”
“Okay.” This time, Cai’er seemed delighted as she replied.
Ever since losing her memories, she had been following Long Haochen for a
good time. Her original state of panic, helplessness and loss was gradually
calmed, as she found out that following these people was actually not bad.
They cared for her very much, and all held Long Haochen in great esteem.
Cai’er heard Long Haochen say that in the whole team, they were the youngest
two. In those circumstances, how was it that Long Haochen gained such
respect from his comrades?
Cai’er had always been feeling puzzled over this matter, but gradually found
out the answer during their travails in the Swamps of Gloom.
Their trust came from his strength and attitude. As the captain of this
Demon Hunt Squad, Long Haochen always took the lead to face the
strongest enemy, and would not spare any cost to come help when the others
would need his protection. And then, there was also his outstanding
commanding and planning ability. All his plans without fail would get the
approval of the team. And even so, he would still take account of his
comrades’ suggestion to improve them.
It could be said that Cai’er was gradually attracted to Long Haochen’s
outstanding parts, and gained trust towards him along with a kind of
impalpable feeling. She felt hurried to recover
her memories, thinking, That’s pretty good that he’s my
boyfriend, but how is it that there came to be feelings between the two of
us?
Lately, while the others were cultivating, Cai’er experienced quite a lot of
pain by herself, because all her attempts to regain her memories turned out
unsuccessful. Every time she tried to access her memories, it gave her a
severe headache. At most, she would get to see some fragments of image in
her senses, as if her lost memories were sealed in another world from her
physical body, and that what she needed was a bridge to connect these two
worlds.
From an original delay of six hours, now only three hours of wait were
required before the teleportation ability cools down. After a thorough
discussion about their plans, Long Haochen had everyone go into meditative
state. Although Wang Yuanyuan and Chen Ying’er didn’t need to recover
spiritual energy, this would at least raise everyone’s mental condition to
the peak.
A dim light shone upon the Swamps of Gloom once again, as Long Haochen
unfolded the four wings at his back, while placing his right fist on his
chest. With another glint of golden light, Chen Ying’er appeared at his
side, holding the little pig McDull in her arms.
Chen Ying’er laughed happily, looking around as she caressed the back of the
little pig McDull, having him sense the direction of the treasure.
Long Haochen once again pointed his right hand forward, then a green figure
appeared behind Chen Ying’er’s back, that was the Tenth Holy
Guard. The only mission Long Haochen bestowed him was, to protect Chen
Ying’er well.
“Go.” Seeing Chen Ying’er point a direction, Long Haochen spread out a Holy
Mantle, covering the three of them inside, while letting out his perception
to sense the possibility of danger in their surroundings.
For more safety, Long Haochen’s group stuck close to the ground while
flying. In the crucial moment, the Tenth Holy Guard would at anytime be able
to carry Chen Ying’er away from danger, and in terms of reaction, that was
someone Long Haochen was far from being able to compare with.
Waving on his right hand the Rippling Light with the severely damaged
Glorious Holy Shield in his left hand, Long Haochen was standing in the
front. Because there was no need to walk in the swamps, his task of opening
up the path was a lot more relaxed, as only the larger vines were blocking
their path.
After advancing for about one kilometer, Long Haochen suddenly halted his
advance, performing a silent gesture in the hand.
Chen Ying’er and the Tenth Holy Guard behind him came to a stop, and Long
Haochen’s two eyes were lit with bright light. Turning his head, he gave a
look to the Tenth Holy Guard.
The Tenth Holy Guard’s eyes were flickering in light, which was a sign of
the connection of his soul with the Eternal Melody. Long Haochen exchanged
perception with the holy guards by this means. Although seeing afar was
impossible in this poisonous fog, Long Haochen’s perception was ample to
make over with it. At least in a limited range, it was quite accurate.
The Tenth Holy Guard nodded to him, before turning into a cold breeze,
heading towards the poisonous fog. A green spiritual energy autonomously
surrounded his body, protecting him and making him appearing like a green
lightning bolt..
The bright light in Long Haochen’s eyes turned even more intense; right now
he had no need to use up any spiritual energy, but his consumption of mental
force was quite considerable.
A short time later, a green glint charged towards them, arriving before Long
Haochen and Chen Ying’er. That was the Tenth Holy Guard, coming back with a
corpse, belonging to an approximately three meters tall Devil Snake, whose
long tail occupied two third of its size.
Its throat was sliced, revealing its bone. This wound was visibly fatal.
Having sensed its presence beforehand, Long Haochen commanded the Tenth Holy
Guard to dispose of it. Given his ability, accomplishing that without any
trace was no difficult feat to him, and would be even more effective than
Long Haochen trying to kill him.
“It seems that my judgement wasn’t mistaken. McDull’s perception is indeed
quite accurate. In these Swamps of Gloom should exist some kind of treasure,
which should be the target of the Devil Snake Demon God Andromalius. And we
are getting closer to that target.” Saying that, Long Haochen showed the
Tenth Holy Guard a thumbs up.
Chen Ying’er asked, “Then what should be done?”
Letting out a smile, Long Haochen replied, “We should of course go for the
safe way, by exterminating his underlings on the way while advancing. Tenth
Holy Guard, we will be bothering you.”
The flame in the eyes of the Tenth Holy Guard pulsed up more violently, as
if letting out some pride.
Long Haochen found a rather bulky vine, nodded to Chen Ying’er after
confirming safety, and then summoned the Twelfth Holy Guard to stand in
guard. He was sitting cross-legged near the vines, as the golden glint in
his eye turn into a deeper color, giving a nod to the Tenth Holy Guard.
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Long Haochen was currently not only acting as the eyes of the Tenth Holy
Guards, but also his commander. In the mind of the Tenth Holy Guard
something resembling a map appeared, indicating the location of all the
surrounding enemies detected by Long Haochen. The enemies were very
concentrated, but in this thick fog, the environment was more than suited to
the powerful wind user like the Tenth Holy Guard. Moreover, these Devil
Snakes were in the midst of a large battle.
An intense darkness elemental magic power was surging in the air,
originating from a massive pillar that seemed to connect the heaven and the
earth.
The massive pillar was thoroughly black, taking root on the yellow greenish
water in the swamps. On it, a snake bodied person seemed to stand. This
monster occasionally let out a red glint from his eyes
The area several thousand meters radius with this gigantic pillar as core
was entirely purified , and in this scope, a large battle was in the midst
of occurring.
One robust Devil Snake after another twisted their bodies, overwhelmingly
armed with spears, while holding a staff in the other hand, frantically
launching devastating attacks against their enemy..
These Devil Snakes used their large tail to move unhindered in these
extremely unsteady swamps.
The Devil Snakes were high in number, and their height crossed three meters.
This could be said to be the elite of the Devil Snake Clan, with each and
every Devil Snake at least at the fifth step.
Their enemy wasn’t willing to give up. The enemy was a dozens gigantic
Forest Boas, as well as numerous creatures living in the Swamps of Gloom.
The battle was very fierce. As magical beasts of the eighth rank, the Forest
Boas should logically have an overwhelming superiority, but the truth of the
situation wasn’t like that. The Devil Snakes were over a thousand in number,
vastly outstripping the Forest Boas, and were very well organised, combining
offense and defense as one, and their knowledge regarding their opponent was
considerable. In case a Forest Boa would fall to the ground, the Devil
Snakes would automatically scatter, giving the Forest Boas no chance to
swallow them.
That gigantic pillar standing on the swamps was also of massive use. A
circle of dark light spread out from him, enveloping these Devil Snakes
inside. The powerful elite of the Devil Snakes are equivalent to magical
beasts of the sixth rank, and with the presence of a formidable support
force, their fighting strength and recovery were all tremendously boosted.
With the addition to their numerical superiority, the Devil Snake Kings
attacked group of the creatures from the Swamps of Gloom, led by the Forest
Boas, and suppressed them to a certain extent.
The battle visibly went on for a long time already, but the ground wasn’t
filled with corpses from Devil Snakes. This was because as soon as one died
in combat, it would be naturally unable to keep moving in the swamps, and
undoubtedly get engulfed due to the natural forces,
On the side of the Forest Boas lied two corpses, hanging onto the vines,
retrieved by their own.
However, although the battle was cruel, one could clearly see that the two
sides were still in a state of restraint, simply because they both had their
greatest powerhouses that had yet to intervene.
On the side of the Devil Snakes, above the gigantic pillar stood a five
meter long Devil Snake, proud and unyielding. His thick and hard tail
supported his tall build, his upper body looked extremely robust, and on it
were a lot of dark blue and red colored symbols. His eyes, one was blue, one
was red and had a head bald, with only some dark blue bits of hair forming a
little pigtail. On each of his hands was a spear, and his eyes kept
flickering, looking into the distance at the Forest Boas.
Beside this sturdy build Devil Snake stood four gracious female Devil
Snakes. Their height didn’t exceed two meters, and their body twisted around
their tail, and faces were pale white colored. Their most terrifying aspect
remained their hair, which actually had the appearance of little snakes.
These four female Devil Snakes had their eyes closed, and their eyelids
colored in white.
Without a doubt, that very tall Devil Snake was their chief, the last ranked
of the seventy-two demon gods, Andromalius.
And naturally, the four female Devil Snakes at his side were the four
Medusas under his command.
Although the battle was quite intense, until now, they still had yet to
intervene.
Right in front of them, in the rear of those immense Forest Boas lay an
entirely jade skinned Forest Boas, with three golden lines on the back,
calmly waiting. His body exposed in the swamps exceeded ten meters in
height, standing proudly. Nonetheless, when he would occasionally look at
the demon god pillar on the back of Andromalius, his eyes would let out some
sparks.
A Forest Boa King! That’s one of the genuine rulers of the Swamps of Gloom,
a magical beast of the tenth rank, a Forest Boa King.
Although the Saw Skate King is also one of the ruler of these Swamps of
Gloom, his territory is far inferior to the Forest Boa King. The Saw Skate
King wouldn’t easily leave from his territory, thus his scope of control
isn’t large. As long as the Forest Boa King doesn’t go invade his territory,
these
two will naturally live in harmony. But the Forest Boa King isn’t the same,
as the one ruling the vast majority of the territory in these swamps. As
long as some place would be formed with swamps, that would almost be his
shadow. Unless encountering Saw Skates or other natural enemies, their race
was unstoppable in these swamps.
The ominous glint in the eyes of Andromalius was already reaching its peak.
To handle these Forest Boas, he had paid a massive cost.
The first to find out about the presence of a treasure here was him.
Andromalius knew since long ago about the presence of the Forest Boas in
these Swamps. Being fellow reptilian race, he was naturally well informed
regarding the other party. Thus,he had come to poach from them once before,
but found out by some accident, that the Forest Boa race seemed to be
guarding something in there. Therefore, interest rose in Andromalius who
somehow wanted to have a look inside. And this was how he crossed swords
with the Forest Boa King for the first time.
Ordinary Forest Boas were naturally no match for Andromalius, but being a
magical beast of the tenth rank, the Forest Boa King had the strength of a
powerhouse of the ninth step, plus this was his home ground. In the battle
waged here, Andromalius suffered huge losses, and nearly lost his life. If
not for some particular methods reserved for demon gods that he made use of,
he wouldn’t have been able to escape.
This matter was not only of a great disgrace for Andromalius, but rose even
further curiosity regarding the treasure guarded by the Forest Boas. There
was definitely some good things inside, which rose Andromalius’
determination.
Among the seventy-two demon gods, he was only the last ranked of all, and
his strength didn’t advance further after reaching the peak of the eighth
step. No one would be willing to remain last, so Andromalius was naturally
unwilling to give up on such a good opportunity. If there was an opportunity
to find some treasure enabling him to perhaps raise his cultivation to the
ninth step, his rank among the demon gods would be sure to leap up. Don’t
forget that Andromalius has at least his own clan. This
made his status still higher than some of the other demon gods ranked among
the latter part of the sixties.
Therefore, after returning back and healing his wounds, Andromalius brought
some elite among his subordinates to return to the Swamps of Gloom.
However, this time he was rather lacking in luck, and passed through the
lake where the Saw Skates were living, resulting obviously in the personal
intervention of the Saw Skate King, inflicting once again heavy wounds to
Andromalius. The elites he brought were also turned without surprise into
nutrient for the lake.
The heavy damage from this setback took no less than three months for
Andromalius to heal. The terror of the Saw Skate King was even superior to
the Forest Boa King in his eyes, and if not for some extraordinary defensive
abilities rewarded by the demon god pillar, he would have already died
twice.
Andromalius was still in the end a demon god. After suffering two
consecutive setbacks, pondering about the painful experience brought him to
plan cautiously his next move. Afterwards, he chose to enter in the Swamps
of Gloom dozens times, though not deep inside, to carefully examine the
situation in these swamps. He went through several dangerous situations, but
as a result got a good understanding of this Land of Death. And after
getting a certain grasp, Andromalius once again gathered his elites, this
time consisting even of Medusa and his own demon god pillar, aiming for a
sure success.
Without their demon god pillar beside, demon gods weren’t different from
other powerhouses of same rank. However, they would be absolutely not the
same with a demon god pillar. Demon god pillars not only provided a great
boost to the demon god himself, but also greatly reinforced his own
clansmen. And to the demon god himself, a demon god pillar is close to a
trump card. With it on his back, a demon god can bring out 150% of his
original strength in battle.
Although Andromalius’ demon god pillar was the last ranked among all
seventy-two, it still remained a piece of Epic Tier equipment. This was also
what made the visibly stronger Forest Boa King refrain from participating,
with the mindset to prevent superfluous harm. This was how massive the sense
of oppression that the demon god pillar gave him was.
The Devil Snake Demon God wasn’t the least bit hurried to act. For the sake
of eliminating the wings of the Forest Boa King, he endured patiently for so
long, waiting for a good opportunity. As for the Saw Skate King, he didn’t
dare provoke him at the moment. The underlings of the Saw Skate King were
just far too many, and their offensive power just too fierce.
The Forest Boas weren’t few in number either, but didn’t attack in a group,
they were scattered all over the swamps. Even the Forest Boa King wouldn’t
be able to instantly gather too many of his clansmen for a battle.
When the confrontation between both sides was reaching its climax, a green
figure appeared soundlessly on the edge of the battlefield.
Andromalius was extremely prudent, this time bringing his army to penetrate
deep into the Swamps of Gloom, with the resolve to accomplish the whole task
in one stroke. Would he dare become careless? It could be said that the
elite of the Devil Snakes gathered here exceeded the half of the whole of
their whole race. Thus, he assigned several dozen Devil Snakes in the
outskirts for scouting. In case some powerful magical beast from the swamps
were to approach them, there would be time for them to be warned this way.
However, right at this moment, these Devil Snakes responsible for scouting
were being quietly assassinated one after another.
Being on the periphery, they had originally no way to receive support from
the demon god pillar, moreover when their enemy was that strong, they were
easily cut apart.
A Devil Snake standing on top of a tree was vigilantly observing the
surroundings, unceasingly sweeping his eyes all around. The dim black
spiritual energy on his body was expelling the poison from the swamps, but
in fact, he was only able to see in a small area, and mostly had to rely on
his perception to examine the surroundings. Reptiles have a keen sense of
smell, and this is the strongest aspect in their perception.
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All of a sudden, he sensed the air above his head cool down. The Devil Snake
then hastened to concentrate more on his sense of smell, but didn’t find
smell of any living creature. In his time of stupor, that ice-cold feeling
already struck through its bone.
A light pierced through him, while another glint of green light penetrated
his throat. Not letting out the slightest sound, this Devil Snake was
already slowly falling onto a vine the next instant.
The green figure shortly paused, before throwing itself into the thick fog,
which became its best cover. Even if there was another Devil Snake only a
few dozens meters away, his line of sight would be obstructed, preventing
him from finding out about the circumstances here.
After no less than ten minutes passed, the Devil Snakes in charge for
scouting were thoroughly eradicated. When that green figure reappeared by
Long Haochen’s side, the green light emitted from him just looked somewhat
dimmer.
Slowly shutting his eyes, Long Haochen let out a sigh of relief after having
gotten exhausted due to the high expenditure of his mental energy.
In his mind, the demon god pillar of the Devil Snake Demon God Andromalius
was an immense energy entity. As he calmed himself down, his awareness
remained very clear. The reason why he didn’t have the Tenth Holy Guard
attack the battling Devil Snakes was to avoid inadvertently warning the
other side.
Having them remain unaware of their existence was undoubtedly the best
choice. A moment later, Long Haochen opened his eyes once again, not
pondering over the matter of treasure anymore, but on how they could achieve
their ultimate objective.
“Ying’er, I am sending you back. Tell everyone about the situation here, and
have them prepare for a fight. Since I am rather good at concealing my aura,
I will investigate, and when the best opportunity appears, we will then
act.”
The Snake Demon God Andromalius was leading the Snake Demon army to wage war
against the magical beasts living in the swamps, and to the 64th commander
grade Demon Hunt Squad, this was an incredibly good opportunity! Although
Long Haochen was cautious, if he were to let go of such a good opportunity,
he wouldn’t be qualified to be a Demon Hunt Squad captain.
The two holy guards vanished in the Eternal Melody by Long Haochen’s orders,
to recuperate. Chen Ying’er and McDull were sent back to the Tower of
Eternity, and then, Long Haochen wasn’t in a great hurry, taking time in
recovering, to recuperate from his consumption of mental power, before
getting to the act. Erasing the fluctuations of spiritual energy coming out
from him, he advanced towards the edge of the battlefield.
Right now, he looked just like a tiger in ambush: reserved in appearance,
but ready to break out with explosive force at anytime.
His hatred towards the demons was shown in his cold expression. On the verge
of facing one of the seventy-two demon gods, his mind was now filled with
images of the scene of Cai’er and himself surrounded by the Demon Hunter
Removers.
Unconsciously pursing up his lips, a hard to describe emotion filled him,
spreading inside him. Even if the Aria of the Goddess of Light was not in
his grasp, his body still let out a dense sword intent. Even Long Haochen
himself was not in complete control of this sword intent.
Fortunately, although intense, this sword intent was only pulsing around his
body, and didn’t scatter too far.
Shutting his eyes, Long Haochen refrained himself, for fear that the instant
he would see the Devil Snake Demon God, he wouldn’t be able to contain his
fighting spirit and killing intent would radiate from him.
Even he hadn’t thought that encountering demon powerhouses agai
In truth, this state was actually due to the fact he had been suppressing
his feelings for so long. After Cai’er’s loss of memories, Long Haochen
became filled with an anxiety that one might well imagine. The one who best
understood his pain was only himself. To take good care of Cai’er, he could
only conceal this pain in his heart, keeping his tears inside him. Forcing a
smile on his face to comfort Cai’er, he kept trying to help her recover her
memories.
As days passed, Cai’er’s state stabilized, but the pain filling Long Haochen
was only growing deeper day by day. That was because he hoped to reunite
with the Cai’er he shared deep love with. If he had been more resolute at
that time, forcefully stopping Tian Qing from starting this battle, perhaps
nothing of that would have happened. But how could others know about the
self-blaming filling his heart at that time?
At this moment, although the one he was about to face was not the one
responsible for Cai’er’s loss of memories, it was still another powerful
demon foe. The feelings suppressed in his heart immediately caused him to
enter a berserk state. As the days had gone by, his comprehension regarding
sword intent had gradually deepened, his emotions and his sword intent
merging into one, giving rise to this state.
Without a doubt, Long Haochen in this state was undoubtedly fearful, or
rather terrifying. But similarly, if he were to not get a valid target to
vent out in this state, the blow inflicted to his mind would be enormous.
This was unrelated to strength, stemming directly from his psyche.
Quietly approaching the battlefield, Long Haochen concealed himself in the
poisonous fog. His self control was in the end extremely strong, and
after the short time of recovery he had, he managed to barely control his
own surges of emotions.
Slowly opening his eyes, he peeked the inside of the battlefield from its
border. The first thing that caught his eye was that massive demon god
pillar. Right, that was definitely a demon god pillar.
In the past, Long Haochen had already faced the god pillar belonging to the
supreme ruler of the seventy two demons. In particular, the Demon God
Emperor’s gave him a really massive shock, so he recognized that thing at
the first look.
However, his eyes never looked at Andromalius, for fear that his presence
would be noticed because of that.
Silently calming himself down, Long Haochen quietly observed the changes on
the battlefield.
Right now, the offense of the Devil Snakes was growing fiercer and fiercer,
and the Forest Boas were losing the edge little by little. The massive
Forest Boas were certainly extremely tough in defense, possessing
astonishing strength, but just like even a hero is no match against too many
enemies, a tiger is no match for a flock of wolves. The Forest Boas that
didn’t reach twenty in quantity, were beaten with large masses of devil
snakes; bruised, rapidly holing themselves inside the swamps, and only
showing the half of their bodies to the Devil Snake Demons.
The Devil Snakes didn’t seem affected by the swamp ground in the slightest,
advancing and retreating in sequence. Going on the offense in successive
surges, their darkness spiritual energy was urged to the greatest extent.
Frequently, three to five Devil Snakes would launch a joint attack, with the
effect of leaving large scar on the Fprest Boa.
The Forest Boa King started to let out a low growl, similarly urging his own
clansmen. Meanwhile, its massive body started to twist, visibly about to
suddenly attack at anytime.
It looked that the situation of the Forest Boas wasn’t very great. If this
went on, the Forest Boa King was perhaps going to intervene. But obviously,
the Devil Snake Demon God glaring at him like a tiger wasn’t going to let
him do as he pleases, so an intervention would lead to a direct
confrontation between these two. Though, with the awe of the demon god
pillar, this battle seemed to hold no suspense if things kept going on this
way.
Long Haochen couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief. Indeed, arriving
early was no way as good as arriving at the perfect time. And to him, this
timing was just more than favorable.
Nonetheless, the question remained how they could help the Forest Boas, the
best result remaining to be a mutual destruction.
And also, the Devil Snake Demon God couldn’t be allowed to run away.
Long Haochen didn’t act with over haste. Right at this time, watching calmly
was the best choice. Moreover, his plans were still not completely decided.
Meanwhile, while surveying the position of the Forest Boa King, he faintly
discerned a dark cave that seemed to be behind the Forest Boa King. This
cave was quite unusual, surrounded by thick vines. It was as if the whole
cave was protected behind the vines spreading from the ground. It was when
the Forest Boa King moved that Long Haochen managed to discern a bit of it.
“Houu.” With a mournful snarl, the Forest Boa King exploded. This king of
the Swamps of Gloom visibly seemed unable to bear this situation. With the
enemy attacking his own lair, and slaughtering his people, his anger was
understandable. Even if the fear from the demon god pillar restraining him
was even higher, seeing the counterpart threat his own existence, he had no
choice but to fight.
This snarl of the Forest Boa King had an instantaneous effects. The Forest
Boas all came to a standstill, and immediately, some dark green ball of
light Long Haochen was familiar with bombarded directly the group of Devil
Snakes.
This movement of the Forest Boas was efficiently coordinated and executed,
to the extent that even Andromalius wasn’t able to make it at time to
instruct his subordinate against it.
With an intense explosion, over fifty Devil Snake standing in the front were
instantly caught in the explosion, changing into fragments in the air, and
soiling the swamps with their blood. The next instant the ten Forest Boas
spat out their internal pills, they suddenly leapt, rushing in the midst of
the enemy ranks. With their unyielding power, they forcefully compelled the
Devil Snakes back, then swallowed back their respective internal pills,
before disappearing into the swamps.
Having suddenly being subject to such a violent attack, the Devil Snake
Demon God Andromalius felt unable to hold back any longer. These were the
elite among his subordinates; the lives of each ones of them mattered. These
Devil Snakes of the fifth and the sixth step were not that easy to foster,
so how could he stay and be indifferent in front of this scene?
A sharp cry came out from Andromalius’ mouth, and the same motion was
performed by the four Medusas standing at his side, that all opened their
eyes.
The four snake-women opened their eyes, causing the distant Long Haochen to
shut his eyes unconsciously. After he felt the threat disappear, and opened
his eyes once again, he immediately took a long breath.
From the attack that was just launched, among the Forest Boas on the surface
of the swamps, three didn’t make it back to the swamps in time. Their
upper-bodies were standing still, and even the swamp surrounding them
stopped moving.
Petrification. This is an innate ability of Medusas, and one of the most
terrifying ones used by Devil Snakes. Even the Devil Snake Demon God
Andromalius doesn’t have control over it, as this is a speciality of
Medusas.
The Devil Snakes naturally wouldn’t let go of such good opportunity, and in
a flash, the three petrified Forest Boas were reduced into fragments under
their attacks, losing life a moment later.
The Forest Boa King was also subject to attacks. Of the three Medusas, two
had aimed for the Forest Boas, while the tallest one went after the Forest
Boa King, with the simple goal of preventing him from interfering.
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The Forest Boa King was shaken by the sudden vicious attack. In front of
him, petrified snake skin was lying on the ground, quietly sinking into the
swamps. Even a powerhouse such as the Forest Boa King visibly, was only able
to resort to a desperate escape plan against the Petrification ability of a
Medusa.
Long Haochen was secretly shocked, understanding that if he were to ever go
against Andromalius, his most important targets were going to be those
Medusas. Yue Ye’s warning was indeed right! These Medusas surpassed even
Andromalius in threat level.
It wasn’t that these Medusas were so powerful in themselves. Their ability
of Petrification wouldn’t possibly petrify a god’s chosen one such as Long
Haochen entirely. But even only being weakened and slowed down by that
Petrification would be a fatal blow.
The eyes of the Medusas had to be avoided, otherwise, one’s body would be
entirely petrified. And furthermore the eyes of a Medusa can shot a sort of
petrifying laser beam, also petrifying a target upon hitting it. Of course,
using this ability also comes with a large consumption of spiritual energy
from the Medusa. At least, launching it successively isn’t possible, and
also, in normal times they can be considered blind, unable to open their
eyes whenever they wish.
Andromalius let out a low roar, pointing his fingers at the Boa Forest King.
Then, his subordinates slowly dispersed around, standing in guard against
the Forest Boas in the swamps.
It was clear that in the battle of his brothers, the Devil Snakes finally
emerged victorious. After launching their last full power attack, those
ordinary Forest Boas were already not a big threat, they could only wait
inside of the swamps for an opportunity. And what awaited was obviously the
fight between their two kings, between the opposing Devil Snake King
Andromalius and Forest Boa King.
Andromalius could of course use his own clansmen to weaken the Forest Boa
King, but the subordinates he already lost were not few, and besides, he
wanted to use his own strength to take revenge against the Forest Boa King.
With the existence of his ultimate killing weapon the demon god pillar, he
had absolute confidence. In fact at every use of the demon god pillar, his
own vital energy served as fuel. This time, his target was not only the
treasure here, but also the internal pill and body of the Forest Boa King.
These were all great treasures, and were he to consume them, Andromalius had
at least seventy percent odds to break through the ninth step.
In the midst of a roar, the Forest Boa King fixed his eyes on Andromalius,
his fury visible in his eyes.
In some sense, they were all of the snake race, yet right now they were akin
to mortal enemies. The figure of Andromalius was already massive, but it
still paled in comparison with the Forest Boa King.
As the two great powerhouses were on the verge of fighting to death, Long
Haochen put even more care in concealing his presence. To him, the battle
that was about to take place was extremely valuable material. He had always
wanted to know the extent of the power a demon god could use when he used
his demon god pillar to it’s fullest extent. And the answer for this
question was about to come in this stage. The Devil Snake God Andromalius
thrust his snake spear forward, yelling continuously. The surrounding Devil
Snakes also howled, and only the four Medusas by his side remained
motionless, staying beside the demon god pillar, calmly facing the direction
of the Forest Boa King.
These four Medusas were like four enormous magic cannons. Who knew when they
would fire again.
Andromalius lifted the snake spears in both his hands high, simultaneously,
and his muffled chants gradually became more reverberating, and started to
sound sharp to the ears. Behind hi
For some reason, when sensing this mild purple light, Long Haochen suddenly
felt some familiarity. This familiar feeling wasn’t coming from a demon, but
seemed to…
Thinking about this point, Long Haochen suddenly had a change on the
expression in his eyes. However, it very quickly returned to normal.
Immediately, the large snake sculpture on top of that massive demon god
pillar seemed to come to life. A dark shadow appeared from nowhere, quietly
adhering to the body of the Devil Snake Demon God’s body.
Long Haochen’s pupils abruptly dilated, because to his shock he saw that
after assimilating that shadow, the Devil Snake Demon God Andromalius
unexpectedly enlarged at an astonishing speed. The aura on his body also
gained in size and power. That massive aura seemed to originate from his
blood vessels, but it seemed to be an extraordinary energy that doesn’t
belong to this world. His strength remained at the peak of the eighth step,
but the intensity of his aura even surpassed a powerhouse of the ninth step.
From afar, the Devil Snake Demon God Andromalius seemed to have fused
completely with his demon god pillar, and even the snake spears in his hands
kept on enlarging.
The Forest Boa King kept bellowing continuously, and the three golden glows
on his back illuminated even more. Circles of jade colored radiance spread
out from his body, dispersing the darkness essence in the air at an
astonishing speed. What replaced it was two kinds of particular elemental
fluctuations reeking of life and death. The poison in the swamps became even
more dense in the air, an acid raid of poison started to fall.
As that rain of poison fell on Andromalius, one could distinctly hear some
tingling sound, accompanied by a faint smoke. From this can one well imagine
the great danger associated with the attack.
It was indeed far from something easy to deal with.
With his strength that reached the ninth step, the Forest Boa King was
already able to alter and control the surrounding environment. This was a
kind of Domain-like ability. But visibly, the Forest Boa King was not yet
able to launch a real domain. The same goes for the Saw Skate King Long
Haochen’s group encountered previously.
From what is known, to truly control a Domain, the requirement is to be at
least at the third rank of the ninth step, in other words, to surpass
300,000 units of spiritual energy.
And any powerhouse able to control a Domain, whether he is from the Temple
Alliance or the demons, is an outstanding existence. The Devil Snake God
evidently suffered great pain, which could be heard in his deafening roar.
His swollen figure which was already over meters tall went straight for the
Forest Boa King.
The demon god pillar that accorded him a boost, was something all demon god
possess, as well as an ability exclusive to the seventy-two demon gods,
called Demon God Transformation.
A demon god in a Demon God Transformed state will gain a massive boost in
aura and strength. His or her external spiritual energy will rise to an
extremely terrifying level.
For instance, the current Devil Snake Demon God Andromalius was still at the
peak of the eighth step in internal spiritual energy, but his external
spiritual energy was already at the ninth step. With every different demon
god pillar come different fields and degrees of amplifications.
From this, one can imagine the degree of terror if the Demon God Emperor
were to complete the Demon God Transformation from his Devil Dragon Pillar.
As the two immense snake spears aimed straight for the Forest Boa King, an
intense elemental explosion occurred in mid-air.
In fact, under the control of the Forest Boa King of the ninth step, the
surrounding elemental fluctuations were dispersed, but he was unable to
disperse the elemental essence coming out from the demon god pillar.
Andromalius harmonized himself with his demon god pillar, so would he let
himself be affected?
Jade and black clashed in the air, producing an explosion of incomparable
intensity, repelling all the surrounding swamps. Massive shock waves
dispersed, blowing the acid rain away. Some Devil Snakes of insufficient
spiritual energy or that didn’t dodge in time were also caught in it, and
shouts could be heard for a moment.
This was visibly done intentionally by the Forest Boa King. As a ruler of
the Swamps of Gloom, he had numerous means of self-protection. When this
mighty being unleashes his power, he won’t show weakness even against a
demon god.
The fight between Andromalius and the Forest Boa King looked very simple and
direct, and the Forest Boa King’s massive body was brazenly exposed in front
of all the Devil Snakes.
His build reached a terrifying length of over sixty meters, and the thickest
part of his body reached five meters in diameter. This was such a terribly
massive monster! Even after getting a boost from the demon god pillar,
Andromalius still paled in comparison to him.
The two powerhouses both had such massive builds, and both also primarily
excelled in using external spiritual energy.
A red and jade colored spiritual energy frantically devoured each other.
At every clash, the two powerhouses let out a sound close to a groan.
Long Haochen was silently observing from afar, filled with some shock. He
was already certain that even if his comrades and himself were to cooperate
and focus on one of those two only, their odds of victory would hardly
exceed thirty three percent!
This was the strength of a powerhouse of the ninth step! It was even enough
to cause changes to the surrounding terrain. If not for Andromalius’
voluntary effort to redirect most of the shock waves in the air, it was
highly possibly that none of the Devil Snakes remaining here would survive
those. So he had to get involved to prevent that.
Immense radiance kept rising to the sky, and the very dense poisonous fog
was unexpectedly pushed away by the battle. Faintly, one could see traces of
sunshine.
Strong! Long Haochen was secretly exclaiming in admiration, naturally
directing this praise at the Forest Boa King.
Even though the Forest Boa King is a magical beast, one cannot underestimate
him. Very clearly, from the start of the battle, he was the one who incited
Andromalius to direct the reverberations of spiritual energy in the air. And
Andromalius had no choice but to do this, because this was the only way for
him to prevent his clansmen from receiving damage from their attacks.
However, the poison in the air was dispersed, and the consequent appearance
of sunlight was to the darkness elemental Snake Devil God an obvious source
of massive weakness. At the time sunlight fell upon them, the Forest Boa
King was unaffected, but the Devil Snake Demon God was burnt, which had the
effect of somewhat weakening his fusion with his demon god pillar.
In fact, if this was in the external world, at the time the demon gods would
burst out with his power, their demon god pillars would naturally produce
some dark clouds obstructing the sunlight. But at this moment, the Forest
Boa King clearly wouldn’t give his opponent this opportunity.
“You all leave this battlefield.” The Devil Snake God was still clashing
against the Forest Boa King and harassing him, when in his hands, the Snake
Spear left two deep scars on his opponent. At this time, he shouted these
words in rage towards his subordinates.
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The Devil Snakes retreated with haste, stepping in the poisonous fog while
leaving the battle. Only the four Medusas remained, remaining concealed
behind the demon god pillar.
A chance!
Long Haochen’s eyes glistened almost maniacally. No longer watching the
clash between the two great powerhouses, which he thought was an undoubtedly
rare occasion, paired with a chance to complete the Demon Hunt Squad
Missions they took.
His figure twinkled, stepping back into the poisonous fog. Long Haochen
didn’t summon his comrades, as this time, too many wouldn’t necessarily be
for the better. He also wanted the others to keep their strength, so he
chose to enter the poisonous fog alone, to chase.
To avoid releasing a powerful holy aura, he didn’t use Aria of the Goddess
of Light. In his right hand was the Rippling Light, and his senses perked
up, feeling the location of the retreating Devil Snakes. The Devil Snakes
were completely relying on their sense of smell at this time, but in this
place full of poisonous fog, it was visibly massively weakened.
Long Haochen very rapidly groped the back of a Devil Snake, and thrusting
the sword in his hand, he produced a flash of light while instantly piercing
the skull of that Devil Snake.
Long Haochen’s sword intent was something even Ah’Bao wouldn’t dare
confront, so there was nothing to say about these Devil Snakes.
The fighting intent he had been restraining erupted, as Long Haochen was
completely driven by his senses. Every time he made a move, his location
changed instantly, using the simplest of pattern of attacks with Demon
Wiping Flash.
Combined with sword intent, Demon Wiping Flash made a perfect match, without
a doubt killing a Devil Snake at every strike. More terrifyingly, the Devil
Snakes all died being penetrated in the head by Long Haochen’s swords,
hardly even getting the chance to scream. Occasionally, little sounds would
be heard, but interrupted as their throat would get pierced, with their
owner cowering in fear.
And Long Haochen was not the only one interfering the fleeing Devil Snakes;
don’t forget about the Forest Boas that submerged themselves in the swamps!
The Forest Boas bitterly hated these intruders. At the time the Devil Snake
King gave the Devil Snakes the order to retreat, the Forest Boa King also
used his own methods to give his clansmen the order to chase.
As a result, the Devil Snakes whose vision wasn’t clear were hunted as food
by the Forest Boas.
As Long Haochen’s senses were on full tilt, he could of course perceive the
current situation of these Devil Snakes. In the poisonous fog, a surge of
spiritual energy of darkness element kept sweeping past one after another.
This was the counterattack launched by the Devil Snakes. However, without
the demon god pillar to disperse the fog, their fighting strength plummeted
substantially, let alone their co-ordination. For a moment, these elites
Devil Snakes could be said to be subject to a disastrous destruction.
The Swamps of Gloom was still in the end a territory under the control of
the Forest Boas, which could even be called their domain, their home ground.
he Forest Boa King had been ruling over this place for who knows how long,
to the extent that even the Saw Skate King surpassing him in strength didn’t
reach his status as a ruler. Although the Snake Demon God Andromalius had
the advantage, gaining victory against him was not going to be such an easy
feat.
It could be said that when these ordinary Forest Boas started submerging
into the swamps, Andromalius was already caught in the trap of the Forest
Boa King.
At this moment, as Andromalius was merged as one with his demon god pillar,
his perception in Demon God Transformed state was a lot higher than usua
One had no choice but to admit that the Demon God Transformed Andromalius’s
situation was quite terrible. In this state, his body was not the slightest
bit inferior to the Forest Boa King, and in his hands, there were powerful
weapons. The scars inflicted on the Forest Boa King’s body kept increasing,
and although Andromalius didn’t have it easy either, his recovery speed
still vastly surpassed his enemy’s. And moreover, he still had helpers
beside him.
Four pairs of white eyes opened without a sound behind the distant demon god
pillar, and eight white beams hit the body of the Forest Boa King in a
flash.
Suddenly, the whole body of the Forest Boa King went rigid, making a frantic
turn. With this, another layer of his snake skin came off, as he resisted
the effects of Petrification.
This undoubtedly made Andromalius’ attacks lose a lot of their ferocity.
How could Andromalius let go of such a good chance? His eyes were soaked in
blood, and the spears in his hands held high, despite that his massive and
supple body, was close to forming an angle of ninety degrees. A strong
darkness essence of black color attached itself to the two spears, before
they ferociously struck the Forest Boa King’s body.
Blood spattered, some dark green blood flew in all directions. Shouting in
rage, the Forest Boa King shot out at full force, creating some distance
with Andromalius with difficulty, but one could clearly see some black light
curling up on his body. On that massive wound were traces of severe
corrosion.
“Arggh.”
The Forest Boa King was utterly furious, and flames were almost gushing out
from his jade colored eyes. A terrible green projectile of one meter
diameter shot out, directly smashing against Andromalius.
As this person was doing his utmost, one thought surged to Andromalius’
mind, as his body made an horizontal turn. That was the internal pill of a
powerhouse of the ninth step. Although he wanted to take it, if this item
under control of the Forest Boa King were to smash his body, even if is was
more durable, it could only end up unfavorably for him.
The same time he did this turn, a gaudy dark golden color started to lit up
Andromalius’ body. As he lifted up the spear in his hand, a mirage appeared
beside him with a strident hiss. It was about the same as his body in
height, heading straight for that internal pill.
But a strange scene followed. The originally enraged Forest Boa King
suddenly revealed a shrewd look. His overbearing internal pill actually made
a turn in the air, and didn’t aim at Andromalius, but straight at that demon
god pillar.
Andromalius showed great surprise, but the next instant, his eyes suddenly
revealed an expression of disdain. The Forest Boa King was scheming against
him, but wasn’t he doing the same?
Bang!
The whole Swamps of Gloom shook up violently, and an intense explosion burst
on the seventy-second demon god pillar. Violent green and black light
blossomed therein.
This time, the Forest Boa King made a miscalculation. He knew from the
beginning that the real threat against him was not Andromalius, but this
pillar he brought. But he also understood clearly that finding a chance to
attack it was in no way going to be easy.
He acted as if enraged against Andromalius, and shot the internal pill.
Having found this extremely rare opportunity, how could he not go all out in
his attack? From his viewpoint, as long as this demon god pillar was
destroyed, Andromalius could only die in defeat after this.
However, he miscalculated something: his estimate of the strength possessed
by the demon god pillar.
In that violent explosion, the Forest Boa King’s body suddenly shivered
ardently, as if subject to symptoms of malaria. His internal pill bounced
back to him at an astonishing speed, but the jade light on it became a lot
darker.
Not only that, but the radiance glowing on the Forest Boa King also dimmed.
Andromalius howled with laughter, before throwing himself at him once again.
All along, the mirage born from him followed disregarding everything and
launching attacks. He wasn’t going to let such a great chance slip by.
In the history of humanity and demonkind, situation of a demon god getting
killed happened many times over, but the seventy-two demon god pillars
guarding demonkind were never destroyed. Even a divine tool has never
destroyed these demon treasures, to say nothing about the internal pill of a
Forest Boa King.
After this miscalculation, the Forest Boa King suffered a violent backlash
due to the violent clash suffered by his internal pill, putting it into an
extremely weak state. The Devil Snake Demon God Andromalius took advantage
of this, frantically launching attacks. For a moment, the body of the Forest
Boa King kept getting blown to pieces, visibly somewhat unable to endure.
In terms of strength, the Forest Boa King should originally have held an
absolute advantage, after all the gap between the ninth step and the peak of
the eighth step corresponds to an incredible gap, and the Forest Boa King
was in complete control of the elemental essence in the area.
However, the demon god pillar just showed too great a utility. Not only
giving the Snake Devil God a powerful backup in elemental essence, but also
raising his external spiritual energy over a hundred thousand units. This
caused the gap between the two sides to decrease.
The Forest Boa King was already successful in his past series of plans, and
this caused his self confidence to grow, to the extent of committing a fatal
mistake with his internal pill that got inflicted a backlash due to the
demon god pillar, leading to such an absolute disadvantage.
However, the bombarding of the internal pill against the demon god pillar
just before didn’t prove out useless. At least, the four Medusas hidden
behind it fell into the swamps due to the powerful shockwaves, letting out
blood from their mouth and nose. Rapidly climbing up, they still avoided
getting sunk into the swamps though.
Although Medusas had quite overwhelming abilities, they were in the end
still Devil Snakes of the sixth step only. The offensive power of the
internal pill was completely sustained by the demon god pillar, but the
terrible surge of spiritual energy that came along spread to a certain
range, still injuring these four Medusas.
A faint green flash came, before coming to a sudden stagnation. This sudden
movement and stop appeared very weird, and the position of its stagnation
was the center of the area occupied by the four Medusas.
Immediately, that green color turned into a tornado, bursting out in
countless green circles. With a piercing hissing sound, those four Medusas
immediately screamed loudly.
At this time they didn’t even dare open their eyes, because the violent
fluctuations of spiritual energy caused them to enter a dizzy state. What if
the Petrifying Rays were to fall on their comrades? In fact, even the
Medusas themselves weren’t immune to their Petrifying Rays.
Nonetheless, these Medusas were still powerhouses of the sixth step. The
snake hair on their head bubbled up frantically, in an attempt to resist
against the green attacks. However, all their snake hair were reduced to
fragments upon contact with the green light, which was the reason for their
screams. That was a part of their own bodies!
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Suddenly hearing screams behind him, the Snake Demon God Andromalius
unconsciously looked back. This look seemed indifferent, but caused him to
pale with fright the next instant.
Because of the concealment of the demon god pillar, he was unable to clearly
see the appearance of that green light. In his train of thought, he
naturally associated it to the Forest Boas, after all the spiritual energy
emitted by them is also of this color. At the very moment that he was in
battle with the Forest Boa King, coupled with the fact that the surrounding
spiritual energy was under control of the Forest Boa King, this would
massively affect his plans.
The four Medusas were finally unable to bear any longer, and opened their
eyes. Their snake hair were twisted in light, and that sharp aura already
reached out from them. Be it demons or humans, in those circumstances,
anyone would chose to save themselves. And they were after all able to sense
the location of the enemy, but at the time they opened their eyes, the ones
who appeared in their sight were their own kin. As for the splendid green
figure from whom those dazzling skills originated, it was several meters
away from their sight, causing him to be out of their field of view.
The four of them were instantly petrified, as the Medusas ended up hitting
each other. After getting petrified, their bodies sunk into the swamps.
That green light didn’t even give them the chance to be buried. Immediately
kicking the four petrified Medusas, he sent them flying
towards a distant vine.
With a green glint, they disappeared from behind the demon god pillar.
“Arrgh!” Andromalius shouted in fury. Among the Devil Snakes, the most
precious of his kin were the Medusas. Due to their petrifying abilities,
reproducing them was extremely difficult. And with their level of power,
they formed the left and right arms of the Devil Snake God. The mature
Medusas among their whole race only had a count of six, among whom the last
two were keeping watch over the territory, while the other four were brought
along by Andromalius. But he never expected that these four Medusas would
actually die in such murky circumstances. In his fury, it was naturally
against the Forest Boa King towards whom all his rage was directed. This
enmity could only be washed away with the blood of the enemy.
This time, the Forest Boa King ended up unjustly blamed, and even he was
unable to make head or tail of this situation. That was because he clearly
sensed that the green glow was of wind element, thus not from his men.
However, since someone else was giving him a helping hand, this made one
more reason he couldn’t let himself be done by Andromalius. Atop of that,
with the disappearance from the threat of the four Medusas, the pressure on
him was reduced by a big margin. This time of moderation permitted him to
recover a lot of his spiritual energy, and now was the time for it to erupt,
in the battle to death against Andromalius.
The four petrified Medusas were already transferred into Long Haochen’s
Eternal Melody.
If he didn’t take a good opportunity such as the previous one, Long Haochen
wouldn’t be true to himself.
The Medusa sisters certainly have good perception, which could be seen from
their ability to sense their surroundings even with the eyes closed. If they
didn’t have a good enough perception, how would they be able to aim for the
enemies without their eyesight? For this reason, Long Haochen kept his aim
locked at the Medusas but didn’t take care of this by himself.
In his original plans, he wanted to have Wang Yuanyuan dispose of them, as
the instant teleportation from the Spiritual Stove of Spatial Gate was
undoubtedly the most suited choice to kill the Medusas. However, Long
Haochen was still worried by the fact
As Long Haochen was considering on who should accompany Wang Yuanyuan, the
Forest Boa King created a great chance for him.
The Tenth Holy Guard then reappeared in the battlefield, performing a dance
of wind without holding anything back. The four Medusas then ended getting
caught in their own trap, finally getting disposed with their own
Petrification Rays.
Having managed to get rid of the four Medusas smoothly, Long Haochen
undoubtedly breathed out with great relief. They weren’t like the Forest Boa
King, who could resolve the problem of the Petrifying Rays with his layers
of skin. While settling some later troubles, this also relieved the Forest
Boa King of a great inconvenience. The clash between these two great
powerhouses obviously reached even greater tempo, which relieved Long
Haochen of even more worries. Once again stepping back inside the dense fog,
he murmured a sentence to the Tenth Holy Guard before going back to
exterminate the Devil Snakes elite.
But to avoid being found out by Andromalius, Long Haochen still showed a lot
of self-control, exercising restraint on his light attribute to the greatest
extent, and relying solely on sword intent to kill the enemies. His powerful
senses enabled him to see in the fog like it was nothing, and what followed
was the successive cries of the Devil Snakes. At the same time, he
intentionally avoided the Forest Boas, and the two sides that were
originally no allies ended up matching well in the attack.
Of course, Long Haochen wouldn’t let the Devil Snakes elites disposed in his
hands get swallowed in the swamps. These were Devil Snakes at least at the
fifth step, and their corpse and internal pills both fetched for a great
price. Has-drug bro will definitely appreciate these!
Nonetheless, these Devil Snakes were elites among their clan. After the
short time of panic from getting ambushed, the few Devil Snakes acting as
their leaders repeatedly hissed loudly, to guide them with sound, and call
the other Devil Snakes to regroup. This way, even without a clear line of
sight, the dozens of wounded Forest Boas would still no longer be a big
threat for them. Long Haochen also ended up only able to hunt and kill a few
of the Devil Snakes on the outside, and didn’t dare approach recklessly.
Having this many Devil Snake powerhouses attack him in a group would be
quite terrible. And he couldn’t consume too much of his important fighting
power, for there was a battle that was awaiting him later. The Devil Snake
Demon God Andromalius was now unable to attend to his own clansmen, as to
him, nothing was more important than killing the Forest Boa King currently.
This would enable him to raise his cultivation, having a good opportunity to
advance to the ninth step! In his eyes, the Forest Boa King was the best
tonic possible.
The Forest Boa King wouldn’t let himself be done in easily. His massive body
burst out with a jadeite like radiance, and although the attacks of
Andromalius kept inflicting scars on his body, his massive vitality was his
best support. Unceasingly turning around, he attempted to twist Andromalius’
body, while opening his large mouth wide to bite him repeatedly, forcing him
to proceed with utter care.
Actually, the Forest Boa King shouldn’t be in such disadvantage when facing
Andromalius, even with the existence of the demon god pillar. Although the
Forest Boas don’t have really powerful abilities, they still possess a
massive vitality far above other magical beasts of the same rank. Even if
one’s body was cut to pieces, that wouldn’t necessarily be mortally injured
for it. It was just that, from having his internal pill bombarding the demon
god pillar before, the Forest Boa King suffered a really large loss, wounded
to his core, which led to such a disadvantageous situation for him.
Andromalius was covered in a dark red luster. Although his figure after
Demon God Transformation became massive, it remained agile, and with that,
the dual snake spears in his hands kept going up and down, not giving the
Forest Boa King any chance of damaging him, while leaving scars on his body
without pause.
Aren’t you strong in vitality? Then let me exhaust your vitality until it
ends. At the same time, Andromalius still had a large fear of Forest Boa
King’s internal pill, which is why he didn’t dare use his whole strength at
once. The cunning of the Forest Boa King was something that gave him trouble
not once or twice.
Dark green blood was continuously gushing out from the confrontation between
these two great powerhouses. The Forest Boa King was visibly weakened, and
with the backup from the demon god pillar, Andromalius’ darkness spiritual
energy seemed inexhaustible. Above his snake spears, ten meter long dark red
radiances were sprayed out. He didn’t even use skills to attack from a
distance, repeatedly leaping up, and attacking. All he used were the most
direct and barbaric ways to wound the massive Forest Boa King.
Finally, the Forest Boa King’s body became unable to bear, and suddenly
letting out a howl of rage, he once again spouted a dark green glow.
Andromalius remained very tense up till now, only waiting for this. With a
flash of reddish black light, his body disappeared baselessly, appearing at
the rear of his demon god pillar.
There was no doubt that he was waiting for this. At the time the internal
pill of the Forest Boa King once again smashed the demon god pillar, his
victory would become certain.
However, just like Andromalius kept scheming against the Forest Boa King,
the Forest Boa King similarly schemed against him. That dark green light
only advanced for one meter, before getting absorbed back, without shooting
for real. Then, the massive Forest Boa King directly sunk into the swamps.
The swamps. This was the true territory of the Forest Boa King. The reason
why Forest Boa King hadn’t done this before wasn’t because he didn’t want
to, but because he didn’t dare. With how massive his body was, even if his
strength was even greater, entering the swamps needed time, and that short
span of time was sufficient for Andromalius to inflict serious injuries to
him.
So this time, Andromalius turned out to be the one who was fooled. Relying
on the ability of instant return to teleport beside his demon god pillar to
avoid that attack, he gave the Forest Boa King sufficient time to escape
into the swamps.
And furthermore, the teleportation ability of the demon god pillar isn’t
useable as one wishes. After every use, one would need to wait a long time
before using it again. This teleportation in itself isn’t an ability
belonging to Andromalius, thus could only be used within a certain range.
Otherwise, if the demon gods were able to teleport out of any ambush,
humanity would have been screwed long ago.
This time, Andromalius’ nose turned at a crooked angle, and his response
still ended up too late. The Forest Boa King was already back in the swamps,
and all he could do was to vent out on these oozy swamps, attacking it at
full strength with the hope to inflict some wounds to the Forest Boa King
indirectly.
In the ooze, the Forest Boa King was like a fish in the water, and the
traces of his presence disappeared instantly.
These two powerhouses were fighting and scheming against each other, and
with the stratagems both sides relied on, it could be said that none of them
managed to entirely suppress the other.
Andromalius was also extremely shrewd. Seeing his opponent disappear, his
rough tail was immediately flung in front of the demon god pillar, pushing
himself to climb on top of it, to leave the area of swamps. Only by relying
on the demon god pillar, his strength was displayed at its greatest heights
while the Forest Boa King was greatly weakened. With the enemy having gone
out of sight, he opted for the most reliable choice, truly proving himself
to be one of the seventy-two demon gods.
Chapter 440
The Forest Boa King didn’t show initiative of attacking once again, waiting
for an opportunity. The time they were fighting to their heart’s contents
just before visibly eased down.
Powerful fluctuations of spiritual energy circulated in the air, and both
knew their opponent was watching them, but no one dared move. At their level
of strength, in case one gets seriously wounded, turning over the situation
would be very difficult.
The Forest Boa King had already threatened his life before, and if not for
how he deceived Andromalius, he would very possibly have been suppressed to
death.
Andromalius’ brain was operating rapidly, and his senses spreading out.
Pointing his snake spears to the ground, he didn’t dare relax.
However, he quickly found a chance.
Now that the Forest Boa King’s body disappeared in the swamps, that cave he
was obstructing before appeared in his view.
From the human point of view, this cave could be considered very large, but
to the Forest Boa King or the Demon God Transformed Andromalius, it wasn’t
very wide.
Its diameter was roughly thirty meters, the whole cave was surrounded with
vines, spreading out from the swamps. Vaguely, one could see a faint light
shining inside the cave.
Without a doubt, life is more precious than any treasures, and after getting
threatened fatally, the Forest Boa King had to renounce on the defense of
this cave.
A cold smile appeared on the face of Andromalius, So you want to hide?
Okay, but I don’t believe you’d abandon that cave.
The treasure inside this cave was originally the first objective of
Andromalius. No matter whether he could kill the Forest Boa King or search
for this treasure, the final result was good. At least this won’t have
turned into a wasted trip.
After locking his target, Andromalius, moved without hurry. Attaching
himself to his demon god pillar, he kept breathing. That pillar started to
exude some brilliant black rays, that was absorbed into his abdomen. This
kept increasing his imposing stature, and recovered the spiritual energy he
had consumed before at an astonishing speed.
No matter what one may say, the demon god standing near this demon god
pillar was still the last ranked of all, but with its support, he still
managed, against the expectations, to suppress a Forest Boa King of the
Tenth step.
A massive body started curling up and on its back, a pair of large black
wings unfolded, emitting some dark red color. Some sort of dark red color
throbbing veins could clearly be seen on him, as Andromalius’ breathing kept
going on.
Seeing that he was on the verge of being back to his peak state, Andromalius
finally set on move. His curling body suddenly ejected, shooting like a bolt
of dark red lightning inside the cave.
From his demon god pillar to the cave, the distance was close to two or
three hundred meters, but given his strength and speed, and with the
assistance from the wings on his back, he reached it almost instantaneously.
Attacking to bait the enemy out. This was his plot. The Forest Boa King had
no choice but give in to this overt plot, unless he accepted to let go of
the treasure inside of this cave.
But very clearly, the Forest Boa King was unwilling to let go of it. The
instant right before Andromalius reached the cave, an intense green light
erupted from the swamps, mixing with the ooze to form a greenish black
color. This was the accumulated spiritual energy, that unexpectedly showed a
solidified shape. For the sake of the thing in that cave, the Forest Boa
King was doing his utmost, because the thing inside of that cave was just
too important in his eyes.
Since Andromalius dared act, he clearly made his preparations long ago.
That greenish black projectil
A strange scene followed. Surprisingly, Andromalius ignored that pill, and
waved up his two spears, thrusting at the Forest Boa King.
No matter how cunning this Forest Boa King was, he couldn’t have expected
Andromalius to dare meet him so recklessly. His original plan was to
frighten Andromalius and push him to escape. The internal pill of a magical
beast of tenth step, is it something so easy to bear? The unshakable demon
god pillar aside, if this landed onto Andromalius, it would be fatal to him.
However, all of this happened too fast, and even if the Forest Boa King
wanted to change his attack, it was already impossible at this point.
Boom!
“Arrhg!”
A severe explosion occurred at the same time as enraged roars were heard.
The source of it was the attack from the Forest Boa’s internal pill. That
powerful internal pill smashed the chest of the Devil Snake Demon God
Andromalius, producing a violent explosion that tore his whole chest to
shreds, and produced a hole of diameter exceeding two meters around the
wound.
But the Forest Boa King was no better off. As Andromalius’ staked everything
at once, his snake spears hit his eyes with a piercing blow, going as far as
to penetrate his head. Dark green blood was flowing along with a red liquid
in all directions.
A concentrated fishy stench spread immediately all around
A mutual destruction? No. In the contest of scheme, the final winner still
ended up to be Andromalius.
From having his chest pierced, Andromalius fell into the swamps, but his
massive body rapidly turned into countless specks of blackish red light
flying in the direction of the demon god pillar.
Andromalius being originally five meters tall, appeared now at the other
side of the Forest Boa King. And the two long spears that pierced the head
of the Forest Boa gradually shrank in size.
Demon God Incarnation was a powerful ability brought by a demon god pillar.
And this scene was clearly seen by Long Haochen, who was back to the edge of
their battlefield. He couldn’t help but let out a breath at the scene. If he
didn’t see it personally, he wouldn’t have been able to imagine that
Andromalius actually had such a powerful ability in reserve.
Using himself as bait, and launching the fatal blow at a time the enemy was
certain to get baited. Andromalius’ plan went as expected, and the Forest
Boa King finally ended up dead.
However, Andromalius wasn’t very well either. Dark red blood kept flowing
out from his cavities, and his originally sinister looks became all the more
intimidating.
All of this just happened too fast, and no one could have anticipated the
conclusion to turn out this way.
Nonetheless, the battle wasn’t yet over, and the Forest Boa King with fatal
wounds at the head turned back madly, immediately setting off at the
direction of the wide expanse of swamps. Terrifying fluctuations of
spiritual
energy immediately burst out at astonishing speed, just like hundred magical
cannons shooting at once.
Long Haochen didn’t dare stay there, and rapidly brought the Tenth Holy
Guard away from there. The last struggle from a magical beast of the tenth
step was terrifying.
Andromalius flapped his wings, going up in the air. He unexpectedly tried to
conceal his own presence, covered in a black cover, and letting none of his
blood drop.
Actually, using Demon God Incarnation came with a severe overdraft to
Andromalius.
In case this ability is used, Demon God Transformation would be sealed for a
short time, and he would be injured to the core. It wasn’t as simple as Long
Haochen saw it: just like a spiritual stove, with a greater power came a
more severe backlash.
If he had the choice, Andromalius would rather not have used this trump
card, but he had no other choice. If he went for the safe way, that would
scare away the severely wounded Forest Boa King, who’d let go of the
treasure inside. But he was unwilling to let go of the great tonic the
Forest Boa King could serve as! For this reason, he didn’t even want to give
the Forest Boa King the opportunity to go away and could only use himself as
bait for that, for the sake of inflicting the fatal blow.
The frantic struggle of the Forest Boa King lasted for more than a quarter
of an hour, but this prepared blow of Andromalius was just too powerful. For
whichever magical beast, having one’s brain pierced and devastated by
darkness spiritual energy would hardly come with a chance of survival. With
this severe injury, the massive vital force of the Forest Boa King was
slipping out with no choice.
Andromalius was actually not the slightest bit worried anymore. This time,
his damage was just disastrous. Four Medusas ended up killed, though, the
reward was also massive. When thinking of his advancement to the ninth step,
gaining him at least a place at the top forty-eight demon
gods, his heart started to burn. Moreover, he still didn’t know what
treasure the Forest Boa King was defending. For the Forest Boa King to be so
attached to it, it shouldn’t be ordinary.
Thinking about it, Andromalius’ body started to convulse in excitement.
Finally, the struggles of the Forest Boa King weakened, and even his
internal pill fell into the swamps, instead of getting swallowed back. His
massive vital force was already close to nonexistent.
Andromalius relaxed his breath, an unbearable intense curiosity filling him.
Seeing the internal pill devoid of the aura from the Forest Boa, he was
unable to control the ecstasy filling him.
The wings on his back vanished. And quietly approaching the swamps,
Andromalius was still filled with great confidence regarding his last blow.
And he also had full confidence in his perception, due to sensing that the
internal pill was indeed devoid of the aura belonging to the Forest Boa
King. A magical beast of the tenth step that even let go of his own internal
pill, could only have done so if his soul already left this world eternally.
Quietly falling atop of the swamp, Andromalius grabbed the internal pill
with his hand. Of course, he didn’t choose this place to absorb the internal
pill of the Forest Boa King. This thing was certainly precious, but the
spiritual energy accumulated inside was really massive. The best course of
action was to return to safety before taking the time to absorb it, for the
sake of breaking through his final bottleneck.
Placing the internal pill in his hand and verifying that it had no trace
left of the aura of the Forest Boa King, the Devil Snake Andromalius finally
loosened his vigilance.
After so long, he finally achieved his objective. His ecstasy from this was
as one might well imagine.
However, it was actually too soon for him to celebrate. The instant he let
loose his guard, the Forest Boa King that seemed devoid of life suddenly
moved.
That head already soaked in blood suddenly flung to the side, fiercely
aiming at the back of Andromalius.