401: You still take it seriously?

In the center of the yellowish lake water, tinged with threads of blood-red, Medusa stood indifferently. Ripples spread from her feet across the lake, surging towards the shore.

Waves crashed against the rocks, and the lake water soaked the trousers of the figures standing on the shore.

Those people seemed oblivious, their gazes fixed on Medusa.

Suddenly, a voice echoed through this deep ravine.

Everyone except Medusa was startled, then their eyes began to search around.

“Over there!”

As one person exclaimed, the others immediately looked in the direction he was pointing.

They saw a young man emerge from a Void rift.

The man wore a blue and white robe, adorned with purple-gold flowing light. The purple-gold luster in his eyes gradually faded, revealing black pupils.

“Who are you? How dare you trespass into the Jiuyou Diming Mang Clan’s Forbidden Ground? Do you wish to die?!”

Yao Xiaotian felt a faint unease in his heart, but thinking that this was the Clan’s heartland and that many Elders were beside him, he regained his confidence.

“Noisy!”

Lin Xiu’s cold gaze swept over, and he waved his sleeve.

Boom!

The next instant, terrifying energy swept through the Void, emitting a deafening roar, and appeared before Yao Xiaotian.

“So fast!”

His pupils suddenly constricted. Yao Xiaotian quickly raised his defense, but he was still knocked back a hundred meters, stopping only after crashing into a wall. A long gully was left in front of him!

“Wah…”

Struggling free from the wall, Yao Xiaotian spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and knelt directly to the ground.

“Clan Chief!”

“Clan Chief!”

Some Clan members rushed towards Yao Xiaotian with panicked expressions.

The Elders present had a solemn look on their faces, their Fighting Qi energy surging, poised for action, as they stared intently at Lin Xiu, who was slowly descending from the air.

“Who exactly are you? You suddenly appeared and injured our Clan Chief? Don’t think that just because your strength is great, you can act so recklessly!”

The Grand Elder stood alongside the others, his voice deep.

Lin Xiu stood beside Medusa, frowning. He was about to speak but was interrupted.

“All Elders, heed my command! Form the Myriad Snake Formation! Kill him!”

Staggering to his feet, Yao Xiaotian’s teeth were stained red with blood at the corners of his mouth. An angry roar erupted from his open, bloody mouth.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Figures flashed out from the shore, hovering around Lin Xiu, forming a peculiar Formation.

Lin Xiu noticed that these people’s Auras had merged into one.

Within the Formation, there was more than one Battle-Sage. After their Fusion through the Formation, the Aura they emitted made him actually feel a trace of pressure.

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve slightly upward, and anticipation flashed in Lin Xiu's eyes.

The three Fighting Skills Zhu Kun had given him earlier hadn't been upgraded with attribute points after he mastered them, as he wasn't lacking in Fighting Skills.

Now was a good opportunity to gain experience points and earn attribute points!

“Lin Xiu, don’t kill him. There’s a guy underwater who claims to be the true Clan Chief of the Jiuyou Diming Mang Clan. If he wasn’t lying, you might be able to bring the Jiuyou Diming Mang Clan into the Cultivation Alliance.”

Medusa felt the Battle Intent erupting from Lin Xiu. She had full confidence in his strength and wasn't worried about his safety.

Instead, she merely reminded Lin Xiu that if so many Battle-Sages could be kept, the Cultivation Alliance’s strength would definitely increase significantly!

“Hmm? Oh!”

Lin Xiu was startled, then remembered that guy. He had sensed him when he went underwater last time but hadn't intended to bother with him.

Since the current Clan Chief of the Jiuyou Diming Mang Clan was still disobedient after his previous intimidation, then it was time to replace him with an obedient one.

Yao Xiaotian stepped into the Formation, his Aura rising steadily. He stared coldly at Lin Xiu, “No matter who you are, daring to cause trouble in the Jiuyou Diming Mang Clan, you will pay the price today!”

The threatening words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, carrying a bone-chilling coldness.

He shouted, “Activate the Formation!”

Buzz, buzz!

All the Elders’ Fighting Qi began to circulate. The space in this world shifted, and the area within the Formation became indestructible, like a cage.

Giant Pythons with gray patterns crawled out from the bodies of the people forming the Formation.

Lin Xiu clenched his fist and rushed out with excitement.

The giant python that attacked him head-on was as fragile as tofu when it met his fist, exploding into countless tiny energy fragments.

Fist winds whistled, leaving behind trails of afterimages.

However.

Seeing the giant python shattered, Yao Xiaotian wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, showing no panic. Instead, a sinister smile appeared on his face.

The Myriad Snake Formation’s name hinted at its nature; how did the myriad snakes come about?

They were formed by the division of those giant pythons.

Each time they were shattered, the giant pythons would split into two, then two would become four.

Eventually, the number of giant pythons would grow exponentially.

In just a moment, the Formation was filled with gray giant pythons. Yao Xiaotian couldn't even see the positions of the Elders on the opposite side.

However, he could feel Lin Xiu’s presence in the center.

“That’s enough, you bastard. Let you taste the bites of a myriad of snakes!”

Yao Xiaotian, in charge of presiding over the Formation, showed a ruthless expression as his hand seals changed.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Inside the Formation, urgent wind sounds whistled, all caused by the movement of the giant pythons.

In the center of the Formation, Lin Xiu was like a small boat in a stormy ocean. With the physique of a ninth-tier Demonic Beast, he faced dozens of bites with every breath.

This made Lin Xiu feel a long-lost pain, and a strange sense of exhilaration filled his heart.

“Hoo…”

Slowly exhaling, Lin Xiu’s eyes flashed with a purple-gold luster. He brought his hands together in front of his chest, his knuckles bent into a strange posture.

“Dragon Emperor Bell!”

A low murmur came from Lin Xiu’s throat, followed by a giant Dragon figure that burst from his chest and coiled around him.

The Dragon meandered, its head facing the sky, and Lin Xiu was enveloped within its body.

[You engaged in battle, Dragon Emperor Bell experience +90]

[...]

The surrounding giant pythons flickered, constantly attacking, but the coiling Dragon merely shone with light, showing no signs of damage.

Yao Xiaotian, hearing a sudden clang of metal, couldn't help but frown, “What’s going on?”

Each giant python gathered the strength of everyone, and as long as the Formation wasn't broken, they could continuously draw power.

Why hadn't they broken through the opponent’s defense after so long?

Confused, Yao Xiaotian changed his hand seals. Countless giant pythons merged with each other, transforming into a thousand-zhang giant python.

And the visibility within the Formation suddenly became clear.

Especially in the center of the Formation, there was an ancient Dragon Bell, sitting calmly and unmoving!

“Dragon Emperor Bell?! Are you from the Void Ancient Dragon?!”

Yao Xiaotian’s face showed astonishment, feeling it was incredible.

The Elders forming the Formation also couldn’t help but turn their heads to look around, exchanging glances with their companions.

Their Jiuyou Diming Mang Clan and the Void Ancient Dragon hadn't had any contact for a very long time.

“Have you had enough?”

The Dragon disappeared into Lin Xiu’s body. His gaze was like lightning, shooting directly at Yao Xiaotian.

“Even if you are from the Void Ancient Dragon, if you dare to provoke the Jiuyou Diming Mang Clan, I will still slaughter you!”

Yao Xiaotian roared. The thousand-zhang giant python’s head rose, then swooped down towards Lin Xiu.

Lin Xiu looked up, calmly watching the descending snake head, and clenched his right fist.

Flames of various colors appeared, encircling his arm, condensing on his fist, forming a dazzling colorful Dragon head.

“Go!”

With a punch, the flame Dragon head grew against the wind, colliding with the giant python.

Boom!

At the point of contact between the two, tangible energy ripples erupted, spreading outwards in circles.

The many Elders maintaining the Formation, facing this energy, uncontrollably swayed.

Yao Xiaotian’s face was pale. He commanded the crowd to stabilize.

After a long while, seeing that the Formation had not dispersed, Yao Xiaotian breathed a sigh of relief and sneered, “As long as the Myriad Snake Formation isn’t broken, even if it’s a war of attrition, I will wear you down to death!”

“I was just playing with you, and you took it seriously?”

Lin Xiu glanced at him disdainfully. A Void Ancient Dragon phantom suddenly burst out from his body.

The giant Dragon soared across the sky, its eyes filled with disdain, and its mouth opened.

“True Dragon Cry!”

Roar!

All the Elders present, including Yao Xiaotian, covered their ears, their faces filled with pain, and fell towards the ground.