32: Chapter 32 The Green Snake Exploded
The finger-long green flood dragon cast its gaze down at the two snakes below.
"Destroy them!"
The Cultivator parted his dry, cracked lips.
He was filled with immense regret right now; he really shouldn't have stepped out today!
Why did he have to covet a junior's net worth!
He was such a fucking idiot!
By activating the flood dragon pearl, a full half of his lifespan had withered away and vanished.
...
"Damn it!"
Xu Qing looked at the completely stunned Silly Snake and desperately forced his body to move.
He was glad he had chosen to evolve into a Resurrection Green Snake back then, rather than one with a flood dragon Bloodline.
If he had evolved into a Little Green Flood Dragon back then, he might not even be able to control his consciousness right now.
A flood dragon Bloodline could make evolution more potential-filled.
But a flood dragon Bloodline was also a shackle; if one encountered a flood dragon, they would be suppressed by the Bloodline pressure until they couldn't move a muscle.
"Move for me!"
"It's just a flood dragon pearl from a dead flood dragon, what the fuck are you afraid of? You're an undying Resurrection Green Snake!"
Xu Qing tried desperately to move his body, but it was like sleep paralysis; he couldn't budge.
*Hiss hiss hiss!*
A snake's cry rang out under the flood dragon's pressure.
[Ding, learned skill: Snake Soul Lv1]
[Snake Soul Lv1] Increases mental defense and resists mental-type attacks.
Xu Qing was finally able to move his body.
He moved bit by bit.
The flood dragon phantom overhead finally moved, opening its mouth to the size of a pea.
A faint green flame, weak as a candle's light, fell down, pressing toward him and Silly Snake.
Xu Qing slapped Silly Snake down with his tail, shielding her beneath him, and looked up to meet the flame.
"Am I going to die again? I really don't want to die."
Xu Qing looked up, his Qi surging recklessly.
"Spatial Cut!"
A massive amount of Demonic Power drained away as the pupil of his Spatial Pupil narrowed into a thin slit.
The space where the Green Fire was located was cleanly sliced open, revealing a rift.
But when the rift swept through the Green Fire, it only caused the flame to flicker slightly.
"Space Barrier!"
Before the Space Barrier could even touch the flame, it shattered under the flame's aftershocks, turning into fragments.
Xu Qing sighed.
He resolutely charged at the flame, ignoring his scorched scales and tongue, and swallowed the flame in one gulp.
The fire burned from the inside out.
The Self-Healing ability of the Resurrection Green Snake couldn't do a single thing.
[Ding, proficiency has met the requirements]
[Self-Healing Lv3 upgraded to Self-Healing Lv4]
It still had no effect whatsoever.
The pain of his internal organs being burned to ash made Xu Qing's Soul tremble.
With his vocal cords destroyed, he couldn't even vent through sound.
Wisps of Green Fire were spraying out from the gaps between his scales.
As for why he swallowed the flame—it was naturally to destroy it.
From the looks of it, that Cultivator could likely only unleash one strike.
Given how terrifying this flame was, it would definitely incinerate him instantly and then incinerate Silly Snake.
It might even burn his newly resurrected self to death once more.
He could resurrect twice, but Silly Snake would be burned into nothingness.
If Silly Snake was gone, who would he bully? Where would he find another Silly Snake that was so easy to trick...
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts..."
It wasn't working; Xu Qing was about to be swallowed by the horrific pain.
He even felt his snake head being turned to ash bit by bit by the fire.
The sensation of his flesh, organs, head, and bones being scorched bit by bit while he remained conscious was enough to drive him mad.
Damn this Resurrection Green Snake Self-Healing power.
He couldn't hesitate any longer.
He focused his gaze on his skill bar, where Self-Destruct Lv1 sat quietly.
"Self-Destruct!"
"Blow this Green Fire to hell!"
Xu Qing's eyes were burned to ash, and flames shot out from his eye sockets.
His entire body swelled up, and green light radiated intensely from his scales.
*Boom!*
The green snake exploded.
A terrifying shockwave blasted out in all directions, and the green snake was instantly reduced to dust.
Amidst the agony of being blown to dust, Xu Qing sank into an endless darkness.
He remained extremely conscious throughout; he couldn't even lose consciousness until he was turned to dust.
Time seemed to stretch into countless fragments at this moment.
The pain of being incinerated and blown apart persisted in the darkness, never-ending.
Constant torture...
"Dead, finally dead!"
The Cultivator let out a dry laugh.
His hair had turned grey, and his withered body was covered in age spots.
He looked like an old man with one foot in the grave.
*Hiss hiss hiss!*
Silly Snake looked at the ashes in disbelief, then let out a mournful cry as if realizing something.
Sobbing, she used her tail to sweep up the ashes, tears welling in her large eyes.
A single green scale flew out from the ashes.
The sobbing Silly Snake didn't notice and accidentally swatted the scale away with her tail as she turned.
The scale landed on the ground in the distance, and in an instant, bones, flesh, and scales grew out from it.
A green snake with a vacant gaze appeared on the ground.
The green snake stared blankly for a full three seconds before his eyes moved, looking around.
Phantom pain still pulsed through his entire body, making him tremble uncontrollably.
*Hiss~*
Silly Snake froze, and the Cultivator above was also stunned.
What was he seeing?
This snake had been burned to ash, yet it had resurrected!
*Hiss hiss hiss!*
Silly Snake whipped Xu Qing's head with her tail, and only after confirming he was solid did she rush over excitedly.
Xu Qing was also snapped back to his senses by the tail strike, finally hearing the sounds that had been echoing in his ears for a while.
[Ding, proficiency has met the requirements]
[Revival Lv1 upgraded to Revival Lv2]
[Self-Destruct Lv1 upgraded to Self-Destruct Lv2]
"I'm alive!"
"It hurts so much!"
Xu Qing looked at his body; even though all the wounds had fully healed, the sensation of pain continued to linger.
With every death, the fear of death deepened.
A certain thought even began to emerge.
If I have to endure this kind of pain to resurrect, I'd rather just die normally.
As soon as Xu Qing had this thought, the System's voice rang in his mind again.
[Ding, learned skill: Suicide Lv1]
[Suicide Lv1] Direct, absolute death.
"Hey, hey, hey, that's not what I meant!"
Xu Qing shuddered in fear and quickly reined in his thoughts.
However, this was likely another reason why the Resurrection Green Snakes went extinct.
Perhaps after enduring the pain of such a death, a Resurrection Green Snake facing death again would activate the Suicide skill.
"Impossible, how is this possible!"
"How can you not be dead yet? What on earth are you!"
The withered Cultivator roared in rage.
His voice was grating, like an old man with decades of phlegm stuck in his throat.
"Impossible, there's no way you have an undying ability!"
"Flood dragon, keep killing!"
The withered Cultivator tried to activate the flood dragon pearl again.
Xu Qing shuddered; no matter what, he absolutely did not want to die again.
He immediately decided to take Silly Snake and flee.
However, the Cultivator only coughed up a large mouthful of blood, his body trembling so much he could barely maintain flight.
The finger-long flood dragon also twisted its dim body and returned to the flood dragon pearl.
"Damn it!"
"Green snake, I will definitely have my revenge!"
He reached out to grab the flood dragon pearl, intending to flee using Escape Light.
"Take his life while he's down!"
"Spatial Cut!"
Xu Qing rushed forward, using his newly recovered Demonic Power to forcibly activate his Spatial Pupil.
His left eye was bloodshot and bulging as if it were about to burst from the socket.
A clean rift sliced open across the Cultivator's waist.
The Cultivator hurriedly reached for his Storage Pouch and pulled out a stack of Talismans, but before he could activate them, he was sliced clean through, arm and all.
"My Talismans!"
Two voices in two different languages cried out in pain in unison.
The green snake was currently even more heartbroken than the Cultivator.
Silly Snake spat out a glob of venom, accurately hitting the Cultivator's wound.