53: Chapter 53 Does the Green Snake Activate Susanoo?
"Bastard."
Unable to take down a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Yao Beast after so long, the Black Robed Golden Core cultivator felt as if his Face was about to drift all the way to the East Sea.
Xu Qing lowered his head and looked at his chest (referring to the front half of the snake belly).
One of the two fruits on it, which acted as the energy core to power the wood armor, was about to lose its glazed color; its energy was almost completely exhausted.
Although the Tree Spirit had said it could maintain the wood armor form for two hours.
But that was just a general situation; in a high-intensity battle like this, it naturally couldn't be treated the same.
"Tree Spirit, what era is this? You're still using bio-energy."
"When will this battle armor of yours upgrade to an arc reactor?"
Xu Qing started telling jokes that only he could understand.
But the intense pain throughout his body made him unable to laugh.
The lower half of his body had already regrown a small section, just like a gecko.
"Wind Blade!"
Xu Qing flapped his wings.
Countless dense Wind Blades shot toward his rear.
The Black Robed Golden Core cultivator slashed his saber in front of him, a black light pressed down, and the Wind Blades dissipated one after another.
But after the Wind Blades dissipated, the ground cracked with a sound, and countless tree roots extended, one after another, wrapping the Black Robed Golden Core cultivator into a ball.
"Wood Condense!"
Xu Qing pressed his claws together, coiled in the air.
Countless trees rose from the ground and shot toward Xu Qing.
At this moment, the Black Robed Golden Core cultivator easily broke free from the restraints and turned into a black light, flying high into the sky.
From high in the sky, one could see that in nearly half the forest, countless trees were rising from the ground, surging toward Xu Qing.
Dense, endless trees as far as the eye could see.
"Hmph, mere parlor tricks."
The Black Robed Golden Core cultivator circulated his magic power, his chest swelled, and an orange-red fire cloud was spat out from his mouth.
The fire cloud swirled in the high sky, with continuous crackling sounds, pressing down toward those countless trees.
"Hmph, with so many trees, can you burn them all in a short while?"
Xu Qing controlled the countless trees to merge into the wood armor.
The wood armor quickly submerged his body, turning into a lifelike wooden snake several dozen meters long.
A large amount of spiritual power from the heaven and earth spiritual root flowed away; one of the glazed fruits on the snake's belly was completely drained of its spiritual power and medicinal potency, shriveling up.
"Bastard Yao Beast, do you think you are safe just because of this?"
The Black Robed Golden Core cultivator controlled countless flames to surge toward the still-growing wooden snake.
"Drawing a snake and adding feet!"
Inside the giant wooden snake, Xu Qing pinched a seal with both claws, and two snake claws condensed from the front of the wooden snake.
The snake claws opened, and water currents Entwined and wrapped around the claws, colliding with the flames.
At this moment, the wooden snake straightened its upper body, its huge mouth opened, and ink-green flames poured out like a waterfall.
"Slaying Yao Style One!"
The Black Robed Golden Core cultivator swung his saber, cleaving through the incoming ink-green flames.
Xu Qing hurriedly swung the giant snake tail.
The snake tail collided with the Black Robed Golden Core cultivator, but before it could hit, it was torn into wooden shards by the Saber Qi.
The giant wooden snake didn't care at all; countless trees surged toward its body, and in the blink of an eye, the tail had regrown.
At the same time, its body continued to grow as trees constantly merged into it.
"Slaying Yao Style Two!"
He quickly closed in and swung his saber upward.
"Drawing a snake and adding spider legs!"
Wooden spider legs grew from behind the giant wooden snake, propping up its entire body as it retreated wildly.
"Wood Condense Transformation!"
Xu Qing took the opportunity to pinch a seal with both hands, and spiral-shaped wooden spikes condensed in front of him.
The wooden spikes were wrapped in Demonic Fire, spinning constantly, and then shot continuously toward the Black Robed Golden Core cultivator.
He condensed Saber Qi, wanting to shatter all the wooden spikes.
But the spinning wooden spikes instantly shredded and pierced through the Saber Qi, stabbing toward the Black Robed Golden Core cultivator.
The Black Robed Golden Core cultivator was careless for a moment, his cheek was scratched, and a trace of blood seeped out.
"Just for this drop of blood?"
The Black Robed Golden Core cultivator wiped the blood from his cheek with his finger.
He quickly brandished his great saber, leaving behind trails of phantoms, shattering the continuous wooden spikes.
"Demonization!"
He stomped on the ground.
Purple-black Devilish Qi erupted, creating an astonishing shockwave that scattered the incoming wooden spikes.
A pair of black horns extended from his forehead.
All his magic power now turned into Devilish Qi, and exaggerated muscles grew out, stretching the black robe taut.
"Having seen me use Demonization, you must die today, Yao Beast."
The Black Robed Golden Core cultivator had had enough; he wanted to end the battle quickly.
"...I already saw this skill on your panel."
Xu Qing was fully focused, and a green light shone on his massive right claw.
A giant wooden spike grew out, like a long sword magnified countless times.
Xu Qing spat onto the long sword, and Wind Blades were continuously maintained on the wooden spike, flickering like sword radiance.
He clenched his left claw, gripping the green flood dragon ring which had been magnified dozens of times.
Thinking about it, he condensed a third claw between the two, grabbing the black flood dragon horn he had taken out.
Xu Qing had now grown to a size of fifty or sixty meters.
Over a dozen wooden spikes like spider legs supported his body from behind, with three claws in front, and a pair of wings on his neck.
One claw held the sword, one claw held the ring, and one claw held the branched black flood dragon horn.
Among snakes, no, among Yao Beasts, it was a very non-mainstream look.
"You, this snake, really are covered in treasures."
"It's a waste to let a Yao Beast have them; I will keep them safe for you."
After the Black Robed Golden Core cultivator finished speaking, he disappeared, leaving only an afterimage in place.
"Speed, greatly increased!"
Xu Qing, who was controlling the giant wooden snake from within, hurriedly controlled his slender body and burrowed into one of the spider-leg wooden spikes.
Fortunately, the Resurrection Green Snake had a slender body and could just barely fit inside.
Normal people would definitely think he was controlling the giant snake from the position of its head or chest; he wanted to do the opposite.
At the same time, he endured the pain and used Wind Blades to cut off a small section of his body, placing it on the giant wooden snake's head.
His Concealment skill was quite high, and this heaven and earth spiritual root wood armor also had a certain effect of blocking Divine Sense exploration.
Xu Qing's high-Rank Divine Sense quickly scanned the entire area, capturing any movement.
"Watch out for the sword!"
Xu Qing looked toward a spot and thrust the long sword in his hand.
The Black Robed Golden Core cultivator revealed his figure and swung his saber at the giant sword.
How could Xu Qing dare to be careless? His three claws moved in unison, the green flood dragon ring smashed straight toward him, and the black flood dragon horn also swung down.
The Black Robed Golden Core cultivator gripped the saber handle with one hand and pressed his other hand against the back of the blade, deflecting the incoming green flood dragon ring.
At the same time, he stepped onto the giant sword, running along it toward Xu Qing's claw.
Xu Qing hurriedly swung his arm, spitting out a mouthful of Wind Blades wrapped in Poison Gas.
[Ding, proficiency requirements met]
[Poison Gas lv2 upgraded to Poison Gas lv3]
[Snake Venom lv2 upgraded to Snake Venom lv3]
The Black Robed Golden Core cultivator left an afterimage in place, sprinting upward along Xu Qing's claw.
"Yao Beast, die!"
"Slaying Yao Style Three!"
He leaped up, the black saber slashed across, and the giant wooden snake's massive head was directly and cleanly severed.
Blood sprayed wildly.
The headless giant wooden snake stopped and fell straight down, motionless.
The Black Robed Golden Core cultivator hurriedly shredded the head, wrapped it in a mouthful of flames, and burned it to ashes.
He stared at the ashes in a daze for a moment.
Just this? Just this?
Something was wrong; he had to burn the rest to feel at ease; he instantly snapped back to his senses.
"Fearsome Might!"
Xu Qing didn't hesitate; taking advantage of the opponent's momentary daze, he activated the skill. Fearsome Might could put the opponent into a Fear state.
Although it was minimal.
He seized the chance to erupt, driving all his Demonic Power, and the green flood dragon ring viciously launched a sneak attack, smashing toward the Black Robed Golden Core cultivator.
The head was just a decoration; he was a despicable outsider!
The black flood dragon horn followed closely behind, slamming onto the Black Robed Golden Core cultivator's head like a cudgel.
The latter flew backward, crashing into rows of trees that Xu Qing had gathered.
Xu Qing beat the drowning dog.
Ink-green flames poured out wildly, and Wind Blades condensed into a tornado wrapped in purple thunder clouds, also rapidly pressing over.
The tornado stirred up dust and debris, churning constantly, while purple lightning and ink-green flames continuously erupted with roars within it.