66: Chapter 66 Green Snake Slays Fox and Ox
Xu Qing flicked his tail, then bit down on it.
He licked the blood off the wound.
Can't waste it; waste is shameful, it's all money.
Cosplaying an Ouroboros.
"Roar!"
As time passed, the Fox-Ox phantoms from all directions became more and more numerous.
"Illusion techniques are truly disgusting!"
Xu Qing circulated his Qi Refining, slashing wildly in all directions.
"Sea of Fire Burning the Heavens!" (A name Xu Qing came up with himself.)
The chuunibyou snake opened its mouth, and a large amount of cyan flames spewed out.
The flames covered the surroundings, burning the sky with crackling sounds.
A white shadow then appeared from a spot in the Void Realm.
Xu Qing hurriedly circulated his Demonic Fire, surging it toward the white shadow.
The white shadow stepped into the Void Realm with both claws, and invisible ripples blew out in all directions with it as the center.
The cyan flames were blown into a sway, unable to get close to its body.
Xu Qing flicked his tail, and the green flood dragon ring flew out, spinning as it smashed toward the Fox-Ox.
The green flood dragon ring ensnared the Fox-Ox and tightened fiercely.
But before Xu Qing could be pleasantly surprised, the Fox-Ox twisted and dissipated into white smoke, leaving only the green ring in place.
"Another illusion technique!"
Xu Qing hurriedly coiled into a ball, gathering his Sword Qi to protect his body.
At the same time, he circulated his Demonic Power into his pupils, wanting to see through the Fox-Ox's illusion.
But it was still useless.
His head even took a fierce claw swipe.
The Rank 5 skill was truly a dimension-reduction strike!
Xu Qing felt bitter inside.
This kind of illusion skill actually restrained him completely.
His Spatial Pupil could only enhance his vision; it couldn't provide a see-through skill.
The Resurrection Green Snake didn't have a see-through skill either.
Thick purple Poison Gas drifted in from all directions.
"Silly Snake's Poison Gas is ready!"
Xu Qing condensed his Demonic Power, gathering it at the heaven and earth spiritual seed at his seven-inch mark.
Branch-like roots extended, wrapping around his body and condensing into a set of wood armor.
Compared to the wood armor the Tree Spirit had condensed before, this set was much thinner.
And it also consumed an extreme amount of Demonic Power.
After all, the Tree Spirit's wood armor back then used two Green Leaf Glazed Fruits of unknown age as an energy core.
It also had an "Artificial Intelligence" System that automatically repaired itself and assisted in combat.
Xu Qing stared intently at his surroundings.
The moment the Fox-Ox attacked, it couldn't maintain its illusion.
Suddenly, he felt a cool breeze on his head.
The Fox-Ox finally couldn't endure the Poison Gas and attacked again.
Xu Qing hurriedly formed hand seals with his claws, and the wood armor on his head extended vines that coiled upward.
The Fox-Ox was startled and hurriedly dodged.
It looked like Xu Qing was about to miss.
Silly Snake, hidden in the shadows, saw this and forcibly activated the toxins accumulated in the Fox-Ox's body.
However, because not much toxin had accumulated, and the Fox-Ox had deep Dao Cultivation, the Snake Venom only paralyzed it for an instant.
In that instant of paralysis, the vines coiled around the Fox-Ox's claws like venomous snakes, purple lightning surged wildly, and Sword Qi converged into a river of swords, shooting toward it.
The Fox-Ox flicked its big tail, and waves of flowing wind wrapped around its entire body.
The Sword Qi and lightning collided with the flowing wind.
The flowing wind held for a moment before being pierced through.
But when the Sword Qi struck the Fox-Ox, it only produced a few Clanging echoes and cut small bloody marks.
The Lightning Strike only scorched a small patch of skin.
"Damn it, can't break its defense again!"
Xu Qing saw the Fox-Ox was about to break free, so he disregarded his Demonic Power, formed seals with his claws, and extended them forward, transforming them into countless tree roots that surged out.
The tree roots were like green snakes, coiling one by one around the Fox-Ox's body, neck, and limbs.
"Roar, roar, roar!"
The Fox-Ox roared and struggled, its muscles bulging.
The Great Strength almost pulled Xu Qing over.
This was the first time Xu Qing discovered a Yao Beast with more strength than himself.
No longer hesitating, he quickly circulated the green flood dragon ring, aiming it at the Fox-Ox's neck.
"Fearsome Might!"
Fearsome Might Rank 1 activated, causing the opponent to fall into a state of fear.
The Fox-Ox trembled slightly, as if it had been startled by something.
Xu Qing pulled the vines tight with all his might to restrict the Fox-Ox's movements, accurately ensnaring the Fox-Ox's neck with the green flood dragon ring.
"Tighten!"
"Strip your Demonic Power!"
Xu Qing spat out the green flood dragon pearl, circulating his Flood Dragon Qi.
The scales on the green flood dragon ring seemed to come alive, wriggling.
Like a green snake coiled around the Fox-Ox's neck, it constantly wriggled and tightened.
The Fox-Ox's Demonic Power became sluggish bit by bit as the green flood dragon ring tightened, until it couldn't mobilize even a fraction, and it crashed from the sky to the ground.
"It's really tough."
Xu Qing landed on the ground.
Then he began his inhumane methods.
Although Xu Qing didn't like abusing beasts to level up skills.
But scaring it should be fine.
"Fearsome Might!"
"Fearsome Might!"
"Fearsome Might!"
[Ding, proficiency requirement met]
[Fearsome Might Rank 1 upgraded to Fearsome Might Rank 2]
Apart from the initial shiver, the Fox-Ox quickly realized it was Xu Qing's doing.
Afterward, it just roared wildly at Xu Qing without showing any feelings of fear.
"It seems this skill can only be used by surprise."
"If the opponent is prepared, it has no effect."
Xu Qing figured out the situation with this skill.
The green flood dragon ring was also nearing its limit.
After all, Xu Qing had only initially refined the green flood dragon ring and couldn't unleash its full power.
No longer hesitating, he used a Wind Blade to directly decapitate the Fox-Ox.
He quickly used a jade bottle to catch the spraying blood.
Can't waste it; being frugal is important.
[Ding, killed a Peak Foundation Establishment Yao Beast]
[Dao Cultivation + 5 years, evolution points + 20]
[Obtained Spiritual Artifact, Illusion Pearl x 1]
[Illusion Pearl] Made primarily from the skull of a White-Tailed Fox-Ox with nearly three hundred years of Dao Cultivation, supplemented with various precious Ore, calcined for eighty-one days with illusion flames condensed by an illusion master, and then refined by an Artifact Refining Master. Comes with Illusion Rank 5, See-Through Rank 2.
"A pearl that can cast illusion techniques!"
Xu Qing became excited.
In the battle just now, he had really coveted the Fox-Ox's illusion technique.
The System was indeed a kind big sister; it could see he wanted it.
Xu Qing took the pearl out from his inventory.
The pearl was pure white, and inside it, there seemed to be illusory flames burning like clouds.
Xu Qing tried to cast an illusion.
His figure split into two, becoming two, one real and one fake.
But he couldn't operate as freely as the Fox-Ox, toying with himself.
After all, he was only able to cast it by borrowing an external object.
And the innate ability of the illusionist Fox-Ox naturally had a racial advantage.
Just like the innate ability of his own Resurrection Green Snake, Resurrection.
If it doesn't belong to the Resurrection Green Snake, there's no racial advantage; others who get caught up in the Resurrection skill can only end in suicide.
"My treasure vault has one more new treasure."
Xu Qing carefully stored the pearl in his left eye.
His current net worth was quite wealthy even among Golden Core cultivators.
The joy of a hoarder is just that simple.
Xu Qing and Silly Snake flew to a hidden place to recover the consumed Demonic Power.
[Evolution Bar] 420 / 500
"Finally, I'm almost able to evolve; I've waited so bitterly."
Xu Qing planned to evolve again within this year.
The further along, the more difficult evolution becomes.
And the currently unlocked evolution paths are:
[Green Snake King] [Sky-Roaming Thunder Snake] [Lisheng Green Snake] [Green Wood Si Green Snake]