79: Chapter 79 Snake King, Ice Spirit Flower
"Bring out your Snake King."
Bai Xuan was very interested in the mysterious treasure on the third level.
"Arrogant! Do you think the Snake King is someone you can see just because you want to?"
The Ice-Horned Python saw that Bai Xuan had no intention of negotiating and maintained an arrogant, conceited demeanor from beginning to end, which infuriated it.
This was the territory of the snake clan; who was he to come here and run wild!
It opened its bloody maw, and freezing venom sprayed out from its fangs like water gushing from a pipe!
Bai Xuan stopped wasting words with it; since it wouldn't come out, he would go in and find it himself.
Dodging the incoming venom, he flashed past the Ice-Horned Python's neck and entered the cave. With a puchi sound, the Ice-Horned Python's entire head fell off, the speed so fast that it hadn't even reacted.
A large amount of blood sprayed from the Ice-Horned Python's neck, and its massive body crashed to the ground, crushing quite a few white snakes. The severed head of the Ice-Horned Python lay on the ground, its eyes filled with disbelief, still possessing a sliver of consciousness.
Realizing its situation, it knew that nothing could be done to save it; it was just gasping its last breaths, dying in agony:
"Quickly… go chase…"
The Ice-Horned Python opened its mouth slightly, but could not make a sound.
But the white snakes in front could tell what the Ice-Horned Python wanted to say by reading its lips.
"Second-in-command!"
"This is not the time to be sentimental. Let's go in pursuit; don't let that beast disturb the Snake King!"
"Brothers, let's pursue!"
"We must kill it and avenge the Second-in-command!"
Densely packed white snakes slithered into the cave, pursuing Bai Xuan.
Meanwhile, the Ice-Horned Python remained where it was, quietly waiting for death, thinking to itself: "I hope everything goes as wished."
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At this moment, Bai Xuan arrived at the second level. Before his eyes, there were still dense swarms of white snakes. Without a word, Bai Xuan unleashed a large number of ice spikes, slaughtering the snake swarm. Blood splattered everywhere, and corpses littered the ground.
After dealing with the white snakes blocking his path, he darted into the cave and headed toward the third level, while the swarm of white snakes pursued him relentlessly, vowing to beat Bai Xuan to death!
On the third level at the bottom of the cave, a giant python fifty meters long lay there. Its body was deep blue, it possessed bright red vertical pupils, and a bright red horn grew on top of its head. The scales on its tail were incredibly sharp, as if embedded with blades. A chilling aura emanated from its body, and its presence was majestic.
It raised one-third of its body, staring fixedly at the giant flower before it.
The Nine-Petal Ice Spirit Flower had winding, twisting vines that clung to the ice wall like long dragons. They pierced into the ice layer and entered the soil, greedily absorbing nutrients to nurture a pair of nine-petaled spirit flowers. They were crystal clear, rich in spiritual energy, and emitted a fragrance. The buds looked like teardrops of ice crystals, extremely beautiful.
"Who is it! Come out." The Horned Ice Python, sensing an intruder, whipped its head around, looking coldly at the sealed cave entrance.
The ice layer sealing the entrance suddenly emitted bursts of cold light. Immediately after, the ice shattered, cut into hundreds of pieces, and fell to the ground.
Seeing this, the Horned Ice Python's gaze grew colder, revealing intense killing intent. Its tail muscles tensed, ready to strike.
"It seems this is the place." Bai Xuan darted out from the cave and arrived here.
Standing on the ice, his gaze skipped over the Horned Ice Python and fixed directly on the Nine-Petal Ice Spirit Flower. Eye of Appraisal activated:
[Heavenly Treasure]: Ice Spirit Flower.
[Grade]: Tier 4.
[Status]: 25 minutes until maturity.
[Consuming it grants 300,000 evolution points, and for beasts below Tier 5, it has the effect of enhancing bloodline and ice power.]
"Truly a good thing." Bai Xuan muttered to himself.
A Tier 4 heavenly treasure! Not only could he gain 300,000 evolution points, but it would also be a great help to himself, further enhancing his bloodline power.
"Arrogant!" The Horned Ice Python, seeing that Bai Xuan didn't take it seriously at all, let out a deafening roar that shook the cave and caused the ground to tremble!
Immediately after, it whipped its snake tail out fiercely, coated in ice power, lashing out at Bai Xuan.
Watching the incoming snake tail, Bai Xuan jumped up, lifted his leg, and turned for a 360-degree roundhouse kick, striking with his claw, colliding with the incoming tail.
In an instant, blood splattered, and scales shattered and flew everywhere.
The Horned Ice Python let out a painful scream: "Ahhhhh!"
The Horned Ice Python quickly retracted its tail, only to see it dripping with blood, severed into two pieces. It looked truly gruesome!
Bai Xuan, naturally, was completely unharmed. He shook the blood off his eagle leg: "Vulnerable."
The Horned Ice Python was, after all, a Tier 3, Stage 3 beast, and could be considered a dominant overlord in this area, but in front of Bai Xuan, it was vulnerable.
"Who exactly are you?!" The Horned Ice Python glared viciously at Bai Xuan.
It could tell that Bai Xuan had come for its treasure, and it could not tolerate this humiliation. Therefore, even if it meant destroying it, it would never let Bai Xuan get what he wanted.
If Bai Xuan hadn't come to seize it, once it obtained this treasure and absorbed it during seclusion, it would eventually become an overlord, perhaps even dominating the entire cold region. But now, all of this had vanished into thin air because of Bai Xuan's appearance.
"Forget it, looking at you, you won't listen to me anyway. Better to just kill you." Bai Xuan had already seen the fearless nature of the white snakes earlier, so he stopped wasting words.
He whipped his wings, and an Ice Flying Blade shot toward the Horned Ice Python.
Seeing this, the Horned Ice Python quickly covered itself with a layer of ice defense. Just as it prepared to counterattack, the Ice Flying Blade struck with lightning speed, slicing down from between its brows. It seemed to have a mind of its own, cutting from head to tail.
This also showed the extent of Bai Xuan's control over spiritual energy.
The Horned Ice Python's eyes revealed disbelief. Had it really been killed so easily?
Its massive body separated and fell to the ground. No blood flowed out because it had already been frozen. The flesh, internal organs, and muscles were clearly visible through the surface ice, which was quite terrifying and bloody.
[Consumed Horned Ice Python, Tier 3, Stage 3, gained 4,000 evolution points.]
Bai Xuan swallowed the Horned Ice Python, then walked up to the Ice Spirit Flower and took a deep breath. The floral fragrance rushed to his nose, rich in spiritual energy; taking a breath made him feel refreshed.
No wonder this Horned Ice Python's level increased so quickly; it was because of this heavenly treasure. It absorbed the spiritual energy from the surrounding area and the blood of beasts, feeding the nutrients into the Ice Spirit Flower to make it bloom and mature.
"There's still some time, let me first see if there are any spirit stones."
After consuming the Horned Ice Python, Bai Xuan also gained two additional high-grade spirit stones. Although they had been mostly absorbed, they were still rare spirit stones.
Bai Xuan released his divine sense and found the location of the spirit stones. Just as he was about to go and take them, the white snakes caught up, flooding into the ice cave in dense swarms, viciously lunging at Bai Xuan. There were countless of them, like a tidal wave.