256: Chapter 256 is... a hallucination before death?!

Elsewhere on the fourteenth floor.

Jiang Mengxi was also searching for the final requirement of the mission.

The traces of the Emerald Python King BOSS.

Inside this Star Tower, although there are many BOSSes on every floor to satisfy student challenges,

normally, BOSS creatures should have their own sense of territory.

As long as one finds some traces, it is always possible to follow the clues and track them down.

However, this Emerald Python King is an anomaly among the BOSSes.

Its sense of territory is extremely weak.

It wanders everywhere.

If you are unlucky, you will never encounter it.

And now, Jiang Mengxi had encountered this situation.

She had been searching for the BOSS for nearly half an hour.

Yet she still hadn't encountered it.

A trace of anxiety appeared on her beautiful face.

Jiang Mengxi stepped into a small alley.

At the entrance of the alley, she saw some remnants of snake slough.

Perhaps she could gain something here.

Just as she entered the alley,

Jiang Mengxi felt her talent, Sword Heart Clarity, issue a warning.

"Danger?"

Instead, a look of pleasant surprise appeared on Jiang Mengxi's face.

Ordinary Nine-Segment Emerald Pythons would not trigger the effect of Sword Heart Clarity.

This meant that a BOSS should exist here!

Overjoyed, Jiang Mengxi did not lose her vigilance.

She cautiously observed her surroundings,

guarding against a sudden attack from the BOSS that could appear at any moment.

However, until Jiang Mengxi walked to the end of the alley,

she still had not seen the traces of the Emerald Python King she had been expecting.

Jiang Mengxi frowned slightly, "How could this be?"

"Sword Heart Clarity has never been wrong."

"That makes no sense..."

Just as Jiang Mengxi was thinking this,

she suddenly noticed a figure emerging from the dark red liquid flowing from a crack in the wall on her left.

This creature was about five meters long, with an extremely unique body structure formed by nine distinct circular muscles connected together.

Each segment of its snake body shimmered with a translucent, fluorescent green light like emerald.

But what was most eye-catching was that

it also had a pair of dark red fangs nearly ten centimeters long.

The moment she saw what this creature looked like,

a look of disappointment appeared on Jiang Mengxi's face.

This was not the Emerald Python King.

It was just one of the many ordinary Nine-Segment Emerald Pythons she had already killed.

Jiang Mengxi formed a hand seal with one hand.

The three Flying Swords behind her flew out with a whoosh,

directly strangling towards this Nine-Segment Emerald Python.

In the blink of an eye, it had inflicted countless sword wounds on its body.

However, before Jiang Mengxi could kill it,

two new Nine-Segment Emerald Pythons emerged from the dark red liquid.

"Three in total?"

Jiang Mengxi frowned slightly.

These Nine-Segment Emerald Pythons were supposed to act alone; she had never encountered two appearing at the same time before.

Perhaps this was the reason why her Sword Heart Clarity talent was triggered.

Fortunately, the first one was already heavily injured, and only one Flying Sword was needed to slowly finish it off.

She could just use one Flying Sword to entangle the two that had just appeared.

Finish off the one with low health first, then kill them one by one!

Jiang Mengxi moved her mind.

The other two Flying Swords shot towards the newly appeared Nine-Segment Emerald Pythons.

Just when Jiang Mengxi thought she could handle these two Nine-Segment Emerald Pythons and then continue searching for the BOSS,

she suddenly heard movement behind her as well.

Jiang Mengxi looked back.

Her brows furrowed immediately.

Only then did she realize.

On the wall behind this small alley, one after another, Nine-Segment Emerald Pythons were continuously emerging from those cracks.

As far as her eyes could see, there were at least seven or eight of them.

Alarm bells rang in Jiang Mengxi's heart.

The combat Rank of these Nine-Segment Emerald Pythons was not overly exaggerated, only Tier 2 Rank 9, which was weaker than her own combat Rank.

However, they were extremely dangerous.

Because the main method of attack for this type of monster was poison.

Once bitten, one would not only be slowed down but would also suffer continuous health loss.

With her current means, she couldn't handle so many of them at all.

"The situation is bad!"

Jiang Mengxi reacted instantly.

If she continued to stay here, something would likely go wrong.

Jiang Mengxi directly controlled the Flying Swords to retract.

They stopped in front of her.

Then she stepped onto one.

Although she couldn't achieve sword flight yet, using the Flying Sword as a stepping stone to cross the wall of the alley in front of her was still doable.

She stepped on the Flying Sword and leaped lightly.

However, it was at this moment that

a Nine-Segment Emerald Python silently emerged from a crack in the wall.

It bit down on Jiang Mengxi's right ankle.

Jiang Mengxi, in pain, could not care about anything else and had to force herself to cross the wall first.

Afterward, she used a Flying Sword to forcibly knock off this Nine-Segment Emerald Python.

Hissing sounds came continuously from behind.

Jiang Mengxi gritted her teeth and ran towards the location she had come from.

She couldn't get attacked again.

Otherwise, the more the poison stacked, the more her movement speed would be reduced, and her health bar would drop faster.

This direction was one she had already cleared.

It should be safer compared to other locations.

However, Jiang Mengxi had already been bitten, and since it was on her ankle, the poison affected her, making her walk somewhat unsteadily.

The Nine-Segment Emerald Pythons behind her were relentlessly pursuing.

A feeling of unease rose in Jiang Mengxi's heart.

At this rate...

She had no ability to shake off so many Nine-Segment Emerald Pythons.

"Was she going to stop at the fourteenth floor?"

Just one floor away...

Jiang Mengxi's heart was filled with unwillingness.

"No!"

"There is still a chance, there must still be a chance!"

"As long as I can temporarily shake them off and wait for the slowing effect of the poison to disappear,"

"I can regain the initiative."

Jiang Mengxi gritted her teeth, continuously controlling her Flying Swords to strangle the Nine-Segment Emerald Pythons behind her.

However, just as she passed a corner,

when Jiang Mengxi saw the scene before her, she instantly felt a chill in her heart.

Because what appeared before her

was the Emerald Python King BOSS she had been searching for so long!

Unlike common BOSSes, the Emerald Python King's figure was smaller than ordinary Nine-Segment Emerald Pythons.

It was only the size of a palm.

But its body was completely covered in emerald green.

Its poison was also even more exaggerated!

The moment the Emerald Python King saw Jiang Mengxi, a flash of excitement crossed its pair of red snake pupils.

It quickly slithered its body and attacked Jiang Mengxi.

Besieged from front and back.

Jiang Mengxi's expression changed drastically.

But unfortunately, she was still under the effect of the poison and in a combat state.

She couldn't even choose to give up the challenge directly.

She sighed inwardly.

Immediately, she gave up on fleeing.

Instead, she controlled the Flying Swords to fight the final battle!

The three Flying Swords drew streaks of afterimages in the air,

frantically slicing at the monsters trying to get close.

Snake blood splattered.

But eventually, they found an opportunity.

She was bitten several times in succession.

Jiang Mengxi's health bar began to drop even more rapidly.

Even due to the influence of the poison,

her brain was becoming somewhat unclear.

Just as Jiang Mengxi saw that she was about to faint,

she suddenly saw a figure descend from the sky.

A golden light spread out from his body!

The golden light instantly killed all the monsters gathered around her!

Even that Emerald Python King BOSS was no exception!

"Lin... Lin Mo?"

Jiang Mengxi murmured softly, not quite understanding whether this was an illusion before her death or reality.

However, the next moment,

she found her leg being lifted up.

A sucking sensation came from the wound.