r18novel Chapter 170 Blood Feathers Fall to Slay the White Serpent
Chapter 170 Blood Feathers Fall to Slay the White Serpent
Chapter 170 Blood Feathers Fall to Slay the White Serpent
Kong Tianxu slowly withdrew his sword. It was entirely expected that the Sword of Judgment would possess such destructive power in his hands. It was rare for a normal Soul Master to have both light and dark attributes coexisting, and it was even more unique for someone like him to have perfect control over two completely opposite attributes.
Combined with the power of a level 8 peak soul tool, his limit is not limited to this.
However, he vaguely sensed that the aura that had caused him to stop in his tracks was slightly different from the anaconda in front of him.
"You did a great job."
Zhang Lexuan blinked, first nodding to Kong Tianxu, then looking at Jin Yehuan, who immediately understood and put on a stern face towards Gu Fan.
"Senior Brother, I was wrong. I shouldn't have hesitated for a moment." Before he could speak, Gu Fan raised his hands and said with a wry smile, "But such a powerful soul tool would surprise anyone who comes here."
Jin Yehuan immediately glared at him, "Then you shouldn't be so slow at releasing even a soul skill. From now on, you and I will cooperate, with Kong Tianxu and Zhang Lexuan providing support."
"Alright, Lone Sail, let's absorb the spirit ring first."
Hua Yao gently raised her hands, and lotus petals lifted the huge anaconda corpse out of the water. A dark soul ring rose from the anaconda's corpse. Gu Fan nodded, acknowledging Jin Yehuan's arrangement. His eyes were filled with barely suppressed excitement as he was about to sit down cross-legged to absorb the soul ring.
The crowd instinctively moved to surround him, protecting him. Zhang Lexuan approached Kong Tianxu, gave him a deep look at the longsword in his hand, and asked, "How's your energy level?"
"It's alright." Kong Tianxu's expression remained unchanged. Killing a 30,000-year-old serpent was just an ordinary thing for him, and there was no point in showing off.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Lexuan still asked, "May I be so bold as to ask about your sword—"
"Just an eighth-level soul tool." Kong Tianxu gave up on the pointless investigation and carried the Sword of Judgment behind his back.
Just then, a sudden warning signal struck him: "Whoosh!"
A massive, pure white shadow, as thick as a water vat, was engulfed in dazzling golden flames like the midday sun. It suddenly tore through the water's surface, its snow-white scales reflecting an unbearable brilliance, and stirring up towering waves of mud!
The overwhelming, untamed killing intent mixed with the scorching heat rushed towards us, even more oppressive than the previous serpent.
The incident happened suddenly; Zhang Lexuan, who was closest, only had time to release her martial soul defense, and a crescent moon appeared behind her.
However, the white shadow was too fast and its target was extremely clear—its giant tail lashed out like lightning, and before anyone could react, it had already wrapped around Kong Tianxu, who had just concealed his aura, and dragged him into the bottomless, murky swamp.
"not good!"
Zhang Lexuan exclaimed in surprise, and a beam of silvery moonlight shot down, but only at the last moment before the giant shadow disappeared into the water did it leave several scorch marks on its tail, futilely splashing up a few scorching white scales.
"roar--!"
With a deep roar, Jin Yehuan reacted quickly, his body radiating a burst of earthy yellow light, instantly transforming into the massive true form of the Thick Earth Crocodile King, and without hesitation, he leaped into the murky water.
Beneath this swamp, most Soul Masters' experience is useless; he is the only one best suited to go and rescue them.
"Such speed! What kind of soul beast is this?" Suddenly attacked, Gu Fan couldn't care less about absorbing the soul ring. The group quickly gathered together, and Li Zhuangyun looked warily at the water surface, which had returned to calm but looked even more eerie.
Xian Lin'er's figure suddenly appeared on the shore. "It's a feathered serpent, a ten-thousand-year-old feathered serpent. No wonder this anaconda has mutated."
Feathered Serpent? Gu Fan and Hua Yao exchanged a glance, both able to see the seriousness in each other's eyes.
The Feathered Serpent, a powerful first-tier soul beast, holds a similar position among various pythons, boas, and snakes as the Golden Hawksbill Turtle among turtles. If the Golden Hawksbill Turtle is the emperor among turtles, then the Feathered Serpent is the priest among snakes.
Both are beings imbued with auspicious energy, but the feathered serpent is relatively stronger in combat, especially in speed, while its auspicious energy is weaker. It is precisely this auspicious energy that makes them extremely good at concealing their presence, so much so that even Kong Tianxu could not fully detect its existence.
Unexpectedly, how could a 30,000-year-old anaconda and feathered serpent, which are enough to dominate even in the core circle, appear here?
Caught off guard, Kong Tianxu, who had just unleashed an attack that they perceived as going all out, was probably—
Zhang Lexuan clenched her fists tightly. Several snow-white scales floated on the water's surface, rising and falling as if mocking her incompetence.
Although Xian Lin'er also had a solemn expression, she did not go into the water to rescue Jin Yehuan. Although her Azure Flame Dragon Martial Soul was powerful, it was only good at fighting in the air, which is why she was called the Flying Valkyrie.
She probably couldn't do a better job than Jin Yehuan in underwater search and rescue.
Moreover, she vaguely felt that Kong Tianxu did not seem to be too panicked when he was taken away.
Kong Tianxu was indeed not flustered. This feathered serpent perfectly matched the aura he had initially sensed. He was just a little puzzled. Feathered serpents, as soul beasts, should theoretically have a strong instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm. Why would it choose him as its target?
However, it is clearly inappropriate to explore this now, as icy muddy water is surging in from all directions, carrying a biting chill and a strong sense of pressure.
The feathered serpent's blazing light permeated the water, like an invisible furnace, tightly binding Kong Tianxu within its coiled body. That immense power contracted wildly, attempting to crush his bones, while the scorching light soul power, like a red-hot iron, tried to penetrate his protective soul power and burn his skin.
As far as the eye could see, there was only murky liquid and that blindingly pure white snake scale. The feathered serpent's cold, dark, vertical pupils were almost touching it, and its two small, pure white wings fluttered rapidly, as if it wanted to savor the fear its prey should display.
Ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts have already developed a certain level of intelligence, especially special soul beasts like this one that develop intelligence earlier. The reason it chose Kong Tianxu was not only because Kong Tianxu killed its good sister, but also because of the dragon bloodline in Kong Tianxu that was so strong that it drove it crazy.
In ancient times, the most powerful pure-blooded feathered serpents fed on dragons. Although this led to the pure-blooded feathered serpents being wiped out by the dragon god, this instinct was preserved.
It had a premonition that if it could completely devour Kong Tianxu, it might be able to directly purify its own bloodline and thus achieve a return to its ancestral form.
But it failed to see even the slightest hint of the expected panic in Kong Tianxu's eyes. His eyes held only an unfathomable calm, like ancient, frozen ice.
If it were an ordinary Soul Emperor or even Soul Saint, they would have been severely injured by this blazing light, even if they weren't strangled to death. But Kong Tianxu possessed an extraordinary physique, and he managed to withstand this deadly strangulation.
A thunderous roar exploded within the Feathered Serpent's spiritual sea!
"Have you made enough of a scene?"
A cold glint flashed in Kong Tianxu's eyes, and he stopped trying to outrun the other in the water. He pressed his free left hand down, and his soul power vibrated at a strange frequency.
"fall."
Words become law! Suddenly, an irresistible force emanated from the earth element in the soft swamp riverbed below, pulling him and the feathered serpent, who were entangled together, and crashing them into the riverbed like a meteorite.
The churning mud and the immense impact momentarily halted the feathered serpent's charge.
In that instant of pause, Kong Tianxu's blood and qi surged, his arm muscles bulged, and he actually managed to withstand the feathered serpent's attempt to exert its binding force again by relying solely on his physical strength!
The feathered serpent, in pain, let out a muffled hiss, and intensified its coiling force, attempting to completely crush this target whose power was beyond human comprehension.
Kong Tianxu's eyes instantly turned a brilliant silver color, and the extreme fire did not emanate outwards, but instead burst forth close to his body.
The blazing white light instantly illuminated him, making him look like an underwater furnace. The terrifyingly high temperature caused the surrounding water to vaporize instantly, emitting a hissing and crackling sound.
The moment the feathered serpent's cold yet resilient body came into contact with the extreme fire, it instinctively convulsed and twitched violently, and the binding force suddenly loosened.
Kong Tianxu's dragon claws were chilling as he took down the Sword of Judgment.
Time passed in a stifling silence, each second feeling exceptionally long. Occasionally, a few bubbles would rise to the surface of the water, but there was no further movement.
Suddenly, Hua Yao's pupils contracted, and she cried out in a trembling voice, "Blood! So much blood!"
Before them, large swampy areas were rapidly spreading crimson like splashed ink, the glaring red turning the murky water a terrifying dark crimson. A strong stench of blood filled the air.
Everyone's hearts sank to the bottom. With such a massive amount of blood, facing the legendary feathered serpent renowned for its speed and strength underwater, Kong Tianxu was likely—
Xian Lin'er's pupils contracted slightly. Had she misjudged? Zhang Lexuan's delicate body trembled slightly.
However, just as despair filled the air, a glint of light flashed in Li Zhuangyun's eyes.
"No! How could a human body have so much blood?"
What?!
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately focused their attention to sense the situation. Sure enough, the pervasive stench of blood had almost dyed the entire body of water red, and there was also a trace of scorching and savage soul power fluctuation mixed in.
Could it be that...?
"boom--!"
A massive column of water shot skyward, accompanied by a deep, distorted hiss. The next moment, to everyone's astonishment, the enormous, pure white body burst out of the swamp. The golden flames burning around it surged even more after leaving the water, resembling a miniature sun that had fallen into the swamp, illuminating the surroundings with a golden glow.
It was actually running away!
Following closely behind was Kong Tianxu.
He had no injuries whatsoever, and his clothes were dry and brand new, only slightly wrinkled. But what attracted everyone's attention was the sword of judgment in his hand.
The auras of darkness and light surged forth from the longsword at the same time, and a fierce dragon's might suddenly rose up, instantly merging with the auras of darkness and light.
Unfortunately, the feathered serpent's attribute is light, so Kong Tianxu does not intend to use the skills attached to this sword of judgment, but instead wants to combine the energy contained in this longsword with his own martial soul.
However, light and darkness are two completely opposite forces. When they appear simultaneously, they will inevitably clash. If one side gains the upper hand, it will surely devour the other.
On the sword of judgment, light and darkness lie on different spines. For the sake of the sword's balance, the two forces are naturally contained equally. Now that Kong Tianxu has unleashed them, there is no possibility of one overpowering the other. But the more this is the case, the more dangerous it becomes.
It looked as if the clashing forces of darkness and light were about to erupt.
But at that very moment, a layer of silver light suddenly surged from the tip of the sword, forcefully squeezing through the darkness and light, firmly separating the two. The sword intent, which had been fluctuating extremely unstable just a moment ago, gradually stabilized. The sword light also transformed into gold, silver, and black, becoming a gigantic three-colored blade of light standing upright in the air.
Even Jing Hongchen, who forged this Sword of Judgment, could not fully unleash its power. The sword is the king of weapons. In the Douluo Continent, how many people are more worthy of this weapon than Kong Tianxu?
At this moment, in Kong Tianxu's hands, the Sword of Judgment took on a completely different flavor.
The pure silver dragon power separated light and darkness, but the light and darkness attracted each other like magnets, wanting to crush each other. The more they did this, the more solid the sword light released by Kong Tianxu became.
Gold, black, and silver light swirled around the sword in an unprecedentedly harmonious manner, finally converging at the tip, emitting a terrifying fluctuation that slightly distorted the surrounding space.
Then, following the movement of its master's arm, it slid down, the soaring sword light flickering and spreading more than ten feet away, just in time to silently pass through the middle of the feathered serpent's body.
The feathered serpent spread its two delicate wings to their fullest extent, and its huge body suddenly stiffened, revealing a smooth cut in the middle of its body.
Blood rained down like a waterfall.
It turned out that it wasn't his blood.
For some reason, looking at this stunningly beautiful yet eerie scene, Zhang Lexuan had only one thought in her mind at that moment.
Two heavy snake carcasses crashed into the swamp, splashing up a sky full of bloody water. The cut surfaces were as smooth as mirrors, and the overturned snake heads were covered by lotus flowers, revealing a touch of holiness.
Kong Tianxu slowly descended onto the summit of the Blood Lotus.
On the sword of judgment, gold, black, and silver light intertwined and swirled as if boiling, before finally slowly receding inward.
His face was slightly pale, and his breathing was a little rapid, but his eyes remained sharp as knives.
silence.
"Continue the Soul Hunt. Go back and rebuild the Swamp Soul Beast Register for me." Xian Lin'er forced herself to look away from the Sword of Judgment, then transformed into a streak of blue light and disappeared.
Almost simultaneously, a slight ripple of blood appeared, and the Thick Earth Crocodile King, transformed from Jin Yehuan, floated to the surface, dragging half of a giant feathered serpent corpse.
He almost caught up with the feathered serpent, but unexpectedly, the beast changed its route and returned after being chased by Kong Tianxu. The back and forth trips had really given him a hard time.
"Senior Brother, why did you drag this thing back?" Hua Yao pinched her delicate nose.
"You don't understand, do you? The feathered serpent's wings are one of the ten most delicious delicacies in the world today," Gu Fan said cheerfully.
"Fool." Jin Yehuan's deep voice rang out as he turned the snake corpse upside down.
Inside the broken body of the feathered serpent, near the spine, a bone was emitting a soft and pure white halo, with faint feather-like patterns emerging, and a pure and powerful energy fluctuation emanated from it.
Zhang Lexuan parted her red lips slightly: "Soul Bone."
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