Chapter 22: The Great Battle Between Man and Snake

  The giant serpent's body was enormous, but its movements were not clumsy. With a powerful flick of its massive tail, a strong gust of wind blew towards us, and the surface of the pool churned with waves.

  The huge snake tail arrived in front of Chen Yuan instantly, with a whirring sound, and slammed down on Chen Yuan's body.

  "What a ferocious beast!" Chen Yuan suddenly shouted, his aura surging, as he grasped the sword manual and the flying sword began to revolve around him. At the same time, three rays of sword light appeared.

  After using the Golden Sword Symbol, the light emitted by the sword glow became several times stronger, and even the sharp aura became several times more powerful, carrying a faint blue-green light, and in an instant, it flashed towards the Dark Snake.

  The blue sword light and the giant snake's tail collided, scales flew everywhere, blood splattered, and two long gashes were left on the giant snake's tail.

  Unexpectedly, such hard scales were cut off by Chen Yuan, but such injuries are of no great use to the huge body of the mysterious snake.

  The dark snake was in pain, its mouth making a rapid "hiss" sound, which sent chills down one's spine. A pair of blood-red eyeballs burst forth with a fierce aura, and the huge snake mouth opened wide, biting down towards Chen Yuan in space.

  Looking at the huge snake's mouth, Chen Yuan's expression was solemn, and he felt the pungent wind rushing towards him. He didn't hesitate, and with a wave of his right hand in front of him, a spiritual energy screen appeared, while his body twisted in mid-air and dodged to the side. On the other side, three sword lights continued to dance around the mysterious snake under his control.

  Only to see the giant snake head of the mysterious snake crashing into the spiritual energy screen, the screen was shattered like glass, then the snake head twisted and turned towards Chen Yuan in mid-air, a water sword shot out from its mouth.

  "Hiss...!" A water sword shot out, carrying a sharp piercing sound, and suddenly caught up with Chen Yuan who was dodging. Although it was just one water sword, the power contained within was no weaker than that of an ordinary cultivator's flying sword.

  Even a cultivator like Chen Yuan didn't dare to take this blow head-on, facing the powerful Water Sword. Chen Yuan remained calm and composed, with a flash of light in front of him, a turtle shell shield the size of a palm appeared.

  Chen Yuan snapped his fingers, and a ray of spiritual light shot out from his hand, flashing into the turtle shell shield in front of him. In an instant, the turtle shell spun around in mid-air, transforming into a human-sized shield that blocked Chen Yuan's face.

  At the moment the shield appeared, the water sword shot out and violently struck the front of the turtle shell shield. With a loud crash, the water sword exploded and turned into splashing water flowers that scattered in all directions. The turtle shell shield suffered from the impact of the water sword, its surface light suddenly dimmed, and it violently shook several times.

  Behind him, Chen Yuan's expression suddenly changed, and his face turned pale. A huge snake tail came crashing down from the front, "Not good!" a cry of alarm escaped Chen Yuan's mouth as he swiftly pointed his right hand forward, pouring spiritual energy into the Turtle Shell Shield. The shield's glow surged abruptly, just as the massive snake tail struck its surface.

  "Boom!" A loud noise, and the shield was sent flying out. Behind it, Chen Yuan's body was enveloped in a faint blue glow, also sliding out into the air.

  After putting down his body, Chen Yuan looked up at the mysterious snake above the water pool, then turned his gaze to the turtle shell shield beside him. At this time, the surface of the turtle shell shield was completely dull and was flown back into Chen Yuan's hand with a wave of his hand. However, several cracks were left on the front of the turtle shell shield, causing Chen Yuan a sharp pain.

  The attack just now was only a moment, and at this time, Shi Feng and others had not yet taken action. Looking at the great battle between Xuan Snake and Chen Yuan, who still had the upper hand, the faces of Shi Feng and others all became somewhat unsightly.

  Wang Ke, hiding behind the giant rock, watched the battle just now and was shocked by Xuan Snake's strength. Although Xuan Snake and Chen Yuanxiu were not much different, it was clear that Xuan Snake's spiritual beast body was much more powerful.

  "Hmph, what are you waiting for? Come on, let's settle this together!" Chen Yuan said coldly, his gaze sweeping over Shi Feng and the others in the distance.

  "Alright, let's do this together!" Liu Kai said with a serious expression, unfolding his body technique and charging towards the mysterious snake. At the same time, he manipulated his spiritual energy, causing a red glow to flash in front of him, and a flying needle shot out. Additionally, he urged on his flying sword, and two beams of sword light appeared, also rushing forward.

  A stone peak on the side also moved, unfolding its body method, and transformed into two sword lights to attack the mysterious snake. Its right hand tightly grasped the three thunder fire beads, but did not rashly throw them out.

  The other three also cast the Sword Transformation Technique, transforming into flying swords to attack the mysterious snake, and instantly, a series of sword lights appeared above the water pool.

  Chen Yuan pinched the sword manual, three sword lights flew up and down, surrounding the mysterious snake in the center. The sword energy struck the mysterious snake's body, scales flying everywhere, leaving behind a trail of wounds.

  "Hiss...!" Facing the encirclement of six people, the Black Snake was obviously enraged, its mouth making rapid hissing sounds as it swung its massive tail with great force.

  A massive gale surged again in the air, and the sword lights cast by several others were swept away by a huge snake tail, flying eastward and westward.

  Only Liu Kai's red flying needle transformed into a red awn, piercing the snake scales and directly drilling into the body of the mysterious snake, then passing through from the other side.

  Pierced by the red Luo flying needle, the mysterious snake was enraged, its blood-red eyes gleaming with a fierce light as it stared viciously at Liu Kai, suddenly opening its mouth to spew out a water sword.

  His eyes were fixed by the pair of eyes filled with violent and fierce aura of the mysterious snake, Liu Kai only felt a chill all over his body, seeing the water sword shooting towards him, his face sank, and he quickly dodged to one side.

  However, when the water sword was about to reach Liu Kai's side, it suddenly burst open and turned into water droplets that shot out in all directions, instantly enveloping Liu Kai inside.

  Although these water droplets were small, they contained immense power and slammed into Liu Kai's body. All that could be heard was a muffled groan from Liu Kai's mouth as his face turned pale.

  "Good rascal, you're actually so cunning!" Having been set up by the mysterious snake, Liu Kai's face revealed a resentful expression. With a sudden surge of spiritual energy, the red silk flying needle reversed its direction and returned to the mysterious snake's side, piercing through it once again.

  The dark snake was in pain, its massive body rolling in the air, wanting to attack Liu Kai. However, Chen Yuan's attack arrived just in time, three sword lights forming a straight line, descending from the sky and chopping down on the giant snake's body.

  The Black Snake's spiritual intelligence had already been opened, so it naturally knew the severity of this strike. It opened its mouth and spat out a water sword, then its massive snake body twisted and turned to the side.

  The water sword collided with Chen Yuan's sword light in mid-air, slowing down the falling speed of the sword light. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xuan Snake dodged smoothly, and the sword lights of several others beside him blasted on Xuan Snake's body, but only shattered a few scales, without causing much harm to Xuan Snake.

  Xuan Snake dodged Chen Yuan's attack, and from a distance, the red mang flashed, and the Red Luo Flying Needle flew over again. Behind him, Liu Kai's eyes were filled with cruel intent, and he angrily said: "Today I will stab you with a hundred holes before I am satisfied."

  Watching the red Luo flying needle approaching, a flash of spiritual light flashed in the eyes of the mysterious snake, and suddenly it opened its mouth. A green light burst out, wrapping the incoming red Luo flying needle inside.

  Because of the green light's extreme speed, Liu Kai wanted to control the flying needle to dodge but it was already too late, and could only watch as the flying needle was enveloped by the green light.

  Just as the green light enveloped Fei Zhen, Liu Kai's face changed color, feeling that his connection with Fei Zhen had weakened a lot, thinking it was bad, and was about to control Fei Zhen to rush out of the green light.

  However, the green light had a tight grip on the Red Luo Flying Needle, and only saw the red light on its surface gradually dimming, as if it was being corroded.

  "Danteng, I didn't think this xuan snake would use danteng, but it's good, Liu Kai's red Luo flying needle has considerable power, keeping it will be a threat" Looking at the green light ball in the air that wrapped the red Luo flying needle inside, Shi Feng's eyes flashed with a hint of unusual color, just about to throw out the thunder fire bead in his hand, but he stopped abruptly.

  Chen Yuan controlled the three sword lights in mid-air, slowing down their speed at the same time, seemingly lost in thought. In that instant, the spiritual light on the surface of the Red Luo Flying Needle was completely corroded, and then only the fiery red flying needle itself dissolved in the green light, disappearing into thin air.

  "Awesome poison!" Wang Ke, who was watching the battle from a distance, couldn't help but be shocked. The power of this poison was astonishing, and it actually rendered Liu Kai's powerful Red Luo Flying Needle useless.

  Watching this scene, the faces of several others with slightly weaker cultivation all turned a bit pale, and Shi Feng's expression also flickered, with more apprehension in his eyes.

  As for Liu Kai, he was now pale-faced and looked extremely ugly. The red brocade flying needle was a treasure that he had spent a lot of effort to obtain, but unexpectedly, before he even saw the treasure, his own red brocade flying needle was lost first.

  "Everyone, don't hold back now, go all out!" Chen Yuan said calmly, his spiritual energy suddenly surging violently, a powerful spiritual pressure bursting forth from his body, and in front of him, a flash of light appeared, followed by another sword glow emerging.

  Four sword lights with sharp auras instantly pounced on the mysterious snake, and at this moment, Chen Yuan revealed his strongest power. The others were shocked by the explosion of such strong power from Chen Yuan.

  Shi Feng felt the powerful energy bursting out of Chen Yuan, his eyes flickering with uncertainty, yet still gritting his teeth as he charged towards the mysterious snake.

  "Dare to destroy my Flying Needle, I'll strip your tendons and peel off your skin!" Liu Kai also burst out with all his spiritual power without any reservation at this moment. Although he lost the Red Luo Flying Needle, with the flying sword in hand, his strength was still not to be underestimated.

  At this time, under Chen Yuan's lead, everyone also burst out with great strength, starting to surround the mysterious snake. In an instant, the sword lights surrounded the mysterious snake in the center, and the power displayed by each sword light was much stronger than before.

  "It seems that the situation will become more and more unfavorable for Xuan Snake." King Ke looked at the battle on the water pool, his face showing a thoughtful and introspective expression. Earlier, these six people had almost all held back and fought separately, and were easily defeated by Xuan Snake. But now, with Chen Yuan as the main force, everyone was working together to assist each other, and suddenly Xuan Snake found it difficult to dodge.

  All that was seen was Chen Yuan's sword light descending from the sky, slashing onto the mysterious snake's body. Instantly, scales were severed and flew out, a long and sinister sword scar appeared on the snake's body.

  The giant body of the black snake twisted in mid-air, its mouth letting out a pained hiss, and its massive tail swept towards the crowd with a single swing, but by this time everyone had already taken precautions and dodged to avoid it.

  After retreating for an instant, they charged forward again in unison. Sword lights fell on the mysterious snake's body one after another. The spiritual pressure emanating from the mysterious snake was now far less than before. These sword lights could still cause some damage to the mysterious snake.

  The wounds on the dark snake's body were getting more and more, a large number of scales fell off from its body, fresh blood flowed out from the wounds, dyeing the water pool below red, making the dark snake look extremely miserable at this time.

  Looking at the sorry state of the Black Snake, Shi Feng's face revealed a sinister smile: "Everyone, add more strength, this beast won't last much longer" As he spoke, his hand urged on the sword technique, two rays of sword light merged into one, instantly slashing onto the Black Snake's body, scales flying everywhere, a gruesome wound appearing in an instant.

  "Hiss..." The dark snake turned its massive head, spewing out a water sword towards the stone peak. However, this time the water sword's power was much weaker than before and was dodged by the stone peak with ease.

  "Alas, it seems that the hundreds of years of cultivation of this mysterious snake will be destroyed in an instant." Wang Ke watched from behind a giant stone, feeling regretful. However, at this moment, the mysterious snake's body began to undergo a transformation. The large snake eyes revealed a crazed expression, and with a sudden jerk of its head, it looked up at the night sky and let out a long hiss. A beam of moonlight descended from the heavens, enveloping the snake within. In an instant, large patches of red mist burst forth from the snake's wounds, wrapping its body in them. Only then could one see that the wounds on the snake's body were rapidly healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.