Chapter 23: The Array of Confined Spirits

  The dark snake was surrounded and wounded all over, but at this moment a large amount of red mist burst out from its body, wrapping its body inside. In an instant, all the wounds on its body healed.

  "What's going on? Its injuries have all recovered." Zhao Teng flashed into shape, appearing at the edge of the water pool, his face revealing a shocked expression as he stared at the mysterious snake.

  A figure flashed beside Zhao Ting, and Fang Jin also retreated back, staring at the mysterious snake with a serious expression, saying in a low voice: "What's going on? The aura of the mysterious snake is getting stronger."

  At this moment, the several people who were attacking the mysterious snake all retreated, each with a solemn expression. Meanwhile, above the water pool, the aura on the mysterious snake's body was rapidly rising and had already reached its peak in just an instant.

  "Not good, what's going on? Chen Yuan, what are we going to do now?" Shui Tan shouted from the other side of the water, his face looking extremely ugly.

  "Hmph, I didn't think this guy would actually mutate. It seems we can only blame our bad luck. A spiritual beast like the Dark Snake mutating is quite normal. Everyone be careful and let's attack quickly!" Chen Yuan said, his eyes flashing with a serious expression. He urged on his sword technique, and three beams of sword light instantly gathered in mid-air, forming a gigantic beam of light that slashed down at the Dark Snake below.

  "Let's do it too!" Shi Feng's eyes condensed, and he swiftly deployed his movement technique, charging forward. His hands formed a sword seal, and the two beams of sword light in front of him suddenly merged into one, with a greatly increased radiance. Rotating, they formed a sharp dragon-shaped whirlwind that shot towards Xuan Snake.

  On the other side, Liu Kai and Zhao Ting also launched an attack, charging towards the Black Snake. Chen Yuan's powerful sword light descended from the sky, tearing open the red light screen that protected the Black Snake's body, and heavily slashing onto its body.

  "Hsss……" The red mist surrounding the mysterious snake's body dissipated, shattered by the sword light. A large number of scales were cut off from the snake's body and fell to the ground. On the snake's newly restored body, another gruesome sword scar appeared once again.

  The huge snake head suddenly turned to look at Chen Yuan in the distance, with endless hatred flashing in its scarlet eyes. The strange change of the mysterious snake was just destroyed by Chen Yuan.

  If it weren't for Chen Yuan's destruction, this Xuan Snake would not only be able to recover from its injuries but also further improve its cultivation. However, now wanting to make progress again is impossible.

  "Alas, what a pity. It was just one step away." Lin Qi looked on from afar and couldn't help but feel sorry for Xuan Snake. A spiritual beast like Xuan Snake had finally encountered an opportunity to break through, yet it was destroyed just like that.

  Next to several people's sword lights had already rushed over, strangling towards the Black Snake. However, the Black Snake's massive snake tail used its strength to sweep, instantly stirring up a wave on the surface of the water, and a strong gust of wind struck their faces. The massive snake tail sent all the incoming sword lights flying, but in doing so, the Black Snake also paid a considerable price. Only then could be seen that on the massive snake tail, several ferocious wounds had instantly appeared, and pieces of shattered snake scales fell off, dropping into the water pool.

  At this time, anger had filled the eyes of the mysterious snake. It glared at Chen Yuan in front of it with wide eyes, and its massive body suddenly twisted in mid-air, shooting out like lightning. The enormous body opened its ferocious mouth and bit down on Chen Yuan.

  Don't look at the mysterious snake's massive body, but in the air it is extremely agile. Although the transformation was interrupted, the mysterious snake's strength has increased a lot at this time. In an instant, it arrived in front of Chen Yuan, opened its bloody mouth, and suddenly a wave of fishy smell floated in the air. The cold fangs looked like they would make people's hair stand on end.

  "Damn it!" Chen Yuan watched as the dark snake charged towards him like a madman, his brow furrowed, and with a loud shout, he withdrew the sword light and condensed it in front of him. He stretched out his right hand to grasp the long sword and suddenly slashed down at the dark snake.

  A green sword light burst out and shot towards the Black Snake, emitting a shocking sharp aura from this sword light. Seeing this green sword light, the Black Snake's huge pupils also shrunk involuntarily. It had already communicated spiritually and knew that this strike was not trivial. Immediately, a white light shot out of its mouth to meet the green sword light head-on.

  A loud "bang" as white light and cyan sword light collided in mid-air, instantly unleashing an astonishing force. The astonishing cyan sword energy was actually blocked.

  "Huh?" Seeing the sword energy he released being blocked, Chen Yuan was visibly shocked. Just then, a massive black shadow had already attacked from the side.

  The spirit snake suddenly launched a counterattack, its thick tail swinging and smashing towards Chen Yuan.

  Seeing the thick snake tail smashing towards him, Chen Yuan's eyebrows furrowed. It was too late to dodge now, so he could only release his spiritual energy and form a simple defensive light shield around himself.

  "Bang" Chen Yuan's external defense light shield was shattered by a single collision with the thick snake tail, turning into tiny cold lights that disappeared in mid-air, and then only saw Chen Yuan being knocked flying out.

  A huge boulder by the side of the pond was struck in half, and several rocks behind it were also smashed to pieces. A moment later, a figure flew out from among the rocks, its face pale as it floated in mid-air.

  Chen Yuan did not expect that Ling She's one move would have such great power, and he suddenly suffered a small loss, his face turning somewhat pale.

  "Chen Yuan, are you okay?" Liu Kai looked over and asked with concern.

  "It's nothing serious, but this beast is difficult to deal with. Let's activate the Lingyun Formation, lest we have a long and sleepless night." Chen Yuansaid in a deep voice.

  "Alright, let's get started!" Shi Feng flashed and retreated to the edge of the pool, suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed, a stream of spiritual light shot out from his hand, instantly disappearing into the ground not far away.

  At the same time, Liu Kai and Yan Song also retreated separately, each shooting a stream of spiritual light from their hands, Chen Yuan did the same.

  In an instant, white light pillars shot up from several directions of the water pool, shooting dozens of feet high, and a strange aura floated out from above the water pool.

  The six white light pillars contained an astonishing spiritual pressure, and then from these light pillars, another light pillar was shot out separately, the light pillars were connected to each other, covering the entire space above the water pool, and the mysterious snake was also trapped in the center.

  "Huh, the困灵阵, so they were setting up this formation earlier!" Seeing the formation floating out of the water pond, Wang Ke's face showed a look of surprise, and only then did he understand that Chen Yuan and the others had been setting up the formation by the water pond.

  "It seems they are about to unleash their killer move" Seeing Chen Yuan and the others bring out their formation, Wang Ke understood that Xuanshe was likely to be in a tough battle.

  "Heaven and earth have spirits, the trapped spirit reveals its might!" Not far away, Chen Yuan let out a loud shout, his hands forming a strange seal, an astonishing spiritual power bursting forth from his body. Suddenly, the trapped spirit array in front of him began to change, threads of white silk emerging and wrapping around the central dark snake.

  Heaven and earth have spirits, the trapped spirit reveals its might! The other stone peaks, Yan Song and others also began to pinch their fingers, the trapped spirit array was activated, strands of white silk floated out, wrapping around the central mysterious snake.

  When the Soul Cage Array appeared, the mysterious snake had already felt uneasy. At this moment, looking at the white silk threads rushing in from all directions, it suddenly became a bit anxious and restless.

  "Hiss... " An uneasy sound came from its mouth, the Black Snake opened its bloody big mouth, and a white light shot out from its mouth. These white lights shot out with a breaking sound, and the white silk threads were torn apart by the white light sprayed by the Black Snake.

  However, it is unclear what the white silk thread is. After being torn apart by the white light, it quickly recovers. In just a moment, the surface of the water pool is already filled with white silk threads.

  "Ling silk seal, trapped!" The six people by the water pool simultaneously activated their magic seals, and white silk threads instantly wrapped around the giant snake in mid-air. The giant snake's massive body rolled and twisted in the air, trying to shake off these white silk threads. However, more and more threads appeared, wrapping the giant snake's enormous body inside, as if no matter how hard it struggled, it couldn't shake off these white silk threads. Before long, the giant snake's massive body was completely wrapped up inside.

  Only a huge white light cocoon condensed above the water pool, and the cocoon kept shrinking inward, as if it was going to force the black snake to death.

  After a moment, a burst of violent spiritual energy suddenly exploded from above the water pool, followed by rays of red light that pierced through the cocoon and instantly illuminated the space above the water pool.

  "Not good, this beast is going to break free!" Seeing this situation, Shi Feng anxiously shouted loudly. As soon as his voice fell, a loud explosion suddenly erupted above the water pool, and the fierce spiritual power surged wildly in all directions. The huge body of the Xuan Snake reappeared above the water pool, but at this time, the Xuan Snake's pair of enormous snake eyes had already lost their luster, and its aura had weakened by half.

  After escaping from the huge cocoon, only to see the black snake's mouth emitting anxious and uneasy hissing sounds, twisting its head, resentfully glancing at Chen Yuan in the distance, suddenly turning its massive tongue, shooting down towards the water pool below.

  "Hmph, it's too late to try and escape now." Seeing Xuan Snake trying to flee back into the water pool, Chen Yuan merely let out a cold hum, his right hand making a swift gesture, and instantly a layer of white spiritual light rippled across the surface of the water pool.

  The huge body of the mysterious snake crashed into that thin layer of spiritual light and was actually blocked, bouncing back several meters. After a slight daze, the mysterious snake became frantic, swinging its massive tail and suddenly whipping it against the surface of the water pool.

  A loud rumble shook the entire Spirit Sealing Array, as if it was about to be shattered by this one blow.

  "Everyone, hurry up! This trapped spirit array won't last much longer!" Shi Feng's urgent shout was followed by him activating his seal, and the others didn't dare to slack off either, simultaneously activating their seals.

  In an instant, several thick white light bands extended from the Confusion Spirit Formation and suddenly wrapped around the Xuan Snake. No matter how hard the Xuan Snake struggled, it could not break free from these light bands.

  Previously trapped by the light cocoon, the mysterious snake lost half of its cultivation to break free. Now, being entangled by these light strips, it has already escaped and is struggling in mid-air above the water pool.

  "Seize the moment!" Chen Yuanda shouted, urging on his sword technique. In an instant, three streaks of sword light converged into one, transforming into a stunning attack as man and sword merged into one to charge at the mysterious snake above the water pool.

  At this time, Chen Yuans sword merged into one, the sword energy shocked people, and the sword energy instantly hit the mysterious snake. Only scales flew, blood spurted out, and a transparent hole appeared on the mysterious snakes body.

  On the other hand, Chen Yuan lifted his Human Sword Unity state, and his face turned somewhat pale, clearly the previous blow had consumed a lot of his spiritual power.

  The "hiss" of the mysterious snake was met with a severe blow, and it let out a painful cry from its mouth. The massive serpent's body began to convulse violently in mid-air. Behind it, the stone peak had already arrived, and with a flick of its wrist, several thunderfire beads were thrown out. In an instant, the thunderfire beads shot into the mysterious snake's wound, and a terrifying explosion of thunderfire erupted.

  Fierce power swept through the body of the mysterious snake, and huge wounds expanded again, with a feeling of being on the verge of breaking, followed by several people rushing up from behind.

  "Kill!" Liu Kai suddenly shouted, using all his strength to urge on the sword energy. The sword energy descended from the sky and struck the wound again, once more enlarging the Dark Snake's injury.

  At this moment, everyone knew the weakness of attacking the Black Snake. Behind them, Yan Song, Zhao Ting, and Fang Jin simultaneously made their move in perfect sync. The three sword lights converged into one in mid-air, transforming into a massive heavenly sword that descended from the sky, striking down with a loud crash. With a deafening "whoosh", the enormous body of the Black Snake was actually severed into two segments.