Chapter 41: The Demise of the Python (Part 1)

  Meng Tian stopped the laughter and said proudly, "Not bad, this is indeed your Zhao Song country. However, do you think that these wastes of Zhao Song country can stop us? We came here today to win, no one can stop us from achieving victory. The competition is best three out of five games, please send out your first contestant."

  At this moment, a gentle and ethereal voice came from the sky: "Really, is there no one who can stop you from winning? I'd like to see it for myself. Let's make a deal, you bunch of trash, come at me together. If you can win against me, I'll give you ten cities in Zhao Song country, but if you lose, not only will you return the ten cities, but also, from now on, you're not allowed to set foot on the land of Shen Zhou again." The voice was calm and clear, entering everyone's ears. The sky lit up with a ray of light, and a cloud turned bright red. Suddenly, the red cloud parted in an instant, revealing a golden cloud that shone with an unusual glow, slowly descending towards the ground.

  Meng Tian's face suddenly changed color. Although he didn't know what this strange phenomenon was, judging from its momentum, it was clear that his cultivation was above his own.

  The brilliant light suddenly retracted, and the golden cloud disappeared in an instant. The majestic figure of Hailong floated down to the ground, standing in front of Yunyuezi. Seeing Hailong's appearance, Yunyuezi was overjoyed and hurriedly approached him, bowing his head and saying: "Senior, you've arrived." Hailong had been cultivating in the inn for six days. When he woke up from his meditation, he suddenly thought of what his eleventh master, Dao Yu Zi, had told him before. A cultivator who wants to quickly improve their realm should do more good deeds while traveling, which is in harmony with heaven's will and is equivalent to cultivating one's mind, bringing great benefits to cultivation. Thinking about how Shi Shui Dao Zun relied on his high cultivation to bully others, and thinking about Huang Yu and Yunyuezi in the temple of Zhao Song Guo, Hailong decided to take action for Zhao Song Guo. He had been hiding in the sky, only to suddenly appear at this critical moment, previously displaying the cloud-ascending technique of the "Xia Ju Fei Sheng" realm.

  The couple who were originally following the Sea Dragon approached Mie Tian's side, whispering something in his ear. Mie Tian's expression changed continuously, and he waved away two of his subordinates before taking a few steps forward to say to the Sea Dragon: "Senior, this is a matter between our Yuanmeng Country's Worship Hall and Zhao Song Country's Worship Hall today. I hope you won't intervene. Later on, my Yuanmeng Country will have its own way of repaying you."

  Hai Long snorted, saying: "Originally I didn't want to get involved in this trivial matter, but you're being too arrogant. I came over specifically to take a look at you. With your appearance, it's just the cultivation of the mid-stage of Wu Shuang. In the Xiuzhen realm, you're nothing but a small insect. What do you have to be arrogant about?"

  Mie Tian had great authority in the Yuanmong Kingdom. When was he ever ridiculed like this? He suddenly became furious, saying: "Bastard, I'm being polite to you because of your status as a cultivator, do you think I'm afraid of you? I'll give you three minutes, if you don't disappear from my sight within three minutes, I'll make you regret being born in this world. No one who opposes our Yuanmong Kingdom has ever had a good ending."

  Hai Long's face changed, ignoring Yun Yuezi beside him, and walked up to Mie Tian with large strides. With a cold tone, he said: "In less than three minutes, I'll tell you now that I absolutely won't back down. Not long ago, I made a bet with Yun Yuezi, the original master of the Worship Hall of the Zhao Song Kingdom, and he lost, giving me the position of master of the Worship Hall. Now that you're challenging the Worship Hall of the Zhao Song Kingdom, it's only natural for me to take on this responsibility alone. What I hate the most is being threatened by others. I want to see how you'll make me regret being born in this world. Whatever skills you have, bring them out! No matter what method of competition, I'll accept them all."

  "Mm, very well," Mie Tian said coldly. "This is what you wanted, I hope you won't regret it later." With that, he respectfully stepped aside, and the cultivators behind him automatically made way for a path to appear.

  "Chatter, chatter, chatter." Amidst the eerie laughter, a strange figure emerged from the Mongolian temple, shrouded in a large cloak. Despite being hunched over, he was still a head taller than Seadragon. Seadragon's heart skipped a beat as he sensed danger emanating from this person. Instinctively, he stretched out his hand, and the small iron rod transformed into a thousand-pound staff, radiating a faint golden glow. Seadragon narrowed his eyes, staring intently at the stranger. The strange figure took large strides, covering three to five steps in an instant, and was now standing right in front of Seadragon.

  Although the dragon felt that this strange person was a formidable opponent, with his current cultivation, he naturally wouldn't feel any fear. He said jokingly: "Still trying to come up with something to worship. Come on, you can be my first opponent." The stranger said: "You little brat, since you want to die, I'll fulfill your wish. Yuanmeng country will also be grateful, today I'll help them out." His voice was somewhat strange, hoarse and eerie, as if it didn't come from a human mouth. As he spoke, he slowly lifted the hood on his head. What appeared in front of the dragon was a pale green face, with small eyes gleaming with sinister light, a large head that narrowed at the bottom, extremely ugly. His whole body emitted a faint green glow.

  The dragon snorted disdainfully and said, "So it's just a monster, the Yuanmeng country is really something! To actually worship a monster as a deity, if word gets out, I'm afraid your own people won't approve either. Ugly guy, although being ugly isn't your fault, but coming out to scare people is definitely your wrongdoing. How about I send you back home?" As he spoke, the dragon's entire body suddenly burst forth with intense light, and under the illumination of the divine power imbued with Buddhist and immortal energy, the monster couldn't help but let out an angry roar and retreated two steps before stabilizing himself. "You're just a small cultivator from the Xiaju realm, watch how I deal with you today." As he spoke, he suddenly opened his mouth, and a surge of dark green mist burst forth, instantly enveloping the space within tens of meters around the dragon.

  In the heart of the sea dragon, a chill ran down his spine. The pungent smell emanating from the green mist was enough to tell him that this was a highly toxic substance. With the Thousand Ton Rod in hand, he pointed forward, and a golden glow enveloped him, shielding him from harm. In a cold voice, he said: "So you're a python spirit. Judging by the dan energy you released, I'd say you've cultivated for at least two thousand years. No wonder you dared to shout in front of me. But you'll soon regret it." The sea dragon's body began to emit white mist, which, with the assistance of the golden glow, instantly devoured the surrounding green mist. To the sea dragon, these toxins were nothing to be concerned about; they couldn't even penetrate his divine shield. However, since he had come to help Zhao Songguo, he naturally couldn't let this toxic air spread. The Illusory Dragon was only a high-grade spiritual artifact with weak attack and defense capabilities, but it possessed a special property - the ability to detoxify. Under the sea dragon's powerful divine energy, the Illusory Dragon fully utilized this trait, effortlessly neutralizing the python spirit's dan poison.

  The python monster let out a deafening roar, its entire skeletal system emitting a violent sound. Its body suddenly expanded three times in size, tearing apart the clothes that covered it and revealing the sturdy green scales on its skin. With a swift movement of its body, a massive tail accompanied by a surging green glow abruptly struck towards the sea dragon. The sea dragon floated up and easily dodged the python monster's attack, causing the earth to seemingly shake. Wherever the python monster's large tail passed, the ground was scraped away by three feet, filling the air with smoke and dust for a time. Under the enormous might of this thousand-year-old python monster, the open area outside Xiangliang City seemed as if it would experience an earthquake.

  The people in the Zhao Song National Temple and the Yuan Meng National Temple had already retreated far away. In terms of strength, a 2,000-year-old python monster can be said to have no less power than the late-stage Sea Dragon's aura. In its rage, it continuously emitted a massive aura, launching a fierce attack on the Sea Dragon. The Sea Dragon did not collide with it head-on, dodging and laughing: "Snake gall seems like a good thing, clearing the liver and brightening the eyes. You've cultivated for 2,000 years, I don't know how big this gall is. Ah, you're such a large python, your whole body is treasure! If I peel off your skin, I can make a defensive-type magic tool, at least it's a precious instrument. Your snake gall can be eaten, and your snake tendons can also be made into a magic tool. As for what other good things there are, let's wait until I strip your skin and extract your tendons to say."

  The dragon's body slid through the air like a fish, and no matter how angry the python monster was, it couldn't do anything to him for the time being. Suddenly, the python monster stopped its pursuit, and with two giant hands clasped together, it roared: "Behold, the treasure of the law, the Giant Snake's Hammer!" Two dark green light spheres, each with a diameter of one meter, shot towards the dragon from different directions like flowing water. The hammer had not yet arrived, but its power had already enveloped the dragon, and the dragon felt a chill in his heart. He knew that the opponent's treasure had locked down his own energy, and if he continued to dodge, it would be difficult for him to counterattack once the opponent launched a continuous attack. With a solemn expression, the dragon stopped teasing the python monster, and with a sudden flick of his wrist, he struck the Giant Snake's Hammer on the left side with his Thousand Ton Rod. Under the infusion of divine power, the Thousand Ton Rod unleashed its mighty force, causing a burst of golden light to erupt, and the rod brought up three feet of golden light, heavily striking the Giant Snake's Hammer. A deafening crash shook the heavens and earth, and the ground beneath the dragon's feet exploded into a crater dozens of meters in diameter and depth. But this was not over yet - with the force of the recoil, the dragon's body rose into the air, and he struck the other Giant Snake's Hammer from the side with his Thousand Ton Rod. Another deafening crash shook the ground, and the crater expanded by nearly twice its original size. Under the pull of the energy, the python monster stumbled backward more than ten steps before regaining its footing, and its treasure was destroyed, causing it to suffer a certain amount of damage. Letting out an angry roar towards the heavens, the thousand-year-old python monster's eyes turned blood red, clearly having entered a state of frenzy. Amidst the roar, a gleaming white pearl shot out, tracing an arc as it flew towards the dragon.

  The dragon's body shook with rage, and he shouted: "You really want to die, I'll fulfill your wish! Thousandfold Clear Jade Universe!" Thousands of rays of light burst forth, instantly extending hundreds of meters in all directions, enveloping the white light orb. Amidst the flashing lights, the dragon was shocked to discover that the white light orb's radiance actually withstood the scattered brilliance of the Thousandfold Rod without suffering any damage. The dragon let out a long roar, and the countless shadows in the air suddenly converged into one, as the Thousandfold Rod absorbed all the dispersed magical energy and condensed it completely, shooting straight forward, charging towards the light orb.

  The python monster had cultivated for two thousand years, and with one glance at the Thousand Jin Staff's might, it knew that it was not something it could withstand. The white light bead was its hard-earned inner elixir; how could it bear to have it damaged? In a moment of urgency, it suddenly inhaled sharply, and the white light bead transformed into flowing light as it returned. Under the ebb and flow of momentum, the dragon's body followed the staff, and its original momentum was not suitable for charging at the python monster. Suddenly, the offense and defense switched positions, and the python monster was completely at a disadvantage. The python monster swallowed the inner elixir into its belly with one gulp, turned its body around, and roared as it swung its massive snake tail at the dragon.

  The mighty power of the gods suddenly burst forth, and the python monster let out a miserable cry. Its massive body was struck by the sea dragon and flew over 100 meters away, its giant snake tail already reduced to powder. In fact, even the sea dragon itself did not expect that the small iron rod could exert such great power, after all, the python monster had been cultivating for two thousand years, and its cultivation was no worse than its own. Although the sea dragon had been cultivating for a thousand years, it had hardly ever gone out, and was not very familiar with the world. If it knew that the white light bead just now was the python monster's inner elixir, it would never have let it recover so easily.

  The python monster let out a loud roar, its massive body began to twist and turn on the ground, its human form disappeared, and a giant python with a diameter of over one meter and a length of over thirty meters appeared in front of the dragon. This python monster finally revealed its true form in times of crisis. Its terrifying appearance immediately scared off the Zhao Song Guo Yu Lin army, and even Zhao Ji's face changed color as he hastily ordered the skilled monks from the temple to surround it. The dragon looked at the python monster revealing its true form without surprise but with joy instead. Although this python monster would be more powerful in attack and defense, it also became less agile. With the thousand-pound rod pointing towards the sky, the dragon muttered: "The heavens have the Heavenly Gate star, which governs life and death, controls yin and yang, creates and transforms life, those who know it live, those who are ignorant of it die. The earth has the Ten Thousand Thunderbolt, which destroys evil spirits, borrowing the divine power of the Heavenly Gate, gathering the righteous energy of the universe, the Heavenly Gate Taoist method, subdues evil and eliminates demons." The thousand-pound rod suddenly lit up, a bright blue light ball condensed with immense energy constantly flashing on top of the rod. This was not the Thousand-Pound Rod method but the Tian Xin Decree Orthodox Taoist Thunder Method from the Lian Yun Sect. Since the dragon saw the wandering Taoist master use that powerful thunder method, he had been fascinated by this Taoist method. After three hundred years of closed-door meditation, since his golden elixir was formed, he gradually began to study the thunder method. Although his cultivation was still far from sufficient to release a powerful divine thunder like the Wandering Taoist Master, he already had some understanding of ordinary thunder methods.

  The python monster let out a furious roar, its body coiled into a massive snake array, opening its huge mouth and spewing a white dan energy towards the sea dragon. The sea dragon intentionally wanted to test the power of the condensed thunder, with both feet on the ground, it floated up, and with a sudden movement of the thousand-pound rod, a flash of lightning illuminated the air, followed by a deafening crash, as a thick beam of thunder, as wide as a bucket, heavily struck the python monster's massive snake array.

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