59 58 Battle

Ling Tian original intent in coming here was to kill magical beasts of the snake type, so he naturally wouldn't hold back after encountering one.

The Red Snake's reaction was quick; as soon as Ling Tian began to move, the poisonous stinger at the end of its tail blurred, and rapidly darted at Ling Tian.

"Tring!"

Ling Tian's Lonely Wind Sword simultaneously shot out towards the Red Snake's poisonous stinger. As the two made contact in midair, a clear sound that was similar to metal striking metal rang out.

The collision generated a powerful aftershock that caused both Ling Tian's Lonely Wind Sword and the Red Snake's Stinger to recoil backward.

With only a slight sway of his body, Ling Tian had already retreated back quite a few meters. He looked at the poisonous stinger of the large Red Snake in shock. The hardness of it had surpassed his expectations. Ling Tian reckoned that even a superior type Black Iron could not compare to this Red Snake's stinger. Moreover, the power that it contained was immense. After a single collision with it just now, Ling Tian's arm had already begun to feel numb.

"The Red Snake in front of me should be a pseudo-Class 5 Magical Beast," Ling Tian muttered to himself as he fixed his bright eyes on the Red Snake.

Just as Ling Tian was distracted, the poisonous Red Snake didn't give him any time to relax, as Red Snake began to scamper across the floor. In a blink of an eye, it covered dozens of meters and arrived in front of Ling Tian as its poisonous mouth widened menacingly towards Ling Tian's head.

Encountering a local magical beast for the first time in this mountain range, Ling Tian did not dare to be negligent. He had learned the hard way in his previous life that being careless only led to disaster.

Ling Tian's expression immediately grew solemn. He tilted his head, dodging the giant Red Snake's Mouth by a hair's breath. He then gathered strength in his feet and pushed off the ground, leaving a deep footprint in the ground as his body burst forwards towards the poisonous Red Snake's much smaller head. The Lonely Wind Sword in his hand was once again enshrouded in that hazy white light as Ling Tian aimed it straight at the Red Snake's Large eyes.

*Ding*

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The eyes were the most fatal and weakest parts of the body. That much Ling Tian understood, but Red Snake had Hard scales that were interwoven with each other to protect it. Under this circumstance where it was impossible to determine how tough the scales protecting its eyes were, Ling Tian had decided to attack its eyes.

Although Ling Tian was very confident in his precise and powerful stab, the defenses of some magical beasts were also just as tough. Thus, he wasn't 100% sure that he would be able to penetrate the scales and deal a serious injury to the beast.

Ling Tian's sword traveled towards the Red Snake with blinding speed, his sword had already reached the Red Snake's eye.

Just as the Sword Qi enhanced Lonely Wind Sword as he was about to pierce the Red Snake's eye, it suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a pungent green blob of poison. Almost as if it were being controlled by a mysterious force, it flew quickly towards Ling Tian. At the same time, the Red Snake's eye shut, and the head dodged towards the side, avoiding the Lonely Wind Sword.

The Lonely Wind Sword's speed was matchless, and so even at this crucial moment where the Red Snake desperately tried to dodge, the Red Snake wasn't able to completely avoid the sword. In the end, the sword slashed open the Red Snake's outer eyelid.

While the Lonely Wind Sword hit the Red Snake's outer eyelid, and it paused for a bit as it encountered resistance. After a moment, the amazing amount of Sword Qi around the sword caused it to break through the strong defenses of the eyelid and stab through into the eye of the Red Snake successfully.

Simultaneously, Ling Tian's entire body was covered by the green fog of poison.

"Hiss!"

As it felt the sharp pain in its eye, the Red Snake let loose a hoarse scream. A dark green fluid began to leak out of the injury in its eye, and its great mouth opened wide, revealing rows of needle-sharp teeth. Its overall appearance was extremely terrifying.

The poisonous mist floated around. Ling Tian, who was shrouded inside the fog, retreated outwards, in a sorry state, as fast as lightning to escape. Right now, Ling Tian's appearance was the complete opposite of his previous state; his whole body was covered with a layer of dark green poison. His coarse clothing had begun to disintegrate at an alarming rate, and even his originally short hair had begun to fall off as green threads.

Feeling a painful burning sensation throughout his body, Ling Tian's face hardened before growling, "What a strong poison!" Quickly, Ling Tian grabbed onto the melting clothes before tearing them off from his body while using his Saint Force to counter the poison that made contact with his skin.

Ling Tian looked at the one-eyed Red Snake that was still crying out in pain. He knew in his heart that this was the perfect time to kill the Red Snake. With a flash of killing intent, he dashed towards it without even stopping to take out a spare change of clothes from within his Space Ring, making him completely naked while moving to finish off the Red Snake.

Ling Tian's movements were agile and nimble, and he quickly flashed to the poisonous Red Snake's side. With a shake of his arm, he reached out as fast as lightning, moving the Lonely Wind Sword in his hand so fast it appeared to be just a ray of silver light. It shot towards the Red Snake's Mouth, and in that instant, the blade suddenly exploded with the sharp Sword Qi. Although it didn't seem to be very powerful that Sword Qi was similar to a sharp blade.

Like a streak of lightning that briefly illuminated the world with a gorgeous and magnificent light, and it immediately disappeared without a trace momentarily afterward.