Chapter 243: The Ancient Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent

Chapter 243: The Ancient Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent

Hearing Xiao Ze's words, Qing Lin showed a curious expression. Stepping into the void, they both approached the cave entrance. The cave was deep and dark, and at the end of the darkness, a faint reddish glow could be seen.

As they neared the cave, the sense of violence became even more intense, but this time Xiao Ze was prepared. Thanks to the willpower he had developed through multiple trainings with the system's hundredfold returns, resisting this kind of violent sensation was not difficult for him.

Earlier, he had hurriedly withdrawn his spiritual power only because he didn't want that violence to invade his soul. Qing Lin, facing this wave of violence, trembled slightly, and three small green and demonic flowers appeared in her eyes.

With the appearance of these green flowers, a strange energy emerged from Qing Lin's body, dispelling the violence around her. Xiao Ze observed the change in Qing Lin. He could resist the violence thanks to his willpower, while Qing Lin relied on the magical power of her "Three Green Flowers."

"If you manage to subdue whoever is emitting this violence, you'll gain extraordinary combat power," Xiao Ze said. Qing Lin nodded seriously. This was only the periphery, and the violence already felt so terrifying. One could imagine it must be an extremely fierce magical serpent beast.

Xiao Ze was the first to enter the cave. As they delved deeper, a faint red smoke began to float in the cave. This red smoke contained even greater violence. Neither dared to touch this violent smoke and blocked it with their combat energy.

"This cave is like a labyrinth, with paths branching in all directions," Qing Lin commented as they slid quickly through the cave for half a day.

"Ha, ha, we're close. Just ahead is where the violence is strongest," Xiao Ze said with a smile, as the blue energy surrounding him became denser.

The red smoke was so thick that they couldn't see a hand in front of their faces. This smoke had an extremely strong corrosive capacity; even with combat energy as a barrier, it continued to erode them.

Xiao Ze and Qing Lin broke through the thick red smoke and entered a vast underground space. Perhaps because of the vastness of the place, the smoke was not as dense.

The stones on the ground, corroded by the red smoke over a long period, emitted a faint reddish glow, providing slight illumination to this space.

In this dim red light, they saw several large snakes, whose silhouettes appeared blurry under the red smoke.

Qing Lin opened her eyes wide. There were nine snake heads!

Except for the heads, the lower parts were covered by the red smoke, making it difficult to see clearly.

"Young Master Xiao Ze, are we at the extinction site of these giant snakes? There are so many snake heads," Qing Lin exclaimed.

"No, this is just the burial place of a single snake," Xiao Ze replied, waving his hand to disperse the red smoke covering the snake, revealing its full body.

"This snake has nine heads!" Qing Lin was shocked.

Xiao Ze took the opportunity to carefully observe this ancient mutated celestial snake.

The snake's body was dark red, as if blood had sedimented for countless years, darkening almost to black.

What was surprising was that although it had died many years ago, its body still seemed to have vitality. Even when Xiao Ze dispersed the red smoke around it, after a while, the smoke, filled with violence, emanated from its body again.

Xiao Ze speculated that the peculiarity of this ancient celestial snake was related to the countless magical beast corpses outside the cave.

Despite being dead, the snake's body continued to emit violence, attracting beasts driven by their instinct to devour its flesh and keep its own body incorrupt.

"This is one of the two royal bloodlines of the snake magical beasts: the ancient celestial snake. With its royal blood, it can grow to be as strong as a Battle Saint."

Hearing Xiao Ze's explanation, Qing Lin's heart pounded. Since following Xiao Ze, she had worked hard to increase her strength to be able to help him.

Now, she had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity before her, and Qing Lin was very excited.

"Young Master Xiao Ze, do you think I can subdue it?" Qing Lin asked, although there was firm determination in her tone.

Xiao Ze smiled and replied, "You'll see if you can try."

Then he expanded the blue energy around them, forming a barrier to isolate the red smoke.

Qing Lin felt great security surrounded by Xiao Ze's energy. She stored her own combat energy and prepared to subdue the ancient celestial snake.

Suddenly, she realized something and said, "Young Master Xiao Ze, the ancient snake isn't dead, how am I going to subdue it?"

Xiao Ze responded with a smile, "The technique of your 'Three Green Flowers' is powerful against snake magical beasts, but it has no effect on those with pure ancient snake blood."

"But Young Master Xiao Ze...!" Qing Lin said hastily. She didn't want to lose this opportunity to help Xiao Ze.

"Don't worry. Although the snake is dead, its soul is still present. Without its body, it is no match for your 'Three Green Flowers.'"

Xiao Ze reassured Qing Lin and explained that the snake, although only its soul remained, could still fight. She just needed to use her 'Three Green Flowers' to invoke its soul.

Encouraged by Xiao Ze's words, Qing Lin decided to try.

A strange energy emanated from Qing Lin's body, and her eyes showed three small green flowers spinning around her pupils.

The green light penetrated the blue energy barrier and the red smoke, reaching the corpse of the ancient celestial snake.

A huge spirit emerged from the corpse, and instantly, a violent energy invaded Qing Lin's mind, covering her with red smoke.

"Hmpf!"

At that moment, a powerful voice resonated, waking Qing Lin.

"Thank you, Young Master Xiao Ze. This ancient snake is not easy to subdue," said Qing Lin.

"It's not your fault; it may be fiercer due to its mutation," Xiao Ze replied, observing the snake's spirit.

It was evident that with Qing Lin's level of power, she couldn't subdue the ancient snake yet. But she could strike its spirit to weaken it and make it submit to the 'Three Green Flowers.'

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