Chapter 170 - 146: Return, Gutsy Fellow Disciples

Chapter 170: Chapter 146: Return, Gutsy Fellow Disciples

Bai Shui ignored him, glanced at Li Changsheng, hesitated for a moment, then grabbed Yan Shaoyuan and disappeared in a few leaps.

Li Changsheng shot the two a glare, suppressed the rage in his heart, and walked to the edge of the dispersing snake mass.

His gaze fixed on the Snake Saliva Spirit Tree, its dark branches faintly visible.

[Target: Snake Saliva Demon Tree]

[Race: Spirit Tree]

[Second-Order, Low-Grade: 1%]

[Innate Magic: Yin Gathering, Snake Control.]

[Status: Dormant, Withered.]

The Snake Saliva Spirit Tree had indeed successfully advanced into a Demon Tree. But because Bai Shui’s interference had destroyed its advancement environment, its foundation failed to fully form. Now, the Demonic Power in its body was slowly leaking away. Its status panel was unstable, and it could fall below the Demon Realm at any time.

"Damn it!"

The rage in Li Changsheng’s heart flared up again. After taking a few deep breaths, his gaze fixed on its cultivation column.

[Advancement Requirement: Act as the Snake King, gather ten thousand serpents to mate, and devour the resulting decadent aura / Devour one Demon Snake]

A few breaths later, another faint box appeared in his vision.

[Advancement Requirement: Irrigate with a large amount of snake beast flesh and blood. Chance to transform foundation. Prone to unknown changes.]

’It can still be saved...’

A look of joy appeared on Li Changsheng’s face. With a thought...

The insect swarm circling him charged down like a frenzy, rising and falling as they killed one languid snake beast after another, all sluggish from mating.

Spiritual Qi surged within Xiaohua’s body. In an instant, its fur transformed into black steel armor, and it charged headfirst into the remaining half of the snake mass.

BOOM...

Xiaohua carved a bloody path straight through the snake beasts on the ground and smashed into the writhing mass.

Snake blood splattered out, dyeing its white fangs a brilliant red.

Then, Xiaohua ran nonstop, repeatedly ramming the snake mass. As more and more snake beasts died, the once-languid creatures gradually regained their aggression. They opened their maws and bit down on Xiaohua’s steel armor with a loud CLANG CLANG.

And just then, a five-colored stream of light suddenly fell from the sky.

Then, a dense demonic aura erupted and pressed down.

The bodies of the snake beasts squirming on the sand all stiffened.

HISS...

Xiaohai let out a hiss. The seaweed-like roots dancing on its body’s surface suddenly spread out wildly in all directions.

Wherever they passed, snake beasts were torn to shreds.

Li Changsheng was startled and quickly recalled Xiaohua and the insect swarm to his side.

In the ten-odd breaths that followed, several hundred snake beasts died at Xiaohai’s hands. The thick snake blood seeped into the sand, and the aura of the Snake Saliva Spirit Tree underwent a minute, imperceptible change.

As Xiaohai continued to slaughter the snake beasts, the ones on the beach quickly fled toward Ten Thousand Serpent Lake.

In just a short while, there wasn’t a single living snake beast left on the beach.

Countless snake beast corpses lay in pools of blood.

HISS...

Xiaohai slowly slithered before Li Changsheng, raised the upper half of its body, and hissed, its fanged, bloody mouth wide open.

Li Changsheng could feel the excitement and hunger it was conveying. With a slight thought, he smiled and said, "Go on."

HISS...

Xiaohai’s body suddenly shot forward, transforming into a stream of light as it plunged headfirst into the lake.

Li Changsheng looked at the snake corpses covering the ground, and a thought crossed his mind.

BUZZ...

The insect swarm dived down, grabbing segment after segment of snake corpse and piling them at the base of the Snake Saliva Spirit Tree.

In just a short while, snake corpses had buried more than half of the Snake Saliva Spirit Tree’s trunk, and the surrounding sand was stained a dark crimson by the blood.

Li Changsheng squatted to the side, his eyes fixed on its status panel.

A full hour later, the Snake Saliva Spirit Tree’s panel finally stabilized, but the Innate Magic column gradually became blurry.

’Is it changing?’

Li Changsheng frowned. He didn’t have to think to know that this change certainly wasn’t a good one.

’Sigh, it’s good enough that it didn’t drop a realm and die.’

Li Changsheng sighed internally, and then anger couldn’t help but well up in his heart again.

He never would have imagined that Bai Shui would still interfere, even knowing full well this was his doing...

’How did I offend him?’ Li Changsheng’s brows knitted tightly, then he shook his head.

This matter definitely wasn’t over. But as for what to do about it, that required some thought.

Just as he was waiting for the Snake Saliva Spirit Tree to transform...

「Ring Mountain Spiritual Land, within the Central Hall.」

Bai Shui and a dumbfounded-looking Yan Shaoyuan were standing in the hall, reporting what they had done to Feng Bai Mei.

A moment later, Feng Bai Mei said with a cold expression, "So you summoned me just for this trivial matter?"

Bai Shui glanced at Yan Shaoyuan and nodded with a bitter smile.

"Steward Feng, this matter..."