Chapter 769 - 699: Swallowed in a Single Gulp

Chapter 769: Chapter 699: Swallowed in a Single Gulp

Tu Xiao’an couldn’t help but laugh. Even before he reached Rank Three, his snake form was already about a hundred meters long. After his breakthrough, his length had to be measured on an entirely different scale.

This Ghostly Wanderer King’s power was undeniably terrifying, likely far surpassing even the Gray Demon King.

But if it wanted to compete with him in size, it was simply courting death.

In the skies above the Snake Palace, Tu Xiao’an had devoured the Golden Cores of two Deep Mountain Demon Kings, jumping straight to Level 39. His snake form had blotted out the sky.

The countless races of the Yaoling Mountain Range were still living under the shadow of that heaven-shaking Giant Snake.

"Snake, are you not going to reveal your true form? Are you waiting for me to crush you into a pulp?" the hundred-meter-tall Ghostly Wanderer King sneered, looking down with contempt.

It hailed from the Skeleton Mountain War Relics, a unique and noble Exotic Beast—the only one of its kind in this world.

’A mere mortal snake, a lowly creature. How could it possibly compare to me?’

"Very well. This Emperor shall grant your wish."

An incomparably terrifying Snake King aura erupted from Tu Xiao’an’s entire body. The moment it appeared, the very space around him began to warp.

Instantly, a golden light burst from Tu Xiao’an. The sheer pressure of the descending Snake King aura seemed to freeze everything in the Red Mist Area—the flowers, the grass, the trees. Even time itself appeared to stop in that moment.

’Hm? What a powerful aura!’

A flicker of shock crossed the Ghostly Wanderer King’s cold gaze.

’But this is still within my expectations.’

WHOOSH...!

Tu Xiao’an vanished. In his place was a small, exquisite snake, radiating a brilliant and sacred light.

"Haha... So tiny! You’re not even big enough to get stuck between my teeth!"

"Don’t be so hasty. You’ll be crying soon enough."

As the cold, detached voice faded, the exquisite little snake began to expand at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Thirty meters... One hundred meters... One hundred sixty meters...!

The Snake King’s aura flooded the heavens and the earth as the exquisite snake transformed into a Giant Snake, soaring skyward.

In just a few breaths, the Ghostly Wanderer King was utterly dumbfounded. ’It’s already bigger than me?’

’A lot bigger, in fact. I was too stunned to react.’

And yet, this was only the beginning of Tu Xiao’an’s warm-up.

"Ghostly Wanderer King, when it comes to a contest of size, forget you. Even a legendary Divine Dragon would have to grovel beneath this snake!"

The Giant Snake continued to expand. As it grew, the hundred-meter Ghostly Wanderer King seemed to shrink in comparison, becoming more and more insignificant.

The Ghostly Wanderer King could only stare in horror, his mind reeling. ’A snake... can get that big?’

’Have I been in the War Relics for too long? Have I become a frog in a well?’

To Tu Xiao’an, a hundred-meter snake was nothing. He could find them by the handful back in the Snake Palace.

"Hmph! If you’re so tough, then keep growing! Grow big enough to swallow me in one bite!" the Ghostly Wanderer King challenged defiantly.

Its mutated Exotic Beast bloodline didn’t grant it any particular advantage in physical size.

Many Ghost Wanderers, despite their great power, were only the size of a pinky finger.

The fact that the Ghostly Wanderer King could reach a hundred meters was already the stuff of legends.

That was the source of its pride. With its serpentine form, it believed no snake could ever surpass it in size.

And yet, a heaven-shaking, nearly kilometer-long Giant Snake now lay before the Ghostly Wanderer King.

Before this behemoth, the king was now nothing more than a tiny snake, utterly insignificant.

’How could it possibly get so big?’

The Ghostly Wanderer King was utterly dumbfounded. As it craned its head back to look up, it felt as if the sky itself was about to collapse. Its entire worldview shattered.

Big. Too big. Unimaginably big. So vast that one’s gaze couldn’t cross it.

Suddenly, it realized it had made a fatal mistake.

"Ghostly Wanderer King, it is time for you to enter this Emperor’s stomach."

The heaven-shaking Giant Snake opened its cavernous, blood-red maw. The world seemed to flip upside down. All went pitch-black, as if the entire world had gone dark.

’What!?’

The Ghostly Wanderer King was still reeling from shock, unable to snap back to its senses. It stared, utterly bewildered, as that impossibly vast maw descended to devour it!

SNAP...!

The cavernous maw snapped shut.

In a single gulp, the hundred-meter Ghostly Wanderer King vanished.

It was swallowed before it could even react.

’Haha, what an idiot. Daring to compete in size with this Snake Emperor. Doesn’t he have any self-awareness about his own capabilities?’

Having swallowed the Ghostly Wanderer King in a single gulp, Tu Xiao’an let out a satisfied burp.

’I won that fight way too easily.’

Even he hadn’t expected it to go like this. The Ghostly Wanderer King must have died full of regret.

Meanwhile, the Ghostly Wanderer King began to rapidly digest within him, transforming into an astonishing surge of Energy that flooded Tu Xiao’an’s body.

’This Energy...’

If his Level weren’t already capped, this probably would have been enough to jump him several Levels at once.

But even if the Ghostly Wanderer King couldn’t make him level up right now, it still propelled him a great leap forward toward the Rank Three Peak.

Once Tu Xiao’an’s Cultivation reached the Rank Three Peak, he would be qualified for Ascension.

On the other side of the battlefield, two impossibly colossal trees were locked in a "tug-of-war."

They had both extended countless vines from their trunks, pulling and tangling with each other like giant octopuses.

At that moment, the Giant Tree Monster was stunned. ’The Ghostly Wanderer King... is dead?’

’How did he die? I didn’t even see any sign of a fight.’

A profound sense of sorrow suddenly enveloped the Giant Tree Monster’s heart.

For countless millennia, he and the Ghost Wanderer had been born together, supporting one another and pursuing their Cultivation side by side.

He had become a unique giant tree, capable of bearing wondrous fruit.

The Ghostly Wanderer King, on the other hand, was like a Ghost Messenger from the Underworld. His combat power was formidable, and he was so elusive that whomever he wanted dead, would die.

They had only just left the War Relics, and now the Ghostly Wanderer King was inexplicably dead.

’He’s strong. That man is too strong.’

’No, that snake is too strong. It killed the Ghostly Wanderer King with ease.’

’So, what am I supposed to do?’

The Giant Tree Monster’s heart went cold. He was already struggling to deal with his own opponent; now that the Ghostly Wanderer King was dead, there was no one left to keep that snake in check.

He had become the primary target.

Tu Xiao’an completely absorbed the Energy from the Ghostly Wanderer King, and his Snake King aura rose to a new level.

WHOOSH...!

The heaven-shaking Giant Snake vanished. Tu Xiao’an reverted to his human form and looked toward the two titanic trees as he steadily ascended into the sky.

"Master, kill this tree so Charlie can absorb its Energy!" Charlie exclaimed excitedly upon seeing Tu Xiao’an.

"Wait! I am willing to hand over ten fruits!"

The moment Tu Xiao’an appeared, the Giant Tree Monster lost all will to fight, along with any desire to contend with Charlie.

"Haha! Are you admitting defeat to me, Charlie? I told you, I’m the biggest and most powerful tree in the world!"

The Giant Tree Monster didn’t bother to retort. There was no point anymore.

Tu Xiao’an looked at the towering Tree Monster and said, "I told you to hand them over before, but you were reluctant. Now, it’s too late."

’There’s no need for it to hand them over now. If I kill it, I’ll have everything anyway.’

"Don’t kill me! I am willing to submit to you! If you let me live, you can have fruit whenever you want!" The Giant Tree Monster knew it wouldn’t be difficult for the other to kill it.

Despite its immense and towering size, its combat power was even lower than the Ghostly Wanderer King’s.

Tu Xiao’an fell silent.

He hadn’t even considered making the Giant Tree Monster submit.

’It seems to have a point,’ he thought. ’If I subdue it, won’t I have as many Dao Fruits as I want?’

With Dao Fruits, the power of the Snake Race would skyrocket.

Any Peak Second Rank Snake Spirit could become a Rank Three Snake Spirit with just a single Dao Fruit.

It could be said that whoever controlled this Giant Tree Monster would possess the power of an entire world.

Becoming Rank Three without having to face a Celestial Tribulation... it was simply unimaginable.

The Snake Race had five or six hundred Rank Three Snake Spirits, which was already the core strength of a super-race. But as for the number of Peak Second Rank Snake Spirits... saying there were hundreds of thousands would be an understatement.