Sky Serpent Mansion, Green Barbarian

"I didn't expect you to react so quickly. I underestimated you." Amid the wind and sand, a green-clad woman wearing a veil stepped out.

Her gaze was amused.

Ning Su gave her a once-over. "Someone from Sky Serpent Mansion?"

This time, Green Barbarian was astonished. "How did you know I'm from Sky Serpent Mansion?"

She had specifically worn a veil. Even someone who knew her could not possibly see through her disguise at a glance.

Yet Ning Su had identified her as a member of Sky Serpent Mansion with one look?

"It wasn't hard to guess."

In the original story, Qing Lin had been snatched away by people from Sky Serpent Mansion.

But now that Ning Su was here, Sky Serpent Mansion could forget about succeeding.

"It seems the Jia Ma Empire does have some capable people." Green Barbarian studied Ning Su with interest.

He was a young man. Other than being handsome, there was nothing particularly remarkable about him.

"Hand over that little girl, and I won't make things difficult for you." Green Barbarian had come for Qing Lin.

She had gone through great difficulty to find Qing Lin.

When she saw Qing Lin being captured by the Mo Clan, she had intended to observe the situation first and had not rushed to act.

Who would have thought that Ning Su would appear out of nowhere and rescue Qing Lin?

If she did not act now, Qing Lin would be taken away.

Seeing that Green Barbarian had come for her as well, Qing Lin's heart, which had only just relaxed, immediately became wary again.

Why was she so unlucky?

She had just been captured, and now someone else had come to capture her.

Was she some kind of prized treasure?

"This isn't the Sky Serpent Empire, much less Sky Serpent Mansion's territory. Those words don't sound very threatening coming from you here." Ning Su shrugged.

"You people from the Jia Ma Empire are all the same. Your abilities aren't much, but your mouths sure are."

"Since you don't know what's good for you, I'll let you suffer a little!"

Green Barbarian moved, turning into a streak of green as she charged straight at Ning Su.

A fierce gust of wind came roaring at him as she attempted to finish Ning Su in a single move!

He neither dodged nor retreated, raising a hand to meet Green Barbarian's palm head-on.

Boom!

Both of them took a step back, neither gaining the upper hand.

A flash of shock appeared in Green Barbarian's eyes. "You're actually a Dou Huang?!"

That palm strike had been intended to kill Ning Su outright.

Even a Dou Wang would have been sent flying if they took it head-on.

Yet Ning Su had caught it steadily!

From that exchange, Green Barbarian had also clearly sensed Ning Su's cultivation—Dou Huang!

Dou Huangs were not particularly rare.

But she had never seen such a young Dou Huang before!

She had heard of all the Dou Huang experts in the Jia Ma Empire and had even met most of them.

Yet she had never seen the young man before her!

Since when had the Jia Ma Empire gained such a monstrous young Dou Huang?!

"What, are you surprised?" A smile tugged at Ning Su's lips.

"Hmph, don't get ahead of yourself. You're only a One-Star Dou Huang. Geniuses who are too arrogant tend to die young!"

Green Barbarian still did not take Ning Su seriously.

She simply had not expected Ning Su to be a Dou Huang as well.

But if she got serious, she was a Six-Star Dou Huang!

Could she not handle a mere One-Star Dou Huang?

"I was planning to settle this quickly, but it seems I'll have to get serious if I want to take this little girl away."

Green Barbarian acted decisively. Several energy thorns condensed at her fingertips, then lashed out amid sharp whistling cries, leaving warped trails in the air.

This time, she was clearly getting serious. Her aura and pressure had reached the level of a Six-Star Dou Huang.

Ning Su merely snorted and raised his hand. A cloud of icy-blue frost mist poured from his palm.

Extreme Cold Ice Mist!

Crack!

The biting cold instantly froze all of Green Barbarian's attacks in this scorching environment.

This was a Dou Technique Ning Su had obtained when he and Medusa went to gather the Ice Spirit Cold Spring.

It contained cold energy on the same level as the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, far beyond ordinary chill.

"Petty tricks!"

Green Barbarian raised her hand, unleashing vast swathes of emerald-green Dou Qi that represented life.

"Sea of Thorns!"

The emerald-green Dou Qi transformed into countless dense thorns, surging like raging waves as they swept toward Ning Su.

Facing such a fierce attack, Ning Su transformed, turning into a Five-Colored Giant Python and directly revealing his true form.

His opponent was, after all, a Six-Star Dou Huang.

Ning Su had to reveal his original form to possess enough strength to contend with her.

A powerful physical body was the advantage of Magical Beasts. After taking human form, something was always lacking.

"Mysterious Fire Armor!"

"Extreme Cold Ice Armor!"

Ning Su deployed both layers of armor at once. Relying on their formidable defense, he blocked Green Barbarian's attack with his body.

"Your true form is actually a Magical Beast?"

Green Barbarian was even more astonished.

Magical Beasts capable of taking human form so quickly were indeed rare.

"However, don't think turning into your Magical Beast form makes you my match. Watch me skin that snake hide of yours!"

Green Barbarian flew into the air.

"Slaughter Thorns!"

She summoned another immense mass of thorns, twice as powerful as before!

This time, she clearly intended to defeat Ning Su outright!

But this time, Ning Su opened his enormous jaws and unleashed a black-hole-like suction force, forcibly swallowing every one of Green Barbarian's attacks.

Infinite Devour!

Ning Su possessed the ability to devour everything!

Pills, energy forms, Heavenly Flames—

Even attacks!

He could devour them all.

Of course, if the opponent's cultivation was far greater than his, he could not directly absorb their attacks—he could easily be blown to death.

But Green Barbarian's cultivation was not much stronger than his.

Just as Ning Su, while still a Dou Wang, had been able to absorb Yao Lao's Bone Spirit Cold Flame attack.

Successfully devoured a Six-Star Dou Huang's full-force attack!

Cultivation increased to Two-Star Dou Huang!

Dou Techniques were, in essence, merely specific forms of unleashing Dou Qi.

At their root, they were still Dou Qi.

Since it was Dou Qi, Ning Su could naturally absorb it and strengthen himself.

"He actually... devoured it?"

Green Barbarian was dumbfounded.

She could accept that Ning Su was stronger than her.

She could also accept that his defense was astonishing enough to withstand her attacks.

But what did it mean for him to just eat her attack?

Did he take her attack for a snack??

"Your attack was decent. Do you have anything stronger?" Ning Su raised his massive head and looked at Green Barbarian.

"This guy..."

It was Green Barbarian's first time encountering an opponent capable of devouring attacks.

"If you have no more tricks, then it's my turn."

Ning Su opened his jaws, and a massive Flame Green Lotus condensed within them.

The temperature between heaven and earth began to rise rapidly.

"This temperature... a Heavenly Flame?!"

Green Barbarian's expression changed again.

This guy actually possessed Heavenly Flames too?

She hurriedly prepared to defend herself.

The next moment, Ning Su's massive body suddenly vanished.

As if sensing something, Green Barbarian abruptly turned around, only to find Ning Su already behind her.

Low-grade Profound Tier movement technique: Sand-Treading Travel!

The Flame Green Lotus from Ning Su's mouth struck Green Barbarian at point-blank range.

Boom!

A massive mushroom cloud rose over the desert...