Jiang Ming looked toward the Black Water Mysterious Snake, dozens of zhang tall in the Ruthless Sea. Its enormous snake eyes, like lanterns, stared coldly at him. Perhaps because it had not seen a living creature in so many years, it found the sight strange and stood rooted in place without moving, merely regarding Jiang Ming with a fierce glint in its cold eyes, as though pondering something.
Jiang Ming had once read Records of Gods and Demons. It recorded: ...those who consume Immortal Pills do not die, and their lives exceed ten thousand years.
Now, even if it was not quite on that level, it could not be far off. If he ate it, how nourishing would that be? Wouldn't his cultivation soar? If he killed this snake and brought it back to Qingyun Da Zhu Peak in pieces, then after his senior brothers ate it, their innate talent and foundations would surely improve considerably, and their cultivation would skyrocket instantly.
Countless seniors had proven that this path was indeed a shortcut. For example, Rascal Shi Hao, and Hero Guo. More importantly, at the Seven Peaks Tournament a few years from now, his senior brothers would no longer lose in the very first round. By then, he would surely add another achievement to Qingyun's merit records, bringing him one step closer to reading the Nameless Ancient Scroll!
Seeing the Black Water Mysterious Snake standing still, its fierce eyes fixed on him, Jiang Ming immediately took out the Soaring Frost Sword and prepared to draw it for an attack.
At that moment, seeing Jiang Ming take out a weapon, the Black Water Mysterious Snake's eyes erupted with green light. It let out an earth-shaking roar, clearly enraged that the tiny insect before it, no bigger than an ant in its eyes, dared to make a move.
In an instant, its body shifted beneath the sea. With a sweep of its enormous tail, it raised a colossal wave several zhang high and dozens of zhang wide, which crashed down toward Jiang Ming. Within that giant wave was its black tail, carrying boundless force as it struck at him.
Jiang Ming saw that the Black Water Mysterious Snake intended to knock him unconscious amid the massive waves with its huge tail, then drown him beneath the surging sea.
Jiang Ming did not panic. He immediately spread a protective aura around himself, gripped the Soaring Frost Sword, and rapidly circulated the Heaven's Will Four Symbols Art within his body. A Wrath of the Thunder God struck directly at the source of the waves—the Black Water Mysterious Snake's tail.
A thunder god phantom, dozens of zhang tall, appeared behind Jiang Ming. The phantom held a divine sword. Jiang Ming raised the Soaring Frost Sword toward the heavens, and clusters of thunderclouds strangely gathered overhead. The divine sword in the phantom's hand continuously absorbed the thunderclouds that had suddenly appeared in the sky, transforming them into the power of lightning. Lightning flickered across Jiang Ming's Soaring Frost Sword, its radiance blazing as electric light surged everywhere. In a moment, the attack finished gathering power, and Jiang Ming slashed downward at the snake tail rushing toward him, raising waves dozens of zhang high.
The sounds of "Bang... Awoo..." rang out in succession, as though the sea had been cleaved and rivers split apart. The giant wave was cut directly in two by the phantom. Spray crashed toward both shores, sand and stones flew everywhere, and water shot into the air, creating a tremendous spectacle.
Yet the lightning power flowed straight through the seawater toward the Black Water Mysterious Snake. Electric light shimmered across the sea, and a continuous crackling spread in all directions. The black snake tried to dodge, but the lightning was so fast that it arrived in an instant. For a time, the Ruthless Sea seemed to become a world of electricity, dazzling and brilliant. Unfortunately, only one man and one snake were fighting here. As the saying went, the beautiful view was there, but no one was there to admire it.
Suddenly, the sounds from the sea of lightning grew clearer and clearer. They were clearly cries of pain from the Black Water Mysterious Snake after Jiang Ming's attack struck it. Hit by the lightning, the black snake panicked and hurriedly twisted its body, churning up enormous waves.
Standing on the shore and looking into the distance, Jiang Ming seemed to see steam rising from the sea. Compassion flickered in his eyes, but his mouth muttered, "This snake might get cooked by the lightning. Wouldn't that be such a pity? Overcooked snake doesn't taste good, does it? It's not twice-cooked pork... Huh! Twice-cooked pork?"
The more Jiang Ming thought about it, the more excited he became. I can just make twice-cooked snake meat. Snake meat is still meat! I just wonder how it tastes. Too bad Zhang Xiao Fan, the master chef, isn't here... What a pity... What a pity... Such a huge snake, all cooked through—it would be impossible to preserve it properly! What a shameful waste!
Strange thoughts drifted through Jiang Ming's mind. Just as he was about to step forward and see whether the Black Water Mysterious Snake was truly cooked, the distant snake, which had been thrashing about, suddenly stopped struggling and gradually sank into the water.
Seeing this, Jiang Ming's expression turned somewhat flustered. Lacking experience fighting spirit beasts, he quickened his pace and hurriedly said, "It's over, it's over. The snake got electrocuted to death. It's sinking to the bottom of the sea..."
When Jiang Ming walked over the waves to the spot where the Black Water Mysterious Snake had sunk, he immediately sent his divine sense into the sea to investigate. Yet after searching again and again, it was simply gone...
In truth, seeing how formidable Jiang Ming was and how a casual strike had inflicted such serious injuries on it, leaving it half-crippled, the Black Water Mysterious Snake knew that if the battle continued, it might be beaten to death by that humanoid creature. With that thought, it used the chance to sink to the seafloor and fled into the depths of the Ruthless Sea. It knew that once it entered the sea's depths, Jiang Ming could do nothing to it, and its life would be saved.
In the end, Jiang Ming had been too careless. The Ruthless Sea was the Black Water Mysterious Snake's territory, and demonic beasts generally possessed extremely tough bodies, with defensive power far surpassing that of humans. Not to mention a primordial anomaly like the Black Water Mysterious Snake, which was far stronger than ordinary vicious beasts. Jiang Ming's attack was powerful, but it could only leave it half-crippled. To kill it, Jiang Ming would need to strike its vital point head-on with his full strength. Otherwise, killing it across the sea would be exceedingly difficult!
Jiang Ming searched the sea for a long time but could not find the Black Water Mysterious Snake's hiding place. He was so furious that he stomped his feet. The duck that had reached his mouth had flown away. His "Thirty-Six Strategies for Slaying Snakes," "A Treatise on Palace-Level Snake Meat Cooking," "Qingyun Sect Achievement Point Guide," and so on all vanished like bubbles. He had originally wanted to bring some snake meat back to the Super God World to nourish Qi Lin, but now he did not even have a scrap of snake skin.
After venting his frustration, Jiang Ming began to calm down. A monk could run, but a temple could not. At worst, he could return in a few years. With Zhang Xiao Fan's luck, the Black Water Mysterious Snake, the Yellow Bird, and the rest would sooner or later become dishes on his table and snacks to go with wine.
Jiang Ming's second self-appointed objective had not been achieved. Though he had some regrets, they were not great; the first objective, the Heavenly Book, was more important. Jiang Ming would sooner or later capture all the primordial beasts in this world of Zhu Xian and carefully research how to improve physical strength. His current body-tempering art had already reached its peak. Unless the art itself improved, his physical body could not continue growing stronger. Keeping his physical strength advancing in step with his cultivation was Jiang Ming's main direction. Otherwise, if the gap became too great, how could he face those divine bodies in the Super God World?
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