Battle with a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?

The water in the small lake was crystal clear, all the way to the bottom.

Wang Xiao observed it carefully and found no danger.

Reassured, he took off his pants and leaped in.

Splash~

Wang Xiao's body crashed into the water, immediately sending up a spray of waves.

Then he swam around and washed up, cleaning his body thoroughly.

Splash, splash~

Suddenly, an odd sound came from the middle of the lake, startling Wang Xiao as he bathed.

"What was that?"

Wang Xiao muttered to himself as he looked toward the source of the sound.

He saw a small island in the middle of the lake. It was not very large, at most five mu in area.

"Could there be a soul beast on it?"

Wang Xiao thought it over. It was entirely possible.

He needed to find a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast now, so he could go take a look.

"If it's a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, then my fourth soul ring will be settled!"

Wang Xiao immediately swam toward the island. To avoid alerting the soul beast, he could only swim underwater.

Only after nearing the shore did he raise his head above the water and carefully climb onto land.

He suddenly discovered that aside from several towering trees, there was only a single vine on the island.

Wang Xiao recognized it. It was a Climbing Tiger.

This vine was extremely tenacious. It could climb mountains and trees, and it could climb walls as well.

Even scaling eaves and walls was no challenge for it.

This Climbing Tiger had covered the entire island.

As a result, this small island was completely under its control.

After thinking about it, Wang Xiao decided to take a look at the Climbing Tiger's roots.

Splash~

But at that moment, the sound of water came from behind him again.

Wang Xiao listened closely. It seemed something had emerged from the lake and was climbing ashore.

What could it be?

Wang Xiao ducked behind a tree and peered in that direction.

The sight gave him a jolt.

There really was something strange here!

Wang Xiao looked carefully and saw a massive head slowly rise from the water.

After winding around several bends, it slowly crawled ashore.

Its head was flat and triangular, and its pair of eyes were white as the bright moon.

They were the size of lanterns and utterly terrifying.

It flicked its tongue, making hissing sounds.

If that was not a snake, what was it?

Only after seeing this giant snake did Wang Xiao remember that he had read about it in the soul beast encyclopedia at Nuoding Academy's library.

It was called an Inverse Scale Armored Boa, a remarkably powerful python-type soul beast.

According to the book's records, this Inverse Scale Armored Boa was a soul beast at least Thirty Thousand Years old.

Wang Xiao was overjoyed. He had searched everywhere without success, only to find it without any effort!

He had never expected to find a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast just by taking a bath in the lake.

Perfect. His fourth soul ring, a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, was now within reach!

The Inverse Scale Armored Boa was named for the reverse scales covering its body.

They could rotate in reverse.

They could also spin back and forth like blades.

The scales all over its body were its most formidable feature.

Then there was its constricting ability, its sharp fangs, and its immensely powerful tail.

Though it was not venomous, its offensive and defensive strength were nothing small venomous snakes could compare to.

With one sweep of its tail, it could uproot and send a large tree flying.

The Inverse Scale Armored Boa then crawled ashore. Its scales were pure white, and it was over thirty meters long.

One meter represented one thousand years of cultivation. At over thirty meters, it was a soul beast with more than Thirty Thousand Years of cultivation.

This age was exactly suited to the absorption requirements for his fourth soul ring, a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Hiss, hiss, hiss~

The Inverse Scale Armored Boa suddenly flared all its scales, opened its bloody maw, and charged toward where he was hiding.

Wang Xiao knew he had been exposed.

He stopped hiding and took off running.

Using the Lingbo Weibu Accelerated Version movement technique, he temporarily stayed one step ahead of the Inverse Scale Armored Boa.

However, Climbing Tiger stems and leaves covered the entire island, creating considerable resistance as he ran.

Tap, tap, tap~

But this creature's scales were too powerful. Once they all began moving, they were like airplane propeller blades, allowing its body to lift off the ground and fly.

As a result, the Inverse Scale Armored Boa's speed increased severalfold.

Wang Xiao immediately released his three soul rings. Only after his Soul Power rose was he barely able to remain ahead.

If this thing got any faster, he would not be able to outrun it.

He could only circle around with the Inverse Scale Armored Boa. If he ran in a straight line, he truly could not outrun it.

Tap, tap, tap~

The Inverse Scale Armored Boa's scales spun all over its body, producing a rapid series of sounds.

Like a massive engine, it was about to overtake Wang Xiao as he sped ahead.

He did not want to enter the water. After all, the Inverse Scale Armored Boa was even stronger underwater than it was on land.

Once I enter the water, I'll be walking right into its trap. My chances of survival will be even slimmer.

Wang Xiao would not make such a basic mistake.

Looking back, he saw that the Inverse Scale Armored Boa had nearly caught up.

What should he do?

Wang Xiao thought it over and felt it was time for his martial souls to prove their worth.

He immediately drew upon all his Soul Power, releasing the Chicken Blood Vine martial soul from his left hand and the Thunder God Hammer martial soul from his right. "First Spirit Skill, Grappling Kill!"

The Chicken Blood Vine martial soul rapidly grew, bursting from the ground and shooting into the sky.

It blocked the Inverse Scale Armored Boa flying above and wrapped around it.

Six-Winged Leaves spun as they sliced across its body from head to tail.

Unable to break free for the moment, the Inverse Scale Armored Boa was bound in place by the Chicken Blood Vine stems and leaves.

Wang Xiao sighed in relief and came to a stop more than thirty meters away.

Then he coldly watched the bound Inverse Scale Armored Boa. "You're no match for me. You should surrender early and become my soul ring, shouldn't you?"

Although the Chicken Blood Vine martial soul's Grappling Kill skill had temporarily trapped the Inverse Scale Armored Boa,

the spinning sharp edges of the Six-Winged Leaves could not cut through the thick layer of scales on its body.

Tap, tap, tap~

The Inverse Scale Armored Boa's reverse scales immediately began spinning as well, instantly breaking Wang Xiao's Chicken Blood Vine martial soul's Grappling Kill skill.

Then its entire body swelled, white light flashing above and below it as the scales on its body spun even faster.

Damn!

Wang Xiao thought, as expected of a Thirty-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. It broke my First Spirit Skill just like that!

Hiss, hiss, hiss~

The moment the Inverse Scale Armored Boa broke free, it turned around and whipped its long tail toward him at high speed.

A faint cold smile crossed Wang Xiao's lips. He had long been on guard against these moves, and he flashed away with the Lingbo Weibu Accelerated Version.

Bang, bang, bang~

Several large trees beside Wang Xiao were swept by its huge tail.

They instantly snapped into two or three pieces and fell to the ground.

The Inverse Scale Armored Boa hesitated for a moment.

Wang Xiao seized that opening and immediately activated his new skill. "Second Spirit Skill, Strangling Kill!"

The difference between this soul skill and the first was that the Chicken Blood Vine possessed the power of a second Hundred Year Soul Ring.

It would become larger, with stronger binding and crushing force.

The Six-Winged Leaf Blades would also become bigger, stronger, sharper, and faster at cutting.

The Chicken Blood Vine rapidly grew, its stems becoming as thick as arms.

The Six-Winged Leaves grew as large as palm-leaf fans and descended, Covering the Sky and Earth.

They covered the Inverse Scale Armored Boa again, spinning, binding, and cutting with Six-Winged Leaf Blades in one fluid motion.

"Tap, tap, tap." The sounds of them grinding against each other rang out without end.

The Inverse Scale Armored Boa struggled only a few times before disappearing from sight.

Wang Xiao smiled faintly. Let's see how you get out this time.

Bang, bang, bang~

Just as he was celebrating, white light suddenly erupted from the Inverse Scale Armored Boa once more.

An even stronger surge of Soul Power shot out from every part of its body.

It directly blasted apart all the Chicken Blood Vine stems and leaves strangling it, allowing it to break free again.

The Inverse Scale Armored Boa's strength had also reached its peak. It twisted its body and spun at supersonic speed through three hundred and sixty degrees in midair.

It shot skyward in an instant, rising into the air.

Then it dived down toward Wang Xiao's head, intending to use its massive body and power to ram him to death before swallowing him whole.

Wang Xiao flashed backward and dodged, reappearing more than thirty meters away.

The Inverse Scale Armored Boa missed, smashing a huge crater into the ground and sending grass and trees flying everywhere.

"Still refusing to submit?"

Wang Xiao was a little angry. "Third Spirit Skill, Thorn Pierce!"

The Thorn Pierce skill combined the power of his third soul ring with the traits of the Eight Thousand Year Soul Beast Triangle Colorful Python.

Not only could it make the Chicken Blood Vine stems and leaves grow longer and thicker, with even stronger binding force,

it could also make the stems and leaves grow thorns as hard as the three sharp horns on the Triangle Colorful Python's head.

They could pierce any vital point and carried the corrosive venom of the Ten Year Six-Winged Jade Centipede Soul Beast, as well as the paralytic venom of the Hundred Year Mandala Snake and other poisonous elements that damaged the nerves.

Once they pierced the Inverse Scale Armored Boa's vital points, even if it did not die, it would be wounded and poisoned.

Wang Xiao felt that with this Third Spirit Skill,

then one or two follow-up hammer strikes from his Thunder God Hammer martial soul, it would be nearly over.

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