Azure Serpent Descends

"Roar~"

As soon as Gu Sheng left, the Verdant Python seemed to relax a bit. Its shattered-gold vertical pupils glanced at Gu Sheng, a strange emotion flashing in its eyes. Then, it suddenly raised its head and roared, and with its roar, a gale sprung up, sand and stones flew, and the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy began to riot.

The clear sky suddenly became much darker, and clusters of dark clouds, appearing from nowhere, slowly enveloped the sky.

The sudden change caused both Gu Sheng and Chu Xin to stare blankly at the strange phenomenon in the sky, their faces full of bewilderment.

"Boom!"

From within the dark clouds, a booming sound of thunder suddenly echoed, and silver lightning bolts darted around wildly, like silver serpents.

"What's going on?"

Sensing the violent energy contained within the dark clouds, Chu Xin turned to look at Gu Sheng and asked, somewhat frightened.

"Could it really be the Dragon Transformation Tribulation!"

Amidst the dark clouds, flashes of lightning danced wildly, and the sound of thunder rumbled incessantly. Gu Sheng looked at the Verdant Python, which had already risen to its full height, a trace of worry flashing in his eyes.

Chu Xin's gaze towards the Verdant Python was filled with worry, "Dragon Transformation Tribulation! Then Qing Ling, it…"

"Boom~"

A deafening roar suddenly erupted from within the dark clouds. In an instant, the world lit up, and a huge silver thunderbolt shot down from the clouds, piercing through the layers of the sky and accurately striking the Verdant Python's ten-zhang-long body, running straight down from the bulge on its head.

"Bang~"

After being struck by the lightning, the Verdant Python trembled continuously, and then crashed heavily to the ground. Before Gu Sheng and Chu Xin could approach, a faint cyan mist permeated from around the Verdant Python, obscuring their vision.

"Snake venom!"

Gu Sheng walked to the edge of the mist, reaching out his hand, but felt a great resistance. This cyan mist was no ordinary mist; rather, it was more like a self-protective shield filled with the Verdant Python's venom.

The rumbling in their ears gradually faded away. This cloud of thunder and lightning came quickly and went even faster. Before the sound of thunder could completely dissipate, the dark clouds in the sky had already disappeared completely. After a few breaths, the sunlight warmed their bodies once more.

"How is Qing Ling!"

Chu Xin patted the dust off her body and came to Gu Sheng's side.

They were relatively close when the lightning struck. Although they didn't directly face the heavenly might of the lightning, the huge impact of the thunder reverberated around them, and they bore the brunt of it. Although they weren't injured, the stirred-up dust made them look disheveled.

"Let's go in!"

Gu Sheng probed the cyan mist for a while, confirming that their poison resistance could withstand it. He frowned slightly, looking at the dense cyan mist around them, then slowly took Chu Xin's small hand and walked towards the center.

Gu Sheng and Chu Xin walked for more than ten zhang, estimating that they had reached the place where the lightning had struck earlier. The view in front of them suddenly opened up, and there wasn't a trace of cyan mist in this central area.

The two's gazes immediately focused on the center. On the ground, a giant python more than ten zhang long, charred all over, lay silently, wisps of white smoke rising from various parts of its black body, looking like a roasted dead snake.

"Qing Ling!"

Chu Xin instantly collapsed upon seeing this scene, kneeling on the ground and crying, covering her mouth.

"Did it fail?"

Gu Sheng sighed softly, looking at the terrifying giant python, which had shrunk severely and whose appearance had been carbonized, feeling a bit sad and a slight stinging in his eyes.

"Crack~"

A subtle sound came from the giant snake. Gu Sheng, who was about to go and collect Qing Ling's corpse, stopped, his body trembling suddenly. He slowly raised his head, looking towards the source of the sound, a trace of excitement and anticipation flashing in his eyes.

Under Gu Sheng's gaze, the stiff, fallen corpse of the giant python, its charred skin, suddenly began to peel off slowly. The speed of peeling gradually increased, and by the end, Gu Sheng seemed to be able to vaguely see that within the giant python's corpse, something was about to break out.

"This… a zombie!"

Chu Xin also noticed the movement on the python corpse at this time. Looking at this somewhat supernatural scene, her small mouth formed a ring.

Chu Xin's courage hadn't been tempered enough. When encountering this kind of situation, she subconsciously thought of Gu Sheng, not even having time to feel sad. She swallowed a mouthful of saliva, slowly turned around, her eyes fixed on the giant snake that was constantly shedding its charred skin, and carefully hid behind Gu Sheng.

"Bang!"

The giant python's corpse on the ground suddenly exploded, and black scales shot out in all directions, instantly turning into powder. At the moment the giant python's corpse turned into powder, a vast and terrifying aura suddenly burst forth, rapidly enveloping the entire Iron Arm Ape Mountain at an alarming speed.

At the instant this vast aura erupted, all the demonic beasts near the foot of Iron Arm Ape Mountain became restless almost simultaneously, their bodies uncontrollably retreating and fleeing, as if some terrifying thing had appeared in that direction.

"Aya!"

"Aya Aya!"

"Aya~~"

In the Iron-Arm Ape's lair, outside the Ape King Cave, all the Iron-Arm Apes became restless at the same time. They keenly sensed a sudden threat, an aura as powerful as the 'King.'

"A~~~"

Inside the Ape King Cave, an Iron-Arm Ape covered in silver fur suddenly opened its eyes, two golden lights seeming to pierce through the cliffs and shoot straight to the foot of the mountain.

"Hiss hiss~"

"Roar roar~"

In a strange canyon with a perennial cold aura in the shady part of Iron Arm Ape Mountain, countless giant snakes were intertwined. At the moment the python's body exploded, almost all the giant snakes turned their heads to look at the foot of the mountain, constantly hissing, as if welcoming the birth of their king.

"Roar~"

Inside a damp cave at the bottom of the canyon, a ten-zhang-long giant black python with bulges on its head was coiled around a huge white plant, constantly hissing and roaring, as if emphasizing that it was the king.

Before long, that aura rapidly retreated into the cyan mist like a tide. Then, this cyan mist, nearly twenty zhang in radius, began to shrink, forming an extremely spectacular cyan vortex before Gu Sheng and Chu Xin.

Gu Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly, staring intently at the swirling green mist not far away. He gripped Chu Xin's hand, his palm slick with sweat. The two watched in silence, an unspeakable anxiety in their hearts.

"Swoosh~"

The green vortex gradually shrank, about to disappear. The black dust stirred up by the whirlwind slowly fell. The moment the green mist vortex vanished, a streak of azure light shot out. The light seemed to pierce through the barrier of space itself, its speed catching everyone off guard.

"This~"

Before Gu Sheng could think, a sharp whistling sound pierced the air beside him. He instinctively raised his hand to protect himself, bracing for the impending impact.