Giant Python Appears

Wang Teng formed his fingers into a sword, and the condensed white sword energy tore through the air, stabbing directly at Lin Feng's forehead with unimaginable speed.

However, Lin Feng's body moved like a phantom, sidestepping. The sword energy grazed his ear, leaving only a deep hole in the broken wall.

The Perfected level of the Soaring Dragon Astonishing Swan Step had brought his control over his body to an entirely new realm.

"Your movement technique is good, but how long can you keep dodging?" Wang Teng sneered, his attack resuming. Sword energy crisscrossed between his fingers and palm, forming a vast net that enveloped Lin Feng.

Lin Feng's eyes were sharp, and the Blood Burning Saber Intent, tinged with gold, coiled around him. The Perfected level of the Golden Metal Wind Splitting Art made his True Essence incredibly keen.

He no longer merely dodged. His crimson-gold saber aura reappeared, clashing fiercely with Wang Teng's sword energy!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The saber aura and sword energy collided violently, explosions echoing endlessly. Above the ruins, gravel shot out, and dust filled the air.

As they fought, Wang Teng grew increasingly alarmed. Lin Feng's saber aura not only possessed immense power but also carried a strange, scorching, and sharp will that could faintly erode his True Essence.

Though nascent, the newly comprehended saber intent was already not to be underestimated.

"I can't drag this out any longer!" A fierce glint flashed in Wang Teng's eyes as he unleashed his True Essence without reservation. "Mysterious Cloud Secret Sword, Cloud Breaking Style!"

He formed his fingers into a sword, his entire being seemingly transforming into a drawn blade. A dazzling, supremely condensed sword light, like the first ray of sunlight breaking through the clouds, struck Lin Feng with an invincible might!

This was a supreme technique of the Mysterious Cloud Sect, which he had cultivated to Great Accomplishment. He was confident it was enough to kill any Seventh Rank cultivator!

Facing this earth-shattering sword strike, Lin Feng's pupils constricted as he felt a fatal threat.

He took a deep breath, and the crimson-gold saber intent in his sea of consciousness pulsed wildly, perfectly merging with the artistic conceptions of the Heavenly Gang Blood Burning Saber and the Golden Metal Wind Splitting Art.

"Blood Burning, Wind Splitting, Slash!"

He let out a low roar, and an incredibly condensed saber aura, as if burning with crimson-gold flames, surged upwards, meeting the Cloud Breaking Sword strike without any hesitation!

"Clang—!"

A piercing metallic clang resounded through the wilderness. Violent waves of energy swept outwards from the two of them, shaving three inches off the ground!

The stalemate lasted only an instant.

The next moment, the crimson-gold saber aura, with an unstoppable force, fiercely tore through the dazzling sword light!

"Pfft!"

Wang Teng felt as if he had been struck by a heavy blow, spitting out a mouthful of blood. He was sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the ruins, his aura instantly weakening.

His handsome face was filled with disbelief and horror.

He, the top-ranked Prodigy on the Yellow Ranking, had actually lost! He had lost to an Imperial Brocade Guard Qianhu whom he had viewed as an ant!

Lin Feng stood with his saber, his breathing slightly uneven, but his gaze was as cold as iron.

He walked towards Wang Teng step by step, his killing intent palpable.

"No... impossible..." Wang Teng struggled to stand, but the movement aggravated his internal injuries, causing him to spit out another mouthful of blood.

He looked at the approaching Lin Feng, a flicker of fear finally appearing in his eyes, which was then replaced by deeper resentment.

"Lin Feng! So what if you won? Do you think this is the end?"

Wang Teng's voice became hoarse and strange. His body began to twist unnaturally, as if something alive was wriggling and swelling beneath his skin.

Lin Feng paused, his brows furrowed, feeling a cold and sinister aura emanating from Wang Teng's body.

"Crack... crack..."

The sound of bones dislocating, grating on the ears, echoed as Wang Teng's body visibly expanded and deformed at an alarming rate.

His luxurious brocade robes were torn apart, and dark, cold scales appeared on his skin.

In the blink of an eye, a living person had transformed into a black Giant Python, as thick as a bucket, several dozen feet long, with menacing scales!

The Giant Python coiled on the ruins, its vertical pupils fixing on Lin Feng with icy coldness. It flicked its scarlet tongue and spoke in a human voice, the sound grating like metal friction.

"Lin Feng! You can be proud to have forced me to reveal my true form! But this is where your real nightmare begins!"

Its massive body exuded a pressure far more terrifying than when it was in human form. A foul wind swept over, carrying a nauseating stench.

The Giant Python looked down from above and sneered.

"I have cultivated for hundreds of years. How could a fledgling brat like you possibly contend with me?

I was merely playing with you earlier. Now, I will devour you, your sister, and that damned Northern Garrison Command, bite by bite!"

The sense of crisis suddenly intensified. Lin Feng gripped his saber, his True Essence circulating rapidly within him as he prepared for battle.

"Playing?" Lin Feng scoffed, his eyes sharp as blades as he swept over the Giant Python's massive body. "You're just a long worm, yet you dare to boast so shamelessly?

You donned human skin to infiltrate the Mysterious Cloud Sect. Your ambitions are not small, are they? Today, I shall slay you, you monster!"

"You court death!" The Giant Python roared. Its massive body, carrying immense power, swept towards Lin Feng, while simultaneously opening its maw and spewing foul venom like arrows.

Lin Feng moved swiftly, executing the Soaring Dragon Astonishing Swan Step to its extreme. He left trails of afterimages amidst the ruins, narrowly dodging the sweeping snake tail and the venomous spray.

He swung his saber at the snake's body. The crimson-gold saber aura struck the scales, but sparks flew, leaving only shallow white marks. It couldn't penetrate its defenses!

The Giant Python's defense was astonishing, and its strength was even more immense. Every attack made Lin Feng's blood and essence churn. He could only rely on his agile footwork to maneuver, falling into a disadvantageous position for the moment.

"Hahaha! An ant is still an ant! Is your saber tickling me?" The Giant Python roared with laughter, its attacks intensifying. Its tail smashed down like a mountain again and again, forcing Lin Feng to retreat, looking quite disheveled.

Lin Feng's expression was calm as he dodged and observed carefully.

The perfect mastery of his skills brought not only strength but also extraordinary insight.

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He quickly discovered that although the Giant Python's defense was formidable, there was a patch of scales slightly below its seven-inch mark, about three inches down, that grew in the opposite direction and was slightly lighter in color.

Every time it exerted its strength to attack, the muscles in that area would contract almost imperceptibly, as if deliberately protecting it.

"Found you!" Lin Feng's eyes flashed with sharp light.

He feigned exhaustion, stumbling and exposing a gap to his left.

"It's over!" The Giant Python fell for the trap. Its massive head lunged like lightning, its gaping maw exuding a foul stench.

At that critical moment, Lin Feng's footwork shifted abruptly. His body moved like the Soaring Dragon Astonishing Swan Step, evading the bite by a hair's breadth.

Simultaneously, he leaped into the air, channeling all the True Essence within his body into his saber without reservation. His crimson-gold saber intent blazed to its limit!

"Blood Burning Wind Split, break!"

A crimson-gold saber aura, condensing all his spirit and energy, descended like a meteor fire from the heavens, striking the patch of lighter, reversed scales with pinpoint accuracy!

"Pfft!"

This time, the saber aura was not blocked by the scales. Like a hot knife through butter, it effortlessly pierced the defense and deeply embedded itself within the Giant Python!

"Roar—!"

The Giant Python let out a piercing, agonizing roar. Its massive body thrashed wildly, smashing the surrounding ruins into pieces.

Blood gushed from the wound like a spring, and its aura rapidly weakened.

"You... How dare you..." The Giant Python's vertical pupils were filled with pain and disbelief. It stared intently at Lin Feng, threatening venomously, "Boy! Do you know my origin? Kill me, and you, your sister, and everyone related to you will die without a burial place!"

Lin Feng landed, his face somewhat pale. That last strike had consumed immense energy.

He looked coldly at the dying Giant Python, stepped forward with his saber, and prepared to deliver the final blow.

"Wait!" Seeing that its threat was useless, the Giant Python hastily hissed, "You think killing me is the end? Look who this is!"

It opened its mouth and spat out a faint beam of light. Within the light, a figure was revealed, bound to a stone pillar by thick iron chains.

It was none other than the Imperial Brocade Guard General Banner who had often looked out for Lin Feng and his sister – Zhou Gang!

Zhou Gang was covered in blood and unconscious.

"Uncle Zhou!" Lin Feng's expression changed.

"Hahaha!" The Giant Python let out a triumphant, sinister laugh upon seeing this. "He has been captured by my kin and is imprisoned in a secret location!

If you dare to kill me, he will immediately be buried with me!

And you, Lin Feng, along with your precious sister Lin Wan, will absolutely not escape! My kin will never let you go!"

It gazed at Lin Feng's darkening expression, believing it had found his weakness, its voice filled with malicious glee.

"Now, kneel! Cripple your own cultivation, then kowtow and confess your guilt, and then take your own life!

I can consider sending a message back and sparing Zhou Gang's life! Otherwise, he dies immediately! And you will all join him sooner or later! Hurry and kneel!"

Lin Feng's body trembled slightly. The hand holding his saber tightened, then loosened, then tightened again. His eyes showed intense struggle, as if he were caught in an internal war.

He glanced at Lin Wan, whose face was pale with fear, standing not far away. Then he looked at Zhou Gang in the light beam, his life's status unknown.

Slowly, as if he had exhausted all his strength, he slightly bent his knees, appearing to be genuinely about to kneel.

The Giant Python's vertical pupils gleamed with schadenfreude and cruelty. It reveled in this feeling of controlling another's life and death.

"Yes, just like that! Kneel like a dog! Useless people should act like useless people!

Cripple your cultivation! Kowtow! Then die! Hahaha..."

However, just as Lin Feng's knees were about to touch the ground—

His bent legs snapped straight!

His entire body exploded forward like a coiled leopard!

The perfect mastery of the Soaring Dragon Astonishing Swan Step turned him into an afterimage, and with speed far exceeding his previous pace, he instantly closed in on the Giant Python's head!

The saber in his hand, at some unknown point, had been raised to be completely covered by the ultimate crimson-gold saber intent, like a burning sun!

"You...!" The Giant Python's wild laughter abruptly stopped. True fear and shock appeared in its vertical pupils for the first time.

"Threaten me?" Lin Feng's voice was bone-chillingly cold, filled with resolute killing intent. "Then you die first!"

The saber light slashed down!

Like crimson-gold lightning tearing through the darkness!

The Giant Python's massive head was severed at the neck, rolling to the ground with an expression of disbelief. Its enormous serpentine body convulsed a few times before falling silent.

The foul-smelling snake blood stained the ruins.

Lin Feng stood with his saber, breathing slightly heavily, his gaze still wary.

He had resolved the immediate crisis, but Uncle Zhou was still in the enemy's hands...

He focused his attention, waiting for the familiar system notification in his mind that announced the harvest of Slaughter Points.

However—

Silence.

The expected notification did not sound.

Lin Feng's brow furrowed deeply.