Killing the Shadow Serpent

Hua Xia City, Hua Xia District, inside a detached villa in the Peak Villa District.

A middle-aged man with a stern face, exuding a powerful aura, roared with a gloomy expression, "Chen Hao is dead! A high-level Battle Emperor was pierced with a single blade, and even the R1-level Black Gold Combat Suit couldn't stop it!"

The middle-aged man was filled with anger, and the red wine glass in his hand was squeezed until it cracked.

Who exactly dared to make a move in the Jiang Yue Villa District, and even killed Chen Hao, a Battle Emperor? With this kind of strength, it must be a War God-level expert who took action! "Calm your anger, sir. According to the information sent back by Chen Hao, the Battle Emperor, this person concealed their strength. On the surface, they are Heavenly Soldier-level, but their true strength may have reached the high-level Battle Venerable or even War God level!" said a man in white beside him.

The man in white paused and continued, "The Li Family's bounty of 500 billion Stars Coins is also because War God Li Chengtian's son died in the Wilderness Area. It is said that after their investigation, they discovered that the person who made the move also concealed their strength, using a Heavenly Soldier-level appearance to kill people."

"Continue," the middle-aged man said with a frown.

The man in white pointed to the martial arts competition information and said, "These two incidents have caused quite a stir in our circle. Since both were done by Heavenly Soldier-level individuals, that person may have also participated in this competition. We can investigate it and perhaps find something."

"Well, that makes sense. You take care of this matter!" the middle-aged man instructed.

"Yes! Sir."

Wilderness Area, central area of Zone 249.

Chen Tian was leisurely walking deeper.

Five days had passed since the start of the competition. Fang Hao, who was ranked first on the leaderboard, already had over ten thousand points, but Chen Tian didn't care. He was still looking for monsters above B-grade.

After walking for a few days, he finally arrived at the center of Zone 249. Chen Tian took a few glances around and knew that there was a warning line set up here. Touching it would trigger an alarm. This was also to prevent B-grade monsters from entering the competition area.

"They say they've cleared out all the B-grade and above monsters, but in reality, they haven't even entered the depths," Chen Tian smiled. After all, Zone 249 was very large, equivalent to a first-tier city in the old city! And going deeper from Zone 249 would enter the extremely deep part of the entire Wilderness Area.

Here, even top Battle Venerable-level martial artists might not be able to retreat unscathed!

Then, Chen Tian waved his hand to temporarily block the signal and stepped into the depths.

After entering the depths, Chen Tian clearly felt the difference between here and the outside. A pungent bloody smell filled his brain, and the surrounding environment gave people an indescribable sense of desolation. The leaves were dark, the buildings were ancient and dilapidated, and what flowed down the cracked stones was no longer rainwater, but blood.

Further ahead, a long, rusty saber stuck halfway into the yellow earth appeared before his eyes. On a pile of grass next to it, a pile of white, scattered bones was shocking to the eye. Only the monster skull with two sharp bone horns could be distinguished; the rest had long been integrated with the dead martial artists.

"The environment here is really depressing. No wonder they control the competition area within the central area. If they let that group of small fries enter here, let alone dare to hunt monsters, they would be scared half to death."

Chen Tian looked around, his eyes observing the two ruined buildings in front of him. Then, he walked to the center and sprinkled red liquid. After finishing, he leaped to the top of the building.

"There are traces of Shadow Serpent activity here, indicating that it should be nearby," Chen Tian thought. "Sprinkling the blood of its favorite prey here will make it mistakenly believe it's injured. When that time comes..."

Chen Tian turned on the scanner, closed his eyes, and sat down, quietly waiting for the prey to come to his door.

Shadow Serpents and Sky-Supporting Apes are mortal enemies because adult Shadow Serpents like to hunt Sky-Supporting Apes for food, while Sky-Supporting Apes are naturally mischievous and like to use Shadow Serpents as vine whips to play with until they are tortured to death.

Coincidentally, both of these monsters are gregarious, and they only fight when they encounter each other while looking for food.

"Hiss—"

Chen Tian suddenly opened his eyes. He got up and looked in the southwest direction, where trees and ruined buildings were constantly collapsing.

"Good fellow, it finally couldn't resist!"

Ding! The mission target has appeared, please kill it immediately, Host!

Chen Tian smiled. He didn't expect to lure the Shadow Serpent out so easily. It seemed that the blood of the Sky-Supporting Ape was truly a fatal temptation for the Shadow Serpent.

"Hiss—"

A murderous aura rushed towards him as the Shadow Serpent arrived, enveloped in thick smoke and dust. Its sharp eyes emitted a cold killing intent, and it then climbed onto another building, circling it several times.

"This Shadow Serpent is different from the ones I've seen before. The black scales covering its body actually harbor a trace of dragon might. Its degenerated limbs already show signs of tentacles, and a silver horn has grown on its head. Is it a mutation?"

Chen Tian was slightly surprised. He had killed many A-grade Shadow Serpents, and had encountered some mutations, but this was the first time he had seen one like this.

"Whether you're a sign of evolving into an S-grade, or some kind of mutation, you're going to die today!"

Without another word, Chen Tian's body reappeared with blue patterns, and he then took out his battle halberd, sneering.

"Heh!"

Chen Tian strode forward, rushing over with lightning speed, and slashed horizontally at the Shadow Serpent's head.

Faced with Chen Tian's sudden attack, the Shadow Serpent didn't have time to defend and was struck, letting out an angry roar from its snake mouth!

Seizing the opportunity, Chen Tian didn't give the Shadow Serpent any more chances, splitting into several clones, all of whom slashed at the Shadow Serpent.

"Swoosh! Swoosh!"

The Shadow Serpent rolled over and struggled, constantly lashing out with its tail.

Chen Tian's attacks were swift and fierce. Perhaps sensing that it was no match for the person in front of it, it swept around once and then turned to flee.

"Quite clever! As expected of an A-grade monster, it even has its own consciousness."

This little trick was useless to Chen Tian. He burst forward in the air, rushing towards the Shadow Serpent, breaking the sound barrier in that instant.

Chen Tian enlarged the battle halberd, then aimed at the Shadow Serpent and threw it with force! "BOOM!"

The enlarged battle halberd hit its mark, piercing the Shadow Serpent's tail.

"Roar! Roar!"

The Shadow Serpent's roar carried a trace of a dragon's cry, and the intense pain made it extremely angry! "Good fellow! It seems it really is about to transform into a dragon!"

Chen Tian looked at the Shadow Serpent, shocked in his heart!

This was the first time he had encountered a monster about to transform into a dragon. Even though it was still a monster, it was enough to amaze people.

Chen Tian no longer gave the Shadow Serpent a chance to escape, retrieving his battle halberd, which radiated blue lightning, its power imposing.

"Swish!"

With a single slash, the Shadow Serpent's head fell, and it died!

Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing an A-grade Shadow Serpent.

Reward: 5000 years of cultivation

Ding! Does the host wish to use the 5000 years of cultivation?

1. Use

2. Store

"Store!"

Ding! Host's Cultivation Pool now contains 149188 years of cultivation.