Snake Demon

"Can you tell me what happened?"

After Fang Mu absorbed the large amount of poison from Wen Xuan's body, he could handle the remaining small portion himself, so he began to inquire about the situation.

"Let Qi Zhu tell you from the beginning!"

Wen Xuan glanced at Qi Zhu, then closed his eyes and sat cross-legged. After swallowing a few pills, he began to refine and heal.

It didn't matter who told him, Fang Mu just wanted to understand the situation.

Qi Zhu walked up to Fang Mu and said somewhat impatiently, "Aren't you going to put Fang Jing down? She must be uncomfortable being tied up!"

"What's wrong with her? Why is she unconscious?"

After putting Fang Jing down and letting her lie flat on the ground, Qi Zhu asked with some concern.

"It's nothing! Xiao Jing is fine. She'll be alright after a sleep."

Fang Mu explained, then looked at Qi Zhu and asked, "Still, tell me what happened!"

"Okay!"

"It's like this: when we arrived at Gu Village, we found demons and chased them into the dense forest."

"In the dense forest, we were attacked by wild beasts, and then ambushed by a swift Green Snake. We lost two Demon Slayer Envoys."

"The remaining three Demon Slayer Envoys were injured and followed us to this temple."

"The demon we were chasing also fled into the temple."

"Later, we entered the temple and were attacked by a group of black snakes. After we killed many snake demons, the demon Buddha enshrined in the temple attacked us."

"The true form of the enshrined demon Buddha was three snake demons. None of us were a match for those snake demons."

"Senior Brother Wen Xuan used a secret technique to heavily injure the three snake demons, but he was bitten by one of them."

"Later, darkness descended, and we couldn't escape the temple. After several twists and turns, we fled into this cellar, and everyone else died."

After listening to Qi Zhu's explanation, Fang Mu understood the basic situation.

In other words, there were still three snake demons lurking in the shadows.

The sense of crisis he had felt earlier came from the main hall, and it was likely that they were hiding in the main hall to heal.

"After dawn, once I've recovered my injuries, we can escape together. I don't think it should be a problem."

Wen Xuan opened his eyes at this moment and looked at Fang Mu, suggesting.

"Are you sure they are all injured?"

Fang Mu asked instead of answering, causing Wen Xuan to frown, "What do you want to do?"

"I want you two to take care of Xiao Jing for me. I want to go and see those three demon snakes."

"Are you confident?"

"Escaping back won't be a problem!"

"No! It's too dangerous, I don't agree!"

Fang Mu ignored Qi Zhu's objection and looked at Wen Xuan.

After Wen Xuan nodded in agreement, he said thank you, flashed, and lightly tapped his toes, flying out of the cellar.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, a dark figure near the cellar exit was sent flying by Fang Mu's punch.

After covering the floor tile of the cellar exit, Fang Mu flashed away.

He didn't bother with the side hall, the beasts hiding in the dark, nor the unlucky fellow he had punched away, whose life or death was unknown.

When he arrived outside the side hall, it was still deep night.

Black snakes, from the jars and vats Fang Mu had seen during the day, and from some dark corners, emerged and moved within the courtyard covered by the light wall.

Sensing Fang Mu's approach, the numerous black snakes let out a cry and surged towards him like a tide.

Seeing the black snakes shoot towards him like sharp swords, baring their sharp fangs to bite.

Fang Mu snorted coldly. Instead of using the Golden Sword, he put it into the Demon Refining Mirror.

He spread his arms, and countless vines spread out.

The growing vines were like soft whips, making cracking sounds under Fang Mu's control.

Countless vines, like spirit snakes, whipped the black snakes away.

The vines were extremely powerful, and sharp thorns grew on them. Every strike landed on a black snake left a bloody mark.

The black snakes entangled by the vines were even more miserable. Not only were they strangled to death, but they were also pierced by sharp thorns, their bodies impaled.

Fang Mu hadn't expected that the first time he used Xixi's wood attribute power, it would be so formidable.

The endless vines gave Fang Mu a feeling of being unrivaled within his vicinity.

As long as the enemy couldn't break through his vines, death awaited them. Even if it was a war of attrition, he could likely wear them down to death.

While killing the black snakes, Fang Mu also urged Xixi to act on its own, since it possessed the wood attribute power, the black snakes couldn't hurt it at all.

But Xixi immediately refused, preferring to lend its power to Fang Mu and remain hidden within the contract runes.

Fang Mu was also helpless about Xixi's timid nature.

"Hiss!"

At this moment, an enraged hissing sound rang out, and a giant black snake rushed out of the great hall to attack Fang Mu.

"What a specimen! This must be the ancestor of the black snakes!" Seeing the black snake, which was as large as a small mountain, Fang Mu couldn't help but be startled.

Activating Extreme Wind Speed, he dodged the ancestor black snake's attack.

Swift vines, under Fang Mu's control, coiled around the ancestor black snake.

But what shocked Fang Mu was that the ancestor black snake easily shattered the vines.

Seeing the ancestor black snake attack again, Fang Mu dodged the strike and simultaneously activated the water control technique.

He manipulated the black snake's blood on the ground, transforming it into blood-colored chains that coiled around the ancestor black snake.

Without giving the ancestor black snake a chance to react, Fang Mu suddenly took out the Golden Sword and sliced off half of its body with a single swing.

"Hiss!!"

The ancestor black snake let out a piercing shriek. After shattering the blood-colored chains, the head portion of its body broke free and directly shot into the great hall.

Fang Mu ignored the remaining half of the snake's body, which was writhing unconsciously. He raised the Golden Sword and charged into the great hall.

"Bang! Pfft!"

A booming sound echoed, and Fang Mu spat out blood, flying backward and crashing into the light wall, creating a spiderweb-like crack.

"I come from the Buddhist Sect beyond the mountains, my feet tread on Buddha's light, free from dust."

"Even when walking in darkness, all evil and calamities shall fade away."

Fang Mu turned back in astonishment, looking outside the light wall. A monk, with his feet treading on empty space and enveloped in golden light, slowly walked out of the darkness.

The monk walked slowly yet quickly. Each step he took covered ten meters, giving the illusion of being both near and far.

Where he stepped, the darkness receded, and countless hidden shadows screamed in terror, fleeing from the golden light.

"Benefactor! This humble monk knows he is handsome, but you don't need to stare the whole time."

A sudden voice sounded beside Fang Mu, startling him.

He snapped back to attention in shock and immediately saw a little monk, clad in a kasaya, holding a Zen staff, and radiating golden light, who had appeared beside him at some unknown time.

"Damn! It's actually a little monk?"

Seeing the little monk who was a head shorter than him, Fang Mu couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

The way the little monk had appeared earlier was too stunning, Fang Mu had almost thought he had met a living Buddha.

"Benefactor! You seem to be injured. Meeting is fate. This humble monk will bestow upon you a ray of Buddha's light, so you can be full of vigor."

"Uh!!"

As the little monk finished speaking, a golden light enveloped Fang Mu.

He was shocked to find that after the golden light enveloped him, it was rapidly healing the injuries within his body.

"Hiss!" At this moment, a hissing sound rang out.

A two-headed giant snake poked its head out of the great hall and fiercely hissed at the little monk.