The Fallen, Corrupted Spiritual Python

Name: Su Qingqiu

Species: Guardian Snake

Level: Level 1 Spiritual Snake

Physical Attributes: 13.7

Physical Defense: 14.8

Talents: Protecting the Residence, Exorcism and Blessing

Divine Ability: Eyes of the Spiritual Snake

Spiritual Light: 999

Sheds: 4 times

Overall Assessment: 102

At this moment, Su Qingqiu had already reached a length of 3.7 meters and weighed a full thousand jin.

Even a casual movement carried gusts of fishy wind, while his body pressed winding snake trails into the ground.

Using one year of Daoism cultivation converted into one wisp of Spiritual Light as the measure, Su Qingqiu now possessed nearly a thousand years of cultivation. Back on Earth in his previous life, he would have been a legendary thousand-year-old demon.

Having reached this level, he discovered that the outer region of the First Layer Serpent Pit Abyss could no longer satisfy his needs.

First of all, his increasingly massive body had multiplied the amount of food he needed for every meal. The outer region of the First Layer Serpent Pit Abyss simply could not provide that much food.

Because Su Qingqiu ate so much, the little Spiritual Serpents in the outer region were now starving until they were skin and bones. Any Spiritual Serpent with even a bit of sense chose to stay far away from the area where he lived.

There was no helping it. Living beside such a colossal glutton, you would not even be left a scrap of bone from the Evil Remains!

Secondly, the rewards gained from Exorcism and Blessing by consuming ordinary strange Evil Remains were no longer very useful. They were even inferior to the improvements he gained through training with Protecting the Residence.

"It's time to enter the Central Area where the Dragon Bone lies."

Su Qingqiu raised his head toward the place where black mist filled the air around the Dragon Bone. That was the Central Area of the first layer.

Even from so far away, he could faintly hear the hissing of giant snakes, as well as the piercing shrieks of stronger Evil Remains.

The soul-stirring force radiating from that enormous Dragon Bone also left Su Qingqiu uneasy.

Though the First Layer Serpent Pit Abyss was not particularly large, there were certainly no shortage of large Spiritual Serpents in the Central Area.

After all, the Dragon Bone could help Spiritual Serpents shed their skins and advance more quickly. At the same time, it was the only entrance leading to the Second Layer Serpent Pit Abyss.

Thus, after countless years, the large Spiritual Serpents entrenched in the Central Area might number beyond imagination. One only had to see that the Central Area was always the key location where Dragon-Raising Temple dropped Evil Remains to understand as much.

"No rush. Before entering the Central Area, it would be best if I could shed once more. This shedding should completely break through the potential shackles of a Guardian Snake and advance me into a Spiritual Python!"

Su Qingqiu's eyes flickered.

Only after advancing into a Spiritual Python would he have the confidence to enter the Central Area.

But to complete his next shedding, he needed stronger Evil Remains.

"Unfortunately, stronger Evil Remains are all in the Central Area. Saying that now is no different from saying nothing."

Su Qingqiu frowned. "Perhaps I could fully release my Spiritual Light and lure those stronger Evil Remains over when Dragon-Raising Temple drops Evil Remains."

He immediately cast the idea to the back of his mind. The risk was too great, and it did not suit the temperament of a Guardian Snake.

"Calculating the days, that big snake should be nearly completely contaminated, right? I'll go take a look. If possible, it will be the nourishment for my advancement to the next level!"

Muttering to himself, Su Qingqiu then slithered southeast toward a huge puddle.

Southeast of the First Layer Serpent Pit Abyss

Roughly three to four thousand meters from the Central Area.

There was a vast Water Pool here, which Dragon-Raising Temple had carved out thousands of years ago to raise aquatic Spiritual Serpents.

But after a thousand years of erosion and transformation by Evil Qi, this Water Pool had long become bottomless. Not even aquatic Spiritual Serpents knew how deep it was, much less what horrors lurked in its boundless depths.

At Su Qingqiu's speed, he quickly reached the edge of the Water Pool.

At this moment, the formerly clear surface had begun to billow with rolling black mist, which continuously churned across the water.

The entire Water Pool looked as though it had been brought to a boil.

Along the shore of the Water Pool lay many dead small Spiritual Serpents, along with fish and shrimp. Some Spiritual Serpents were even dead yet unyielding, their bodies mutated and out of control, twisted into the shape of individual eyes.

"What dense Evil Qi. That Great Spiritual Snake apparently can't hold on much longer. It probably won't be long before it completely falls into corruption."

Su Qingqiu quietly concealed himself and cautiously observed the Water Pool.

Two months ago, while searching for Evil Remains, he had discovered by chance that the big snake which had killed the Giant Rat evil creature was hiding within this Water Pool.

After some careful observation, he found that this big snake was in terrible condition. Not only was its body covered in wounds, but Evil Qi had already seeped into its marrow, and its entire body had begun to fall into corruption.

And today...

Through the Eyes of the Spiritual Snake, Su Qingqiu saw clearly that the Spiritual Light above the Water Pool was about to collapse, while the Evil Qi had reached an unprecedented state of boiling frenzy.

A Red-Blue Big Snake, a full eight or nine meters long, was coiled motionlessly in one corner of the Water Pool.

Its condition was terrible. Of its entire body, only its snake head still faintly emitted azure Spiritual Light. Below the head, however, its azure body was mottled with countless black spots.

Within every black spot, an eyeball could be seen rolling around.

Big Azure Spiritual Snake, water-element Spiritual Snake. Spiritual Light dim, with white hidden amid azure. Its life would not last long!

The feedback from the Eyes of the Spiritual Snake made Su Qingqiu sigh inwardly.

This was the fate of most Spiritual Serpents in the Snake Abyss. From birth, they had to devour Evil Remains and force themselves to continuously evolve, entering ever deeper layers of the Snake Abyss.

Those who fell behind would descend into corruption. Though they consumed Evil Remains their entire lives, they would ultimately become one of them.

What bitter irony.

Dragon-Raising Temple used Spiritual Serpents to devour Evil Remains and diminish Evil Qi, earning merit with Heaven and Earth, yet the many Spiritual Serpents in this Snake Abyss alone suffered for it.

Of course, Spiritual Serpents relied on Evil Remains to wear away evil qi, cultivate Spiritual Light, and evolve themselves. In the give and take of Heaven and Earth, there were laws governing all things, so there was no need for too much complaint.

And from some of the information Su Qingqiu had obtained during this time, the Ten Nations and Twelve Veins of the Human Race in the Tai Xuan World were probably much the same.

This wait lasted an entire afternoon.

Just as Su Qingqiu was beginning to lose patience, a mournful, shrill hiss suddenly rang out!

Hiss!

It was deafening!

It was hard to imagine that such a sound had come from a python.

The entire Water Pool suddenly exploded, tearing apart the Evil Qi. Then the Azure Python dragged its ruined body into the sky.

After rising more than ten meters—

Boom! The Spiritual Light within the python erupted in full, and together with the snake body behind it that was covered in eyes, it all exploded into countless fragments.

Flesh and blood flew everywhere.

With a gurgling roll, a fist-sized eyeball fell before Su Qingqiu. Countless vicious tentacles stretched out from it, reaching toward Su Qingqiu with bared fangs and flailing claws amid rolling black mist.

Faint whispers seemed to echo by his ears, while his body felt as if it had been frozen in place.

Evil Remains!

The Evil Remains formed on the Azure Snake's body had not exploded together with the Big Azure Snake!

It was about to burrow into Su Qingqiu's body!

The next second—

Spiritual Light burst forth!

All 999 wisps of Su Qingqiu's Spiritual Light erupted. In an instant, they shattered the Evil Qi around the Evil Eye.

Smack!

He bit the Evil Eye into his mouth and swallowed it.

Mm, it tasted like chicken—crisp and crunchy!

"I never intended to reap the fisherman's profit."

Su Qingqiu spoke blandly, hissing as he did.

The Big Azure Python had ultimately been a living creature. Even in death, it had refused to completely fall into corruption. Yet in the end, it had benefited him instead.

[Devoured Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord Yan Si Snake]

[Exorcism and Blessing begins...]