Evil Serpent Species of Si

Within the Dragon Bone Region, the Evil Qi all around was exceedingly dense. Looking around, no abnormalities could be seen.

Yet beneath his Spiritual Eyes, Su Qingqiu saw clearly that a dense mass of Evil Qi had taken the shape of a snake and boa, coiling atop the Dragon Bone.

"Snake-shaped Evil Qi?"

"Could it be a Spiritual Snake that has completely fallen and decayed?"

Su Qingqiu clicked his tongue in wonder.

This was, after the Great Green Snake, the second Spiritual Snake suspected of having fallen and decayed.

And it was very likely one that had completely fallen and decayed. Such things were rarely seen; after all, most Spiritual Snakes chose to perish together with their enemies during the process of falling and decaying.

After briefly examining the surroundings, Su Qingqiu frowned. Approaching the Dragon Bone would not be easy.

At that moment, the area surrounding the Dragon Bone was filled with incomparably dense Evil Qi, nearly solidified into substance.

Even a Spiritual Python would not dare approach Evil Qi at such a concentration. Once it fell inside, it would be like flesh thrown into a pot of boiling oil, certain to be fried until not a drop remained.

Out of caution, Su Qingqiu first used one of his previously shed scales to probe inside. Though the scale showed signs of corrosion, it was not further polluted or eroded.

Hmm...

It seemed this Evil Qi was not all that impressive.

No longer giving it much thought, he swept his tail. Spiritual Light erupted across his body, while the Spiritual Patterns on his scales flashed with dazzling golden radiance.

His defenses were fully unleashed!

Su Qingqiu's entire body seemed to swell several times larger.

His scales scraped and writhed, producing metallic clanging sounds. Under the combined force of Spiritual Light and Spiritual Patterns, the dense Evil Qi was instantly suppressed and swept away.

With a sway of his body, Su Qingqiu had completely approached the Dragon Bone.

"Fuck!"

"What the hell is that?"

The moment he entered, he was startled. The massive Dragon Bone had a diameter of more than ten meters and appeared to be part of the tail.

Yet within the hollow section of the Dragon Bone was an evil creature formed from countless densely packed eyes, all merged together into a serpentine body.

Eye Demon!

Every one of its eyes bore a thread of black halo, like drifting smoke. At a glance, Su Qingqiu's mind jolted.

A true cobra, without a doubt!

"So this is an evil creature formed from a fallen, decayed Spiritual Snake? Such dense Evil Qi. As expected, those Evil Remains cannot compare."

Su Qingqiu marveled as great drops of snake saliva dripped from his mouth.

With such a huge lump of "ingredients" before him, he was starving!

At the same time Su Qingqiu spotted the evil creature, the Eye Demon discovered him as well.

Every eye revealed an expression of bewilderment.

How could a Spiritual Snake withstand such dense Evil Qi and approach the Dragon Bone?

And where had this Spiritual Snake come from? Why had it never seen it before? By rights, had it not already driven out the strongest Big Azure Spiritual Snake?

And why was this Great Spiritual Snake before it continuously drooling at it?

Was it treating it as food?

Then, the Eye Demon seemed to realize something. Endless fury abruptly surged up from within its muddled consciousness.

Good heavens, all these years, it had only ever eaten other Spiritual Snakes. It had never encountered another Spiritual Snake that dared set its sights on it!

Even that Great Green Snake had fled to the outer region. What gave this inexplicable Spiritual Snake the right?

Was it courting death?

The Evil Qi around them began to boil as the Eye Demon's body, coiled around the Dragon Bone, writhed segment by segment. Moments later, it formed a ring-shaped serpent made of eyes and charged straight at Su Qingqiu.

At the same time, all the Eye Demon's eyes flew open in an instant, and an eerie force suddenly descended upon Su Qingqiu.

That force suppressed the Spiritual Light around his body, rendering him unable to move.

"That ability again. This thing truly is related to the Hundred-Eyed Devil."

"But it still falls short if it wants to suppress me!"

Spiritual Light erupted!

The Spiritual Patterns activated at full power.

His flesh and blood, tough as steel and iron, exerted force at the same time. Within his nearly ten-meter-long snake body, a force capable of destroying heaven and earth suddenly gathered.

"Mere binding power—I can break it with a casual move!"

Su Qingqiu sneered, but before he could take another action, all the Eye Demon's eyes abruptly shut again, and the binding force vanished with them.

At that very moment, Su Qingqiu was unleashing his strength. Without the binding force to counterbalance it, his body shot skyward.

Even his enormous snake maw lost control from the explosive force within him and involuntarily opened wide.

"Damn—"

Before he could finish the word, the Eye Demon controlled all its demonic eyes and seized the chance to rush into Su Qingqiu's enormous mouth in one swarm.

There was no time to react. They slid down his esophagus and into his stomach.

[Devoured Hundred-Eyed Devil · Serpent Seed of Si.]

[Exorcism and Blessing in progress...]

Su Qingqiu froze slightly, blinking his huge snake eyes... utterly dazed.

There was such a good thing?

The food had delivered itself to his door?

How self-aware was this evil creature? No, no, no—how much had it given up on life to choose to crawl straight into his stomach?

"Brother, that's Golden Finger territory. Even I don't dare provoke it, yet you actually dared to ram straight in."

"Impressive, impressive!"

"What a shame. I didn't even get a taste."

Su Qingqiu smacked his lips. It was like Zhu Bajie eating a ginseng fruit—he had swallowed it whole without tasting a thing.

In truth, the Eye Demon was not weak. Not only was it fast, its abilities were also bizarre. With the opening and closing of its eyes, it could bind or release its binding power.

It was utterly impossible to predict.

It was simply unfortunate enough to encounter a Spiritual Python like Su Qingqiu, whose defense was off the charts—the perfect counter to it. Trying to attack from inside his body had only turned it into food delivered right to his door.

Pitiful, pitiful!

As the Eye Demon was devoured, the Evil Qi around them gradually dispersed as well. The enormous Dragon Bone was fully revealed.

Yet the large Spiritual Snakes nearby fled outward at even greater speed.

A fiercer monster had clearly arrived. Even the Eye Demon that had driven the Great Green Snake into flight had been killed. They did not want to be cleaned up along with it and served as drinking snacks.

Though Su Qingqiu regretted not getting to taste what the Eye Demon was like, the hunger produced after transforming from snake to python also vanished as a result.

With such a huge lump of evil creature entering his belly, he presumably would not have to worry about food for some time.

"No wonder the Eye Demon coiled inside the Dragon Bone. This really is comfortable."

After dealing with the Eye Demon, Su Qingqiu found a hollow section of the Dragon Bone and coiled his body within it. He immediately felt as though his body had been soaked in amniotic fluid.

Every inch of flesh tingled and went numb. Whether it was his cellular structure or the strength of his sinews and bones, both improved at a speed visible to the naked eye.

His own Spiritual Light in particular increased by four or five strands after only a short while.

"The Dragon Bone truly gives a tremendous boost to the cultivation of Spiritual Snakes."

"Only... by rights, Dragon Bone suppresses evil creatures. Coiling around the Dragon Bone offers an evil creature no benefit at all. It would be better off devouring Spiritual Snakes."

"So... why had that Eye Demon remained coiled here? What did it want to do? Or what was it waiting for?"

With that in mind, Su Qingqiu looked downward along the Dragon Bone. Deep within its hollow interior, countless runes and mist faintly pervaded the space. The deepest part was dark and gloomy, as if it led directly to hell.

That was the entrance leading to the Second Layer Serpent Pit Abyss. However, it was currently sealed, making entry impossible.

Gazing at the entrance to the second layer, Su Qingqiu fell into thought.

Perhaps... that Eye Demon had coiled here in order to enter the second layer.