The snake's head was already in front of him, the fishy smell from its bloody mouth assaulted his face, and the faint blue light on its four fangs almost touched his skin.
Zhong Shenxiu's figure suddenly became shorter.
Not retreating, not dodging, but sinking. His knees bent, his center of gravity shifted downward, and his whole body sank like a stone, sliding under the snake's head.
At the same time, Light-Imperial Ninja Blade lifted it up from bottom to top.
Cut.
The blade cut from the snake's lower jaw, all the way up, neatly slicing the lower half of the snake's head. The gray-white scales were as fragile as paper in front of the golden light. When the blade passed by, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the snake's blood gushes out like a fountain, sprinkling a dark red arc in the air.
Mist Sea Snake let out a shrill scream, its huge body twisted crazily in severe pain, its tail swept over, and it hit Zhong Shenxiu with great force.
Zhong Shenxiu did not hide.
He stood there, holding the knife in his right hand and raising his left hand.
Martial Soul Possession.
A low dragon roar rang out from his body, and dense light golden dragon scales instantly covered his body. His fingers extended into pale Golden Dragon Claw, and two short golden dragon horns sprouted from both sides of his forehead.
The pair of light golden vertical pupils turned into molten gold, and the pressure of an apex predator was no longer concealed, spreading overwhelmingly.
The second before Mist Sea Snake's tail hit him, Zhong Shenxiu's raised left hand spread its fingers, and the dragon's claws accurately grasped the snake's tail.
"Bang!"
A dull impact sounded, and Zhong Shenxiu's body remained motionless. His feet stepped on the dark red soil, as if they had taken root. Mist Sea Snake's blow that was enough to break off a big tree was forcefully caught with his left hand.
A trace of panic flashed in the snake's eyes.
It felt the coercion coming from Zhong Shenxiu's hand. It was the absolute suppression of the superiors on the inferiors, and it was the dragon's natural restraint on the snakes.
Mist Sea Snake struggled desperately to break away from the dragon's claw, but Zhong Shenxiu's five fingers clung to its tail like iron pliers, and it remained motionless no matter how hard it struggled.
Zhong Shenxiu glanced down at it.
He held Light-Imperial Ninja Blade in his right hand and the snake's tail in his left hand, and swung the five-foot-long Mist Sea Snake in its entirety. The snake's body drew a huge arc in mid-air, like a whip being whipped, and then hit the ground hard.
"Boom!"
A large crater was made on the dark red ground, and Mist Sea Snake's body collapsed for a moment under the huge impact.
Zhong Shenxiu didn't give it a chance to breathe.
He let go of the snake's tail and rose into the air. All the golden light from his body poured into his right arm, the light on Light-Imperial Ninja Blade skyrocketed, and the air around the blade began to twist.
Fourth Soul Skill·Holy Dragon Sky-Severing Slash.
A giant light blade stretching across the sky was formed in the hands of Zhong Shenxiu. The blade was surrounded by the shadow of Radiant King Dragon, and the golden-white holy light was dazzling. He turned around and swung the blade, and the light blade slashed down with the power of tearing the sky, accurately hitting the seven-inch position of Mist Sea Snake.
Golden light exploded.
The snake's body was cut off from the middle, and the incisions were as neat as laser cuts. Radiant King Dragon's Divine Power spread along the wound, evaporating the snake's blood, burning the snake's flesh, and even the snake's soul was completely purified.
Mist Sea Snake couldn't even utter the last neigh. The huge body was broken into two parts and lay limp on the ground.
Zhong Shenxiu fell back to the ground, put away his knife and stood up.
The golden light on Light-Imperial Ninja Blade slowly converged, the dragon scales faded from his body, and the golden vertical pupils returned to a light golden color.
He looked at Mist Sea Snake's corpse on the ground, his breathing still steady.
Six thousand years of Soul Beast, under his knife, did not last more than half a minute.
The corpse of Mist Sea Snake began to dissipate, turning into a dense mass of Spirit Power Halo, floating slowly in the air. The halo was larger and brighter than any other in Primary Spirit Ascension Platform, and exuded a faint warmth.
Zhong Shenxiu raises his left hand and Eternal Myriad Dragon Source Art moves.
An invisible vortex appeared in the palm of his hand, pulling Spirit Power Halo over and sucking it into his body bit by bit. The spiritual power flowed along the meridians, and part of it blended into his Soul Power, improving his cultivation; the other part followed the invisible thread and flowed to Dragon Fighting Plane.
He could feel that Dragon Fighting Plane's heartbeat was getting stronger.
Zhong Shenxiu took back his hand, turned around and continued walking deeper.
The golden light of Light-Imperial Ninja Blade flashes in the gray Spirit Ascension Platform, like a lighthouse that never goes out in the darkness.
Zhong Shenxiu's body beats Clear Dragon Heart, and the inheritance of Heavenly Mountain Dragon King allows him to sense everything around him at all times.
The beating of this heart was slow and steady, steady and powerful. Every beat pumped clear blood into his limbs and bones, causing his perception to spread like mercury pouring down the ground.
The effect of Clear Dragon Heart is particularly significant in combat - his mind is clear and undisturbed, he can see through illusions and predict enemy moves. To put it simply, no sneak attack within a hundred meters of him can escape his perception.
He stood in a sparse Withered Wood Forest, and in front of him was a Silver Moon Spider that had just fallen.
The four-thousand-year-old Soul Beast is not that big, its torso is only the size of a millstone, but its eight long legs stretch out several feet.
Silver Moon Spider is silvery white all over, with crescent-shaped lines on its abdomen, glowing with the cold light of Youyou in the dim Spirit Ascension Platform.
The way it died was simple.
Cut in two.
Zhong Shenxiu didn't even use Soul Skill when he took out the knife. It was just a simple slash. The light of the knife struck from the top of Silver Moon Spider's head and came out from the abdomen, splitting the entire spider into two halves along with its silver moonlight shield. The cut was neat and smooth, and silver body fluids gushed out from the section and pooled into a pool on the dark red ground.
The corpse of Silver Moon Spider began to dissipate, turning into a dense mass of Spirit Power Halo, slowly floating in the air.
The silver-white halo is a bit richer than the previous Mist Sea Snake. Although the four-thousand-year-old Soul Beast is not as old as the six-thousand-year-old Silver Moon Spider, the blood quality of Silver Moon Spider is higher and the spiritual power is purer.
Zhong Shenxiu raises his left hand and Eternal Myriad Dragon Source Art moves.
The vortex in the palm of the hand pulled Spirit Power Halo, sucking it into the body bit by bit. The silvery white spiritual power flowed along the meridians, part of it merged into Soul Power, and the other part flowed to Dragon Fighting Plane along the invisible line.
He could feel Dragon Fighting Plane's heartbeat getting a little stronger, and the light of Core Crystal was a little brighter than before. Nearly one-third of the third stage of charging had been completed. If it continued at this rate, it would be completed by hunting dozens more thousand-year-old Soul Beast.
Just when he was concentrating on absorbing spiritual power--
A tiger roar sounded in an instant.
The sound was extremely ferocious, like metal and stone striking against each other, or like a muffled thunder exploding. The sound waves made ripples visible to the naked eye in the air, sweeping towards Zhong Shenxiu.
The air was distorted by this sound wave, the gravel on the ground jumped up, and the branches and leaves of Withered Wood Forest trembled.
Sonic attack.
If it were an ordinary Four-Ring Soul Ancestor, this tiger roar would be enough to make him dizzy, make his blood surge, and lose his ability to fight in a short period of time.
The sound wave of Shadowless Ghost Tiger is not a pure sound, but an impact mixed with fine Divine Power, which can directly act on the target's nervous system.
But Zhong Shenxiu showed no signs of being tricked.
Clear Dragon Heart reacted the moment the tiger roar sounded. An invisible mental barrier protected his mind and isolated the sound wave impact. His eyes were still clear, his breathing was still steady, and the hand holding the knife did not even tremble.