Trying Out a Move (Keep Reading, Keep Reading, Keep Reading! Important Things Are Said Three Times!)

"An opportunity?!"

At those words, Mo Yun instantly perked up.

The Great Elder continued, "Outside the Snake-People Tribe Holy City are eight tribes: the Yin Snake Tribe, Charm Snake Tribe, Ink Snake Tribe, Flame Snake Tribe, Poison Snake Tribe, Bai Snake, Cang Snake, and Di Snake. Each tribe has a specialty product. When these are blended together in the proper proportions, they produce Eight Mysterious Heavenly Snake Paste. This substance can strengthen oneself. Apply it to your eyes, and it can rapidly increase the power of your Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, thereby strengthening your soul force!"

"Your soul realm should currently be at the middle stage of the Mortal Realm. If all goes well, it may be raised to the peak of the Mortal Realm. By then, you won't have to worry about high-tier alchemists taking an interest in you. After all, alchemists care greatly about inheritance!"

"Brat, you don't want Medusa to remain like this forever, do you? Don't you want to try that wonderful experience from that night again?" Second Elder chuckled mischievously as he egged him on.

"Uh..." Mo Yun certainly did want to, but he definitely could not say it aloud.

Seeing Mo Yun's awkward expression, Second Elder laughed even more gleefully.

In the end, the matter of Medusa's soul fell to Mo Yun. However, the Seven-Colored Scales and Devouring Sky Head had to remain with the Snake-People Tribe and could not leave with him.

As for the Azure Lotus Core Flame used for Medusa's evolution, since it was of little use to the Snake-People Tribe, the Great Elder gave it to Mo Yun as well.

Ten days later, in an open area of the Snake-People Tribe Holy City.

Hua She Er asked curiously, "What Dou Technique did you call me here to test? Don't tell me it's Hidden Shadow Snake Hand?"

Hua She Er was responsible for safeguarding the Snake-People Tribe's cultivation methods and Dou Techniques. Since Mo Yun had taken Soaring Serpent, Differentiation, and Hidden Shadow Snake Hand a year ago, he had not collected any other Dou Techniques. Thus, Hua She Er believed her guess was probably correct.

"You'll find out soon enough!"

The moment he spoke, Dou Qi surged through Mo Yun's body. He attacked decisively, without the slightest hesitation.

A streak of Dou Qi light shot out explosively toward Hua She Er.

The light streak skimmed along the ground, twisting as it moved like a crawling python. It was so fast that even Hua She Er was startled.

Since she was merely helping Mo Yun test his move, Hua She Er had no intention of dodging. Still, she did not dare be careless. She released all the Dou Qi in her body, wrapping herself in a layer of green Dou Qi gauze.

In the blink of an eye, the phantom python crawled up from Hua She Er's lower body and tightly coiled around her.

The head of the Dou Qi serpent stared fixedly at Hua She Er, flicking its tongue like a living creature.

Having dealt with snakes all her life, Hua She Er naturally was not afraid. "It's not an offensive Dou Technique? A control-type Dou Technique?"

Mo Yun nodded. "I only learned it recently, and I don't know how powerful it is yet. So, Sister Hua She Er, I'll have to trouble you to test it out for me!"

With Hua She Er's strength as a six-star Dou Wang, she should be more than enough for a test.

Over the past year or so, although Medusa Queen had never been kind to Mo Yun, Hua She Er had gotten along quite well with him.

"Ordinary restraints can't hold me!" With that, Hua She Er directly summoned her Dou Qi wings.

The moment the azure-green Dou Qi wings appeared, they tried to force the Dou Qi serpent apart.

Yet in the next moment, a trace of shock and suspicion appeared on Hua She Er's fair face.

As her Dou Qi wings spread, the Dou Qi serpent tightened as well. Like a giant python constricting its prey, it continuously squeezed the summoned Dou Qi wings tighter. Gradually, Hua She Er was no longer as composed as before.

"No wonder you came to me to test this move. This Dou Technique has some real tricks to it. I'd say you deliberately came to make a fool of me!" Hua She Er said, though her expression had turned serious.

As all the Dou Qi in her body erupted, her strength as a six-star Dou Wang was fully revealed.

The powerful force forced the Dou Qi serpent apart once more, and her Dou Qi wings gradually spread open.

Just as she was about to break free, the Dou Qi serpent let out a hiss and began constricting again. Its head suddenly bit down on Hua She Er's fragrant shoulder.

As pain shot through her right shoulder, Hua She Er discovered in shock that after biting her, the Dou Qi serpent was actually devouring her Dou Qi!

With this change in the Dou Qi serpent, Hua She Er remained just short of breaking free and still could not escape the restraint.

The moment Hua She Er relaxed slightly, the Dou Qi serpent continued coiling around her and constricted even harder.

Hua She Er's face was solemn. After trying to break through twice in a row, she found that each attempt was harder than the last.

After wrapping around her, the Dou Qi serpent continued slowly tightening. As time passed, the trapped person would find it increasingly difficult to escape. If things went badly, it might truly constrict someone to death like a python.

Knowing the bindings would only tighten further, Hua She Er did not dare delay and immediately prepared to try breaking free again.

But when she mobilized the Dou Qi throughout her body, she discovered that it had been greatly depleted.

The Dou Qi serpent was devouring Dou Qi at a far more terrifying rate than Hua She Er had expected. At this rate, even all of her Dou Qi would likely not last long.

Fed by the Dou Qi it devoured, the Dou Qi serpent became increasingly stronger and larger, coiling around Hua She Er layer after layer as it constantly tightened.

Knowing there was no hope of breaking free, Hua She Er directly admitted defeat. Under the crushing force of the Dou Qi serpent's constriction, even her voice had become weak and breathless.

Mo Yun watched the entire process carefully. He had to understand this skill's power and characteristics. Only then could he lay a solid foundation for future battles.

The more closely he watched, the more astonished Mo Yun became. Just as Hua She Er had found, once Absolute Entanglement was unleashed, even ordinary four- or five-star Dou Wangs would find it difficult to break free. Moreover, the more one struggled, the tighter it coiled. If one failed to escape at the start, then escaping later would be even more impossible!

Its ability to devour Dou Qi was even more disgusting, nearly cutting off most chances for those caught by it to escape.

Once the test was complete, Mo Yun raised his hand and clenched it. Following a peculiar connection, the Dou Qi serpent tightly coiled around Hua She Er suddenly shattered, its immense Dou Qi dissipating into the air.

Hua She Er gasped for breath several times, then swallowed a healing pill. Only then did she say with lingering fear, "What Dou Technique was that? What rank is it? Where did you get it?"

"Hehe, I discovered it while cultivating the Soaring Serpent method. It's called Absolute Entanglement!" Mo Yun made up an excuse. He had already prepared one in advance; he could not possibly reveal that it was a skill from a system set.

Hua She Er did somewhat believe him. After all, the principle of this move was completely similar to how snake-type magical beasts constricted and killed their prey. That long serpent was merely formed from Dou Qi. If it were an Ancient Teng Snake instead, then once someone was coiled up, the only outcome would likely be death by constriction.

In Hua She Er's eyes, the Soaring Serpent method had originally been nothing more than a Mysterious Middle-Rank cultivation method. But later, she heard from the elders that Mo Yun had discovered the secret within Soaring Serpent. Only after experiencing it personally did she realize that she had still underestimated it.

Their purpose achieved, the two naturally prepared to leave.

But suddenly, a massive shadow carrying a fierce gale descended upon Mo Yun, smashing down viciously at him!