Ten Thousand Snake Cauldron (Please support with votes, investments, and follow-up reads!)

Mo Bas realized what was happening as well.

This bizarre Dou Qi serpent had been mixed into the Hidden Shadow Snake Hand.

From the looks of it, this was a restraining and controlling Dou Technique that could also siphon the Dou Qi of whoever it ensnared.

Among restraining and controlling Dou Techniques, those capable of draining and absorbing another person's Dou Qi were considered among the best.

Although Mo Bas did not know—and was even puzzled by—where Mo Yun had obtained such a Dou Technique, that did not stop him from deciding to break free of the Dou Qi serpent as quickly as possible.

Unlike Hua She Er, Mo Bas's veins bulged all over his body as his powerful muscles erupted with incomparable strength, warping the Dou Qi serpent around him in an instant.

Although the Dou Qi serpent frantically absorbed the Dou Qi within Mo Bas to restore itself, it seemed unable to withstand Mo Bas's explosive burst of power.

Strike while he was down and finish him off!

Mo Yun would never give Mo Bas the chance to break free. He instantly closed in and smashed Mo Bas in the face with a Hidden Shadow Snake Hand.

Although Mo Bas could withstand Mo Yun's Hidden Shadow Snake Hand head-on, that did not mean he was completely unharmed. Taking it with his face naturally hurt far more.

The breath he had been holding in his body instantly leaked away.

Absolute Entanglement! The Dou Qi serpent tightened around him once more.

Mo Bas glanced again at the Dou Qi serpent coiling around his body, his expression darkening further. He had also realized that this thing could not only absorb Dou Qi, but would also continuously tighten over time.

Whenever Mo Bas tried to break free of the restraints, Mo Yun would harass him from the side. Mo Bas's body could take the blows, but Mo Yun kept targeting his face.

After several attacks, Mo Bas's face was already somewhat disfigured.

Being humiliated like this before all the leaders, Mo Bas flew into a rage, his entire body bathed in an eerie black glow.

Then, a massive black python roughly thirty zhang long appeared.

"Yue Xi Black Python!"

"He actually forced Mo Bas to summon his bonded soul beast, the Yue Xi Black Python? What kind of Dou Technique is that Dou Qi serpent restraint, to be able to trap Mo Bas?" Yue Mei had long since lost her earlier composure. Her eyes were filled with shock as she stared at the Yue Xi Black Python thrashing wildly in the arena.

The Yue Xi Black Python continued to roll and thrash, kicking up clouds of dust. Looking closely, a much smaller snake was actually coiled around its body.

The several commanders exchanged glances, their eyes full of astonishment.

The Yue Xi Black Python did not give up struggling. Its body then gradually grew larger, its length and girth both swelling rapidly.

As the Yue Xi Black Python's body kept expanding, the small Dou Qi snake wrapped around it was stretched open again.

Mo Yun repeated his tactic, driving his Dou Qi to bombard the Yue Xi Black Python's head. Yet the Yue Xi Black Python tightly shut its jaws and closed its eyes. A thin, scale-like membrane covered its head, blocking all of Mo Yun's attacks.

Bang!

Without Mo Yun's interference, the Yue Xi Black Python continued growing. When its body had expanded to four times its original size, it finally forced the Dou Qi serpent apart.

The moment it broke free, the Yue Xi Black Python lunged straight at Mo Yun. Its enormous twisting body whipped up bursts of tearing wind.

Yet before it could reach him, a figure even faster than Mo Bas cut between them. With a flick of her hand, she sent out a ribbon of green Dou Qi that struck the side of the Yue Xi Black Python's head hard. With a crisp smack, like a slap across the face, it stopped the Yue Xi Black Python cold.

"Enough! All of you, stop this instant!"

The one who had stepped between them was the Snake-People Tribe's Great Elder.

The Great Elder looked up at the enormous Yue Xi Black Python Mo Bas had transformed into, frowning as she rebuked him, "Mo Bas, you are becoming more and more unruly. Mo Yun has been jointly recognized by the four elders and Medusa as a member of our tribe. How dare you attack and casually harm one of our own?"

After being sternly rebuked by the Great Elder, the burly Yue Xi Black Python did not attack again. Amid a flicker of eerie black light, it returned to Mo Bas's half-human, half-snake form.

Mo Bas showed no impatience whatsoever. He merely nodded helplessly. He held the elders in great respect.

The other three elders soon arrived as well, taking their places on either side of the Great Elder.

Seeing the Four Great Elders present, the leaders knew this farce had come to an end. With the Four Great Elders here, whether by status or strength, they could easily keep the leaders in check.

The Great Elder continued, "Though Mo Yun is young, you have all seen his talent and strength. Moreover, he possesses an extraordinary pupil like the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. I ask you all: should we prepare Eight Mysterious Heavenly Snake Paste for him or not?"

In response to the Great Elder's question, all eight leaders lowered their heads slightly before answering unevenly, "We obey the Great Elder's command!"

Yue Mei, standing beside Hua She Er, also dipped into a slight bow. "We obey the Great Elder's command!"

Mo Bas, who had been slapped back by the Great Elder, now had one side of his face badly swollen. In the end, he lowered his head as well. "We obey the Great Elder's command!"

"Since there are no objections, bring your things to Medusa Palace in three days!"

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

The eight leaders did not trouble Mo Yun again. Aside from the intervention of the Four Great Elders, it was largely because Mo Yun's strength had earned their recognition.

At this moment, Mo Yun was heading to Medusa Palace under Hua She Er's guidance.

"When the four elders and Her Majesty the Queen accepted you into the Snake-People Tribe, I never imagined that one day you would receive the treatment of Eight Mysterious Heavenly Snake Paste. In the entire Snake-People Tribe, only Her Majesty the Queen enjoyed it as a child. Not even the eight leaders did. No wonder they had issues with you." Hua She Er's face was full of envy.

Mo Yun merely smiled and nodded, while inwardly beginning to plan how to solve Medusa's soul problem.

After all, he could not take an opportunity and do nothing in return. Since he had accepted the Snake-People Tribe's opportunity, Medusa's soul problem naturally had to be resolved. Besides, Medusa would not kill him anyway.

Before long, the two arrived at Medusa Palace.

Compared with usual, there was now an enormous bronze cauldron in the center of the hall.

The cauldron stood about two meters tall, supported by three legs, thick and solid. Its surface was covered in dense patterns and runes. Though weathered by countless years, it was still easy to make out the large snakes carved upon it in all sorts of forms...

At this moment, the cauldron shimmered with azure radiance, while flames faintly rose around it.

"This cauldron differs from an alchemist's medicine cauldron. It is the sacred cauldron passed down through generations of our Snake-People Tribe, known as the Ten Thousand Snake Cauldron. It is said that its body was forged from the bones of some ancient magical beast, while an ancient mighty expert used the essence blood of ten thousand snakes to inscribe the cauldron's patterns. Its power is unfathomable! But after the erosion of countless years, the Ten Thousand Snake Cauldron has lost its former glory. Now, our tribe only uses it to refine various precious medicines!"

"The flames around the cauldron should be beast flames from some ancient magical beast. They exist alongside the cauldron. Using them to refine Eight Mysterious Heavenly Snake Paste requires an enormous amount of Dou Qi. All four elders must simultaneously feed it with their Dou Qi for it to succeed." Seeing Mo Yun's curious expression, Hua She Er could not help explaining.

"This cauldron was forged from the bones of some ancient magical beast... I really want to touch it!" Mo Yun murmured.