Azure Scale Viper Snake

Mo Yun did not think much about the impact of killing Mo Cheng. He had merely wanted to eliminate a nuisance.

As for Mo Cheng's self-destruction before his death, its power was honestly enough to threaten an ordinary Dou Wang expert. Unfortunately, Mo Yun was no ordinary person.

The moment he sensed something was wrong and learned that Mo Cheng was about to self-destruct, Mo Yun instantly switched into the Monkey Set and activated its skill, Indestructible Diamond Body. The self-destruction of a mere Dou Ling expert naturally could not break through Indestructible Diamond Body.

The mercenaries scattered in all directions, and Mo Yun had no intention of killing them all. Taking care of the Mo Clan members was already ruthless enough.

These Mo Clan members were quite wealthy. Even the small fry following the Mo Clan's three elders had Storage Rings.

With their deaths, the soul imprints on those Storage Rings completely dissipated as well, benefiting Mo Yun instead.

The small fry's collections were nothing noteworthy, totaling a little over forty thousand Gold Coins. The truly wealthy ones were the three elders, especially Great Elder Mo Cheng, who alone possessed a full seven and a half million Gold Coins. That did not even include cultivation methods, Dou Skills, or medicinal pills. It was no wonder Mo Yun had spent half the day searching the forest for that Storage Ring that had been blasted away.

Adding in Mo Shi and Mo Chen's savings, Mo Yun now had more than ten million Gold Coins. Within the Jia Ma Empire, that was absolutely an enormous fortune. Not to exaggerate, there were probably not many Dou Wang experts wealthier than Mo Yun unless they also had a clan supporting them.

As for the cultivation methods and Dou Skills, most were Xuan-tier, and Mo Yun had little interest in them. He tossed them all into the system storage and paid them no further attention.

At that moment, Mo Yun was heading toward the southern region of the Magical Beast Forest in the Jia Ma Empire.

There were simply too few high-tier magical beasts in the Magical Beast Forest. The only one Mo Yun remembered was the Amethyst Winged Lion King that had fought Yun Yun. With its sixth-tier strength, the Amethyst Winged Lion King was definitely one of the dominant rulers of this Magical Beast Forest.

The ranks among magical beasts were strict. The Amethyst Winged Lion King could not possibly be alone; it also had several fairly powerful subordinates. If Mo Yun remembered correctly, there should be three of them!

With Indestructible Diamond Body to keep him alive, Mo Yun naturally would not let these four high-tier magical beasts go. He immediately headed for the southern region of the Magical Beast Forest.

Three days later, within the Magical Beast Forest.

A figure stood steadily upon a tree branch, one hand braced against the trunk, his eyes slightly closed as though sensing something.

"The southern part of the Magical Beast Forest really is more suitable for magical beasts. Their auras are generally much stronger than those in the north..."

The figure came into view. It was Mo Yun, his handsome face unchanged despite the journey.

His soul power slowly spread outward, and based on the feedback, Mo Yun quickly located the aura of a fairly powerful magical beast.

Over the past few days, Mo Yun had struggled to locate magical beasts. Yet based on the fluctuations of energy within their bodies, he could now completely infer their strength rank.

Judging from the energy fluctuations within the magical beast he had detected, it should be a fifth-tier magical beast.

With the right approach, it should still be within his ability to handle. After all, Mo Yun's goal was not to kill it; he merely needed to encounter it.

Afraid of alerting it, Mo Yun still did not use his Dou Qi wings. Instead, he carefully and slowly approached in stealth.

Very soon, Mo Yun discovered that several fourth-tier magical beasts seemed to have gathered not far from that fifth-tier magical beast.

As he drew closer, Mo Yun dropped from the branch to the ground and advanced slowly. Just as he stopped to investigate in detail, a small green snake lowered itself from the branch above, flicking its tongue as it waited for a chance to attack.

The green snake was extremely cautious. Only after realizing that Mo Yun had not reacted did it suddenly dart its head forward, striking at him like lightning.

Yet just as it touched Mo Yun's body, it passed straight through without meeting any resistance.

The green snake turned back in confusion, only to see Mo Yun's figure slowly fade away, vanishing from the spot in a bizarre manner.

A quiet yet exceptionally clear voice echoed through the surroundings. "A fourth-tier Green Ring Leaf Snake..."

An intensely humanlike unease flashed through the Green Ring Leaf Snake's eyes. As it repeatedly flicked its tongue, trying to find the source of the voice, a powerful consciousness suddenly surged into its mind...

In reality, Mo Yun was still standing where he had been. He had merely turned around, while before him, the green snake stood stiffly in place.

Its slender body was only four or five centimeters thick, yet it was three to four meters long, truly slim. On its tiny head, three strange patterns had appeared within its pair of black snake eyes.

Mo Yun lightly clapped his hands. The Green Ring Leaf Snake immediately climbed back onto the branch and concealed itself among the leaves. As Mo Yun moved forward, the rustling of leaves followed behind him.

After the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils advanced, Mo Yun was almost unafraid of any snake-type creature aside from special magical beasts such as the Devouring Sky Python. Though the Green Ring Leaf Snake's ambush had been utterly silent, it had never escaped Mo Yun's soul perception.

Even Mo Bas could not withstand a single glance from Mo Yun, much less a fourth-tier green snake. Dealing with it took only one encounter.

After subduing the Green Ring Leaf Snake, Mo Yun continued onward. Along the way, the magical beasts he encountered most often were snake-types: giant pythons that traveled alone and small poisonous snakes that lived in groups. However, with the Green Ring Leaf Snake leading the way, they did not dare attack Mo Yun lightly. That remained the case until two more fourth-tier snake-type magical beasts appeared: the Silver Ring Poisonous Snake and the Scarlet Flame Pattern Python.

Though these two snakes did not fear the Green Ring Leaf Snake, their endings were much the same. Mo Yun subdued them with a single glance.

Fourth-tier magical beasts were comparable to Dou Ling human experts, just like the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake. As for that Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, after Mo Yun had fallen unconscious and been taken away by Medusa, it had been left behind in the magma world.

During the early stages of cultivation, magical beasts of the same rank were generally stronger than humans. That was an indisputable fact.

With three fourth-tier snake-type magical beasts guarding him, the surrounding magical beasts dared not approach carelessly. Thus, Mo Yun quickly arrived at the destination he had sensed.

It was a cave entrance, only about half a meter tall, pitch-black and seemingly quite deep.

Looking at the cave entrance, Mo Yun felt that it resembled a snake hole. Could the magical beast I sensed be a snake-type magical beast?

Among magical beasts, snake-types were both the easiest for Mo Yun to deal with and the ones he least wanted to encounter.

The Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils were B+ Rank growth-type, the Devouring Sky Head was B- Rank, the Seven-Colored Scales were B- Rank, and the Outer Body Black Snake Eight Wings were C+ Grade. Snakes had no limbs, and there were only a few body parts worth collecting. It was basically difficult to find anything better than his current body parts, so fourth- and fifth-tier snake-type magical beasts were of little use to Mo Yun.

Thinking of how the magical beasts he had encountered most along the way had all been various kinds of snakes, Mo Yun became increasingly certain of his guess.

His ears twitched slightly, and Mo Yun seemed to hear rustling sounds from within the black cave, as though something were moving rapidly inside.

Within only a few breaths, it emerged from the cave.

Just as Mo Yun had guessed, it was a vicious-looking large snake.

It was around six or seven meters long and as thick as the mouth of a bowl. Its body was covered in green scales and patterned with regular markings. Its most distinctive feature was its head, which bore a pair of symmetrical protrusions. The scales on its head were especially hard, like a steel helmet, and on either side of its head were a pair of transparent wings.

Unlike the enormous wings of the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, which were symmetrical with its body, these were a pair of tiny wings. They were spread open and beating at high frequency, producing a sharp swishing sound.

"Azure Scale Viper Snake!" Information about this snake species surfaced in Mo Yun's mind.