Grass Snake Assassination

Grass Snake Assassination

While Lin Yu was still looking at the Rainbow Butterfly spirit herb, a Grass Snake had already begun creeping forward through the tree. Still caught up in his delight, Lin Yu failed to react.

The people outside had already left, and the corpses remaining here were protected by a surge of spiritual power. Then, Lin Yu suddenly felt something bite his hand. His eyes narrowed, and the Rainbow Butterfly spirit herb in his hand fell straight to the ground.

"Really, I should have thought of this long ago. How careless. How could such a powerful spirit herb possibly have no guardian?" Lin Yu stood there with narrowed eyes, not knowing what else to say. In any case, this was more or less coming to an end.

With a flick of his hand, he flung the Grass Snake away. Blood qi flowed from his hand as he narrowed his eyes and said coolly, "A mere grass worm dares drink my blood? Aren't you afraid you'll burst yourself to death?" Lin Yu's blood was mixed with who knew how many kinds of poisonous blood.

Seeing that the Grass Snake before him was still completely unharmed, Lin Yu felt unwilling to accept it. He could sense that the Grass Snake had injected quite a bit of venom into his body just now.

With a flip of his hand, Lin Yu stored the Rainbow Butterfly in his storage ring and said calmly, "You really aren't afraid of death. The last time I came here, a giant python wanted to kill me too. But in the end, didn't it still die by my hand? It seemed to be a second-rank Magic Beast too. I wonder what level you've reached..."

He charged forward barehanded. One punch could send tremors rippling in three directions. After taking a glance, Lin Yu continued, "No matter how you put it, you're still trash. Your spiritual power isn't bad, though..." Bang! Bang! Bang! Several more thunderous crashes rang out, and the surrounding spiritual power was blasted apart.

The Grass Snake was nimble and did not let a single one of Lin Yu's attacks land on it. Watching it, Lin Yu said again, "Damn, are you really a snake? Why are you slicker than a loach..." The Grass Snake moved far too quickly, beyond anything Lin Yu had expected.

At last, Lin Yu could no longer hold back and drew his sword. Poison Slayer, standing atop a tall tree in the distance, shook his head again. "A Grass Snake... even I did not expect to see such a thing in a world like this. If it were truly allowed to grow, commanding the entire Eight Desolations would be no difficult feat.

"Unfortunately, this Magic Beast has provoked my disciple. Otherwise, it would make quite a fine magic pet."

Magic pets were scarce in any world. Magic Beasts themselves possessed fierce wild natures, making them truly difficult to tame. Although higher worlds had so-called beast-taming talismans, they were still far too rare. Ordinary people simply could not afford them.

Watching the rapidly fleeing Grass Snake, Lin Yu's face filled with a cold sneer. "You've already drunk so much of my blood, and now you still want to run? Do you think your body is the same as mine? I'm telling you, if you don't die within three hours, I lose."

He was not boasting. If the Grass Snake had known when to stop, it might still have been able to escape now, perhaps even resolve all the trouble before it. But it had been too greedy. Not only had it injected some venom into Lin Yu's body, it had also taken more blood than its body could bear. Lin Yu's blood was mixed with toxins.

Only then did the Grass Snake realize how greedy it had truly been. Even the venom it had just injected had not produced much effect in Lin Yu's body. Instead, its own body had run into enormous trouble this time.

It turned its head around and fixed Lin Yu with a vicious glare from its snake eyes, as if saying, Even if I die, I'll drag you down to be buried with me. In an instant, it opened its blood-filled maw and lunged straight at Lin Yu.

Lin Yu took another look, not knowing what to say. He turned around, his sword already before him. The Grass Snake bit down directly on the blade, while its tail whipped toward him. Lin Yu narrowed his eyes and leaned backward, narrowly dodging it. He let out a long breath. Even so, his sleeve had been sliced open.

"That tail is something else!" Even injured as he was, Lin Yu could not help praising the Grass Snake. He flipped his hand again and hurled his sword into the sky. The Grass Snake above shuddered and tried to leap down, but Lin Yu sprang up, seized his sword, and stabbed toward it.

Sensing danger, the Grass Snake hurriedly retreated. Lin Yu drove that sword straight into the ground, shattering clods of earth all around. Seeing its chance, the Grass Snake tried to flee outward, but Lin Yu stood there and said, "Trying to run again now? Isn't it a little too late?"

The sword swept through the earth and directly severed the Grass Snake's head. Its body still thrashed, a trace of blood seeping out, while its snake eyes remained unclosed, staring fixedly at Lin Yu.

"Your body has already been severed. All you have left is a trace of venom, and you want to kill me with that? You think too highly of yourself." As he spoke, Lin Yu sat down cross-legged. He had plenty of time to deal with the Grass Snake's corpse, but for now, the most important thing was refining the venom it had injected into his body.

This time, he directly activated the Five Poisons True Scripture. The Poison Scripture continuously transformed within his body.

An hour later, Lin Yu suddenly opened his eyes. He sensed the spiritual power within the Ten Thousand Mountains constantly boiling, as though it had detected some presence. Lin Yu glanced calmly at the distant corpses. Whatever they would ultimately become had nothing to do with him anymore.

"The spiritual power has become much more active. Looks like I'll be entering seclusion in the Ten Thousand Mountains this time." Ever since breaking through to the fourth rank, he truly had not cultivated properly. Even now, however, he had yet to find a method for cultivating his physical body.

Walking to the Green Snake's side, he raised a ball of flame, set up a pot, poured in some spiritual liquid, skinned the Green Snake, and tossed it into the pot.

Other than a Magic Beast's Magic Core, its body was the most valuable part. This beast hide could also fetch some money. Lin Yu did not concern himself much with the rest. Four storage rings appeared in his hand, all taken from the people he had killed.

"Whoa, there are quite a few Spirit Stones in here. Helping me break through to Netherpassage won't be difficult at all." Looking at the Spirit Stones and spirit herbs inside, Lin Yu clicked his tongue in amazement. The gains from this battle truly were not bad.

After taking all the spiritual items from the rings and placing them into his own storage ring, he extinguished the fire and took out the Grass Snake. A fragrant aroma drifted out, drawing the birds and beasts within several miles to cry out in unison, as though some great event were about to occur...

(To be continued.)

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