Fire-Patterned Python

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

• An enormous red python with a massive head capable of gouging a crater into the ground 7 8.
• Smaller than the over-two-thousand-year-old Yellow Mountain Python encountered nearby 7.
• Its head is charred black by Huo Linfei’s fatal Fire Cloud Art strike 8.

History

Encounter in the Soul Hunting Forest

The Fire-Patterned Python appears beside Huo Linfei shortly after his fight with a Silverback Gorilla. Already injured, it is intercepted by Director Su, who strikes its head and follows with Giant Rhinoceros Shakes the Earth. The attack leaves it covered in wounds and apparently near death. Su considers it a suitable match for Huo’s desired Soul Ring, but rejects it because its age exceeds what he believes Huo can absorb as a first ring 7.

An over-two-thousand-year-old Yellow Mountain Python then emerges. Su suspects it has come for the Fire-Patterned Python and moves to confront it. While Huo watches their battle, the wounded python attacks him again 7.

Death

Huo narrowly rolls clear of its first strike but suffers a gash across his back. The python lunges again before Director Su can escape the other battle to help. With nowhere left to dodge, Huo gathers all his Soul Power into his right fist and unleashes Fire Cloud Art, charring the python’s head and killing it 8.

The victory depends heavily on the python’s injuries: it has less than five percent of its health remaining. Huo doubts that even Fire Cloud Art would have seriously affected it otherwise 8.

Abilities & Skills

Physical Attacks

• Head slam: Smashes a large crater into the ground during its attack on Huo Linfei 8.
• Rapid lunges: Pursues Huo quickly enough to threaten him despite his unusually high speed and its own severe injuries 8.

Survival and Ambush

• Remains capable of attacking after Director Su assumes it can no longer move and will soon die 7 8.
• Attacks Huo while Director Su is occupied with the Yellow Mountain Python 7 8.
• Director Su states that an uninjured specimen of its age would have been difficult even for him to handle 7.

Soul Ring Legacy

• Ring: Leaves a purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring after its death 8.
• Unexpected attachment: The ring surrounds Huo without him deliberately drawing it in. Director Su cannot remove it, forcing Huo to attempt absorption 8.
• Absorption assistance: The Phantom Qilin Beast absorbs the python’s soul and Soul Power, then feeds gentle Soul Power and mental energy into Huo to help refine the ring 9.
• Result: Huo successfully acquires a Thousand-Year first ring and subsequently reveals level-sixteen Soul Power and his first Soul Skill, Fire Fist 9 10 11.