Four-Winged Black-and-White Snake

In fact, when Zhang Xiaohua had used his divine sense to scan the stone pillar at the center of the cold pool, he had already swept through the other areas within the pool as well. However, Zhang Xiaohua did not know any water-escape techniques, and his divine sense possessed no special powers underwater. Moreover, the water in this cold pool was extraordinarily frigid; even his divine sense could only penetrate about a foot into it, making it utterly impossible to discover anything unusual.

Of course, Zhang Xiaohua would not recklessly fly to the center of the cold pool without making any preparations.

Yet when that strange thing flew out of the cold pool, it still gave Zhang Xiaohua quite a fright.

Within his divine sense, a black serpent appeared, twice as large as the Five-Colored Snake he had seen in the You Lan Rainforest and twice as fast. It opened its jaws and bit straight at Zhang Xiaohua's leg. Most bizarrely, a huge fleshy tumor grew atop its head, while four membranous wings like those on the bats' bodies grew in parallel along either side of its thick body.

At the sight of the Oddity Snake, Zhang Xiaohua's heart leaped. He immediately twisted through the air and flew swiftly toward the upper right. When the Oddity Snake's bite missed, it did not fall back into the cold pool as an ordinary snake would. Instead, it slapped its tail against the water, flapped its four wings, nimbly changed direction, and pursued Zhang Xiaohua again.

By now, Zhang Xiaohua had become proficient with the Riding the Wind Technique and could remain airborne for long periods, so he was not nervous. He reached into his robes, took out the Chasing Dreams small sword, tossed it into the air, formed a hand seal, and