Hai Bodong Battles the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor

"It seems trying to persuade you nicely won't work..."

The figure in green waved her hand. An enormous wooden stake abruptly erupted from the ground and shot toward Hai Bodong amid flying splinters, cleverly avoiding Qing Lin's position.

Hai Bodong swept the spear in his hand through a half circle, knocking down every incoming splinter.

To avoid moving too far from Qing Lin, Hai Bodong rapidly formed hand seals with one hand to mobilize his power. Cold Qi immediately gathered before him, and a dozen or so sharp ice spikes, each as thick as a thigh, formed out of thin air, at the tips of the ice spikes.

At the tips of the ice spikes, spiral carvings made them look even deadlier.

Hai Bodong lightly flicked his sleeve, and the dozen or so enormous ice spikes scattered outward, covering precisely the entire area in which the woman in green could dodge.

The woman in green spread her right hand, and five emerald-green thorny whips of power shot from between her fingers. As the whips danced, they shattered every ice spike.

She spread her Dou Qi Wings behind her and rose into the air, wanting to shift the battlefield into the sky, but Hai Bodong simply refused to take the bait. No matter how she attacked, he remained beside Qing Lin.

Afraid that further delay would bring unforeseen complications, the woman in green could no longer worry about so much. She slipped her slender fingers beneath her green veil and into her mouth.

Screee-

A somewhat shrill whistle immediately spread out across the sky, carrying a strange sound wave.

Rumble...

Not long after the whistle sounded, a rumbling suddenly came from the distant forest. An enormous beast nearly a hundred feet long abruptly soared into the sky, then flew toward this stretch of sky, its enormous shadow shrouding a vast expanse of ground.

The enormous beast had an extremely long, slender body and seemed somewhat like a serpentine magical beast.

The magical beast's flying speed was shockingly fast. With each twist and flick of its enormous tail, it seemed to teleport, arriving not far from the woman in green in just a few flashes.

Only as the enormous beast flashed closer did Hai Bodong and Qing Lin take in its full appearance. Both involuntarily drew in a small breath of cold air.

This magical beast was enormous, its entire body pitch-black, with colorful markings tracing through the blackness that looked quite strange. Eight black wings tinged with purple actually grew from the sides of its body, and a pitch-black, spiral-patterned horn grew from its head.

Its triangular pupils held no bestial nature; instead, they brimmed with humanlike shrewdness and cunning.

"The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor..." Hai Bodong's gaze grew solemn as he looked at the enormous black serpent.

The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor was a sixth-order magical beast, equivalent to a human Dou Huang expert.

It was an exceptionally gifted exotic beast, the evolved form of the third-order magical beast, the Black-Winged Mysterious Serpent. Starting from the third order, it gained another pair of wings with every increase in order. Once it reached eight wings, it became the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, whose fearsome reputation resounded throughout the Dou Qi Continent.

Hai Bodong sensed that this Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor's presence was terrifying. Its strength surpassed his own, and it was at least a Six-Star Dou Emperor.

Hai Bodong could barely handle one Seven-Star Dou Huang, but with the addition of a sixth-order magical beast comparable to a human Six-Star Dou Emperor, he would be powerless to turn the tide.

Qing Lin was still too young. Her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could, at most, control fifth-order magical beasts.

"Hmph, hahaha! Lu Man, you called me out to deal with a mere Four-Star Dou Emperor? If word of this gets back, they'll probably laugh themselves to death!"

Its enormous triangular pupils fixed on Qing Lin and Hai Bodong opposite it, the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor opened and closed its huge mouth, letting out deafening laughter.

"You fucking idiot, Bai Ya! There's a Nine-Star Dou Emperor or even a Dou Zong expert over in Salt City! Delay any longer, and we'll both die here..." Hovering beside the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor's head, the woman in green called Lu Man could not help snapping angrily at his mockery.

"Hehehe..." The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor swayed his enormous tail with a chuckle. His triangular pupils shifted as he glanced at Qing Lin, whom Hai Bodong protected behind him, and the serpent bloodline within him actually felt traces of fear. His thunderous voice grew a little more solemn.

"It really is the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils..."

The fake Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils Luo Yang had disguised himself with using colored contact lenses could fool Mo Cheng, who was at the Dou Ling level, but they could not fool the Dou Huang expert Lu Man or the serpentine magical beast, the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor.

Moreover, the faction behind them was intimately connected with serpents, so they could naturally distinguish genuine Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils from fakes.

"Enough nonsense! Keep this old man occupied while I grab the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Otherwise, we'll be in trouble if that expert notices us..."

"All right!" The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor's enormous body writhed as he bore down on Hai Bodong.

A magical beast's physical body far surpassed that of a human at the same level to begin with. Although this was only an ordinary charge, it was several times more powerful than that of an ordinary human Eight-Star Dou Emperor expert.

"Mysterious Ice Dragon Soaring!"

Hai Bodong had not been idle while the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and Lu Man spoke. He had long since begun stockpiling power for Mysterious Ice Dragon Soaring, and nine enormous, lifelike ice dragons circled him. As the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor charged, he released all nine ice dragons.

With him going all out without holding anything back, even the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, who was comparable to a human Six-Star Dou Emperor expert, would certainly gain no advantage.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!!

The ice dragons collided with the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, and shattered ice rained down onto the ground.

"You truly live up to the name Ice Emperor. If your cultivation were the same as mine, I really would definitely be able to beat you. Unfortunately, as you are now, you're no match for me..."

For all its tremendous force, the attack did little damage to the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor.

While the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor kept Hai Bodong occupied, Lu Man seized the opportunity to swiftly approach Qing Lin, intending to abduct her.

Even with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, she only had a few stages of Dou Qi now. Wouldn't seizing her be as easy as reaching out and grabbing her?

"Hiss~"

Qing Lin would not simply sit and wait for death either. The three little flowers in her eyes shone with crystalline emerald light, and an enormous two-headed snake appeared out of thin air before her, hissing a warning at Lu Man.

The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

"To control a fourth-order magical beast comparable to a human Dou Ling expert with only Dou Qi cultivation-the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils truly live up to their reputation..." Seeing the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, Lu Man became even more determined to take the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils away.

With these Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, the day their Heavenly Snake Mansion would soar to great heights was close at hand.

"Get lost!!"

Lu Man sent the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake flying with a single slap.

The gap between a Dou Ling and a Dou Huang expert was anything but small. In the latter's eyes, the former was not even worth a fart.

Had she not been worried that killing the spirit pet would cause a backlash for the little girl with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, Lu Man would not have held back in the slightest and would have killed the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake outright.

With the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake dealt with, nothing stood in Lu Man's way anymore.

"Come with me. Our mansion master will nurture you well..."

At that moment, Lu Man resembled a creepy uncle holding a lollipop to abduct a little girl, while Qing Lin backed away in fear.

"Does my bed-warming maid need you people to nurture her?"

Just then, an overbearing voice rang out from the sky...