But then a loud shout echoed through the dense forest, and the Giant Venomous Python, which had stopped attacking, charged at Yu Tianheng again, this time with even greater ferocity and recklessness than before.
Yu Tianheng sneered, "Very well, since they are so ignorant of their own mortality, then kill them all. It will be a good opportunity to test the power of my newly acquired Fifth Soul Skill."
Yu Tianheng's Soul Power surged suddenly, and his Fifth Soul Ring rose!
He slammed both palms into the ground and roared, " Fifth Soul Skill, Azure Lightning Heaven-Devouring Prison!"
As the Soul Skill was activated, the entire earth suddenly cracked open with spiderweb-like lightning patterns. The next second, countless thick, azure lightning pillars shot into the sky from all directions, each pillar topped with a twisted lightning snake that danced and hissed like a living creature.
"Imprisoned!"
With a sharp shout, the electric beam suddenly contracted inward, instantly forming a Thunder Cage with a radius of 100 meters around the Giant Venomous Python.
Thick, inky lightning flowed across the surface of the electric pillar. The moment the pythons crashed into it, their fangs and scales were melted by the crackling current, and the dark green poisonous mist that had just spread was shredded into dust by the lightning net.
Even more terrifying was the lightning ball that suddenly condensed at the top of the cage—the ball of lightning, a mixture of azure and purplish-black, spun rapidly, bursting with a tsunami-like roar. As it crashed down, the lightning pillars throughout the cage transformed into a raging torrent of lightning, completely engulfing the pythons that were trying to break free in a heaven-devouring, earth-shattering Thunder frenzy.
In just a few moments, thousands of Giant Venomous Python were strangled and killed, their bodies left no trace.
A large sum of Heavenly Mandate Points was deposited into the account.
This made Yu Tianheng even more excited, and he recklessly consumed all of his Soul Power to maintain the consumption of his Fifth Soul Skill.
As time went on, more and more Giant Venomous Python were strangled and killed, their numbers dwindling, but at the same time Yu Tianheng's Soul Power was rapidly declining.
First, it was unable to maintain its " Dragon Transformation " and reverted to its normal form.
Then the Third Soul Skill, " Thunderous Fury," was slowly deactivated.
In the end, their Soul Power was almost exhausted, but the Giant Venomous Python clan had been almost wiped out.
Just as Yu Tianheng's Soul Power was exhausted and he was about to return...
Sudden!
A massive, dark green shadow suddenly sprang out from the shadows—it was the leader of a Giant Venomous Python with metallic scales. Its scarlet vertical pupils, imbued with seventy thousand years of cultivation, were filled with ferocity, and its snake tail, carrying a stench, lashed out at his back like lightning!
"Puff--"
Before Yu Tianheng could even react, he was whipped away like a kite with a broken string, a sharp pain shooting through his back as if his bones were shattering.
He flew through the air in a clumsy arc, crashing into the first tree, as thick as a bowl, with a "bang." Before the splinters of wood from the bursting trunk could even hit the ground, his body, propelled by inertia, slammed into the second and third trees... The dead branches and broken wood collapsed with a crackling sound, finally crashing heavily into the waist-high bushes, his fate unknown.
It turned out that the leader of this Giant Venomous Python group was not the female venomous python that had fought with Dugu Bo earlier, but this male Giant Venomous Python leader.
It possesses a cultivation level of up to 70,000 years, which, compared to human Soul Master, is close to the level of Soul Douluo.
The leader of this Giant Venomous Python was cultivating in the dense swamp forest when it suddenly sensed the aura of one of its own. It then sent its subordinates to investigate and learned that there were three people: Dugu Bo, Yu Tianheng, and Dugu Yan. It felt an extremely attractive aura emanating from Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
It might be because of the Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul, since both are snakes.
The Jade Phosphorus Snake is one of the most venomous snake species.
If this Giant Venomous Python can devour Soul Master with the Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul, it is very likely to evolve, acquire the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison, and thus greatly increase its strength, dominating Sunset Forest.
So, the male Giant Venomous Python leader made a decision: it would devour one of the three. But which one to choose was a debatable question. Dugu Bo was far too powerful; the giant Giant Venomous Python leader was no match for him. Choosing him would be tantamount to suicide.
Therefore, the only option left is to devour Dugu Yan, a human woman.
Even with Dugu Bo guarding it, it had no chance to succeed.
However, it knew that most humans entered the areas where Soul Beast roamed in search of suitable Soul Ring.
Therefore, the first thing this giant Giant Venomous Python did was send out a weak member of its clan to distract Dugu Yan, allowing her to hunt it down and absorb its Soul Ring. This way, the human woman could only stay in place to absorb the Soul Ring and could not move freely.
Then it sent out its mate, a female Giant Venomous Python with a cultivation level of 60,000 years, to lure Dugu Bo, this powerful human, and lead him to a distance.
In this way, he will get what he wants.
But just as it was about to make its move, it suddenly sensed a terrifying power emanating from Yu Tianheng.
That's a suppression based on bloodline.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul has a suppressive effect on the bloodline of snakes.
This kind of suppression is terrifying.
Even though the human man's cultivation level wasn't particularly high, the leader of the Giant Venomous Python was confident it could handle him, but it was unwilling to take the risk.
So he issued another order, commanding his horde of Giant Venomous Python to attack and kill Yu Tianheng.
However, it clearly underestimated Yu Tianheng's strength, resulting in heavy losses for its clan.
However, this male Giant Venomous Python leader didn't care. As long as it could achieve its goal, it didn't care if some of its clansmen died, or even if its mate, the female Giant Venomous Python leader with a cultivation level of 60,000 years, died.
As long as I can become stronger and become Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, all of these things can be given up.
Despite having 70,000 years of cultivation, he hadn't actually lived that long; at most, he had lived for 30,000 to 40,000 years. The reason he had 70,000 years of cultivation was entirely due to devouring other Giant Venomous Python, which he forcibly increased.
Within this Giant Venomous Python clan, any Giant Venomous Python with a cultivation level reaching the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast level would be directly devoured without exception. As for the female Giant Venomous Python leader, she was spared only to better reproduce and then be devoured.
This is the value system of the male Giant Venomous Python leader: cold-blooded and ruthless.
However, it eventually saw an opportunity and launched a sneak attack on Yu Tianheng, who had exhausted his Soul Power, sending him flying.
Based on his understanding of humans, Soul Master without Soul Power is not much different from an ordinary person. If he were hit by such an attack, the Soul Master would probably be dead.
Thinking of this, the male Giant Venomous Python flicked its tongue and slowly crawled towards Dugu Yan, who was absorbing the Soul Ring.
The dense forest five miles away from where Dugu Yan absorbed the Soul Ring.
Dugu Bo Bozheng and the female Giant Venomous Python leader were locked in a stalemate.
With Dugu Bo's strength at the level of Nine-Ring Titled Douluo, even if he is good at using poison but not good at fighting, he is still more than capable of crushing a 60,000-year-old Soul Beast.
The reason they didn't use assassins and instead went so far was to avoid disturbing Dugu Yan's absorption of the Soul Ring.