The Eye of the Ba Snake

"That beast managed to escape again!"

The second encounter with the Bashe snake resulted in its escape once again, causing Wen Weng to become increasingly anxious.

Their methods and teamwork are improving, but the Bashe is also evolving, and its strength has even increased after it survived the tribulation of lightning.

Dong Zhongshu's wind blades, which had previously been able to pierce the opponent's eyes, were no longer effective, and Wen Weng's pre-prepared water-based prison technique was also broken.

When all his tricks were exhausted, Wen Weng could only vent his frustration verbally.

"No rush. If we can't find the serpent itself, finding its eyeballs won't make a difference," Dong Zhongshu comforted him. "I have some minor techniques that can track it using parts of its body!"

That's wonderful!

Just when you think there's no way out, a new path opens up before you. Dong Zhongshu's methods were so diverse and ingenious that they surprised Wen Weng.

"It's a pity I didn't learn any evil spells, otherwise I could have killed it with a single curse using only my eyeballs!"

Dong Zhongshu wiped his face and removed some of the mud from his body.

"Such a demon can only be killed by a wicked curse, but unfortunately, such a curse is beyond our reach," Wen Weng nodded.

"His Majesty the Emperor Qin burned them with great relish back then, but we, his descendants, are the unfortunate ones. We don't even know where we've found a copy of those secret texts!"

Dong Zhongshu shook his head and walked out of the muddy mountain, taking one step at a time.

"You have far more methods than us; that's enough," Wen Weng comforted him.

"It's not enough!"

Dong Zhongshu waved his hand and glanced at the river.

"Where's your ice?" Dong Zhongshu asked.

"The ice has been broken!"

"Didn't you extend the ice to catch the snake's eyeball?"

"I thought you had some tricks up your sleeve!"

"I don't have that many tricks up my sleeve, and even if I did, I wouldn't have that many hands!"

Looking at the murky river, Dong Zhongshu felt utterly overwhelmed.

Trying to find the eyes of the Bashe snake in this river is less effective than actually searching for the Bashe snake itself.

He let out a sigh of relief, feeling that his life was the same as always, and nothing he did mattered.

Judging from the current situation, it's very likely that the gall bladder of the Bashe snake will be lost.

After three days of effort, his progress towards the Sole Self Realm was still hopeless.

But if he were to say he lost out, Dong Zhongshu felt it wasn't too much of a loss, since he had at least learned the 149th technique and successfully located a burial site using the Feng Shui method.

"Wait, that Little Zhang?"

When Dong Zhongshu looked over, he saw no one on the opposite bank of the river.

He rubbed his eyes hard, and when he saw a few stones, he couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly, thinking that the other person was asleep holding the Dingshan Stone.

"Let's investigate again tomorrow and see if the Bashe has returned to its lair here!"

Upon hearing Wen Weng's advice, Dong Zhongshu could only nod in agreement.

While ignorant animals might have a chance of escaping, it's unlikely that a demon that has survived the tribulation of lightning would do so.

Having withstood this attack, the attackers will likely seek a new hideout or try to stay as far away from them as possible, making it unlikely they will venture into this deep, icy pool.

He had no other choice but to try anything, so he agreed to Wen Weng's plan to search again.

"The bamboo raft is destroyed, let's build another one to get back!"

"The forests here are different from those on the opposite bank of the river. This side is mostly covered with fir trees and has few bamboo trees. We'll have to find a narrow section of the river to cross!"

"Then let's find a place to cross the river."

"Zhang Shu quickly pulled Zhao Liang up. What? Zhao Liang was injured by a stone? Brother Zhongshu..."

"I haven't learned any healing techniques. You'd be better off asking Zhang Xuezhou; he has the Supreme Purity True Technique from the Northern Border Military Region!"

"He's still on the other side! Wait, how did he end up downstream!"

The four of them each spoke, and by the time Wen Weng was searching for Zhang Xuezhou's whereabouts, he felt that his magic Law Treasure, the Mountain-Stabilizing Stone, was already at least ten miles away from him.

A faint, lingering sensation came through him, and Wen Weng felt that his Mountain-Stabilizing Stone was still rapidly moving away.

"He... I can't sense him anymore, he must have gone over there!"

Wen Weng pointed to the direction in which the mountain rocks had disappeared, and then pointed to the opposite bank of the river.

"I guess he wanted to go around downstream to help, but by the time he got here, everything would be over," Dong Zhongshu said.

"It's not over yet, he can still use his magic to save people!"

Wen Weng found a tree branch to use as a walking stick, and used it to climb down the rocky hill. He then helped Zhang Shu pull Zhao Liang out of the river.

As the group stumbled and bumped their way downstream in search of a passage across the river, Zhang Xuezhou flapped his wings, constantly chasing after a single, bobbing eye in the water.

However, despite his repeated leaps and bounds, Zhang Xuezhou did not plunge into the river to retrieve the eyeballs.

He could sense that the serpent in the river was still there, and it seemed that it also wanted to retrieve that millstone-sized eyeball.

He was wary of the Bashe, and the Bashe seemed equally wary of him, finding it difficult to endure another injury.

This ultimately led to a test of endurance between the two sides.

Whoever can't hold on is out.

Either Zhang Xuezhou was the first to exhaust his Demon Power and had to stop flying, or the Bashe could not withstand the injury and had to leave to recover.

In the murky river water, the millstone-sized eyeball did not appear bloody and mangled, but rather shimmered with a faint red glow like a precious pearl.

This is clearly a demonic treasure.

It's no surprise that Zhang Xuezhou pursued this.

"You transvestite, I'll remember you!"

Bashe's threatening voice rang out again, and Zhang Xuezhou immediately spat.

"Once I find out which Sacred Land in the Northern Kuru Continent you're from, who knows who will remember whom!"

Bashe's harsh words were spoken in perfect Sacred Land language, a language distinct from the language of the Sacred Land Xiong State, and possessed only by formally trained students and powerful demons.

Zhang Xuezhou replied in the Sacred Land language, and the serpent's voice immediately fell silent.

In the murky river water, the giant snake stretched out its body, which was less than ten feet long, and swam crookedly towards the opposite bank.

Zhang Xuezhou saw the red glow on the eyeballs in the river fade and turn into a white glow, realizing that the other party had given up.

This allowed him to leap over and grab the eyeball.

A cold sensation entered my palm.

The eyeball, about the size of a millstone, weighs less than fifty pounds and doesn't feel heavy in your hand.

As soon as Zhang Xuezhou's Law Power swept through, the demonic treasure that had withstood the baptism of the heavenly tribulation rapidly shrank, transforming into a black bead the size of a longan, its weight almost imperceptible to the palm of the hand.

A faint glow appeared on this demonic treasure, making the Eye of the Bashe appear as if it were a piece of jade.

As Zhang Xuezhou channeled his Law Power, he felt a faint sound of wind and thunder passing by, and a bright moon rose in his sea of consciousness.

"They actually managed to bring my Kunpeng Fighting Technique to life in this world!"

The first demonstration of Gene Fighting Technique occurred during the clash between the Venerable One and Emperor Jing. While enduring the aftershocks of the battle, Zhang Xuezhou desperately used the Crane Soaring Backward Flight ability to fly backwards.

This time, he unleashed his long-dormant Kunpeng fighting technique with the help of this treasure.

This made Zhang Xuezhou gasp.

Although he only managed to unleash the image of a moonrise with the aid of this eye, it was still an extraordinary ability.

Given his current cultivation level, Zhang Xuezhou is likely capable of evading the pressure from a powerful cultivator at the Divine Ability Realm.

This allowed him to break free from the Venerable One's Great Wilderness Creation Scripture, thus granting him the ability to resist oppressive power even when alone.

"I wonder if I can present the other eyeball..."

While Zhang Xuezhou was plotting to steal the other eye of the Bashe, there was no trace of the Bashe on the river.