Chapter 81: The Thousand-Year Rock Snake

"That Spirit Beast is a Rock Snake, right?" Nan Feihuang said, looking at the large Spirit Beast crouching and sleeping in a pile of rocks.

A Rock Snake, as the name implies, is a giant snake whose entire body is composed of rock; it possesses immense strength, astonishing defense, and a ferocious temperament. It is of the earth attribute, and its weakness is its relatively slow speed.

Because its body is made of rock, what it is best at is hiding in rock piles, using the rocks as camouflage to hunt. Ordinary people truly find it hard to discover, and often, before they can even react, they are eaten by the Rock Snake. Fortunately, they had several high-level Spirit Masters here who sensed its aura.

Therefore, they counter-ambushed the Rock Snake.

At this moment, the Rock Snake was preparing to hunt, yet it had no idea that while the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole is behind; several people were already eyeing it from behind.

"That's right, judging by the length of its body, this Rock Snake's age is around 1,500 years. As a third Spirit Ring, it is acceptable!" Lan Xue nodded.

Although Nan Feiling's Gu Lei Book possessed many attributes, she did not support comprehensive development; it looked omnipotent, but was too mediocre.

Since earth and wind had been chosen, she should focus on these two: using earth for control and defense, and wind for support and attack. As long as these two powers were exerted to the limit, Nan Feiling's strength would definitely not be weak.

"Then it's settled!" Nan Tianchen immediately made the decision. "Feihuang, go ahead. You young people should handle your own Spirit Rings; just go ahead and do it. Your mother and I will guard from behind."

It was a rare combat opportunity, and Nan Tianchen did not want to waste it; he wanted Nan Feihuang and the others to properly experience the feeling of real combat.

Lan Xue did not object either.

Unlike a few years ago, when Nan Feihuang was only six years old, Lan Xue had not been willing to let him do much during hunts for fear of accidents, and she would always step forward to help him.

But it was different now; after turning ten, as a Spirit Master, it was time to truly experience the feeling of combat.

To become a powerhouse, one cannot stand behind their parents forever.

Otherwise, wouldn't they be the same as those decadent nobles at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, possessing high soul power but having near-zero practical combat ability?

"Alright, then I'll go first. E Lai, Third Sister, follow me!" Nan Feihuang leaped, the Peerless Fangtian Halberd already gripped in his right hand, and the blade, covered in flames, smashed fiercely toward the Rock Snake's seven-inch mark.

A Spirit Beast's perception of danger is far superior to that of humans.

The Rock Snake sensed the killing intent and suddenly opened its eyes, but it was too late to dodge; it could only use its long snake tail to launch a sneak attack from behind, the tip of the tail smashing down toward the top of Nan Feihuang's head.

But Nan Feihuang did not even look back and continued his attack, because he knew he had the most trustworthy bodyguard.

"Clang!" came a sound.

The Rock Snake's tail was blocked by Dian Wei's twin halberds.

"Hah!" Dian Wei let out an angry shout, unleashing his Brute Force to deflect the snake tail. "First Soul Skill, Ghost Halberd!"

A Ghost Halberd was flung out, piercing into the Rock Snake's tail and pinning it to the spot.

The Rock Snake let out a painful howl; it never expected that it, which hunted geese all day, would have its eyes pecked out by a goose, being counter-hunted by its prey.

Nan Feihuang's heavy halberd smashed violently into the Rock Snake's seven-inch mark; even with its astonishing defense, facing the attack of the Peerless Fangtian Halberd, the stones at its seven-inch mark could not avoid cracking.

This was the result of Nan Feihuang deliberately holding back; after all, this Spirit Ring was for Nan Feiling, so the Rock Snake could not die at his hands.

"Hiss, hiss!" The Rock Snake hissed, gray soul power surging as it seemed to prepare to unleash a soul skill.

Countless rocks fell from the sky like raindrops.

This was the Rock Snake clan's soul skill, Mountain Collapse and Earth Split.

"My Lord, you may continue your attack!" Dian Wei shouted. He guarded Nan Feihuang's surroundings, his twin halberds dancing to block the rock attacks for him.

"Dian Hanhan, Little Brother, I'll help you! Second Soul Skill, Tailwind Formation!" Nan Feiling deployed her second soul skill, Tailwind Formation.

A gust of tailwind came from behind the two, and their speed instantly increased by twenty percent.

Dian Wei's twin halberds danced even faster, without a single flaw.

Wherever the twin halberds passed, the rocks were all smashed to pieces; not a single one would fall on Nan Feihuang.

And Nan Feihuang could unleash his Single-Handed Eighteen Picks to his heart's content, fiercely attacking the Rock Snake.

With the 'Sweep' of the Single-Handed Eighteen Picks, the long halberd swept horizontally, hitting the Rock Snake square in the face, instantly smashing its head into a daze.

The Rock Snake's attacks began to become chaotic, and Nan Feihuang used the 'Dance of Flowers' from the Single-Handed Eighteen Picks to form a defensive circle around himself.

The Rock Snake's three strikes were all blocked and countered by the Fangtian Halberd at just the right moment.

Finally, Nan Feihuang smashed down with his halberd, hitting the Rock Snake's crown square on, directly cracking its skull. With its tail pinned by the Ghost Halberd and its head suppressed by the Fangtian Halberd, its seven-inch mark and skull both shattered, leaving it on the verge of death with no power to resist.

"Excellent coordination. The strength of these three children combined already exceeds many Soul Ancestors. Dealing with this Rock Snake is indeed no problem at all, especially the Crown Prince; his halberd technique has already reached a high level of mastery," Elder Zhang praised.

"Hehe, that's right. Just look at whose son this is." Nan Tianchen's nose was practically in the air.

Lan Xue gave him an annoyed look; the Fangtian Halberd was inherited from her, not the Gu Lei Book martial soul, so if anyone should be smug, it should be her.

"Third Sister, hurry, do it before the Rock Snake breathes its last! The weakness is its eyes!" Nan Feihuang had long since discovered that this Rock Snake was as hard as iron all over.

Nan Feiling did not have a top-tier offensive Tool Spirit like Nan Feihuang or Dian Wei; it was impossible for her to break its defense.

And the softest place on this Rock Snake's entire body was its eyeballs.

"Got it, Little Brother!" Nan Feiling took out a dagger she had prepared long ago and, with the fastest speed and the marvelous North Star Immortal Trace Footwork, shifted her form and changed shadows to arrive beside the Rock Snake, stabbing into its pupil with one strike.

Nan Feiling's close-combat ability was not strong, so Nan Feihuang had taught her the North Star Immortal Trace Footwork to increase her survival rate on the battlefield.

It seemed she had been quite diligent over these years and practiced very well.

As the dagger pierced its eye, the Rock Snake's entire body trembled and struggled on the ground, but after a short while, it gradually returned to stillness.

Nan Feihuang stepped forward to check and found that the Rock Snake had already breathed its last.

He nodded toward Nan Feiling, "It's ready, Third Sister!"

Only then did Nan Feiling walk over, placing her palm on the Rock Snake's crown, channeling her soul power to draw a purple Spirit Ring out from its body and cover her own.

The Gu Lei Book martial soul appeared and began to turn its pages, stopping only when it reached the third page.

This Rock Snake's Spirit Ring activated the soul skill on this page.

Angry Dragon Formation: summons three earth dragons, which can be used for both fierce attacks and binding control; it can be called an excellent soul skill that integrates attack and control.

(End of chapter)