Chapter 102: Wang Shen's Temper (Fifth Update!)

Xu Yuan, halfway through his charge, suddenly saw that ball of fire rise sharply from the ground; he muttered, "Here it comes!"

Xu Yuan changed direction; the fire wheel roared, flames surging upward, and rolled toward the Snake Pole still in its invisible state.

The Snake Pole's figure flashed into view, yet it suddenly reared its upper body high; in an instant, its head was two zhang above the ground!

Xu Yuan crashed into it, yet remained calm; he thrust his great spear forward, the tip striking the Snake Pole with a "clink," while at the same time he tilted his foot, turning the fire wheel to circle around the Snake Pole and strike its back.

But the Snake Pole's tail coiled around, hooked onto the carriage, and yanked the carriage door open!

The first Snake Pole inside shot out with a "whoosh," twisted rapidly, and immediately wrapped itself around the carriage!

Xu Yuan was stunned; he turned back and saw the first Snake Pole raising its head high, revealing a cunning smile.

The second Snake Pole before him revealed an identical smile; its body suddenly swayed, and Xu Yuan's great spear slid aside.

The second Snake Pole twisted its body again, and the several Yin Soldiers circling Xu Yuan were all entangled by it.

The Snake Pole exerted force; the Yin Soldiers shrieked one by one as they shattered and vanished!

Immediately, another "ball of fire" drifted in from the distance, followed by a fourth, a fifth... Soon Xu Yuan saw that nine such balls of fire surrounded him!

Only the first two Snake Poles were visible; the rest remained in an invisible state.

Xu Yuan opened his mouth and spat out his Sword Pill; it flew out, struck the second Snake Pole with a "clink," and was bounced away.

Indeed, its entire body was as hard as iron; his current Sword Pill could not cut through it.

The nine Snake Poles circled Xu Yuan endlessly; Xu Yuan's expression grew solemn, and he suddenly understood: they had guessed I am a Fate Cultivator? They know I possess the "Gazing at Fate" technique.

Evil spirits are indeed cunning.

But a single evil spirit should have only one "Fate"; why are there nine balls of fire?

The nine Snake Poles suddenly revealed themselves all at once and spoke in unison: "You have fallen into our trap!"

One darted upward and entangled the great spear.

Two plunged down suddenly, each wrapping around one of the two carriage wheels.

The rest swayed their bodies, attempting to entangle Xu Yuan's soul.

The Snake Poles do not entangle people, only souls, yet they can also entangle crafted objects.

No matter how many tricks you have, for each one we will entangle one.

Xu Yuan instantly fell into a desperate situation.

Lord Qin, flying dozens of zhang in the air, finally laughed with relief: "What other tricks do you have? What about that fate that makes people hungry? If you do not use it now, there will be no chance; you probably know that even if you use it, it will be useless, right? Hahaha."

His injuries were extremely severe; the ten-zhang human skin on the ground could not reach him, yet it kept lifting huge stones and hurling them.

This thing possessed boundless strength; each huge stone was as if launched by a catapult.

If Lord Qin was not careful and got struck, he would meet his end right there; thus, his heart was filled with extreme grievance.

Seeing Xu Yuan trapped in a desperate situation now, with victory within reach, he finally felt vindicated.

The Locust Hag also spoke to Bai Laoyan in a chilling tone: "You have lost—I said just now that I would wipe out your village, and I will certainly slaughter your entire village!

I will not kill you now; I will keep your dog life so that you can witness with your own eyes how my children and grandchildren eat every single person in Wang Xiang Village, bite by bite!"

Lu Zhengyan roared, and his great guan dao struck nine times in succession, each blow more fierce and fierce than the last; the final strike cleaved Ceng Si in two.

Then Lu Zhengyan, without time to catch his breath, dragged himself forward, sprinting behind: "Young Master Xu, I am here to aid you!"

A Snake Pole twisted its body, its head turned backward, and prepared to entangle Lu Zhengyan.

Poisonous drool dripped from its mouth; its greedy snake eyes gleamed: "The soul of a Seventh-Rank Wu Xiu is a great tonic; let me go eat him..."

Xu Yuan's Sword Pill suddenly curved, shooting straight into this Snake Pole's eyes, forcing it to stumble backward.

The Snake Poles flew into a rage and lunged forward together: "Then we will eat you first!"

Their bodies were as hard as iron; even if they withstood a single strike from Lu Zhengyan, it would not be fatal.

Xu Yuan shouted to Lu Zhengyan: "Senior, there is no need to come over."

Xu Yuan produced an object in his hand and said to the Snake Poles: "You have also fallen into a trap!"

Xu Yuan threw that object onto the ground.

The Snake Poles tilted their heads; this thing looked like... human internal organs?

No!

It looked more like a Longzhu Waidan!

How could there be a Longzhu Waidan of such a strange shape?

The Snake Poles have always disregarded how many tricks you possess; for each type, we will entangle one.

One Snake Pole shot upward with a "whoosh," but the moment that thing touched the ground, a special power flooded out, spreading rapidly in all directions like a wave.

Then the ground roared and suddenly rose up!

The earth seemed to have turned into seawater; the nine Snake Poles, caught completely off guard, were submerged by the earth!

The Snake Poles were not panicked; they originally possessed a capability similar to Earth Escape; just now, the second Snake Pole had used this method to approach stealthily.

They continued to swim rapidly toward Xu Yuan within the earth.

Then suddenly they discovered they could not swim anymore!

The earth had turned into a massive, hard rock.

The nine Snake Poles were sealed inside.

The Snake Poles were not panicked; this was simply being crushed by stones; they would just shatter these stones.

But when they exerted force, they discovered the situation was not as simple as they had imagined.

These rocks were incredibly heavy, as if... the entire earth was pressing down upon them!

It grew heavier and heavier.

Their bodies, hard as iron, could not withstand this weight; they were gradually flattened, their entire bodies shattered...

The Head Monster, skilled in concealment, never expected to meet such a death!

What puzzled the snake-stalks even more was: how could there be such a "Longzhu Waidan"? What on earth is this strange thing?!

Xu Yuan had actually intended from the very beginning to draw out all nine snake-stalks.

And to have them surround him.

Because the effective range of Wang Shen's Spleen Inner Core was thirty zhang; if they went farther, they would escape. Once they grew wary, using this trick a second time would fail to suppress them.

The Spleen's powerful ability was actually better suited for defense; it was for Wang Shen to keep Xu Yuan alive.

The instant the nine snake-stalks died completely, Xu Yuan also understood why they possessed nine "lives."

These nine bodies were not cultivated by the snake-stalks themselves.

It would target a similar evil spirit, coil around and devour its soul, then usurp the nest and refine the other's body into one of its own bodies.

Similar to soul usurpation.

So the "life" was actually the "life" of that particular shell.

And snake-stalks are naturally capable of dividing their mind into nine uses.

But even with all nine snake-stalks combined, they had never seen a Dan Xiu as peculiar as Wang Shen.

Wang Shen had refined her entire body into individual Longzhu Waidans; her current body was pieced together this way, so she accidentally shattered into parts scattered all over the ground.

The reason for this was simply to endure a few more years.

Wang Shen had no children and had always treated Lin Wanmo as her own daughter, wanting to stay and help Little Mo for a few more years.

It was the fifth watch again!

I haven't been this diligent in several years...

Begging everyone for subscriptions and a few monthly votes.

The new book's monthly vote ranking seems to be around twentieth place; let me wriggle my way up a bit.

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(End of this chapter)