Chapter 218: Dragon Breaks the Gall

Xu Yuan blinked, and the pain eased.

Xu Yuan quickly grew alert to his surroundings, the sword pill already hovering above his head on guard.

But the surrounding forest and mountains were perfectly calm.

Xu Yuan suddenly thought of something, climbed that large tree, and looked down at the Shanhe Office group.

Lady Fu Shuanghui stood on a massive boulder several zhang high, having assumed the form of the "Little Dragon."

Her entire body of scales shimmered in the sunlight!

She was releasing some special power in all directions.

"What technique is this?" Xu Yuan muttered to himself: "Most likely some method within the Dragon Transformation Art."

Lady Fu Shuanghui suspected something was secretly watching her.

She recalled: since entering the mountains, the evil spirits encountered seemed to be constantly influencing her path, slowly guiding her into that valley.

So she had employed this method.

Its name is "Dragon Breaks the Gall."

The ultimate goal of the "Dragon Transformation Art" is to cultivate the "True Dragon Body."

Dragons possess their own majesty.

Even a mere secret glance would surely incur the calamity of a broken gall.

Lady Fu Shuanghui's cultivation was not yet sufficient to trigger the "calamity," but she could make those treacherous things secretly watching feel pain and distress, causing them to fear and hesitate to follow.

Lady Fu Shuanghui descended from the rock and ordered, "Let's go."

Ahead of the formation was an evil beast three times larger than the Dog Xiao, with limbs like pillars, a head as big as a winnowing basket, and a long tail dragging behind like an iron whip.

It was being driven by Wei Huchen, lowering its head to sniff and clear the way.

This was a "Tiger Xiao."

It was the very Inspector from just now.

Lady Fu Shuanghui had a narrow mind and was extremely ruthless and harsh even toward her own people.

She ordered Wei Huchen to force-feed him medicine, turning him into a "Medicine Beast" as well!

He was originally of the Eighth Rank, and after taking the medicine, his transformation naturally became far more terrifying than that of ordinary people.

With just this one Tiger Xiao, the ordinary evil spirits in Little Yu Shan dared not actively provoke this formation.

Xu Yuan slid silently down from the tree, looked at the little yellow weasel, and did not retrieve the silver.

The deal had already been struck.

Retrieving it now would cost another portion of his cultivation.

Xu Yuan retracted the beast-tendon rope, hung the weasel on a tree branch, and then secretly followed Lady Fu Shuanghui's group again.

After walking another few dozen li, Lady Fu Shuanghui took out a paper talisman and pressed it against her own body.

On the talisman was a large character written in cinnabar: Seal.

Lady Fu Shuanghui felt she was about to enter some kind of range.

Between herself and that Jiao, a certain mutual resonance would arise.

This talisman sealed all her aura.

That Jiao could not sense her, but she could sense it.

Indeed, only half a shichen later, the raised scales on Lady Fu Shuanghui's cheeks involuntarily opened and trembled a few times.

Lady Fu Shuanghui showed a hint of joy: "Found it!"

The Tiger Xiao let out a low growl ahead.

Lady Fu Shuanghui shouted: "Wei Huchen, control your beast! Do not disturb my lord's prey!"

Wei Huchen lashed out with a whip, and the Tiger Xiao dared not make a sound again.

In the middle of the continuous peaks ahead, a huge pit suddenly appeared.

Threads of yin qi floated up from the pit, evaporating and dispersing under the sunlight, forming a patch of black fog that constantly gathered and scattered above the pit's mouth.

Wei Huchen glanced back at his lord, and Lady Fu Shuanghui gave a slight nod.

Wei Huchen then forced the Tiger Xiao to charge toward the sinkhole.

The Tiger Xiao was originally afraid to approach but could not disobey the order.

It leaped and jumped into the sinkhole.

From the shadows beneath the pit's mouth, several long black shadows suddenly shot out, entangled the Tiger Xiao, and began to tear and bite.

The Tiger Xiao responded without hesitation with its sharp teeth and claws!

Scales flew from those giant pythons, and blood splattered everywhere, yet they still tightly coiled around the Tiger Xiao.

Several giant beasts fought as one, falling together into the depths of the sinkhole.

The roars, echoed, amplified, and distorted by the sinkhole, rose up and struck the ears of the Shanhe Office group, sounding even more shocking and terrifying.

Especially thinking that... one of those roaring voices originally came from their own superior...

Beyond the sorrow of a rabbit's death moving the fox, they grew even more trembling and cautious.

Lady Fu Shuanghui's eyes clearly became excited.

It seemed she had indeed found the right place.

Were those giant pythons perhaps the descendants of that Jiao?

Her mouth, at some unknown moment, had already taken the shape of a snake's lips; with a hiss, she extended a thin, forked tongue from the central aperture!

The terrifying roars from beneath the sinkhole quickly vanished.

All around suddenly fell into a dead silence.

The Captains of the Shanhe Office could not help but slowly approach, wanting to see the situation inside the pit.

Ten or so people walked to the edge of the sky pit, just about to take another step and lean their heads down to look.

Suddenly, the massive, hideous head of the Tiger Demon and its two sharp front claws emerged together from the edge of the sky pit.

The Shanhe Agency crowd rejoiced greatly: "We won..."

Their joy stopped halfway.

The Tiger Demon's huge head kept rising, connected below to a long snake neck!

Behind the two claws was a snake body too!

Those giant pythons tore the Tiger Demon apart.

One giant python's head drilled into the Tiger Demon's head, while two giant pythons bit onto the two claws.

It seemed as if they were teasing and mocking the Shanhe Agency crowd.

"Ah—"

They were startled and stumbled backward.

Even Wei Huchen was furious, shouting: "Wretched beast, you seek death!"

His right hand's two fingers stabbed, the sword pill flew out, and with a swish sound, severed the three giant pythons directly!

Pfft—

Foul-smelling snake blood sprayed seven steps.

As fresh blood fell, a rustling sound followed from within the sky pit, and giant pythons stuck their heads out from the pit's edge one by one.

Each one was as thick as a sea bowl, rising straight up more than a zhang high.

It looked like a forest of snakes!

Their eyes were dark yellow, gazing coldly at everyone.

Wei Huchen roared: "Evil spirits acting arrogantly!"

Immediately after, he spat out flames, wrapping them around his entire body; the sword pill shot forth, beheading one snake after another!

But more giant pythons swam out from downstream of the sky pit, opening their python mouths wide, baring their venomous fangs, and lunged at the Shanhe Agency Captains.

Lady Fu Shuanghui snorted coldly and cast "Dragon-Breaking Gall" once again.

The pythons were so startled that their scales bristled all over; they lay flat on the ground, trembling and daring not to move.

Lady Fu Shuanghui swayed her snake tail and arrived among the pythons.

Her hands had already transformed into the shape of claws, gently brushing over the pythons.

Every python she touched was so frightened it fainted dead away.

The Shanhe Agency crowd, including Wei Huchen and Liang Yan, upon seeing this scene, involuntarily had a thought arise in their hearts:

It seemed... that when the Lord of Law was together with these scaled creatures, she was more relaxed and at ease.

They were the same kind!

This thought was highly disrespectful, yet they could not forcibly drive it out of their minds.

Lady Fu Shuanghui suddenly extended a finger and stabbed it into the crown of a giant python's head.

The giant python convulsed all over and was completely dead within moments.

Lady Fu Shuanghui had already obtained the information she wanted from its simple "cognition."

"Snake keeper?" Lady Fu Shuanghui sneered inwardly: "This flood dragon actually has a servant!"

Lady Fu Shuanghui swished her snake tail: "Follow me."

The Shanhe Agency crowd hurriedly followed.

By the time they walked several hundred zhang out, those giant pythons suddenly shuddered, finally regaining freedom of movement, and fled madly toward the bottom of the sky pit.

Xu Yuan followed behind; seeing this scene, he was not surprised.

But regarding the Female Lord of Law's strength, he re-evaluated: It seemed she was not only ruthless and sinister and cunning, but her strength was also not to be underestimated.

Xu Yuan thought for a moment, did not follow behind, but instead circled around and quickly rushed to the front.

He sought the one and only "abyss pit" that the weasel said had no snakes being raised.

If one wants to sell things, it is best to have a "stall."

(End of this chapter)