Chapter 531: Demonic Snake

Zhang Nuo's action truly frightened Lu Song. He thought some accident had occurred and looked toward the Cave Abode with a nervous expression, only to see that it was completely empty!

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, what is wrong?"

Steadying his mind, Zhang Nuo did not take his eyes off the 'Ghost King Grass' and said:

"Fellow Daoist Lu, have you not noticed anything strange around the 'Ghost King Grass'?"

After Zhang Nuo said this, Lu Song looked carefully again, then shook his head slightly! A look of bewilderment appeared on his face!

"Around the Ghost King Grass, there is a layer of faint poison gas permeating the air; it should have been left behind by the demonic snake you mentioned!"

It seemed that in terms of Divine Sense, Lu Song really lagged far behind Zhang Nuo. Although those poison gases were very faint, Zhang Nuo could still sense the danger within them! Normally, once cultivation reached the Spirit Severing Stage, ordinary poison would be of no use to a cultivator, but how could the toxins released by a high-rank demonic beast be ordinary?

Shuddering, he realized that if Lu Song had come for the first time and rashly rushed into the cave, he would have been poisoned the moment he reached the entrance! While shocked, he also had to admire Zhang Nuo's keen Divine Sense; such a small detail had actually been discovered by him!

"Then what should we do?"

At a loss for a solution, Lu Song asked Zhang Nuo!

"This poison is perhaps just a means for the demonic snake to guard against intruders! We only need to lure it out and then kill it!"

Calculating that by this time, Xuan Jin had probably already snuck into the Cave Abode, Zhang Nuo decided to play along, using the time he and Lu Song spent fighting the demonic snake outside to let Xuan Jin take action inside!

"Good!"

Lu Song agreed, and with a lift of his palm, he revealed a Flying Sword! This Flying Sword was three inches long, its surface emitting a cyan glow. With a movement of his Divine Sense, the Flying Sword shot toward the entrance of the Cave Abode!

With a loud 'Boom—', Lu Song's Flying Sword sliced a large rock at the entrance of the Cave Abode into two, and the sound carried quite far! He believed that if the demonic snake were in the cave, it would certainly be able to sense it!

Sure enough, before the sound of the Flying Sword striking the rock had faded, a white light shot out from inside the Cave Abode, landed on the ground at the entrance, and with a coil, transformed into a white snake six zhang long!

This snake was snow-white from head to tail, its scales emitting a faint white light and making clashing sounds as they rubbed against each other. As its tongue flickered in and out, milky white mist continuously appeared in its mouth!

With its head held high, its two blood-red eyes swept toward the location where Zhang Nuo and Lu Song were standing! Since the demonic snake had already discovered them, there was no need for Zhang Nuo and the others to hide! His figure stretched, and he walked out! Sweeping his Divine Sense toward the white snake, he discovered that its cultivation was exactly as Lu Duo had said: Ninth-Rank strength!

"I didn't expect that inside the Immortal Domain, there would actually be such a powerful demonic beast!"

Zhang Nuo's expression was calm; facing a Ninth-Rank demonic snake, he did not show the slightest bit of fear! Lu Song stood behind Zhang Nuo, clearly a bit afraid to get close!

Before Zhang Nuo could even make a move, the giant white snake opposite them let out a long hiss, swung its tail from back to front, and swept it toward the two of them!

Both of them surged with escape light and flew into the high sky simultaneously. At the same time, Zhang Nuo flicked his sleeve, and dozens of Flying Swords surged out, turning into several cold glints as they slashed toward the white snake's body!

The 'Clang-clang' sounds were incessant. What surprised Zhang Nuo was that when these Flying Swords struck the white snake, it was like hitting an iron plate; they were all blocked by the scales on the snake's body! The Flying Swords scattered, then suddenly gathered together again! Several dragon roars rang out as they transformed into dozens of Silver Dragons, baring fangs and brandishing claws as they pounced on the white snake again!

This time, the white snake did not dare to take it head-on with its body. Instead, white light surged over its massive snake body, and with a 'Whoosh—', it shot into the sky! Several Silver Dragons struck the ground, emitting a loud 'Boom' that shook the earth and mountains!

Just as the white snake flew into mid-air, Lu Song also made his move. He cast several Dharma spells in succession, which merged into the previous Flying Sword. The Flying Sword flashed with spiritual light and transformed to over two zhang in length, slashing from bottom to top toward the white snake's seven-inch mark!

Sensing the fierce wind from below, the white snake's body suddenly shrank rapidly; its six-zhang-large body instantly became only one zhang in size!

After the Flying Sword missed, it circled and returned to Lu Song's side! Zhang Nuo also moved his Divine Sense, and his Flying Sword returned to its original form in front of him! Looking at the shrunken white snake, Zhang Nuo had a bad premonition in his heart! This white snake demonic beast was likely not an ordinary Ninth-Rank demonic beast!

It had very likely already opened its spiritual wisdom, and if so, things would become much more troublesome!

"This Fellow Daoist! Reveal your true form!"

Reaching out to stop Lu Song, who was about to launch another attack, Zhang Nuo said with a solemn expression! Upon hearing this, the white snake did not react, but Lu Song, standing beside Zhang Nuo, gasped! He looked at Zhang Nuo in disbelief, his mouth hanging open for a long time without closing!

However, his astonishment was quickly verified! He saw that starting from its head, the white snake burst forth with dazzling spiritual light, and in the blink of an eye, a beauty as if carved from fine jade appeared before them!

However, it was only the upper body; the lower body was still a snake's body!

"It seems this Fellow Daoist is well-informed to have seen through this concubine's true appearance at once!"

The demonic snake flicked its tail a few times in the air, and a slight smile appeared on her exquisite face, as if a young girl were feeling shy! If she were truly a human woman, this shy and bashful expression might have captivated countless men! But unfortunately, she was a beautiful snake!

At this moment, Lu Song revealed a look of despair! A partially transformed demonic beast, and one whose spiritual wisdom was almost entirely opened! My heavens! Even if he and Zhang Nuo combined their strength, they might not be the opponent's match! How could such a powerful demonic beast have snuck into the Immortal Domain? After a momentary blankness in his mind, he turned his head to look at Zhang Nuo!

He saw that Zhang Nuo had a smile on his face, not taking the beautiful snake opposite them seriously at all! Lu Song couldn't help but feel a stir in his heart; could it be that he had a way to deal with the demonic beast in front of them?

"So it is! It seems everything the Fellow Daoist did before was a disguise!"

Narrowing his eyes slightly, Zhang Nuo's Divine Sense swept over the beautiful snake, and he finally determined that her cultivation was indeed Ninth-Rank; if they couldn't win, escaping was still possible!

"This concubine was also forced by necessity to hide here; who told you human cultivators not to let us demonic beasts enter the Immortal Domain?"

Pouting her small lips, the beautiful snake once again revealed a sorrowful expression!

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist, did you perhaps take advantage of the Demon Beast Tide to sneak into the interior of the Immortal Domain? It seems this Cave Abode is very important to you, isn't it?"

Zhang Nuo's words hit the nail on the head. The charming look on the beautiful snake's face vanished completely, and a thousand layers of killing intent appeared at the corners of her eyes and brows! Her tongue quickly extended half a foot long and then retracted! It looked as if she wanted to eat Zhang Nuo!

"It seems this Fellow Daoist is also no ordinary Spirit Severing Stage cultivator; you know quite a lot! It's just a pity that when people know too much, they tend to die too early!"

No sooner had the beautiful snake finished speaking than her hand, as white as mutton-fat jade, slowly lifted, and she forcefully clenched her five fingers toward Zhang Nuo! He felt the space around his body tighten, and at the same time, the surrounding void shattered. From within the void, five giant snake heads extended and bit down toward Zhang Nuo!

These five snakes sealed off all of Zhang Nuo's escape routes! They reached Zhang Nuo's side in almost an instant! Lu Song was so scared that his soul nearly left his body; such a terrifying strike—if it had been him, he would have died countless times over!

He saw that Zhang Nuo's figure remained motionless, and a purple arc of electricity surged from his body, instantly wrapping him inside. At the same time, a rumbling sound of thunder rang out, and Zhang Nuo transformed into a slender arc of electricity, disappearing from between the attacks of the five giant snakes!

The next moment, dozens of zhang away from the beautiful snake, an arc of electricity flashed, and Zhang Nuo appeared!

"Thunder Escape Technique!"

The beautiful snake's expression was clearly unnatural. Although human cultivators also possessed many Thunder Escape techniques, what Zhang Nuo had just used was clearly not human, but that of a demonic cultivator!

"You have a good eye! Zhang truly underestimated you before!"

Floating in mid-air, Zhang Nuo remained calm on the surface, but inwardly he was secretly anxious. He had really brought this upon himself! For that 'Ghost King Grass', he had actually provoked such a major adversary!

This beautiful snake was not easy to deal with; judging from the divine ability she had just displayed, it already exceeded the scope of a Ninth-Rank demonic beast! Compared to the Jin E he met outside Anling City back then, it was even more formidable!

The five giant snakes summoned from the shattered void now shrank and returned into the void! The beautiful snake's eyes glanced at both Zhang Nuo and Lu Song!

Of these two human cultivators, the kid who used the Thunder Escape earlier seemed the most troublesome, while the big cultivator was not to be feared! Thinking of this, the beautiful snake suddenly flicked her tail, and the snake tail extended rapidly, wrapping around Lu Song, who was standing in mid-air in a daze, in a single motion!

"Fellow Daoist Zhang! Save me!"

Only after being wrapped by the snake body did Lu Song snap out of his stupor, calling out to Zhang Nuo repeatedly! However, it was all too late. Even if Zhang Nuo wanted to save him, it was already too late, and he watched helplessly as Lu Song was dragged in front of the beautiful snake!

A chilling coldness emanated from the snake's body, making Lu Song feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar! His teeth chattered, making 'clacking' sounds, and only fear remained in his eyes!

Just a moment ago, he had come full of confidence to kill the demonic snake, but in the blink of an eye, he had fallen into the demonic snake's hands and was about to become her meal!

"Fellow... Fellow Daoist Zhang! Save me!"

Lu Song nearly cried out these last few words! He felt that the gaze the beautiful snake directed at him was like a knife, as if the flesh on his body were being peeled away piece by piece!