Chapter 166: Deadly Poison Lion

After obtaining the self-discipline title of Totem Lion, Chen Mo could observe and manipulate the power of faith.

And after Totem Lion advanced, Chen Mo's control over the power of faith became even more adept.

He only needed to send a bit of faith power to Anubis to create the illusion that he was a devout follower, making Anubis think his scheme had succeeded! The amount of faith power Chen Mo now possesses is an extremely terrifying number.

The faith power transmitted to Anubis is less than one-thousandth of the total, but it is still enormous.

Although the strength of the beings who believe in the sphinx is not particularly great, their numbers are huge! In the Ice Lion Kingdom, at least half of all beings now believe in the sphinx.

"It's still best as taught by the master."

Chen Mo offered a compliment.

This comment actually pleased the Anubis statue; it waved its hand, and the golden altar appeared again.

This time, two pieces of metal as black as ink were placed on the golden altar; they looked somewhat dull, but upon close observation, one could see faint gold light flickering across their surface from time to time.

Nether River Fine Iron

A third-tier (King-level) treasure, and one of the best materials for forging the Netherfire Sword!

After the sphinx became the God's Chosen, the Anubis statue's cultivation of the sphinx could be said to have spared no effort.

"Next, you can try forging a King-level weapon."

The Anubis statue said gently: "These are all the forging materials in the Pyramid Secret Realm; barely enough to forge three King-level Netherfire Swords."

"Even if you fail twice, it's no problem."

"Thank you."

Chen Mo spoke.

Then he again manipulated faith power, sending a bit of faith power to Anubis.

To show his faith was steadfast! Just as Chen Mo was about to attempt using Nether River Fine Iron to forge a King-level Netherfire Sword, a voice from the Snow Divine Crow suddenly came from his heart.

The Snow Divine Crow was calling him!

Chen Mo left the Pyramid Secret Realm, then descended upon the Snow Divine Crow via the faith line.

"Crow, what's wrong?"

"Crow!" (Your Majesty, we've found the location of the teleportation array!) the Snow Divine Crow exclaimed excitedly.

At this moment, it was in a cave shrouded in thick mist, and beneath it lay the pattern of a teleportation array.

This teleportation array is much smaller than the one in the Ice Phoenix Divine Hall, but the spirit symbols on it are extremely similar!

In the relentless day-and-night search, the Snow Divine Crow and the Little Ice Spider finally found the teleportation array leading back to the Ice Phoenix Divine Hall!

"Well done!"

Chen Mo praised in a sentence.

The Snow Divine Crow's ability is still very good.

"Crow!" (Your Majesty, we're ready to return!) "Have the spirit symbols here been checked and found okay?"

Chen Mo was a little worried that they might mis-teleport again later.

The Heaven Canopy Ice Spider nodded.

This time it carefully checked everything once, ensuring no mistakes.

The teleportation array glowed with blue light, and the Snow Divine Crow's figure reappeared in the Ice Phoenix Divine Hall.

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After the Snow Divine Crow returned to the Ice Phoenix Divine Hall, Chen Mo was not in a rush to go to the Snow Region.

He wanted to wait until the Martial Way Sect Lion self-discipline challenge was completed before launching the hunting operation.

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, another week passed.

Martial Way Sect Lion, Day 45.

After practicing the Sphinx Combat Technique continuously for ten hours, the completion rate of the Martial Way Sect Lion finally reached 100%.

"Finally completed!"

【You have completed the self-discipline challenge Martial Way Sect Lion (blue), equip?】 A line of blue light appeared on the self-discipline panel; after Chen Mo confirmed it with his will, he did not immediately feel the effect of Martial Way Sect Lion.

Instead, he turned his gaze to the self-discipline panel.

He had long anticipated the upcoming refresh of the self-discipline challenge.

This time it is very likely to refresh into a purple-quality self-discipline challenge! After the Martial Way Sect Lion self-discipline challenge disappeared, a hint of purple light appeared on the self-discipline panel.

Deadly Poison Lion (purple)

Self-discipline challenge:

1. Ingest ten kinds of poison each day, lasting ninety days.

Title effect:

1. Poison resistance increased, immune to all toxins below Totem level.

2. The body becomes toxic, each drop of blood and each strand of hair will carry lethal neurotoxin.

3. Possess the power to control poison-origin spiritual power, increasing the potency of poison spells by 100%.

"Indeed, the refresh of the self-discipline challenge is closely related to my current environment."

Seeing the refreshed self-discipline challenge, Chen Mo thought.

However, what surprised him was that the duration of the Deadly Poison Lion self-discipline challenge is also ninety days, the same as the blue self-discipline challenge, and it has not been extended.

This is actually a good thing.

"Then it's decided, you're it!"

Without much hesitation, Chen Mo chose Deadly Poison Lion.

After all, it's a purple-tier self-discipline challenge, so its effect will surely be better than the blue-quality Hypnosis Lion.

Moreover, the 【Fatal Poison Lion】 self-discipline challenge wasn't too difficult for Chen Mo now.

The Misty Forest was home to many poison-type creatures as well as highly toxic divine medicines and spiritual plants, so collecting ten king-level poisons wasn't too difficult.

Given Chen Mo's current physique, these toxins naturally posed no threat to him—at most they would make him uncomfortable for a bit.

More importantly, the vast majority of creatures in the Misty Forest were poison-type. After completing this self-discipline challenge, Chen Mo estimated he would be able to walk sideways through the Misty Forest!

After confirming the new self-discipline challenge, Chen Mo began to experience the effects of the 【Martial Dao Ancestral Lion】 title.

The 【Martial Dao Ancestral Lion】 had two effects in total.

One of them was to enhance Chen Mo's martial dao talent and comprehension.

After equipping it, Chen Mo could sense that the 【Suanni Battle Method】 he created still had many areas that could be improved and refined.

Furthermore, due to the improvement in his comprehension, Chen Mo felt that learning spells had also become much easier.

The second effect was an all-around enhancement of his physical attributes.

Chen Mo glanced at his self-discipline panel.

He found that Strength, Agility, Constitution, and other attributes had all increased by nearly 1,000, and his maximum overall combat power had increased by over 10,000.

For someone at the King Realm, this might be a massive improvement.

But Chen Mo had already advanced to the Calamity Realm, so these improvements weren't particularly significant.

Still, any improvement was always a good thing.

His physical attributes had now nearly reached their limits, making it very difficult to continue improving through conventional methods.

"It's time to head to the Snow Domain."

Feeling the surging power within his body, Chen Mo couldn't wait to go fight a great battle!

So he headed straight to Ice Spider Mountain.

The bronze door had not closed since it was last opened.

With the Canopy Ice Spider guarding nearby, there was no need to worry about any danger.

"You've gotten stronger again."

The Canopy Ice Spider sensed the aura on Chen Mo and was somewhat moved.

This Suanni's growth rate was truly astonishing—every time they met, there was improvement. It was simply monstrous! "Senior Ice Spider, has the teleportation array's positioning talisman been repaired?"

Chen Mo asked via telepathy.

The Canopy Ice Spider nodded.

"The Snow God Raven has already tested it for you. The positioning is very accurate."

"Additionally, this is a map of the Misty Forest that I drew. It records the places the Snow God Raven has been these past few days." Saying this, it handed Chen Mo a beast-skin map.

Although it was fairly rough, only roughly marking a few locations and the creatures that inhabited them, it was still very useful at this stage.

"Many thanks, Senior."

Chen Mo expressed his gratitude, then passed through the bronze door and arrived at the Ice Phoenix Divine Hall.

Inside the Ice Phoenix Divine Hall.

Lion Sister Aisha, Xiongba, Ice Sparrow, and many other high-ranking members of the Ice Lion Kingdom were cultivating here.

The spiritual energy here was so dense that absorbing it into the body gave a feeling of floating like an immortal. None of them wanted to waste a single minute! The Frost Sheep Leader, meanwhile, was casting Great Spirit Rain Art over a farmland entirely planted with third-tier divine medicines.

"Your Majesty!"

Seeing the Suanni, all the spirit beasts stopped what they were doing—some bowing respectfully, others greeting Chen Mo.

"No need for formalities."

Chen Mo said to the gathered beasts via telepathy.

"Little brother, are you heading to the Inner World now?"

Seeing Chen Mo walking toward the teleportation array, Aisha ran to his side and asked softly.

Chen Mo nodded.

"Can you take me along?"

Anticipation showed in Aisha's eyes.

She hoped she could fight alongside Chen Mo.

After advancing to the King Realm, Aisha felt her strength had improved greatly. Though still far behind Chen Mo, she could handle tasks like "scouting ahead" or clearing out "small fry."

"Lion Sister, next time!"

Chen Mo thought about it and still refused.

The Misty Forest was still quite dangerous for Aisha and the others, and this time he was heading to the Snow Domain to hunt Calamity creatures.

He might not be able to watch out for Lion Sister's safety then.

"Alright~"

Aisha nodded. Though she felt a bit disappointed in her heart, she didn't show it.

It seemed she still wasn't strong enough! But her little brother's rate of improvement was simply too astonishing—she couldn't catch up at all. Chen Mo didn't linger any longer. He went to the teleportation array, infused it with spiritual power, and activated the teleportation.

Blue light shot into the sky, and then the Suanni's massive figure vanished without a trace.

Opening his eyes again, Chen Mo found himself in a certain valley shrouded in poisonous mist.

Beneath his feet was another teleportation array.

"Caw~" (No deviation occurred~)

Seeing the familiar valley, the Snow God Raven breathed a sigh of relief.

The memory of the first teleportation failure was still fresh in its mind.

Chen Mo took out the map the Canopy Ice Spider had given him and pointed with his claw at a place not too far from the valley.

"Let's go to the Emerald Territory first! Raven, you lead the way."

The area known as the Emerald Territory lies on the southern side of the Misty Forest, and it is the habitat of the Heavenly Calamity-level creature, the Emerald King Serpent!

The Emerald King Serpent is the first target in Chen Mo's hunting plan.

According to the Poison Fang Dinosaur Chieftain, this is a poison-type Heavenly Calamity realm being that has just broken through.

It is also the weakest Heavenly Calamity realm existence in the Misty Forest.

Chen Mo plans to break through them one by one, from weak to strong, and wipe out all the Heavenly Calamity realm beings in the Misty Forest! Of course, if this Emerald Serpent is defeated by him and willing to submit, Chen Mo would naturally accept it.

He still knows too little about the Misty Forest and the areas beyond it, so he needs to subdue some native "retainers" here.

Under the guidance of the Snow God Raven, about three hours later.

Chen Mo then arrived at his destination—the Emerald Territory.

This area can be called the "headquarters" of serpentine beings.

Shadows of giant snakes of various colors are seen everywhere, with almost every tree coiled with one or even several snakes several dozen meters long.

However, snakes that would be considered "giant pythons" on Blue Star are merely small fry in the Misty Forest.

Giant snakes fifty meters or even longer are not uncommon!

Chen Mo restrained his aura and swiftly moved through the giant trees.

Finally, he stopped at the top of an ancient tree.

A kilometer away stands an ancient banyan tree over 500 meters tall.

This ancient banyan tree is the tallest giant tree nearby, and its treetop is precisely the nest of the Emerald King Serpent.

Because the branches and foliage here are overly lush, obstructing vision, Chen Mo's maximum visible distance is reduced to one kilometer.

If he gets too close, he is easily spotted by the Emerald King Serpent.

That would be like startling the snake—bad.

Chen Mo's gaze pierced through the layers of leaves and mist, looking toward the nest atop the ancient banyan tree.

Soon, Chen Mo caught sight of the Emerald King Serpent's silhouette.

It is a giant python over 100 meters long, its body winding and coiled between the tree trunks, its light green scales shining with an emerald-like radiance in the sunlight.

Moreover, the Emerald King Serpent's trunk bears a pair of wing membranes covered in green patterns, currently retracted and curled together.

Clearly, this Emerald King Serpent possesses the ability to fly!

At this moment, the Emerald King Serpent closes its eyes, lazily basking in the sun, as if taking a nap.

What surprised Chen Mo was that he could not sense the Emerald King Serpent's extraordinary level! "Could it have mastered the art of concealing its presence?"

Chen Mo was somewhat curious.

Logically, with his current mid-stage Heavenly Calamity strength, he should be able to instantly sense the Emerald King Serpent's aura.

After observing for about two minutes,

Chen Mo obtained the Emerald King Serpent's attribute panel—

【Emerald King Serpent (Female)】

【Rank: High Heavenly Calamity】

【Physique: 1.63w】

【Agility: 1.86w】

【Strength: 2.15w】

【Soul: 1.93w】

【Abilities: Acid Mist, Deadly Poison Bomb, Deadly Poison Scales, Deadly Poison Storm.】

【Overall Combat Power: 202w~249w】

"Damn!"

Upon seeing the Emerald King Serpent's attribute panel, Chen Mo couldn't help but curse the already peacefully deceased Poison Fang Dinosaur Chieftain.

The information is wrong!

This Emerald King Serpent is clearly a powerful High Heavenly Calamity being!

I don't know whether the Poison Fang Dinosaur Chieftain truly didn't know, or if it deliberately misled him.

If he foolishly chose to engage directly, he would likely suffer badly!

"In that case, we need to change targets."

Chen Mo felt a urge to retreat.

High-level Heavenly Calamity existences are difficult for him to defeat at present.

Even if he activates the Heaven-Earth Dharma, his maximum overall combat power is only 1.8 million.

This Emerald King Serpent is likely among the strongest of High Heavenly Calamity beings! While it hasn't noticed him, he should hurry away!

However, just as Chen Mo was preparing to leave, the Emerald King Serpent suddenly opened its eyes.

Its pupils were narrow ellipses, surrounded by a ring of golden iris, adding a touch of dignity and mystery to those eyes.

The Emerald King Snake's gaze was not directed at Chen Mo, but toward the western sky.

(End of chapter)