Chapter 171: Sacrifice, the New Ruler

Seeing the suddenly appeared, incomparably massive suanni dharma idol, the Corrupted Dragon Mother spewed forth corrupted breath from her maw.

However, that breath passed directly through the center of the suanni dharma idol's body, causing no significant damage.

Chen Mo's suanni dharma idol was entirely condensed from spiritual power; spell attacks and venom were utterly ineffective against it!

Boom! At the same time, the suanni dharma idol's giant palm slammed down toward the Corrupted Dragon Mother.

In terms of size alone, the suanni dharma idol was far more massive.

The Corrupted Dragon Mother had no intention of dodging at all, and directly charged head-on into the giant palm.

A mere mid-stage Calamity creature—it did not take it seriously at all.

Then—

It was slapped flying with a single palm.

The suanni dharma idol had reached the peak of the Calamity realm in strength, speed, and every other aspect!

The Corrupted Dragon Mother's head was buzzing a little; though she had suffered no substantial damage, being slapped away filled her with boundless rage.

What made her even more furious and frustrated was—

During the time the dharma idol was fighting her, that giant lion's main body had already fled far away carrying her treasure! It was almost about to vanish from her sight.

The Corrupted Dragon Mother fell into an extreme frenzy.

She had originally assumed that a mid-stage Calamity lion would be an easy catch.

She never expected this mid-stage Calamity white-maned lion to be so troublesome!

Not only could it manifest a massive and powerful clone, but its main body's speed was also astonishingly fast! This lion must possess a mythic bloodline within its body, just like the Emerald King Serpent! "Roar!"

At this moment, a mournful dragon roar suddenly reached her ears.

At the same time, the Corrupted Male Green Dragon's "cry for help" echoed in her heart.

On the other side, as the Emerald King Serpent's attacks grew ever fiercer, the Corrupted Male Green Dragon had completely run dry.

Accompanied by a roar of unwillingness, its consciousness sank into darkness.

This battle had consumed too much of its stamina and energy; both body and spirit had reached their limits.

Of course, as a peak Calamity realm creature, it had not yet completely died.

Given a period of slumber, it could gradually recover.

But the Emerald King Serpent clearly would not give it the chance to recover!

Hearing the Corrupted Male Green Dragon's dying screams, gazing at the Ice Lion that had already completely vanished from her sight, the Corrupted Dragon Mother turned back with reluctance, abandoning her plan to continue fighting the suanni dharma idol.

Instead, she turned around and flew toward the Emerald King Serpent once more.

The Emerald King Serpent naturally would not let the opportunity slip, continuing to frantically assault the Corrupted Male Green Dragon that had already fallen into a coma.

dazzling green suns continuously spewed from its mouth, blasting against the Corrupted Male Green Dragon's body.

When the Corrupted Dragon Mother arrived, she found that her "husband" had already been blasted into a pulp of flesh, completely devoid of life aura.

"Roar!"

The Corrupted Dragon Mother glared at the Emerald King Serpent with eyes filled with boundless hatred and fury.

She then channeled all her rage into corrupted breath, spewing it toward the Emerald King Serpent.

The Emerald King Serpent merely smiled at the Corrupted Dragon Mother, erupted into extreme speed, sidestepped the corrupted dragon breath, and then flew away into the distance without looking back.

It had fled.

Because of the continuous use of 【Serpent Spirit Flash】, the Emerald King Serpent's body had been operating beyond its limits and had now fallen into a period of weakness.

Its current condition was not good; it was not certain it could kill the Corrupted Dragon Mother, and if the Corrupted Dragon Mother had hidden trump cards, it might even face some risk.

In any case, the objective for coming to the Green Dragon's Nest this time had been basically accomplished.

After the Corrupted Male Green Dragon's death, the remaining Corrupted Dragon Mother could no longer stand on her own.

Once it fully recovered and returned to peak condition, it would come challenge the Corrupted Dragon Mother again—and then it would become the new ruler of the Misty Forest!

The only regret was—that Ice Lion with decent strength and most likely a mythic bloodline had escaped.

"No matter. Once I become the ruler of the Misty Forest, I refuse to believe I still won't be able to find you. You are mine!"

The Emerald King Serpent thought to itself.

The Corrupted Dragon Mother chased for a full half a day, but in the end still failed to catch the Emerald King Serpent.

Finally returning to the Green Dragon's Nest, she flew into an impotent rage, frantically venting her fury, destroying quite a few towering ancient trees, and even slaughtering a large number of green dragon kin.

Afterward, the Dragon Mother did not linger, but gathered the few remaining treasures of the Green Dragon's Nest and flew toward the Venomous Swamp.

She was going to seek out her "backer"—the Three-Eyed Venomous Scorpion! The true ruler of the Venomous Domain.

A powerful existence at the Legendary realm!

As long as the Three-Eyed Venomous Scorpion was willing to act, killing that Emerald King Serpent would be a breeze.

However, thinking about the "treasures" she had prepared this time, the Corrupted Dragon Mother felt slightly uneasy.

"Damn it! It's all because of that Ice Lion! Don't let me see you again!"

Thinking of her nearly emptied treasury, the Corrupted Dragon Mother felt another pang of heartache! Yet when the Corrupted Dragon Mother arrived at the Venomous Swamp, she could not even get an audience with the Three-Eyed Venomous Scorpion.

The Three-Eyed Venomous Scorpion's right-hand subordinate, a giant scorpion with a deep purple hue, told her—

"His Majesty the Three-Eyed Venomous Scorpion has begun a 'death-seclusion' and will not receive any creature before achieving a breakthrough."

Among Legendary realm creatures, the Three-Eyed Venomous Scorpion's talent was not particularly high; it had advanced to the Legendary realm nearly a thousand years ago.

But it had been stuck at the bottleneck of the mid-stage Legendary realm, unable to break through further.

Moreover, as age crept up, the Three-Eyed Venomous Scorpion's physical condition had begun to decline.

Now, the power of its bloodline and its spiritual power had both gradually begun to deteriorate.

If it did not break through again, it was very likely it would be stuck at the peak of the early-stage Legendary realm for the rest of its life!

Now there were only a few years left before its allotted end.

Legendary Realm beings possess strong vitality, yet they are still far from true immortality of soul and flesh!

Thus the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion prepared many resources and then entered a state of closed-door seclusion.

As for this, the Corrupt Dragon Mother had no recourse.

Its relationship with the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion wasn't good either; it had merely frequently offered treasures to it, creating an image in the Mist Forest that it had a powerful backer.

After returning to the Green Dragon's Nest, the Corrupt Dragon Mother began to continue contemplating countermeasures against the Emerald King Snake.

It knew the Emerald King Snake would surely return again! Relying solely on its own strength, it would be hard to defeat the Emerald King Snake.

Now only two paths lie before it.

One is to abandon the Green Dragon's Nest and flee to other regions.

But it is unwilling. The Green Dragon's Nest territory not only has abundant poison-attribute origin spiritual power, but also many precious spiritual plants and minerals.

Other regions are basically occupied by calamity spirits of comparable strength; finding another territory like the Green Dragon's Nest is nearly impossible! After thinking, the Emerald King Snake chose the second path.

It came before a certain dead arrow-poison ancient tree, then exhaled a corrupt breath toward the soil beside the tree! Boom! The soil was rapidly dissolved, and a pit over 20 meters in diameter and more than 200 meters deep appeared on the ground.

And at the center of the pit, a strange statue appeared.

This is a centipede statue, identical to the one Chen Mo had seen before.

However, this statue is somewhat larger, with a strange deep-purple light flowing across its surface, and its eyes emit a captivating purple glow.

Compared to the centipede statue obtained by the Poison Fang Dinosaur, this statue is more vivid! And also more eerie!

This statue was discovered by it and its husband by accident over a decade ago in a certain secluded pool.

Precisely because of this statue, their strength rapidly increased in a short time, and they became the rulers of the Mist Forest.

During that period, they frenziedly offered sacrifices to the centipede statue in exchange for increased strength.

However, later, after the Corrupt Dragon Mother's life level reached the high stage of the Calamity Realm, the speed of strength gain from sacrifices slowed.

Moreover, the Corrupt Dragon Mother was somewhat reluctant to sacrifice treasures, so it went a long time without performing any sacrifices.

After a period without sacrifices, the dragon mother suddenly realized it had nearly become a puppet of the statue.

With each sacrifice, its consciousness began to be gradually dominated by the "Deadly Poison Mother God," turning it into a puppet that knew only sacrifice! Fortunately, its nature of valuing wealth as life saved it! Thus, the Corrupt Dragon Mother sealed it away and buried it deep underground.

Only now has it been taken out again.

The Corrupt Dragon Mother brought the statue back to the Green Dragon's Nest again, then, feeling somewhat reluctant, placed its remaining treasures beside the Deadly Poison Mother God statue.

At the same time, it also prepared the remains of three calamity spirits, all of which were kin of the Corrupt Dragon Mother.

In the previous great battle, three calamity-realm beings on the Green Dragon's Nest side perished.

One of those corpses was the deadly poison flying dragon that Chen Mo slapped to death with a single palm! After arranging the offerings, the Corrupt Dragon Mother did not begin the sacrifice ritual.

"Emerald King Snake, as long as you dare to come, this is my moment of revenge!"

The Corrupt Dragon Mother thought to herself.

One week later.

As the Corrupt Dragon Mother had anticipated, the Emerald King Snake again brought many calamity spirits to attack the Green Dragon's Nest.

"O Great Deadly Poison Mother God, as your follower, I hope to receive your blessing."

Upon discovering the Emerald King Snake, the Corrupt Dragon Mother immediately initiated the sacrifice ritual.

The Corrupt Dragon Mother knew there's no free lunch; while sacrificing to the "Deadly Poison Mother God," its consciousness would inevitably gradually be lost.

But reality is a matter of life and death; it could no longer afford to worry about that!

The strange centipede statue exuded a deep purple toxic mist, which soon enveloped the entire Green Dragon's Nest.

And the offerings around the statue began to be "devoured" at an astonishing speed! As a "return" of the sacrifice ritual, the Corrupt Dragon Mother's aura rose steadily! "Roar!"

Having received the blessing of the "Deadly Poison Mother God," the Corrupt Dragon Mother brimmed with confidence and flew proactively toward the Emerald King Snake.

This time, it seeks revenge! Sensing the aura of the Corrupt Dragon Mother, the Emerald King Snake felt shocked but not particularly surprised.

It knew the Corrupt Dragon Mother possessed a statue of the Deadly Poison Mother God.

The present situation should be that the Corrupt Dragon Mother completed a sacrifice to the Deadly Poison Mother God, thereby temporarily gaining great power.

The Emerald King Snake showed no hesitation to linger in battle; it turned and fled.

The Emerald King Snake knew the dragon mother needed vast resources to perform a sacrifice, but most of the Corrupt Dragon Mother's treasures had been "stolen" by the Ice Lion! With its current stores, it could at most sacrifice once! To erupt again with such strength is nearly impossible.

Therefore, the best option now is to avoid its sharp edge.

Wait for the Corrupt Dragon Mother's burst period to end, then it will be its death! Yet the Corrupt Dragon Mother erupted with astonishing speed, its power and released magical might even approaching the Legendary Realm!

Even if the Emerald King Snake used various means to flee, they had little effect!

Seeing this, the Emerald King Snake felt somewhat helpless, then forcibly stimulated its viper bloodline, actually summoning a wisp of the true spirit of the mythical creature Viper.

Boom! Instantly, a colossal being nearly a kilometer in length descended among the arrow-poison trees.

It resembles the Emerald King Snake somewhat, but its pupils are pure gold, each scale like golden-green emerald, and on its head are golden, ribbon-like tendrils, somewhat like the Mega Rayquaza from Pokémon, yet its appearance is more divine.

Viper.

Judging solely by appearance, one would see no trace of a poisonous snake, yet it is in fact the ultimate poisonous serpent.

This ability of the Emerald King Snake is somewhat similar to Chen Mo's "Heaven-Earth Law," but Chen Mo summons his own "Law Symbol," whereas the Emerald King Snake must expend bloodline power.

Chen Mo's release of the Heaven-Earth Law entails almost no cost, but the Emerald King Snake can release it only once in a short time.

Moreover, it will have a certain impact on its own potential!

After the Viper True Spirit appeared, the situation instantly reversed.

Even though the Corrupt Dragon Mother's combat power temporarily reached the Legendary Realm, facing the illusion of the Viper True Spirit it could not gain an absolute advantage.

And while it was battling the Viper True Spirit, the Emerald King Snake had already fled far away.

Just as Chen Mo previously summoned the Law Symbol to hold back the Corrupt Dragon Mother while his true self fled, the operation is identical! The Corrupt Dragon Mother felt a familiar sense of defeat.

"Roar!"

Then, in the dense arrow-poison ancient tree forest, the Corrupt Dragon Mother's impotent roar sounded again. Another day later.

The Emerald King Snake made a comeback, bringing its newly subdued disaster underlings to cause trouble for the Corrupt Dragon Mother.

However, the Green Dragon's Nest was utterly silent; when the Emerald King Snake reached the top, it found the dragon nest completely empty.

The Corrupt Dragon Mother fled overnight with part of its retinue.

"It actually fled?"

The Emerald King Snake was somewhat surprised.

It still thought the Corrupt Dragon Mother wouldn't give up the Green Dragon's Nest and would fight to the bitter end, but it didn't expect it to finally back down.

"Hsss!"

The Emerald King Snake's massive body coiled above the Green Dragon's Nest, its gaze downward, and it let out a hiss.

All the beasts below submitted.

This mist forest also welcomed its new overlord!

After the Emerald King Snake became the overlord of the mist forest, it mobilized the beasts' power to seek the ice lion's trail.

Not only because that ice lion took the Green Dragon's Nest's treasure, but more importantly——

The Emerald King Snake was also very interested in the ice lion itself.

Being able to erupt with such formidable power and unleash a "True Spirit Dharma Appearance" at the mid-tier disaster level, that ice lion almost certainly has mythic beast blood in its veins! Yet the beasts searched every corner of the mist forest for a long time, but found no trace of the ice lion.

That ice lion seemed to have vanished from the mist forest. (End of chapter)