Chapter 445: Snake Control Breaks the Dilemma

"Deprive the five senses, or draw a circle on the ground as a prison?"

Zhou You thought calmly, releasing his perception to touch the surrounding space.

As his hands and feet moved, they sliced the air into wind; the subtle tingling sensation transmitted across his skin as the wind blew past made him suddenly joyful.

His sense of touch was still there, which meant that it was light and sound that had been plundered.

He opened his mouth to make a sound and asked, "Who are you, and what is your intention in seeking me out?"

The sound was like a stone sinking into the sea, disappearing into the darkness surrounding him; no one responded.

He confirmed that the situation before him was a trap to confine his body, not a trap to take his life; the true goal of the person who acted was to trap him.

Even the most powerful person cannot escape from a net; the formidable aspect of a confinement trap lies in the inability to break through from the inside.

The only hope is for an external force to break the environment from the outside.

Zhou You believed that after observing for this period, the other party had confirmed he was alone without outside help, which was why they had launched the attack so brazenly.

Planning before acting—the person who took action was meticulous and possessed high-level methods.

However, he, Moyunzi, was no pushover; did they really think he had only been busy running his shop during this time?

"Believe it or not, if I clap my hands three times, all your arrangements will be reduced to nothing like dry wood snapping."

Zhou You said toward the darkness.

No one responded; the darkness flowed and swirled like thick ink, and it was unknown if it was an illusion, but it actually swirled into a mocking smiling face.

"Clap!"

Zhou You clapped his palms together, and the sound of the clap was quickly sucked into the darkness.

However, the change appeared dozens of streets away.

Inside the tall cage, the Snake King opened its eyes again; this time, the Seal Script within its pupils was incredibly clear.

It flicked its tongue, sensing the humidity and scents in the air, and its massive head lifted and rotated, finally fixing on a certain direction.

That direction was, shockingly, the shop where Zhou You was located.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—the foul wind exhaled from its mouth and nose turned into a wild torrent, sweeping across the entire street in the blink of an eye, and the doors and windows wailed mournfully.

The Snake King became irritable, raising its upper body to slither and coil within the cage, striking the edges of the cage and sending sparks flying with every hit.

The Charm Core of the cage shone brightly, and accompanied by the circulation of blood qi, it offset the Snake King's mountain-pushing and earth-moving strikes.

The commotion was growing larger and larger.

"Clap!"

At the same time as the second clap, in the house next to the snake cage, the high-level martial artist on night watch opened his eyes; his Disciples had already been dressed and waiting for a long time, and the Snake King was also rioting at night, the commotion growing ever larger.

They thought their master was worried about this and was about to take them to reinforce the snake cage with blood qi.

The high-level martial artist was expressionless; pushing aside a few Disciples, he walked to the edge of the snake cage and looked up at the Snake King's eyes.

The Snake King retracted its tongue and actually revealed an expression similar to a smile—an expression that had never appeared on the Snake King before.

The blood qi within the high-level martial artist surged; without a word, he leaped up, his reaching hand as fast as lightning.

In the astonished gazes of the Disciples, his arm stretched ten meters, and he snatched the large Charm Core from the top of the cage in one go.

"Master, what are you doing?"

A Disciple noticed something was wrong and shouted a desperate warning.

The Charm Core of the Great Submerged Charm was the greatest reason for suppressing the Snake King; once lost, the consequences would be unimaginable.

After the high-level martial artist snatched the Charm Core, he suddenly began to cough violently, vomiting wildly as he coughed.

He bent over and vomited out an object—it was shockingly a twisting, struggling Gu Insect, the Heart-Bewitching Blood Qi Gu.

After the Gu Insect was vomited out, he immediately regained his senses; looking at the Charm Core in his palm, his expression quickly turned to terror.

"Quick, quick..."

Before he could remedy the situation, the Snake King broke out of the cage. Without the suppression of the Great Submerged Charm Core, the remaining parts were no different from rotten wood in front of the Snake King; its massive body weighed hundreds of tons alone, and with one accumulated charge, the snake cage was broken open with a large gap.

The embedded Charm Cores flew and fell like a sudden rain; the broken iron bars at the opening were like everted ribs, poking out twistedly one by one, no longer able to serve the purpose of trapping the beast.

Two of the high-level martial artist's Disciples could not dodge in time and were crushed by the Snake King's massive body; after a few screams, only two human skins remained on the ground, along with a large, spreading bloodstain.

"Beast!"

The high-level martial artist took a deep breath, his body surged, and he brewed a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering punch and struck the Snake King.

The Snake King, however, ignored him and flew toward the determined direction; the stone pillars and walls it crushed beneath it shattered one after another.

The high-level martial artist's full-force punch landed on the scales, but it was as ineffective as scratching an itch.

"It's a disaster; the Snake King is running rampant—who knows how many people will die tonight."

The high-level martial artist thought of the strange insect he had vomited out and hurriedly wanted to catch it to have an explanation, but when he turned his head, it had already disappeared without a trace.

The stone slabs on the ground were full of cracks everywhere; once the little insect crawled in, it would be impossible to find.

He was filled with resentment, let out a long howl toward the sky, and beat his chest desperately to vent! "That's the third one!"

Zhou You held his palms a fist's distance apart and said to the darkness, "After this one, no matter the consequences, you will have to take them."

"Wait!"

The darkness in front of him swirled like thick ink, condensing into these two characters in the blink of an eye.

Zhou You smiled faintly, decisively clapped his palms together, and said, "Too late!"

The arrow was on the string; how could it be dismissed by a single word from you? If you wanted to stop it, you should have at least snatched the chance before the second clap.

Clap! The third clap landed, and a behemoth appeared on the street.

The Snake King had descended; although it was all alone, slithering and flowing under the moonlight, it carried a natural kingly demeanor.

The 'Control' character in its eyes became increasingly clear, as if a magnet had attracted it to descend above Dutou Pu.

The Snake King opened its blood-red maw and, without hesitation, swallowed Dutou Pu, ground and roof included, in one bite.

Only a pit with upturned soil remained on the ground; the shops on both sides were actually not affected, with only a few scattered tiles falling.

Seal Character 'Control', governing the lower with the upper, commanding living beings.

The contingency Zhou You had prepared for himself in advance was this colossal creature, the king among snakes.

The moment the Snake King swallowed the shop, the environment around Zhou You changed.

Darkness receded like a tide, and the surrounding clamor rushed in like a torrent, causing a sudden assault on his ears and eyes.

"You..."

Zhou You saw the figure that appeared before him, a youth dressed as a lamp-holding night watchman.

The youth held neither a lamp nor a clapper in his hands, but a piece of writing, and the surrounding darkness slowly gathered onto it, restoring itself into ink marks.

Another new Seal Script! The youth was terrified out of his wits; the surrounding environment was foul-smelling and damp, and the ground beneath his feet was soft and covered in mucus, making it difficult for him to take a single step.

He was certain he was inside the mouth of a giant beast, and if he were even slightly careless and slipped into the esophagus, he would become food to fill the giant beast's stomach.

But this was Chongguang Cheng; where could such a giant beast come from, unless it was...

"Snake King, you can actually control the Snake King?"

The more the youth thought, the more afraid he became; the Snake King in Chongguang Cheng was famous far and wide, and it had taken the sacrifice of a large number of experts to capture it.

Although this Snake King had not reached the Strong Martial Level, it was not something a Martial Master level could rival, and its fierce reputation was well-known.

To defeat and capture it was already an incredible achievement, but now someone could control it at will and make the Snake King willingly submit; what a terrifying power this was!

"Spare my life, don't eat me, a junior of the Golden Immortal Dao pays respects to the senior."

The youth knelt down decisively.

(End of this chapter)