Chapter 61

The spirit stones and spiritual herbs from this Black Ice Lake are the gifts they offer in surrender.

As they pondered, the group had already arrived beside the Black Ice Lake.

"Legend says this Black Ice Giant Snake has been sleeping while absorbing spirit stones and spiritual energy."

"It does this to seek an opportunity for transformation; if successful, it could reach the peak of the Fifth Grade."

"We cannot let it continue. We should dive into the water and kill it."

Yang An proposed.

Xu Chen shook his head: "You're overthinking it. Its vigilance is strong. Let me handle it."

People from both factions were puzzled; what could one person do?

Could he possibly severely injure the Black Ice Giant Snake while standing still?

"Voom!"

In that instant, Xu Chen shifted his spiritual sense.

The next second, his spiritual sense surged like a terrifying tide, pouring out from Xu Chen's body and heading straight for the depths beneath the Black Ice Lake.

Yang An, Duan Lei, and others felt this spiritual sense and their faces immediately changed.

Late Fifth Grade spiritual sense!

Xu Chen's spiritual sense is actually this strong?

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"Hum!"

At this moment, Xu Chen's spiritual sense surged like a violent storm, radiating outward from his body in an instant.

Within a heartbeat, this ferocious spiritual sense slammed hard into the slumbering Black Ice Giant Snake.

"Boom!"

The next second, the Black Ice Giant Snake at the bottom of Black Ice Lake suddenly opened its eyes.

Pain twisted its face, and its eyes were filled with rage.

"Who dares disturb my slumber?"

The Black Ice Giant Snake roared.

Its tail whipped violently, causing the lake water to shake and ripples to spread endlessly.

Violent splashes surged up from the depths, churning continuously.

Immediately, a terrifying black head the size of a boulder, with eyes half the size of a basketball, broke the surface.

When the Black Ice Giant Snake fully emerged from the water, it loomed like a mountain, exerting immense pressure on them.

It hissed, flicking its forked tongue, while a thick, fishy stench wafted from its mouth.

A hoarse voice accompanied human speech: "Who dares seek death?"

The people of Shadow Gate and Thunder Pavilion stood stunned. Such a massive size?

They felt that even a simple strike from its tail would likely crush them to death.

Yang An and Duan Lei twitched at the corners of their mouths; with such a physical body, they wondered if they could even fight it.

Xu Chen spoke calmly: "It is me."

Having spoken, Xu Chen's body trembled slightly, radiating the aura of a Fifth Grade Perfection cultivator.

In an instant, the ground cracked, the air exploded, and a hurricane vaguely took shape.

The Black Ice Giant Snake's pupils contracted slightly: "Fifth Grade Perfection?"

It gritted its teeth: "Human, even if you are Fifth Grade Perfection, you must still die."

Remembering that martial artists' physical bodies were inferior to its own at the same realm, its tail suddenly rose and smashed down toward Xu Chen.

The crowd from Shadow Gate and Thunder Pavilion retreated abruptly, their hearts pounding with greater fear.

With such a massive tail, if they resisted directly, they would either die or be severely injured.

"Bang!"

Unexpectedly, Xu Chen showed no fear; instead, he activated a martial art, instantly reinforcing his body-protecting qi armor.

The next second, before everyone's eyes, Xu Chen thrust his right hand forward with a sudden force.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Chen's body-protecting qi armor and physical body pierced through the giant snake's tail.

"Splat!"

Instantly, blood sprayed everywhere, poison flowed, and coated Xu Chen's entire body.

However, the poisonous blood was completely blocked by his body-protecting qi armor, leaving Xu Chen utterly unaffected.

The Black Ice Giant Snake was terrified: "Your physical body is actually stronger than mine?"

It was shocked; this human not only had a higher realm but also a stronger physical body.

Then what was there to fight about?

Thinking thus, the Black Ice Giant Snake, its face filled with terror, tried to burrow into the ground.

"You want to leave? Is that possible?"

Having spoken, Xu Chen snorted coldly, and his spiritual sense surged out again.

Within the blink of an eye, his spiritual sense crashed down upon the Black Ice Giant Snake.

Instantly, the Black Ice Giant Snake writhed in agony, its body thrashing wildly, causing Black Ice Lake to surge like a violent storm.

The Black Ice Giant Snake, in unbearable pain, begged for mercy: "Spare me, spare me, I am willing to acknowledge you as my master."

It realized that if it did not beg for mercy now, it would truly die.

The teenager before its eyes possessed the ability to kill it instantly.

Xu Chen paused; in his past life, he had slain the Black Ice Giant Snake and consumed its snake gall.

In this life, could he make the Black Ice Giant Snake his enforcer to help him seize opportunities?

After all, this creature had a powerful physical body and carried deadly poison in its mouth.

Though useless to him, it would be useful against others!

Thinking thus, Xu Chen asked: "How will you prove your loyalty?"

The Black Ice Giant Snake spoke bitterly: "You can kill this humble one with a single thought; how would I dare to flee?"

Spiritual sense is omnipresent and its attacks are formless; it truly dared not run.

Xu Chen nodded: "True. Then why not quickly present your spirit stones and treasures?"

A flash of pain crossed the Black Ice Giant Snake's eyes, but it finally gritted its teeth and said: "Very well, Master, please wait."

Having spoken, it voluntarily dove into the water to offer up all its opportunities.

The people of Shadow Gate and Thunder Pavilion nearby were instantly stunned.

They had just subdued such a massive Black Ice Giant Snake?

They were numb; Xu Chen hadn't even moved a hand!

They were utterly shocked; Xu Chen's strength was truly terrifying.

His realm, physical body, and spiritual sense were all flawless.

Most importantly, he was only sixteen or seventeen years old.

They had truly never seen such an outrageous achievement at the age of sixteen or seventeen.

As he pondered, the black ice giant serpent had already retrieved all the opportunities from the lake bottom and placed them beside Xu Chen.

Xu Chen focused his gaze, and the fifth-grade Profound Body Spirit Vine immediately came into view.

He saw that its entire form was black, brimming with spiritual energy, emitting a fresh fragrance that brought peace and joy to the mind.

It was about three fingers thick and an arm's length long, with faint thorns visible along its surface.

This was the true Profound Body Spirit Vine.

Xu Chen nodded, then looked at the spirit stones beside him, finding four thousand high-grade spirit stones and five thousand mid-grade spirit stones.

With this quantity of spirit stones, given Xu Chen some time, it would be enough to break through to the sixth-grade realm.

"Not bad, they are all mine."

Xu Chen said cheerfully.

He turned to look at Yang An and Duan Lei: "Any objections?"

The two were near tears: "How could we have any objections? Not at all. All these opportunities should be yours."