Chapter 62

On the surface of the deep purple vines, dark red energy streams flickered wildly and surged, continuously transmitting the absorbed life force to the main body.

The thorns' spikes were covered with broken scales and sticky dark green viscera chunks, emitting a nauseating stench.

However, the snakes' frenzied counterattack was equally horrifying.

They used the piled corpses of their comrades as a ladder, fearlessly charging upward.

The icy poison fangs frenziedly gnawed at the tough vines, producing a grating screech; the dark green venom constantly corroded the deep purple thorn skin, releasing wispy blue smoke with a pungent sour smell.

Moreover, some slender, hard-scaled poisonous snakes clung to the vertical wall like geckos, using their comrades' corpses for cover, swiftly swimming upward, their cold vertical pupils locked onto the human figures on the battlements.

Countless serpentine bodies twisted, rubbed, and struck the city wall, converging into an endless, scalp-numbing wave, as if the entire fortress were being scoured and eroded by this filthy surge.

Crack! A sharp, brittle sound rang out, and the Shadowy Thorns not far from Li Qingxuan were torn open a gap!

Several thick poisonous snakes coiled together, relying on their numerical advantage, with their fleshly bodies they bluntly resisted the thorn piercings, actually tearing open a gap in the vine net covering them!

A ferocious triangular snake head suddenly protruded from the gap, its cold vertical pupils instantly locking onto the nearby Li Feifei; the snake's mouth gaped wide, and foul venom sprayed out like an arrow!

"Be careful!" Li Qingxuan's pupils contracted sharply, his body reacting faster than thought.

He backhandedly swung his knife; the blade light like a silk strip precisely cut the incoming venom, while his left hand shot out like lightning, grabbing Li Feifei's arm and yanking her back sharply!

Sizzle——

The venom was split by the blade light, splashing onto the stone tiles, instantly corroding several small pits that emitted green smoke.

Li Feifei staggered backward, barely avoiding it, her face deathly pale, her heart pounding uncontrollably.

Pfft——

Almost as Li Qingxuan rescued her, a deep purple vine shot out like a poison dragon emerging from its cave, fiercely piercing into the mouth of the monstrous snake that had thrust its head out!

The thorns on the vine suddenly burst forth, crushing the snake's head from within into fragments, splattering filthy blood and brain matter.

"This place is too dangerous! Get back quickly!" Li Qingxuan hoarsely shouted at Li Feifei, shaking his wrist to fling off the lingering filthy blood and ice shards on his blade.

His breathing grew heavy; continuous high-intensity combat and nervous tension drained his stamina greatly, the fingers gripping the hilt trembled slightly, and filthy blood dripped down his arm armor, splattering the snow with blooms of bright red.

He quickly glanced below the city wall; the Shadowy Thorns were frantically filling the gap, yet more monstrous snakes were advancing along the corpse ladder toward new weak points.

In the distance, the enormous shadow outline at the edge of the mist writhed more violently, as if gathering even more terrifying power.

A chilling, viscous, destruction-laden pressure pressed down like a tangible weight, heavily pressing on everyone's hearts, as if even the air had solidified.

Boom—! An extremely deep, muffled roar suddenly came from beneath the city wall!

That enormous shadow instantly reached beneath the city wall; its massive body's first impact was like the roar of an ancient beast!

The whole city wall trembled; Li Qingxuan hurriedly looked at it, seeing no cracks, only a few larger stones falling, and his heart involuntarily relaxed.

【Weird Creature: Ancient King Snake】

【Type: Flesh Type】

【Constitution: 732】

【Spirit: 565】

【Grade: A-rank】

【Abilities: Myriad Snakes Pay Homage, Mountain-Crushing Tail Strike, Decayed Bone Venom】

【Weak Points: Head, Seven-inch Weakspot, Reverse Scale】

【Description: A serpentine overlord bearing a trace of dragon blood, its scales dark gold, a single horn on its head, commanding the snake swarms within a hundred li; its venom can corrode black iron, its tail strike can shatter mountains, a terrifying predator】

He stared fixedly at the appalling panel data on the Atlas, his heart feeling as if it had plunged into a bottomless ice cave.

A-rank! Constitution 732! Spirit 565!

The dark gold scales, upon impact with the city wall, scraped violently, producing a grating metal-on-stone screech that set teeth on edge, spewing blinding sparks; the wall's surface was gouged with several shallow grooves, debris scattering like rain.

Its massive body, with just a single heavy blow, brought a pressure like a mountain collapsing, far surpassing the menace of the previous snake tide!

Roar——

Accompanied by a more furious, prolonged hiss, the massive head shot up, its cold vertical pupils like two burning emerald demon moons, emitting a chilling gloom, locked tightly onto the tiny Li Qingxuan on the city wall.

A frigid pressure emanating from deep within his bloodline surged like a tangible tsunami, laden with bone-chilling cold, crashing down; Li Qingxuan instantly felt his breath catch, his spirit as if clenched by an invisible giant hand, as though a top-of-the-food-chain powerhouse had mercilessly placed him on a platter!

"Qingxuan!" Li Feifei cried out in shock, the terrifying pressure nearly rendering her limp on the ground.

In that breathless moment, the Ancient King Snake's tail, cloaked in dark gold scales and thick as a siege hammer, tore through the air with a bursting roar and swept horizontally!

Target——the City Wall!

Boom——

This impact was heavier!

A heaven-shaking, earth-splitting roar instantly drowned out all the clamor on the battlefield!

The city wall shuddered violently, stones rained down from it, and the ground beneath Li Qingxuan's feet emitted faint cracking sounds!

He personally saw that the section of the outer city wall swept by the snake's tail had the tangled branches of the Shadowy Thorns snap like brittle twigs, breaking apart piece by piece and shattering!

Deep purple juice mixed with filthy blood gushed out wildly, the tough skin bursting apart under the dark gold scales and overwhelming force!

The Black Goat let out an agitated low roar, its hooves nervously scraping the ground; inside the city wall, Li Feifei was shaken left and right, her face drained of color.

The massive snake tail struck and then retracted, leaving on the city wall a shocking, several-feet-deep crater, its walls smooth as a mirror, as if gouged out by sheer force and scales!

Shattered city wall fragments mixed with vine debris rustled down.

Who——

After a brief silence, the snake horde erupted in an unprecedented, near-frenzied hiss!

The appearance of the King Snake and this heaven-shattering blow seemed to completely ignite their ferocity!

The slight chaos that had arisen under the attacks of the Shadowy Thorns and the Black Goat instantly dissipated, replaced by a more frenzied yet more organized assault!

They no longer merely climbed the corpse piles; instead, they fearlessly charged toward the gap in the Shadowy Thorns carved by the King Snake's tail strike on the city wall, attempting to tear it open with their fleshly bodies!

The dark green snake tide, like sewage finding a spillway, surged wildly into that gap!

Li Qingxuan clenched his teeth, forcibly suppressing the surging blood and qi and the throbbing deep within his soul.

He looked toward the gap, only to see the Shadowy Thorns Thorn Vine frantically surging toward the breach, the deep purple vines pulsating violently like wounded blood vessels, the dark red energy flow rushing and converging at an unprecedented speed, attempting to heal its own wounds and strangle the swarms of snakes pouring into the gap.

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