Chapter 63: with translation of chapter title

The dark purple Spiked Oral Apparatus frenziedly opened and closed at the gap, devouring, instantly stirring the dozens of Monstrous Snakes packed at the front into minced meat.

But the King Snake's cold vertical pupil merely swept over this futile resistance indifferently.

Its head rose again, the massive maw slowly opened, revealing grim white Poison Fang like a forest, a viscous ink‑like saliva exuding a pungent sweet‑rot odor, brewing and surging deep in its throat!

Wherever that odor passed, even the air seemed to be corroded, emitting a sizzling sound!

The Shadowy Thorn Main Vine swiftly coiled toward the Ancient King Snake, pulling hard on its snake head, but the Ancient King Snake's strength was immense, only managing to pull its head askew.

The ink‑viscous Decayed Bone Venom poured down like a waterfall, the snake head originally aimed at Li Qingxuan suddenly lunged toward the City Wall!

Hiss——!

The venom splashed onto the City Wall and the dark purple Shadowy Thorns, instantly emitting a bone‑chilling corrosive sound!

The Toughness vine skin like boiling wax rapidly melted and collapsed, billowing large patches of dark‑green smoke reeking of pungent sweet‑rot and extreme decay!

The dark red energy stream was forcibly cut off, emitting a painful 'hiss' wail, its light

The spiked oral apparatus on the vines, greedily opening and closing, under the venom's coating like insects dissolved by strong acid, instantly twisted, withered, and turned into charred residue!

The City Wall's defense was instantly corroded into a large hole!

The venom even flowed along the vines, corroding the hard stone of the City Wall itself, leaving deep grooves and an ever-expanding charred area.

"Roar!" The Black Goat's roar was filled with unprecedented fury and warning.

Li Qingxuan's pupils contracted, his heart nearly stopping! The power of this venom far exceeded imagination!

The Toughness of the Shadowy Thorns proved utterly fragile before it!

"Feifei! Fall back! Stay away from the edge of the City Wall!" He bellowed, simultaneously tensing his body instinctively, swapping his longsword for a Changqiang, holding it before him, his eyes locked on the area where the venom flowed.

If a snake swarm surges forward, the consequences will be disastrous!

However, the Ancient King Snake's cold vertical pupils never left Li Qingxuan.

After spewing the venom, its massive serpentine body showed no pause, its Dark Gold Scales scraping against the ground and the City Wall's base, emitting a dull metallic screech.

Its neck, thick as a pillar, jerked violently; the head, entwined and restrained by the Shadowy Thorn Main Vine, was wrapped in an irresistible mighty force, actually pulling the tough main vine to its limit, stretching it straight!

Creak—crack!

The grating shattering sound exploded like a string of firecrackers!

The serpentine body covered in Dark Gold Scales burst forth with terrifying power; several branches deeply pierced into the scale gaps were ruthlessly torn apart and snapped by this brute force!

Deep purple juice gushed forth like a fountain from the rupture, and the King Snake's Dark Gold Scales also took on a hint of purple!

The King Snake let out a hiss filled with pain and violent rage; the pain throughout its body completely ignited its ferocity!

After its raised head broke free of partial restraints, it suddenly turned toward the City Wall, its emerald-green vertical pupils seeming to burn with destructive fire as its massive maw slowly opened—deep in its throat, viscous emerald-green venom gathered once more!

In an extremely short time, it unleashed a second spray of Decayed Bone Venom!

This time, its target was no longer Li Qingxuan, but directly aimed at the corroded City Wall breach!

That massive shadow, surging violently with rage, pressed like a tangible iceberg, booming toward Li Qingxuan's soul!

The Decayed Bone Venom surged like a breached emerald-green flood, carrying a piercing corrosive sound, precisely pouring into the City Wall's corroded breach!

The moment the venom touched the damaged stone wall and remaining vines, blue-black thick smoke billowed up, a pungent sweet-stench of decay instantly filling the battlefield.

The City Wall's breach rapidly expanded under the venom's corrosion, hard stone melting like hot wax, while the edge's Shadowy Thorn vines emitted a shrill sizzle, their deep purple skin charring and curling, the dark-red energy flow forcibly severed, its light completely extinguished.

Under the encouragement of the King Snake's hiss, the snake swarm burst into a frenzied shriek; the dark-green tide found the optimal breach, countless Monstrous Snakes climbing over the piled corpses of their comrades, fearlessly surging toward the enlarged gap.

Their icy scales scraped against the corroded edge, emitting a dense scraping sound; triangular snake heads vied to thrust in, their poison fangs dripping with mucus, vertical pupils locking onto the human figures inside the City Wall.

The foremost serpents' bodies were corroded by the venom until skin split and flesh ruptured, yet they still madly pushed forward; filthy blood and chunks of flesh fell, staining the breach into a writhing gate of hell.

"We must hold the breach!" Li Qingxuan roared inwardly, his Changqiang in hand like a venomous dragon bursting from its hole, lightning-fast stabbing toward the first few Monstrous Snakes that surged in.

The spear tip precisely pierced the snake's head, filthy blood gushing out, yet more serpentine bodies surged in like a breached flood!

He flipped his wrist, sweeping the Changqiang sideways, an icy flash cutting down several poisonous snakes climbing the City Wall, red blood and flesh spraying everywhere.

The filthy blood dripped down his arm, striking the accumulated snow and bursting into foul-smelling ice blossoms.

The Black Goat snorted impatiently, its massive hooves stomping, trampling the snake swarm at the edge of the breach into meat paste, yet instantly being refilled by the subsequent wave of snakes.

Li Feifei's face turned deathly pale as she trembled against the City Wall, drawing a short blade—only to see a slender poisonous snake dart from the shadow at her side, its fangs lunging straight for her ankle!

Li Qingxuan caught it out of the corner of his eye, his left hand darting to seize the snake's tail and slam it hard into the stone wall with a muffled 'bang,' the serpent's body bursting apart.

He bellowed: "Fall back to the stronghold!" Before his words faded, more snake heads swarmed in from the breach, their tongues hissing, venom spraying like raindrops.

The main vine of the Shadowy Thorns thrashed wildly, trying to entwine and plug the leak, but was brutally torn apart by the King Snake, the snapping of its fine branches incessant, deep purple juice spilling like tears.

The Ancient King Snake's vertical pupils coldly overlooked the chaos, its massive serpentine body trembling violently with rage, its Dark Gold Scales scraping the frozen earth, emitting a dull metallic roar.

Deep in its throat, emerald venom gathered again like a dark undercurrent vortex; a third spray of Decayed Bone Venom was brewing, the will to destroy piercing the marrow like an Ice Spike.

Li Qingxuan gritted his teeth, holding his Changqiang sideways, eyes like torches, scanning the data on the Atlas Control Panel—the A-rank terror pressure almost crushing his breath—retreat cut off, only a death fight could bring life!

Li Qingxuan stood anxiously before the breach, knowing that if he didn't block the gap, he couldn't go forward to fight the King Snake.

Li Feifei retreated to the fortress, standing on the third‑level terrace, seeing Li Qingxuan fighting alone on the City Wall, worried for his safety, she hurriedly controlled the surrounding Shadowy Thorn Main Vine to extend toward the Gate.

Several thick vines close by swooped low with a tearing‑through‑air sound, their deep‑purple skin glowing with a chilly sheen, like poisonous snakes attempting to entwine the deadly gap constantly flooded by the snake swarm.

However, the venom at the edge of the breach continued to sizzle; the New Life vines, upon contact, immediately emitted a pungent green smoke, their Toughness skin visibly charring and shrinking as if scorched by flame, their repair speed far unable to keep up with the corrosion and tearing destruction.

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