Chapter 64

Li Qingxuan's Changqiang flew, Changqiang shadows like wheels, each thrust and sweep kicked up great clouds of filthy blood and flesh, the piled snake corpses at his feet almost reached his ankles, the reek so thick it almost suffocated.

Every breath he drew was laced with scorching bloody stench, his muscles ached as if filled with lead, black mist crept at the edges of his vision from overexertion, yet he dared not relax in the slightest.

Several especially cunning, thin-scaled poisonous snakes whose scales glimmered with a metallic sheen slipped silently from the gaps in the corpse pile, skimming the ground as they shot toward Li Qingxuan's lower body, their Poison Fang aiming precisely at his tendons!

He spun and stepped back violently, the Changqiang shaft striking down like thunder, precisely smashing the heads of two of the snakes to pulp, but the third seized the chance to spew a reeking venom straight at his face!

In the nick of time, Li Qingxuan merely managed to tilt his head to dodge the vital spot; the venom grazed his ear and flew past, landing on the cold city bricks behind him, instantly eating a small hole, and the rising green smoke gave off a nauseatingly sweet odor.

A cold chill spread up his spine, the brush with death made his heart suddenly clench.

The City Wall groaned under the relentless impact of the Snake Tide, the toxic smoke from corrosive venom almost obscuring Li Feifei's view on the terrace; only a vague silhouette of Li Qingxuan struggling in the dark-green surge could be seen, along with the Ancient King Snake holding its head high before the wall, its two icy vertical pupils like sinister jade moons locked firmly on this spot.

At that moment, several Shadowy Thorn Main Vines surged forward, like as many giant pythons coiled and ready to strike, with resolute will they lunged into the venom-ridden, Snake Tide-choked breach in the City Wall!

One of the thickest Main Vines, its deep-purple skin showing dark-red veins from overcharged energy, shot forward like a siege ram, emitting a piercing whistle as it slammed into the snake mass clogging the breach, corroded by venom and hissing.

"Psh! Psh! Psh!"

The dull piercing sounds merged into a continuous roar!

The sharp Spiked Oral Apparatus at the Main Vine's tip opened and closed like a frenzied blade, instantly piercing and tearing apart the dozen-odd Monstrous Snakes jammed at the front of the breach!

Filthy blood and chunks of viscera sprayed like bursting berries, blooming in the air as clouds of reeking blood-mist.

The Main Vine pressed on undiminished, driving deep into the City Wall breach like an iron plow, forcibly carving a gory passage through the surging Snake Tide!

At the same time, two other Main Vines, agile as spirit serpents, twined upward, aiming straight for the Ancient King Snake's head, which was once again raised and brewing its third dose of Decayed Bone Venom!

The deep-purple vines, like tough chains, seized the moment the King Snake's attention was drawn by Li Qingxuan, lashing swiftly around its thick neck and jaw!

"Crack!"

The Toughness vines scraped violently against the Dark Gold Scales, throwing off blinding sparks and a grating metallic screech that set the teeth on edge!

One of the Main Vines' Spiked Oral Apparatus clenched down hard on the weaker scale seam on the King Snake's neck, letting deep-purple juice seep along the scale joints!

"Hss—roar!"

The Ancient King Snake winced in pain, its venom‑brewing motion interrupted, and it unleashed a hiss of extreme fury!

It violently whipped its head, trying to shake off this annoying entanglement.

The Main Vines coiled around it instantly went taut, emitting a strained groan under the overload; the deep‑purple bark split in fine cracks under the tremendous pull, and dark‑purple juice oozed from the fissures like blood.

Yet its icy vertical pupils remained locked on Li Qingxuan at the City Wall breach, its will to destroy unshaken.

At the City Wall breach, the Main Vine that had plunged into the Snake Tide was under tremendous pressure.

The surging snake mass was like an endless meat grinder, frenziedly gnawing at its surface.

Lingering venom and newly sprayed toxin continually corroded the Main Vine, while blue‑black thick smoke roiled and rose at the breach.

The Main Vine pulsed, the dark‑red energy flow beneath its deep‑purple skin surging at unprecedented speed, striving to mend wounds and crush more snake bodies; each pulse flung a great cloud of snake corpses out of the breach.

Yet the snake horde was simply too many, like a dark‑green mire, gradually submerging and devouring this tenacious giant Main Vine.

The Black Goat's agitated bellows echoed at the edge of the breach, its massive hooves trampling and crushing patches of snakes with each step, yet it could not stem the dark-green Snake Tide that kept pouring through the Main Vine's gaps into the inner side of the City Wall!

Li Qingxuan wove his Changqiang in an impenetrable dance; each thrust of the tip pierced an invading snake's head with precision, each sweep of the shaft knocked away a swath of climbing serpents, but the piled snake corpses at his feet kept rising, fresh venomous snakes stepping on their comrades' bodies drew ever closer to him!

A frigid, bloody wind blasted his face, the reek of death so thick it could not disperse; at the City Wall breach, it had become a Swallowing Vortex devouring everything!

Seeing the City Wall breach plugged, Li Qingxuan felt the pressure suddenly ease, yet his heart felt no joy at all.

The thick Main Vine plugging the breach, under the frantic gnawing of the dark‑green Snake Tide and the ongoing corrosion of the King Snake's residual venom, was emitting a heart‑rending wail!

On the deep‑purple Main Vine's surface, the areas corroded by venom looked like festering wounds, spreading blackened rot, while blue‑black toxic smoke billowed upward.

The snake horde, fearless of death, attacked with biting fangs, venom sprays, brute‑force charges, and even suicidal‑like frenzied slams against this makeshift barrier.

"Bang! Crack!"

Just then, a deafening crash rang out from afar!

The Ancient King Snake's mountain‑sized head jerked violently, the Dark Gold Scales entangled by the Shadowy Thorn Main Vine bursting into blinding sparks!

The Toughness Main Vines coiled around its neck and jaw, under the overwhelming terrifying brute force, finally one could not endure and snapped with a thunderous crack!

The deep‑purple juice gushed forth like a fountain, then was flung by the King Snake's enraged head‑whip into a bleak purple rain!

In the instant the binding eased, the Ancient King Snake's jade‑green vertical pupils flared with a blazing inferno of destruction!

It no longer even glanced at the straining Main Vine plugging the leak; its icy gaze, like a solid Ice Spike, once again pinned Li Qingxuan, who had just cleared the poisonous snakes!

The massive serpent's jaws opened again; deep in its throat, a viscous, ink‑like, utterly putrid Decayed Bone Venom gathered and surged forth at an even greater speed than before!

This time, that destroying flame was aimed straight at Li Qingxuan!

The "Swallowing Vortex" at the City Wall breach had not vanished; rather, due to the Main Vine's damage and the King Snake's terrifying pressure after breaking free, it became even more ferociously deadly!

The plugging Main Vine, under the impact of the Snake Tide and the pressure of the King Snake's aura, seemed on the verge of total collapse at any moment!

Li Qingxuan's teeth nearly shattered, his Changqiang held before him, muscles tensed, he stared fixedly at the terrifying maw that had locked onto him again, and at the gap beneath his feet where venomous snakes kept seeping out; the shadow of death had never felt so oppressive!

Li Qingxuan spared no thought for anything else, leapt onto the City Wall edge, and thrust his Changqiang like a meteor piercing the sun straight at the King Snake's lower jaw!

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