Chapter 3232: Giant Snake and Snow Mountain

Dorothy's golden hair emitted a faint glow in the darkness. The howling, source-less wind and snow within the "maze" grew increasingly violent, signaling that the five of them were gradually approaching the exit of the space that had overlapped with the "Carnation House."

After pushing open the door to another room and entering the corridor, although the surrounding environment was still a corridor, Xia De noticed that the entire hallway was covered in thick, white snow.

"Thunder Wave!"

The snow was swept away in an instant, revealing a stone floor rather than the floor tiles of the "Carnation House."

"The environment on the other side of the space is replacing the indoor environment. It looks like we are about to walk out."

Xia De said to the doctor and the priest behind him, and the three continued to pass through three more rooms until the interior gradually brightened, illuminated by moonlight and sparse starlight.

Although they were still surrounded by walls, all three could feel the breath of nature. The man-made house was transitioning bit by bit into a wild area covered in heavy snow. Xia De's "Indestructible Fire Seal" even sensed that Luweiya was just ahead; she was not in mortal danger, and her mental state was quite stable.

Xia De slowed his pace, not wanting their appearance to disturb Luweiya's efforts.

When the three finally appeared in a corridor without any rooms and turned the corner to see the exit of this complex space, the purple-eyed divination lady was indeed right there.

At the end of the corridor was a distorted, blinding white light. A thick, black giant snake emerging from that radiance was currently fighting Luweiya.

In the group's impression, the divination lady's direct combat ability had never been very high, but she was handling this enemy with ease. Using the miracle 【Nightfall Seal】 to protect herself with one hand, dozens of light orbs of various colors hovered above her head, firing beams at the giant snake.

Pure powers of the sun, moon, light, darkness, fire, earth, frost, life, death, and more erupted as bursts of spiritual energy, and while the snake looked terrifying, it was retreating steadily in the face of such composite attacks.

The scales, which appeared to have strong defensive properties, were already bloodied by the time the three arrived, and the right pupil of the giant snake's murky yellow vertical eyes had already been pierced by Luweiya.

While controlling the energy emission, she did not forget to release her most proficient curses; the ninth-ring divination lady held the absolute upper hand in this battle.

Finally, with a flash of purple light, the snake's head was severed. The impact of the head hitting the ground caused the corridor floor to tremble. Luweiya took a few deep breaths and turned around.

"Detective, I knew you had come."

The three who had been hiding now revealed themselves. The doctor immediately "betrayed" Xia De:

"It was the detective who suggested coming to find you; the priest and I only came to help."

Priest Ao Gu Si also nodded with a smile. Luweiya then cast a reproachful look at Xia De with her purple eyes:

"You were that worried about me?"

"You know me, I'm never at ease with anything. That's just my personality."

The purple-eyed lady smiled, and Xia De looked her over:

"So, what was the result?"

She turned to look at the white light:

"It feels pretty good. The mysteries of space are truly complex and bizarre. Although I don't have your outstanding talent, I have learned a thing or two. Neither the old man nor the writer lady noticed that the cause of this spatial distortion and subsequent spatial adhesion wasn't a natural phenomenon, but this giant snake."

The three who had come to help now arrived at her side. Priest Ao Gu Si crouched down to examine the giant snake's corpse, the wind blowing his hair:

"It looks truly disgusting, but the scales are so tough, like metal... I can sense whispers; is this some kind of exotic creature that can influence space?"

The elemental reaction on the snake's body was actually very chaotic, containing all four elements, with the whisper element being particularly prominent.

"No, it's just an ordinary snake. It must have come into contact with some power and accidentally acquired the ability to 'pierce' and 'connect.' Detective, can you turn it into a toy? I want to take it back for study."

Xia De nodded and rummaged through his pockets for a toy:

"Doctor, Priest, help me coil this snake up; I didn't bring a canvas large enough. Turning it into a toy is fine, but where do you plan to study a snake this big?"

Xia De asked, so Luweiya decided she only wanted the head. Xia De used 【Night Watcher】 to cut off the part of the snake's body containing the heart and turned them into toys. During this process, Xia De noticed that the giant snake's scales were indeed as hard as steel and covered in complex patterns.

However, while the giant snake looked terrifying on the outside, its internal structure was no different from an ordinary snake.

With that done, only the final step remained:

"I have a very strong feeling now that as long as I step out of here, I will be able to obtain the 【Space】 spirit rune."

Luweiya, looking toward the exit, said. Behind the four of them, the space was gradually collapsing. With the death of the giant snake that had created this peculiar spatial phenomenon, the stability rules of the material world were dissolving the strange occurrence here.

"The tail of that snake is still in the real world... Once we go out, we won't run straight into a snake den, will we?"

Xia De asked worriedly, but Luweiya tossed two coins and shook her head:

"Probably not, but the most troublesome thing is how to get back. We didn't think that this path could only be taken once."

"Those are minor details. Safety first, let's leave."

Priest Ao Gu Si said. Xia De walked forward first, with the doctor walking side-by-side with him. The priest and Luweiya followed behind. The white light in front grew stronger until it completely engulfed them.

Wind mixed with snow hit their faces. Above them was the inverted starry sky, and beneath their feet was ground covered in snow. The tail of the long snake stretched out from a cave to the side and plunged into the phantom light that the four had just left.

At this moment, that phantom light was also about to disappear. The ninth-ring life ring behind Luweiya automatically manifested.

She closed her eyes, letting the elemental energy remaining in the giant snake's corpse transform into spiritual light and gather toward her life ring. It seemed she had succeeded.

Xia De, Priest Ao Gu Si, and Doctor Schneider were all curious about the origin of this snake, but before they could take any action, the snake turned into ice powder and vanished in the wind, leaving only specks of light circling Luweiya.

Even the cave where the giant snake had appeared blurred like an oil painting splashed with water, and then it turned into solid rock.

"This..."

None of the three understood what was happening. Priest Ao Gu Si reminded Xia De:

"The toy."

Xia De hurriedly took out the snake head and snake body toys he had just created, but when he reached into his pocket, he felt only a handful of ice shards.

The ice shards in his hand were blown away by the wind. Xia De looked suspiciously at Luweiya, wanting to ask if she knew what was going on here. At this moment, the 【Space】 enlightenment had successfully appeared on the life ring behind Luweiya. She opened her eyes and looked back at her life ring happily:

"In this way, I can also use..."

"Pardon my interruption, perhaps you can discuss other matters in a moment. I feel something coming."

Priest Ao Gu Si frowned and said:

"I sense a very strange soul power. What kind of monster is that? It's definitely not a normal person."

The four were currently on a snow-covered slope. Hearing the priest's warning, they looked down toward the bottom of the snowy slope. In the dark night, a figure holding a sword was walking through the snow. When he saw the greatsword entangled with black light, Xia De felt he understood the current situation:

"The scales of that snake just now... the doctor said they were as hard as metal... whisper elements... so it's not just humans that can be transformed."

The figure looked up at the four people standing together on the snowy slope. In the moonlight, he saw one holding a sword, one with a life ring manifesting behind them, one with scarlet light appearing in their eyes, and one seemingly with wings behind them.

After a moment of silent confrontation, as black light descended one after another, seven other people holding swords appeared below the snowy slope. Eight magic swords had gathered together.

The long hair on Xia De's finger snapped silently. At the last moment before the strange space disappeared, Dorothy, who had been raising her hand to block the snow in front of her, also arrived at the side of the four.

"This is the Snow Mountain, and the enemies are the magic swords."

Xia De whispered. Having heard his story about the Snow Mountain, everyone understood the situation.

The doctor immediately restrained his power slightly to avoid disturbing any demons that might be in the area. Luweiya's purple eyes scanned the surroundings, and she saw something in the snow.

The life rings of the tenth, ninth, ninth, ninth, and sixth rings manifested one by one behind the five people, while the eight magic swords, resonating with each other and emitting strong whisper elements, were held together.

The pitch-black light seemed to merge into one at this moment. The giant black light sword, composed of intertwined black shadows, slashed toward the five people on the slope under the moonlight.

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The pitch-black light seemed to have merged into one at this moment. The power of the Angel-level relic 【Sword-Heir Mother Nest】 even affected the element tide here on the snow mountain. The chaotic spirit made the figures of the eight people standing under the hillside blur, and a rumbling sound came from under their feet, as if something in the snow mountain was being disturbed.

So at the gathering place of the eight great swords, a black light suddenly shot towards the five people above the snow slope. But Dorothy just raised her hand, and the black light was shifted to the left. After hitting the side wall of the mountain cliff with a bang, it did not let the small mountain peak collapse in the rumbling sound, but directly made it disappear.

(End of chapter)