Starting as a Snake: Defying Heaven with Invincibility

As Huang Mao and the two others were engaged in battle, Xiao Long opened his inventory and unlocked the dozen or so storage rings he had just picked up to tally his spoils.

After opening all the storage rings, Xiao Long calculated that he had a total of one million lower-grade spirit stones, with half of them coming from Song Yu alone, and ten thousand middle-grade spirit stones, all from Song Yu.

There were also various pills, weapons, ores, materials, and other miscellaneous items. To Xiao Long's delight, he found a middle-grade spiritual tool alchemy furnace and some formation materials, all discovered in the ring of the first disciple he killed, who had the surname Fang.

In addition, there was a large amount of food, including some roasted high-level demon beasts, which Xiao Long promptly devoured, gaining a significant amount of experience.

"Your spirit stones have reached the amount required to upgrade your cultivation technique. Would you like to upgrade?" The system prompt sounded, and Xiao Long immediately clicked "Upgrade."

"Ding! Your 'Azure Dragon Tome' has been upgraded to the third level, consuming fifty thousand lower-grade spirit stones!"

Xiao Long consumed some healing pills and then fully activated the Azure Dragon Tome to recover from his injuries.

The Azure Dragon Tome was divided into seven levels, and reaching the third level was considered a minor achievement. After half an incense stick's time, his injuries were mostly healed.

Xiao Long opened his eyes, his cold gaze piercing through Sun Ze and the others, causing them to freeze momentarily. The sight of his eyes sent an uncontrollable fear straight to their hearts.

Huang Mao's body was already covered in scars, but the wounds were shallow and were healing at an extremely slow pace.

Seeing the two momentarily pause, Huang Mao grabbed a broken tree branch and struck Sun Ze on the head with a heavy blow.

"Bang!"

Sun Ze was stunned, his vision darkening. Before he could recover, a black flash darted past, and in the next moment, Zhu Gang saw Sun Ze's head soar into the air, blood gushing out.

"You have killed a level 11 wild monster, gaining 2250 experience points! (Level challenge bonus 50%!)"

Seeing his companion killed, Zhu Gang's mental state completely collapsed. He tried to escape, but as soon as he took a step, the black shadow flashed again, and he was decapitated. Thus, two Qi Condensing Realm warriors met their end.

Huang Mao was stunned; he hadn't expected the boss to be so powerful! The person who had beaten him so badly was instantly killed!

"This place is not safe, let's go!" Xiao Long urged, feeling a sense of foreboding, as if real danger was closing in.

"Alright!"

Da Hei and Er Hei climbed onto Huang Mao's back. Before leaving, Xiao Long glanced at the distant pit and quickly crawled away.

System prompt: An elite monster of level 20 is approaching from the south, danger level: extremely high!

"Hmph! You think you can just leave after killing disciples of my Fire Cloud Sect?"

At that moment, a loud voice echoed between heaven and earth, with inner Qi rolling out like a muffled thunderclap. Xiao Long felt his mind tremble and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Huang Mao also spat out blood, his berserk state instantly broken, reverting to his original form. Da Hei and Er Hei were even more severely injured; if not for the Subdue Dragon Art protecting them, they would have been gravely wounded.

The power of a single shout was astonishing!

Xiao Long's expression turned extremely grave, knowing that a truly dangerous figure had arrived.

Ahead, five figures broke through the air and landed on the ground. The leader was a fat middle-aged man with silver hair and black eyes. His appearance was pig-like, but his gaze was chilling, like eternal frost, making one shiver with cold at a glance.

This man was Xue Yi's father, Xue Wuqing!

"Qi Condensing Realm peak of the tenth level, Qi Condensing Realm seventh level, Qi Condensing Realm eighth level, Qi Condensing Realm seventh level..."

Xiao Long assessed the strength of the people in front of him, quickly calculating in his mind how to escape.

Countless methods flashed through his mind, but each was rejected.

This situation was unsolvable! Unless he risked his soul being scattered and unleashed a Soulstorm, no one present could withstand the soul power of an Emperor Realm. But the outcome would be mutual destruction!

"Are you the snake demon who killed my daughter?" Xue Wuqing's cold gaze bore into Xiao Long, but he saw no ripple in Xiao Long's icy eyes.

Looking around at the demon beasts, all were cowering on the ground, trembling, except for the Black Spine Snake and the Vajra Ape in front of him, who appeared unfazed, as if they knew no fear.

"So you are indeed controlled by a beast tamer!" Xue Wuqing said coldly. "In that case, I'll capture you and slowly refine your soul, and I will find out who your master is."

"You want to extract my soul?" Xiao Long seemed to hear something incredibly amusing. "Haha! Such arrogance, let me show you what true soul power is!"

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A resolute look flashed in Xiao Long's eyes, and a terrifying aura began to rise within him.

Being captured by a Qi Condensing Realm ant to have his soul extracted? What a joke! As the Burning Heaven Dragon Emperor, he would rather his soul be scattered than let this ant feel what true fear is!

"Boss! No!" Huang Mao and Da Hei, Er Hei seemed to realize something and cried out in alarm.

Even Xue Wuqing was startled by the terrifying aura, feeling an inexplicable sense of dread.

"Heh, who would have thought, I, the Burning Heaven Dragon Emperor, would fall in such a place!" Just as Xiao Long was about to unleash the Soulstorm, a system prompt suddenly sounded.

System prompt: An unknown life form is approaching from the northwest, danger level: unknown.

"Hmm?"

Xiao Long looked back, and a fluffy white shadow began to enlarge in his pupils.

Xue Wuqing and the others also paused, staring at the white shadow. As it approached, they realized it was a fluffy, snow-white fox.

The white fox was very small, only the size of a palm, yet it exuded a noble and enchanting aura, flawless as if crafted by the heavens, especially its pair of bright blue eyes, deep and cold, breathtakingly beautiful.

Xiao Long was astonished; the fox was alive!

"What kind of monster is this?" Xue Wuqing stared at the white fox. It was the first time he had seen such a beautiful demon beast, yet strangely, he couldn't discern its specific strength.

"Hmph! Playing tricks!" Xue Wuqing snorted coldly, striking out with a palm in mid-air. Silver inner Qi gathered into the phantom of a long sword, flying towards the white fox.

The long sword phantom halted an inch before the white fox, motionless, as if nailed to an invisible wall. Then, everyone saw the sword phantom disintegrate into harmless spiritual Qi, dissipating into the air.

"What!" Xue Wuqing's face changed drastically.

To dissolve his attack with such ease and return it to the heavens and earth, this move was truly astonishing!

An Innate Expert might block one of his moves, but never so effortlessly, dissolving it back into its most primal spiritual Qi!

At this moment, a glimmer of light appeared in the pure eyes of the white fox.

Boom!

Suddenly, the sky rumbled, the winds and clouds shifted, and the spiritual Qi between heaven and earth seemed to go berserk at that instant, converging towards the center, forming a spiritual Qi storm in the blink of an eye!

The center of that spiritual Qi storm was precisely where the members of the Fire Cloud Sect stood!

"Ah!"

Screams erupted as several inner sect elders of the Fire Cloud Sect found their spiritual Qi being drained bit by bit, their flesh dissolving!

"Run!"

They wanted to flee but couldn't move an inch. In the spiritual Qi storm, they were utterly immobilized, sinking deeper and deeper.

"Ah!"

Finally, a Qi Condensing Realm seventh-level elder couldn't withstand it, his inner Qi drained completely, turning into a puddle of blood that merged with the earth and disappeared entirely.

Soon after, another Qi Condensing Realm seventh-level elder turned into blood, leaving no remains.

Those who had come with such momentum now died without even knowing how.

"This is..." Xiao Long watched, unable to hide his astonishment. This method of manipulating spiritual Qi was unheard of, even with his knowledge.

"Could it be the legendary Immortal Spirit Body?" Xiao Long's heart trembled.

A few breaths later, all the elders who had come were dead, leaving only Xue Wuqing alive.

Xue Wuqing's face was heavy, his remaining True Qi dwindling, gritting his teeth to hold on.

"Beast! I, Xue Wuqing, swear to the heavens, next time I will take your life!"@@novelbin@@

A fierce look flashed in Xue Wuqing's eyes. He then struck his chest with a palm, spitting out a mouthful of essence blood, which burned in the air, transforming into a massive energy that enveloped him, scattering the spiritual Qi and creating a temporary vacuum.

Fixing a deadly stare at Xiao Long and the white fox, Xue Wuqing slashed through the spiritual Qi storm, creating a brief vacuum, and slipped through the gap, then leaped away, disappearing from sight.