Starting as a Snake: Defying Heaven with Invincibility

The innkeeper took the pouch and checked it, finding exactly fifty thousand lower-grade spirit stones inside. Instantly, his gaze toward Huang Mao became respectful.

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"Rest assured, sir. In Fire Cloud City, no one dares to disturb the guests of the highest-grade rooms," the innkeeper said with a smile.

Under the innkeeper's guidance, Huang Mao arrived at a room rich in Spiritual Qi. The room was spacious, divided into three bedrooms, and the walls were made of black iron, incredibly sturdy, leaving no trace even under the impact of someone at the fifth level of body refinement.

The cost of the walls alone was considerable, and judging by the Spiritual Qi permeating the room, a Gathering Spirit Array was set up below. Although not of high level, it was already quite luxurious for a place like Fire Cloud City.

Xiao Long crawled out from Huang Mao's sleeve, scattering a large number of spirit stones on the ground, sketching out a few complex, intersecting lines, and set up a miniature Gathering Spirit Array.

"Huang Mao, stay here and cultivate diligently. I'll go out for some fresh air. Let me know immediately if anything happens," Xiao Long instructed.

"Alright."

Huang Mao sat cross-legged on the Gathering Spirit Array, feeling the dense Spiritual Qi rapidly converging around him. He shouted excitedly and then entered a state of cultivation.

Xiao Long crawled to the window, suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and set up a surveillance array in the corner before crawling out of the window.

"Huang Mao isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. If he gets tricked, I’d be in the dark. Those guys at Qianlong Bank are no pushovers; they might be monitoring our every move. Better to be cautious."

Xiao Long set up another surveillance array at the door, ensuring full coverage without any blind spots, before leaving the inn.

Activating the Breath Concealment Technique, Xiao Long burrowed underground, moving through the soil. With his slender snake-like body, he faced little resistance, and coupled with his ninth-level demon beast physique, burrowing was effortless, his speed comparable to moving on the surface.

Using his spiritual sense to navigate, Xiao Long reached the underground of a restaurant.

This was his purpose for the trip—eating!

Xiao Long found that ever since his last feast, his appetite had grown significantly. While he could usually suppress it, now that he was in a human city, it was hard to restrain.

Since he could eat, why hold back?

Xiao Long emerged in the restaurant's kitchen, seeing a table full of delicious dishes. He bit into a roasted demon beast leg and swallowed it.

The leg was longer than his body, but strangely, after swallowing, Xiao Long's appearance didn't change.

"You devoured a level 3 demon beast, gaining 69 experience points!"

Xiao Long leaped again, devouring everything on the table in just two breaths.

"You devoured a level 2 demon beast, gaining 35 experience points!"

"You devoured poultry, gaining 7 experience points!"

"You devoured a level 4 demon beast, gaining 125 experience points!"

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After finishing, Xiao Long felt immensely satisfied, his experience bar increasing by about two percent.

"Someone's coming, better scram!"

Xiao Long quickly burrowed underground.

In his perception, a person resembling a waiter entered the kitchen, seeing the empty plates on the table, he was dumbfounded.

"What, what happened here?" The waiter was utterly confused.

Xiao Long adjusted his position, heading to the next restaurant...@@novelbin@@

In this manner, Xiao Long feasted from one place to another. By the end of the day, over a hundred restaurants in the city, except for those with defensive arrays, had been swept clean by him, leaving him thoroughly satisfied.

"Ding! Congratulations on reaching level 10! You need 150,000 experience points to reach the next level!"

Hearing the system's level-up notification, Xiao Long laughed heartily with excitement.

Level 10 meant he was a tenth-level demon beast, just one step away from becoming a Demon General.

The only thing that annoyed him was that reaching level 11 required a whopping 150,000 experience points, five times the amount needed for level 10. This meant, at his current eating pace, he would need five more days to level up.

However, after his antics, all the restaurants in the city were on alert, with people constantly watching the kitchens, and some even setting up arrays to catch him, much to Xiao Long's frustration.

"Damn it! If they dare to stop me from eating, I'll eat even more!"

Xiao Long focused his soul power in mid-air, forming a soul needle, and swiftly stabbed it at the person monitoring him.

The soul needle used only a tenth of his usual strength, but it was enough. The person's sea of consciousness was pricked, and their eyes showed confusion. Xiao Long instantly broke through the ground, turned into a black shadow, and devoured everything edible before quickly burrowing underground again.

All this happened in just one breath. By the time the person regained their senses, everything in front of them was gone, even the table.

"Boss! Something terrible happened!"

Xiao Long felt exhilarated; this method was effective, though it consumed soul power and could only be used occasionally for fun.

Just then, Xiao Long suddenly sensed movement in the surveillance array he had set up at the inn, and a figure appeared inside!

That figure was none other than Su Ya from Qianlong Bank.

Su Ya's attire today was very revealing, wearing only a red gauze, and even through the array, one could smell her enticing scent.

"She's here! Dressed like this, is she trying to seduce?" Xiao Long found it amusing.

Ignoring everything else, Xiao Long left the restaurant and headed back to the inn.

Su Ya indeed had such intentions, as her innate ability, once activated, made any man obey her every word.

In the past two days, she had used almost all her intelligence networks to investigate Huang Mao's background, but found nothing, as if Huang Mao had appeared out of thin air.

However, she confirmed one thing—Huang Mao had no one secretly protecting him.

"Miss Su, the guests of the highest-grade rooms have significant backgrounds, so please be restrained," the innkeeper said respectfully at the door.

"Don't worry, I'm just going in for a chat. I won't tarnish your establishment's reputation," Su Ya replied with a light laugh, her voice as clear and pleasant as silver bells.

Before coming, Su Ya had already dressed perfectly, with a rosy face, red lips, a smile like a blooming flower, and a hint of blush on her snow-white neck, exuding an exotic allure from head to toe.

Especially her eyes, which emitted a deep luster, making it seem as though one's soul might get lost in them.

The innkeeper's gaze immediately turned dazed, almost drooling.

Ignoring him, Su Ya walked to the door and pushed it open.

Upon entering, a dense stream of Spiritual Qi rushed at her, surprising Su Ya. The concentration of Spiritual Qi here was almost comparable to the core area of the Fire Cloud Sect!

Finding no one in the hall, Su Ya turned to another small room. At first glance, she was stunned, seeing wisps of nearly tangible Spiritual Qi forming mist-like white streams in the room. Such dense Spiritual Qi, she had never seen in her life.