Starting as a Snake: Defying Heaven with Invincibility

Xiao Long was well aware that the "wild monsters" the system referred to were actually humans.

He quickly crawled over, and before he got close, he heard the sound of slaps and a girl's sobbing.

Peering through the grass, he saw a clearing where a young man in white was kneeling on the ground. Beside him lay a girl with a beautiful face, long black hair, and a frail figure. Her smooth face bore several red slap marks, and blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.

In front of them stood a large, red-clad fat woman, like a giant meatball, looking down at them arrogantly.

"Miss Xue Yi, I didn't kill your friend!"

"Still dare to argue!"

The fat woman stepped forward and stomped on the girl's wrist with a "crack," causing her to scream in pain, tears welling up in her eyes as her wrist was clearly broken.

"Xue Yi! Don't hurt Xiao Nan, if you want to kill or torture, come at me!" the kneeling young man shouted.

The fat woman called "Xue Yi" sneered, waved her hand casually, and two men beside her understood immediately, stepping forward to beat the young man mercilessly. The young man was beaten black and blue but didn't dare to fight back, which was quite unusual.

Xiao Long began to understand. This fat pig and the two lackeys beside her wore the same red cloud robes as the two ants he had killed, indicating they were from the same sect. It seemed that this beaten pair was taking the blame for him.

Although Xiao Long wasn't a saint, letting two strangers take the fall for him felt a bit wrong, especially since the fat pig's eyes were red with jealousy, clearly envious of the girl's beauty, which explained her viciousness.

The cowardly young man who only took the beating without fighting back was unreliable, even if he fought back, he might not win.

That fat pig is so big, turning her into gold would definitely be valuable.

Xiao Long thought to himself, burrowing underground and crawling to a position ten meters from the fat pig. In his mind, he activated the "Midas Touch" function, targeting the fat woman.

The release range of Midas Touch was exactly ten meters.

"Ah!" The girl was slapped on the back of the head by Xue Yi, screamed miserably, and fainted.

"Beat him to death! Break the man's limbs and feed him to the dogs, and sell the girl to a high-class brothel..."

The fat pig was speaking when suddenly her voice stopped abruptly. Her massive body suddenly gleamed with golden light, transforming into a golden statue.

The next moment, the golden statue vanished, leaving only an empty robe and a storage ring on the ground.

["You killed a level 5 wild monster, gaining 300 experience points! (Level challenge experience bonus 50%.)"]

["Ding! Congratulations on reaching level 4! You need 1200 experience for the next level!"]

["You obtained 297 gold coins, current balance is 1297, Midas Touch is now on cooldown."]

She really turned into gold!

Xiao Long gasped, an uncontrollable joy surging in his heart.

"That's... that's fucking awesome!"

Compared to this system, the Temporal Ancestral Dragon's blood he had struggled to obtain was nothing but trash!

Within five levels, instantly turning into gold, who in the world could rival that?

When he advanced to the Demon Emperor realm, wouldn't the Red Lotus Martial Emperor be defeated with just one Midas Touch?

Of course, that was assuming the system classified the Red Lotus Martial Emperor as a "wild monster."

While Xiao Long was overjoyed, everyone present was wide-eyed, completely unaware of what had just happened. Xue Yi had vanished without a trace.

Her tent-like clothes were still on the ground, empty, not even a hair left, as if her body had vanished into thin air!

The unknown was terrifying. Even if Xue Yi had been killed by a demon beast, they wouldn't be so scared. But for a living person to disappear into thin air, without knowing how she died, was truly bizarre!

Someone screamed, and the two from the Fire Cloud Sect ran away as if they'd seen a ghost.

Xiao Long couldn't let them escape, so he flew up and dealt with the two. Having just reached level four, a fourth-tier demon beast, his strength was even greater than a fifth-tier demon beast. He transformed into a flying sword and pierced them through, leaving them cold and lifeless.

["You killed a level 4 wild monster, gaining 150 experience!"]

["You killed a level 3 wild monster, gaining 100 experience!"]

The girl had been knocked out long ago and didn't see what happened. The cowardly young man was quite clever, kneeling and kowtowing to the sky.

"Senior, I am Fang Han, an outer disciple of the Ask Sword Sect, passing through with my junior sister Xiao Nan. We meant no offense, please forgive us."

To make a fat person disappear into thin air, to silently kill a third and fourth body refining level, yet not even see a shadow, the cultivation must have reached the Qi Condensing Realm, far beyond his ability to resist.

However, Fang Han didn't see any senior, only a snake.

The snake emitted the aura of a fourth-tier demon beast, scaring Fang Han into retreating, his cowardly nature fully exposed.

"Senior! Save me!" he shouted to the sky, hoping for help from the mysterious expert, not knowing that the mysterious expert was the snake before him.

At this moment, he suddenly saw the snake staring at him, its eyes revealing a strange fluctuation. A vast soul force pressed over, transforming into a fine needle, piercing into his sea of consciousness.

Fang Han's eyes instantly became vacant, lifeless, like a walking corpse.

Xiao Long's body was only a fourth-tier demon beast, but his soul was at the Great Perfection of the Emperor realm, controlling a third body refining level human was easy.

His soul was heavily damaged, using Soul Control was risky, but he had to know some things.@@novelbin@@

"What year is it in the Shenzhou calendar?" Xiao Long asked.

"Year 32017 of the Shenzhou calendar," Fang Han replied woodenly.

Xiao Long's heart trembled. 32017, a thousand years had passed since his incident. He didn't know what had become of his Burning Heaven Dragon Palace, perhaps it had been destroyed. However, the core of the Dragon Palace had his "Nine-Nine Hidden Dragon Slaughter Array," not easy for the Red Lotus Martial Emperor to destroy unless she invited a Martial Emperor to help.

The last time the Red Lotus invited two Martial Emperors, they were blown up. Inviting more wouldn't be easy.

"What about the Burning Heaven Dragon Palace?" Xiao Long couldn't help but ask.

Fang Han showed a confused expression, shaking his head, "Never heard of the Burning Heaven Dragon Palace."

Xiao Long's heart trembled, quickly asking, "Where is this? Be specific! What domain, what state?"

"This is the Southern Barbarian Domain, Great Wilderness State, outskirts of Qingyang Town in the southern part of Tianfeng Kingdom," Fang Han replied woodenly.

Xiao Long finally breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be in a godforsaken place in the Southern Barbarian Domain, no wonder they hadn't heard of the Burning Heaven Dragon Palace. His Dragon Palace was once one of the five transcendent forces on the Shenzhou Continent, even a disciple could make the entire Southern Barbarian Domain tremble, let alone this so-called Tianfeng Kingdom.

He just didn't know what had become of his Burning Heaven Dragon Palace. He had left many trump cards, it shouldn't have been easily wiped out.

And his two direct disciples, Mo Ying and Xiao Canghai, he didn't know if they were dead or alive.

Xiao Long wanted to ask more, but suddenly felt his soul weaken. Fang Han screamed in terror, his face pale as he fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth.

This left Xiao Long a bit helpless. His soul was too damaged, even the lowest level Soul Control was beyond his grasp. It seemed he needed to find some heavenly treasures to restore his soul power in the future.

Proofreader & Editor: Howard Wong