Starting as a Snake: Defying Heaven with Invincibility

The unknown is the most terrifying. This invisible method of death undoubtedly stimulates one's nerves of fear even more. Besides, the illusion array also has a disruptive effect. Under this intangible guidance, everyone couldn't help but shiver, their legs turning weak, and their combat power instantly diminished by more than half.

Among those present, only Xue Wuqing could barely remain clear-headed.

In fact, Xiao Long didn't need to go to such great lengths. A level ten Spiritual Qi killing array could easily kill everyone except Xue Wuqing, but he didn't do so.

He could clearly sense that a large number of experts from the Hidden Poison Sect were lurking nearby, and there was even a powerful force that made him feel vaguely threatened. Without a doubt, it was an Innate Expert from the Hidden Poison Sect.

Instead of upgrading the level ten killing array, he enhanced the level eight illusion array to a level ten peak illusion array, just one step away from an Innate-level illusion array.

Under such an illusion array, even Xue Wuqing would be affected, and the others would be unable to protect themselves.

The purpose of this was simple: to divert hatred and deal with the Hidden Poison Sect.

"Huang Mao, kill them!"

"Haha! Leave it to me."

Huang Mao walked into the illusion array with a stick. He could clearly see the trembling members of the Fire Cloud Sect within the array. Except for Xue Wuqing, all the elders of the Fire Cloud Sect were trapped in terrifying illusions, unable to even stand, let alone resist.

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Huang Mao found the nearest person, walked up with his stick, and simply smashed it down.

"Bang!"

Without any resistance, the head was smashed to a pulp.

"You have killed a level 17 wild monster, gaining 22,000 experience points! (Level challenge experience bonus 100%, team reward 20%)"

A Fire Cloud Sect elder at the seventh level of the Qi Condensing Realm was thus killed by Huang Mao with a single blow, completely unprepared.

Huang Mao laughed excitedly. Killing an expert dozens of times stronger than himself with one strike—what could be more exhilarating?

After killing one person, Huang Mao headed straight for the next target.

Xiao Long emerged from his previous hiding spot, picked up a storage ring, and took out a bag of strange powder, sprinkling it on the corpse. The body immediately turned black, creating the illusion of poisoning.

While Huang Mao killed in front, Xiao Long handled the corpses in the back, everything proceeding in an orderly fashion according to plan.

"You have killed a level 18 wild monster, gaining 28,600 experience points! (Level challenge experience bonus 100%, team reward 20%)"

"Ding! Congratulations on reaching level 11! You need 200,000 more experience points for the next level!"@@novelbin@@

"Congratulations on being promoted to Demon General, allowing you to evolve once. Would you like to evolve immediately? (Evolution takes one hour, please ensure you are not interrupted midway.)"

A string of system notifications entered Xiao Long's mind, leaving him momentarily stunned.

Evolve?

Though curious about what it entailed, now was not the time.

"You have killed a level 17 wild monster, gaining 22,000 experience points! (Level challenge experience bonus 100%, team reward 20%)"

"You have killed a level 17 wild monster, gaining 22,000 experience points! (Level challenge experience bonus 100%, team reward 20%)"

"You have killed a level 15 wild monster, gaining 10,000 experience points! (Level challenge experience bonus 80%, team reward 20%)"

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Xiao Long's experience bar skyrocketed, and it wasn't long before the 200,000 experience bar was filled, leveling up to 12. Besides poisoning each corpse, Xiao Long finally found five supreme-grade spirit stones among the many storage rings he collected.

"Truly heaven-sent! This is exactly what I needed!" Xiao Long's eyes lit up. Three of these supreme-grade spirit stones had been bought by Liao Qingfeng at an auction, passed through an elder's hands, and ultimately ended up with Xiao Long.

This became a crucial part of Xiao Long's plan, as only supreme-grade spirit stones could provide energy for an Innate-level array. Although these stones weren't enough to construct an Innate-level killing array, they were sufficient for a shielding array.

The same scene unfolded repeatedly in the illusion array. Many people were still in a daze one moment, and the next, their heads were smashed without knowing how they died.

There were no screams, only a series of sounds like watermelons bursting, "bang bang bang," echoing continuously.

Only then did everyone realize that someone was harvesting their lives within the illusion array!

Panic ensued, and they scrambled like headless flies within the illusion array, but it was futile; they still couldn't escape death.

As more people died, despair finally set in.

Unable to escape, unable to withstand—was death the only path left?

"Who are you? Why are you targeting my Fire Cloud Sect!" Xue Wuqing shouted towards the sky.

There was no response.

After a long silence, a cold laugh echoed.

"Targeting? Do you think you're worthy of being targeted by me? Your young master offended me, so I killed him. As for you, a mere ant, you dared to lead people to hunt me down. Since you want to kill me, be prepared to be killed!"

"As for who I am, you're not qualified to know!"

As the words fell, the killing intent in the illusion array surged, like a meat grinder in motion. Many elders of the Fire Cloud Sect were instantly slaughtered, their screams echoing endlessly.

Xue Wuqing's eyes widened, staring intently at the white expanse before him, as if trying to see through the illusion array.

He couldn't believe it!

Setting up such an astonishing illusion and killing array, even the highest-level array master in Tianfeng Kingdom would take several days to accomplish, indicating that the opponent had planned this ambush long in advance.

The opponent must have a reason for going to such lengths to deal with the Fire Cloud Sect, and the conflict with the young master was merely an excuse.

However, Xue Wuqing guessed wrong. In fact, it was Liao Qingfeng who first provoked Xiao Long, leading to the subsequent series of events. One wonders if Xue Wuqing would be so angry he'd vomit blood if he knew the truth.

"Someone must be targeting my sect! It must be so!" Xue Wuqing's spiritual sense frantically probed outward, and as the Spiritual Qi circulated, his aura gradually rose, seemingly reaching a critical point.

In this moment of crisis, Xue Wuqing actually experienced a breakthrough!

Suddenly, his spiritual sense detected a vague figure. Xue Wuqing immediately leaped out, and though the figure moved swiftly, disappearing in an instant, Xue Wuqing still saw it.

"Vulture! It's you!" Xue Wuqing roared in fury. That vague figure—he would recognize it even if it turned to ash—it was his nemesis, Vulture!

Indeed! So it was all part of the Hidden Poison Sect's plan!

"Ahhh! Hidden Poison Sect, I won't let you get away with this!!!"

Xue Wuqing spat out a mouthful of vital blood, his hand swiftly drawing strange patterns in the air. The vital blood followed the trajectory, forming a rune resembling a snowflake.

Xue Wuqing's large frame instantly shrank, the fat on his face withering, but his aura suddenly surged, faintly touching the barrier of an Innate Expert.

Then, he swallowed an Explosive Yuan Pill, his aura directly breaking through the Innate level, making this strike comparable to that of an Innate Expert.

"Flying Snow Sword Technique, Blood Stains the Sky!"

Xue Wuqing grasped the snowflake rune, transforming it into a ghostly blue ice sword, which he held firmly in his hand.

Then, Xue Wuqing swung his sword, and a blood-red sword light, dozens of meters long, shot up from the illusion array, slicing through the sky.

"Boom!"

A deafening explosion erupted from the array, the white world seemingly split in two by the sword light. Under such an attack, the illusion array was instantly shattered, and everything around became clear.

Looking around, a dozen corpses lay scattered, all elders of the Fire Cloud Sect who had just died.

The only one left standing was Xue Wuqing, all alone.