Starting as a Snake: Defying Heaven with Invincibility

When Xiao Long clicked the button—

In an instant, Xiao Long's body emitted a strange golden glow, enveloping him entirely in golden light. His cells rapidly divided, and scales grew wildly.

His tiny form finally began to change at this moment.@@novelbin@@

First was the length; in just a minute, it grew to a meter long at a speed visible to the naked eye. Then, a finger-sized black horn sprouted from the top of his head, emitting a deep luster in the darkness, as if absorbing all surrounding light.

"This is..." Xiao Long was astonished. A snake's body with a horn on its head—wasn't this a Flood Dragon?

Ancient texts recorded that a dragon's juvenile form was a Chi, with claws but no horns, transforming into a Flood Dragon after five hundred years, and into a true dragon after another five hundred years.

But he hadn't grown claws, only a horn, still remaining at the snake level, somewhat similar to a one-horned golden python.

He could feel that the horn stored a large amount of venom, finally evolving from a non-venomous Black Spine Snake into a highly venomous python.

At this moment, another change occurred within Xiao Long's body. He suddenly discovered that the demon core inside him was splitting!

His True Qi involuntarily surged over, enveloping the demon core and pulling it apart. The demon core slowly split into two.

A single demon beast with two demon cores—Xiao Long had never seen such a situation and didn't know what strange transformation his body was undergoing, whether it was good or bad.

"Ahhh!!!"

A heart-wrenching tearing pain emanated from within, as the demon core, the most essential part of a demon beast, was forcibly torn apart. This pain was no less than soul-burning, causing Xiao Long to roll on the ground in agony.

"I am the Burning Heaven Dragon Emperor, what is this pain? Endure it!" In his past life, Xiao Long had endured pain a hundred times worse than this. After a brief adaptation, he finally calmed down.

At this moment, in the sky outside, a massive amount of Spiritual Qi gathered from all directions, forming a huge cloud of Spiritual Qi. Usually, when a genius broke through to the Qi Condensing Realm, a cloud of Spiritual Qi would appear in the sky, with the number indicating the strength of the person. When Huang Mao broke through, fifteen clouds appeared, a rarity in the world.

When Xiao Long broke through, no such phenomenon occurred, but now, during his evolution, a massive cloud of Spiritual Qi appeared in the sky. Although it was only one cloud, its volume was larger than a hundred clouds combined, almost forming a mountain range of Spiritual Qi.

Fortunately, this place was remote, and no one saw it, otherwise, it would have caused a huge uproar.

The splitting of the demon core was extremely slow, taking an hour to complete.

After an hour, the two demon cores quietly stood inside Xiao Long. One of them emitted a large amount of golden airflow, the golden True Qi brought by practicing the Azure Dragon Tome, while the other remained in its most primitive black form.

At this time, the demon core containing golden True Qi released a small amount of True Qi, which flowed into the newly formed demon core until it was full, roughly equal to one-tenth of the original demon core in terms of quantity.

"Two demon cores, one normal, the other a split core containing only one-tenth of the True Qi, what is going on?" Xiao Long couldn't understand.

[System Prompt: Congratulations to player Xiao Long for completing the first evolution!]

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"Ding! Player Xiao Long has acquired the innate skill 'Enhance'"

"Ding! Player Xiao Long has acquired the innate skill 'Devour'"

"Ding! Player Xiao Long has obtained the bloodline inheritance 'Three Lives Art'"

"Ding! Xiao Long has successfully evolved, unlocking the Inner World!"

"Ding! Xiao Long has successfully evolved, unlocking the Myriad Worlds Mall system!"

A series of system prompts echoed in his mind, and Xiao Long found that his status page had undergone a dramatic change.

Name: Xiao Long

Race: Mutated Black Spine Snake (High-level Demon Beast)

Level: 15, next level requires 700,000 experience

Soul: Great Perfection of the Emperor realm (Frozen)

Cultivation Method: Azure Dragon Tome (Sixth Layer)

Skills: Beast Taming, Enhance, Devour

Inheritance: Three Lives Art

Gold Coins: 8219

A flood of information poured into Xiao Long's mind, detailing everything about 'Enhance,' 'Devour,' 'Three Lives Art,' as well as the Inner World and Myriad Worlds Mall.

Inner World: A space within the demon core, containing a large amount of venom, with a length and width of a hundred meters, expanding as strength increases. When food is absorbed, it can be automatically digested to gain experience.

'Enhance': Can enlarge or shrink the body at will, from a minimum of 0.1 meters to a maximum of 100 meters. Speed and strength remain unchanged, with True Qi consumption increasing proportionally with size, no cooldown.

'Devour': Can absorb any object into the Inner World. The Inner World is relatively fragile, use with caution, no cooldown.

'Three Lives Art': The Dao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three, Three gives birth to all things. The first stage can create a clone with one-tenth of the main body's combat power. The second stage has two-tenths combat power. The third stage...

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After reading all the information, Xiao Long couldn't help but gasp. These skills were simply earth-shattering!

Not to mention anything else, just the 'Enhance' skill alone could make his combat power soar.

The same power, whether used to stab or punch, has completely different effects. If Xiao Long transformed into a 0.1-meter-long needle and shot forward, even an Innate Expert could be pierced if caught off guard.

If he wanted to cause massive destruction, growing to a hundred meters, a single roll could topple a row of houses.

In Xiao Long's view, the 'Enhance' innate skill was even more abnormal than Heaven-level martial arts. It might not have the destructive power of Heaven-level martial arts, but 'Enhance' had no cooldown and little consumption, which Heaven-level martial arts couldn't compare to.

The 'Devour' skill was more suitable for dealing with weaker opponents, absorbing them into the Inner World and poisoning them to death, leaving no escape.

The only drawback was that it couldn't absorb enemies that were too strong.

The Inner World existed within Xiao Long's demon core. If the Inner World were breached, the demon core would explode, which would be fatal to Xiao Long.

However, the most robust part of a demon beast was its demon core. Xiao Long was now a fifth-tier Demon General, and his demon core, having been tempered by the Azure Dragon Tome, was more resilient than that of a seventh-tier Demon General. Even against a human at the eighth level of the Qi Condensing Realm, Xiao Long was confident he could withstand it.

That said, unless absolutely necessary, Xiao Long wouldn't easily absorb enemies into the Inner World, as it was his lifeline.

Xiao Long looked at a rock in front of him, opened his mouth, and swallowed it, using the innate skill 'Devour.'

The rock appeared in the Inner World and dissolved rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into a puddle of water in less than half a breath.

Xiao Long then used the 'Enhance' skill, and his body quickly shrank to only 0.1 meters in length, resembling an earthworm.

Locking his gaze on the rock wall ahead, Xiao Long flicked his tail, and his body shot out like an arrow, piercing through the rock wall as if it were paper, emerging from the other side.

"Haha! Interesting!" Xiao Long laughed heartily.

Xiao Long thought of the other demon core inside him. According to the 'Three Lives Art,' it was a clone demon core from the first stage of the 'Three Lives Art,' possessing one-tenth of the main body's combat power.

"Legend has it that the creator of the Shenzhou Continent had countless clones. The Dao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three, Three gives birth to all things. This is similar to the 'Three Lives Art.' Could it be that the 'Three Lives Art' is the legacy of the creator?" Xiao Long pondered.

Xiao Long stared at the empty space beside him, and with a thought, the other newly formed demon core inside him was forced out, floating beside him.

"Three Lives Art, condense!"

With a word, the Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth seemed to be drawn by something, all attaching to the demon core. Xiao Long invoked the incantation, spitting out a mouthful of life essence blood, which was also absorbed by the demon core.

After absorbing the essence blood, a large amount of flesh and bones spontaneously grew on the demon core, rapidly forming first the torso, then the head, limbs... gradually taking on a humanoid outline.

A few breaths later, a brand new figure appeared there, with short black hair, a medium build, and a handsome and elegant appearance, exactly like Xiao Long's previous life as the Burning Heaven Dragon Emperor.

"One consciousness, two bodies, the 'Three Lives Art' is indeed exquisite." The two "Xiao Longs" spoke in unison.