Starting as a Snake: Defying Heaven with Invincibility

Xiao Long hadn't planned on killing these two "wild monsters" yet, as they had no personal grudge against him. The cowardly man, after being tormented by him, might turn into an idiot, but he could only blame his bad luck.

Huh? This fat pig even has a storage ring!

Xiao Long slithered over and saw a dark ring fall from beneath the oversized clothes. In a small country like the Tianfeng Kingdom, anyone with a storage ring was someone of "significant background," perhaps even the daughter of a star-ranked sect master.

[System Prompt: You have picked up one "lower-grade storage spirit ring."]

At this moment, the storage ring on the ground suddenly disappeared, and a dark ring appeared in the "inventory" of his mind.

"So this system also has an automatic space storage function, saving me a lot of trouble," Xiao Long thought to himself.

He clicked on the storage ring, and buttons labeled "Inspect" and "Discard" appeared below. Xiao Long clicked on "Inspect."

Before his eyes appeared various women's items, along with bizarre tools like whips, candles, and handcuffs. It seemed the fat pig was a psychological deviant.

Without hesitation, Xiao Long discarded everything, leaving behind twenty thousand lower-grade spirit stones, some gold notes, and many herbs and pills.@@novelbin@@

"Soul-Reviving Grass!" Xiao Long was pleasantly surprised to find a small green herb among the medicinal materials, emitting a fresh scent. It was precisely the Soul-Reviving Grass, beneficial for repairing the soul.

This herb was very low-grade, something Xiao Long wouldn't have bothered to look at in his previous life. But now, it felt like a treasure, and he was overjoyed.

If consumed directly, the Soul-Reviving Grass wouldn't have much effect. However, if refined into a third-grade pill, the Soul-Reviving Pill, it could definitely support him in using the Soul Control technique once more, or even control a soul slave. Having a soul slave would be very convenient in the human world.

The main ingredient for the Soul-Reviving Pill was already in hand; only some auxiliary herbs were needed, which could probably be found in this forest.

"Da Hei! Er Hei!"

Xiao Long issued a summoning command, and two snakes quickly appeared before him.

The two snakes, having practiced the "Subdue Dragon Art," had a completely different aura, faintly carrying a dragon's might that ordinary demon beasts would avoid from afar.

To Xiao Long's delight, both snakes had broken through to second-rank demon beasts, their cultivation speed astonishing. Moreover, the snakes had grown to a meter in length, while Xiao Long remained only half a meter.

"Search for these herbs, and if you encounter danger you can't handle, just call me," Xiao Long instructed, sending the images of the herbs to their minds.

"Beast Taming" was equivalent to establishing soul communication; with just a thought, they would fully understand.

"Yes, boss!" The two snakes left one after the other.

***

While Xiao Long was searching the mountains for herbs, far away in the inner sect of the Fire Cloud Sect, a fat, pig-like enforcement elder suddenly frowned and took out a soul tablet imprinted with a soul mark. The tablet was suddenly covered with cracks and then shattered with a "bang."

"Ahhh!"

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A shrill scream echoed throughout the Fire Cloud Sect, drawing the attention of passing disciples.

"Who! Who killed my precious daughter! WHO!!!"

The next moment, the disciples saw a massive spherical figure soar into the sky, rushing towards the distance and disappearing into the horizon.

"Xue Wuqing's daughter was killed?"

"Haha! That's really satisfying!"

"Shh! Be careful, don't let Elder Xue hear you."

People whispered among themselves, and some fellow elders followed Xue Wuqing, wanting to find out what happened.

As an enforcement elder, Xue Wuqing's strength ranked among the top three in the Fire Cloud Sect, second only to the sect master. With his daughter dead, this area would not be peaceful.

Everyone knew Xue Wuqing's explosive temper and extreme protectiveness. Once, someone had the misfortune of slapping Xue Yi, and Xue Wuqing exterminated their entire family. That person was then tortured to death by Xue Yi, having their limbs chopped off, skinned, and fried. The cruelty of his methods was simply inhumane.

But no one said anything. The Fire Cloud Sect was a one-star sect, one of the four major sects of the Tianfeng Kingdom. Even the emperor had to treat Xue Wuqing with respect, let alone ordinary people.

***

When Xue Wuqing arrived at the scene, there were two corpses, and Xue Yi's clothes were still there, with a man and a woman from the Ask Sword Sect lying nearby, both severely injured.

Xue Wuqing picked up Xue Yi's clothes, and the defensive inscriptions he left were still there, with no signs of activation, and the clothes were intact, which was very strange!

"Wake up!"

Xue Wuqing waved his hand, and the two were jolted into the air by strong inner Qi, falling and breaking bones, waking up in pain.

"Speak! What happened here," Xue Wuqing demanded harshly.

"I... I... I don't know." The young girl, Xiao Nan, looked around. The three who had tormented her were dead, two of them, and Xue Yi was nowhere to be seen, her clothes left empty.

Fang Han, on the other hand, stared at him blankly, drooling like an idiot.

A strange gleam emitted from Xue Wuqing's pupils, and the two fell into a daze as they looked into his eyes.

"Repeat what happened here," Xue Wuqing commanded.

"Senior Brother Fang and I were passing through here..." Xiao Nan recounted everything that happened without missing a word.

Xue Wuqing frowned deeply. So, it seemed Xue Yi was at fault first?

"Later, I was knocked out by Xue Yi, and when I woke up, I saw you," Xiao Nan said.

The now idiotic Fang Han just stared blankly, grinning foolishly.

Boom!

Xue Wuqing struck with his palm, turning Fang Han into minced meat.

He glanced at the girl, finding her of no further value, and struck out with his palm. Just as the energy wave was about to reach Xiao Nan, a tall figure in white suddenly appeared, slicing it apart with a wave of his hand.

"Elder Xue, Xiao Nan has truthfully reported the situation. Why do you still want to kill her? Do you really think my Ask Sword Sect has no one?"

The middle-aged man in white, carrying a long sword, stood like a straight spear, staring directly at him.

"Heh! Sect Master Liu, do I, Xue Wuqing, need to report to you when I kill someone?" Xue Wuqing sneered.

Liu Chengfeng's face turned grim. His Ask Sword Sect was just a small sect near Qingyang Town, while the Fire Cloud Sect was a one-star sect, one of the four major sects of the Tianfeng Kingdom. Their strengths were simply incomparable.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Several more people arrived, both from the Fire Cloud Sect and the Ask Sword Sect. The two sides faced each other from a distance, tension crackling in the air.

The difference was that the people from the Ask Sword Sect were the core combat strength of the sect, while the Fire Cloud Sect had casually sent a few elders, yet their presence already overshadowed the Ask Sword Sect. This was the power gap between a one-star sect and an ordinary sect.

***

Xiao Long was completely unaware that his casual killing of a few people had triggered a chain reaction. But even if he knew, he wouldn't care much. In a kingdom of ants, even if it were destroyed, he wouldn't feel anything.

While Da Hei and Er Hei searched the forest for herbs, Xiao Long practiced a Profound-level lower-grade martial art called "Fish-Dragon Shifting" and a soul technique for concealing his aura, "Breath Concealment Technique." He then headed to the nearby Qingyang Town to see if he could gather any useful information.

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