Water elemental became a god, ultimately becoming the master of heaven, earth, mountains, and rivers

Chapter 105 Slaying Demons, Shedding Form

The snake demon seemed to sense something was wrong, and a hint of fear appeared in its vertical pupils.

But it didn't have time to react much.

Boom! !

A burst of fire erupted, followed by a deafening roar that seemed to shake the entire mountain.

Inside the cave, smoke swirled and sand and gravel flew everywhere. Chen Shunan took a few steps back to avoid the iron sand and poisonous fire that were being shot out.

The lame mouse was already terrified, trembling behind a rotten log.

"Hoohoho!!!"

The roar of a wild beast echoed out, and a huge black shadow rolled and struggled in the flames, its ferocious snake head raised to the sky and howled, causing the cave to shake and nearly collapse.

This big black snake actually had some brains; it tried to roll on the ground to put out the fire.

But it was no use; the more it rolled, the bigger the flames grew, and some flames even followed it.

To increase his chances of winning, Chen Shunan soaked the cloth bag in oil beforehand, making sure it was thoroughly soaked.

It saw the figure standing outside the cave, its eye, burned and reduced to one, revealing a deep-seated hatred.

The giant black snake finally realized that the fire was probably impossible to extinguish, so it suddenly sprang out and burrowed out of the cave.

thump!
The immense, ethereal force, almost tangible, crashed down like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing in. In the next instant, the black snake's hard head cracked with a 'crack' sound, as if it had struck an invisible wall, leaving it bleeding profusely and half of its body embedded in mid-air.

It has nowhere to escape, nowhere to hide!

At this moment, a look of disbelief, astonishment, and fear flashed in its vertical pupils.

Who exactly is the demon?!
After a while.

The flames gradually died down, and the air was filled with the smell of burning meat.

Chen Shunan felt that the fire was almost ready, so he stood outside the cave and carefully examined it by the remaining firelight.

The cave wasn't deep, with a simple 'I'-shaped structure. On the ground and inside the walls were rows of indigestible, expelled white bones, along with some unburnt clothing, ironware, and farm tools.

Chen Shunan even saw several slender child corpses.

Further inside, there seemed to be something else, but it was somewhat unclear.

Even so, Chen Shunan's gaze turned cold.

The giant snake was in a terrible state; half of its body was charred, and it was curled up in a ball, with the flames on its body flickering intermittently.

Its belly was bulging, as if it had just had a big meal.

"Die, die, humans, eat, eat... martial arts, delicious..."

A muffled, low voice came from the giant snake's mouth, bloodthirsty and frenzied.

It can actually speak human language?

Chen Shunan's eyes lit up, somewhat surprised.

He said softly,
"You monster, where did you come from? What powerful immortals or demons are in your family? Do you know any martial arts or magic? Don't you monsters usually have any immortals bothering you? Do you demons also have countries or sects?"

"People, eat, people, eat... Can't eat, can't train..."

The black snake's voice came again, monotonous and repetitive, as if it only knew these words.

"If you tell the truth, I can save you and spare your life."

Chen Shunan continued, "I have always had an excellent reputation and am extremely trustworthy. My friends all praise me, so you can rest assured."

Swish! !

As soon as he finished speaking, the dying black snake transformed into an arrow, suddenly leaping out of its spot and rushing straight at Chen Shunan.

Chen Shunan sidestepped and calmly dodged.

The snake demon, still full of momentum, seized the opportunity to emerge from its cave, crawling wildly and smashing through rocks and trees along its path before plunging headfirst into a mountain stream!
Chen Shunan remained calm and unhurried, not engaging in a desperate struggle, but instead following behind it with a short knife in hand.

Gululu...

Upon entering the water, the mud and sand became murky. Sensing the presence of the snake demon, the fish and shrimp hiding in the crevices of the water plants and pebbles fled in terror.

Chen Shunan's consciousness remained fixed on the snake demon.

Gradually, the narrow river channel widened, and farmland and crops appeared on the banks. Early-rising farmers carried hoes to tend the wasteland, and empty covered boats floated on the water, swaying gently.

Chen Shunan faintly smelled a strong, pungent stench of blood, diluted and washed away by the river water, coming from afar.

This is……

The blood of that injured demon fish?

The snake demon opened its mouth and swallowed the diluted demon blood in the water. Its previously weak aura actually began to recover, and its charred body quickly shed its skin and grew scales.

A guess suddenly surfaced in Chen Shunan's mind.

Could it be that this snake demon has greatly increased its strength by consuming the essence blood of that injured demon fish?
This is not good news for the fishermen and residents of Banno Tsuto.

Because this snake demon is neither the first nor the last.

"Never mind." Chen Shunan sighed.

This barren mountain stream flows eastward all the way to the Grand Canal, and its banks are now populated with people.

Chen Shunan stopped walking the snake and said softly, "Stop."

The sound was faint, almost inaudible, but the water from all directions responded in unison, conveying a sense of awe and submission.

The snake demon suddenly felt the once smooth and flowing river water become as heavy as Mount Tai, obscure and stagnant.

The nearby fish, turtles, and clams only dared to breathe in place, opening and closing their mouths, and dared not make any other movements.

Anything that enters the water falls under Chen Shunan's jurisdiction.

It's just a matter of how much or how little they manage.

In the serpent demon's desperate and terrified gaze, a short sword came rushing in, piercing diagonally through its skull and emerging from under its chin, leaving behind only a smooth, brand-new blade mark clearly visible across the serpent demon's head.

The short knife flew more than ten feet away, and slowly came to a stop due to the resistance of the water flow, floating uncertainly.

The serpent demon's enormous body slowly sank.

But in the next instant, its body began to melt, and a large number of flesh buds emerged from its scales, flesh, and bones, writhing and collapsing wildly like out-of-control maggots. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a pool of foul-smelling flesh that even water could not dilute or wash away, which fell heavily onto the riverbed.

Chen Shunan swam quickly, retrieved the dagger, and watched the scene with surprise and uncertainty.

"This is... a demon of scattered forms?"

Chen Shunan recalled the two demons, 'Form Gathering' and 'Form Dispersing', that Jin Zhenli had mentioned. The latter's body disappeared after death, turning into a pool of blood, making it impossible to use as medicine.

Chen Shunan stared intently at the pool of flesh on the riverbed, then his eyes lit up as if he had discovered something.

He was extremely cautious and caught a 'grandson fish'.

"Go and fetch the thing."

This was a blunt-snout bream, with a flat body, blunt snout, and a sharp, hooked mouth. It had a pair of clear, fishy eyes that quietly glanced at Chen Shunan.

Forced by the overwhelming force, it slapped its tail and burrowed into the flesh.

A moment later, it swam to Chen Shunan with several items in its mouth.

The two rotten and tattered pieces of clothing and shoes must have belonged to innocent people who perished in the belly of the snake demon.

In addition, there is a scroll made of moth-proof and rot-proof 'porcelain blue paper'.

Chen Shunan touched the round belly of the blunt-snout bream and dug out a few sandworms.

The blunt-snout bream happily swallowed the sandworm in one gulp and swam away quickly.

Wow…

With the items he had obtained, Chen Shunan swam back the way he came. He was so slippery and agile, even more so than a fish, that he quickly disappeared from sight.

Chen Shunan departed, and the divine power dissipated.

The nearby fish, turtles, and crabs then fled far away, as if clearing out the area, and dared not approach for a long time.

Chen Shunan swam back to the desolate mountain stream and reached the shore.

A subtle energy flowed, drying the clothes, and the dust rustled down like snowflakes.

Chen Shunan then examined the item in his hand.

Although the clothes and shoes were tattered, it was clear that they were well-made, with tight stitches and high-quality fabric, unlike those of ordinary people.

And this scroll...

Chen Shunan opened it, glanced at it briefly, his pupils contracted sharply, and a rare look of horror appeared on his face.

"This is... the true skill diagram of the Golden Snake Entwining Silk Hand, the Mysterious Snake Shedding Form Diagram? Although it is only a copy, not the original."

Chen Shunan immediately felt a sense of absurdity.

How could killing a demon result in a human martial arts manual dropping?

Or is it "Golden Snake Entangling Silk Hands"?
Could it be that this giant black snake killed a martial artist who practiced the Golden Snake Entangling Hand before it died, and hasn't finished digesting its essence yet?

The "Flesh Immortal" of the Zhang family was created by observing the stone tablet and comprehending the six true skill diagrams, thus breaking down the cultivation of the six thieves.

The Li family's "Golden Snake Entwining Silk Hand" only has one true skill diagram, which is the Xuan Snake Shedding Form Diagram.

The painting depicts a black snake with no eyes or scales, its head slightly raised, half of its body clearly visible while the other half is hidden in the mountains, water, and clouds.

When visualizing, everyone has a different experience and gains something different. The efficiency of refining one's own consciousness and focusing on the image also varies from person to person.

Some people visualize a cauliflower snake in their minds and use this to temper their will. However, their mental effort is as slow as a tortoise's pace. A month of practice is only equivalent to a few days of practice for others, resulting in half the effort for twice the result.

Some people can visualize a coiled serpent, like a pillar of heaven, that can blot out the sky and the sun, resembling a deity, in their sea of ​​consciousness.

It is in no way inferior to Chen Shunan's Six Scenes Revolving True Skill Diagram. The mental tempering is so fast that the strength gained is even more mysterious.

Regardless of the type, as a family secret of the Li family, even if it was sold off cheaply multiple times, the "Golden Snake Entangling Silk Hand" was not a common, easily accessible martial art.

Those who can master and practice this skill are all people with names, backgrounds, and connections.

How could someone just randomly appear and end up in the belly of a snake?

Chen Shunan's expression shifted between light and dark.

Suddenly, the scroll in my hand felt heavy.

He first turned back to the desolate mountain cave.

The lame rat had long since escaped and disappeared, so Chen Shunan ignored it and went into the cave.

The cave reeked, and apart from skeletons and charred corpses, there were no other usable items.

However, in one corner of the cave wall, there was a simple fire pit made of several black stones. The pit was filled with thick white ash, which could be vaguely seen as the result of burning pine wood several days ago.

Beside the hearth, there are chipped rough earthenware bowls, a smooth stone mortar, and strips of dried meat hanging on the wall.

Even the walls were covered with carvings of varying depths, densely packed, with faint traces of writing, all about "human" eating "hunger" techniques...

Strange and grotesque, sometimes scribbled, sometimes clear.

It seems that the cave is not inhabited by a snake demon.

He was a savage.

Chen Shunan's gaze shifted slightly, and an invisible, hidden force, like a felt sheet, erased all the writing on the wall.

With a downward thrust of his hand, a surging wave of air erupted, overturning the fire pit and shattering the earthenware bowls and stone mortar into dust.

Finally, they moved a large rock to block the cave, cleaned up the traces at the scene, extinguished the remaining fire, and completely destroyed the snake path.

Then they quickly left.

Great Ape, Spider Venom Hand, Flesh Ganoderma... these are martial arts nicknames.

Martial artists like Lin Shouzhou, Zhao Guangxi, and Master Li, who had mastered their skills and possessed profound abilities, all had features that resembled those of birds and beasts to varying degrees.

He suddenly couldn't tell whether what he had killed today was a snake demon, or...

people.

With the Xuan Snake Shedding Its Form Diagram tucked in his bosom, Chen Shunan pondered to himself.

Perhaps the Li family, specifically Master Li, could offer him some answers.

(End of this chapter)