Zhongshan Shenzhu Chi

The new village was dimly lit.

The bodies of the merchants and villagers vanished without a trace, turning into flowing water, and the cultivators of the Crimson Immortal Sect had no interest in investigating the reason behind it.

Something was approaching through the thick rain.

They instinctively formed a circle around Meng Heng and Huo Yufeng, their eyes darting around, wary of any unusual movement.

Large raindrops pattered down, dense and monotonous.

Besides that, all they could hear was the uncontrolled pounding of their own hearts, each beat heavier than the last, as if it were about to shatter their ribs and burst out of their chests.

Under the shadow of boundless terror, the circle of people unconsciously began to shrink inward.

It was as if some unseen entity was wandering and entwining around everyone in the rain.

"Boom—"

A deep rumble of thunder followed, and thousands of tons of rain poured down on the crowd, as if the dam in the sky had opened its floodgates.

The rain, forming a continuous mirror-like curtain, instantly blurred everyone's vision.

A cloud of blood mist exploded before Meng Heng's eyes without warning.

Here once stood a disciple of the Crimson Immortal Sect.

Her unease was completely ignited, and she poured all her magical power into the longsword in her hand without reservation.

The torrential rain soaked through her clothes, which clung tightly to her body, revealing her mature and voluptuous curves in the air.

"Go." Meng Heng took a step forward, and seven ice crystal blades identical to the longsword gathered around him.

The icy sharpness shot straight into the rain, freezing everything.

But the heavy rain continued, the iron-gray rain curtain swallowing the seven icy crystal blades silently.

"Ah!" The disciples of the Crimson Immortal Sect wailed in pain.

The bodies of his fellow disciples exploded one after another, blood and flesh flying everywhere. He couldn't even react. He was only grazed by the passing gust of wind, and half of his body instantly split apart, exposing his white bones to the air. Blood was washed away by the torrential rain and flowed in all directions.

"Senior brother... Senior sister..."

"Help me!"

Meng Heng couldn't bear to look, so Huo Yufeng stepped forward and beheaded him with a single stroke, ending his suffering.

In the blink of an eye, the fifteen cultivators of the Crimson Immortal Sect were wiped out by the being in the rain.

"Bastard..." Huo Yufeng gritted his teeth, and a huge ball of flame erupted from the large sword in his hand.

The rain suddenly blocked his view, and his vision was restored slightly. Meng Heng looked around for the enemy.

Even after the flames died down, the two of them couldn't find a single enemy.

But the rain still didn't fall.

Huo Yufeng's heart tightened, and he looked up at the sky.

The enormous red serpent lowered its head, its golden and silver eyes meeting the man's dark pupils.

"Senior Sister!" Huo Yufeng was so terrified that his liver and gallbladder trembled, and he roared out.

Two ice swords followed, aimed straight at the red serpent's eyes, but were blocked by the serpent's tail.

Seeing the ice sword pierce the snake scales, Huo Yufeng was overjoyed. He immediately steadied himself, and the blade, infused with magical power, shone with a brilliant gold, like the rising sun from the horizon.

Leap up and deliver a powerful leap!

The crimson scales clashed with the blade, producing a clanging metallic sound.

The gold on the blade shone even brighter, condensing into a celestial script.

With the power of the magical treasure, the blade surged with boundless flames, and the fierce slash directly forced the giant snake back. The flames even ignited the rain, causing it to flow upwards, and no more raindrops fell within a radius of a hundred meters.

Finally seeing the red serpent clearly, Meng Heng's palm, gripping the longsword, was covered in cool, fine beads of sweat.

Its scales open and close slowly with each breath, a deep crimson that is captivating at a single glance.

His eyes shone as brightly as the sun and moon, and his body was as stable as the earth.

Is it still a snake?

Is this really a snake?

"Senior Sister! Our attack is working!" Huo Yufeng shouted. "Kill it, or we'll all live!"

Meng Heng came to his senses and saw the charred wound his junior brother had left on the red snake with his full-force strike.

The breath that had been stretched to its limit in his chest finally eased a little.

It seems that this giant snake has not completely broken free of its shackles, and I still have a chance to subdue the demon.

The woman's eyes narrowed, and she used the blade to cut open her palm. As blood surged, a chill suddenly rose, as if freezing the air.

Upon seeing this, the man also offered his blood as a sacrifice to his knife.

In an instant, ice blue and fiery red separated heaven and earth, and the seal script flowed. The Daoist charm that was enough to freeze and burn all things flowed on the ice sword and the fire blade.

"That is my wish, but I dare not ask." Huai Nian's eyes burned with a mocking light, and a strange laugh echoed in his throat.

Faced with the thrusting swords, the giant serpent neither dodged nor avoided them, allowing them to do as they pleased.

In an instant, blue and red light crisscrossed and slashed from the top of the red serpent's head all the way to its tail.

The continuous booming of metal clanging together even suppressed the muffled thunder in the sky for a time.

No part of the red serpent's body was intact; more than half of its scales were shattered, and the wounds exposed to the air were charred black by flames and then frozen by ice.

Huo Yufeng and Meng Heng were panting heavily, each using their swords to support themselves on the ground.

Seeing that the red serpent offered no resistance and had been killed by the two, it was now devoid of any life force.

The man took a deep breath and suddenly had an idea, beginning to admire the alluring figure of the woman beside him.

"Senior sister, how do we divide this giant snake?"

"Restore your mana first." Meng Heng frowned but didn't say anything. She flicked her hand across the jade bracelet and tossed a bag of pills to Huo Yufeng.

"I think this snake is related to the Snake God. He should recover quickly and return to the city to report to the elder in charge."

"Senior sister, you're just too meticulous." Huo Yufeng took the pill, popped it into his mouth like a candy, and swallowed it in one gulp.

"Snake God, Snake God... Perhaps this snake is the offspring of the Black Serpent God."

"It's one thing to stay in the mountains, but they actually dare to come out and hunt us down... Just like Shen Yan, they rely on their status but are all show and no substance."

"Let's go." Meng Heng dried the water off her body, and her alluring curves were once again concealed by her dress.

"Once the elders conquer Zhongshan and seize that thing from the Serpent God, we can have as many of these monsters as we want."

"Hmm." Huo Yufeng shook his head, casting aside the erotic fantasies in his mind, and sheathed his knife.

The two had barely turned around when they hadn't even had a chance to escape.

Suddenly, a crisp "click" sounded behind me.

Then came the second and third sounds, growing louder and louder until they almost blended together, as if something was breaking free from the constraints of the ice.

Both the man and woman felt a sudden sinking feeling in their hearts and turned around abruptly.

In the rain, the red snake still stood in the same place, its scarred scales constantly cracking and being washed away by the rain like withered leaves.

Beneath it, newly formed red scales are revealed, their color deeper, their texture denser, and they faintly shimmer with a dark golden luster.

"Run!" Meng Heng shouted.

Unexpectedly, the giant snake was even faster.

The crimson shadow attacked with incredible speed, and a hideous long tail appeared above their heads.

"Bang!"

Swords and blades shattered, and inscriptions crumbled.

The man and woman crashed into the mud like kites with broken strings, their bones and muscles shattered by the red snake's force, which was enough to break rocks. They coughed up a mouthful of blood full of internal organs and flesh.

"Since we're here, we might as well stay," the giant snake said without a trace of pity. It thrust its tail out, piercing and killing the man and woman, then casually tossing their corpses aside.

I never expected that just by pretending to be dead, I could get the reason why the Crimson Immortal Sect was targeting my mother from the two of them...

That saves me the trouble of interrogating myself.

The red serpent took a deep breath, like a whale sucking in water, stirring up the mountain wind and swirling the rain and mist.

The dark clouds that had enveloped the new village dissipated, and brilliant sunshine poured down like a golden river.

The villagers gathered in the open space of the new village were astonished to see the enormous red snake slowly appear before them.

The snake scales reflected the sunlight, shimmering with a reddish-gold luster, as if even the air itself had been dyed red.

They stood there stunned for a moment, then suddenly someone took the lead and the villagers all knelt down, their clothes soaked with mud and water, their eyes reflecting the sun's brilliance.

"The God of Zhongshan..."

The words were like murmurs, yet the voices were loud and resonant, forming a tide of "awe" that surged in wave after wave.

"The God of Zhongshan!"