Cultivating Immortality Through a Hundred Lifetimes: I Possess the Heavenly Book of Merit

Yu Yan raised his head, his eyes filled with a palpable killing intent.

He clapped his hands together, and the twelve sword shadows spun up again, slashing head-on at the oncoming giant snake!

"court death!"

The giant serpent roared, opening its maw to spew out a blood mist several times denser than before. The blood mist transformed into countless tiny droplets in mid-air, each carrying a corrosive demonic power, enveloping the sword shadow.

hiss hiss hiss—

The sword shadow plunged into the blood mist, its spiritual light flashing violently, and its speed suddenly decreased.

But Yu Yan ignored it all, frantically urging his spiritual power forward, his sword shadow stubbornly resisting the erosion of the blood mist, advancing inch by inch.

"Break it!"

He shouted sharply, and twelve sword shadows suddenly burst forth with dazzling light, breaking through the blood mist and slashing fiercely at the giant snake's head!

Ding ding ding—

After a series of loud metallic clangs, the sword shadow left several deep sword marks on the giant serpent's head.

Its scales shattered, its flesh rolled up, and dark red blood rained down.

But at the same time, the spiritual light on the sword shadow also dimmed considerably.

Yu Yan looked down at the sword array talisman in his hand.

The patterns on the talisman were already blurred, and the spiritual light flickered, clearly indicating that it wouldn't last much longer.

A first-tier high-grade talisman is ultimately just a one-time consumable.

The giant snake also noticed this.

It endured the excruciating pain, a sinister smile flashing in its golden vertical pupils.

"Your talismans are almost exhausted. Let's see what other tricks you have up your sleeve!"

Ignoring its wounds, it lunged forward with its massive body, its huge mouth opening wide to bite down hard on Yu Yan.

Yu Yan retreated rapidly, and at the same time, his sword technique changed, and twelve sword shadows gathered again, slashing towards the giant snake's mouth.

The giant snake had to shut its mouth and dodge, but its tail swept across from the side—

Bang! !

Yu Yan was unable to dodge in time and was struck in the waist by the snake's tail, which was as thick as a water bucket.

The immense force struck him as if he had been struck by lightning. He felt a tightness in his chest, spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily to the ground.

"cough……"

Yu Yan coughed up blood and struggled to stand up, but the sharp pain in his waist almost made him fall down again.

At least two ribs were broken.

He looked up and saw that the twelve sword shadows had completely dimmed, swayed in mid-air, and then dissipated into specks of spiritual light.

The sword array talisman has exhausted its spiritual power.

Upon seeing this, a hint of smugness flashed in the giant snake's eyes.

Its massive body slowly descended, its enormous head lowered, looking down at Yu Yan lying on the ground.

"The talisman is gone, my spiritual power is exhausted, and I'm severely injured..."

Its voice was filled with mockery and resentment.

"Human cultivator, what makes you think you can fight me?"

Yu Yan didn't speak, he just stared at it coldly.

His hand silently reached towards his waist.

There are butcher knives there, shrouded in malevolence and murderous intent.

But at this moment, Yu Yan's spiritual power was flowing into the blade in strands, covering the blade with a thin layer of spiritual light.

The spirit silk covers the knife.

The giant snake did not notice this detail.

At this moment, it was filled with the joy of about to take revenge. Its huge head slowly lowered, opened its huge mouth, and aimed at Yu Yan.

"Don't worry, I won't swallow you whole."

"I'm going to put you in my mouth and chew you slowly, so you can really feel what it means to..."

He hadn't finished speaking.

boom!

A thunderclap suddenly sounded behind it.

The giant snake's massive body shuddered violently.

A bolt of lightning struck solidly into the wound on its back.

The area had already been breached by the sword shadows, and the scales had long since fallen off. Now, struck head-on by the lightning, the skin was torn open, and charred flesh and blood splattered everywhere.

hiss--!

The giant snake let out a shrill scream, its massive body tumbling violently, shaking the ground.

It turned around abruptly, its golden vertical pupils filled with disbelief.

Not far away, behind a rock, Zhou Yan was making hand seals, his spiritual energy surging.

"you……!"

The giant snake recognized him.

This person is actually a cultivator?

"What do you mean, 'me'?"

Zhou Yan sneered, and his spiritual energy surged once more.

"You really thought I ran away? I'm just waiting to collect your corpse!"

He did run away.

But thinking of the entrustment his friend's family had entrusted to him, he finally decided to follow along and see what was going on. He remained hidden in the shadows, concealing his presence and preparing to strike.

When Yu Yan used his divine sense to investigate, he unsurprisingly found Zhou Yan there.

The two, one in the open and one in the shadows, did not communicate, but understood each other implicitly.

Yu Yan lured the snake demon to attack continuously, gradually weakening it and drawing all its attention to himself.

Zhou Yan, hiding in the shadows behind the snake demon, waited for the moment it revealed its back before launching a sneak attack and severely injuring it.

Both sides performed admirably, and so far, apart from the snake demon killing the ordinary people, there have been no other unexpected incidents.

boom!

Zhou Yan was ruthless and taciturn. Without giving the snake demon a chance to breathe, he unleashed another palm strike, hitting the same wound on the snake demon's back once again.

Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and bones shattered.

The giant snake screamed in agony, its massive body almost falling from mid-air.

But a mad killing intent also surfaced in its eyes.

It suddenly turned its head, ignoring Yu Yan on the ground, and pounced on Zhou Yan.

"You little bastard, I'll eat you first!"

However, in the instant it turned around—

A figure suddenly rose from the ground.

This was the opportunity that Yu Yan had been waiting for.

With the blessing of the Instantaneous Movement Talisman, Yu Yan's speed was astonishing, and the sharp pain in his waist seemed to be completely non-existent.

His right hand gripped the pig-slaughtering knife, its blade covered in a thin layer of spiritual light, with wisps of spiritual energy coiling around it like a spider web.

A faint red glow could be seen on the blade.

That's malevolence.

It was murderous intent.

It was the malevolent energy accumulated from the countless pigs slaughtered by this knife that was now activated by spiritual power and solidified into a tangible form.

The giant snake noticed the unusual movement behind it.

A sharp pain shot through the wound on my back.

It wanted to turn back, but it was too late.

Yu Yan had already rushed to its side and spotted the wound that Zhou Yan had blasted open.

One of the wounds, neither too big nor too small, was located right at its vital spot.

But for Yu Yan, that was enough.

"die!"

Yu Yan let out a low roar and stabbed down fiercely with the butcher knife in his hand.

"Pfft—"

The sound of a blade piercing flesh was dull yet clear.

The butcher knife was completely submerged in the snake's body, with only the handle sticking out.

The giant snake's body stiffened violently.

Then, it let out a deafening screech.

The scream was filled with pain, fear, disbelief, and dying madness.

It twisted its body wildly, its tail sweeping across, shattering the surrounding rocks into dust.

But Yu Yan gripped the knife hilt tightly, clinging to the snake's body, refusing to let go.

His spiritual power surged wildly into the blade, rampaging through the snake's body and shredding everything in its path.

The giant snake's writhing became more and more violent, but also more and more powerless.

Blood fell like rain, staining the entire mountainside red.

finally--

"Boom!"

Its massive body crashed heavily to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.

The dust settled.

The giant serpent lay on the ground, the light in its golden vertical pupils gradually fading.

It looked at Yu Yan, its eyes filled with resentment and bitterness.

"You, you,"

Its voice grew softer and softer.

"How hateful, how hateful..."

After uttering the last two words, its head finally drooped heavily, and it fell silent.