Reborn as a lotus, she initially refuses to hand it over to the state.

They saw that the Crimson Scaled Python dared to resist.

Blood Nest's voice was tinged with sarcasm. He sneered, "Insect, from the moment you swallowed your first mouthful of blood marrow, you have been my servant. And you dare to resist?"

As His words fell.

The mark imprinted deep within the soul of the Crimson Scale Python began to take effect, and the number of its scarlet vertical pupils, which had originally wanted to resist, became violent.

A look of madness appeared in the eyes of the Crimson Scale Python. It suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a blood-red snake bead.

As soon as the snake bead appeared, the blood mist throughout Crimson Cloud Ridge seemed to be drawn towards it.

The next second, a crack suddenly appeared on the surface of the blood-red snake bead.

From the crack, a blood-red eye opened.

The moment that eye opened, the entire battlefield seemed to fall silent, and the number of comments in the live stream suddenly decreased.

Everyone who saw that eye felt a chill run down their spine.

Li Ergou's hand trembled, and he almost dropped his phone.

"Brothers, that thing looks like it's watching us."

His blood-red eyes darted around, scanning the surroundings with a gaze as if he were looking at a group of sacrificial offerings already placed on an altar.

The next moment, the blood-red eye turned, and the massive body of the Crimson Scale Python trembled violently.

Its dark red scales split open one by one.

Blood seeped from the gaps in its scales, and a terrifying aura of blood flooded its body like a tidal wave.

The aura that was originally close to the fifth rank suddenly surged wildly at this moment.

The Crimson-Scaled Python let out a painful hiss, its body swelling continuously.

Sensing this aura, the surrounding snakes fled in terror.

Some snakes that were slow to escape had their bodies explode, their flesh turning into a blood mist, which was then sucked into the mouth of the Crimson Scaled Python.

Lu Cang's expression changed, and he said, "The aura of this Crimson Scale Python has become stronger."

Zhang Xuanling said in a deep voice, "This beast is using the power of the Blood Nest to forcibly break through to the next level. It has probably lost its rationality. We must stop it, otherwise it will be troublesome once it breaks through."

Before Zhang Xuanling could finish speaking, a terrifying wave came from ahead. The Crimson Scale Python broke through to the fifth rank, and its vertical pupils were filled with nothing but rage and slaughter.

After reaching the fifth rank, the Crimson Scale Python became even more ferocious. It let out a roar and launched an attack on the soldiers defending the Nanjiang City position with its massive body.

Dozens of soldiers, armed with machine guns, opened fire on the Crimson Scale Python. The bullets struck the python, leaving only sparks on its scales.

However, it was unable to inflict any real wounds on the Crimson Scale Python.

"Damn it, I refuse to believe in this nonsense."

Holding a machine gun, Li Ergou widened his eyes and fired a barrage of shots at the Crimson Scale Python, but it was completely ineffective.

The audience in the live stream immediately went wild.

"Holy crap, is this even a snake? We can't hurt it at all."

"Hey anchor, try using a rocket, blast it!"

"That's right, we must crush this monstrous python. It's too beastly; it killed so many of our humans."

Someone quickly shouted, "Run for your life, streamer! This python has gone mad!"

Faced with the charging Crimson Scale Python, Li Ergou didn't waste any words. He and his squad leader Zhuo Sikai carried rockets and fired them at the Crimson Scale Python.

Hundreds of rockets bombarded the Crimson Scale Python, making it appear as if it were engulfed in flames.

Upon seeing this, everyone cheered with immense excitement.

This enraged the Crimson Scale Python, which was originally a fire-type beast. The rocket hitting it only made its aura stronger.

It charged forward, its snake tail sweeping directly at Li Ergou and the others, leaving squad leader Zhuo Sikai and the others no time to react.

His body was struck by the snake's tail and instantly exploded into a bloody mist.

"Class monitor."

Li Ergou's eyes widened, and he let out a roar. The shockwave struck his chest, and he coughed up blood, flying backward and losing consciousness.

Zhou Zhenshan's face changed instantly, and he angrily shouted, "You beast, how dare you!"

He took a step forward and instantly appeared in front of the position, his arms crossed, and his golden-red blood energy transformed into a barrier.

boom!

The snake's tail lashed against the barrier, sending a massive shockwave spreading outwards. Several armored vehicles were thrown sideways by the shockwave, and soldiers were knocked to the ground by the blast.

Zhou Zhenshan managed to block the attack, and a huge crater appeared beneath his feet.

Lu Cang roared, "Everyone retreat! Retreat now!"

The soldiers and awakened ones quickly retreated, and the Crimson Scale Python opened its blood-red maw.

A stream of blood-red poisonous mist spewed from its mouth, sweeping towards the retreating crowd.

The killing intent in Zhou Zhenshan's eyes exploded completely.

Instead of retreating, he advanced, unleashing a punch that sent golden-red fist intent crashing into the blood mist like a blazing sun.

Boom!

Large swaths of blood mist were forcibly dispersed, but a small portion of the poisonous mist still managed to bypass the fist's intent and fall into the surrounding streets.

Several soldiers who were unable to retreat in time were touched by the poisonous fog, and their skin immediately turned black.

Some people screamed and fell to the ground, while ordinary people hid behind the ruins and their bodies convulsed rapidly after being swept by the blood mist.

When Zhou Zhenshan saw this, his eyes instantly turned red.

"You're asking for it!"

He flashed and appeared directly above the Crimson Scale Python.

With his fifth-order Qi and blood fully erupting, he resembled a blazing golden-red sun descending from the sky.

He punched the head of the Crimson Scale Python.

boom!

Large patches of scales shattered, and the massive head of the Crimson Scaled Python was smashed into the mountainside.

The entire mountain range trembled, and in the live broadcast room, Li Ergou was so excited he almost jumped up.

"He hit it, brothers! Director Zhou hit it!"

The screen immediately filled with comments.

"Good! Let's kill this giant snake!"

"That punch was so satisfying!"

"Fifth-tier against fifth-tier, finally a head-on battle! Zhou Ju is truly formidable. With Zhou Ju, how can our human race not be destroyed?"

The crowd was buzzing with excitement, already speculating about what would happen if Zhou Zhenshan also broke through to the sixth rank.

What's there to be afraid of, Lord of the Azure Lotus? We'll just wipe him out.

However, before everyone could finish celebrating, the Crimson Scale Python burst out of the mountain wall. It raised its enormous head, and the shattered scales on its head began to regrow at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Blood mist rushed into the wound, and bits of flesh wriggled.

In the blink of an eye, his injuries had healed by more than half.

Zhang Xuanling's face darkened: "Director Zhou, be careful!"

The Crimson Scale Python suddenly raised its head, its tail whipping towards Zhou Zhenshan like a blood-red whip.

Zhou Zhenshan raised his hand to block, but he was sent flying, crashing through an abandoned high-rise building that collapsed with a roar.

The live stream went silent instantly.

Li Ergou's face turned pale, and his voice changed.

"Director Zhou...?"

The comments section paused for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, panic flooded social media.

"Holy crap, Director Zhou got sent flying?"

"How did this snake suddenly become so strong? It wasn't even at level five just now!"

"Something's wrong. This isn't a normal breakthrough; it's like it's being controlled by that eye!"

The Crimson Scale Python did not stop; it had completely lost its mind, and its massive body charged directly toward Nanjiang City.

Along the way, rocks crumbled and trees fell. It wanted to rush into the city, to kill, to bleed, and to bleed even more blood.

Just as the Crimson Scale Python was about to break through the outer defense line of Nanjiang City, an old figure rushed out from the medical point.

"grandfather!"

Chen Xueli's expression changed instantly.

Chen Wuji ripped off the bandage on his shoulder. His poison wounds had not fully healed, and his expression was very solemn.

Chen Xueli rushed over to stop him: "Grandpa, your injuries haven't healed yet, you can't go!"

Chen Wuji turned around and glared at her: "Girl, hide in the back. I've practiced boxing my whole life, not to lie on a stretcher and watch the younger generation fight desperately in front of me."

Chen Xueli's eyes instantly reddened: "But you'll die!"

Chen Wuji grinned: "No one can escape death. Dying in bed is death, dying on the battlefield is also death."

"At my age, if I can throw one more punch before I die, it's worth it."

After saying that, Chen Wuji took a step forward. He did not rush towards the head of the Crimson Scale Python. He knew very well that his current strength was not enough to fight a fifth-level demon king head-on.

But he also saw that there were still dozens of soldiers ahead who hadn't had time to retreat, and the Crimson Scale Python's tail swept across.

Once the attack hits, none of these people will survive. Chen Wuji took a deep breath and forcibly circulated his internal energy.

The meridians that had been eroded by snake venom immediately began to feel a tearing pain, but he didn't care and stomped his feet hard on the ground.

boom!

The ground exploded, and Chen Wuji was thrown towards the side of the snake's tail.

"Eight Extremes, Mountain-Pulling Lean!"

boom!

His aged body crashed into the side of the Crimson Scale Python's tail; his strength was not particularly great for a fifth-tier Crimson Scale Python.

But the angle of the impact was extremely tricky. The snake's tail was deflected by an inch, and that inch saved the lives of dozens of soldiers.

The massive snake tail swept across the battlefield.

A row of abandoned buildings next to him collapsed directly, and the violent shockwave blew the soldiers away. Chen Wuji was sent flying backward and crashed heavily to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of black blood.

"Master Chen, Grandmaster Chen!"

Upon seeing this, the eyes of the rescued soldiers instantly turned red.