Chaotic Times and Disasters: I Hunt Down Martial Arts Masters and Become a God

"The second realm, Wood! The Metal energy has gone, and the Wood energy has taken its place. The Wood energy will entangle its movements, but not indefinitely. The Wood energy is consuming my medicinal energy."

The moment the golden realm shattered, green wood energy surged from the edge of the formation, replacing the previous pale gold.

Countless thick vines sprouted from the ground around the giant python, their sharp barbs coiling around it.

The giant python writhed violently, trying to break free, but the vines tightened their grip, and barbs pierced the gaps in its scales, firmly fixing its massive body to the center of the stone hall.

Its movements were completely immobilized by the wood energy. But its defenses remained intact.

Leo charged up from the side, his bronze hammer slamming into the giant python's tail. The tail was entangled by vines and couldn't be swept across, but the python concentrated its demonic energy at its tail and swung it head-on. Leo was jolted back several steps, and the bronze hammer almost slipped from his grasp.

"Damn it, this is unbearable!" he cursed, panting heavily.

Taking advantage of the giant python being bound by vines, Fu Qing slashed directly at the gap in its neck scales that had already been cracked by the Golden Realm.

Without any metal energy rebounding, his sword strikes were more than twice as smooth as they had been in the wood realm.

With several more slashes, the cracks in the scales widened further.

The giant python let out a mournful hiss and spewed out a cloud of poisonous mist.

Suwen's wood energy reacted immediately, and vines grew out of the giant python's mouth, blocking the outlet of the gushing poisonous mist. The poisonous mist was trapped inside the giant python's mouth, hissing and crackling.

"The wooden barrier has been broken!"

The vines on the giant python's body began to wither and break, and the green light of the wood energy shattered inch by inch under its brute struggle. Part of its huge body had already broken free from its restraints.

"The third realm is water. Water vapor can dilute its poisonous fog, and its poisonous power is now at its lowest. However, the water realm consumes far more resources than the first two realms."

Blue mist spread out, covering the entire stone palace floor with a layer of translucent water.

The air around the giant python became humid and viscous, and the venomous mist it spewed out was quickly diluted into a very pale green in the water vapor, greatly reducing its corrosiveness.

Fu Qing confronted the giant python head-on. Its tail was slowed down by the moisture, and Fu Qing dodged several sweeping attacks while constantly striking with his sword.

"Enemy of Giants" has already exerted his power. His current cultivation level is also at the fourth level of Qi Refining, his blood and qi have greatly increased, and with the support of Battle Frenzy and Blue Overlord Clothing, he was able to rival the giant python that had been suppressed to the sixth level for a short time.

However, the moisture did not enhance the attack; his blade still struck the scales head-on.

Leo pounced from the side and grabbed the scales on the python's tail with his claws, hanging on the tail. The python tried to shake it off several times but couldn't, and Leo tore off several scales from its tail with his claws and bites.

"The water barrier has been breached..."

The water on the ground began to recede, and Suwen's voice was a few degrees hoarseer than before.

"The fourth realm is fire. The fire realm is my limit. The earth realm that follows the fire realm... you'd better settle this in this realm."

Crimson flames erupted from the edge of the formation, turning the ground bright red, and the temperature around the giant python soared dramatically.

The fire transformed into countless tiny flames that clung to the giant python's scales, scorching them relentlessly. The scales hissed under the intense heat of the flames.

The giant python struggled violently, its tail sweeping wildly across the flames, sending Leo flying and crashing into the stone wall, its demonic blood splattering everywhere.

Fu Qing met the giant python's fangs head-on, slashing his sword into its mouth.

The fire clung to the blade and exploded in the giant python's mouth, spraying out a mixture of demonic blood and flames.

The giant python thrashed its head wildly, sending Fu Qing flying. He only managed to regain his footing after the tip of his knife plunged into the ground, leaving a long trail of sparks.

"The Fire Realm is broken. Only the last realm remains—the Earth Realm. The Earth Realm will compress all the power of the Five Elements Barrier onto itself, reducing its defense to a minimum. I can't hold out for ten breaths. You only have one chance."

An earthy yellow light surged from the edge of the formation, replacing the crimson flames.

The Earth Realm is not as magnificent as the previous four realms. It lacks the sharpness of metal, the entanglement of wood, the flow of water, and the intensity of fire.

The earthly realm is only heavy.

The gravity of the entire stone hall suddenly doubled, and the giant python's massive body was pressed to the ground, its scales cracking inch by inch in the earthen-yellow light.

The cracks started from the fissures created by the Gold Realm, spread along the torn wounds of the Wood Realm, extended along the erosion areas of the Water Realm, and the scorched marks from the Fire Realm shattered under the heavy pressure of the Earth Realm.

The giant python knew it was going to die.

Under the yellowish-brown light curtain, it struggled frantically with its last bit of demonic power, its tail sweeping across and smashing stone pillars, poisonous mist spewing out and corroding the ground, its fangs biting and smashing stone walls.

With each struggle, Suwen's body trembled.

She hovered above the light shield, holding a copper plate. The golden light on the plate had dimmed to the point of being almost invisible. The medicinal energy that had been extracted from her skin was no longer pale green but nearly transparent white, a sign that the medicinal energy was about to run out.

Fu Qing gritted his teeth and charged towards the giant python in the earthen realm. Every stone slab beneath his feet sank, as if the air was pressing him back to the ground.

The power of the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—flowed within his body, and the five attributes were superimposed on the blade of the cold iron sword.

The first cut...

The second cut...

The third cut...

The fourteenth cut...

After the continuous sword strike, only half of the giant python's neck remained attached, but it was not yet dead. If the compass had failed, given its cultivation level, it might not have survived.

"drink!"

Fu Qing roared and swung his sword again, the fifteenth strike!

The python's head separated from its body, flew out diagonally, crashed into the earthen-yellow light screen, bounced back, and rolled into a corner of the stone hall.

Its vertical pupils were still open, and the last wisp of eerie green flame within them flickered a few times before gradually dying out.

Its massive body crashed down, kicking up clouds of dust.

The earthen-yellow light curtain shattered into countless points of light and dissipated into the air the instant the giant python fell.

The bronze plate slipped from Suwen's hands, and her body plummeted straight down from mid-air.

Fu Qing threw down his knife and rushed over to catch her. The two of them fell to the ground together. Su Wen felt as light as a kitten in his arms, and all the color drained from her face.

But her chest was still rising and falling, and her breathing was weak.

Leo poked his head out from the rubble, his mane covered in dust, his left eye swollen shut. He struggled to crawl over and glanced at Suwen, then at Fu Qing. "Are you still alive?"

Fu Qing nodded.

"To live."

Leo breathed a sigh of relief.

"You humans are fucking reckless! One of you is wielding a knife to kill a thousand-year-old snake demon, and the other is using blood to power a third-grade magic weapon. I'll never fight with humans again!"

He picked up the flattened bronze hammer and tenderly touched the broken handle.

"These two giant hammers have been with me for many years, and now they've been ruined by the snake demon. What a pity for my precious treasures..."

Fu Qing glanced at him, "Go out and fight a squad of elite Cold Iron warriors for you!"

Leo was startled, then grinned.

"Thank you very much!"

Fu Qing looked down at Su Wen, who was unconscious in his arms, brushed her stray hairs aside, and then took out the small cloth bag that Su Wen had given him earlier. He poured out the last Qi-replenishing pill and put it into her mouth, then held her chin and helped her swallow the pill.

Her throat moved slightly, and her breathing became more even than before.