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Qian Xinya's pupils suddenly contracted as the blue light grew larger and larger before her eyes, and the aura of death approached her like a cold current!

Just as she was about to lose her life, a hand reached out from the side and blocked Qian Xinya's way.

The cyan light struck the palm of that hand, exploding into a small shockwave.

Chu Nan withdrew his hand, shook off the remaining fragments of blue light on his palm, and looked down at the young palace master who was kneeling slumped by the pool.

The young palace master looked at him and suddenly smiled.

There was a deep-seated weariness and resentment in that smile.

"I should have known you wouldn't miss this show. I spent three years laying the groundwork, but in the end, it's a nobody like you who benefits!"

Chu Nan remained calm. "I didn't intend to reap the benefits without doing anything, but I did end up getting a good deal. It seems that God favors me more."

Having narrowly escaped death, Qian Xinya's voice still trembled slightly, but she forced herself to speak, "Chu Nan, if you give me the divine medicine, I'll give you the Dragon Beard Root, all the century-old herbs, and even an extra hundred million!"

Chu Nansong did not answer Qian Xinya, as he was not interested in the so-called miraculous medicine.

But the appearance of this black snake changed his mind.

After all, it was believed that the Black Serpent's strength required at least three magic masters or martial arts grandmasters to suppress it.

He was genuinely curious about what it was that could make such a monster fight so fiercely to protect it.

Just as Chu Nan took a step forward, preparing to delve deeper into the cave to satisfy his curiosity, a soft rustling sound suddenly came from afar.

At first glance, it sounds like the wind rustling through weeds, but upon closer inspection, it's quite different.

Most importantly, the friction sound... came from the black snake's corpse!

Chu Nan stopped and turned around.

The black snake floating on the pool was visibly turning transparent.

The muscle tissue beneath the scales began to wriggle and contract, as if something was being squeezed out from the inside.

The transparent gift began to crack, with the crack extending from the snake's head all the way to its belly.

Beneath the crack were scales even blacker than before!

This black snake is still alive?!

wrong!

This situation...

Is it shedding its skin?!

The young palace master's face turned deathly pale in an instant. He struggled to stand up, but his body, which had been affected by the backlash of the secret technique, was completely unresponsive.

He shouted at Chu Nan with all his might, "This guy is about to molt into a dragon! What are you standing there for, you bastard? Hurry up and kill it before it finishes molting!"

For the first time, genuine fear appeared in the old fisherman's dark blue eyes. "The young master is right! Attack it while it's shedding its skin; it's at its most vulnerable now. Once it finishes shedding, it will be too late!"

Before Chu Nan could make a move, a dark shadow suddenly darted out from the transparent snakeskin.

That speed was faster than any of Black Serpent's previous attacks, so fast that it left only a dark afterimage in the air.

The dark figure attacked Chu Nan directly, carrying an even colder and more sinister aura than before.

Chu Nan was prepared. He lightly touched the stone slab with his toes and floated back several feet.

The dark figure missed its target, arcing through the air before falling back to the edge of the pool.

Black snake after molting —

No, it can no longer be called a black snake.

It was noticeably smaller than its previous nearly thirty-meter-long behemoth, now only the thickness of a water bucket.

But the scales all over his body were darker, shinier, and stronger than before, each one like black iron that had been forged through countless hammerings.

The most striking feature is the pair of bulges on its head, which have now completely split open, revealing two short horns that are only an inch long.

Although the horn was short, its tip was as sharp as a needle, gleaming with a chilling light in the sunlight.

Chu Nan looked at the black snake that was slowly arching its body, his eyes filled with pure curiosity. "Is this a dragon?"

He had never seen a dragon, let alone come into contact with any demonic beasts.

The black snake before him, which had shed its skin and grown short horns, was far from the dragon he had imagined that could summon wind and rain, but its chilling aura was indeed completely different from before.

"No, this isn't a dragon!"

The young palace master's voice came from behind, his tone filled with extreme solemnity, "This black snake is guarding that treasure, probably waiting for it to mature so it can consume the Transformation Dragon, but I almost killed it just now."

"Faced with a life-or-death crisis, it chose to molt prematurely; it didn't transform into a dragon, but instead became... a viper!"

Chu Nan looked thoughtfully at the black viper. "So, it's not as powerful as I thought?"

"It's not that powerful?"

The young palace master suddenly laughed, a laugh mixed with self-mockery, anger, and a trace of despair that even he himself was unwilling to admit. "You ignorant mortal! The serpent and the dragon are not in a superior-subordinate relationship. There is no question of who is stronger or weaker between them."

"To be precise, they are beings of the same level, but once they molt into serpents, they can never transform into dragons again!"

"We cut off its path to becoming a dragon, forcing it to live its entire life as a black viper."

"I've cut off its only chance to become a dragon in its lifetime. In its extreme rage, it will be even more terrifying than a jiao (a type of dragon-like creature)!"

The black snake slowly arched its body, its blood-red vertical pupils locking onto Chu Nan and the young palace master.

A layer of grayish-white cold air began to condense on its short horns. The cold air grew thicker and thicker, and even the surrounding air began to condense into tiny ice crystals.

The young palace master took a deep breath. "If you don't want to die, you'd better run away."

"I used secret techniques and magical artifacts before, and paid the price of nine Fish Startling Stones, just to barely defeat it in its snake form. Now it is far beyond what a Grandmaster can handle."

"I admit you're strong, but you don't really think you can handle a viper in a state of extreme rage, do you?"

Chu Nan didn't speak. He looked at the black snake and then walked towards it.

"Where are you going?"

Xu Yi's voice came from behind.

The young palace master has made it clear enough: this monster after molting is stronger than before, stronger than a Grandmaster would have no chance against it.

Why does Chu Nan want to go there?

Chu Nan didn't stop walking, his tone carrying a hint of nonchalance, "Let's see what kind of being the legendary serpent, which is said to be on par with the dragon, really is."

Qian Xinya's eyes widened, her voice shrill with disbelief, "You're insane!"

The young palace master used his last remaining strength to support his upper body. "You reckless fool! Did you think I was just bluffing? If you go over there now, you'll only be dead!"

"Since the lotus in the Qian position fully opened, no one has ever forced me to use my full strength."

Chu Nan didn't turn back, striding towards the black serpent against the overwhelming Yin energy. "I'll use this black serpent to test... just where my limits lie!"