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Upon hearing this, the young master of the palace couldn't help but laugh in anger.

He spent a string of top-grade fish-startling stones and used a secret burning technique.

It had only managed to defeat the black snake that had not yet molted.

Now that the black snake has turned into a black viper, this kid is not only unafraid, but also maintains a playful attitude.

In his view, Chu Nan's behavior was tantamount to courting death!

Moreover, the Black Serpent is currently in its most enraged state!

As expected, the black viper didn't give Chu Nan much time to observe.

Its arched body suddenly shot out.

It wasn't the previous powerful crushing force, but rather speed, so fast that only a blurry black afterimage remained in the air.

All anyone present saw was a black line flash by, and the black serpent's head appeared in front of Chu Nan.

The mouth, filled with sharp teeth, opened to an unbelievable angle, its two pairs of fangs gleaming coldly in the sunlight, as it bit down hard towards Chu Nan's throat.

Chu Nan leaned back, and the snake's mouth grazed his chin, its sharp fangs less than half an inch from his carotid artery.

The black serpent's attack missed, but its entire body twisted violently in mid-air.

The snake's tail suddenly pushed off the rock wall, using the force to change direction, and its head bit Chu Nan's waist and abdomen again from the side.

This sudden change of tactics was swift and ruthless, giving Chu Nan no time to catch his breath.

Chu Nan lowered his arm, using the outside of his forearm to block the impact of the snake's head. The force of the impact pushed him several feet to the side, leaving two white marks on the stone slab beneath his feet.

"So fast."

Wenbo's pupils contracted slightly.

He leaned against the stone wall, one hand pressing against the still-healing wound on his chest, his gaze fixed on the black afterimage in the arena. "After shedding its skin, its size shrank by almost half, but its speed at least tripled."

"That sudden change of direction wasn't achieved through muscle power; it used its tail to leverage the rock wall, forcefully altering its attack trajectory in mid-air."

"This kind of movement technique is comparable to martial arts movement techniques in the martial arts world. Even when I was in my prime, it would be quite difficult to keep up with this speed."

Lu Pingchuan's face was completely bloodless.

His junior brother died not far away, his Taoist robe still stained with the blood of his fellow disciple.

As he looked at the black snake darting through the arena like lightning, his lips trembled slightly. "It's not just its speed. Look at its scales. After molting, the area of ​​its scales has shrunk, but the thickness of each scale has actually increased."

"The smaller the area, the more concentrated the force, the stronger the defense. The speed tripled, and the defensive power of the scales increased rather than decreased."

"That young man just punched the snake's scales, and the scales didn't even crack. This isn't ordinary molting; this is evolution."

"It has given up its size and strength in exchange for speed and a more solid defense. According to common sense in the world of sorcerers, it would take at least three True Person Realm cultivators to form an array to trap the Black Serpent in this state."

"Trapped?"

The young palace master sneered. His body was so weak from the backlash of the secret technique that he could barely stand, but his inherent arrogance did not diminish much despite his injuries.

"You know absolutely nothing about the serpent. Its current state is just a test. That bite and flick just now was merely a warm-up, less than 30% of its true strength."

"When it starts using its cold energy, you will understand why the Sea God Palace's records list the Serpent as an existence that only Core Formation stage cultivators dare to deal with alone."

"I used nine Fish-Startling Stones and activated a secret technique to barely manage a draw with it in its snake form. Now that it has molted into a snake, its strength is only stronger."

The old fisherman supported himself on the ground with his only remaining left hand, and slowly nodded. His voice was hoarse and solemn. "The young palace master is right. It is still the cold energy of the Black Serpent that can backfire on the caster through true energy. My dark water turbid power is powerless against it."

"Now that it has molted into a serpent, its cold energy will only become more refined. Although that young man's true energy is strange, it may not be able to withstand it."

The black snake landed by the pool, its head slightly raised, its blood-red vertical pupils fixed on Chu Nan.

It did not immediately launch another attack, but instead observed—this human in front of it was different from its previous opponents.

Whether it was Wen Bo, Lu Pingchuan, or even the young palace master who desperately crushed the nine Fish-Startling Stones, their attacks all carried clear fluctuations of true energy and could be predicted.

However, Chu Nan's true energy was extremely restrained, only erupting at the moment of attack and defense. The rest of the time, it was like a sealed ancient well, without even a ripple.

This fighting style made it impossible for Black Serpent to predict his next move.

The black snake hesitated, but this hesitation lasted for less than a breath.

A layer of grayish-white light began to gather on its short horns, and the next second a blast of cold air as thick as an arm spewed from its mouth, shooting straight toward Chu Nan.

Where the cold air passes, the ground freezes instantly, and countless tiny ice crystals condense in the air.

Chu Nan dodged the pillar of cold air by sidestepping it, but the cold air did not dissipate.

The black snake swung its head violently, and a column of cold air swept across the air, like an invisible giant sword slashing towards Chu Nan at the waist.

A chill swept across the mountainside, instantly freezing a layer of ice about an inch thick on the rocks. The ice inside emitted a crisp, cracking sound, the sound of the rocks splitting from the frost.

Chu Nan leaped into the air with a light touch of his toes, a chill sweeping across his feet.

His feet shattered on the icy stone slabs as he landed, but the second wave of Black Serpent's chill had already arrived.

This time it wasn't a sweep, but a scattering.

The black serpent spewed cold air into the air, then lashed its tail against the ground, causing the cold air masses to explode in the air, turning into dozens of hair-thin cold needles that descended upon Chu Nan from all directions.

The dense, cold needles covered an area several feet in diameter in southern Chu, filling the air with sharp, piercing sounds.

Lu Pingchuan's voice trembled as he watched this scene. "This is magic! It's using magic!"

"I've seen many ancient beasts, but I've never seen one that can utilize its innate cold energy to this extent."

"It's not difficult to shatter the cold air mass into a rain of needles; the difficulty lies in ensuring that each needle retains its original density of cold air."

"This level of control is equivalent to a warlock's decades-long mastery of qi manipulation techniques!"

Chu Nan did not retreat; a layer of golden protective energy suddenly spread around his body.

It subtly resembles a lotus flower, yet it appears somewhat ethereal and unreal, making it difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion.

The moment the cold needle struck the lotus barrier, it emitted a series of dense and sharp impact sounds, followed by a hissing sound at the instant of impact.

At first, everyone could only see that Chu Nan's protective qi barrier remained completely unaffected by the attack of the cold needles.

But they would soon discover that Chu Nan's true energy also emitted a scorching heat, a high temperature that was enough to evaporate the black serpent cold needles in an instant!