I became a Sword Emperor in the Martial Arts World

Chapter 93 The Anaconda Disaster

The bus drove smoothly on National Highway 207.

In addition to their team leader Xu Lan and eight promising young students from Linjiang No. 1 Middle School, the team also included two teachers with professional martial arts licenses who were going to Lingyun Cave for the assessment and selection.

One of them is Teacher Lei Ying, who teaches medical skills, and the other is Physical Education Teacher He Shiwei, who is responsible for teaching external training techniques and is also the instructor of the Sanshou Club.

He Shiwei was tall and strong, with intimidatingly broad shoulders. He occupied two seats by himself and sat in the second row.

He would frequently initiate conversations with Lei Ying and Xu Lan, appearing extremely attentive; even a fool would know what he was up to.

Inside the train carriage, the eight martial arts upstarts participating in the selection were discussing the entrance exam for Lingyun Cave.

Hou Fei couldn't help but complain: "I heard from Teacher Xu Lan that a total of twelve prestigious schools participated in the competition this time, with hundreds of students, but in the end only twenty people were able to enter the cave."

With a one in five chance, Hou Fei felt his hope was slim.

In fact, it wasn't just him; Yu Shouping and Lu Yifan in the team also felt this sense of powerlessness. They were basically just there to make up the numbers this time.

Ye Qingzhou, Miao Yi, Zhu Jinfeng, Lei Ang, and Xu Yuebing all have a good chance.

The reason is simple: all five of them are too strong, far surpassing martial arts apprentices of the same age.

Especially Ye Qingzhou, the other seven promising young players from Linjiang No. 1 High School combined couldn't even beat him with one hand.

Martial arts families all have their own intelligence sources regarding the interior of the cave, so this time they came prepared.

Especially the local bigwigs like the Xu family of Linjiang, who knew a lot of inside information.

Xu Yuebing whispered to Ye Qingzhou, "Be serious this time. My sister said that the most important place inside Lingyun Cave is the ruins of the Divine Feather Sword Sect. Not only can you find rare cultivation manuals there from time to time, but if you're lucky, you can also find some elixirs to improve your cultivation."

Ye Qingzhou asked doubtfully, "It's said that many things in the cave are very ancient. Are you sure the elixir you found hasn't expired?"

Xu Yuebing rolled her eyes at Ye Qingzhou: "Idiot, how could I not think of something so simple? The pills found inside the cave all have an unknown sealing method. It seems that the primordial energy is transformed into some kind of inert substance, which completely encapsulates the pill, thus resisting the passage of time."

Afterwards, Xu Yuebing informed Ye Qingzhou of many things to pay attention to, all of which were lessons learned through blood and tears from the early explorations of the cave heavens by martial arts families.

Ye Qingzhou listened attentively and took notes.

On the bus, everyone was relaxed, even treating the trip as a picnic. Even if they didn't get a spot in the end, they figured it was good to have a chance to relax.

However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred!

Rumble~

The earth trembled, and the wide national highway ahead was suddenly cut off by a huge crack.

The driver slammed on the brakes, his face showing panic: "What's going on? Was there an earthquake?"

"Was there an earthquake in Linjiang too?"

"The last earthquake in Linjiang was three centuries ago, wasn't it?"

Just as everyone was discussing this, a loud noise came from the crack, and then a huge black snake suddenly emerged right before their eyes.

It flicks its tongue, emits a chilling hiss, and launches an attack without warning.

The enormous snake's body was a full forty meters long, its scales were as black as ink, and its belly had hidden dark gold patterns. Its raised head exuded a terrifying aura as if it came from a foreign wilderness.

"Tyrant Black Serpent!"

"Why are monsters of this level able to get close to human cities?"

He Shiwei's face turned pale. Just one glare from the tyrant Hei Hui's vertical pupils made him feel numb all over, unable to suppress the fear and despair that kept surging from the depths of his heart.

Lei Ying shouted, "It's a mental martial art called Evil Gaze! Everyone, be careful not to stare into its eyes!"

The Tyrant Black Serpent is a powerful creature registered with the Martial Arts Association. Even the weakest serpent possesses master-level combat power, and some serpents even have innate martial arts skills, a powerful ability that can be obtained through bloodline inheritance without learning.

With a flick of its tail, it wrapped half of its body tightly around the entire vehicle, dragging it to the side.

With its hard scales and powerful muscles, the tyrannical black serpent tightened its grip relentlessly. The bus could not withstand this terrifying force and immediately emitted a creaking, metallic squeezing sound, while all the windows were crushed.

In that critical moment, Ye Qingzhou drew his sword and slashed, cutting a path through the air: "Go!"

Xu Yuebing was pulled along by him and rushed out, and the others followed suit.

At that very moment, several kilometers away, on a large tree, Dai Qi put down his electronic binoculars and reported to Cecil through a Bluetooth headset: "Captain, target confirmed."

"Bring him back, and kill everyone else."

"clear."

Dai Qi then emitted hissing infrasound, manipulating the swarm of snakes to surround Ye Qingzhou's location.

Cecil, meanwhile, was remotely orchestrating this operation from behind the scenes: "What is the enemy's strength?"

Dai Qi looked disdainful: "Very weak. One is a professional fourth-dan with a life energy level of 45. Two are professional third-dan with life energy levels of 37 and 34 respectively. The remaining eight are all martial arts apprentices with life energy levels all below 10. They have neither master-level combat power nor any numerical advantage against the snake horde."

"Don't be careless. There's an old saying in the Eastern Kingdom: 'Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit.' I've already used up a precious intermediate-grade Dragon Blood Potion for this plan. If we still fail, you know the consequences."

The thought of what the organization did to the incompetent filled Dai Qi with dread. She didn't want to become "experimental material," and immediately declared, "Yes, I will not fail you!"

Dai Qi then put away her previous contempt and disdain, and her expression became serious.

Because she had also been injected with the dragon blood potion, she was able to use her superior bloodline to command the snake swarm and launch attacks.

After Ye Qingzhou and his group escaped from the bus, they were about to leave when they discovered that there were snake hordes all around them!

The sheer number of iron-scaled snakes, flying arrow snakes, and ordinary venomous snakes, swarming together in a dark, overwhelming mass, was enough to send chills down anyone's spine and trigger trypophobia.

Meanwhile, the air-conditioned bus, worth over two million, had been twisted into a pile of scrap metal by the tyrant Black Serpent, crackling and sparking.

Even in the face of danger, Xu Lan did not forget her responsibility as a teacher: "Lei Ying, He Shiwei, let the students go first, we'll stay behind to cover the rear."

Lei Ying nodded: "Okay."

Don't let her delicate and beautiful appearance as a school doctor fool you; among the three, she actually has the highest martial arts skills and the strongest combat power.

But He Shiwei wouldn't have it. Without looking back, he turned and ran, shouting, "You guys hold on, I'm going to get reinforcements!"

Despite being tall and strong, and always boastful, he immediately revealed his cowardly nature when faced with danger.

(End of this chapter)