Douro Continent

Chapter 129 The Thousand-Year-Old Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent (Part 2)

Oscar's captivating eyes lit up instantly. "Little San, you're the encyclopedia of the martial spirit world! Amazing, truly amazing."

Not only him, but everyone except Xiao Wu, including Zhao Wuji, looked at him with a change in expression. It's important to understand that soul beasts, like martial souls, are incredibly diverse, and their age and level are difficult to determine. Tang San, merely by listening to Zhu Zhuqing's words, was able to accurately determine the type and strength of the soul beast they were about to face, and even describe its specific details. This demonstrates his profound understanding of martial souls. This is something even Zhao Wuji himself admitted he couldn't do.

Tang San smiled shyly and said, "This is all thanks to the teacher."

Rather than calling Tang San an encyclopedia, it's more accurate to say that Grandmaster is. Grandmaster's research on all aspects of martial souls has reached its pinnacle. As his disciple, Tang San, besides possessing considerable strength, has enough theoretical knowledge to become a teacher in any academy.

Zhao Wuji couldn't help but ask, "Since you know about this kind of soul beast, what's the best way to capture it?"

Tang San answered without hesitation, "All snakes fear aggressive birds, especially long-beaked birds like cranes. Although we don't have a crane spirit among us, Fatty's phoenix is ​​considered the king of birds. His spirit aura should be able to suppress this crested serpent to some extent. The crested serpent isn't very aggressive; what we need to be careful about is preventing it from escaping."

"Here it comes." Just then, Zhu Zhuqing's voice came out. With a low shout, she actually pounced down from the air, not afraid at all that the opponent was a thousand-year-old soul beast. Her sharp claws and the first soul ring on her body lit up at the same time, and she launched the Netherworld Thrust.

It was a gigantic snake, exactly as Zhu Zhuqing had described, about six or seven meters long, with a bright red crest on its head, looking somewhat ferocious. Its rapidly moving body collided head-on with Zhu Zhuqing. Zhu Zhuqing's Netherworld Thrust slammed directly down on the crest on its head.

The crested snake reacted quickly. Although it was rushing forward, it also turned its head to the side in its haste. Zhu Zhuqing's claw did not hit the crest, but instead hit its body, making a muffled sound. This immediately reduced the speed of the crested snake's forward rush.

The crested snake seemed startled; it tilted its head, opened its mouth wide, and spewed a cloud of seven-colored mist at Zhu Zhuqing. At the same time, its bright red crest glowed, and its speed, which had just momentarily faltered, increased again.

Dai Mubai shouted almost without thinking, "Be careful!" As the saying goes, concern makes one lose their composure. In a state of shock and anger, he immediately activated his thousand-year soul ring skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation.

His body suddenly swelled up, and Dai Mubai charged headlong towards the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent.

"Seven treasures have names, the second is: speed." Ning Rongrong's clear voice rang out at this moment. Dai Mubai felt his body lighten, and his forward speed increased again. Just in the blink of an eye, he blocked the suddenly hateful Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent.

With a loud bang, Dai Mubai groaned and his body lurched backward nearly ten meters. However, the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent's forward momentum came to an abrupt halt. Its massive body twisted in the air before crashing to the ground.

"The seven-colored mist it spews is just to scare people; it's not poisonous," Tang San's voice rang out at the right moment. At the same time, the Blue Silver Grass that had been prepared on the ground suddenly rose up and tightly wrapped around the body of the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent that had fallen to the ground. In particular, it wrapped around its two wings, preventing it from flying again.

The fat man unleashed the full pressure of his martial soul, and the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent trembled slightly, perhaps sensing the aura of the Evil Fire Phoenix. However, it was, after all, a thousand-year-old soul beast, and it wasn't so easily willing to die. Although it couldn't fly for the time being, it didn't completely affect its movements.

Tang San felt that the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent's body suddenly became slippery. Not only could the sharp thorns on the Blue Silver Grass not pierce its skin, but it also twisted violently and crawled out of the Blue Silver Grass. Although it did not fly, it still moved incredibly fast along the ground, and in the blink of an eye it was already ten meters away.

"Trying to run? Do you think it's that easy?" Zhao Wuji's deep voice rang out. With the appearance of his third, gleaming spirit ring, the Thousand-Year Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent's body suddenly stiffened, its speed decreasing dramatically. This was due to Zhao Wuji's third spirit ring skill, Gravity Enhancement.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Wuji's fourth and fifth spirit rings lit up at the same time. His body suddenly leaped into the air, and when he landed again, he arrived right in front of the Thousand-Year Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent thanks to the tracking effect of his fourth spirit ring skill. Gravity compression was activated at the same time.

No matter how slippery the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent was, it had no room to maneuver in the face of Zhao Wuji's powerful soul force.

Dealing with a thousand-year-old soul beast was a piece of cake for the Immovable King. He seemed to have done nothing, but the sudden burst of power sent chills down the spines of all the students. Tang San finally understood how lucky he had been when he fought Zhao Wuji that day. If Zhao Wuji had used his soul skills in combination right from the start, Tang San probably wouldn't have even had a chance to unleash his hidden weapons.

Zhao Wuji's bear paw lashed out, already gripping the head of the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent, lifting it in front of him. With his other hand, he flicked its crest, instantly knocking the serpent unconscious from the sheer force of the Mighty Vajra Bear. Had Zhao Wuji not insisted on sparing its life, it would have been unable to withstand even that single flick.

"It's done!" Everyone cheered excitedly at the same time. Oscar, who was only fourteen years old, was so excited that he ran towards Zhao Wuji in a few steps.

Xiao Wu stood beside Tang San with her head down, her large eyes filled with reluctance. "Is it really necessary to hunt soul beasts?"

Tang San sighed softly and said, "The law of the jungle is the survival of the fittest. If this snake were stronger than us, do you think it would let go of its prey that's already within its grasp?"

Xiao Wu didn't speak again, but she kept her head down and her face was still a little pale.

Zhao Wuji pulled a short blade from his waist and handed it to Oscar. "The longer it goes on, the more things might go wrong. Do it. Stab it from below its crest, and you'll pierce its brain. That spirit ring is yours."

Oscar excitedly took the short blade. At this moment, the thousand-year-old soul beast was just a lamb to the slaughter in front of him. His third soul skill was about to be used, and he was so excited that his hands trembled.

Just as Oscar was about to thrust his knife, a hoarse, stern voice suddenly rang out, "Stop!"

Immediately afterwards, two figures darted out from the direction from which the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent had flown and appeared before everyone.

The two women, one old and one young, were both women. The older one appeared to be in her sixties or seventies, with her full head of white hair neatly combed. Despite her age, she was remarkably vigorous, and although her face was wrinkled, it was rosy like a baby's. Her eyes gleamed with a sharp light. In her right hand, she gripped a three-meter-long snake-head cane, and her six spirit rings pulsed rhythmically.

Her body hadn't changed, but her spirit rings showed that she had already used her own spirit. Without a doubt, the cane in her hand must be her spirit.

Beside the old woman was a beautiful young girl with short, ear-length hair, looking about sixteen or seventeen years old. She wore a neat, fitted outfit that tightly hugged her well-developed figure, and her large, deep brown eyes were fixed intently on the phoenix-tailed crested snake in Zhao Wuji's hand. She also carried a snake-headed cane, but it was shorter than the old woman's, only two meters long, and her spirit rings were only two hundred-year-old ones.

The appearance of the old woman and the little girl startled everyone, but they all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the old woman had six spirit rings. After all, Zhao Wuji's seven spirit rings were no joke, especially those deep black ten-thousand-year spirit rings, which blatantly displayed their intimidating power.

Tang San and the others relaxed, but the old woman's expression changed.

She had only stopped him when she heard what Zhao Wuji said to Oscar, but when she got closer, she immediately saw the seven spirit rings on Zhao Wuji's body.

A Soul Saint? This is only the outer edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, how could a Soul Saint have appeared? The old woman's heart sank immediately, knowing that she was probably not going to get away with this today.

"What is it?" Zhao Wuji glanced at the old woman, his gaze falling on the snake-headed cane in her hand. He couldn't help but think of someone whose voice wasn't too harsh, but rather sounded rather gentle. This surprised Dai Mubai, who knew him well. The Immovable King never showed a kind face to those weaker than himself, especially in a situation where the other party clearly intended to take the Thousand-Year Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent.

The old woman coughed to soften her expression. "Hello, esteemed Soul Saint, you cannot give this Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent to this child."

Zhao Wuji, holding the phoenix-tailed crested snake in one hand, gave Oscar a look, signaling him to wait, and then turned to the old woman, asking, "Why?"

The old woman seemed to have recovered somewhat. "Because we were the first to spot this snake and were the first to hunt it. Otherwise, why would we have tracked it all the way here?"

(End of this chapter)