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Because the snake demon hadn't anticipated that Lin Yaoxie would emerge safely from the snake venom, it was completely unprepared for the attack and was sent flying! It crashed heavily against the snake cave wall, causing a large rock to tumble down with a loud crash.

The snake demon barely managed to stand up, demonstrating the incredible resilience of its millennia-old body. Had it been an ordinary person, or even a typical monster, that punch would have sent them to the underworld long ago.

This also shows that Lin Yaoxie was very angry about Zhao Ling'er being tortured.

Since the snake venom can't move, I'll just strangle you with my tail. Thinking this, he swung his tail, which was more than ten meters long, at Lin Yaoxie. Lin Yaoxie neither dodged nor flinched, because he not only wanted to destroy the snake demon who had bullied his woman physically, but also to destroy the snake demon mentally!

The snake demon was secretly delighted, thinking it had succeeded. You see, because snake venom is precious, snake demons usually use their tails to strangle people when they kill. And once someone is encircled by its tail, no one has ever escaped alive. The snake demon was extremely confident in the power of its tail.

No matter how hard the snake demon tried to retract its tail, it couldn't budge Lin Yaoxie in the slightest. Lin Yaoxie sneered, "Is that all you've got?" A smile appeared on Lin Yaoxie's lips.

Chapter 18 Activating the System

In this situation, no matter how stupid the snake demon was, it would not be able to reconcile Lin Yaoxie's smile and goodwill. Lin Yaoxie shouted, "Break!" At the same time, he formed the hand seal of the Thunder King and a thunderbolt struck down from the sky, hitting the snake demon's tail.

The snake demon shrank back in terror. Upon closer inspection, it was charred beyond recognition, yet a faint aroma of snake meat filled the air.

The snake demon said angrily, "My hatred for you is irreconcilable!"

"It's a pity you can only repay this in your next life," Lin Yaoxie said calmly.

Another heavenly thunderbolt struck down from his palm, splitting the snake demon into several pieces.

Zhao Ling'er looked at the snake demon, thinking she was safe. But to her surprise, the snake demon, which had been in several pieces, gradually merged back together and was reborn once again!

"You think I'll die so easily?" the snake demon said hatefully. "I won't die until I've killed the descendant of Nuwa!" After saying that, she opened her mouth wide, spraying blood...

It swallowed Zhao Ling'er.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Yaoxie rushed forward and blocked Zhao Ling'er's path, pressing down on the snake demon's upper and lower jaws with both hands, resulting in a stalemate between the two.

Seeing an opportunity, the snake demon spewed venom from its fangs. Lin Yaoxie hurriedly dodged backward, but the venom struck the stone behind him, instantly turning it into dust!

Damn it, I didn't expect this snake demon to be so cunning. It used the tactic of "besieging Wei to rescue Zhao" to attract Lin Yaoxie's attention by pretending to devour Zhao Ling'er, and then forced Lin Yaoxie to fight passively.

An ordinary person would have accepted their fate, but Lin Yaoxie had seen all kinds of risks before, let alone today's situation!

Lin Yaoxie used his leg to brace against the snake's belly, freeing one hand to form a hand seal and use the "Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Heart" technique. The snake demon was driven back, and then Lin Yaoxie used the Heavenly Thunder Palm to shatter the snake demon into pieces, making it impossible for it to regenerate.

After the snake demon died, a Yuan Dan (a type of elixir) emerged from its body, which should be the essence of the snake demon accumulated over tens of thousands of years.

Thinking of this, Lin Yaoxie swallowed the pill. Instantly, the pill reacted with the essence of the Evil Sword Immortal within his body, and Lin Yaoxie felt his internal power greatly increase.

With a "ding," Lin Yaoxie knew that the system had given him a new task, so he listened carefully:

"New system task: Congratulations on unlocking the Snake Cave Exploration mission!"

What?! It's a snake cave adventure? I don't want to stay here for even a second longer. The smell of snakes is too strong.

"Snake Cave Exploration Mission Reward: Next time, you can choose the time and space you want to travel to!"

This was incredibly tempting for Lin Yaoxie. Before, he had always been the one passively traveling through time, like being raped by a stunningly beautiful woman. He always felt uncomfortable about it. Now, being able to choose his own time and space was exciting, so he led Ling'er deeper into the world.

At first, Lin Yaoxie thought it was just an ordinary snake pit, so why would the system have a special mission prepared for it? But as Lin Yaoxie continued to delve deeper, he discovered that things were not as simple as he had thought.

Lin Yaoxie originally thought that the ten-thousand-year-old snake demon in the snake cave was his master, but that's not the case. The reason is simple: there is a huge upside-down bat in front of Lin Yaoxie now, and his strength is estimated to be comparable to the snake demon he encountered before.

The bat sensed someone entering its territory and opened its blood-red eyes, looking at Lin Yaoxie and his group. Zhao Ling'er also looked back defiantly, but in that instant, she was already confused.

It turns out that these are just blood bats, whose eyes have the ability to induce hallucinations in people, and then they drain the life essence of those who are trapped in the hallucinations to satisfy their own survival needs.

Because one was on the ground and the other in the air, the blood bat and the snake demon could coexist peacefully, but Lin Yaoxie and his group were clearly not so lucky.

Just as the Blood Bat was about to absorb Zhao Ling'er's essence blood, Lin Yaoxie drove the Blood Bat away. The Blood Bat was very surprised and looked at Lin Yaoxie again, trying to trap Lin Yaoxie in its illusion. Strangely, although Lin Yaoxie looked at it, it did not fall into the illusion.

Although the Blood Bat was unaware, Lin Yaoxie knew perfectly well that he had used his mental power to separate himself from the Blood Bat, filtering out the hallucinatory parts of it.

Seeing the situation was dire, the Blood Bat tried to escape, but was blasted to pieces by Lin Yaoxie's Heavenly Thunder Palm.

Zhao Ling'er also returned to normal after the blood bat died.

The two continued walking forward.

A crystal-clear pool appeared, which was very strange to find in a snake pit.

Seeing that Shui Xinsheng was happy, Zhao Ling'er went to the water's edge to wash up, but was tightly pulled back by Lin Yaoxie.

"Wait a minute, look, although this is a pond, there are no animals around drinking it, and smell it, there's a pungent odor in the water."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ling'er confirmed it was indeed true.

Lin Yaoxie threw a stone into the pool, and it instantly melted into dust!

No wonder it was so clear yet undisturbed; it turned out to be a pool of extremely corrosive sulfuric acid. Luckily, Lin Yaoxie pulled Zhao Ling'er back in time, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.

It seems this snake cave is truly a place where hidden talents reside. First, a snake demon appeared, then a blood bat, and now a pool of water containing concentrated sulfuric acid has appeared in this snake cave. I really don't know what other amazing sights will appear next.

After walking another hundred feet or so, as they got closer to the Earth's core, the surrounding temperature gradually increased.

As he rapidly approached Zhao Ling'er, the jade pendant on her body emitted a crystalline light. Instantly, the evil thoughts in his heart vanished. After calming his mind, he realized that it was the surrounding aura that had confused his mind.

5.4 Suddenly, Zhao Ling'er touched the wall of the snake cave, and a very strange feeling extended from her fingertips to her heart, as if some primal desire in her heart had been awakened. Lin Yaoxie, who was next to her, also felt this power at the same time.

A flash of inspiration struck Zhao Ling'er, and she finally understood what kind of aura this familiar was. At first, trying to sense it from a human perspective, it was really difficult to perceive any difference in this aura.

But when he looked at this aura from the perspective of a descendant of Nuwa, he realized that it was the aura of the earth, and the deeper he went, the purer the aura of the earth became.

Zhao Ling'er looked back at Lin Yaoxie, and the two nodded in unison before continuing deeper into the area.

Chapter Nineteen: A Strange Encounter in the Snake Cave

Lin Yaoxie and Zhao Ling'er continued walking through the snake cave, which exuded the pure aura of the earth, but the insights they gained from it were vastly different.

Lin Yaoxie inhaled the powerful air, within which he could sense the countless hardships and tribulations the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Serpent Demon had endured during its cultivation journey. Images of the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Serpent Demon cultivating and training in this forest from a small snake the size of a bamboo viper appeared and disappeared in Lin Yaoxie's field of vision like a revolving lantern.

"You suffered countless setbacks trying to transform into a dragon? Ha, you were even bullied by the wild beasts in the forest. How cowardly. You still won't give up even after all this... Hmm..." Lin Yaoxie watched the ten-thousand-year-old snake demon's painful experience, mocking it, but in reality, Lin Yaoxie could more or less understand the snake demon's long-cherished wish and suffering.

Absorbing the cultivation power from the earth's energy and the remaining magic power from Nuwa's spellcasting had little effect on Lin Yaoxie, who had traversed several worlds. However, the emotions and experiences contained within it seemed to have some influence on this "great demon."

Although Lin Yaoxie had long held the belief that he was the strongest villainous boss, seeing the Ten Thousand Year Snake Demon's endless cycle of reincarnation with no results, Lin Yaoxie further tempered his mind.

The influence of the earth's energy on Lin Yaoxie can be described as a gentle breeze, but the influence of Nuwa's power contained within it on Zhao Ling'er cannot be so easily dismissed.

If the wish of a ten-thousand-year-old snake demon, like a bamboo viper, could only be considered a lament in the forest of the towering Kunlun Mountains, then the remaining magical power left by Nuwa's magic in sealing the ten-thousand-year-old snake demon was an incomparably terrifying existence for Zhao Ling'er, Nuwa's descendant thousands of years later.

After sealing the ten-thousand-year-old serpent demon, the earth's energy remained in place, seemingly lost. The serpent demon, after cultivating for many years, did try to absorb this power, but as the goddess's aid, the earth's energy, being sentient, naturally wouldn't help this evil creature.

However, the earth's energy did not have the consciousness to search for Nuwa and her descendants. After enduring for millions of years, it could no longer bear it. It can be said that if it hadn't been for the great battle between Lin Yaoxie, Zhao Ling'er and the ten-thousand-year-old snake demon that frightened them into fleeing in panic, it would have already rushed into Zhao Ling'er's body.

Therefore, Zhao Ling'er now receives the demand for the return of the earth's energy. As a descendant of Nuwa, if Zhao Ling'er had not been so urgently required to absorb it after the great battle, she might have been able to improve her cultivation without pain.

Zhao Ling'er's attempt to absorb the earth's energy under these circumstances is like someone who has painstakingly climbed a world-renowned mountain, just found a Taoist priest who is about to ascend to immortality, and is now forced to accept metaphysical cultivation techniques that are difficult for her mind to comprehend, while she is exhausted and still a novice.

The result was that Zhao Ling'er's body began to change again, just like when she was captured by the ten-thousand-year-old snake demon.

"Is it starting again?" Lin Yaoxie observed Zhao Ling'er's strange phenomena and began to secretly observe her.

At the same time, Zhao Ling'er saw in a daze the experience of her ancestor Nuwa creating humans and using the power of the earth to create human bodies in order to protect mankind.

"Is this strange aura related to me, a descendant of Nuwa?" Zhao Ling'er, her mind in turmoil, was lost in thought, completely unaware that the outline of her snake-like body and red hair was once again faintly visible.

It can be said that Zhao Ling'er's wild thoughts as a descendant of Nuwa are not wrong at all. The pure power that Nuwa poured into the earth when she created humans and the earth energy that she released to suppress the excess earth energy of the ten-thousand-year-old snake demon can be said to be in the same vein. If Nuwa's descendants had discovered this cultivation treasure land earlier, they might have become much stronger.

Having seen through everything, Lin Yaoxie decided to carefully observe Zhao Ling'er's strange phenomenon. He determined that the earth's energy would not harm Zhao Ling'er, so he slowed down and watched Zhao Ling'er stare blankly.

Lin Yaoxie looked at Zhao Ling'er, who seemed to be transforming into a snake, and thought, "Even if I know she is a descendant of Nuwa, I'll still be scared no matter how many times I see her. Hmm, if she knew I was watching her transform, she would definitely try to hide her shyness and then throw a tantrum."

While Lin Yaoxie was lost in thought, a large amount of earth energy had gathered around Zhao Ling'er. If Zhao Ling'er were still conscious, she would be quite frightened, since the quality and quantity of this earth energy were beyond anything she had ever imagined before.

The earth's energy is the power that Nuwa's descendants desire and crave most, just like the books and knowledge in a scholar's bag, or the fishing gear and strong physique in a fisherman's or woodcutter's hand. As Zhao Ling'er absorbs the earth's energy to improve her cultivation and magic power, her body, which constantly endures the earth's energy, also gradually becomes stronger.

It can be said that the earth's energy can be absorbed by other unrelated but sufficiently righteous or powerful individuals to enhance their cultivation. However, only the descendants of Nuwa, recognized by the earth's energy, can absorb the earth's energy to achieve the effect of cleansing the marrow and strengthening the body.

Zhao Ling'er's body gradually adapted to the speed at which the earth's energy entered her body. This was also a manifestation of the earth's energy strengthening the descendants of Nuwa. It was at this moment that a slight mutation seemed to slowly appear within the earth's energy. However, neither Lin Yaoxie nor Zhao Ling'er paid much attention to it; both focused their attention on Zhao Ling'er's body.

As time slowly passed, Zhao Ling'er gradually adapted to the earth's energy. Her expression, which was initially filled with immense pain, gradually softened, and the surrounding earth's energy changed from its initial agitation to a slow and orderly state.

Just as Zhao Ling'er was getting into the zone of absorbing the earth's energy, a sinister aura suddenly appeared in the snake demon cave, like a small snake slashing at her.

"Is this the final blow condensed from ten thousand years of cultivation? Even in the end, you still harbor hatred for the descendants of Nuwa. I really don't know whether to underestimate you or overestimate you." Lin Yaoxie naturally did not miss the attack of the spirit snake on Zhao Ling'er. He condensed his energy with his right hand and struck out, smashing the spirit snake into pieces. With his left hand, he gathered his strength and sucked out the earth energy that Zhao Ling'er was about to inhale.

This small, spiritual snake was formed when the ancient snake demon was torn to pieces by the evil Lin Yaoxie. It gathered its remaining cultivation and resentment and buried it within the earth's energy.

"Whether Nuwa's descendants want it or not, they will absorb this earth's energy. Even if I cannot transform into a dragon, I will perish together with you, Nuwa's descendants." The shrill and piercing voice of the ten-thousand-year-old snake demon seemed to echo in the snake cave, creating the final killing aura within the cave.

Lin Yaoxie broke through the final attack of the ten-thousand-year-old snake demon, which had used all its cunning and power, and suddenly discovered that his own essence was fluctuating.

Chapter Twenty: Mission Rewards

Since Lin Yaoxie transmigrated to this world, he had never experienced such a state of spiritual chaos.

"Could there be other enemies?" Lin Yaoxie thought to himself, and then activated his enemy detection ability, searching the entire snake cave inside and out, and even the entire forest outside the snake cave.

However, no matter how many times Lin Yaoxie searched, he couldn't find even the slightest trace of anything that could be linked to the enemy. Undeterred, Lin Yaoxie, upholding the dignity and pride of a major villain, shouted, "If anyone dares to oppose me, Lin Yaoxie, then get out here right now! I'll give you three moves, so what?"

Lin Yaoxie's cries could cover the entire snake cave, and apart from Zhao Ling'er and the Earth Power who were distracted by Lin Yaoxie, no one was able to escape.

All sentient beings in the Ten Thousand Year Snake Demon's cave are terrified by Lin Yaoxie's shouts. The weaker ones may even become uneasy and walk towards Lin Yaoxie with trepidation.

After all, the cry contained Lin Yaoxie's unfathomable power, and almost no one in this world could resist it.

Just as Lin Yaoxie was thinking about his next move, he suddenly heard a familiar "ding" sound. It turned out that the system had a new message. After confirming again that there were no enemies in the snake cave, Lin Yaoxie opened the system with some doubt.

The system spoke in the exact same voice as before: "Congratulations, mission objective achieved. As the cultivation level of Nuwa's descendants increases, you have obtained the inheritance of the ancient goddess Nuwa."

"Are there such missions?" Lin Yaoxie asked.

"This quest event will be automatically triggered when a player embraces a descendant of Nuwa."

Is there a combat component to the objective?

"According to the system's information, there is none."

"That's strange," Lin Yaoxie thought. What could possibly have triggered my essence? Aside from those few powerful figures from my previous world, I can't think of anyone else who could use external force to do so. "External force...external force...?"

Suddenly, Lin Yaoxie realized that something was happening inside his essence, just like the leaps in cultivation he had experienced before. So he asked the system, "By the way, I still don't..."

Do you know what Nuwa's legacy is, the reward for completing the quest? Explain it to me.

"It is by changing your essence that you can obtain the pure essence of Nuwa's bloodline within your body after Nuwa's birth."

"This is the original meaning of my essence fluctuations." Lin Yaoxie's heart was relieved, but a new question arose. "Don't be vague, give me some examples to help me understand."

"For example, when you encounter a location with a large amount of earth energy, similar to where you are now, you can activate this bloodline spiritual power..."

"Then you can use the earth's energy for your own purposes, just like that descendant of Nuwa named Zhao Ling'er over there, right?"

The system, which had no physical form, seemed to look at Zhao Ling'er, who was still absorbing the earth's energy, with invisible eyes, and responded: "This understanding is correct."