Chapter 23: The Snake King of the Netherworld (Part 2)

  At the moment when the two weapons were about to make contact, my brother gave a strange smile. The Snake King felt something was off and indeed, the Yin-Yang Twin Swords shot out of his hands like they had eyes, heading straight for the Snake King's throat. The Snake King hastily dodged to the left, barely avoiding disaster, but his neck was still slashed open with a large gash, and black blood spurted out. Next came a loud, ear-piercing scream: "Ah Ka Ka, you despicable reptile, how dare you harm the great Snake King! I'll make you pay for this!" Then he heard him rapidly chanting incantations, and the power of his staff increased again, shining with dark light.

  The sound of metal clashing continued, and my brother flew out in response, heavily colliding with the wall of the cave, his throat sweet, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood. The snake king fell from mid-air, barely supporting himself with his crutch. His mouth recited another incantation, the dark glow on his wound growing thicker and more intense, slowly healing, but his breath grew much weaker.

  I've been trying to sense the Snake King's thoughts since the beginning, but to no avail. It wasn't until it got injured that I was able to tap into its mind. "Brother, are you okay?!" I shouted, then turned to the Rose Sisters who were still in a daze and yelled, "What are you waiting for?! Hurry up and attack! This Snake King isn't as strong as you think, it's just a variant that can transform." As I spoke, I transformed my pen into a large club and struck at the Snake King's wound.

  "My brother also gritted his teeth and said loudly, 'That's right, he only has the strength of a fourth-level peak. Take advantage of its injury and don't give it a chance to breathe.'"

  One word awakened the dreamer, and Rose took out a beautiful rose-red staff, starting to chant the spell, which turned out to be dual cultivation of the law body. Xiaomei then took out a beautiful comb and the mirror she had seen during the day, chanting the spell, which turned out to be a two-attribute law cultivator.

  As for the Snake King, although it dodged the fatal blow with a clever trick, it was still seriously injured. However, it refused to wait for death and suddenly transformed into a giant purple snake as big as a water bucket after a flash of black light. Its mouth still didn't forget to roar: "You can hurt the great Snake King to such an extent, you should die with your eyes closed!"

  I rushed halfway and heard this, couldn't help but feel a sense of superiority, so I said while rushing: "Hey, sure enough the tail is very big, come on, little crawling worm, let me help you beat it up a few times, guarantee your tail will be even bigger; or let my brother help you open your intestines and use your skin to prop up a tent, also quite big..."

  It was indeed enraged, and its tail swept towards me blindly. Facing this move, my combat experience is not rich, because I haven't really fought before, and some techniques learned from books are just empty talk, need to practice more. Feeling unable to resist, I kicked the ground with one foot, avoiding the tail while striking the snake king's seven inches with a big stick, causing further injury. The snake king let out a sharp cry. And I was also knocked back tens of meters, the big stick in my hand cracked, and my tiger's mouth was faintly sore.

  At this moment, Rose's spell was also completed, and the snake king's body appeared densely packed with wounds, but none of them were fatal, showing its strong defense. When Xiaomei's spell hit it, its vitality and strength were actually weakened a bit, I was shocked. The snake king let out a strange cry of surprise mixed with joy; "Gua gua, didn't expect to encounter the legendary physique in my great return as the Snake King's first battle, fortunately, it's just such a weak existence, I will strangle the genius in the cradle and then proclaim my achievements to the world! Ahahahaha..."

  These actions seemed complicated, but in fact, it was just a matter of minutes. The Snake King didn't seem to understand the current situation, and I couldn't help but sneer as I prepared to make another move. My brother and Rose sister had the same idea, but Little Tian in my arms was one step ahead of us. With a flash of golden light, he shrunk down to the size of a child, and with another flash, he appeared on top of the Snake King's head. He tore through the seven-inch mark, and the Snake King's laughter came to an abrupt halt. Then, his face contorted in terror, and he let out one final roar: "Ah, Dragon God! There's actually a Dragon God's aura... My great Snake King spirit has died under the claws of the Dragon God... I can die with my eyes closed..."

  Little Tian was like a professional excavator, digging out the demon crystal one by one. Then, he ran to me with an air of inviting praise, and I smiled and patted his head, taking over the cow's eye-sized dark green demon crystal: "You go get what attracts you." He hummed in agreement and disappeared into the cave in a flash. I sighed: "Little Tian has made progress." Then I ran to my brother.

  My brother sat on the ground panting, and when he saw me coming over, he said with concern: "Gaoming, now that I see you're okay, I can rest assured. If something happened to you, how would we face Mom and Dad in the future?" Seeing that he was clearly more seriously injured than me, yet still only worried about me, my heart felt warm all over, but I said: "Brother, you should take care of yourself instead, just look at the state you're in, and you're still talking about me."

  Knowing I was worried about him, he said: "I'm really fine, just got a shock and felt stuffy in the chest. After spitting out a mouthful of blood clots, I'll be okay." He stood up as he spoke, even jumping up and down a couple of times. At this point, Rose's sister also came over, exchanged a few words of concern with each other, and Little Tian returned too.

  Everyone was drawn to him, and Xiao Tian ignored the inquiring gazes of the crowd, returning to its original form in my palm. In his small hand, a purple-golden circular object had appeared, simple and unadorned. Everyone gathered around, curiously staring at the circular object, and after some discussion, no one knew what it was. If Xiao Tian hadn't been certain it was this, everyone wouldn't have dared to believe that such an ordinary-looking bead could actually transform ordinary wild beasts into magical beasts, and then transform those magical beasts into demonic beasts. It's truly inconceivable.

  Actually, I do know a thing or two about this, but in order to keep the secret of Si Xiu, I haven't said anything yet. It's not that I don't trust Rose sister, it's just that when the relationship hasn't reached that point, it's necessary to leave some secret weapons for myself.

  Soon, Rose sister lost interest in the mysterious bead, and Xiao Tian couldn't wait to spit it out and went to sleep. Then, Rose sister reminded the brothers to collect the snake king's corpse, which was worth no less than a demon crystal. Due to the rarity of demonic beasts on the mainland, and because of their innate abilities, every part of their bodies had its own use, making everything related to them extremely valuable. The brothers couldn't let them leave empty-handed, so they gave them the beast's corpse. Although the three python corpses were far inferior to the beast's corpse, they were also second-level magic beasts, and they let them take those away too. With a mentality of being prepared for any possibility, the brothers opened up their divine sense to investigate thoroughly, but ended up with nothing.

  As for the first-level beast outside, after we divided the Beast Crystal Melon, there weren't as many corpses left. Due to limited space, my brother and I could only fit two or three more in, and Rose Sister also said she had no more space after storing over a dozen. Because of this, we all secretly thought that next time we should get a larger storage container.