Chapter 108: Beheading the Python!
Ice Seal of a Thousand Miles can gather water vapor within a certain range and condense it into frosty cold air, causing damage to the target enemy.
It has limited effect in solo and open field battles, but it has a great killing effect on multiple enemies or in narrow spaces.
However, Qin Yun brought this top-grade spirit symbol not to kill the Black Water Python, but after unintentionally understanding the powerful effect of the Ice Seal Thousand Mile Symbol, he suddenly had an epiphany - Freeze Restraint!
Hanzhang is the lair of the Black Water Snake. If we can completely freeze the surface of Hanzhang, won't that create an opportunity to restrict the Black Water Snake's mobility?
Although Qin Yun was just guessing and had no idea whether his method would work beforehand, he still decided to take a risk for the sake of those hundreds of ice beads.
The result proved that the power of Bing Feng Qian Li was indeed astonishing, and in an instant, it completely froze the entire surface of Hanshan Lake. Moreover, the symbol's powerful energy continued to take effect, continuously absorbing cold air from all directions.
Inside the icy cave, what was least lacking was water and ice. The might of the thousand-mile seal was amplified several times over here, and even the scales on the black water snake's armor had a layer of white frost condensed on them.
Its movements suddenly became stiff and rigid.
Hei Shui Mang never expected that Qin Yun had prepared such a move for himself, half of his snake body was completely frozen in the cold pool, and the snake tail that could be used as a weapon lost its effect.
But the biggest trouble is that it can't move at all, and even with 100% strength, only 30-40% of it can be exerted.
Ouch!
The furious black water snake twisted its body desperately to break free, its scales and ice blocks rubbing violently, emitting a heart-piercing screech, while constantly opening its bloody mouth to spew water arrows at Qin Yun.
The water arrow's jet is not the Black Water Snake's most powerful weapon. After Qin Yun opened his Wisdom Illuminating Divine Ability, he relied on his Floating Light Shadowy Agility to dodge and evade, not letting a single water arrow reach him.
But dodging and hiding wasn't what Qin Yun wanted, he found that after the Black Water Snake was frozen, it only had one move left, shooting water arrows, as if it had run out of tricks!
This discovery brought about a change in Qin Yun's mind, and a bolder idea emerged.
Whoosh!
The Qinggang sword trembled and stood upright, with a few feet of sharp gas thorns spitting out from the sword tip, slanting upwards towards the head of the Black Water Python!
Qin Yun's entire being seemed to merge with the long sword in his hand, and with a unified movement, he launched his first counterattack. The sword energy, accelerated to its limit, tore through the several water arrows flying towards him without any stagnation, and in an instant, he forced his way to the front of the Black Water Python.
Hiss!
The black water snake hissed and swung its head, dodging the vital parts, the scarlet golden sword energy made it feel extremely threatened, and with the beast's instinctual intuition, it dodged with all its might.
Just as the sword light was about to pass by the black water snake, it suddenly sank down and heavily slashed at its neck half a foot below.
Hiss!
The sword qi cut through the hard and thick python armor, but it was powerless to penetrate too deeply. However, the subsequent falling of the Qinghua Sword followed suit from the broken armor and fell down!
Deep red python blood sprayed and flew, splashing onto the cold rocks and walls, turning into solid ice.
Hiss!
This blow made the Black Water Snake let out a painful hiss, it tried to bite Qin Yun with its fangs as soon as he revealed his figure, but Qin Yun calmly dodged and retreated to its back.
Han Tan sealed the frost, and Qin Yun's space for advancement and retreat undoubtedly increased a lot. He wouldn't be foolish enough to engage in a fierce battle with the Black Water Python, but instead used his speed and the python's inability to move as a fatal weakness to launch a surprise attack.
Sword auras of golden color flashed across the python's body as thick as a water bucket, leaving behind deep wounds.
Qin Yun was extremely clear that the opportunity was rare, and once the icy seal of the Thousand Mile Symbol's power was exhausted, letting the Black Water Python escape would bring him great trouble. Therefore, he exerted his sword speed and power to the extreme, using 100% of his strength with each move, without any regard for the consumption of his true energy.
The scales of the Black Water Python were extremely hard, and ordinary swords couldn't even leave a mark on them. However, Qin Yun's sword energy was exceptionally sharp, and it also contained the aura of Golden Element, possessing the powerful ability to break through armor.
Although one or two swords did not cause much harm to the Black Water Snake, ten or a hundred swords added up, and in an instant, the Black Water Snake was covered in wounds, with fresh blood gushing out of its wounds, looking extremely miserable and pitiful.
In normal circumstances, as a mid-tier demon beast, the Black Water Serpent is enough to contend against a martial artist who has achieved great success in their cultivation. Some older demon beasts are even bold enough to challenge and compare themselves with Innate Experts.
However, this black water snake had really bad luck and was frozen by the Thousand Mile Seal, resulting in its body being completely immobilized and forced to passively withstand the beating.
Although it struggled to counterattack, constantly spitting out water arrows and ice shards at Qin Yun, Qin Yun cleverly dodged back and forth behind and beside it, leaving the Black Water Snake with a powerful body but unable to exert its strength.
Bang! Bang!
Two water arrows were shattered by Qin Yun's sword, and the Qinghua Sword cut in again, accurately cutting into the originally injured part of the Black Water Python, with a sword energy penetrating more than half a foot deep!
The fierce sword energy ruthlessly recreated the black water snake's internal organs, and in pain it raised its head high and suddenly fell down, wanting to crush Qin Yun into a meat paste.
This was almost the final powerful counterattack of Heishui Mang.
However, Qin Yun's reaction speed was even faster, and with a swift withdrawal of his long sword, he dodged to its right side and struck out again!
A thick layer of frost and ice was covered in a large amount of fresh blood, the originally hot and steaming blood quickly froze into solid ice, making it very slippery and difficult to stand on.
But Qin Yun only used the tip of his war boots to lightly tap, his body shape like a ghostly figure, fleeting and swift, the essence of floating light and shadow was played by him to perfection, also making Hei Shui Mang's counterattack repeatedly futile.
The furious and painful hiss of the black water snake echoed in the cave, shaking down dust and gravel from the rocky walls.
Finally, Qin Yun swung out the most fatal sword, also from its wound, suddenly exerting force to cut off the python's body as thick as a water bucket!
The upper half of the black water snake's body, five or six feet long, crashed down onto the ice surface with a dull thud.
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
This mid-grade demon beast had yet to die, its severed body madly twisting and turning, its python-like eyes suddenly opening wide as it spat out dozens of ice shards at Qin Yun.
Qin Yun did not dare to be careless and immediately swung his Qinghua sword in the Tie Bao Feng Huo Jian Shi style to block and parry.
Ice shards exploded on his sword net, causing Qin Yun to retreat repeatedly. The defensive sword net inevitably had gaps, and he was unexpectedly stabbed by an ice shard in the left shoulder!
Hmph!
The icicle almost pierced his shoulder, the blood that flowed from the wound froze instantly, and a chill entered his body.
Qin Yun hastily operated the Xuan Gong to urge on the true energy and drive away the cold force, and that ice pillar also melted and disappeared with it. However, the injured part was not so fast to heal.
But he didn't have to worry about his injuries at all, because the black water snake ten steps away was silent again.
The python's eyes were still angry and its fangs were still sharp, but it no longer posed any threat.
The ice crystal just released was the last blow to its life, and it couldn't drag Qin Yun down to hell with it. This mid-level demon beast could only take infinite unwillingness, despair, and anger with it as its soul flew away!
Finally solved it!
Qin Yun let out a big sigh of relief, and an indescribable joy surged up in his heart.
His original intention was only to temporarily trap the Black Water Snake, and he would be satisfied if he could collect most of the Congealing Beads, making it worth the consumption of the high-grade Spirit Symbol.
But unexpectedly, the power of Bing Fengqian was so strong that it turned Hei Shui Mang into a drowned dog, giving him an excellent opportunity to beat him up.
With the strength of refining Qi in the Six Heavens Boundary, killing a mature mid-grade demon beast is enough to shock the Sword Sect.
Although it can be said that Qin Yun's luck was also due to external forces, a win is still a win and cannot be disputed!
Crack!
Suddenly, several cracks appeared in the ice layer under Qin Yun's feet.
He was suddenly sobered from his feverish head due to the surprise victory, no doubt the effect of the Ice Seal Thousand Mile Symbol had dissipated, and this cold land showed signs of thawing.
Qin Yun didn't show any sluggishness, immediately displaying his agility as he leaped onto the rocky wall, using his sword energy to chop down large chunks of rock and directly toss them onto the shore of Lake Han.
His movements were extremely fast, but the signs of thawing below were also becoming more and more obvious, especially on the ice surface pressed by the black water snake's corpse, which had large cracks, with a danger of collapse at any time.
Qin Yun accelerated his pace, cutting down all the rock pieces inlaid with Cong Bing Zhu after which he immediately jumped onto the ice surface and pulled the corpse of Hei Shui Mang towards the shore.
Crack!
He had just dragged the hundreds of pounds of corpse to the shore, when a chilling crack came from the ice sheet, and large chunks of ice shattered.
The lower half of the black water snake's corpse was still frozen in the ice block, slowly sinking into the unfathomable depths.
It's probably because of the existence of this extremely heavy object that the ice sheet collapsed so quickly.
It's just that it collapsed and got the two most important things, Qin Yun didn't care about the remaining python corpse, although it was valuable.
To know that the body of a demon beast is precious, even the bones of an intermediate-level demon beast can be used as medicine, let alone its skin, scales, tendons and pellets which are all good things.
Like a python-like monster, apart from the inner elixir, there is also a spiritual pearl, which is rare and precious, and cannot be measured by money.
Qin Yun is not a greedy person, and he is already very satisfied with such a big gain.
Applied the medicine to the wound, simply bandaged the shoulder injury, he used his dagger to dig out the ice beads from the rock skin and put them in a leather pouch.
These hundreds of ice beads are enough for Qing Liu to cultivate the Bi Bo Quan Gong Fa, and there is still a surplus. So on the day when the cold tide comes to the Cold Abyss Cave, don't worry.
"It seems to be here, there is a passage!"
"It's absolutely a demon beast!"
"Sounds like we're in this together, can we handle it?"
"What's there to be afraid of? Let's go in and take a look first! Eldest Brother Liao is inside!"
Just as Qin Yun was getting into the swing of things, a loud noise suddenly came from the outside corridor, accompanied by the sound of footsteps.
Is someone coming?
Qin Yun was taken aback and stopped what he was doing, standing up straight.
