Chapter 67: Blackline King Snake (Part 1)
Xuantian knew a lot about the demon beasts, and naturally had heard of the famous Blackline King Snake.
Hei Xian Wang She, the overlord of the third-level demon beasts, has two characteristics: first, its speed is like the wind; second, its strength is boundless. Any one of these characteristics makes Hei Xian Wang's power far surpass that of other demon beasts of the same level.
Even a low-ranking fourth-grade demon beast would pale in comparison to the boundless strength of the Blackline King Snake. Once its massive body wraps around, even a low-ranking fourth-grade demon beast cannot escape.
No wonder there are no other demons within a hundred miles, with the Blackline King Snake, the king of the third-level demon beasts, even lower-level fourth-level demon beasts dare not provoke it, what other demon would dare to come here?
Xuántiān stood on the treetop, not daring to move, secretly lamenting in his heart. If he encountered other third-level demon beast overlords, relying on his Great Completion realm's 'Dragon Tiger Step', Xuántiān had a 10% chance of escaping with his life.
However, when encountering the black-lined king snake that excels in speed, even the "Dragon and Tiger Step" of a great accomplished realm would pale in comparison. The hope for escape is less than 50%.
The snake-like monster was born blind, the head of the black-lined king snake, although facing Xuan Tian's direction, did not mean it had seen Xuan Tian's body. In fact, the snake-like monster was half-blind and half-deaf, with both its vision and hearing severely degenerated.
However, the snake's senses are very sensitive and can detect the slight vibrations in the air, it must be Xuan Tian darting back and forth on the treetops, although silent and stealthy, but also detected by the Black-striped King Snake.
The whole room was silent, even breathing seemed to have stopped, without making a single sound.
When encountering a black-banded king snake, escaping is not the best option. Remain still and quiet, let the snake lose its alertness, then quietly leave, which is much safer.
However, human warriors know that snake-like demons have half-blind eyes, no ears, and degenerated hearing, but are extremely sensitive to sensations. But what they don't know is that these snake-like demons also have another special feature: their tongues can sense the source of heat in the air.
Unless it is a martial artist who cultivates the Cold Ice Skill, using internal energy to freeze their body, otherwise no martial artist can evade the snake-like demon beast's perception of heat.
As expected, the black-banded king snake lifted its head and listened for a while, but didn't hear any movement. Suddenly, a bright red tongue burst out of its mouth, stretching over three meters long.
The black-lined king snake's tongue darts in and out extremely quickly, in less than one-tenth of a second.
After about a second, the black-lined king snake's tongue came out again and then retracted.
After repeated attempts, the black-lined king snake's eyes, which had been unable to see anything, suddenly had a few points of spiritual energy. The snake's head moved, accurately and unerringly targeting Xuan Tian's body.
"Oh no!" Xuan Tian immediately felt something was off in his heart.
Hiss!
As expected, the Blackline King Snake let out a long hiss, its body, over 60-70 meters long, suddenly stretched forward, its snake head like a sharp arrow, shooting towards Xuan Tian.
Xuanjie Lower Body Method - Dragon Tiger Step!
Xuantian's body leapt up, like a dragon traversing the nine heavens, freely roaming unobstructed, displaying the 'Dragon Tiger Step' of the Great Completion Realm, swift as a sharp arrow, breaking through the air and leaving, disappearing from sight in an instant, dozens of meters away.
Hiss——
Hiss——
Hiss——
The black-striped snake spat out a long red letter, its speed not one bit slower than the mysterious sky, like the wind, walking on the tree crown, the snake's head was like an arrow, straight towards the mysterious sky.
Seeing that on the tree crown, the speed of the black line king snake had no effect. Xuan Tian immediately dived down and landed on the ground, changing his footwork from dragon step to tiger step.
The dragon strides freely, but is only suitable for walking in open areas. The tiger's steps are powerful and are just right for darting through the mountains and forests.
Tigers are the kings of the mountains and forests, walking in the woods with a mysterious sky. Although the general direction of advancement does not change, the body is not moving in a straight line, but shuttling back and forth in the forest.
The speed of the Blackline King Snake was fast, no less than Xuántiān's Dragon Step, but it was limited to a straight line distance. In the forest, there were towering giant trees blocking the way. Xuántiān used his Tiger Step to sprint and weave through the forest, causing the Blackline King Snake's body to be pulled left and right, often being blocked by the giant trees in between.
The black-striped king snake, although powerful and boundless, was dwarfed by the towering trees that stretched over a hundred meters high, with trunks as thick as water jars and an unyielding hardness. The black-striped king snake could only slink away in defeat before these towering giants, its speed gradually slowing down.
However, slowness is relative, and compared to Xuántiān's speed when he was sprinting through the forest, it wasn't much different.
Xuantian was in front, the black-lined king snake was behind, and between one person and one snake, there was a distance of less than 100 meters. For Xuantian and the black-lined king snake, it was just three or four breaths away. Therefore, Xuantian couldn't afford to make any mistakes. The black-lined king snake was right behind him, even if it was blocked by the Tianmu giant tree, it could catch up at any time.
Xuan Tian is already struggling against third-class mid-tier demon beasts, let alone the Blackline King Snake, which is the king of the third-class demon beast overlords. Even a warrior at the fifth level of the Innate Realm would have to flee in haste if they encountered it. Xuan Tian does not yet possess the strength to fight the Blackline King Snake.
Deep in thought, unable to find an answer.
This black-lined king snake has a territory of nearly two hundred miles around its lair, and no other monster dares to enter its territory.
However, the black-banded king snake was deep in its territory, camouflaged among a cluster of black vines, apparently adopting an ambush hunting posture.
It's clear that the black-banded king snake is waiting in ambush, preying on its prey, while itself becoming the prey of the black-banded king snake.
However, what surprised Xuantian was that the Blackline King Snake had no idea he was coming to this place. So, the prey that the Blackline King Snake was waiting for was obviously not Xuantian, but rather Xuantian inadvertently entered the Blackline King Snake's sensing range and was mistaken as its prey.
The area within a radius of nearly two hundred miles is the territory of the Black-striped King Snake. Even other third-level demonic beasts dare not enter, and according to reason, if the Black-striped King Snake were to hunt for food, it should leave its territory, because within its territory, there are no prey to be found!
In a flash of insight during his rapid advance, Xuan Tian immediately came to a conclusion: the Blackline King Snake was not hunting for food, but rather - disguising its body, preparing to launch a sneak attack on its target.
Although the Blackline King Snake was still chasing from a hundred meters away and hadn't approached, yet a chill ran down Xuan Tian's back.
What is it that can make the black-banded king snake disguise its body and launch a sneak attack?
Could it be? A fourth-level demonic beast has entered the territory of the Black-striped King Snake?
Just as Xuan Tian's mind had come to a conclusion, a hidden killing intent suddenly appeared in front of him!
This murderous intent was hidden very deeply, if it weren't for Xuan Tian's spiritual power being far superior to that of ordinary people, he would have absolutely felt nothing.
Danger ahead!
Xuantian's heart skipped a beat as his eyes locked onto the source of the killing intent.
Only a hundred meters ahead, a half-meter-long black beast that was too small to be called a tiger and too big to be called a cat appeared under a giant tree that pierced the sky!
Although this demon beast's body is small, Xuan Tian doesn't dare to underestimate it. Appearing within the territory of the Black Line King Snake isn't something a low-level demon beast can do.
It's highly likely that this black beast resembling a cat and a tiger is actually the Black-banded King Snake lurking in the dark vines, ready to ambush its target!
A monster capable of making the Blackline King Snake lie in ambush and launch a sneak attack; its strength is probably no lower than that of the Blackline King Snake!
Xuān Tiān was familiar with the news of the demon beasts, but he didn't recognize the black demon beast that looked like a cat and a tiger in front of him. What kind of demon beast it was, however, in his heart, he had already regarded it as a great enemy.
Behind him was the black-striped snake king chasing after him, while in front of him was that mysterious black beast with an unknown origin, resembling both a cat and a tiger, blocking his path. Xuan Tian found himself in a dilemma.
In an instant, Xuantian instinctively took out the Frost Snow Sword from behind his back and grasped it in his hand.
It's a long story, but in fact, Xuan Tian turned his mind and took out his sword, all within an instant.
Whoosh!
At this moment, a black beast like a cat or tiger in front of it moved, and a black shadow flashed through the void.
In an instant, it advanced at least sixty meters in distance.
Rushed towards Xuan Tian in this direction.
Xuān Tiān tightly grasped the hilt of his Frost Snow Sword, ready to draw it out.
However, with his gaze fixed on that black beast that resembled both a cat and a tiger, Xuan Tian instantly dispelled the notion of drawing his sword.
He found out that the black beast's gaze was not on himself.
But it's - Black-banded King Snake!
Whoosh!
In an instant, the black demon beast slipped past Xuan Tian's side.
Taking a closer look at the black beast that resembled both a cat and a tiger, Xuan Tian finally saw clearly that it was a young tiger. However, Xuan Tian had never heard of any information about this type of tiger-like demon beast.
The young tiger demon beast was extremely fast, even faster than the dragon step in Xuan Tian's "Dragon Tiger Step", and in just two moments, the young tiger demon beast had already collided with the Black Line King Snake.
Hei Xian Wang She was chasing after Xuan Tian, it didn't have the same strong spiritual sense as Xuan Tian and hadn't detected the tracks of the young Hu Yao beast in advance.
The little tiger monster suddenly pounced over, and in just two moments, it arrived in front of the Black Line King Snake, leaving the Black Line King Snake feeling caught off guard, its attention still on Xuan Tian, without reacting in time.
The young tiger demon beast swept across the head of the black-lined king snake, its black claws swiping, one claw grasping the right eye of the black-lined king snake, and another claw grasping the neck of the black-lined king snake.
Squeak——squeak——!
The Blackline King Snake let out a fierce hiss and suddenly rolled over, trying to entangle the young tiger monster.
However, the young tiger monster was extremely fast and disappeared in a flash. In an instant, it reappeared under a giant tree over sixty meters away.
The black-striped snake king was like a formidable enemy, regardless of the escaping Xuantian, suddenly his body coiled into a defensive posture, with its head facing the young tiger demon beast, continuously spitting out bright red snake letters and emitting a shrill warning sound.
Look at that young tiger monster and the black line king snake facing off, Xuan Tian stopped more than 200 meters away, jumped onto a giant tree, and watched.
His gaze fell on the Blackline King Snake, and Xuan Tian took a cold breath in reverse.
Only the black-lined king snake's right eye had its entire eyeball dug out, and a scratch on its neck also had a large piece of flesh dug out, with blood dripping.
The Blackline King Snake's entire body is covered in scales, with a strong defense. Non-mystic stage treasures cannot break its defense.
Xuantian's Frost Snow Sword, although it is a powerful sword with considerable attacking power, I'm afraid that even if it were to slash at the Blackline King Snake, it would still be unable to break through the Blackline King Snake's scale defense.
It can be seen that the young tiger demon beast's body is small, but its speed is astonishing and its attack power is also terrifying. The sharpness of those claws is at least equivalent to that of a Xuan-stage treasure.
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