Chapter 121: Toad and Snake

  "This is a Flame Snake, a semi-attribute creature that has absorbed too much fire attribute. It doesn't have much consciousness and usually wanders in the fog, only retaining its instinct to plunder energy. The reason you were given Golden Fire Mouse skins is that Flame Snakes are not interested in Golden Fire Mice. The anti-fire ability of the mouse skin, combined with its toughness, makes it impossible for the Flame Snake to absorb energy, and instead, it will become food for the Golden Fire Mouse."

  "Yingguang, can we absorb the energy inside this fire-refined snake?" Hu Gao picked up half of the Chi Xue Snake and observed it for a moment before asking.

  "It should be fine, the energy inside the Fire Refining Snake is quite pure. Occasionally, Li Zhu would also come here to hunt and kill some Fire Refining Snakes to bring back as food." said Ying Guang.

  "Alright, after we deal with that Radiant Snake, let's go hunt some Flame Serpents and see if we can cultivate." Hu Gao said excitedly.

  "Why use these snakes for cultivation? Isn't the Red Dragon Crystal better?" asked Ying Guang in puzzlement.

  "What? We can use the Red Dragon Crystal to cultivate? Isn't the energy inside unabsorbable?" asked Hu Gaodao.

  "Oh right, I forgot that you guys are different from us." Jingguang suddenly remembered that these three were from a different cultivation system than her.

  What's wrong with you! Just be happy for once. Hu Gao muttered to himself.

  They walked in silence, advancing through the red fog, occasionally a blind fire snake would bump into them and be cleared away with ease.

  Through the red fog area, Hu Gao and his group arrived at a low-lying land filled with golden lava. In each pool of golden lava, bubbles were rising, emitting a burst of red fog, which was then forced out of the depression by heat.

  "This is the birthplace of the magma, erupting once every 365 years. The ants have built a special passage to let the erupted magma spew out of the tomb." explained Ying Guang, a tour guide with a bright smile.

  "Is the Rad Snake here?" Hu Gao asked: "With this terrain, how can we fight it?"

  "No, it's on a platform behind the depression, where it dug its own cave because it's a thunder-attribute snake and won't stay in the magma, or else the cultivation process would assimilate it into fire attribute." Ying Guang pointed to a patch of darkness behind the depression and said: "Now you must pass through the depression at the fastest speed and prepare for battle. The other party has taken the lead."

  After finishing speaking, Ying Guang transformed into a shooting star and flashed into the darkness.

  "Go!" Hu Gao shouted, beckoning Cloud and Han to follow him as he rushed over.

  They had just crossed the lowland when they heard a shrill voice speaking.

  "Little bug, you're back again. Every now and then, you come to disturb me, but you can't stop me from absorbing the dragon's energy."

  "They've come to see if you're dead yet." said Ying Guang.

  "Don't worry, little bug, I won't die. Empress Nuwa won't kill me, she'll regret it. Once I absorb the dragon energy and transform into a python, I'll find her to settle the score. First, I'll eat her, then swallow the Red Dragon's corpse. When I become a dragon, I'll exterminate every single bug, every single ant!"

  A hoarse voice full of anger, yet speaking slowly.

  "You'd better give up your dreams. Today, they've come to kill you and take back the Red Emperor's dragon scale."

  Radium Snake turned his gaze to the three people who fell to the edge of the platform, and hissed: "Those three golden mice? Little bug, I know that Queen Mother has been cultivating Golden Fire Mice, but mice are just food after all."

  "Woah, a talking snake! Ying Guang, how can we defeat a monster above level 4?!" Hu Gao shouted.

  Since he had been discovered, Hu Gao also knew that he couldn't escape, so he could only ask Ying Guang to clarify what was going on.

  This isn't calling them to kill the snake, it's simply letting them be the snake's snack! Unless Ying Guang can strengthen all three of them tenfold, there's no way they can kill this giant snake. A fourth-stage demon beast is equivalent to a high-level Shape-Shifting Realm expert! And this snake has also absorbed dragon energy, who knows if it will grow into a fifth or sixth-stage demon beast.

  "What others say is that you can kill this broken snake, and indeed you can." Ying Guang said confidently, "When Ehuang injured it, not only did she break its snake tail, making it unable to reach the pedestal where Lord Chi rested, but also shattered its demon core, reducing it to a third-grade beginner. If it focused on repairing its demon core without absorbing dragon energy, it might have had a chance to progress. But this broken snake is too greedy, constantly absorbing dragon energy. Although dragon energy can cause its body and demon core to mutate, it will also exacerbate the fragmentation of its demon core. We do come to check on it frequently..."

  "Damn bug!" The rad snake let out a loud roar and pounced on Ying Guang.

  It wasn't until today that she realized Ehuang didn't kill herself, not only out of that disgusting mercy, but also secretly scheming against herself!

  "Let me finish!" Yīng Guāng said, not affected by the python's aura at all, and instead charged forward, bumping into the python's head.

  Ying Guang was indeed a genuine fourth-order demon beast, although it didn't have any attacking abilities, its high speed combined with its extremely strong defense made it not difficult to knock the Flying Snake away.

  The radish snake that was knocked flying let out a shrill cry, spitting out snake essence towards the blazing light. Although its demon core had shattered and it couldn't advance in cultivation, keeping only at the initial stage of the third tier, but its physical body had been tempered by dragon energy, so the opponent's collision wouldn't be able to harm it in the slightest, unless this insect was determined to crash into it at extreme speed.

  "Listen! Broken Snake, let others finish their words, or I'll dig out your eyes!" After threatening the Radiant Snake, Ying Guang felt that it would no longer attack and said to Hu Gao and the others: "This broken snake was quite strong back then, at least with a power of five or six stages!"

  "It's a mid-sixth rank!" Radish Viper interrupted, and it was infuriating that things had come to this today.

  "Shut up!" Yīnguāng shouted!

  The radish snake hissed and didn't say another word. It wanted to see what kind of tricks the little bug and three old mice were up to.

  "It's just as that broken snake said, its spiritual intelligence has opened up, so it can still speak." After saying this, Ying Guang issued the order to attack, "In that case, except for being physically stronger, you should be able to kill it."

  Hu Gao and the others hadn't fully grasped the situation when Jingyu had already released twelve rays of light, imbuing three states into the three people's bodies. This time, the infusion wasn't thirty percent, but fifty percent. Clearly, this was Jingyu's true strength.

  The radium snake took the light emitted by Yingguang as an attack signal, let out a hiss, and pounced over, wanting to swallow the three small insects alive.

  "Wo Zifa! Scatter!" Hu Gao shouted, letting Yun Feng and Han Chong split to both sides, the Shadowless Sword in his hand was a powerful Flowing Star slash aimed at the eyes of the Radiant Snake.

  Long before Ying Guang spoke, they had already made preparations for battle. Having been tempered for so long, they naturally understood that Xing Huo Yan's tantrum was to give them time to catch their breath and prepare.

  Like a meteor, Ryūjin's Meteor Crash came crashing down, and surprisingly, Rasetsu didn't dodge it. Instead, he lunged forward with his body and opened his eyes.

  The force of the meteor hit the scales on the snake's neck, causing a burst of white flowers, but failed to harm the Radish Snake.

  What the heck! It's indeed the body of a 6th-tier demonic beast!

  Radium Snake's attack this time, the snake mouth bit towards Hu Gao, the snake body swung out an arc to collide with Han Chong on the left, and the broken tail swept towards Yun Feng.

  With a physical body of only three people in the first and second stages, they can't withstand such an impact at all.

  Han Chong's Golden Mammoth received the order and rushed up to fill in, apparently with the help of Elephant Grass, his summoning time for Totem was shortened by a lot.

  And the Golden Mammoth's appearance has changed a lot, with its ivory tusks resembling the most perfect curved knives, emitting an overwhelming golden light. Its long golden fur covers up the bulging muscles underneath.

  The golden mammoth appeared and lifted its buttocks. A pair of long elephant tusks faced the low-flying snake, lifting half of its body up.

  On the other hand, Yunfeng also summoned the Blue Feathered Eagle, a three-zhang-long eagle that seemed to spread out a blue sky in the cave, and from mid-air, it descended with a blue claw, grasping the tail of the Radish Snake.

  The difference in strength, Yunfeng knew that Lan Feng's skills couldn't hold off the Radiant Snake for long, but adding Hu Gao to the mix would be enough to buy time for Han Chong's attack.

  Hu Gao didn't think twice, and with a swift motion, he threw a fire poison bomb towards the Radish Snake's nostrils. A scorching red cloud enveloped the snake's moist nostrils.

  The rear half of the body is suspended in mid-air, with eyes and snake letter being shrouded in flames. The radial snake wraps its body around, regaining control over its body while simultaneously, like a spring, it can release its body to create a massive shockwave that sweeps away the surrounding rats.

  However, Han Chong's Golden Mammoth was ready to attack as the Radish Snake coiled up its body. With almost no aiming, two elegant ivory tusks fired two bursts at the coiled snake body.

  No energy explosion shock, two upgraded Void Fangs directly penetrated the snake scales and snake skin, taking effect on the Rad Snake's flesh and blood. This is a skill upgrade brought by the Elephant Power Grass to the Golden Mammoth, with a bit of an "attacking from behind" flavor.

  The radium snake's body stiffened for a moment, apparently the pain of its two physical bodies causing it to convulse, and its scattered speed slowed down.

  With the agility bonus granted by the Radiant, Han Chong and Yun Feng were ready to retreat, but they had previously agreed that if the Radish Snake was too powerful, they would immediately fall back.

  Han Chong grasped the tail of the Golden Mammoth, letting Totem fling himself out, while Yun Feng leapt upwards, carried by Blue Winged Eagle.

  The sweeping four-way move of the radium snake was unable to be performed, because in addition to Hu Gao and his three companions, there was also what seemed to be an onlooker, Ying Guang.

  A spark of firefly, like a comet, brought out a light tail, drawing a large arc in the air, in the opposite direction to the radish snake's body, cutting off the radish snake's tail and carrying it into the air.

  "Stinky bug!"

  The massive shock transmitted through its tail made the Rad Snake understand who was interfering with its actions and let out a scathing curse.

  The attacking side was not so simple, and Hu Gao appeared as a strong attacker.

  "Brother Huoyun!"

  "Quack!"

  With a halo on its head, Huoyun Chan escaped from Hu Gao's sleeve and before it fully recovered to its normal size, one of its right legs was already prepared for a flying kick, directly aiming at the python's head.

  At the same time, the golden mammoth on the ground and the cloud-rich in the air launched their second attack. The Void Fang Knife made the Radish Snake's body convulse again, while the cyan wind claw falling from the sky pinned down the Radish Snake's head.

  The body of the Radish Snake was hit by an external force in three places, front, middle and back. It paused for a moment before being kicked accurately on its head by Huoyun Chan's flying kick.