Chapter 38: A Small Test of Skill

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  Chen Mo was preparing to pack up his luggage, taking advantage of the third and fourth watches of the night when the demonic beasts were drowsy, to enter deep into the mountain range. However, he discovered that Little Eight had once again lost its trail. He could only shake his head and wait for Little Eight to reappear on its own, then sat down to continue cultivating. Striving to accumulate foundation for the next breakthrough. Cultivation was a journey like sailing against the current, not a single moment could be wasted.

  Hehe~

  Under the night sky, Chen Mo, who was quietly cultivating under the power of the stars, heard a slight movement and suddenly opened his eyes. A black shadow that had been rapidly approaching slowly appeared before him.

  Taking a closer look, it turned out that Xiao Ba was back. This guy is gluttonous and doesn't care about ordinary things. Most of the demon beast cores obtained during this period have fallen into its mouth, and it especially loves to eat roasted demon beast meat, no matter how much it eats, it can't fill its belly.

  The little tortoise stood upright with its shell, its hind legs supporting the ground, and its two front paws drawing circles in coordination with its hind legs as it sprinted agilely towards the cave. Its mouth was holding a small grass with two tiny fruits, its beady eyes darting about, looking like it was panting heavily.

  Looking at this guy's disheveled and fleeing appearance, Chen Mo's mouth twitched with a smile. Could he be any more humiliated? This is the legendary Dark Turtle...

  A sharp, ear-piercing screech suddenly came from the entrance of the cave, causing the entire cavern to tremble slightly. Pebbles continuously fell from the top of the cave, as if there was an earthquake.

  A heart-stopping breath, accompanied by the increasingly loud cracking sound of rocks shattering against each other.

  In the blink of an eye, a three or four zhang long golden giant python appeared in the cave without any obstruction. The python's body was flashing with a metallic luster, and its two dark green snake eyes were like burning flames, emitting a cold and brutal aura.

  Chen Mo's heart skipped a beat, this was a Biyan Chidu Mang, a fifth-stage demon beast that could grow up to ten zhang in length, comparable to the strength of a mid-tier human spirit master. Fortunately, the Biyan Chidu Mang in front of him was still in its juvenile stage and its strength had not yet reached its peak.

  As the green-eyed red viper emerged, Xiao Ba seemed to have found his backbone. He dodged behind Chen Mo's back and stuck out a turtle claw, making a provocative gesture at the viper, and snorted two streams of air from his nose in mockery.

  Obviously this guy still thinks hatred is not enough.

  "Hiss!"

  The venomous python was enraged, its tail slapped against the cave wall. Broken stones flew wildly, like a dragon rushing out of water.

  At this time, Chen Mo had already recognized that the small mouth was holding a precious spiritual medicine. This situation was clearly that this foodie ran to grab the spiritual medicine guarded by the poisonous python, and then came back to let himself take the blame.

  Good grief, what kind of pet have I raised? Can it be any more shameless? Gave it a stern glare. But now, clearly isn't the time to discipline it.

  Before he could finish speaking, a poisonous python had already attacked, its sweet and pungent smell filling the air.

  Chen Mo's feet didn't touch the ground, his body was like a swimming dragon, and he punched the huge snake head with all his might. Just as he had just advanced to the higher level, he used this young python to test his skills.

  In the blink of an eye, the emerald-eyed red viper had not even made a defensive move before it was struck, letting out an angry hiss. Some scales that emitted a faint glow and some metallic-like scales fell from its body, clearly having suffered quite a bit of damage.

  The giant python with piercing green eyes and reddish-brown body swayed slightly, retreated several meters, and raised its head high.

  A bowl-sized eyeball stared fixedly at the small Ba behind Chen Mo, its eyes flashing with cold flames, and its mouth spraying out waves of heat. It wasn't until it scanned its surroundings that it discovered Chen Mo's presence.

  The flames of anger suddenly burst out on Chen Mo alone. The huge body shook violently, speeding towards him at an incredible speed, and the enormous head gave people an overwhelming shock.

  Chen Mo knew the ferocity of the demon beast's body and did not rush forward hard. At the moment when it was about to collide, his figure flashed and he dodged the fierce strike of the Emerald-eyed Red Poisonous Python with ease.

  The python's body twisted instantly, its huge tail sweeping out like a whip soaked in water, emitting a dull thud.

  Chen Mo adopted a defensive stance, and the two clashed. He felt a surge of severe pain transmitted from his arm. With a stifled groan, he borrowed his opponent's strength to retreat several steps backward, creating distance between them. After circulating the Bright Mystic Energy in his arm for a few rounds, the swelling quickly dissipated.

  Chen Mo still underestimated the strength of his opponent, this young poisonous python had at least the strength of a high-ranking Lingtu, whether it was physical intensity or body reaction degree, both far exceeded himself. If he hadn't advanced to the high rank, he might not have been its match.

  Taking a deep breath, he activated the Willow Whirlwind Body Technique. His body fluttered about like fallen leaves, swaying unpredictably in all directions as he began to circle and engage in combat with the Emerald-eyed Scarlet Python.

  At first, it was still only possible to defend passively. After becoming familiar with the poisonous python's main tail attack, I began to counterattack from time to time. The more I fought, the smoother my movements became. Although the poisonous python relied on its super-strong defensive capabilities and did not fall into defeat, it continuously let out waves of mournful howls.

  The venomous python's intelligence was not low, its tail suddenly stopped. The ferocious opening of the bloody mouth, the stench spread throughout the entire cave. The black mucus in the mouth quickly condensed and then sprayed towards Chen Mo, the speed was so fast that it made people's eyes blurry.

  Chen Mo suddenly felt something was off, his right foot stepped back, and with a swift movement, his entire body retreated several steps.

  Dark green goo spewed onto the hard rocky ground, corroding and dissolving the rock layers, emitting waves of black mist from the rock pits, with an unbearable stench.

  "What a potent poison." Chen Mo's eyes widened slightly.

  The venomous snake missed its first strike and spat out another mouthful. Chen Mo hastily dodged again.

  After a cup of tea, the surrounding rocks were all over with pockmarks and erosion marks, emitting black fog. Even in the air, it was filled with various poisonous fogs.

  This made Chen Mo suddenly feel a heaviness in his head, with symptoms of poisoning. Chen Mo hastily extracted a thread of green liquid from the Consciousness Sea Lotus, merged it into the Mysterious Energy, and after a rotation around his body, he recovered his clarity.

  The green liquid indeed has an extremely strong healing and detoxifying effect, even a single thread of it can easily counteract the venom of the poisonous python.

  The mature body of the Emerald-eyed Scarlet Python is indeed a fifth-grade demon beast, and even this young python is extremely troublesome. Fortunately, I had just successfully advanced to the higher ranks of the Spiritual Disciple, otherwise I would have suffered greatly.

  Always on my mind.

  "Cheers!"

  Chen Mo let out a low growl and rapidly sprinted towards the Emerald-eyed Red Toxin Python, each step covering three to four feet of distance. In an instant, he flashed beneath the python's body.

  The venomous snake turned its head and spat out a stream of venom from its mouth towards Chen Mo.

  Chen Mo took a sidestep, barely avoiding the pungent toxic liquid, which splashed directly onto the massive body of the green-eyed red poison python behind him. The venom-filled mucus instantly burst open, blasting out a deep wound that exposed bone.

  The venomous python let out a miserable hiss, its body twisting violently, its tail wildly lashing through the air, producing a dull explosive sound, sweeping across, clearly having lost all composure and calm.

  Chen Mo suddenly sprang up, using the rapid whip-like tail of the Azure-eyed Red Toxin Snake to propel himself upward. His foot landed heavily on the snake's abdomen, and with a burst of energy, he rose into the air, his clothes fluttering behind him with a crisp whooshing sound. With his fists clenched at his sides, his palms facing outward, a thin layer of dark energy swirled around them as he launched a powerful punch at the Azure-eyed Red Toxin Snake's vital point.

  "Hiss!"

  The venomous python let out a mournful hiss, its seven-inch body battered and bruised, its malevolent eyes glared at Chen Mo with hatred before it turned around and escaped towards the cave entrance.

  "Now that you're here, do you still want to leave?"

  Chen Mo took advantage of the momentum to launch a pursuit. With one foot stepping out, his palm suddenly exerted force, catching up with the venomous python. The Xuan Qi in his body surged towards his right arm, causing it to swell like a balloon, making him seem much taller. He struck down from mid-air, and with another fierce punch, he slammed into the seven-inch position of the Biyan Red Venomous Python, sending it flying several feet away.

  The giant python's massive body crashed heavily onto the ground, already on its last breath, twitched twice and then died.

  Chen Mo fell to the ground, panting heavily, his body slightly trembling from the intense battle. He sat on the corpse of the Biyan Chudu snake, resting for a while before standing up and starting to gather his spoils of war.

  This poor and pathetic venomous snake, I don't know who it offended, suffered a calamity.

  Chen Mo not only dug out its core, but also selected the clean and tender meat to put into his backpack for future use. It's worth noting that this level of demonic beast is a great supplement for martial artists.

  If it weren't for the limited backpack space, Chen Mo really wanted to put all the meat in. Unfortunately, there was no legendary storage ring. That thing, a small one worn on the finger, could be equivalent to more than ten of his own backpacks. Of course, he only dared to think about it. The entire Chen clan had only one, which was always used by the clan leader.

  Only after finishing all the chores did he remember the mischievous little Eighth Prince.

  All that can be seen is that the goods are comfortably lying on the ground, with both hands holding the spiritual medicine and tender branches being bitten off by it, with a look of ease and enjoyment on its face, savoring the wonderful taste of the spiritual medicine, as if the distant battle had nothing to do with him.

  Chen Mo's mouth twitched, who treats pets like this? Going out to steal other people's things and using oneself as a shield, but hiding behind and secretly eating?

  She tiptoed quietly and floated to Xiao Ba's side, stretched out her left hand, applied a slight force, pinched the exposed neck of Xiao Ba, and quickly snatched the fruit from his right hand.

  Xiao Ba was lifted into the air, his neck stretched out long, his four limbs dancing wildly, as if protesting Chen Mo's snatching of its delicious food.

  He silently ignored it and carefully observed it.

  It was just a branch as thick as a finger, with two bright red fruits still left on the emerald green diamond-shaped leaves, extremely enchanting, and a thread of refreshing fragrance wafted over, according to the description in "Rare and Exotic Fruits" in my mind, this was indeed the first-grade spiritual medicine of the fire system, Fire Cherry.

  Suddenly, something didn't feel right. So many spiritual medicines couldn't possibly be guarded by a young poisonous python like this. Xiaoba must have destroyed the snake's nest and snatched a piece of it while he had the chance!

  This place is not suitable for a long stay, we must leave quickly. If an adult green-eyed python comes, we will surely die.

  Immediately, disregarding Xiaobao's struggles, he rushed out of the cave.

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