Chapter Thirteen: The Demon Snake's Bloody Cry

  After seeing the huge snake head exposed on the water surface, the two men immediately burst out with a loud noise like killing pigs. The sound was transmitted very far, and even Xu Hua, who had just walked to the back yard of the Xu family, heard it. As for Luo Cheng, his strength was shallow, so he didn't hear it. However, seeing the young master suddenly stop in his tracks, he asked in doubt: "Young Master, what happened?"

  Xu Hua turned his head to look back, his eyebrows furrowed deeply, and a solemn expression appeared on his face. After hearing Luo Cheng's voice, he slowly opened his mouth and said: "I heard someone screaming from the back, and it's not just one person."

  "It's a good thing we left quickly, or else we would have been discovered." Luo Cheng said with lingering fear.

  "I think this matter is not simple, normally that place would not have anyone going there, why did someone come just as we left...” Xu Hua couldn't help but think more about it. The "Devouring Life Technique" was his biggest secret, if it were to be discovered and spread out, even the Martial Emperor would come to seize it, he wouldn't dare to be careless.

  "No matter what, we won't go there again, so naturally it won't be traced back to the young master. Besides, we'll be leaving in a few days..."

  "It's also...". Xu Hua stopped thinking about it and prepared to go back and get a good night's sleep, resting for a while.

  At the same time Xu Hua heard that voice, several powerful auras suddenly burst out within the Xu Manor, but they all flashed by and disappeared, almost without anyone noticing.

  ……

  "Run quickly, this is a snake demon and its power is terrifying, it's not something we can resist..." Fatty immediately made the judgment after the miserable cry.

  The two of them couldn't even be bothered to put on their clothes, and directly rushed forward at the fastest speed, only wanting to get away from this terrifying snake demon. At the same time, both of them felt a little bitter in their hearts - who would have thought that taking a bath in Qing Shan Town could lead to encountering a monster? This isn't even the Taixing Mountains!

  The snake demon saw the two escaping and immediately chased after them, revealing its body of eleven or twelve zhang in length, with a thickness of half a zhang. It continuously spat out snake gallbladders, its bloody mouth large enough to swallow a person whole. As it moved, countless cold airs dispersed from its body, rapidly condensing into ice. The scene was terrifying beyond compare. Its speed was incredibly fast, and it would catch up to the two in no more than ten or so breaths.

  "Hiss...hiss"

  "Ah, the snake is catching up... it's going to eat us... what do we do?..." The thin man ran while looking back, seeing that bloody big mouth, he was so scared that his soul left him, and he kept yelling.

  "We'd better run separately, so at least one of us might survive... As for who will live on, it's up to luck..." The fat guy immediately distanced himself from the thin guy and ran in another direction, which made the thin guy's face turn dark instantly.

  Looking at the two people who suddenly ran to both sides, the demon snake flashed a hint of disdain in its icy pupils, and a white awn shot out from its mouth, shooting towards the thin man.

  "Boom... Boom... Boom..."

  In the fearful eyes of the thin man, a white icicle shot into his thigh, and from bottom to top, a thick layer of ice condensed on his body. After struggling for a moment, he finally turned into an ice sculpture.

  "Ah...... Second Brother......"

  Looking back, he gazed at the skinny man who had turned into an ice sculpture. A hint of sadness and resentment flashed in the fat man's eyes, but it wasn't directed at the snake demon, rather at Xu Chong. If it weren't for that turtle egghead, the two brothers wouldn't have taken a wrong turn, they wouldn't have gone to wash up in that small pool, and they wouldn't have encountered this terrifying snake demon. His younger brother would still be alive, and all of this was on Xu Chong's head. He hadn't considered at all that the map route Xu Chong had given them was correct, and all these changes were due to Xu Hua, the third young master of the Xu family, a youth who seemed incredibly kind to outsiders.

  Looking at the demon snake still chasing behind, Fatty went crazy. He knew he couldn't outrun the demon snake and definitely couldn't beat it in a fight. Inevitably, he would end up dead. Even if that meant death, he wanted to give his opponent a few slaps to comfort Second Brother's spirit in heaven.

  "Damn beast, come and die..." The fatty suddenly charged towards the demon snake, his face twisted in a ferocious expression, with true energy gathering on his hands, apparently intent on delivering a finishing blow. The demon snake opposite him hesitated for a moment, then a hint of disdain appeared in its icy triangular pupils, as another white scale shot out from its mouth and flew towards the fatty.

  In the instant he was hit by the White Frost, Fatso's entire body began to freeze into ice, but a hint of a smile that ordinary people wouldn't notice appeared at the corner of his mouth.

  A fat man turned into an ice sculpture was swallowed in one gulp, and the snake spirit went to the thin man's ice sculpture again, swallowing it once more. After swallowing the two men, the snake spirit prepared to return to the small pond to digest them properly, but suddenly its snake head stood up straight, a pair of triangular pupils staring fixedly into the distance.

  Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

  Three powerful auras approached from afar, making this demon snake feel slightly uneasy, but the feeling only flashed by.

  In just over a dozen breaths, three figures appeared in front of the demon snake, less than twenty zhang away. They were the three giants of Qing Shan Town: Xu family's patriarch, Qian family's patriarch, and Zhou family's patriarch.

  Three people stared at the demon snake, and the demon snake also stared at the three people.

  "Xu brother, this demon snake is not simple at all. It should have reached the third stage. But why would such a strong demon beast appear in Qing Shan Town? I think none of us three can be its match!" The master of the Qian family said with some solemnity.

  "This demon snake is probably hiding here and hasn't appeared before, otherwise Brother Xu wouldn't be unaware of it! And this small hill has also become a dead land, perhaps it's related to it too." said the master of the Zhou family.

  Xu Lin looked at the demon snake, still with a calm and composed expression, as if nothing could shock him or make him change his demeanor. He said lightly: "You know that I usually don't interfere in Xu family matters, but as for this demon snake, I think you're underestimating it. It's not just an ordinary third-tier demon beast..."

  "How to say"

  "Brother Xu, how did you come to realize this?"

  The two homeowners were both overlords of Qing Shan Town, but after hearing Xu Lin's words, they both furrowed their brows and looked displeased.

  "Have you seen the moisture around here? Haven't you noticed that this moisture also carries a chill?" Xu Lin's voice was faint, but it made the two homeowners' hearts skip a beat.

  Cold air... damp air... and look at that demon snake, isn't the scales on its body also emitting a chill?

  "Has this demon beast awakened its innate divine ability... This isn't a joke, right? Can even a third-tier demon beast awaken an innate divine ability?" The two family heads, Zhou and Qian, were shocked, and immediately took a step back, saying: "If that's the case, can we three still resist it?"

  "I'm afraid even gathering all the strong people from our three families may not be enough to kill this guy..."

  After finishing, the two looked at Xu Lin and saw that he was calm and composed, which made them feel slightly relieved in their hearts. Although they were unwilling to admit it, they had to acknowledge that they were far inferior to Xu Lin. If Xu Lin had been willing, perhaps the entire Qing Shan Town would have already become the territory of the Xu family. Outsiders might still think that the master of the Xu family was only at the early stage of the Martial King's power, but these two had seen Xu Lin reveal his late-stage Martial King's power, so in their hearts, Xu Lin was at least at the late stage of the Martial King's power. For a late-stage Martial King to unify Qing Shan Town would be too simple.

  "Xu brother, are you sure..." Just then, the demon snake opposite them, waiting to digest the two people before dealing with the three in front of it, suddenly shook violently, as if something inside its belly was attacking it. It was actually the fat man, who had circulated the "Turtle Breathing Technique" before being frozen by the demon snake. After breaking free from the ice seal, he went crazy and started attacking the demon snake's insides. Although he hadn't died yet, he knew he was doomed to die soon, and would be digested into a pile of dung by the demon snake's corrosive stomach acid. Before his death, he wanted to make one final crazed attack, to avenge his second brother who had already died.

  "Hissss……hissss" The intense pain inside its body made the demon snake let out a hissing sound, its demonic body violently trembling and rolling around on the ground. Although it had thick skin, but internally it was extremely soft. Fatty had at least mid-level martial artist strength, exerting over 500 jin of force, making the demon snake feel like it was going to die from the pain.

  "Hurry up and make a move, it looks like it's eaten something bad. Take advantage of the situation to kill it now." Xu Lin also showed a hint of a smile on his face. Although he was very powerful and could have killed the snake by himself, he didn't want to reveal too much of his strength in front of these two people...

  "Boom..."

  Three martial kings joined forces, and the demon snake immediately suffered a loss. It could have easily defeated its opponents, but unfortunately, it was affected by Xiaozhong's spell, and all its energy was spent suppressing the fat man inside its body. As a result, it dodged too slowly and was hit by each of the three martial kings' palms.

  That was after all a palm of the Martial King, no matter how hard his scales were, he was hit so painfully that his triangular pupils were filled with bloodthirsty killing intent, it wanted to kill them, but unfortunately it couldn't strike yet, there were even more hateful guys in its belly.

  "Kala kala......"

  A series of cracking sounds echoed, accompanied by the fat man's intense screams. The demon snake finally resolved its internal troubles, but it was also seriously injured. The attacks from Zhou and Qian were almost negligible to it, but Xu Lin's powerful attack was the source of its fury. Those seemingly light and gentle palms contained a power that could split open mountains and shatter rocks. Each palm strike made the demon snake let out an intense roar.

  The giant snake's tail was writhing in agony...

  "Ah..."

  The master of the Qian family was suddenly struck by a snake's tail, as if he had been struck by lightning, and flew backwards, a trail of deep red blood scattering in the air, telling of his agony.

  He fell heavily to the ground, and the intense pain of his fractured ribs almost made him faint, but he endured it, took out a small bottle from his clothes, poured out a black round object, and swallowed it in one gulp.

  Looking at the miserable Qian family master, Zhou family master's heart was in a flurry, and he was also knocked flying by the residual waves of that demon snake's tail, but he didn't have any serious injuries, only some minor external wounds. At this moment, only Xulin alone fought against the demon snake.

  The two were tense to the extreme, fearing that Xu Lin would also be defeated, and then they would undoubtedly die.

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