Chapter 250: Chapter 215: Hunting the Tier 2 Middle-Stage Jade Water Spirit Snake

At the same time, it opened its beak and let out a clear, shrill cry. The sound wasn’t loud, but it was incredibly piercing, echoing far into the silent Poisonous Forest.

Having done this, the Red Feather Fire Sun Bird didn’t linger. It quickly retreated from the Poisonous Forest and stopped a short distance in front of Lu Zhao.

A provocation! A blatant provocation!

Lu Zhao held his breath and focused, his Divine Sense concentrated to its peak. He deployed his Tier Two Middle-Grade Defensive Spiritual Artifact—the Black Jade Profound Light Shield—while the Hundred Waters Magic Disc hovered over his palm.

He also summoned Li Xuerou from the Corpse Nourishing Coffin. She stood silently to the side, her pale face devoid of expression. With the Yin Evil Qi around her body completely withdrawn, she looked like an ordinary person, poised and ready to strike.

As for the Strong Demon Ape Corpse Puppet and the Strong Iron Ape Corpse Puppet, Lu Zhao had them sneak into the Poisonous Forest to cut off the Jade Water Poison Snake’s escape route.

Time seemed to freeze. The depths of the Poisonous Forest were deathly still, with only a gray-green mist churning silently.

But Lu Zhao keenly sensed it—the cold, sinister aura lurking in the depths had stirred!

A wave of tyrannical, furious emotion, so intense it felt tangible, suddenly erupted from the deepest part of the Poisonous Forest!

It was followed by a low, hoarse hiss, like the sound of countless venomous snakes slithering over one another—a sound that made one’s skin crawl.

HISSSSS—!

Along with the hissing, the gray-green mist blanketing the Poisonous Forest began to roil violently, like boiling water. From deep within the fog came a RUSTLING sound—a heavy body crushing withered branches and decaying leaves. It was moving incredibly fast, drawing nearer by the second!

’Here it comes!’

Lu Zhao’s gaze hardened. "Retreat!" he barked.

At the command, the Red Feather Fire Sun Bird gave a single flap of its wings, instantly retreating dozens of yards behind Lu Zhao.

The next moment, the mist at the edge of the Poisonous Forest was violently thrust aside!

A huge, ferocious head slowly emerged!

The great serpent’s head was many times larger than that of an ordinary python. Its vertical pupils, as large as lanterns, glowed with a cold, tyrannical jade-green light, locked dead on Lu Zhao and the Red Feather Fire Sun Bird.

Its head was covered in thick, heavy scale armor of a dark green that was nearly black—identical to the scale fragment in Lu Zhao’s hand. In the dim light, it gleamed with a cold, hard metallic luster.

Its massive jaws parted slightly, revealing two rows of deathly-pale poisonous fangs as sharp as daggers. Viscous, dark-green venom dripped from their tips, hitting the mud below with a SIZZLING sound and raising wisps of acrid smoke.

The head alone radiated the suffocating pressure of a Tier Two Middle Stage beast!

A cold, foul stench washed over them like a tsunami!

Its enormous body remained hidden in the dense fog, but the part that was revealed was enough to make one’s blood run cold.

’A Jade Water Spirit Snake, no doubt about it,’ Lu Zhao thought as he took in the sight.

The Jade Water Spirit Snake’s cold, vertical pupils swept over the Red Feather Fire Sun Bird that had provoked it, finally settling on Lu Zhao. A flash of disturbingly human-like fury and greed flickered in its eyes. ’A Foundation Establishment Cultivator and the flesh of an Early Stage Tier Two Monster Beast... their Spiritual Power far exceeds that of those common Tier One Demon Beasts!’

HISS!

The Jade Water Spirit Snake let out an even more high-pitched, ear-piercing hiss. With a violent swing of its massive head, a dark-green Water Arrow shot from its mouth like a bolt of lightning. It carried a pungent, foul wind as it flew straight for Lu Zhao’s face! The very air seemed to SIZZLE and corrode in its path!

The battle erupted in an instant!

Lu Zhao was prepared. The instant the Jade Water Spirit Snake spat, his Black Jade Profound Light Shield flared with a brilliant light!

A deep-black shield, dozens of feet tall, materialized in front of him!

PFFT!

The dark-green venomous Water Arrow slammed hard against the shield! A violent corrosive sound erupted, but the Black Jade Profound Light Shield was a superior-quality Tier Two Middle-Grade Magical Artifact. Blocking this attack was not difficult.

"Formation, activate!"

Lu Zhao didn’t pause. Even as he deflected the venom, he rapidly activated the Array Disc and nine Array Banners!

HUMMM!

The Nine Bends Lock River Formation activated instantly! Nine thick Water Essence Lock Chains materialized from thin air, radiating an irresistible binding force. Like nine azure Flood Dragons, they shot forward, viciously wrapping around the Jade Water Spirit Snake’s head and the portion of its body extending from the Poisonous Forest!

ROAR!

The Jade Water Spirit Snake clearly hadn’t expected this tactic. Caught completely off guard, its massive head and neck were bound tightly by several of the water chains!

It let out a roar of shocked fury, thrashing and twisting wildly. Its Demon Power erupted, and a dark-green poisonous mist spewed from the gaps between its scales, furiously corroding the Water Essence Lock Chains. With a loud SIZZLE, the chains’ light swiftly dimmed!

"Li Xuerou!" Lu Zhao roared.

The still, white figure moved in a flash! Li Xuerou’s form was like a phantom, her speed reaching its absolute limit. Her pale hand formed a claw as dense Yin Evil Death Qi coalesced into five sharp, pitch-black talons of light. Ignoring the roiling poisonous mist, she thrust straight for the Green-Scaled Poison Flood Dragon’s relatively vulnerable eyes!

"ROAR!"

Sensing the mortal threat, the Jade Water Spirit Snake violently whipped its bound head aside, dodging the strike to its eyes by a razor’s edge. But Li Xuerou’s claws still raked viciously across the thick scales on its face!

SKREEE!

A jarring, scraping sound echoed as sparks flew! The Jade Water Poison Snake’s scale armor was astonishingly tough. Li Xuerou’s strike, powerful enough to shatter solid rock, had only managed to leave five deep gashes on the scales, failing to break through its defense! However, the Yin Evil Death Qi infused in the attack clung to it like bone-boring maggots, madly seeping into the wounds!

HISS!

The Jade Water Spirit Snake cried out in pain, its hiss laced with agony. Its jade-green vertical pupils instantly flooded with blood! It was utterly enraged! Its massive body charged out from the poisonous fog completely!

Nearly a hundred feet long, its dark-green serpentine body now lay coiled upon the marsh, covered in heavy scale armor.

Its massive maw gaped open. This time it wasn’t a Water Arrow, but a vast cloud of dense, dark-green poisonous mist that poured down like a waterfall, instantly enveloping Lu Zhao, Li Xuerou, and the Nine Bends Lock River Formation at the perimeter!

Simultaneously, its thick tail whipped through the air like a colossal steel lash, creating a terrifying whistle as it viciously struck toward Lu Zhao, who was controlling the Array from outside!

"Red Fire!" Lu Zhao’s mind raced.

The Red Feather Fire Sun Bird, which had been lying in wait, finally made its move! It didn’t attack the serpent’s main body. Instead, it transformed into a crimson streak, almost too fast for the naked eye to see, and dove toward the underside of the Poisonous Flood Dragon’s belly, which had been exposed by the whipping of its tail!

"Flame Burst Fireball!"

The Red Feather Fire Sun Bird opened its beak and spat out a Fireball, roiling with golden-red flames. With a piercing whistle, it smashed into the serpent’s relatively weak belly scales!

This time, its defense was breached! The scales were blasted to pieces, and dark-green serpent blood sprayed out!

"ROAR!"

The searing pain in its belly made the Jade Water Spirit Snake’s tail whip falter, its movement becoming sluggish.

’Now’s the chance!’

A fierce glint flashed in Lu Zhao’s eyes. Braving the corrosive mist, he pushed the Hundred Waters Magic Disc to its absolute limit!

"Condense Water to a Blade! Cleave!"

A deep-blue Water Blade, only about ten feet long but condensed to an unbelievable degree, materialized out of thin air!

Countless torrents seemed to spin and compress frantically within the Water Blade, radiating an aura that would make one’s heart palpitate with fear.

The Water Blade was silent, yet it moved as fast as lightning! In the instant the Poisonous Flood Dragon faltered from its abdominal wound, the blade struck with pinpoint accuracy inside its massive maw—which was slightly agape from roaring—and sliced into the soft flesh of its upper palate!

SQUELCH!

The sound of the blade sinking into flesh was sickeningly clear! Dark-green serpent blood gushed forth like a fountain!

"HISS-ROOOOAR—!!!"

A bloodcurdling shriek of utter agony echoed throughout the Black Water Marsh! The Jade Water Poison Snake was grievously wounded. Its massive body thrashed and rolled wildly, splattering venom, poisonous mist, and its own blood everywhere, turning the surrounding marsh into a corroded, chaotic wasteland.

Its jade-green vertical pupils were filled with agony and a flicker of terror.

It whipped its head violently, desperately breaking free from the binding chains that had already dimmed significantly. Its massive body turned and fled frantically toward the depths of the Poisonous Forest, leaving a trail of gushing, dark-green blood in its wake.

’Trying to escape?’

How could Lu Zhao possibly let it escape?

Enduring the immense drain on his Divine Sense and the sluggish feeling in his Magical Power caused by the corrosive mist, he shot forward like a bolt of lightning in hot pursuit.

Li Xuerou let out a low growl and became a white shadow in close pursuit, while the Red Feather Fire Sun Bird swooped down once more!

Strike while it’s weak and finish it off!

A life-or-death chase erupted at the edge of the Poisonous Forest! A trail of dark-green blood snaked across the black mud, marking a desperate road to death.

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