Chapter 23: Chapter 23: Turning the Tide, Nangong Siyao Captured
Outside the dense thickets, the roars of beasts filled the air.
"Roar!!" With a fierce roar, two Steel Lions charged into the swarm of demon snakes, crushing four fifth-rank snakes underfoot, leaving them battered and near death.
The two Yellow-Striped Tigers opened their massive jaws, swiftly biting down on the heads of two sixth-rank snakes, shattering them with a crunch. The two sixth-rank snakes were finished!
Leading the charge was the Black-Striped Leopard, moving like a phantom, its speed incredibly swift.
**[Shadow Phantom: Speed increased fourfold]**
Whoosh! The Black-Striped Leopard moved too quickly to be seen, the onlookers only glimpsing a shadow flickering by.
"Roar!" A seventh-rank snake's vital spot was bitten through, emitting a death cry before succumbing to its fate.
"Hahaha! More!"
The Black-Striped Leopard laughed heartily, a shadow flashing once more as it charged at another seventh-rank snake, weaving through the fifth and sixth-rank snakes with an S-shaped maneuver.
"Hiss!" The seventh-rank snake, unable to evade in time, fell to the Black-Striped Leopard's jaws.
"Kill! This mission is in the bag, but what's that White Fox doing?"
"It's hiding in the bushes, too cowardly. Really, it's just been staying hidden."
"As long as it doesn't drag us down, it doesn't matter!"
The hunting team could afford to banter while slaying snakes, but their words dripped with disdain and scorn for the White Fox.
Watching the Leopard Hunting Team revel in their slaughter, Cheng Bingxi spoke up, "Something's wrong! I smell the stench of an eighth-rank snake."
"These seventh-ranks are just bait; there are at least four eighth-ranks lying in ambush!"
As an SSS-ranked template summoned beast, the Two-Tailed White Fox detected subtle differences in the air, allowing Xiao Ye to confirm the presence of eighth-ranks.
"Roar!!" Suddenly, from the dense trees and thickets, four powerful King Cobras emerged, exuding formidable auras!
**[Illusory Confusion: A mental skill that traps enemies in an illusion, affecting groups]**
After the four King Cobra Kings used their skill, the two Steel Lions and two Yellow-Striped Tigers were trapped in illusions. To them, the surroundings hadn't changed, but they saw each other as seventh-rank snakes.
"Roar!" "Roar!"
The Steel Lions and Yellow-Striped Tigers began fighting each other.
The Black-Striped Leopard, unaffected by the illusion, found itself surrounded by the four eighth-rank King Cobra Kings!
"Damn it, this is trouble!" In the Black-Striped Leopard's mind, the captain and vice-captain were anxious.
Their anxiety grew when they saw a Two-Tailed White Fox casually strolling out from the thicket, moving with an elegant grace.
Damn it! It's a burden!
The Black-Striped Leopard cursed inwardly, shouting, "White Fox, get out of here!"
Bang! The Black-Striped Leopard was struck by a King Cobra King's tail, slamming into the ground, creating a small crater.
Eighth-ranks were vastly stronger than seventh-ranks, and even the peak seventh-rank Black-Striped Leopard was overpowered.
**[Godly Charm: Confuses enemies' minds, affecting groups]**
Full power!
A mental wave emanated from the Two-Tailed Sacred White Fox, affecting all present, including the snakes, King Cobra Kings, Lions, and Tigers.
"Buzz!"
It was as if someone had pressed pause; all beasts and summoned creatures, except the Black-Striped Leopard, froze in place.
The Two-Tailed White Fox elegantly stepped forward, pulling the Black-Striped Leopard from the crater, asking, "Captain, are you okay?"
"No problem, you're at the seventh rank?" The Black-Striped Leopard was stunned, then charged at the eighth-rank King Cobra Kings.
Bang! The Leopard's kick barely scratched an eighth-rank beast.
"Such tough hides?"
As the Black-Striped Leopard struggled with the eighth-ranks, the Two-Tailed White Fox moved, breaking the sound barrier as it targeted the snakes' vital spots.
**[Absolute True Damage: Physical attacks ignore enemy defenses, dealing 100% true damage]**
"Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!"
Four slicing sounds echoed as the White Fox's sharp claws severed the King Cobra Kings into pieces.
Target: the vital spot.
Four eighth-rank King Cobra Kings, defeated!
"Wow, so powerful!?" The Black-Striped Leopard exclaimed, having struggled to break through the eighth-ranks' defenses, while the White Fox easily shattered them.
The Steel Lions and Yellow-Striped Tigers awoke, speechless at the sight.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The Two-Tailed White Fox unleashed its powerful strength, and in a series of sounds, all the demon snakes fell dead.
Against the seventh ranks, the White Fox only needed physical strength, without using its innate skills.
As for the fifth and sixth ranks, they were nothing before the White Fox.
"This is clearly a seventh-rank White Fox, who said it was fifth-rank? I'll fight them!"
"Damn, this SSS-ranked seventh-rank alone crushed us all."
"Uh, it seems we were the burden!"
"If only the White Fox would stay in the Leopard Hunting Team!"
"Yeah, we should change captains. With the White Fox leading, what does any award matter?"
Watching the Two-Tailed White Fox's elegant combat, the Leopard Hunting Team members became onlookers, their attitude shifting dramatically, even discussing keeping the White Fox as the captain.
Black-Striped Leopard: "..."
Is it really appropriate to discuss changing captains in front of the current captain?
Four eighth-rank cores, three seventh-rank cores, ten sixth-rank cores, twenty fifth-rank cores.
The Two-Tailed White Fox, feeling satisfied, counted the bloodied cores extracted from the snakes.
"Is it okay if I take these cores?" The White Fox asked.
"No problem, of course not!"
"Yeah, big brother, you keep them!"
"These are all your spoils, we have no objections!"
The Hunting Team's summoned beasts eagerly agreed.
To them, the Two-Tailed White Fox was a prodigy capable of defeating beasts beyond its rank! It was a big brother! A new leader to guide them to glory!
"Help!"
A clear and melodious voice cried out from afar.
Xiao Ye's expression changed; it was Nangong Siyao's cry for help!
The Two-Tailed White Fox, its face serious, darted towards the sound.
Soon, it reached the outskirts of the Demon Snake Forest, kilometers away.
Nangong Siyao was entangled by a serpent-like beast with small round horns on its head, its foul-smelling head poised above hers.
"Ah!" Nangong Siyao was terrified, her face drained of color, her beautiful eyes wide with fear as she stared at the serpent's head.
A Jiao!
An eighth-rank demon Jiao! The son of the current Grandmaster-level Beast King Jiao!
With noble blood, it naturally controlled demon snakes!
Chapter 24: Chapter 24: The Dragon Appears, Holy Golden Dragon Might
"Oh no! That's a demon Jiao, and an eighth-rank one at that. We're in big trouble!"
"The Jiao has noble blood and commands the snake horde. We can't save that girl!"
"Damn it, why did she come here? Is she courting death?"
"White Fox, let's get out of here. This place is too dangerous!"
Seeing Nangong Siyao's predicament, the entire Leopard Hunting Team was alarmed, urging the Two-Tailed White Fox to retreat.
All around, a sinister rustling sound emerged, eyes filled with malice and coldness peering from the bushes, ancient trees, holes, and shadows—snakes, all demon snakes!
They flicked their crimson tongues, their sharp fangs gleaming with a chilling light.
The members of the Leopard Hunting Team shivered under the venomous gaze, feeling a creeping fear.
"Leave? Can you even leave?"
The Jiao coiled around Nangong Siyao sneered, greedily sniffing the scent emanating from the girl. It couldn't understand why, but there was something about her that elicited a deep-seated longing from its very genes.
"A bunch of weaklings, daring to enter your ancestor Jiao's territory, courting death!"
The Jiao's gaze was contemptuous, its demeanor proud, with an arrogance born from its noble bloodline, considering itself a natural king.
Under the Jiao's command, "Hiss hiss hiss!" "Hiss hiss hiss!" "Hiss hiss hiss!" the demon snakes slithered and shot forth, encircling the Two-Tailed White Fox and the Leopard Hunting Team densely.
Third-rank, fourth-rank, fifth-rank, sixth-rank, seventh-rank, eighth-rank!
Undead Pythons, Eye Magic Snakes, Five-Step Fatal Snakes of dozens of types!
A number reaching two hundred strong!
"White Fox! We'll carve a path for you. You're an SSS-rank summoned beast, you can't die!"
The Black-Striped Leopard roared, ready for a last stand.
"That's right! Let's make this our glorious final battle!"
The Leopard Hunting Team was prepared to cover the White Fox's escape. At this moment, the Two-Tailed White Fox spoke up, looking disdainfully at the distant Jiao, saying:
"Jiao? Noble blood? Frog in a well!"
"Roar!" The Jiao was enraged; its exalted bloodline could not tolerate human contempt. "Attack, devour them alive!"
"Hiss hiss hiss!" "Hiss hiss hiss!" "Hiss hiss hiss!"
The demon snake horde went into a frenzy, opening their foul-smelling maws, ready to strike.
Having exchanged a signal with Nangong Siyao, Xiao Ye immediately activated the contract power of the SSS-rank Five-Clawed Golden Dragon template.
Buzz! Two brilliant golden lights radiated from Nangong Siyao and the White Fox, dispelling darkness and coldness!
A profound and supreme aura permeated the space!
Roar!!! An extended, clear dragon roar echoed from the void, and Nangong Siyao vanished. In the sky above, an Eastern divine dragon with golden vertical pupils appeared.
Rabbit eyes, deer antlers, bull mouth, camel head, tiger paws, eagle claws, fish scales, snake body!
The Three-Toed Golden Dragon hovered mid-air, its body covered in golden scales, radiating a sacred light!
"Jiao, who gave you the courage to call yourself a Beast King!!"
A voice filled with authority boomed from the Golden Dragon's mouth, like a bomb detonating in the ears of all the demon snakes and the Jiao.
The supreme, mysterious bloodline aura emanated from the golden divine dragon, suffusing the area.
"This, this, this, a dragon, it's a dragon!" The eighth-rank Jiao stared in shock at the golden divine dragon circling overhead.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible, how can there be a divine dragon in this world!!"
The absolute suppression from the bloodline left the Jiao breathless.
Suddenly, the golden divine dragon's golden eyes locked onto it, and the Jiao felt as though a terrifying presence was watching it. A deep fear surged from its genes, causing it to shudder.
"Attack, attack, devour it!" The Jiao was furious at the fear rising within it, it was the Beast King's offspring, a noble Jiao!
Yet not one demon snake dared to advance, all falling silent!
The supreme bloodline aura from the golden divine dragon instilled deep fear in their bloodlines, causing them to hesitate!
"Roar hiss hiss!" "Hiss hiss roar!"
The chaotic, fearful cries were testament to the trembling and dread of the snake horde.
"Wow! This is amazing!?"
"Incredible, a divine dragon, it's really a divine dragon!"
"With a divine dragon present, who can challenge it!?"
"That girl, she's insane, summoning a divine dragon!"
"Divine Dragon: I don't move an inch, and you lose without a fight!"
"Beast Horde: Dare to move? We dare not!"
The Leopard Hunting Team was dumbfounded, their eyes fixated on the golden divine dragon hovering above the ancient trees, their minds nearly exploding with shock.
The dragon's golden scales emitted a dazzling light, its supreme bloodline aura made the Leopard Hunting Team feel as though they were gazing upon a king, a true king, an indisputable supreme ruler!
"Roar! You wretched creature, I'll tear you apart!"
The Jiao felt like a clown, furious as it shot towards the golden divine dragon, unleashing its eighth-rank power.
Roar!!!
A roar filled with majesty erupted from the golden divine dragon's mouth, sending shockwaves through the air, spreading in all directions, the sound resonating throughout the forest.
**[Holy Golden Dragon Might: Mental pressure effect, reducing enemy attributes by 50%, supreme among kin, with dominion bloodline effects]**
Buzz!! All the present demon snakes, in an instant, felt their spirits struck, their attributes halved.
The first to be affected was the Jiao. In mid-air, its mighty aura withered, becoming ordinary.
Then!
Thud! The Jiao crashed to the ground, its bloodline seemingly shackled, crushed by the holy pressure, unable to muster any strength.
Thud thud thud! Thud thud thud! Thud thud thud!
The scene resembled dumplings being made, as all the demon snakes were overpowered by the holy pressure, pinned to the ground.
Their blood and vital energy froze as if iced, unable to move.
As a dragon of the highest standing, the divine dragon naturally suppressed the bloodlines of demon snakes and Jiao. At this moment, the Three-Toed Golden Dragon gazed down at the silent snake horde with a calm expression, its gaze sweeping over them.
Third-rank, fourth-rank, fifth-rank, sixth-rank, seventh-rank, eighth-rank! Undead Pythons, Eye Magic Snakes, Five-Step Fatal Snakes of dozens of types!
The demon snake horde, completely silent!
"Amazing!"
"Beast King, this is a true Beast King!"
"If only this divine dragon could be our captain!"
"Yeah, with the divine dragon and the White Fox leading, our hunting team would soar!"
"Damn, I'm still the captain here, and you're already talking about replacing me?"
"Sorry, Captain! Next time we'll talk behind your back."
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