"Junior Brother Fang!"
"Senior Brother Fang!"
"Ah..."
Sun Lin and other Lingxu Palace disciples saw Fang Bai hidden within the Five Elents Origin Qi Cauldron being swallowed by the Twin-Headed Serpent, and couldn’t help but exclaim in shock.
Chang Shan and other dicine King Mountain disciples sighed as well.
Neither group of disciples expected that the Twin-Headed Serpent they had heavily injured would not only retain its combat strength but beco even more berserk.
The poison in the serpent’s mouth was ten tis, even a hundred tis more terrifying than the airborne toxin it had sprayed. With Fang Bai swallowed into its belly, how could he possibly survive?
The furnace cauldron where Fang Bai hid was also likely to be corroded by the poisons within the serpent’s body.
After devouring the Five Elents Origin Qi Cauldron, the Twin-Headed Serpent didn’t halt its madness. Under Sun Lin, Chang Shan, and others’ horrified gaze, it turned its body, twisted its form, and charged at them with its gaping mouth.
The thoroughly enraged Twin-Headed Serpent was akin to a Martial Artist who activated their body’s potential; its power vastly exceeded its normal state, and its speed was astonishingly quick.
Before Sun Lin, Chang Shan, and others could react from the shock, the serpent’s three-zhang long body, like a massive stone roller, thundered forth, instantly shrinking the dozens of zhang distance between them to less than ten zhang.
Amidst flying sand and stones, a nauseating stench accompanied by suffocating pressure barreled down, as if a small mountain was collapsing toward them.
"Retreat!"
Chang Shan and Sun Lin, the quickest to react, knew that the berserk Twin-Headed Serpent was unstoppable, and instinctively fled backward with all their might.
Subsequently, other dicine King Mountain disciples, along with Shi Ming and Zheng Hong, also retreated swiftly.
But Huang Zhong, the only Innate perfection Martial Artist present, was slow to react in terms of cultivation level, combat experience, and reflexes. He stared blankly as the Twin-Headed Serpent closed in, legs weak, mind blank, forgetting to flee.
By the ti he ca to his senses, the serpent’s body was less than five zhang away from him.
This distance was far too close, and the serpent’s speed was so fast that even a Golden Core Realm powerhouse would struggle to save Huang Zhong’s life.
Huang Zhong’s eyes were filled with despair; he opened his mouth, trying to scream "help," but no sound ca out.
"Huang Zhong!"
Shi Ming shouted, covering his face with his hands, unable to bear the sight.
Just then, the body of the Twin-Headed Serpent surging forward suddenly halted, its lantern-sized eyes revealing a look of fear.
Most unexpectedly, seven inches below the serpent’s neck, the vital point rapidly bulged outward as if sothing inside was pushing outward.
"Boom!"
A muffled noise echoed, and when the bulge reached an extre height, it exploded suddenly.
Next, Sun Lin, Chang Shan, and others saw a mass, a few feet tall and entirely black, fly out from the serpent’s exploded vital point, landing on the distant ground.
Large amounts of intensely toxic black blood gushed out wildly from the serpent’s fatal neck wound like a breached river, splattering on the ground with a "hiss hiss" sound and emitting wisps of white smoke.
Before the black blood touched the ground, Huang Zhong had already retreated more than ten zhang away, narrowly avoiding disaster.
The Twin-Headed Serpent, not an immortal creature after all, though Sun Lin and Chang Shan’s powerful strike failed to kill it, the formidable blow from inside its body led to its demise.
The serpent’s body stiffened for a few monts before crashing down, kicking up dust that flew and spread, rising over ten zhang high.
"Fang Bai! It’s Fang Bai!"
When Sun Lin recognized the object landing on the ground as Fang Bai’s hiding furnace cauldron, she couldn’t help but erupt with excitent, exclaiming.
After the cauldron landed, its lid flew high, and Fang Bai leapt out, landing on the ground. He casually stored the Five Elents Origin Qi Cauldron into his Spatial Ring.
Glancing at the fallen serpent’s body to confirm it was truly dead, Fang Bai exhaled deeply, then walked toward Sun Lin and the others.
Shi Ming hastily stepped forward, giving Fang Bai a bear hug, laughing heartily: "Haha... Brother Fang, you scared earlier! You were swallowed by that serpent but survived, truly you have a great fate!"
Fang Bai curled his lips, saying, "I told you, my body is resistant to all poisons. A re little snake can do nothing to ."
"Haha..."
Shi Ming laughed even louder, punching Fang Bai’s chest forcefully, saying, "Look at you, so pleased with yourself! I think it’s not you who’s amazing, but your furnace cauldron is! If you weren’t hiding in that cauldron, you wouldn’t have survived the serpent’s corrosive poison!"
Fang Bai smiled slyly, saying, "Brother Shi, you’re underestimating , aren’t you? Why don’t you hide inside my furnace cauldron and soak in the black blood from the serpent for a while?"
"No way! I’d be crazy to do that!"
Shi Ming shook his head vigorously.
Though Shi Ming claid Fang Bai wasn’t formidable, he knew deep down that Fang Bai’s survival wasn’t just due to the furnace cauldron; his innate poison resistance was extrely strong. Otherwise, the re fus of the serpent’s internal toxin would have knocked him out.
At this mont, Sun Lin, Zheng Hong, Huang Zhong also approached, surrounding Fang Bai and showering him with praises.
"Brother Fang, this battle owes much to you; otherwise, we couldn’t have slain that Twin-Headed Serpent!"
Chang Shan, along with several Lingxu Palace disciples, approached Fang Bai with admiration on his face.
Though Fang Bai was just a Half-Step Foundation Establishnt, his performance earlier was dazzling, making all the Martial Artists present, including Chang Shan, regard him with awe.
Fang Bai smiled, pointing at the dead serpent: "Brother Chang, the serpent’s Spirit Core is ours; the rest is yours. How about it?"
The Twin-Headed Serpent was far stronger than typical Foundation Establishnt Realm Spirit Beasts, with both its scales and bones being treasures, especially its Spirit Core.
Poison Avoidance Pills refined from the serpent’s Spirit Core allowed Martial Artists to resist many poisonous beasts, a valuable protective asset during training.
Naturally, Chang Shan understood the Spirit Core contained the serpent’s essence. Though tempted, since Fang Bai defeated the serpent, he couldn’t press the matter, instead nodding in agreent.
Fortunately, the serpent’s scales and bones had significant value; its scales were particularly favored by Artifact Refiners. Adding so to the crafting of Defense Spiritual Artifacts increased their sturdiness and sharpness, thus fetching a good price in nearby city Martial Artists Trading Markets.
Additionally, their gain of four out of six Five-Color Human-Shaped Herbs was a substantial benefit.
So, Fang Bai collected the serpent’s Spirit Core, leaving the rest to Chang Shan and other dicine King Mountain disciples to handle.
After sorting the Twin-Headed Serpent, Chang Shan carefully picked the six Five-Color Human-Shaped Herbs from the mountain crevice, keeping four for himself and handing two to Sun Lin.
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