Chapter 9: Mysterious Death.
Seeing this, Wang Sheng was utterly shocked, muttering in disbelief, "What a powerful defense!"
His brow furrowed in thought. This move was already his most powerful attack yet, and now it couldn't even break through his defense. What was he supposed to do?
Anyone else would have been ready to flee.
But Wang Sheng didn't. His eyes never left the leaf snake.
He knew that at this moment, running away was tantamount to seeking death, given the leaf snake's immense speed. The wisest option now was to find a flaw in the fight and kill it with a single blow.
"Swish!"
The leaf snake screamed, its abdomen bulging. Then, its mouth opened, erupting a torrent of green mist.
Even a fool could tell this mist was highly toxic and must not be touched.
So Wang Sheng thought to himself, "Not good!"
The next moment, Wang Sheng unleashed his Shaolin martial arts, stomping on the trunk of a nearby tree and reaching its peak.
The green mist swiftly passed beneath his feet, instantly withering all vegetation in its path, demonstrating its potent toxicity.
The consequences would be disastrous if touched!
"Whoosh!"
Meanwhile, the leaf snake had launched another attack. With a swipe of its long tail, it swooped down like a sharp sword, hurtling towards Wang Sheng, perched atop the tree.
Because the green mist was just a short distance from Wang Sheng's feet, the moment it emerged from the mist, it was practically within reach.
The treetops were now completely engulfed in green mist, making descent impossible. Wang Sheng angled his foot and drifted towards the top of another tree.
The leaf snake, having missed its target, revealed its entire abdomen.
"Good opportunity!"
Compared to the thicker scales on its back, the scales on its abdomen were much finer, naturally making its defenses much weaker.
How could Wang Sheng miss such an opportunity? He swung his flaming blade.
"Slash!"
A massive wound pierced the leaf snake, sending blood gushing out!
"Bang!"
The severely wounded leaf snake plummeted to the ground.
However, Wang Sheng didn't pursue. The green mist still lingered, and he helplessly missed the chance to seize advantage.
A moment later, the green mist dissipated, revealing the leaf snake. It coiled in a circle, forming a snake formation with no holes.
The snake raised its head, still glaring coldly at Wang Sheng.
Wang Sheng glanced over and saw that the spirit ring at the Purple Flame Rat's location had become illusory, clearly on the verge of dissipation.
"No! If this continues, I'll have to waste a lot of time and energy searching for a suitable spirit ring!"
With this thought, Wang Sheng immediately lunged at the leaf snake from the treetops.
"If there's no flaw, I'll force you to reveal one!"
"Swish!"
The severely injured leaf snake showed no sign of weakness! It opened its mouth and bit Wang Sheng directly.
"Alright! This is the opportunity I need!"
Since they couldn't break through from the outside, they would attack from within!
"The Buddha's Lion's Roar!"
From Wang Sheng's mid-air mouth, a tremendous roar erupted, shaking the air around him.
The leaf snake froze!
"Now!"
Wang Sheng swung the flaming knife in his hand, and a stream of scorching flames flew out! It slammed into the leaf snake's mouth!
"Bang!"
The leaf snake fell to the ground, rolling around, but soon stopped and lay straight. A large amount of black smoke billowed from its mouth! A hundred-year soul ring emerged from its body.
However, Wang Sheng didn't even glance at it, as it was completely unsuitable for him.
He quickly moved to the side of the purple flame rat, sat down, and used his soul power to attract its soul ring.
"Boom!"
As the purple flame rat's soul ring approached, Wang Sheng felt a powerful force violently enter his body.
Wang Sheng didn't dare to be careless and quickly activated the Nine Yang Divine Art to refine it.
It must be said that the Nine Yang Divine Art was so powerful that the refining process was extremely fast. A yellow hundred-year soul ring appeared on Wang Sheng's body.
"Hahaha, now I have a spirit ring and spirit skills!"
"Swoosh, swoosh."
A constant noise echoed from the woods, evidently attracted by the smell of blood. Many spirit beasts had arrived. Soon, this place would become another battleground for food. Wang Sheng didn't want to get involved in such a fight, so he quickly moved aside.
Another day passed, and by this point, Wang Sheng's strength had greatly increased. Not only had he obtained his first spirit ring, he had also refined that spirit bone! To Wang Sheng's great delight, this spirit bone also possessed a fire attribute, perfectly suited to him.
Spirit rings and spirit bones—he suddenly possessed two spirit skills! How could he not be delighted?
"Oh! Time to start looking for a second spirit ring! Once we find one, we can leave here!"
"Firebird? Looks like it's only a hundred years old. Not quite right!"
"Crimson Lizard, doesn't seem very good either!"
"Explosive Ape, not suitable!"
After all, this was a second spirit ring, and the maximum age was 764 years, very close to a thousand years. He didn't want a second spirit ring that was only a hundred or two hundred years old—that would be too poor.
Unfortunately, he couldn't judge the age of a spirit beast very well!
He could only judge by the strength of its aura. At this moment, he was thinking about spending some time with Master and Tang San after his escape, at least to learn all about spirit beasts.
Otherwise, hunting spirit rings would become increasingly difficult. Too few years would be unacceptable, but too many would be disastrous.
"Ah!"
Just as Wang Sheng was searching for a suitable spirit beast, a scream shattered the tranquility of the forest.
"What's going on?"
Wang Sheng was sure it was a human cry.
It must be said that Wang Sheng possessed a deep sense of justice. He immediately rushed in the direction of the scream.
"What a strong smell of blood!"
As Wang Sheng drew closer to the source of the scream, the stench grew stronger.
Soon, a corpse appeared before Wang Sheng's eyes, and he couldn't help but frown.
The corpse had no wounds at all, yet blood was gushing from all seven orifices. Its body was limp, boneless, clearly shattered by a single blow.
It would take sheer force to inflict such damage. What human, or soul beast, possessed such power?
Wang Sheng sprinted forward once more, his expression heavy. Whether human or soul beast, they were both incredibly powerful! He couldn't help but be wary!
Yet, he was also incredibly curious, eager to see if there were any survivors!
One, two, three... As he continued to advance, he had already passed over twenty corpses.
Now, he felt his curiosity might be the real killer.
All of the corpses had died in the same manner as the first. This means that these people were killed in one blow, without even the slightest chance of a counterattack.
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