Chapter 21: Deep Mountain Scaled Python

  Lin Heng's eyes flashed with a resolute light. One day, he would never let anyone or any force harm his family, harm his loved ones!

  "Mother, don't worry! I'll go pick up Father right away!" After saying that, he headed to the kitchen, swept the leftover mantou into a bundle and slung it over his back, picked up the axe for chopping firewood, and then went out.

  Now he can wield his inner power, a true martial artist. Although not yet at the top rank, perhaps far from being an old monster's match. However, for his son, even if it means sacrificing his life like hitting a stone with an egg, he must go and rescue his father! This is an unshakeable responsibility!

  He wouldn't let him go, not to mention in her eyes, Lin Heng was just an ordinary person with no ability to bind a chicken, even if she knew that Lin Heng had entered the ranks of warriors, she would not allow Lin Heng to take this risk! Her old partner has already been put in danger, and she cannot add another one.

  Dazzling sunlight shines between the endless mountains and ridges, but only two disheveled figures can be seen in the sky, hastily fleeing in a state of panic, their clothes and hats in disarray.

  "The ground was shaking violently, like an earthquake. A giant python, hundreds of meters long, with a waist as thick as a large bucket and a pair of strange-colored crests on its head, opened its huge jaws, revealing rows of sharp teeth, and spat out a red tongue several meters long, chasing relentlessly across the land. As it moved forward, its massive body dragged dense mountains and forests, creating deep gorges several kilometers long."

  "Brother Guo, this beast is getting closer and closer, what should we do? We previously used 'Clear Thunder Hook' to heavily injure it, but now it's enraged and has a deep hatred for us, relentlessly pursuing us. If we don't think of a way to shake it off soon, we might become its next meal." Xiao Shimei's expression was anxious, despite being injured by the demonic crown snake's venomous spittle and escaping for a whole day and night, she was exhausted. With their lives hanging in the balance, she couldn't help but urge Guo Qing Shan to think of a solution quickly.

  The cultivation of both had reached the peak of third-grade, and they could break through to fourth-grade at any time, but under the terrifying attack of the Crowned Scale Python, they seemed extremely weak.

  "This beast has been severely injured by the 'Clear Thunder Hook', as long as we can drag it out for a while, it will inevitably exhaust itself and become our prey." Although he said so, his heart was also very anxious.

  The giant snake underground sped out at a speed of nearly 100 kilometers in the blink of an eye. The two people in the sky relied on the special flying talismans of their sect, constantly burning and accumulating power to accelerate, barely not letting the demon crown python catch up. If they were flying at their normal speed, they wouldn't have been able to escape even a single mile.

  The giant python's scarlet crown was faintly visible behind them, and a long, inky black mist appeared on the path ahead. Both of them were extremely anxious. Most importantly, the effect of the flying talisman had greatly diminished, its speed significantly reduced. If they didn't quickly shake it off, they would inevitably become food for the snake's belly.

  In the previous battle, they seriously underestimated the "Yao Guan Lin Mang". At first, they were confident in having the unique treasure "Qing Lei Gou Xian" bestowed by their sect, while the "Yao Guan Lin Mang" was only a four-star peak-level demon beast and should have been easily captured. However, after fighting for half an hour and displaying all sorts of magical powers, they realized that they were terribly wrong.

  "The Crowned Scaled Beast" was severely injured, but it swallowed the strongest reliance "Qing Lei Gou Xian" whole, making them lose the foundation of their greatest resistance. In terms of strength, they were at the peak of third-grade, and for ordinary people or remote villages like Manghu Mountain, they were naturally extraordinary masters, but for the Crowned Scaled Beast, that was child's play.

  They exhausted all their magical treasures and consumed ninety percent of their accumulated power, not only were they shaken by the Crowned Scale Beast's shock to their divine core, but also splashed by the corrosive venom of the Crowned Scale Python, causing heavy damage to their meridians.

  At this moment, the "Yao Guan Lin Mang" is pursuing relentlessly, holding back the provocative stimulation and anger, swallowing these two humans who invaded its royal authority in one gulp!

  Guo Shixiong suddenly pinched a mouthful of incantation, and several dull gray energy bursts broke through the air and rushed towards the approaching "Yao Guan Lin Mang", then immediately drove away in a hurry.

  "Boom", the demon crown scales python's body was nearly a hundred meters long, its tail swept horizontally, easily dispersing the incoming attack. Then, it let out a terrifying long hiss, and a long red energy beam shot towards the two people. However, the two were still at a distance from it, barely escaping by a hair's breadth. Due to the severe attack of "Clear Thunder Hook", its half-meter high bright red demon crown on its head was blown off by more than half, and several large flesh wounds appeared on its snake-like head. Its nearly hundred-meter long body was also covered in scales injuries, emitting a smell of charred flesh.

  It has cultivated for many years, but it is the first time to be humiliated and hurt like this. The two insignificant humans in front of it actually dare to blaspheme its divinity, they must die!

  Although the Crowned Scale Serpent is not highly intelligent, after growing for hundreds of years, it naturally sees that two humans are unable to support themselves and cannot escape far, so it endures great pain and pursues them relentlessly.

  "Sister, it seems we can't hold on any longer. At most half a stick of incense time, we will be caught up by it." Guo brother's voice became more urgent as they approached the edge of the mountain. The reason why the demon crown scaled python couldn't catch up was because they were using all their strength to activate the rare flying arrow talisman, and secondly, they were in the sky while the demon crown scaled python was on the ground, which gave them an advantageous terrain.

  But once they flew out of the mountain, the terrain was flat and no matter how fast they flew, they couldn't escape the pursuit of the demon crown python.

  "For now, we must use the 'Yuán Hún Xún Yǐng' symbol to transmit and leave, returning to our sect thousands of miles away."

  "Yuán Hún Xún Yǐng" token is the innate treasure of the direct disciples of Xuántiān Sect, and each person can only possess one. After an inner disciple becomes a direct disciple, the sect will create a "Yuán Hún Xún Yǐng" token according to this person's soul imprint. Once the "Yuán Hún Xún Yǐng" token is used, it can transport back to the inner hall of the sect from anywhere, avoiding danger.

  This 'Primordial Soul Shadow' symbol can only be used once in a lifetime, and after use, the jade symbol belonging to this direct disciple will explode and cannot be used again. Therefore, if a direct disciple uses the 'Primordial Soul Shadow' symbol, it means that they will immediately lose their status as a direct disciple and be demoted to an inner or outer door disciple, or even just a named disciple. Unless they achieve great merit, they will not be able to become a direct disciple again within three years.

  "But Brother Guo... the consequences of using 'Yuán Hún Xún Yǐng'..." Xiao Shījiě was full of hesitation and struggle, originally this trip was to seize the great credit, but unexpectedly the final result was not only unable to steal the chicken but also lost the rice, and even lost the identity of the personally transmitted disciple, several years of hard work went up in flames.

  To know that the sect's stronghold in the outside world is not just a few thousand people, but at least 700,000 to 800,000 disciples within the sect. From the registered disciples, outer sect, inner sect, to personally transmitted and finally to true transmission disciples, each step up is tens of thousands of people fighting with all their might, extremely intense. Just take the personally transmitted disciples for example, among the 700,000 to 800,000 disciples, there are less than 300 personally transmitted disciples. From this, it can be seen that becoming a personally transmitted disciple is so difficult. She had just recently advanced to become a personally transmitted disciple with great difficulty, but unexpectedly, she would fall back to her original state after this trip.

  The promotion of a direct disciple is arduous, and the treatment is far from comparable to that of an ordinary disciple. Becoming a direct disciple means you can access more advanced martial arts, secret scriptures, and have more opportunities to obtain elixirs and treasures.

  "In another twenty or thirty li, we'll be leaving the Python Tiger Mountain and entering the outside world. Once we leave, won't those villagers be left helpless against this great beast?"

  "Whoa!" The giant serpent's massive body soared into the air as it dived down, its long red tongue bringing a wave of heat at an unimaginable speed towards the two.

  The two men secretly called out in unison, gritted their teeth and struck back with all their might.

  The massive energy merged into a rolling river, striking the crown of the scaled python and making it pause for a moment. Taking advantage of this fleeting moment, the two rolled violently, one east and one west, separating and escaping.

  "It's a good thing the venom of the Crowned Scale Snake was depleted from its previous attack, and it won't be able to regenerate in time. Otherwise, this hit would have been fatal for both of them."

  At this time, both of them had lingering fears and no longer had a lucky mentality.

  Escaping the attack range of the Crowned Scale Snake, the two spat out a stream of vital energy, consuming the last wisp of stored power to ignite the 'Primordial Soul Shadow' hidden in their foreheads.

  "Whoosh!" The two of them seemed to be transparent people and suddenly vanished into thin air.