Chapter 49 The younger one is beaten, the older one arrives – the ambush by the Ten-Thousand-Year Black Spiderweb Python!
Even with Ye Tianchen holding back, if he were to unleash his full power, that punch would have been enough to smash the Black Spiderweb Python in two.
"Come on, finish him off."
Ye Tianchen clapped his hands and turned to look at Dugu Yan, who was standing there in a daze.
Dugu Yan then came to her senses, quickly stepped forward, took out a dagger, and stabbed the Black Spiderweb Python in its vital spot, ending its life.
Fine purple specks of light emerged from the still twitching corpse of the Black Spiderweb Python, instantly coalescing into a purple spirit ring.
Looking at the purple spirit ring in front of her, Dugu Yan's expression was still somewhat blank.
Thinking of Ye Tianchen's nonchalant demeanor just now, a complex and indescribable emotion welled up in her heart.
A three-thousand-year-old spirit beast, just like that... dealt with?
Less than ten breaths in total?
She took a deep breath, suppressed her shock, and sat down cross-legged.
"Protect me."
"Rest assured."
Dugu Yan closed her eyes, extended her soul power, and slowly drew the spirit ring closer to her.
One hour later.
Dugu Yan opened her eyes.
Her aura was much stronger than it had been an hour ago.
The fourth spirit ring had been firmly integrated into her body. The purple spirit ring slowly rotated beneath her feet, radiating the pressure of a three-thousand-year-level spirit ring.
But what surprised her even more was the soul power within her body.
Level 45!
The medicinal power of the Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid was fully activated during her absorption of the spirit ring. This medicinal power, combined with the energy brought by the spirit ring, pushed her soul power to level 45 in one fell swoop!
Breaking through five levels in a row!
"It's a success!"
Dugu Yan stood up, her pretty face flushed with excitement.
"Ye Tianchen, I've reached level 45!"
Ye Tianchen nodded with a smile.
"Congratulations."
Dugu Yan looked at him and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
"Um... thank you."
"You're welcome."
Ye Tianchen waved his hand.
"You helped me, so it's only right that I help you."
Dugu Yan opened her mouth, about to say something—
Suddenly, a foul stench swept over them!
The wind came without warning, carrying a nauseating stench and a bone-chilling cold!
Ye Tianchen's expression changed drastically. Almost at the same time, he saw a huge black shadow dart out from the depths of the dense forest at an astonishing speed!
The dark figure's target was Dugu Yan!
A gaping maw, large enough to swallow a person whole, bit down on Dugu Yan!
"Careful!"
Without a second thought, Ye Tianchen unleashed golden lightning behind him, and the Wings of the Thunder God instantly unfolded!
He transformed into a streak of light, rushing to Dugu Yan's side at the critical moment, embracing her tightly, and flapping his thunderous wings to narrowly avoid the snake's bite!
"Boom--!"
The giant python's head slammed into the spot where they had just been standing, creating a large crater in the ground and sending debris flying!
Ye Tianchen carried the still-shaken Dugu Yan to a large tree and looked down.
It was a giant python.
It was a whole size bigger than the previous one!
It was over fifteen meters long, with a waist as thick as a water vat, and its entire body was covered in black scales with even denser and more eerie silver spiderweb-like patterns!
The most terrifying thing was those vertical pupils—blood red, burning with madness and resentment!
A ten-thousand-year Black Spiderweb Python!
It stared intently at the two people in the tree, or more precisely, at the fallen Black Spiderweb Python lying in a pool of blood on the ground.
Those blood-red vertical pupils were filled with deep-seated hatred; it was its offspring.
Dugu Yan's face turned deathly pale instantly.
A ten-thousand-year spirit beast was equivalent to a human Soul Emperor!
She had just broken through to level 45, but she was still worlds apart from the strength of a Soul Emperor!
As for Ye Tianchen... although he was powerful, he was still just a teenager. How could he possibly deal with a ten-thousand-year spirit beast?!
"Run!"
She shouted almost instinctively.
"Run!"
But the giant python gave them no chance to escape.
It opened its enormous mouth, and a jet of black poisonous mist, ten times more concentrated than before, gushed out.
The poisonous fog, like a black tide, instantly engulfed an area of tens of meters in radius!
Wherever it went, trees withered, rocks melted, and even the air hissed and crackled from the corrosion!
Dugu Yan gritted her teeth, pushed Ye Tianchen aside, and faced the cloud of poisonous fog.
"Fourth Soul Skill - Azure Phosphorus Poison Array!"
Purple spirit rings bloomed beneath her feet, and the Jade Phosphor Serpent venom surged forth from her body, forming a dark green light screen in front of her!
The light barrier rapidly expanded, transforming into a circular poison array ten meters in diameter, enveloping her and Ye Tianchen behind her!
This was her fourth soul skill, which used her own toxins to construct a poisonous mist that could not only block the opponent's vision but also absorb and transform the invading toxins.
She had just acquired this soul skill and wasn't yet proficient at it, but she couldn't care less about that now.
The pitch-black poisonous fog collided with the emerald-green poison array—
Hiss hiss hiss hiss!
A piercing corrosive sound rang out, and Dugu Yan's poison array trembled violently!
She could feel her soul power being consumed at an alarming rate!
The venom of the ten-thousand-year Black Spiderweb Python was far, far more potent than hers!
But she gritted her teeth and stubbornly refused to back down.
Three breaths.
In just three breaths.
The originally dense, dark green poison array rapidly contracted, only covering a three-meter radius around them.
But the next second, a scene that filled her with despair unfolded.
The ten-thousand-year Black Spiderweb Python simply opened its mouth and gently inhaled.
All the poisonous mist, along with her Azure Phosphorus Poison Array, was sucked into its belly like a whale inhaling water!
Clean and spotless, not a single trace left.
Dugu Yan stood there, her mind blank.
The joy of her breakthrough had vanished completely; her strongest soul skill hadn't even lasted three breaths!
The giant python swallowed the poison array, and a human-like disdain appeared in its blood-red vertical pupils.
Then, it opened its huge mouth again and bit at Dugu Yan!
"Run!"
Dugu Yan finally came to her senses and frantically pushed Ye Tianchen.
"Run! It wants to kill me. Get to Grandpa's herb garden as fast as you can, maybe you can still save me!"
But Ye Tianchen did not move.
He simply watched the giant python pounce on them, and a smile suddenly appeared on his lips.
The smile was light and faint, carrying a kind of composure that Dugu Yan couldn't understand...
"Just a ten-thousand-year spirit beast."
He spoke softly, his voice carried away by the wind.
"It's not like he hasn't killed one before."
The next second, Dugu Yan witnessed a scene she would never forget.
Ye Tianchen transformed into a bolt of lightning, not only not fleeing, but instead actively confronting the ten-thousand-year Black Spiderweb Python.
"You're insane!"
Dugu Yan screamed in despair.
But her scream stopped abruptly.
Because she saw...
Three spirit rings slowly rising beneath Ye Tianchen's feet.
The first one was scarlet, like blood.
The second one was a deeper purple than her fourth spirit ring.
The third one was pitch black.
One red, one purple, and one black.
Dugu Yan's brain instantly went blank.
A 100,000-year spirit ring... a 10,000-year spirit ring...
He was only level thirty-something, how could he possibly have a 100,000-year spirit ring?!
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