Invincible Snake Emperor-Chapter 170 - 168: A Fierce Beast
Within Snake Valley, two giant snakes were locked in a devastating battle. One was covered from head to tail in fiery red scales, its body seeming to dance with flames, savage and vicious. The other was protected by snow-white scales as exquisite as jade, but the aura it emanated stirred the very clouds.
One was twenty-five meters long, the other thirty. The two giant snakes roared at the heavens before coiling around each other in a terrifying, ferocious struggle. It was a life-and-death battle that filled the air with the dust of destruction, darkening the very sky.
The entire Snake Valley trembled as fissures shattered and split open across the ground. Both of these giant snakes were at the Snake Spirit Level, and they even possessed the potential to one day break through to Rank 3.
CLANG!
CLANG!
CLANG!
The air rang with continuous clashes, like the sound of metal plates striking one another. Their snake scales were impervious to any blade and nigh indestructible. When they collided, sparks flew through the air.
Their piercing hisses and roars echoed without end, and many lesser venomous snakes were shaken to death by the sheer force of the sound.
The Vampire Snake was incredibly savage and tyrannical, looking down on every other snake species. It was determined to become the King of the entire Snake Clan.
Its opponent, the King of Snake Valley, had ruled over the countless venomous snakes in the valley for untold years. It possessed the Heavenly and Earthly Treasure known as Snakeberry, and its body had reached a staggering thirty meters in length, making it as imposing as a mountain.
Their battle was like two armies clashing. Each collision of their massive bodies created a violent explosion, like a collapsing galaxy. Their snake scales shimmered, continuously erupting with a terrifying aura. The sky itself seemed on the verge of collapse as a suffocating pressure swept over the entire Snake Valley.
Tens of thousands of venomous snakes hid far in the distance, their horrified eyes fixed on the two colossal bodies locked in combat. Every glance sent them trembling uncontrollably.
Anyone who didn't know better would have mistaken them for two Flood Dragons locked in combat. The scene was horrifying; they rammed and tore at each other, locked in a fight to the death.
.......
「Several hours later...」
A Gold and Silver Snake flew into Snake Valley from the outside. Tu Xiao'an was so captivated by the beautiful scenery that he almost thought he had stumbled into a hidden paradise.
His army of several hundred thousand had been blocked by a dark swamp outside, its mud so thick and treacherous it would swallow any snake that tried to cross.
Tu Xiao'an had no choice but to abandon his Black Mamba mount and fly in alone.
The moment he entered Snake Valley, he was stunned. In the far distance, he sensed two incredibly dreadful auras of the Snake Race surging toward the heavens. He recognized one of them instantly.
It was the aura of the Mutated Bloodsucker Snake.
The other powerful aura, however, was unfamiliar to him.
Clearly, the Vampire Snake was fighting another member of the Snake Race, and the battle was already at a fever pitch.
'So there really is an even more monstrous Snake Species deep in Snake Valley,' he thought. 'Anything that can be a match for the Vampire Snake must be extraordinary in itself.'
'Vampire Snake, I've finally found you. Don't you dare get eaten by some other snake. I'm counting on devouring you to trigger my second evolution.'
Tu Xiao'an's gaze was intense, filled with immense self-confidence.
Now that he was a Rank Two Snake Spirit and had mastered the Power of Thunder and Lightning, he possessed an arrogance that made him feel superior to all others.
'Alright, time to move in.'
Tu Xiao'an vanished, transforming into a streak of light that shot forward.
Deep within Snake Valley, tens of thousands of venomous snakes trembled in terror. The earth-shattering battle between the two giant snakes before a small hill was over. In its place was the cruel spectacle of one giant snake devouring another.
A twenty-five-meter giant snake, covered in fiery red scales, was savagely devouring another snake even larger than itself.
This was the white-scaled snake, now covered in wounds. The Vampire Snake had already swallowed its upper half, leaving only about fifteen meters of its body exposed.
But even that was being devoured, bit by bit.
After several hours of fighting, the King of Snake Valley had been defeated. Its subordinates watched in terror as their king was devoured by the other snake.
With every meter of the giant white snake's body it consumed, the Vampire Snake's fiery red scales shone more dazzlingly. The scales themselves began to glow like embers, radiating a heat so intense it seemed to make the air boil.
Most notably, the Vampire Snake's aura grew more and more intense, its power surging with every passing second.
"Haha... Vampire Snake, you haven't disappointed me! You're the King of Snake Valley now!"
With the Vampire Snake's successful defeat of the King of Snake Valley, Jiang Xingze was overjoyed. His own life was now safe—how could he not be happy?
More importantly, all the Snakeberries covering the small hill were now his for the taking.
Jiang Xingze was buzzing with excitement. He started walking toward the Vampire Snake, but before he could get close, he stumbled back in alarm.
'Gods, it's so hot...'
The Vampire Snake radiated an incredible heat, and its scales looked as if they were about to burst into flame.
No... it wasn't just an illusion. They were already erupting in flames.
Under the gaze of tens of thousands of pairs of snake eyes, the Vampire Snake ravenously wolfed down the entire thirty-meter giant snake.
Its body immediately swelled, growing at a visible rate until it reached a full thirty meters in length. But that wasn't even the most terrifying part.
The Vampire Snake was now completely engulfed in fire, like a Fire Dragon bursting through the clouds. It was wreathed in roaring flames that boiled the very air.
Jiang Xingze was utterly dumbfounded, as if he'd been struck mute and paralyzed. He couldn't speak, nor did he have the strength to move.
Flames. The Vampire Snake was wreathed in flames, possessing the power of a great conflagration that could incinerate the heavens. Even its pair of eyes seemed to be spewing fire.
"This... Don't tell me the Vampire Snake has become a Snake King?"
Jiang Xingze stood frozen to the spot, his eyes widening until it looked as though they would pop out of their sockets.
"ROAR—"
A majestic roar shot straight to the heavens. Immediately after, an incomparably powerful, imperious pressure unfurled, carrying with it a Heaven Shocking Power that stirred the very clouds. Shockwaves of Qi swept out in a frenzy.
Unable to withstand this oppressive pressure, the tens of thousands of venomous snakes in the valley began to die one by one. In an instant, several thousand of them had inexplicably perished.
"I, the Vampire Snake, am now the King of the Snake Clan!"
It announced with a savage roar that it was now a Snake King.
The Vampire Snake was now a full thirty meters long and wreathed in flames. Its appearance was terrifying beyond belief; to call it merely Spiritual and Fierce would be a gross understatement.
Not a single venomous snake could remain composed in its presence. Having devoured the King of Snake Valley, it had ascended the throne. It was now a true Snake King.
It could command all snakes, and none would dare to disobey.
The tens of thousands of venomous snakes prostrated themselves in terror before the Vampire Snake, hailing their new king.
But as the Vampire Snake swept its fiery gaze over the tens of thousands of prostrating snakes, a vicious glint appeared in its eyes.
"ROAR—"
It let out another long roar, but this time, a torrent of scorching flame spewed from its cavernous mouth, instantly engulfing the tens of thousands of venomous snakes in a Sea of Fire.
In an instant, the picturesque Snake Valley was transformed into a serpentine Hell. The venomous snakes shrieked in agony as they were burned alive, one by one.
The Vampire Snake was savagery incarnate. If a creature like it were to emerge into the wider world, it would bring nothing but ruin and devastation.
A true Fierce Beast.
It had eaten the King of Snake Valley and become the new king. These venomous snakes would never have dared to resist it, yet without a word, it spat fire and burned to death tens of thousands of Snake Species, all of whom possessed extraordinary bloodlines.
The reason was simple: these Snake Species were now useless to it. Having evolved to its current state, there was no longer any meaning in devouring them.
As its power surged, so too did its violent lust for slaughter.
"You beast. Still as cruel as ever."
A sea of fire raged before the small hill, filled with the hellish wails of tens of thousands of venomous snakes. Just then, a cold voice rang out, and a wave of Killing Intent surged down from the sky like a raging gale.
"Thunderous Fury!"
A clap of thunder split the clear sky above the small hill. A dazzling white light appeared out of thin air. RUMBLE! The sound of thunder roared toward the heavens.
The flame-wreathed Vampire Snake sensed the anomaly and raised its head, its eyes flashing with a savage light, only to be instantly enveloped in a roiling Thunder Sea.
