445: Chapter 445 Ancient Celestial Serpent, Abandoning Qualification

"How reckless. If this continues, these natural treasures will be completely ruined!"

Hun Tiandi gave a helpless smile. With a thought, he moved that massive white light cocoon out of the Nether Small World.

The moment the light cocoon appeared, dense energy mist gathered in the sky above the Wanyao Mountain Range, as if it were being summoned.

It poured down, crashing into the white light cocoon suspended in mid-air.

Rumble!

The white light cocoon was not polite either. Like a gluttonous Taotie, it refused nothing and swallowed the energy of heaven and earth.

No, it was plundering!

"Is Mei Niang about to advance? The energy required is this massive?" Hun Tiandi frowned slightly as he watched the white light cocoon.

Mei Niang's whale-like swallowing during her seclusion disturbed the Wanyao Mountain Range. The Alchemists at the foot of the mountain, who were still discussing a plan, all looked toward the depths of the mountain range with terrified expressions.

Roar...

Howl...

Suddenly, the roars of magical beasts rose and fell, echoing throughout the mountain range. Dense baleful aura rose into the sky like signal smoke.

Radiating bloodthirsty ferocity, the Wanyao Mountain Range was now extremely dangerous.

"A magical beast riot?" A middle-aged Alchemist looked on with a worried expression as magical beasts from all over the Pill World rushed toward the Wanyao Mountain Range.

Once these words were spoken, those who had originally planned to join forces to fight the peerless magical beast in the mountain depths wavered.

With this change occurring, it seemed they could only give up!

"The Pill Gathering's task? I can only give it up. I came to participate in the Pill Gathering, not to throw my life away!" A female Alchemist crushed the Spatial Stone in her hand. With a flash of white light, she disappeared from the foot of the mountain.

With one person forfeiting their qualifications, Alchemists began to give up one after another.

The atmosphere at the scene was extremely heavy.

"Everyone, are you really willing to give up after coming this far?"

"Although the beast tide is rioting, we are not without opportunity. Some magical beasts have left the places they were guarding, leaving behind natural treasures. This is our chance!"

"Take a gamble, and perhaps we can succeed!"

Suddenly, a young Alchemist with a very handsome face spoke up to boost morale and comfort the Alchemists present.

Roar!

From the depths of the mountain range, a roar from a magical beast that shook the entire Pill World manifested in the sky. Like a peerless king, it looked down upon the site of the mountain range's mutation.

Black baleful aura flowed in mid-air, dark as ink.

This was the Rank 8 magical beast that dominated the Wanyao Mountain Range, possessing terrifying prestige.

Crack!

In front of the cave, the intense energy light from the cocoon became even more powerful. A slight cracking sound rang out, and then fissures began to spread.

Countless rays of white light mixed with dark red energy riots shot toward the sky, impacting the upper reaches of the Pill World.

A massive booming sound echoed. Such a disturbance immediately attracted the experts of the Pill Tower.

Pill Tower!

Xuan Kongzi's gaze was cold as he stared at that patch of void in the Pill World. His expression was solemn; since the creation of the Pill World, such a thing had never happened.

"A mutation in the Pill World... Could it be that the previous spatial fluctuations were not an illusion..."

Tian Leizi and Xuan Yi beside him both had solemn faces, their hearts filled with increasing worry.

At the same time, in Holy Pill City, elders and families from many forces across the continent were gathered, each worrying for their own juniors or Alchemists.

The clamor was like ocean waves crashing against the sky, sounding like thunder.

Buzz!

While the atmosphere was tense, the space above Holy Pill City rippled slightly. A figure manifested, wearing an exquisite Alchemist robe; it was the first female Alchemist to leave the Wanyao Mountain Range.

Her face was pale, and her beautiful eyes were filled with terror!

"She... forfeited her qualifications for the Pill Gathering?" Tian Leizi said in a booming voice.

"Little friend, do you know what has happened in the Pill World?" Xuan Kongzi asked warmly.

"Senior, a beast tide has rioted in the Pill World. A peerless magical beast has descended upon the Wanyao Mountain Range..." the female Alchemist said in horror, as if she hadn't yet recovered from the fright.

Once these words were out, not only the Dan Ta Three Giants, but even the experts and forces from various sides participating in the Pill Gathering experienced a change in expression.

This time, the Pill Tower's Pill Gathering might be difficult to continue.

"Senior Xuan Kongzi, I wonder if the Pill Gathering can be suspended? It can start again once the beast tide in the Pill World has subsided!"

An old man from the Burning Flame Valley said respectfully; it was because an Alchemist from the Burning Flame Valley was inside.

How difficult it was for a force to nurture an Alchemist.

"Everyone, the Pill World is in another space. Aside from the Alchemists participating in the assessment, even those of my Pill Tower cannot enter!"

Xuan Kongzi took a deep breath and finally told the truth!

"What? We can only wait for death or forfeit our qualifications?"

"Could this be a plot by the Pill Tower to wipe out the continent's Alchemists to solidify the Pill Tower's status!"

...

The noise continued incessantly. Xuan Kongzi was helpless; if the safety of the Alchemists in the Pill World could not be guaranteed this time, this session of the Pill Gathering would end in failure.

Most importantly, the Pill Tower's reputation would be damaged. As the supreme holy land for Alchemists, an invisible rift would form between the Pill Tower and the Alchemists of the continent.

Pill World!

More and more cracks appeared, and a large portion of the light cocoon fell away. Following that, it quickly exploded and the white light dissipated. A dark red pillar of light shot toward the horizon, colliding with the space of the Pill World.

Waves of energy fluctuations were kicked up.

Hun Tiandi's gaze was fixed on the dark red pillar of light. With his eyesight, he actually couldn't see through it.

After a moment, the light receded. Once it had completely vanished, the main subject appeared within Hun Tiandi's sight!

"This is... a variant of the Ancient Heavenly Serpent?"

Hun Tiandi said in shock. Hadn't this legendary super magical beast already gone extinct on the Fighting Qi Continent?

In the sky was a giant snake with nine hideous heads. The snake's entire body was dark red, as if it had been doused in fresh blood, and the dark red scales all over its body were like blood jade.

A baleful aura radiated from its body, spreading out like waves.

"The innate sacred flower? A peerless item of creation, it has the effect of refining the bloodline and inducing ancestral reversion for snake-type magical beasts!"

Hun Tiandi sighed with emotion. He hadn't expected that after Mei Niang's brush with death, she would awaken the bloodline of the Ancient Heavenly Serpent with the help of the innate sacred flower.

Roar!

With a sky-shaking hiss, the giant snake shook its nine hideous heads. Its eighteen strange snake pupils were all blood-red.

It was said that this was one of the ancestors of ancient snake-type magical beasts, possessing the power to destroy heaven and earth.

It was not even inferior to the legendary Ancient Heavenly Phoenix and was even rarer.

Hun Tiandi had once read the ancient records of the Hun Clan, which stated: "During the ancient period, there were only two types of top-tier snake magical beasts with King-grade bloodlines!"

"One is the Ancient Heavenly Serpent, and the other is the Sky Swallowing Python. The only family on the continent that still has a snake bloodline is the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan, who can be called bloodline descendants!"

Back during the Great War of Zhongzhou, Hun Tiandi had seen a Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, which seemed to be the wife of that Flame Emperor.

He just didn't know which of the two top-tier snake magical beasts, the Ancient Heavenly Serpent or the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, would be superior in the future.

Roar...

Howl...

Suddenly, the awakened Ancient Heavenly Serpent Mei Niang let out a hiss. She glanced at Hun Tiandi in front of the cave, then turned her head to look into the distance.

There was another long roar; it was the peerless magical beast of the Wanyao Mountain Range. Black clouds, dark as ink, obscured its true form.

The two top-tier magical beasts were competing, and violent energy swept toward the Pill World.

Rumble!

Accompanied by the booming of lightning power, the originally rioting beast tide was suppressed by the kingly aura of the two magical beasts, trembling as they prostrated on the ground.

They were unable to move. At the foot of the Wanyao Mountain Range, the Alchemists who had originally wanted to fish in troubled waters...

...were all trembling, saying incoherently: "I forfeit my qualifications for the Pill Gathering. Whoever wants to participate in this Pill Gathering can do so!"

"I also give up. This pill isn't worth refining!"

"I regret becoming an Alchemist. No matter how noble the profession is, it's not as important as my life!"

The gathered Alchemists all forfeited their qualifications, crushed their Spatial Stones, and scrambled to escape the Pill World!

This was too deadly. The Dan Ta Three Giants are truly ruthless!

"I just wanted to win the Pill Gathering championship, but the Pill Tower clearly knew there were two top-tier magical beasts with heaven-toppling strength in the Pill World, yet they still made us come in..."