158: Chapter 158 Green Snake Encounters Demon

At this time, there weren't many people left outside the Secret Realm.

Among those black-robed Cultivators, the leading Cultivator gazed at the entrance of the Secret Realm and pondered for a moment.

"The Demon Son has entered."

"We cannot wait any longer."

"Prioritize the mission of our Demon Lord of bliss."

The leading Cultivator flew into the Secret Realm's entrance.

Then, the black-robed Cultivators flew into the entrance one after another.

As for Xu Qing now.

The sense of spatial distortion around him vanished.

A strange world appeared around him,

an endless glacier where snow fluttered and gales rose from all sides.

Storms churned across the entire glacier.

Xu Qing couldn't care about that much right now.

He only wanted to find the center of this Secret Realm as soon as possible and take away the snake scale the White Flood Dragon had mentioned.

It was very likely that the Demon Lord had come specifically for him!

Those Demon Disciples might all be here with ill intentions toward him.

Their purpose was likely because he was the so-called "Heavens Favored One."

What a load of nonsense.

With his miserable Luck, he was a "Heavens Favored One"?

Since birth, except for the time he held Daya to leech off her Soul Transformation Luck, he had been extremely unlucky.

Calling him a "Heavens Forsaken One" would be more like it.

Xu Qing didn't have many other virtues, but he was very, very self-aware.

"Agh, is the Demon Lord's eyesight bad? Did he mistake me for someone else!"

He summoned his Escape Light and soared into the sky.

Before long, a long, green object covered in a layer of frost fell down.

"So cold!!"

The long object wailed.

In the sky of this Secret Realm, there was a terrifying ice-stream storm, which was extremely cold.

There was simply no way for a snake to fly.

After flying only a short distance, Xu Qing was frozen into an ice lump and fell.

"Green Fire, appear!"

Green flames erupted from Xu Qing's entire body.

The ice on his surface quickly melted away, and only then did the freezing sensation vanish.

[Ding, proficiency has met the requirements]

[Obtained skill: Ice Resistance lv1]

Having unexpectedly gained a decent skill, the freezing air felt surprisingly much better.

"I can only head to the center on foot."

"By the way... which way is the center..."

Looking at the endless glacier, there was simply no way to tell directions.

"I'll just follow my gut."

Xu Qing started walking.

Endless snowflakes fell.

Tiny footprints stretched out into a long line.

But in the blink of an eye, they were buried by the endless snow, leaving no trace.

Snow filled the sky, and the glacier was endless.

Looking from afar, amidst the vast expanse of white, there was only a single green figure walking.

It felt as if only one person (snake) remained in the entire world.

He walked in one direction for an unknown amount of time.

Xu Qing stopped and looked up ahead.

A snow-white wolf demon appeared in front of him, baring its teeth at Xu Qing.

"Whew..."

He exhaled a cloud of white steam.

"Roar!"

The wolf demon pounced.

Xu Qing didn't Move; a green light flashed, and the wolf demon was sliced in two.

The Xiliang Sword slowly flew back to his side and vanished into Concealment.

Xu Qing glanced at the wolf demon and walked behind it.

As expected, a cluster of ice crystals was growing there.

With one strike, he cut the ice crystals from the root and stored them in the heaven-accepting gourd.

These ice crystals, called Ice Crystal Stones, were ice-attribute Artifact Refining Materials.

They were quite rare in the outside world, but there were many here.

*Whoosh!*

The moment Xu Qing turned around.

An ice needle shot toward him, aiming straight for his head.

The Xiliang Sword let out a hum, protecting its master on its own and shattering the ice needle with a single strike.

Xu Qing also slowly turned his head toward the direction the ice needle came from. His eyes under the tiancheng cloth had extraordinary vision, and he immediately spotted a transparent figure on a distant ice mountain.

The figure had a blood-colored mark on its forehead.

It was indeed a Demon Disciple.

"Humph!"

Xu Qing performed a hand seal with one hand and executed a Sword Evasion with the Xiliang Sword, turning into a sword light and charging toward that hilltop.

Seeing this, the figure flickered and revealed its form.

Then, with palms pressed together, the snowflakes filling the sky gathered and transformed into a white dragon, charging at Xu Qing.

In this Glacier Secret Realm, the power of this Ice Magic was several times stronger.

"Interesting."

But.

A full-strength strike from someone at the Early Golden Core stage, to the current Middle Stage Golden Core Xu Qing,

was merely interesting.

"It's the perfect chance to test the Move I've been pondering during my four months of seclusion."

Xu Qing's hands didn't stop performing seals.

It wasn't the White Flood Dragon hand seals associated with the White Flood Dragon Heart Art that he had long since mastered.

Instead, it was something Xu Qing had developed by combining the White Flood Dragon hand seals with the countless Cultivation Techniques and secret arts he had read at the Xuanji Sect and Xuanyun Sect.

The Green Snake Hand Seal of the Green Snake Heart Method.

*Hiss hiss!*

A phantom image of a green snake appeared behind Xu Qing.

"Go!"

As the hand seal was completed, the green snake phantom twisted and pounced on the snow dragon.

However, the green snake phantom soon fell into a disadvantage.

Xu Qing wasn't surprised at all.

The Green Snake Heart Method was currently just a prototype, a complete "Frankenstein's monster" plagiarized from the White Flood Dragon Heart Art and various techniques from the Xuanji and Xuanyun Sects.

Xu Qing could only continuously improve it through combat.

"Furthermore, my green snake statue has more than just this bit of ability."

Xu Qing's hand seal changed again.

The green snake phantom bared its fangs, erupted with green light, and Entwined the snow dragon in coils.

"Green Snake Blast!"

*Rumble!*

The green snake phantom suddenly expanded, cracks spread across its entire form, and it exploded, kicking up a miniature green mushroom cloud.

A massive green shockwave exploded outward; snow melted, and a large crater was melted into the glacial ground.

Xu Qing, who had performed Self-Destruct many times, could be called the number one in the Cultivation World when it came to researching Self-Destruct skills!

Integrating the art of Self-Destruct into the green snake phantom was precisely Xu Qing's research direction.

"Cough, cough."

"It still has some effect on the main body."

"This direction still needs improvement; the order of the hand seals and the circulation of Demonic Power here should be changed."

Xu Qing coughed, pulled a jade slip from his robe, and detailed his insights and the direction for improving the hand seals.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

A much more wretched figure crawled up from the glacier.

It was the Demon Disciple.

He had been even more severely injured in the green snake phantom's Self-Destruct.

However, at this moment, he didn't show the slightest expression of hatred or resentment.

He continued to charge at Xu Qing, unafraid of death.

"For the bliss of all living beings!"

He drew his blade, his magic power surging wildly, and rushed over with a laugh.

"Is it another one brainwashed by the Demon Lord?"

Xu Qing put away the jade slip and looked at the Demon Disciple.

He flicked the hilt of the Xiliang Sword, and it turned into a green light shooting toward the Demon Disciple.

The Demon Disciple swung his blade, releasing waves of Devilish Qi.

Yet he still retreated step by step under the Xiliang Sword's assault.

"Die!"

Xu Qing performed a seal, and the Xiliang Sword shook, dividing into thousands and shooting toward the Demon Disciple from all directions.

With no way to dodge, the Demon Disciple held his blade horizontally to protect his vital points.

But he was still easily pierced by the green light transformed from the Xiliang Sword.

He fell into a near-death state.

Xu Qing stopped the sword light, and the myriad swords of the Xiliang Sword merged back into one, shooting back into his hand.

Gripping the hilt, Xu Qing walked over to the Demon Disciple.

"What exactly is going on with the Demon Lord? How did you see him?"

"Why did you come in here to kill me?"

"If you don't talk, I will torture you endlessly."

Xu Qing threatened, placing the Xiliang Sword across the Demon Disciple's neck.

To his surprise, the Demon Disciple showed no fear at all and began to laugh at Xu Qing.

"What virtue or ability do we have to be able to see the Demon Lord?"

"As for killing you, how could that be possible."

"We came in to fulfill the Demon Son's destiny, so that he may ascend to become the Son of Bliss!"

Without hesitation, the Demon Disciple twisted his neck, letting the Xiliang Sword slit his throat.

"Haha... bliss, I see it..."

"I see the Great Demon Lord! Haha! Haha!"