27: Chapter 27 The Green Snake's Escape Route

A massive beast tide approached, with the majestic Demonic Qi forming a layer of Demonic Clouds almost at the peak of the surge.

The earth shook and the mountains trembled.

The continuous city walls gradually revealed their heads from the distance.

Xu Qing never expected that his first time seeing a human city would be in this manner.

He only hoped that next time he could enter in a slightly more friendly way.

The moment the city was revealed, Xu Qing saw spiritual lights of various colors lighting up on the city walls.

Fireballs, lightning, and spiritual light filled the sky, piercing through the Demonic Clouds and shooting toward the swarm of Yao Beasts.

Immediately, a chorus of wails broke out.

However, those injured were mostly low-Rank Yao Beasts; the Crane Loli didn't even knit her brows.

And she didn't seem prepared to expend her mana to take action yet.

It seemed she wanted to save her mana for the right moment to strike.

After a short while, another round of bombardment commenced.

Xu Qing's heart ached.

If he were the one doing the blowing up, how many evolution points would that be?

Although the Dao Cultivation and evolution points provided by low-Rank Yao Beasts were like mosquito meat to him,

one couldn't ignore how quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

“Kill!”

Deafening roars also came from the human side.

Under the speed of the Great Yao, the city walls were reached almost in an instant.

Xu Qing could already see the Foundation Establishment Cultivators on the human side waiting in battle formation.

Dao Cultivation, evolution points—they were all living Dao Cultivation and evolution points.

Since he had been conscripted to be a front-line soldier in the beast tide, he had to maximize his interests.

He could only hope the humans wouldn't recognize his race.

“Boom!”

An explosive roar rang out.

A massive fireball smashed down toward all the Yao Beasts, like a falling sun.

Under such a terrifying attack, Xu Qing couldn't even muster the thought of resisting.

“Golden Core, it's definitely a human Golden Core!”

Xu Qing could only cast his gaze toward the Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane.

This feeling of powerlessness, where his life depended entirely on the other party's whim, was truly unpleasant.

“Hmph, using fire in front of this Crane?”

The Crane Loli raised her hand, and a massive Burning Crane Wing condensed out, actually slapping the falling fireball into dissipation in one go.

It was as easy as blowing out a candle.

“That's freaking awesome!”

“What do you call 'shattering with a flick of a finger'?”

Xu Qing firmly etched the Crane Loli's expression, body movements, and gestures into his heart.

When he became successful in the future, he definitely had to show off like this once.

That was some very steady posturing.

“Hmph!”

Two figures appeared in the Void Realm, both looking quite displeased.

They were two Golden Core Late Stage experts, each with seven or eight hundred years of Dao Cultivation.

After looking at the two guys' long skill bars, Xu Qing felt slightly relieved.

If judging solely by skills, these two were definitely no match for the Crane Loli.

But human combat power isn't measured entirely by skills.

There were also weapons, Talismans, Medicinal Pills, and so on.

Imagine you've become a wild monster in an online game; you're clearly about to kill a player, but the player suddenly pulls out a red potion, takes a swig, and their health bar is full.

Wouldn't you be anxious?

You'd definitely be worried to death.

“The big shots' battle is none of my business.”

“I need to pick an easy-to-bully Foundation Establishment.”

Seeing that the elders of both races had made their move, the Foundation Establishment Ranks no longer stood in confrontation; they roared and charged together, picking their own opponents.

Xu Qing spotted a man with a small mustache; seeing his Dao Cultivation was only 110 years, he charged forward excitedly.

When picking persimmons, you have to pick the soft ones to squeeze.

Once he squeezed the soft persimmon to death, the battles of the other Yao Beasts would be about done.

He could then go up to support and harvest heads.

His teammates would be happy, and Xu Qing would be happy too.

Xu Qing Snake casually glanced at this person's panel.

The man had probably only reached Foundation Establishment for a few years and lived a life of luxury; he didn't have much combat experience to accumulate skill proficiency, and his Ranks were even worse than the previous Silly Snake.

Most of his skills were still at level one.

Squeeze him.

Squeeze this soft persimmon to death directly.

Xu Qing wanted an instant kill!

“Wind Blade!”

The status of the Wind Blade had returned after the battle with the Frog.

Fearsome Might!

The soft persimmon's whole body trembled as if he were experiencing something terrifying.

His left pupil elongated, and a green light lit up.

An invisible barrier locked down the area around him.

Several Wind Blades cut him into pieces.

[Ding, killed a human Foundation Establishment Cultivator]

[Dao Cultivation +5, evolution points +10]

[Obtained item: Magical Artifact White Scorch Blade]

Xu Qing caught the falling Storage Pouch with a grim face and looked toward the sky.

He had been influenced by the Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane's aura.

Exploding with full power without hesitation was too eye-catching; it wasn't what he had originally planned.

He was a Resurrection Green Snake; if he drew too much attention, he was finished.

Even if the Bloodline gap wasn't huge, the difference in Realm and status was too great.

Therefore, it still had an impact on him.

“As expected, everyone around is looking over.”

Xu Qing prayed in his heart that his race wouldn't be discovered.

However, Xu Qing had misjudged the reason they were looking over...

“Ahhh! You killed my grandson! Demon snake, I'm going to skin you and pull out your tendons!”

The white-bearded old man among the Golden Cores was so angry his beard stood on end.

He probably hadn't expected his grandson to be killed instantly before he even had time to use the protective Magic Treasure he'd bestowed upon him.

If he had faced a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage or Late Stage Yao Beast, it wouldn't have come to this.

It was just that Xu Qing's Realm was too deceptive, and he had been underestimated.

“Little snake, well done!”

“This Yao will give you a huge reward!”

The Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane laughed happily, her red hair swaying like flames.

“I'm not happy at all!”

Xu Qing only felt his scalp go numb.

He shouldn't have left the house today!

It was just one stroke of bad luck after another!

He should have just remained a shut-in snake.

Why did he have to go out and catch a Frog? He just wanted to Transmigrate back and give his past self a sound thrashing for leaving the house.

He'd beat him and scold him at the same time.

“Why go out for no reason? Are you sick?!”

“Is something wrong with your brain?!”

Xu Qing's snake eyes scanned the entire battlefield, beginning to look for a way to escape.

He couldn't stay; he absolutely couldn't stay.

If he stayed any longer, he wouldn't even be able to become snake soup.

He'd be turned directly into snake dregs.

In that case...

He was still short about ten years of Dao Cultivation to reach 150 years and Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

Since he'd already offended them, he didn't expect to be able to settle this peacefully.

He might as well offend them to the death.

After breaking through to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, he would escape immediately.

The south was too dangerous, and the north was the human world—needless to say.

The east was all marshy wetlands and plains, making it hard to shake off pursuers.

Therefore, he could only flee to the west.

After fleeing to the Hundred Yao Ridge, he'd head further west, far, far away.

Fellow villagers of the Hundred Yao Ridge, I'm about to lead the 'devils' into the village; please don't blame me too much.

“Wait until I come back for revenge!”

“Three-Colored Venomous Snake, be a bit smarter. If you stay so stupid, you're really going to be picked clean.”

Xu Qing instantly formulated a plan and made up his mind,

charging into the nearby melee.

While slowing his attacks, he also began his Concealment, frantically maneuvering and positioning himself in the battle.

He hoped to level up his Concealment and Swiftness skills before escaping.

That way, his chances of survival would increase greatly.

Perhaps a small discrepancy in skill level would be the difference between life and an untimely death.

And then...

“Ahhh!”

A shrill scream came from high above.

The Crane Loli had already vanished, replaced by a massive flying crane with feathers flowing with crimson fire.

The flying crane's massive talons were gripping the white-bearded old man from before like a mouse; flames accompanied by flowing winds rose from the crane's claws, enveloping and incinerating the old man like a furnace.

“Li!”

The Crimson Crane flapped its wings and cried out; a terrifying wave of fire like a sea of clouds almost dyed the sky red.

“I'm not reconciled! I'm not reconciled!”

The white-bearded old man turned to ash in the crane's claws and dissipated.

A Talisman-like item labeled [Gold-121] shot out from the ashes and was grabbed by the Crimson Crane, disappearing from sight.

Xu Qing: “...”

“I'm a clown.”