48: Chapter 48 The Green Snake Escapes?

"The Black Snake self-detonated!"

"How insane, as expected of the legendary Calamity Black Snake!"

The crowd of Cultivators looked at the rising black mushroom cloud of fire with lingering fear.

Then, they scattered to distance themselves from the black mushroom cloud.

No one dared to approach.

Xu Qing had already slaughtered them until they were terrified.

It was easy to imagine that after today, the Calamity Black Snake's prestige would explode.

Unfortunately, Xu Qing was not the Calamity Black Snake.

He was just a misunderstood pure-blooded Resurrection Green Snake.

"Wait, the tracking is still moving, heading south!"

A Cultivator noticed something was wrong; the aura of the heaven and earth spiritual root being tracked was still changing.

In the direction of the mushroom cloud, the direction where the Black Snake self-detonated.

The aura of the Black Snake, which clearly should have been blown to bits, reappeared and continued moving south.

"How is this possible? It resurrected!?"

"There's no way that Calamity Black Snake is still alive after self-detonating, right?"

Several Cultivators glanced at each other, stopped talking, and chased after the direction where the aura had reappeared.

As for the direction the Black Snake's accomplices fled?

At this time, who would care about accomplices.

Capturing the Black Snake and questioning it about the secret of Resurrection was what they wanted to do most right now.

On Xu Qing's side.

"It hurts!"

"It hurts so much!!"

Xu Qing endured the pain, flying with great difficulty.

[Ding, proficiency has met the requirements]

[Self-Destruct Lv2 upgraded to Self-Destruct Lv3]

[Resurrection Lv2 upgraded to Resurrection Lv3]

[Resurrection Lv3 upgraded to Resurrection Lv4]

Xu Qing flew while trembling, the terrifying phantom pain almost overwhelming him.

The pain brought by each Resurrection was becoming increasingly intense.

However, the speed of Resurrection had also become faster.

"Damn it, can't you give me a pain reduction skill?"

Xu Qing flew towards the south.

"Silly Snake and the others should have escaped by now."

"I hope they don't miss me too much. It hurts, it hurts so much!"

Xu Qing couldn't even manage to shift his thoughts or attention.

Swoosh!

A fruit pit darted out from the Storage Pouch.

The phantom image of a Female Child floated out from the fruit pit.

"This Tree Spirit is ready. I didn't expect you to still be alive."

The Tree Spirit squinted her large eyes, looking at Xu Qing with amazement.

"You appeared at such a coincidental time?"

"I just broke through the encirclement, and you're already ready?"

Xu Qing, restraining his sanity which was about to be swallowed by pain, asked with a cold gaze.

"Haha, this spirit was also just curious how long you could hold out."

The Tree Spirit did not deny having been prepared for a long time.

But Xu Qing wasn't worried about that aspect.

However, for now, he could only trust the Tree Spirit. He just wanted to resolve these matters quickly and find the bottom of a deep pool to endure this terrifying period of phantom pain.

His mental state was almost at its limit.

"Follow me."

The Female Child transformed from the fruit pit flew ahead. Xu Qing no longer hesitated and hurriedly followed behind.

"By the way, logically speaking, when a heaven and earth spiritual root is born."

"There should be Golden Core Stage Cultivators and Yao Beasts appearing."

"But why haven't we encountered any?"

Xu Qing asked doubtfully.

The Female Child flying ahead thought for a moment, and then...

"What does that have to do with me? I'm just a tree."

She said as much.

As Xu Qing flew, he consumed various Medicinal Pills to recover his Demonic Power.

Along with the painkillers he had asked Lin Yumo to buy, though they had no effect.

One snake and one tree continued to fly.

After all, there were pursuers behind them. Neither of them communicated much, both flying with all their might.

"We're here!"

The Tree Spirit stopped in front of a cave.

The cave was surrounded by shrubs and thickets, with massive rocks as barriers, making it extremely difficult to detect.

The cave led deep underground; the further down one went, the harder it became for Divine Sense to perform Detection.

"You really know how to pick a place."

The Tree Spirit curled her lip and didn't reply, flying into the depths of the cave.

Xu Qing paused for a moment. The immense pain made him stop hesitating, and he flew into the cave.

Retreating meant certain death; moving forward and trusting the Tree Spirit was worth a gamble.

As they went deeper, Divine Sense began to feel incredibly heavy, unable to investigate the surroundings.

Perhaps inside here, it could interfere to some extent with tracking and positioning Spells.

"We've arrived."

The Tree Spirit stopped.

Xu Qing looked ahead.

This was a massive underground karst cave, filled with oddly shaped stalactites.

Unknown moss grew on the stone walls, emitting a faint glow that provided a sliver of light for the entire cave.

Clear water flowed across the floor of the entire cave, containing completely whitened fish and shrimp.

And in the center of the cave grew a two-meter-tall fruit tree.

The fruit tree had green leaves like jade and fruit like colored glass.

The trunk and branches looked as if they were carved from a single massive block of agate.

"Green Leaf Glass Fruit Tree."

Xu Qing was a bit tempted.

Setting everything else aside, this appearance was truly beyond reproach.

"Hey, hey, don't stare at my body with such a burning look."

The Tree Spirit's words snapped Xu Qing back to his senses.

However, that choice of words made him very displeased.

"Who would be interested in those two meager fruits of yours?"

"Quickly resolve the Lightning Tribulation aura on my body, and I'll leave immediately."

Xu Qing thought about how Xu Linger and Silly Snake hadn't gone far yet.

If he resolved this quickly now, he could still find Xu Linger after returning to ask for his Storage Pouch back.

That was all hard-earned money he had risked his life for.

Just thinking about it made his heart ache uncontrollably.

"Come next to my main body first."

"I can't wait anymore."

The Tree Spirit said as much.

Xu Qing, constantly tormented by pain, shook his stinging head and slithered toward the fruit tree, but then suddenly snapped back to his senses.

"Can't wait anymore?"

He looked back at the Tree Spirit.

"Of course I can't wait to become a heaven and earth spiritual root."

The fruit tree rose from the ground, and one by one, roots stretched out, entangling Xu Qing.

The Tree Spirit floated in front of Xu Qing.

She reached out her small hand and pressed it against the scales on Xu Qing's head.

"Now then, let's begin transferring the Lightning Tribulation aura."

Mana flowed through the tree roots.

Logically speaking, a heaven and earth spiritual root should be closer to the Yao Race, yet what they manipulated was indeed the mana used by human Cultivators.

The color of the scales entangled by the roots began to lighten bit by bit.

The charred, rough scales began to transform into smooth, delicate green scales.

As for whether it was painful.

After the Resurrection, Xu Qing's entire snake body was in so much pain he felt like he was about to pass away; how could he possibly feel any other pain?

Xu Qing tried to control his mana and found that there was no sluggishness in his body.

If he wanted to break free, he should be able to do so at any time.

"Big Snake Snake, didn't you ask earlier why no Golden Core Cultivators were discovered?"

The Tree Spirit said as much, her small hand pressed against Xu Qing's forehead.

"Yeah, why?"

Xu Qing asked back.

The fact that the Lightning Tribulation aura could indeed be removed made him feel slightly more at ease, so his tone was also much more relaxed.

After all, Xu Qing had been hunted by the Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the entire mountain range for two days without closing his eyes while bearing the Lightning Tribulation aura.

"Although I don't know where the Golden Core Cultivators went before."

"But as for now..."

"A Golden Core has already entered the cave and is rushing over."

"Surprised? Unexpected?"

"I ***"

Xu Qing generally didn't use foul language, unless he couldn't help it.