54: Chapter 54 Green Serpent Reverses the Path of the Golden Core
"You bastard!"
"You damn bastard!"
"How can you be so shameless? You beast, you're a beast!"
Roars of fury continuously echoed from within the tornado.
Xu Qing's heart raced as he hurriedly intensified the flames and lightning.
Wind Blades also incessantly shot into the tornado, increasing its power and rotation speed.
Xu Qing was just a snake.
Why would Snake Snake care about propriety or shame? He used whatever worked.
The Black Robed Golden Core cultivator likely never expected a snake to be so shameless.
His superiority complex as a human had failed him; he arrogantly believed that any race other than humans was composed of idiots.
From the beginning, he had deliberately underestimated Xu Qing's intelligence to assert his own superiority.
"Bastard, bastard!"
"You beast, you shameless beast!"
The Devilish Qi reached the heavens as Saber Qi, carrying terrifying Devilish Qi, continuously battered the tornado.
The tornado bulged outward, as if the terrifying Saber Qi and Devilish Qi would burst through at any moment.
Xu Qing was alarmed; in terms of raw combat power, he was no match for this Devil Head.
Now that the opponent had fallen for a trick once, it was almost impossible for him to fall for another.
If the fight dragged on until his energy was depleted and the wood armor reverted to its heaven and earth spiritual root form, it would be the end of him.
He desperately channeled his Demonic Power, controlling the Demonic Fire, lightning, and Wind Blades.
Yet, he still couldn't stop the tornado from slowly collapsing.
Saber light pierced and tore through the tornado like sharp claws.
The purple lightning and dark green flames were torn to shreds.
The disheveled figure of the Black Robed Golden Core cultivator emerged, clutching his saber.
His body was covered in burns and charred marks, and one of the two horns on his forehead had snapped off.
"He's still not dead?!"
Xu Qing swung his massive tail, shooting countless wooden spikes at the Black Robed Golden Core cultivator.
Simultaneously, the spider legs condensed on the snake's back began to move.
Three claws brandished their respective weapons and smashed down together.
Purple lightning flowed across his wooden body; the snake opened its mouth, and a dark green pillar of fire erupted.
His massive body seemed to have transformed into a weapon itself.
"Die!"
The Black Robed Golden Core cultivator stepped back slightly and produced another Spiritual Artifact, gripping it with both hands.
His muscles bulged, and overflowing Devilish Qi dyed his skin a purplish-black.
He brandished his twin sabers.
The overwhelming saber light and Saber Qi intertwined, and the purplish-black Devilish Qi surged toward Xu Qing's crushing offensive.
Wood chips flew everywhere as the ground was plowed up by the saber light and green light.
"Die! Die! Die!"
The Black Robed Golden Core cultivator seemed maddened; his body turned into a black shadow, circling Xu Qing's massive frame. He dodged attacks while unleashing Saber Qi at a terrifying speed.
"Wood Condensation Transformation!"
Xu Qing completely abandoned his snake form.
Countless claws condensed all over his body.
Several more spider legs grew from his back, speeding up his movements.
His numerous claws were all holding various Magical Artifacts.
The energy of the Glazed Fruit within the wood armor was rapidly depleting.
Xu Qing ignored it completely, forcibly driving all his arms to brandish the Magical Artifacts and parry the Black Robed Golden Core cultivator.
For a moment, the giant wooden 'snake' glowed with many colors as various Magical Artifacts were deployed simultaneously.
"How can a mere snake have so many Magical Artifacts?!"
"I'm an Artifact Refining snake, damn it!"
Xu Qing's mountain-like body lunged recklessly toward the Black Robed Golden Core cultivator.
The Black Robed Golden Core cultivator slashed continuously, tearing the crushing body into wood chips.
Countless Magical Artifacts, and even several precious Spiritual Artifacts, began to hum as their spiritual light scattered.
By the time the irrational Black Robed Golden Core cultivator realized what was happening, it was too late.
The massive body pinned the Black Robed Golden Core cultivator underneath it.
Without hesitation, suppressing his extreme heartache, he self-destructed all the Magical and Spiritual Artifacts held by the claws on his snake body.
Except for the black flood dragon horn and green flood dragon ring.
This was a fortune equivalent to the entire net worth of a Golden Core Cultivator.
An ordinary Golden Core Cultivator would only have a few Spiritual Artifacts on them.
A terrifying and violent vortex of Spiritual Qi appeared the moment all the Spiritual and Magical Artifacts self-destructed.
The earth shook and the mountains trembled.
The wood armor wrapped Xu Qing layer by layer into a wooden sphere, detaching from the giant wooden snake and shooting straight into the sky.
A multicolored mushroom cloud rose.
Its power far exceeded that of Xu Qing's own self-destruction.
Even though Xu Qing had detached in time, he was still caught in the mushroom cloud's aftermath. His wood armor shattered, and his snake bones and muscles felt as if they were about to be pulverized.
He was thrown far away, the Self-Healing power of the Resurrection Green Snake rapidly mending his body.
Even though he was blown away and heavily injured once more, Xu Qing kept his eyes fixed on the center of the explosion.
Faced with such a massive self-destruction of artifacts, he didn't believe that bastard Golden Core could survive.
[Ding! Killed an Early Golden Core stage Cultivator.]
[Dao Cultivation is full, evolution points +50.]
[Obtained Spiritual Artifact: green silk flowing light skirt ×1.]
[green silk flowing light skirt] Woven from the cocoons left by ten Green Silk Silkworm Demons with a century of Dao Cultivation after their evolution, and soaked in the essence of dozens of different precious spiritual flowers. During a full moon, a Cultivator absorbs moonlight to weave it; after ten full moons of weaving, the dress is complete.
Attached skills: Strike Reduction Lv3, Fire Reduction Lv3, Shifting Lv4, Resilience Lv3.
[Ding! Achievement unlocked: Slaying Across Realms.]
[Obtained reward: Myriad Law Atlas (Fragmented) ×1.]
[Myriad Law Atlas (Fragmented)] Spirit Treasure. It records all the skills in the world, updating as new skills are born. It also records the acquisition conditions and racial requirements for all skills.
The fragmented version can only record skills the holder possesses or has been subjected to, displaying their acquisition conditions and racial requirements.
"He's finally dead!"
The wood armor on Xu Qing's body had also completely exhausted the Glazed Fruit's energy and reverted to its heaven and earth spiritual root form.
At the same time, his heart warmed with excitement.
Slaying a Golden Core Cultivator meant he could obtain a golden core imprint, removing the greatest obstacle to forming his own Golden Core.
"Hurry and go check the golden core imprint."
The Tree Spirit's figure condensed once more, urging him.
Xu Qing frowned slightly; he had always been extremely wary of this Tree Spirit.
He didn't know what her ultimate goal was.
Before, he had been forced by the threat; to survive, he had to rely on her.
But now, the greatest threat had been eliminated.
Once the aura of the Lightning Tribulation was completely gone, he could snatch the golden core imprint and fly far away.
As for character?
He was just a snake; why talk about character?
Once his body had recovered slightly, Xu Qing immediately flew toward the center of the gradually subsiding explosion.
The soil and trees here had completely vanished, and a giant crater had been blasted into the bedrock. Molten lava from melted rock flowed within it, emitting steam.
At the center of the crater, not even the bones of the Black Robed Golden Core cultivator remained. The contents of his Storage Pouch had also been destroyed, leaving only a few fragments of Spiritual Artifacts.
Among them, a golden Talisman-like object was floating in the center of the crater.
[Gold-077]
The golden Talisman was only the width of a thumb and the length of an index finger. It looked like gold leaf but had a slight jade-like texture.
The serial number of a golden core imprint does not represent the strength of the Golden Core.
It was simply a numbering sequence based on when the earliest Cultivators broke through to the Golden Core stage.
Xu Qing wanted to take the golden core imprint.
However, his weakened and heavily injured body became unable to move.
One by one, tree roots began to extend from behind him like tentacles.
They coiled around the golden core imprint.
"As I thought, is this your goal?"
"Green-Leafed Glazed Fruit Tree."