163: Wang Cao has gone crazy

“Hmm?”

Li Mu, who was focused on Lu Ling’s direction, was slightly stunned when a small prompt box suddenly popped up in the System video.

However, when he saw the words in the prompt box, indicating that a Yao Beast had appeared on Wang Cao's side, his stunned expression became even more pronounced.

What's going on? He hadn't placed any Yao Beasts on Wang Cao's side!

Although there were indeed many Yao Beasts appearing in the outside world now, Li Mu had added a setting to the System: there was no need to send notifications for Yao Beasts whose strength did not reach the level of Wang Cao and others.

This meant that a Yao Beast whose strength had reached Wang Cao's level had appeared on Wang Cao's side?

After a brief moment of thought, Li Mu opened Wang Cao's video, wanting to see what kind of Yao Beast it was.

The next second, the video switched to Wang Cao's location.

Wang Cao was seen quickly streaking across the sky, then stopping above a reservoir.

On the bank of the reservoir below, a gigantic gray snake, over twenty meters in size, was rampaging wantonly, destroying many buildings along the reservoir's edge.

Even some cars parked on the street by the reservoir were damaged, and a large number of people were fleeing in panic in all directions, trying to escape the area.

However, that snake Yao Beast did not seem to have any intention of chasing these people; it was just continuously destroying things.

“Oh?”

Just then, Li Mu suddenly noticed that the snake Yao Beast’s eyes were completely blood-red, with no pupils visible at all.

Moreover, although its destructive actions were astonishing, they gave him the feeling that this snake Yao Beast had completely lost its sanity.

With these discoveries, Li Mu casually cast an Appraisal spell to see what was going on with this snake Yao Beast.

Soon, the snake Yao Beast’s information appeared completely before Li Mu’s eyes.

Originally, Li Mu was just watching casually, but the more he read, the more serious his expression became.

Especially when he saw one particular description about the snake Yao Beast, his eyes even showed a hint of surprise.

Because the information revealed by the Appraisal spell clearly mentioned the situation of this snake Yao Beast.

It was originally just a snake monster that was evolving and had not yet entered the ranks of Yao Beasts.

However, it had discovered a naturally born Spiritual Root in the reservoir: Snake Heart Fruit!

This item was extremely tempting only to snakes, and by simply consuming it, their strength would directly increase by more than ten times.

But similarly, it would also cause them to lose their sanity and turn into a monster that only knew how to destroy, until it died from exhaustion or was killed!

Seeing this, Li Mu nodded slightly.

He had actually anticipated that after the spiritual energy tide, with the increased concentration of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures would be born in the world.

However, this was only the first spiritual energy tide, and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures that could be born worldwide were probably very few!

After all, even Mount Tai, which possessed a Spiritual Root, had not yet produced such a thing; otherwise, Ji Jiangxue would have known about it long ago.

Now, even after one spiritual energy tide, the birth of such Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures truly required a certain probability…

Having understood this, Li Mu continued to watch Wang Cao in the video with interest.

Although the strength of this snake Yao Beast was still at the Refining Qi Transformation, it was on the verge of entering the Middle Stage, making it slightly stronger than Wang Cao.

Given its powerful destructiveness and complete loss of sanity, it could serve as a perfect trial for Wang Cao.

It could be used to hone the faint traces of the Dao of the Sword that he had comprehended himself…

In the video, Wang Cao didn't say a word. The moment he saw the snake Yao Beast, he immediately engaged.

With a swing of the bamboo stick in his hand, a large amount of sonic booms were instantly produced.

The bamboo stick in his hand had now been fused with the spiritual bamboo he had found earlier in Penglai; it was no longer an ordinary bamboo stick.

With it, Wang Cao's strength had increased significantly!

This fellow had even specifically carved many array patterns onto the bamboo stick after fusing with the spiritual bamboo, to enhance its strength and so on.

At this moment, upon seeing this colossal snake Yao Beast, Wang Cao was immediately filled with heroic spirit.

He flew to face the snake Yao Beast, swung the bamboo stick in his hand, and a Sword Qi slashed out, directly interrupting the snake Yao Beast's advance.

The snake Yao Beast now looked at him. Compared to the snake Yao Beast in front of him, Wang Cao was pitifully small.

But Wang Cao smiled with extreme arrogance: “I sense it, you are very strong!”

“Come on! Let this Seat see if you can satisfy this Seat!”

“Roar!!”

The snake Yao Beast directly bit towards Wang Cao.

Wang Cao did not flinch; he directly confronted it head-on. His entire body instantly split into several Clones, making it impossible for the snake Yao Beast to know where to attack. For a moment, Sword Qi flew everywhere.

All of them struck the snake Yao Beast's body, splitting open its flesh, and a large amount of blood gushed out, causing the snake Yao Beast to writhe on the ground in pain, and at the same time, it became even more frenzied.

Its speed also increased, almost to the point where Wang Cao couldn't keep up with its rhythm, and for a while, he could only passively parry.

This humiliating fighting style enraged Wang Cao.

“A hint of cold light arrives first, then the sword emerges like a Dragon!”

“Heaven-Slaying Blade Art!”

“One-Sword Style: Oni Giri!”

Wang Cao was already in a frenzy…

Li Mu, who was watching this live broadcast, was amused by the domineering names of the sword moves coming from Wang Cao's mouth.

However, as he laughed, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on Li Mu's face, because Li Mu realized that Wang Cao did not seem to be just mindlessly attacking.

The Sword Qi he had unleashed after shouting those domineering sword move names had not dissipated; instead, it remained suspended in the air, forming shapes resembling bamboo sticks.

Currently, it subtly showed a tendency to surround the snake Yao Beast.

Seeing this scene, Li Mu suddenly realized what Wang Cao was trying to do.

However…

Li Mu looked at Wang Cao. Although Wang Cao's Sword Qi output was very powerful, it seemed that his Spiritual Qi was almost exhausted, and he simply couldn't sustain such consumption.

If this continued, he probably wouldn't be able to complete the plan he intended to use against the snake Yao Beast…

At the Menjiang City site, after a fierce battle, the snake Yao Beast already had more than a dozen wounds on its body, and a large amount of blood was still gushing out.

However, Wang Cao was not much better off; he was in a sorry state, his clothes were torn, and even his left arm was dislocated!

This happened when he was caught off guard and swept by the snake Yao Beast’s tail, dislocating his left hand, breaking several ribs, and leaving a minor bleeding scratch on his face.

At this moment, Wang Cao was still continuously attacking, panting heavily, and simultaneously dodging the snake Yao Beast's attacks.

His Spiritual Qi was exhausted…

Looking up at the bamboo sticks, condensed from Sword Qi, floating above the snake Yao Beast's head, Wang Cao smiled!

This was a sword move he had comprehended through his own Dao of the Sword, which he named: Heaven-Destroying First Form: Phantom Annihilation Sword!!

Although his Spiritual Qi was now exhausted, he had at least managed to complete the setup for this move.

“Hahahahaha…”

Looking at the distant snake Yao Beast, Wang Cao spat out a mouthful of blood, but his laughter was exceptionally arrogant.

“Witness this! This is a sword move I specifically developed to deal with my formidable foe, the Straight Death Demon Eyes.”

“Let you proclaim the power of this form.”

“Weng Qinghua (my deskmate), you’re watching, aren’t you? Then watch this, my ultimate move, specially comprehended to deal with you!”