217: Beast Taming Technique

The Crested Serpent, having learned its lesson, had the section of its body striking Qin Shilei covered in a thick flame shield.

First, the serpent's body struck the Blood Soul Sword, instantly deflecting the Blood Soul, then crashed into Qin Shilei’s body.

Qin Shilei’s body instantly dispersed like foam.

It turned out that he had already teleported away the moment he was struck; what the Crested Serpent shattered was merely his afterimage.

The Crested Serpent was about to pursue Qin Shilei, but its movements suddenly froze.

It was once again immobilized by Qin Shilei’s phantom.

Seven Stars Falling Across the Sky!

The phantom’s first move was its strongest combat skill.

Even though the Crested Serpent was now heavily protecting its last remaining crest,

under the phantom's strongest attack, it was still instantly completely sliced off.

Only a second had passed, and the phantom unleashed Seven Stars Falling Across the Sky again.

A sword pierced into the Crested Serpent’s eyeball.

With the added sword qi, the nearly three-meter-long energy sword instantly plunged in more than halfway, already deep inside the Crested Serpent’s skull.

The phantom twisted forcefully, turning the opponent’s brain into a paste.

“Hiss! Roar!”

At this moment, the Crested Serpent finally recovered from its paralysis, and its other head let out a miserable shriek.

The phantom, disregarding everything, unleashed a third Seven Stars Falling Across the Sky.

A sword slashed down fiercely along the serpent’s body.

Immediately, a sword mark, half a meter deep and three to four meters long, appeared on the Crested Serpent’s body.

Crimson blood sprayed towards the phantom like a waterfall.

Along with the spraying blood came an angry strike from the Crested Serpent.

The phantom was instantly hit, and its solid form immediately became much more ethereal.

A ball of white flame instantly clung to the phantom’s body, and in the blink of an eye, the flames surged, instantly engulfing the phantom.

In less than ten seconds, all the energy on the phantom's body was burned away, disappearing into the air.

The Crested Serpent, having suffered successive heavy injuries, was now thrashing and tumbling in the canyon, crushing countless ice stones.

It was like a land dragon turning over, causing a tremor that shook the earth and mountains.

Qin Shilei looked at the Crested Serpent rampaging in the canyon and temporarily stopped his thought of teleporting in.

The Crested Serpent was already severely wounded and continuously bleeding; it would probably die on its own after some time without any further intervention.

Qin Shilei did not need to risk attacking the opponent again.

Half an hour later, the Crested Serpent finally lay motionless on the ground.

“Could this stinky snake be playing dead?”

Qin Shilei thought for a moment, then took out his short bow, which he hadn't used in a long time.

Silver Dragon!

A sharp arrow, shimmering with silver light, shot rapidly towards the Crested Serpent.

Boom!

A bowl-sized wound appeared on the Crested Serpent’s body.

The Crested Serpent thrashed and tumbled again.

“It really was playing dead,” Qin Shilei murmured softly.

Unfortunately, the Crested Serpent's still-living head had already gone blind, unable to locate Qin Shilei, so such violent movements would only accelerate its bleeding.

Qin Shilei stood at a distance, firing arrows one after another.

While each arrow inflicted little damage on the Crested Serpent's massive body, the wounds created by each arrow caused enough bleeding to overwhelm the Crested Serpent.

Another half an hour later, the Crested Serpent finally breathed its last.

A silver treasure chest appeared beside it.

Qin Shilei picked up the treasure chest, then dug out two crystals and two soccer-ball-sized ability orbs from the two serpent heads, and finally, stored the entire Crested Serpent’s body into his Qiankun Ring.

The reason he was able to kill this two-headed Crested Serpent so easily this time was, firstly, because the opponent's strength was greatly diminished.

Secondly, it was because in the secret room, he caught the Crested Serpent off guard.

If the Crested Serpent had rushed out of the Ice Secret Realm regardless of the consequences at that time, its sheer massive size alone would have given Qin Shilei a huge headache.

If it had then unleashed another Meteor Fire Rain, Qin Shilei, unable to evade, might have been injured or even faced a life-or-death crisis.

But there are no such ‘ifs’ in the world; the Crested Serpent had already become Qin Shilei’s spoils of war.

After collecting his spoils, Qin Shilei turned and walked towards the ice house.

As he stepped into the ice house, an even colder aura assailed him.

“Eh!”

Qin Shilei’s expression changed, and he immediately became vigilant.

A person was sitting on the bed inside the ice house.

The person appeared to be fifty or sixty years old, dressed in a green robe, sitting cross-legged, with eyes tightly closed, as if cultivating internal energy.

“Uncle, I’ve unintentionally intruded here. If I have offended you, please forgive me.”

Qin Shilei clasped his hands and bowed.

This person, appearing in the Ice Secret Realm, might be the owner of that Crested Serpent.

To possess a Golden Realm Crested Serpent as a pet, the opponent's strength must not be weak.

If the opponent knew he had killed the Crested Serpent, a fierce battle would likely ensue.

As Qin Shilei prepared for battle, he waited, but no response came from the person in front of him.

“Something’s not right.”

The more Qin Shilei looked, the more he felt something was off; he couldn't seem to sense any life aura emanating from the opponent.

Could this guy be dead?

He slowly walked towards the opponent, then gently poked the opponent with his Blood Soul.

It was like poking a frozen block of meat, hard and stiff.

Qin Shilei reached out and touched the opponent’s skin; a cold aura transmitted to him.

This person was indeed thoroughly dead.

Only then did Qin Shilei relax and survey the ice house.

A stone bed, a stone table, and a stone chair; besides these, there were no other daily necessities.

On the stone table lay an ice cicada and a beast hide covered in tiny script.

One side of the stone table also had carved words, which were the ice house owner’s last words.

Qin Shilei managed to understand the meaning of those words and roughly understood some of the situation here.

This was an Ice Secret Realm, and the owner of the ice house was Xu Leyou, an elder of the Beast Taming Sect; the two-headed Crested Serpent was his tamed pet.

As his end approached, he brought his pet and sealed himself within this Ice Secret Realm.

He even used a secret technique to make the two-headed Crested Serpent hibernate at the exit, leaving a trump card for his descendants to perish together with their enemies.

The ice cicada on the table was also Xu Leyou's pet, and the beast hide recorded the Beast Taming Sect's Beast Taming Art.

Due to sect rules, Xu Leyou did not pass down the Beast Taming Art to his descendants but left behind the Gu Insect Scripture, which he had occasionally obtained.

The more Qin Shilei read, the more he felt something was off.

There was still a Beast Taming Sect on Blue Star, and in ancient times, there were powerhouses who could tame Golden Realm exotic beasts as pets?

Why had An Qian and the others never mentioned anything about this?

Qin Shilei had always thought that Blue Star's development was similar to Earth's, and its technological level was also similar. Even if Blue Star had myths and legends, they were just legends and couldn't be taken seriously.

Now, the appearance of a powerhouse who was at least in the Golden Realm completely subverted his understanding.

Qin Shilei picked up the Beast Taming Art from the table.

Beast Taming Art: A non-attributed auxiliary cultivation method, which can be cultivated up to the Platinum Realm. Upon successful cultivation, one can use this method to tame exotic beasts. Since it is not a system product, self-comprehension is required.