73: Chapter 73 Kill

Patriarch Ye Tuanzhang and Magistrate Sun Nanyu stood beside Ye Jiesheng, watching the Flower Snake that had been impaled to death by Ye Jiesheng, saying nothing.

Seeing that Patriarch Li Hu and Zhao Jian were slightly further away but still closer to the battlefield than himself, Ye Xiaowu's face flushed red, and he felt incredibly embarrassed.

He had been the first to fly over, yet he found himself the furthest away in the end. Strength, oh strength!

"Father." Ye Yisong finally caught his breath and cast a gaze of respect, gratitude, and admiration toward Ye Jiesheng. Although he had been inside the Flower Snake the whole time, he could still vaguely sense some of the fighting outside. Seeing Ye Jiesheng's now entirely white hair, he knew that Ye Jiesheng had paid a great price to save him, and a special emotion welled up within him.

He then looked around and greeted the others, casting a few extra curious glances at Ye Xiaowu, the Martial Ancestor expert he did not recognize.

These were all his saviors!

Ye Yisong looked at the Flower Snake pinned to the beach, lost in thought, and sent a secret voice transmission to Ye Jiesheng.

Ye Jiesheng raised his head calmly, steadied himself by leaning on the cage staff, and feigned an appearance of having exhausted his Spiritual Qi and strength.

"Jiesheng!" "Fifth Brother!" The group rushed forward to support Ye Jiesheng. As soon as they reached his side, they all struck simultaneously, unleashing their strongest killing moves as several beams of spiritual light hit the Flower Snake's head.

Even Ye Yisong did not remain idle; he activated that Tier 4 Great Sword Talisman, slashing fiercely at the Flower Snake's head.

Just as their attacks were about to land, the Flower Snake's intact right eye suddenly opened. It wanted to wiggle its body to avoid the group's attacks, but its serpentine body was pinned firmly to the beach by the cage staff held tightly in Ye Jiesheng's large hands, and part of its body was also being trampled under Ye Jiesheng's right foot, making it completely unable to move.

The Flower Snake could only watch helplessly as the group's attacks landed on its head, extinguishing its last trace of Life Qi.

"This commander is filled with hatred! This commander refuses to accept this! This commander still has five..." The Flower Snake's shrill voice came to an abrupt halt, silenced by the slash of the Great Sword Talisman that arrived just a moment later.

At this very moment, the Flower Snake was finally dead!

Ye Yisong could have saved his last Tier 4 Talisman. With Ye Jiesheng and the other six Martial Ancestors attacking together, there was no chance of any accidents while killing the heavily injured, feigning-dead Flower Snake.

But there was always a feeling in his heart that he could not release.

Ye Yisong decided to follow his heart. Regardless of whether it was useful or not, he wanted to participate in killing the Flower Snake with his strongest method to vent that foul air in his heart and clear the obstacles for his future Cultivate.

Unexpectedly, the Talisman he activated became the final blow that severed the Flower Snake's Life Qi.

"Song'er, how did you discover that this Flower Snake's Life Qi had not been severed and that it was feigning death?" Ye Jiesheng asked, looking at Ye Yisong with a hoarse voice tinged with tenderness.

He had almost experienced the tragedy of the white-haired burying the black-haired. Ye Jiesheng looked at his son with extreme cherishment, unable to bear looking away for even a moment.

The others also looked at Ye Yisong with curiosity. They had assumed it was Ye Jiesheng, the Body Refining Grandmaster, who had carefully noticed the clues, but it turned out that it was Ye Yisong who had discovered the anomaly.

"Father, Song'er did not discover that the Flower Snake was feigning death." Ye Yisong said sincerely.

Before the others could ask again, Ye Yisong cleared up their confusion: "When I was reading in the Family Library before, a book of strange tales recorded that sometimes, serpentine animals appear to be dead on the surface when they are actually not. They often undergo Rebirth after decapitation and return from the dead."

"Seeing that this Flower Snake was so difficult to deal with and kill, I guessed that this situation might also apply. To be safe, I thought of striking one more time to thoroughly kill this Flower Snake, so it wouldn't suddenly lash out and hurt people again."

If the Flower Snake could still hear Ye Yisong's words and know that Ye Yisong had severed its last trace of Life Qi based on mere speculation from a book, one wonders if it would die of anger.

Had the Flower Snake known this earlier, it would have endured the attacks of the many Martial Ancestors just to crush Ye Yisong to death and digest him first.

The group suddenly realized the truth. They hadn't expected such a strange book to exist in the world; it was truly incredible.

"Oh, does the Family have such an interesting book? I wonder which rare copy it is?" Seeing that the Flower Snake was thoroughly dead, Ye Xiaowu could finally relax and asked Ye Yisong.

Ye Xiaowu often carried out secretive missions and took pleasure in reading when bored. Hearing that such a strange book existed in the Family, he couldn't help but feel excited.

Seeing Ye Yisong's puzzled gaze, Ye Jiesheng explained: "This is your Fifth Uncle Xiaowu, the protector assigned to you by the Clan Chief."

"Fifth Uncle Xiaowu." Ye Yisong bowed. "I have read too many books over the years, and your nephew cannot remember which one it was."

In reality, Ye Yisong knew about this special situation from watching popular science videos in his past life; it definitely wasn't something he had seen in the Library. Since he had no idea which book might contain such a record, he had to use the excuse of having read too many books to brush it off.

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaowu had no choice but to drop the matter. He would have to go back and search slowly on his own, or ask that old man guarding the Library; perhaps he would have some success.

"Father, your injuries?" Ye Yisong said, looking at Ye Jiesheng with concern. As he spoke, he was about to condense green light in his hand to treat Ye Jiesheng's wounds, while simultaneously giving Ye Jiesheng a subtle look.

Ye Jiesheng was currently covered in blood and filth, his clothes tattered. His top had long since disappeared, leaving only pants with several large holes, barely covering Ye Jiesheng's backside.

Ye Jiesheng stopped Ye Yisong's hands from forming the seal and glanced at the calm Weishui River before saying to the group: "Take the corpse of this Flower Snake and return to Shuinan County first. I have already requested reinforcements from the Family; the Grand Elder is already on the way, and should be arriving by now."

Magistrate Sun Nanyu and Patriarch Ye Tuanzhang exchanged glances and also looked at the Weishui River with concern. This place was not suitable for a long stay; the same thought popped into everyone's mind.

The Weishui River was not right today!

Ye Jiesheng and Ye Xiaowu, these two outsiders, did not understand the situation regarding the Yao Beasts of the Weishui River, but the other four were very clear about it.

Ye Jiesheng had been fighting the Flower Snake for so long; why had those two Yao Beasts from the southern waters not come to support it? This was not right!

It was understandable that the Yao Beasts from the northern and western waters did not come to support, but those two Yao Beasts from the southern waters and the Flower Snake were life-and-death brothers of several hundred years. Last month, Green Head had even blocked a blade for the Flower Snake, yet today, it hadn't even shown its head. This was very abnormal!

The five of them, including Magistrate Sun Nanyu, were only Martial Ancestor Early Stage experts, and without the help of the Shuinan County Tier 4 Formation, it was impossible that those two Yao Beasts would be afraid to attack them just because of their numbers.

On the contrary, they would be very excited. Magistrate Sun Nanyu and the others dared to leave the county city and come to the side of the Weishui River, but this was their home turf.

Since they couldn't figure it out, they stopped thinking about it. In any case, the Flower Snake had been subdued. As long as they returned to Shuinan County, those two beasts would be nothing to worry about.

Patriarch Ye Tuanzhang tidied up the head section of the snake body in front of him, while Ye Xiaowu tidied up the section of the snake body hanging from the tree. After finishing, the group gathered together and flew rapidly toward Shuinan County.