33: It turns out that the culprit behind everything was a snake.

The Night Wind howled, and a bloody afterimage flashed through the dense forest, moving with extreme speed.

Wang Teng pushed the Secret Technique of burning vital blood to its limit, transforming into a bodiless streak of light, and escaped over ten Li in one breath.

It wasn't until the terrifying oppressive feeling behind him completely vanished that he stumbled and fell from mid-air, crashing into an ancient towering tree, gasping for breath, his face as pale as paper.

He looked back at the dark valley, which was now out of sight, his eyes filled with the relief of surviving a calamity and a deep-seated fear.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" he cursed in a low voice, leaning against the tree trunk, still trembling with lingering fear.

"That Ye Feiyan is a complete monster!

And that black snake beside her is an abnormal being that cannot be measured by common sense!"

He knew very well in his heart that today's events could not simply be left at that.

He tremblingly took out a Communication Jade Talisman from his embrace, a flash of ruthlessness and determination in his eyes.

"I must! I must immediately transmit this news!" he muttered to himself, his voice hoarse with fear.

"Ye Feiyan's talent is too Heaven-Defying, and the Spirit Snake she contracted is extremely bizarre!

If we cannot eliminate them here today, once they successfully reach Foundation Establishment, in the future, my Wang Family will never have peace, and may even face annihilation!"

However, just as he was about to inject spiritual power into the jade talisman,

A cold, hoarse voice, as if from the Nine Netherworlds, suddenly echoed behind him without any warning.

"I'm afraid you no longer have this opportunity."

Boom!!!

Wang Teng's mind instantly went blank!

A chill more biting than falling into an ice cave suddenly rushed from the soles of his feet straight to the Top of his Head!

All the hairs on his body stood on end at that moment, his body stiff as a statue instantly frozen!

This voice... he turned his stiff neck with difficulty, inch by inch.

Under the moonlight, that massive black figure, five meters long and as thick as a water bucket, was silently coiled less than three feet behind him.

Those cold snake eyes, devoid of any emotion, were quietly staring at him as if looking at a dead man.

"Speaks... speaks human language?!"

Wang Teng's pupils suddenly constricted to the size of a needlepoint, his face filled with endless absurdity and horror!

Second-tier!

This black snake was actually a genuine Second-tier Spirit Beast?!

At this moment, he felt his worldview shattered by a bolt of Nine Heavens Heavenly God lightning!

How is that possible?

How is this possible!!?

Their Wang Family, as one of the top powers in Qingyang City, had always been well-informed about the Ye Family's movements.

Among them, Ye Feiyan was of utmost importance!

After all, knowing oneself and the enemy ensures victory in every battle!

Therefore, he knew all the intelligence regarding the day Ye Feiyan contracted her Spirit Beast!

Wasn't it said that after everyone else had made their selections, she picked up a Wasted Snake from a corner, one that everyone despised, was on its last breath, and was rumored to be so Innate-deficient that even the dogs of Spirit Beast Valley wouldn't bother to sniff it?!

But now... this terrifying existence before him, capable of speaking human language, with an aura as deep as the sea, and Heaven-Defying combat power sufficient to instantly kill all his clansmen... you call this a Wasted Snake?!

A monstrous wave surged in Wang Teng's heart.

Suddenly, he thought of another equally unbelievable matter!

Loose Cultivators!

Those Loose Cultivators, like mad dogs, had banded together to frantically target the disciples of their Liu and Wang Families!

He had previously been puzzled as to why this motley crew would suddenly become so united, so organized and disciplined.

For a group of Loose Cultivators to act this way, there must be someone secretly manipulating them behind the scenes!

A crazy guess, one that made him shiver, surged into his mind.

He raised his head, staring fixedly at the demonic black python before him, and asked in a trembling voice, "Those... those Loose Cultivators, were they... were they your doing?"

"Heh heh."

Mysterious Ink's cold and endlessly mocking laughter resonated directly in his mind.

"You're not entirely stupid."

Boom!!!

Upon receiving the affirmative answer, Wang Teng was completely dumbfounded.

He stood there blankly, and after a moment, a bitter smile, filled with self-mockery and desolation, appeared on his face.

"Haha... hahahaha..."

"So that's it... that's how it is..."

He laughed until tears streamed down his face, his laughter filled with endless absurdity and unwillingness.

"Everyone... all of us... thought that behind all of this, the Ye Family was stirring up trouble, that it was a shocking scheme set by that old fox, the Ye Family Patriarch..."

"But who could have imagined... who the hell could have imagined..."

At this point, he looked at Mysterious Ink, full of self-mockery: "The true mastermind was actually just a... snake! One that everyone considered a joke and a piece of trash from the very beginning!"

At this moment, he finally understood.

Their Wang Family, from the very beginning, had lost.

Lost completely, lost... inexplicably.

Mysterious Ink clearly had no interest in listening to the dying sentiments of a dead man.

"Finished talking?"

The cold Divine Thought sounded.

"Then, be on your way."

The moment the words fell, an uncatchable black afterimage had already arrived!

Wang Teng only felt a chill at his neck, and all the brilliance in his eyes instantly dissipated like a receding tide... When Mysterious Ink silently returned to the base of the waterfall, Ye Feiyan was sitting cross-legged, seemingly waiting for him.

Seeing him return safe and sound, she slowly let out a sigh of relief, stood up, her clear eyes carrying a hint of inquiry: "What about that Wang Teng?"

Mysterious Ink shook his massive head, his Divine Thought calmly responding: "That guy's Secret Technique was too bizarre, and his speed too fast; I couldn't catch him, he got away."

"He got away, huh..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Feiyan, though a little regretful, didn't pay too much attention to it. A single Wang Teng was not enough to concern her.

"No matter, let's go."

The human and the python once again journeyed together.

On the subsequent journey, Ye Feiyan finally experienced what it meant to have "unobstructed passage."

Whenever they encountered a place with Spirit Medicine, no matter the grade or ferocity of the guarding Yao Beast, as soon as Mysterious Ink's massive body appeared, it didn't even need to release any pressure.

Those guarding Yao Beasts, which were baring their fangs and acting vicious just a second ago, would let out a wail as if they had seen a ghost the moment they saw it, scrambling away in a panic, not daring to look back.

Ye Feiyan was initially shocked, but soon, she attributed all of this to Mysterious Ink's "mysterious ancient Bloodline."

"Sigh..." She looked at the terrified Yao Beasts and then at the majestic and mighty Mysterious Ink beside her, couldn't help but exclaim, "If I had known this, I should have brought you along from the beginning."

"Using your Bloodline suppression to collect Spirit Medicine is much easier than me fighting tooth and nail."

Hearing this, Mysterious Ink, who was walking ahead, couldn't help but inwardly chuckle.

Bloodline?

What Bloodline!

These guys are afraid of me purely because my Middle Stage Second-tier Realm forms an absolute life-level suppression over these little guys, who are at most Peak First-tier.

However, he naturally didn't bother to burst the beautiful "misunderstanding" of this Rebirth Empress.

It was better to let her think that way, after all, the System's matters were not easy to explain.