The King Snake stared fixedly at the terrifying black spear.
A hint of despair suddenly appeared in his eyes.
He truly hadn’t expected that Ling Xiao still had such a fearsome trump card prepared for him.
“Master, save me!”
He let out a piercing roar towards the heavens.
In the Beast King Palace, tens of thousands of miles away, an inner sect elder abruptly opened his eyes and then darted towards the direction of the Sha Family Fortress.
His cultivation was on par with the Demon Flame Heavenly Venerate. Though he couldn’t fly, he could glide for long periods, and his movement speed was not slow.
So, even with a distance of tens of thousands of miles, it would likely take him only about an hour to reach the place.
Even so, the elder still felt it was too slow. He directly used a long-treasured “secret technique scroll.”
The secret technique scroll could only be used once.
Thus, it was extremely precious.
The scroll in his hand was the “Thousand Miles in a Step” secret technique, allowing him to traverse tens of thousands of miles in an instant to reach his destination.
For the sake of the King Snake, he had no choice but to do this.
The King Snake was his most outstanding disciple and one of the future hopes of the Beast King Palace. He absolutely could not die.
At this moment, within the Iron Mountain Cage, the King Snake poured all his true essence into the “Heavenly Snake Life-Seizing Spear.”
He sensed his master’s arrival, so as long as he could stall for time and preserve his life, he could hold out until his master arrived.
“Boom!”
Amidst a tremendous roar, the corpses within the Iron Mountain Cage were blasted into dust. The black spear collided with the Heavenly Snake Life-Seizing Spear.
Then, the Heavenly Snake Life-Seizing Spear was easily shattered, as if made of paper.
The black spear pierced the King Snake without any resistance.
Amidst a scream, the King Snake’s body was sent flying, crashing heavily against the Iron Mountain Cage.
He was pinned there by the black spear, blood flowing from his back. Yet, as a martial artist at the early eighth stage of the Mortal Realm, he still hadn’t died.
As the smoke cleared, Ling Xiao still stood there, unscathed.
Not even a tear was visible on his clothes.
In the sky, a smug smile appeared on the Moon Maiden’s beautiful face.
It was as if she were watching her man showing off, which felt particularly satisfying.
“He won!”
Among the onlookers, someone cheered.
“That King Snake isn’t dead yet!”
Someone else remained highly cautious.
“Even if he’s not dead, he’s gravely injured, isn’t he? He can’t possibly defeat Young Hero Ling now.”
“True, this time the King Snake has completely fallen. This feels so exhilarating!”
Ling Xiao calmly looked at the King Snake pinned to the Iron Mountain Cage and said, “I told you, I came here today to kill you, so you must die!”
“Ah, no!”
The King Snake roared like a madman.
But suddenly, his body began to tremble violently.
“I advise you not to move recklessly. The Ten Thousand Evils Beast Soul Spear is the signature technique of the Evil Beast Demon King. Its most terrifying aspect isn’t its destructive power, but its ability to continuously drain the essence of the wounded!”
Ling Xiao looked at the King Snake calmly and said, “If you stay still, you can die peacefully. But if you struggle wildly, I’m afraid your death will be quite gruesome.”
For the current King Snake, Ling Xiao felt not the slightest bit of pity.
This was all the King Snake’s own doing.
The self-righteous core disciple of the Beast King Palace thought he could kill Ling Xiao, so he chased him across tens of thousands of miles to the Sha Family Fortress, conspiring with Fairy Linglong to hunt him down.
In the end, he was killed by Ling Xiao in the Sha Family Fortress, which could be considered quite a tale.
“Bastard, you think if I die, you can live?”
The King Snake roared in fury, “Soon, my master will arrive, and when that happens, it will be your end.”
His voice was filled with endless venom and rage.
“Are you talking about this old man?”
A woman’s voice rang out from the sky, and then an aged corpse was thrown down.
“Moon Maiden?”
Ling Xiao’s face lit up with joy. He hadn’t expected the Moon Maiden to still be here.
“Heh, she really does have some feelings for me, doesn’t she?”
In fact, with Ling Xiao’s Mountain River Martial Soul ability, he could see the King Snake’s master approaching but couldn’t see the Moon Maiden, as the gap in their strength was too vast.
Ling Xiao had already prepared to deal with the King Snake’s master.
If he couldn’t fight, he could at least escape, right?
He had planned every detail of his retreat.
But he hadn’t expected that when this old man appeared, he was already a corpse.
“Master!”
The King Snake was utterly despairing.
Looking at the mangled corpse, he no longer had any confidence to contend with Ling Xiao.
“You dare kill an inner sect elder of the Beast King Palace! Does your Moon Flower Sect not wish to exist anymore?”
The King Snake was completely stunned, unable to believe this was real.
“So what if we killed him? If your Beast King Palace isn’t convinced, we’ll just destroy it too!”
The woman in the sky was unparalleled in her dominance.
Though she was breathtakingly beautiful and delicate, her words were truly domineering.
Ling Xiao gave a wry smile. If one day he could be as domineering as her, that would truly make him a powerhouse.
“Did you hear that, King Snake? Since your master is already dead, you should join him, so he won’t be lonely on the road.”
“No, I don’t want to die. If you spare me, I can give you a complete set of top-grade gold martial arts!”
When the shadow of death truly loomed, the King Snake completely lost his resolve and actually begged Ling Xiao for mercy.
“Top-grade gold martial arts? Heh, sorry, but I’m not interested.”
With that, Ling Xiao lightly struck out with a palm. The King Snake, already on the brink of death, completely lost all signs of life.
His body slid down softly, collapsing beside his master’s already mangled corpse.
Ling Xiao casually took the King Snake’s storage ring.
The storage ring of the King Snake’s master, however, was taken by the Moon Maiden.
In the King Snake’s storage ring, the only thing that truly caught Ling Xiao’s attention was a secret technique scroll.
“Soul-Body Fusion?”
Ling Xiao probed it with his soul force, carefully examining the level and function of this secret technique scroll.
It turned out this scroll was a secret technique for completely fusing a martial soul with a martial artist. The fusion state could last for half an hour, during which combat strength would increase by at least three times, and some special combat abilities could be used.
However, it required a cultivation level of at least the peak of the eighth stage of the Mortal Realm.
The King Snake, due to insufficient cultivation, couldn’t use it yet, so it conveniently fell into Ling Xiao’s hands.
“Little guy, I’ll take my leave now.”
This time, the Moon Maiden truly left. Ling Xiao’s performance made her feel at ease. She didn’t think such a cunning little guy would easily die out here.
Ling Xiao glanced in the direction where the Moon Maiden disappeared, dispelled the Iron Mountain Cage, and then soared into the air, heading towards the Moon Flower Sect.
The King Snake was dead, and the martial artists chasing him were all dead.
He no longer wished to stay in the Sha Family Fortress.
…
After Ling Xiao left, the Sha Family Fortress erupted into celebration, with people rushing to spread the great news.
