Dashing Student-Chapter 1058 - 1057: You’ve Really Got Something
"Jue Mingzi, back when I entered the Southern Marsh, even the demon beasts would avoid me. Do you know how formidable I was?"
The Divine Calculator walked ahead, speaking animatedly about his past. However, his lower body was covered in mud, and his Daoist robe was filthy, showing nothing of the demeanor of a "big shot."
Chen Nan cautiously followed behind, still very vigilant because he didn’t believe that if they encountered danger, the Divine Calculator could save him.
Just as the Divine Calculator was speaking passionately, a rotting, moss-covered tree log ahead slowly lifted its head.
It wasn’t a log at all, but a snake-like demon beast in disguise!
The six eyes were a crimson hue, its long tongue flickering out, and on the soft pink tongue were dense black dots.
Chen Nan felt a tingling on his scalp; on closer inspection, he discovered the spots were actually dense tiny holes!
This demon beast had cultivation at the Golden Core Stage First Layer and its disguise was flawless. If it hadn’t attacked first to reveal itself, even Chen Nan wouldn’t have detected it.
Indeed, the fake pill’s divine sense was ultimately not true divine sense, incapable of seeing everything clearly.
Hiss, hiss, hiss!
In the next instant, countless venomous spikes, fine as cow hair and glowing with a ghostly green light, erupted from the snake’s tongue, enveloping the Divine Calculator like a dense rain.
"Damn! It’s a Six-eyed Poison Python!"
The Divine Calculator’s face turned pale instantly. He recognized this demon beast and knew the venomous spikes were extremely toxic; being pierced would corrode flesh and bone.
But it was too late to dodge, so he instinctively raised his hand to cover his face.
Following behind, Chen Nan quietly moved to hide behind the Divine Calculator, his portly body perfectly shielding him from behind. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
In just the blink of an eye, the dense venomous spikes impaled the Divine Calculator, making him howl in pain.
After shooting the poison needles, the giant python disguised as a deadwood coiled and propelled itself, opening its mouth wide like a sack, swallowing half of the Divine Calculator in one bite.
"Jue Mingzi, help me!"
From within the giant python’s maw came the voice of the Divine Calculator calling for help.
Chen Nan sighed deeply, wondering if the Divine Calculator had really ever been in the Great Swamp with such alertness.
But the man still needed saving, after all, he had just served as a human shield.
"Dao Brother, I’m coming!"
Chen Nan suddenly stepped forward, grabbing the Divine Calculator’s legs with both hands and pulling with force.
The giant python was, of course, unwilling to let go of its prey, so it tussled with Chen Nan, its head pushing backward.
"It’s going to break, it’s going to break..."
The Divine Calculator screamed miserably, as Chen Nan and the python were like a tug-of-war, with the Divine Calculator as the rope.
"Stop shouting!"
Clenching his teeth, Chen Nan took a step back, pulling the Divine Calculator partially out of the python’s mouth.
The python seemed to sense it wasn’t as strong as Chen Nan, so its six blood-red vertical pupils suddenly surged with crimson light, followed by six red beams shooting out!
The red beams ripped through the air, shooting towards Chen Nan’s face in an instant.
Chen Nan dared not take it head-on, releasing the Divine Calculator and performing the Small Shifting Technique, suddenly appearing above the python’s head, summoning the Wind Roar Sword with a chilling gleam.
"Slash!"
Two sword beams suddenly lit up, forming a cross and crashing down on the python’s head, instantly shattering scales and leaving a cross-shaped wound.
Immediately after, Chen Nan struck with a palm, channeling mana into the palm’s heart. Simultaneously, he released the Shariputra he carried, causing Buddha Light to surge.
"Great Compassion Buddha Palm!"
With a shout, a golden giant palm appeared atop the python’s head, descending to suppress it with Buddha Light!
The python’s six eyes shot out red beams again, merging the beams into one as thick as a thigh, fiercely striking the golden giant palm.
Boom!
The collision of the two forces generated a massive explosion, dispersing both the red beam and the golden Buddha palm, with the energy shockwaves spreading in all directions.
"Star Fall!"
Once more, Chen Nan charged forward, golden flames appearing on his palm. With a downward stroke, a golden fireball smashed into the python’s body with a roar.
"It’s burning me, Jue Mingzi, be careful!"
The Divine Calculator’s voice came from the python’s mouth, still grumbling, but sounding energetic, evidently not in dire straits.
Chen Nan paid no attention, only feeling that using magic in this moment was as effortless as waving his hand, the power far superior to when he was at the Foundation Establishment Stage.
He extended his five fingers, slowly clenching his fist, causing vines to burst from the ground, binding the python tightly.
Then, the earth heaved, and earth spikes jutted up like blades, stabbing into the python, even its scales failing to stop them.
"Spit it out for me!"
Chen Nan leaped high, summoning the Heavy Mountain Pill Furnace into his hands, wielding it like a massive hammer, with heavenly momentum and Chen Nan’s own fearsome strength.
The amassed force struck down heavily on the snake’s vital point!
Hiss...
The python finally couldn’t withstand it, nearly split in two by a single blow, spitting out the Divine Calculator.
At this moment, the Divine Calculator was still riddled with venomous spikes, his Daoist robe corroded to tatters from the python’s venomous saliva.
Even his originally pale skin had turned purplish-black, clearly the venom from the spikes was spreading.
No longer holding back, Chen Nan swung the Pill Furnace down onto the giant snake’s head, strike after strike, each impact causing the ground to shake.
The python tried to coil around Chen Nan, to strangle him, but as soon as it did, it had no strength left.
With the final blow, the python was completely dead, its head smashed open, splattering blood and corroding a large hole in Chen Nan’s clothes.
Indeed, the demon beasts of the Great Swamp were no simple matters. To survive the miasma, every part of them, inside and out, was poisonous.
"Oh, I’m dying, I’m dying, who would have thought the great Daoist would die at the hands of this small Six-eyed Poison Python God, ruining my lifetime fame!"
The Divine Calculator sat on the ground wailing pitifully, making Chen Nan unable to muster any sympathy.
Though the Six-eyed Poison Python’s venom was fierce, usually there would be a detoxification method nearby. As a healer, Chen Nan was well aware of this.
Sure enough, he soon found a green spiritual medicine on a piece of rotten wood, picked it and crushed it, then cut open the python’s belly to take out the snake gallbladder.
Extracting the bile from the gallbladder, he mixed it with the spiritual herb, forming a deep green pill, which he handed to the Divine Calculator.
"Dao Brother, this is for detoxification."
"Does this thing work?"
Skeptical, the Divine Calculator took the pill. But with the venom about to start corroding his flesh and blood, he couldn’t care less and swallowed it.
The pain on his body alleviated significantly, and even the purple on his skin began to fade, prompting a broad smile and a thumbs-up from the Divine Calculator.
"Jue Mingzi, you’ve really got it!"
