Longevity Martial Arts: I have a Mysterious Water Snake Avatar-Chapter 156 - 155: Hong the Flayer

The more powerful the Soul Beast, the more substantial its soul becomes, consequently resembling the structure of Demon Beasts in the living world.

At this moment, Hong Yuan had devoured the two front paws of the Green Jade Lion Soul Beast.

A sense of fatigue arose in Hong Yuan’s heart as he glanced at Ji Qingxue, who stood alone and forlorn, and slightly pursed his python mouth.

"Baiting a big fish requires a good chunk of meat, and since I don’t wish to devour the front paws myself, I might as well use them to win people’s hearts."

Thereupon, Hong Yuan coiled his massive body once again, entwining Ji Qingxue in his grasp.

In Ji Qingxue’s dazed gaze, she was forcibly fed by Hong Yuan to strengthen her Soul Foundation, propelling her towards the Hundred Rabbit Soul.

"Ji Qingxue, work hard," Hong Yuan encouraged. "With both of us working hand in hand, you too can enter the Hundred Rabbit Soul!"

Ji Qingxue’s eyebrows twitched slightly. She looked at Hong Yuan, who was treating her like a child he was coaxing, and he inwardly gritted his teeth. This made her so annoyed her own teeth itched.

She might not have much experience, but she was certainly not stupid!

"Damn Xuan Guangqiao, hateful Xuan Guangqiao, AAAAAH, just you wait until I get a chance!!!" Ji Qingxue furiously pummeled a mental effigy of Hong Yuan.

Hong Yuan, unaware of Ji Qingxue’s thoughts, saw her silently nodding and then once again wrapped her up, throwing Ji Qingxue into the Jade Forest to once again serve as bait.

Upon the muddy mountain path, Ji Qingxue had just appeared when several green eyes fixated on her, accompanied by the sound of drool falling onto the grass.

Clearly, the Jade Soul Beasts had shown up!

As she scrambled up from the grass, Ji Qingxue noticed several Green Jade Red Flame Wolf Beast Souls lunging at her and immediately ran for her life in horror.

The Red Flame Wolf was covered in red fur, crimson as fire.

This type of wolf attacked fiercely and harbored traces of Fire Tao Marks, which could easily destroy grasslands and spark vast wildfires. For the geniuses of the Demon Clan pursuing the path of the Fire Tao to become a Demon Saint, the Green Jade Red Flame Wolf Beast Soul was an ideal hunting target!

Ji Qingxue cursed Hong Yuan while running for her life.

"Despicable Xuan Guangqiao, shameless Xuan Guangqiao, I will definitely chop you into eighteen pieces!!!"

With tears in her eyes, Ji Qingxue gritted her teeth and ran toward where Hong Yuan was.

Hong Yuan stood atop a small hill, coldly observing the Snow Shadow Rabbit Ji Qingxue and the Green Jade Red Flame Wolf Beast Souls below.

He was assessing the strength of the Green Jade Red Flame Wolf Beast Souls; if they were beyond his control, he would not hesitate to abandon Ji Qingxue.

As a fisherman, how could he be injured by the fish?

"Hmm, this bunch of Green Jade Red Flame Wolves is pretty average in strength, but their speed is a bit fast, making them difficult to chase. Let Ji Qingxue tire them out first, then I’ll make a move."

Hong Yuan stayed atop the hill, watching Ji Qingxue frantically fleeing.

While Hong Yuan was using Ji Qingxue to fight Soul Beasts and increase his Soul Foundation, the other trial participants were not so fortunate; they had resorted to fighting amongst themselves.

In a certain island of the Ancient Sea within the Silver Land, Zhang Fan stood facing Zhang Daoliu from afar.

Zhang Fan’s Original Body was the Nine Poison Octopus. He now submerged in the water, his form extending to a vast fifty meters as he gazed at the Gale Qilin Zhang Daoliu, who stood aloft on the giant trees of the island.

Ever since Hong Yuan had treacherously attacked him, Zhang Fan had been struggling mightily, hunting day and night without rest, and had finally reached the Hundred-fold Soul Realm, becoming a Hundredling Soul!

"This is troublesome. I didn’t expect Zhang Daoliu to have also broken through to the Hundred-fold Soul Realm, and he seems much stronger than me," Zhang Fan muttered to himself, feeling the situation was thorny.

Zhang Daoliu’s Original Body was a Gale Qilin, a special Variant Seed possessing both Fire Tao and Wind Tao affinities. His appearance was like that of a towering Kylin, with fiery red fur and azure hooves. His body size also reached a colossal sixty meters; it went without saying that he had already reached the Hundred-fold Soul Realm, with at least a three hundred-fold Soul Foundation!

"Fire borrows the power of the wind, wind enhances the might of fire."

Among the fourteen Demon Saint descendants, Zhang Fan believed Zhang Daoliu’s strength was in no way inferior to Li Jianqiu’s.

Moreover, Zhang Fan was very clear that Zhang Daoliu was a formidable demon!

In his youth, Zhang Daoliu had been marginalized by his brothers, seen as the least promising candidate for the young master of the Gale Qilin Demon Clan.

He seldom took action, disguising his true power and displaying understated cultivation; thus, he was often ridiculed and mocked by his brothers at banquets.

Zhang Daoliu was adept at enduring silently, holding back without showing his hand, watching his clan brothers fight among themselves while he quietly amassed strength away from the fray.

When the sea domain defense battles began, he finally saw his opportunity.

As the Gale Qilin Demon Clan was being pushed back with no one able to withstand the onslaught, Zhang Daoliu emerged out of nowhere, turned the tide, and gained favor with the Demon Saint ancestor. He thus took command of the sea domain defense battles.

Once Zhang Daoliu gained his position, he no longer hid his abilities. While dealing with the affairs of the sea domain defense battles on one hand, he took the opportunity to suppress his outstanding peers, leaving no opportunities for others.

Eventually, he successfully became the young master of the Gale Qilin Demon Clan, receiving vigorous support from the Demon Saint ancestor and was regarded as the next Demon Saint of the Gale Qilin Demon Clan!

"First it was Xuan Guangqiao showing his edge, and now I encounter Zhang Daoliu. Why is my Luck Tao so lousy?" Zhang Fan lamented with a sigh.

If it weren’t for being locked onto by Zhang Daoliu’s aura, he would have surely fled long ago.

Zhang Daoliu exhaled a stream of white breath from his nostrils, eyeing Zhang Fan with interest.

"Zhang Fan, how did you become so down and out?" Zhang Daoliu lightly trod on the void, a stream of air floating beneath his hooves to lift him up.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fan painfully closed his eyes. For him, an old fourth-order Demon, to be defeated by Xuan Guangqiao, a mere third-order fledgling, was too embarrassing to speak of.

"Were you devoured by Li Jianqiu once?" Zhang Daoliu inquired. "It seems not."

Zhang Fan took a deep breath and said gravely, "It was Xuan Guangqiao!"

WHOA!

Zhang Daoliu suddenly looked up, his Kylin eyes bulging with surprise.

It only took a moment for Zhang Daoliu to accept this reality.

Because on his way here, his well-informed Demon Saint ancestor had already told him about the formidableness of the Black Dragon Demon Saint.

The Black Dragon Demon Saint had advanced to the Demon Saint Realm with the status of one of the Upper Three Tao Seeds of the Dragon God Sacred Land. As long as there were no major setbacks, the Black Dragon Demon Saint should at least reach the eighth-order Demon Saint Realm.

Even the pinnacle of the eighth order, the realm of a near-Demon Emperor, was not impossible!

"Tell me in detail," Zhang Daoliu asked earnestly.

Thus, Zhang Fan narrated the events one by one. As Zhang Daoliu listened, the killing intent in his heart grew increasingly intense.

Li Jianqiu was troublesome enough, and now there was Xuan Guangqiao, who was not much less formidable.

The most important thing was that under the threat of Xuan Guangqiao, he actually faced the possibility of failure.

"Zhang Fan, let’s join forces," Zhang Daoliu said gravely.

Zhang Fan was secretly delighted and quickly nodded his head.

Two geniuses of the first rank, threatened by Hong Yuan, joined forces, and their combined might surged momentarily.

「Jade Forest.」

Hong Yuan had been fishing with Ji Qingxue as bait. After fishing for half a day, he finally hooked a big fish.

A Demon Saint descendant, Lei Yang of the Azure Lightning Python clan, had just reached the Hundred Ran Soul level.

The Azure Lightning Python was a Variant Seed of the Thunder Tao, a giant snake with four thunder wings on its back, excelling in both attack and speed.

Its body contained several Thunder Tao Marks; with just a flutter of its four wings, it could harness the power of wind and thunder, resembling the Thunder God.

At this moment, the Snow Shadow Rabbit Ji Qingxue was desperately running through the forest.

Lei Yang laughed fiercely, violently crashing into trees, causing them to topple and burst into blackened splinters.

"Xuan Guangqiao, come out quick!" cried Ji Qingxue.

Hearing Ji Qingxue call for Xuan Guangqiao, Lei Yang laughed even louder.

A buy one, get one free deal? Could there be such good luck?

"GAGA! Ji Qingxue, stop running. Isn’t it wonderful to sprint towards paradise together with me?"

Lei Yang jeered; he was well aware of how greatly dual cultivation with a Demon Beast like the Snow Shadow Rabbit could benefit a male Demon.

Hong Yuan activated his Frost Armor Innate Ability, reducing his presence to its minimum. When he heard Ji Qingxue’s cry for help, his facial expression didn’t change at all.

Bait is bait. Why would a fisherman pull in his rod just because of the loss of the bait?

Hong Yuan silently calculated the range of Frost Lightning Speed. As for Ji Qingxue’s miserable condition from being brutally beaten by Lei Yang, Hong Yuan ignored it.

"Five, four, three... now!" Hong Yuan suddenly opened his python eyes and instantly activated the Frost Lightning Speed Innate Ability.

With a booming sound, Hong Yuan, the Green-White Giant Python, instantly transformed into frost and thunder, shuttling swiftly through the air.

The sound of wind intensified, his speed incredibly fast.

Lei Yang of the Azure Lightning Python clan, who had been prepared for this, smirked. "Idiot, actually willing to die for a girl. I’ve been waiting for you for a long time."

But the moment he looked up and saw Hong Yuan’s seventy-two-meter giant python body, his face drastically changed, turning deathly pale.

"Damn you, Xuan Guangqiao! You’re so strong, yet you resort to such dirty tricks!!!"

Lei Yang was frustrated. He immediately abandoned Ji Qingxue below, hurriedly flapping his four thunder wings to escape for his life.

But Hong Yuan had already planned for this. Just as Lei Yang started to fly, Hong Yuan pounced in front of him, brutally coiling around him and preventing any movement.

"Let me go! You’re too despicable, Xuan Guangqiao!"

Lei Yang cursed furiously. With a squeeze from Hong Yuan, Lei Yang screamed out in pain.

Without another word, Hong Yuan lowered his head and began to devour Lei Yang of the Azure Lightning Python.

The cursing, threats, pleas for mercy... Lei Yang’s voice grew increasingly faint.

[Soul Tao +120]

[Soul Tao +120]

[School: Soul Tao (Master 73%) → Soul Tao (Master 79%)]

The catch was good. Lei Yang had actually expanded his Soul Foundation by nearly sixty-fold, bringing Hong Yuan ever closer to the Thousand Python Soul.

"Thousand Python Soul... doesn’t that mean I have a chance to transform my soul into the Cold Moon Dragon!?"

Hong Yuan was ecstatic. "At the conversion stage from Thousand Python Soul to the ten thousand soul level, I can definitely try to condense the Cold Moon Dragon soul earlier. This way, my transformation into the Cold Moon Dragon will be smooth sailing!!!"

The ten thousand soul level was the realm of a Demon Saint.

Should Hong Yuan truly manage to condense the Cold Moon Dragon soul in advance, the day he transformed into the Cold Moon Dragon would be the day he achieved the status of a Demon Saint.

"Cold Moon Dragon soul, ten-thousand-fold soul. Cold Moon Dragon soul, ten-thousand-fold soul," Hong Yuan repeated in his mind.

At this moment, aside from the thought of revenge against Li Jianqiu, he also had a major goal: to achieve a ten-thousand-fold soul during the Heart-questioning Trial and condense the Cold Moon Dragon soul.

In fact, the thought of condensing the Cold Moon Dragon soul was even more important than taking revenge on Li Jianqiu!

Under Hong Yuan’s devouring, Lei Yang of the Azure Lightning Python’s Soul Realm had dropped from the Hundred Ran Soul level. His body shrank to twenty meters, even smaller and thinner than Ji Qingxue, the Snow Shadow Rabbit.

Now, Lei Yang was almost useless to Hong Yuan; it was better to use him to win someone’s heart.

"Eat up quickly, then we’ll continue to work hard," Hong Yuan said to Ji Qingxue, the Snow Shadow Rabbit, his tone exceptionally gentle.

Time waits for no one. He needed to work hard to advance his Soul Realm, to smooth the path towards becoming a Demon Saint. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Hearing this, Ji Qingxue’s body trembled slightly. She ran quickly to Hong Yuan’s side and lowered her head to devour the Azure Lightning Python.

She devoured it while tears streamed down incessantly.

It was too grievous, all too grievous.

"Curse you, Xuan Guangqiao! You better not fall into my hands; otherwise, I’ll let you know what cruelty is! SOB SOB SOB..."

"SOB SOB SOB... To think he used me as bait, without any regard for my life."

"Sister, I’m having such a hard time..."

The more Ji Qingxue thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. She imagined Lei Yang of the Azure Lightning Python was Hong Yuan, and bit down fiercely with big chomps.

After devouring Lei Yang of the Azure Lightning Python, Hong Yuan once again urged Ji Qingxue to work, giving her almost no time to rest, as if he were Hong the Skinner reincarnated.

However, to outsiders, Hong Yuan appeared to be especially generous towards Ji Qingxue.

Because with Hong Yuan’s help, Ji Qingxue’s Soul Foundation increased step by step, and she actually had the chance to break through to the Hundred Rabbit Soul!