Longevity Martial Arts: I have a Mysterious Water Snake Avatar-Chapter 166 - 165: The Revival of Taotie! I Eat Eat Eat!

Chapter 166: Chapter 165: The Revival of Taotie! I Eat Eat Eat!

「Black Curtain Gate.」

A Silver-White Dragon slowly swam out, stretching its body out bit by bit. First was its fierce head, followed by its long body and powerful claws.

The audience outside the gate watched this Silver-White Dragon, their eyes widening in amazement. Even Purple Fate, a Master of Luck Tao from the Dragon God Sacred Land, watched intently with narrowed eyes, carefully examining the creature.

"Rise," Purple Fate gestured as if holding a sword, and the Holy Artifact, the Falling Star Plate, hummed and buzzed. One after another, immensely precious Red Date Immortal Nuances began to dissipate, serving as energy for the Falling Star Plate’s high-speed operation.

Soon, Purple Fate saw the full visage of the Silver-White Dragon. Through the display of the Holy Artifact, the Falling Star Plate, he also saw Hong Yuan’s fortune, which soared to the sky—vast and mighty, like a great red sun.

"Not bad, not bad," Purple Fate nodded and praised softly. "Such majestic fortune can make one a trendsetter for a time, almost capable of entering the top ten of the Heavenly Scenery List."

"What a pity, Brother Xuan Qi, you showed your hand too early." As Purple Fate spoke, he shook his head.

The Heavenly Scenery List ranked young talents of the Demon Clan under three hundred years old, recording only eighty-one Demons. All eighty-one Demons possessed the potential to become Saints or even Ancestors and were the focus of countless gazes.

The Endless Sea Area was vast, incredibly vast. With his unique Luck Tao techniques, Li Jianqiu was only ranked fifty-seventh on the Heavenly Scenery List. The top ten were mostly the Upper Three Tao Seeds from the Holy Lands of the major Demon Clans, considered to possess the potential of a Great Emperor.

Now that Hong Yuan was recognized by the Demon Clan’s Master, Purple Fate, as not inferior to the top ten, it was evident how astonishing Hong Yuan’s achievements were.

ROAR!

Hong Yuan let out an angry roar. The Gold Soul Beast, the Spotted White Thunder Tiger beneath him, instantly lost its spiritual wisdom, becoming subject to Hong Yuan’s slaughter.

Since flying out of the Gate of Life and Death, Hong Yuan had been rushing towards the Wilderness Ocean. On his flight, Hong Yuan did not stop his eating habits. Anyone who dared to appear before him was met with a swipe of his silver claw. Under his deadly claws, creatures were either killed or grievously wounded.

Merely by virtue of his nearly kilometer-long physique, Hong Yuan had already secured a place for himself in the Golden Realm. Not to mention, he was also a terrifyingly fierce existence at the ten thousand soul level, having awakened the Cold Moon Seal Divine Power.

After devouring the oblivious Spotted White Thunder Tiger Soul Beast, Hong Yuan soared up once again, heading towards the Wilderness Ocean.

「Half a moment later.」

Hong Yuan charged into the ocean, sending up a splash over a thousand feet high and triggering one whirlpool after another.

"Demon Skill, Cold Wind Frozen Rain."

An area of the sea was once again frozen by Hong Yuan. Due to Hong Yuan’s advancement from the Thousand Python Soul to the Ten Thousand Python Soul, those Gold Soul Beasts didn’t even have the ability to charge halfway before they were directly frozen by Hong Yuan in the seawater.

Looking at the Soul Beasts’ faces—filled with fear, anger, or confusion—Hong Yuan opened his great maw with pleasure, consuming them heap by heap.

Delicacies like these... he loved eating them the most, regardless of whether they were raw or cold.

Twenty-three thousand times...

Twenty-four thousand times...

Twenty-five thousand times...

After gnawing on the last giant crocodile Soul Beast, Hong Yuan still felt unsatiated.

It wasn’t that I’m too gluttonous, but this sensation of growing stronger just by eating and eating is too addictive!

Smacking his lips, Hong Yuan withdrew his Divine Power and continued to wander the Wilderness Ocean.

As his Taotie nature awakened and he continuously consumed more and more, Hong Yuan’s soul body also grew, reaching an astonishing 1,260 meters. In terms of size alone, Hong Yuan was now even larger than some newly advanced Demon Saints—truly terrifying!

After wandering for a long time, Hong Yuan finally encountered a school of Sardine Soul Beasts. This school of tens of millions of Silver Sardine Soul Beasts formed a Gold Soul Beast, the Sardine Giant Monster, which was three to four times larger than Hong Yuan’s current size.

Confronting Hong Yuan’s "Cold Wind Frozen Rain" Demon Skill, the Sardine Giant Monster simply resisted head-on, rendering Hong Yuan’s once-proud Demon Skill ineffective for the first time.

The Sardine Giant Monster charged furiously at Hong Yuan, its momentum seemingly capable of overturning heaven and earth. The waters surged backward, and whirlwinds continuously arose.

"Resistance? You’re not worthy!" Fangs glinted in Hong Yuan’s mouth.

Hong Yuan roared, his voice shaking the void. He immediately activated "Frost Armor," bolstering his defenses, then bravely charged forward.

The two kilometer-sized monsters collided head-on at the bottom of the ocean. Hong Yuan’s claws, wreathed in immense frost and lightning, furiously froze and struck the gray mist surrounding the Sardine Giant Monster. However, the gray mist around the Sardine Giant Monster seemed to be of a high grade as well, not yielding to the frost and lightning in the slightest! It even emitted a contradictory aura, both ferocious and scorching, managing to block the frost and lightning with enough power left to counterattack.

KILL!

Almost simultaneously, both monsters fell into a frenzied state, bombarding each other with various attacks. Huge explosions, like Spring Festival fireworks, erupted continuously at the bottom of the sea. White frost-lightning and dense gray mist entangled and consumed each other, clashing and neutralizing one another.

Even though Hong Yuan was already a Flood Dragon of the ten thousand soul level, he found himself at a stalemate with the Sardine Giant Monster, which was formed from a school of weaker Soul Beasts.

The power of unity is truly terrifying. It can turn the weak into strong, and a bundle of easily broken chopsticks into a sturdy fortress, Hong Yuan secretly praised the school of Sardine Soul Beasts in his heart. But I haven’t forgotten that I came here to devour everything, to slaughter them until not a trace remains! This prolonged deadlock and entanglement completely goes against my original intention.

"Cold... Moon... Seal!"

In the difficult struggle, Hong Yuan unleashed his trump card.

Divine Power was a skill belonging to the Saint-level domain. It contained fragments of the Great Taoism Principle, elucidated the truths of this realm, and possessed the great power to change heaven and earth! Cultivation Techniques, killer moves, Innate Abilities, or Demon Skills—all ultimately served as foundations for condensing Divine Power. Divine Power possessed the critical ability to change the outcome of a battle!

A vast Cold Moon slowly rose behind Hong Yuan, its ethereal and cold moonlight illuminating the seafloor. Under the moonlight, all things froze.

CRACKLE... CRACKLE...

The gray mist enveloping the Sardine Giant Monster rapidly dissipated. A series of cracking sounds followed as the Sardine Giant Monster’s body stiffened, and countless individual Sardine Soul Beasts within it were frozen solid. First, the head began to freeze, then it spread to the body, and finally to the tail.

Until it was completely frozen and immobilized. Not a single one of the Sardine Soul Beasts making up the giant chose to flee; they faced defeat together.

Hong Yuan raised his head, gazing respectfully at the ice sculpture of the Sardine Giant Monster before him.

"The power of unity... is truly great," Hong Yuan praised. "Thank goodness you hadn’t learned Array Tao, or I would have had an even bigger headache."

Array Tao was also a vast and profound discipline. Although no Emperor had ever ascended through Array Tao, there had been three Array Tao Quasi-Emperors.

After showing his respect, Hong Yuan began to enjoy his spoils of victory.

CRUNCH, CRUNCH... This meal was extraordinarily delicious.

Five thousand times Soul Foundation!

This school of tenacious sardines had suddenly added five thousand times to his Soul Foundation, bringing him to the realm of thirty thousand times Soul Foundation—truly astonishing.

「...」

"Wait, am I seeing things? Did Guangqiao just use the Cold Moon Seal Divine Power?!" Messenger Wan Xuerou couldn’t help but stand up and exclaim.

The Black Dragon Demon Saint looked at Hong Yuan, who was still hunting everywhere in the Energy Mirror, his gaze complicated and his tone melancholic. "Yes, that is the Cold Moon Seal Divine Power, the ability my brother, Xuanqiao, was most proud of..."

His brother Xuanqiao, whose soul had ascended to the Ninth Heaven, had once, by relying on the Cold Moon Seal Divine Power, nearly reached the rank of the Lower Three Tao Seeds among the six Great Tao Species.

If he had succeeded, by this time...

Noticing the Black Dragon Demon Saint’s mood, Wan Xuerou quickly changed the subject.

"Qi, with Guangqiao’s profound Soul Foundation, once he exits, he will surely experience a surge in strength. Have you prepared the Demon Essence Sea Clan for this?"

The Black Dragon Demon Saint returned to his senses and nodded lightly. "Of course, I’m prepared."

The Heart-questioning Trial was an opportunity, a grand one. Every time a trialist emerged, their strength would soar due to the growth of their soul, which in turn would transform their physical body. But this surge in strength required nurturing resources; it didn’t come out of thin air. The Demon Essence Sea Clan, rich in pure Demon Essence Qi, was undoubtedly the best nurturing treasure.

In the Energy Mirror screen, Hong Yuan, who was in the middle of hunting, suddenly stiffened for a moment. In an instant, a joyous smile appeared on Hong Yuan’s face.

[Ice Armor Python (Cold Moon Dragon 29%) → Ice Armor Python (Cold Moon Dragon 31%)]

It’s here. The Bloodline Dream Realm of the Cold Moon Dragon has opened to me. I understand. As soon as I leave this trial realm, I’ll be able to enter the Bloodline Dream Realm.

The cultivation path for ordinary people is like pushing a boulder uphill, but my cultivation path is like rolling a boulder downhill. The more I engage with the path of cultivation, the faster my progress becomes. This... this... this is just too darn reasonable!

Hong Yuan grinned, every pore in his body seeming to relax in comfort, as if he had consumed a powerful tonic; he felt utterly exhilarated.

「Two days later.」

Hong Yuan, whose body had grown to a massive 3,600 meters long, stopped hunting in the Wilderness Forest, his gaze shifting towards the southernmost tip of the Wilderness Ocean.

The current Hong Yuan had pushed his Soul Foundation to ninety-two thousand times because, over the past two days, he had hunted and devoured his way through every region of the Golden Realm. His murderous aura was terrifyingly strong! Alone, he had claimed almost ninety percent of the Creation within the Heart-questioning Realm.

And this, in turn, had raised Wan Xuerou’s concern.

It’s not so easy to monopolize all the benefits, especially in a trial jointly organized by various Demon Saints. A fierce battle among the Demon Saints... I fear it might truly be triggered by this youngster, Hong Yuan.

Hong Yuan was unaware of Elder Wan Xuerou’s concerns. At this moment, he was excitedly heading towards the southernmost end of the Wilderness Ocean.

"Green Kun Fish, here I come!"

"The final battle of the Heart-questioning Trial! Witness my divine might!!!"