The First Cultivator - Changing Existence-Chapter 738: Deprivation Against Mountain Serpent -

If Skymender had eyes, the world would have rapidly darkened. However, his vision was essentially the same as before.

The snake's skin and scales could not stop the immense vibrations occurring from reaching him. He could still see three hundred feet outside of the snake's body.

However, Skymender focused on the inside. He saw an incredible sight, one he could hardly believe.

As he traveled down the snake's throat, he saw none other than a small town. A literal small town. It had houses and shops, but no people.

The snake was surely big enough to house people, so this wasn't impossible, but the fact that buildings existed inside of the snake was unbelievable.

The small town clearly had not been inhabited for many years. Few of the buildings still had roofs, and some were eroded to a single wall.

Saliva dripped from above like a constant rain. Skymender felt it sting every time he was hit. If he stayed here for too long, he would eventually be digested.

Skymender thought of escaping, but before any of that, he wanted to explore this place. He may not have another chance.

He walked around until he spotted a relatively intact building. Inside, there was rusty metal and rotten furniture. However, it clearly represented that something humanoid, most likely human, lived here long ago.

Skymender saw a book on a table. This was exactly what he had been looking for.

It was in horrible condition, but he tried his best to read the words through vibrations.

He could only make out a few words.

"Serpent. God. Home. Benevolent."

These were the important words he had picked out of what remained of the text, which was surprisingly in english.

These words seemed to indicate that this Mountain Serpent had once been seen as a god by these people. They lived inside of its home. Clearly, back then, it must have been something akin to benevolent.

As for how this small town ended up abandoned, he did not know.

He left this house, looking for more information in another.

Skymender visited many houses, but few had anything to offer besides signs that someone had lived here many, many years ago.

Near the end, he found another group of writings, though these were also barely intact.

"Anger. Lightning. God. Fear."

These were the important words he managed to pick out this time. Clearly, something had happened. It was obvious that this was referring to whatever caused this place to become damaged.

Intense shaking was occuring outside, and Skymender did not waste any more time. He examined everything else, finding nothing of importance.

He did not immediately try to cut his way out. Instead, he opened up a small container on his side. Inside were a few vials of Deprivation poison.

This was absolutely the time to use them.

Skymender had long understood that one did not necessarily have to inhale or drink this poison for it to work. It seeped into one's very being.

Skymender threw two of them far away with a strength that ensured they would break upon landing, before running far away. He then began to slowly carve into the side of the snake with his sword.

Clearly, swallowing things was not a very effective method of killing for this snake, against humans at least, so it was no wonder why it had tried to smash them on multiple occasions.

Perhaps he was only eaten to temporarily lessen the amount of targets. He had no way of understanding the snake's intelligence and could only make guesses.

As Skymender began to carve his way out, the snake started to act out. However, this wasn't due to his carving, but because of the Deprivation poison.

Sword Master Yi Shuzanhao and Sword Master Gargantuan, who had been struggling to survive, noticed these changes immediately. They began to retreat, and the snake had no intention of following them. It was thrashing around on the ground, obviously in pain.

Of course, no matter how far they got, it wasn't much of a distance to the mountain sized snake.

It was after a few minutes of trashing that Skymender escaped the snake through a hole.

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He climbed on it and began to run on its back. It was quite hard to stay balanced, but he managed to slowly move towards its head.

The two Sword Masters saw him and were relieved that he was alive.

The giant snake already had a few scars from their attacks. Despite everything else, they were still first rank Sword Masters. If they were unable to at least injure the snake, they wouldn't be worthy of such a title.

On the landmass atop the snake's head, the three important members of the Ancient Empires were ragged. As the snake trashed around, nothing moved more than its head. They were constantly struggling to even hold on, much less notice Skymender coming towards them.

It took nearly five minutes before Skymender jumped on the landmass atop the snake's head.

From afar, Sword Master Yi Shuzanhao and Sword Master Gargantuan noticed this. They also noticed that the snake was beginning to move slower. Blood was pouring out of its eyes, creating a literal river of blood.

Suddenly, the Serpent Master noticed Skymender. He was not too far from him anymore.

He picked up his flute and began to play. It was a calming melody. Although it would not usually affect the snake, in its current weakened snake, it had an effect.

It slowly stopped swinging its head.

Suddenly, the Serpent Master blew hard into his flute, so hard that it began to crack. This was not a melody, but a command.

In its time of weakness, he was using everything he had to issue one command. And indeed, it worked.

A tail as large as a small mountain flung from the back, slamming so quickly on Skymender's location that he could not react.

This was the most dangerous situation he had ever faced.

In an instant, he made a last ditch decision, resting his fate on the snake's response time.

He grabbed a vial of the Deprivation poison and smashed it down where he stood.