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The crowd, already filled with fear, was struck with terror at the sight of the ferocious Tricolor Serpent. Although they couldn't run as fast as Chu Liuxiang, they moved swiftly, grabbing their clan's younger members and flying upwards.
However, Fifth-Rank Monsters possessed flying abilities, and there was no shortage of Tricolor Serpents in the air.
Chu Liuxiang, the fastest among them, could not escape the encirclement of the Tricolor Serpents. Hundreds of these serpents hissed menacingly, their tails thrashing as they surrounded Chu Liuxiang and Chu Feng.
Their bodies were coated in deadly poison; once contaminated, death was inevitable. Some Tricolor Serpents lunged at Chu Liuxiang and Chu Feng, while others opened their wide mouths, shooting streams of venom in a dense net towards the two trapped individuals.
Even though Chu Liuxiang exerted all his strength to protect Chu Feng and unleashed his strongest Soul Technique, it had little effect. He couldn't hold out for long before being struck by the venom and falling on the spot.
Chu Feng fared even worse; lacking strength, he was reduced to nothing more than a puddle of sludge by the poison.
The other experts met similar fates. Under the assault of hundreds of Tricolor Serpents, they fell one after another. Zhao Dahai, the leader of Dominion of the Overlord Blade; Zixiao, the sect master of Qingyi Sect; and Chu Yu, the current lord of Wushuang City, all perished on the scene.
In just a few breaths' time, all the experts sent by the Chu Family were dead, their younger kin turned to muck. No one had anticipated that what began as a hopeful expedition to an Eighth Rank Soul Realm Expert's ruins would turn out to be so terrifying.
Donghua did not take Wei Chen and flee. He knew that with Tricolor Serpents lurking everywhere underground, there was no chance of escape. When faced with such a crisis, perhaps the only solution was to take his own life.
Wei Chen hid beneath a rock, quietly watching as the Tricolor Serpents slaughtered the human experts. Fifth-Rank Monsters were already formidable; even Cloud Spirit Sect had only a few Fifth-Rank experts! The beasts atop Sword Mountain possessed enough power to annihilate all strong beings across hundreds of nations within tens of thousands of miles.
"This is it; we're doomed. Chu Liuxiang can't escape, and neither can Donghua!" Wei Chen thought despairingly as he observed Donghua standing still. "At such a critical moment, he's just standing there?"
Just as Wei Chen was about to call out to Donghua, he clamped his mouth shut. He saw Donghua gazing up at the descending Tricolor Serpent with a dazed expression. His hands spread wide as his robe billowed without wind; an aura of terrifying killing intent emanated from him.
In an instant, his ten fingers turned blood red! A potent Soul Power radiated from his fingertips. The surrounding Tricolor Serpents sensed this dangerous aura and halted in their tracks. Countless serpents tangled together, hissing in fear but daring not to advance even a step!
"Wei Chen," Donghua said calmly, "today we will both die here. Now I will tell you why the Chu Family has gone to such lengths to curry favor with you."
The color of Donghua's fingers grew increasingly red, gradually spreading to his wrists and arms. In the end, his entire body was drenched in blood-red hues, exuding a powerful killing intent that made the surrounding Tricolor Serpents shrink back slightly, curling their bodies and closing their mouths.
It was a sign of fear and retreat.
With thousands of Tricolor Serpents, they could have torn Donghua to shreds in an instant, yet they were forced back by him, paralyzed by fear.
Donghua's strength was truly worthy of being the strongest in the Sui Kingdom; within the Liao Kingdom, there would be no one who could match him.
"The strongest attack of the Silent Extinction Finger is not just using all ten fingers; it is turning the entire body into a weapon. Every inch of skin and every fiber can become part of the Silent Extinction Finger, slaying countless enemies," Donghua said as he looked at Wei Chen, a complex sorrow etched on his face.
Yet within that sorrow lay a glimmer of hope—a hope for Wei Chen.
"The ultimate secret of the Silent Extinction Finger is to sacrifice oneself to fend off the enemy?" Wei Chen thought, his expression shifting to one of shock as he stared at Donghua. He suddenly burst forward, but as he approached Donghua, Donghua let out a cold snort and slightly pressed his feet into the ground. A tremendous force surged from his soles towards Wei Chen, who lost his balance and was thrown to the ground. Almost immediately after, another powerful push sent Wei Chen flying away.
"There is only this one way to save you. If I do not die, we both will! I regret coming here; I truly underestimated those two Eighth Rank Soul Realm Experts!"
"The Human Soul Realm is a height I cannot even imagine. Such power can split mountains and sever rivers without breaking a sweat."
Donghua turned his back on Wei Chen, raising his arms dramatically. The overwhelming aura of annihilation erupted forth. In the blink of an eye, Donghua's body vanished into the Miasma, transforming into a mist of blood that enveloped all Tricolor Serpents within a mile radius.
In the next moment, those Tricolor Serpents exploded like fireworks; their heads burst apart, releasing a torrent of thick blood as they fell to the ground, their bodies writhing violently.
After a brief moment, the Tricolor Serpents ceased their movements—over ten thousand of them lay dead beneath Donghua's strongest secret technique of the Silent Extinction Finger.
To sacrifice oneself to fend off enemies—against thousands of troops, it was merely a matter of snapping fingers before they turned to dust!
Silent Extinction Finger was originally a Sixth-Rank Soul Skill, but if one were to abandon their name and unleash its ultimate power, the resulting force would be more terrifying than that of a Seventh-Rank Soul Skill.
If facing a hundred Fifth-Rank Soul Warriors, even if Donghua unleashed the strongest version of Silent Extinction Finger, it would not achieve such an effect. The human race remained human, bound by Seven Emotions and Six Desires. When faced with danger, fleeing was the norm, unlike the Tricolor Serpent, which foolishly awaited its demise.
Wei Chen watched as Donghua vanished from sight, blood tears welling in his eyes as he knelt dazedly on the ground.
“Is Donghua dead?”
“Is Donghua really dead?”
“That brother of mine who pretended to test me by killing civilians, is he dead?”
A haze clouded Wei Chen’s eyes, his face devoid of color.
For a long time, Wei Chen remained kneeling. The death of Donghua struck him like a shattering blow to his support and backbone; he had lost an elder, a friend, a mentor.
“You hoped I would leave, but this time, I might have to go against your wishes.”
Struggling to rise, Wei Chen leaned against a tree, his knees taking a moment to regain feeling. He moved his feet, adjusting himself before stepping toward the center of the mountain top.
“Strength is what matters most! Without strength, I can't even protect my friends and family!” Wei Chen clenched his fists tightly, his gaze resolute.
“Now I am all alone. The ruins of the Eighth Rank Soul Realm Expert are unclaimed; how could I give up?”
“The large numbers of beasts should be gone now; only the Serpent Demon King remains. Even if I encounter danger, with my sensing ability, I should be able to foresee it in advance and retreat in time.” As he thought this, Wei Chen quickened his pace.
Along the way, Wei Chen encountered not a single snake; the serpent demons on Serpent Mountain had likely been wiped out in the previous battles.
"Donghua is doing everything to keep me alive, which surely means he wants me to see the Eighth Rank Soul Realm Expert's ruins. He just hasn't said it outright. His style is not one to give up halfway, and he knows my temperament; he probably guessed I wouldn't turn back," Wei Chen reassured himself as he stepped deeper into the mountain. He carried a large knife, picked up randomly, having never practiced swordsmanship; it served merely as a source of courage.
After walking for about four or five miles, the trees became sparse until not a single one was in sight, and the ground was barren like a desert.
"Am I at the center? Where is the Serpent Demon King?" Wei Chen paused at the edge of the desert. Here, the miasma abruptly vanished, as if he had entered another world.
The area of the desert was small, forming a regular circle with a diameter of about one hundred yards. Without the miasma obstructing his view, everything was clear. It was noon, and sunlight poured down; Wei Chen felt a bit lighter in spirit. After reaching the peak of Sword Mountain, this was his first time seeing sunlight.
"This must be the central area; the ruins of the Eighth Rank Soul Realm Expert are right here," Wei Chen thought as he prepared to step into the desert but hesitated, pulling back his leg. He murmured to himself, "The Tricolor Serpents that Donghua killed didn't charge out recklessly; they were lying in wait with a plan, waiting for our main force to enter their encirclement before launching an attack that nearly wiped us out."
"Then there must be a Serpent King with great intelligence commanding them to do so. A Fifth-Rank Monster lacks sufficient intellect; it's rumored that Nine-Tiered Monsters can possess intelligence comparable to humans and even take on human forms."
Wei Chen pondered this, hesitating to step forward.
"If the Serpent King is truly Ninth Rank, then just sneezing could kill me," Wei Chen said with a bitter smile. At this moment, courage wasn't key; it was still strength that shackled his actions.
Images of Weirou being taken away flashed before his eyes, and he recalled how Donghua sacrificed his life to activate Silent Extinction Finger to save him. His gaze gradually grew resolute.
"If I don't take a look, how will I know if there's really a Serpent King? If I don't go see it, how can I obtain anything left behind by the Eighth Rank Soul Realm Expert? For me now, reaching Human Soul Realm feels unattainable; anything they left behind would be treasure."
Wei Chen clenched his fists tightly and stepped forward from the dense Grassland onto the barren desert.
In an instant, Wei Chen squinted his eyes and turned to look around. It seemed that a pair of eyes was watching him from the shadows!
"Paralyze, if I die, then so be it. Fortune Favors the Bold!"
Wei Chen strode confidently toward the center point. There, he could vaguely see two humanoid figures lying in the sand, partially covered by a layer of sand, making it hard to discern their true forms.
As he approached, Wei Chen's heart raced rapidly. He remained vigilant, his gaze fixed on the two protrusions not far away. As he got closer, he could see clearly that they were indeed two corpses!
The mummified bodies had been dead for an unknown period; their faces were unrecognizable, and their skin clung tightly to their bones, appearing grotesque and terrifying. Their clothes had long since deteriorated, and most of their bodies were buried in the earth.
Wei Chen searched through the bloodied remains of the serpents for the Demon Core. Having developed strong endurance through training, he remained unfazed by the sight. He crouched down, cleared away the sand surrounding the corpses, and moved them aside to carefully search through the sand.
High-grade Soul Techniques and Cultivation Methods were all inscribed within Soul Jade. As long as he could find the Soul Jade left behind by an Eighth Rank Soul Realm Expert, it would be within his grasp.
Wei Chen meticulously rummaged through the area for a full half-hour, turning over every inch within a five-meter radius but still found nothing.
At that moment, a cold woman dressed in a colorful battle skirt suddenly appeared behind Wei Chen, her beautiful eyes fixated on him.
Wei Chen was completely unaware of her presence as he continued his search. When he turned his body, the woman moved like a ghost, floating in mid-air without emitting any Soul Power fluctuations, positioning herself behind Wei Chen so that he could not see her.
"Are you looking for this?"
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