Chapter 275: Feast of Ten Thousand Snakes |
“Wasn’t he surrounded by us? How did he get the chance to ambush Sixth?”
“No matter. Kill him first and avenge Sixth.”
When they saw Zhou Ming standing behind the Snake Tide in his Serpentfolk Form, someone immediately found it unbelievable.
With another person’s reminder, the crowd quickly snapped back to their senses. Seeing the headless corpse on the ground, fury ignited within them. They instantly unleashed their respective spells and battle techniques in retaliation.
“Thousand Feather Slaughter.”
Several members of the Yang Family immediately spread wings from their backs. The wings appeared as if carved from crystal, dazzling under the sunlight.
As the wings flapped, streams of feathers shot out, like autocannons firing armor-piercing shells capable of splitting metal and shattering stone.
In an instant, before the black serpent phantoms could even approach, they were destroyed by the azure feathers.
Though the black serpent phantoms were obliterated, the snake venom they contained dispersed into purple poisonous mist, corroding the surrounding vegetation’s vitality.
Sensing Zhou Ming’s spell transformation, one of the Yang Family’s recruited Devotees immediately cast a fire-attribute spell. Raging flames filled the sky, devouring the purple poisonous mist.
“Kill.”
The battle did not pause for even a moment. Seeing the mist cleared by the blazing inferno, one Yang Family member wielding a longsword shaped like a feather charged toward Zhou Ming.
As he swung the sword, the lingering purple poisonous mist could not approach him. It was obvious he was a Phantasmal Tamer skilled in close combat.
The other Beast Knights also launched another charge at Zhou Ming.
In an instant, Zhou Ming fell into a situation of being besieged.
Battle techniques and spells rained down like a torrential storm. Zhou Ming could only maneuver and evade, counterattacking with Phantom Snake Hands.
In less than a few moments, towering trees within a radius of several hundred meters collapsed, as if the area had been bombarded by heavy artillery.
“Throne Descends.”
Facing the siege, Zhou Ming immediately unleashed the power of his Dark-gold Serpent Pupils.
This time, it was not only the power of the Dark-gold Serpent Pupils themselves. The giant serpent formed from starlight within his Spiritual Sea also granted reinforcement. The two Secret Technique Models located within the giant serpent’s eyes radiated brilliance.
He also mobilized the spiritual power of the Ironthread Snake swarm, pushing the power of the Dark-gold Serpent Pupils to its absolute limit.
The cosmetic contact lenses Zhou Ming wore instantly shattered and fell away, unable to withstand the terrifying force. His cold and merciless Dark-gold Serpent Pupils were fully revealed.
A five-meter-tall half-human half-serpent Bloodline Phantom condensed behind him. A spiritual pressure that hunted all living things spread outward.
Heaven and earth fell silent. Powerful enemies stepped back. The Yang Family squad besieging Zhou Ming had their offensive interrupted.
“What profession system is this Class Advancement from?”
Seeing the phenomenon Zhou Ming displayed, the Yang Family squad’s expressions turned grave. The aura he emitted had already surpassed that of a normal High-level Professional Beast Tamer.
If they approached too deeply, they instantly felt as if they would be devoured by a giant python. Fear began eroding their reason.
“Hmph. No matter what profession system it is, he still hasn’t advanced to Transcendent Master. He must be killed today.”
Amid the shock, an elderly man stepped forward and issued a death order.
This person was Yang Huaiyuan, the Second Elder of the Yang Family. Though already over a hundred years old, under the augmentation of a High-level Professional Beast Tamer’s power, he appeared to be in his fifties or sixties.
The strength Zhou Ming displayed now had already made him sense a trace of threat.
At such a young age, possessing such power—if he advanced to Transcendent Master, the Yang Family would inevitably gain a formidable enemy in the future.
“Cast the Imprisoning Wind Barrier.”
Upon hearing this, three other Yang Family members immediately took out token-like items. Standing fifty meters away from Zhou Ming, they surrounded him and positioned themselves in a “ten”-shaped formation in coordination with Yang Huaiyuan.
“Imprisoning Wind Barrier.”
The four shouted simultaneously. A hemispherical azure barrier began to form, enveloping Zhou Ming.
Once the barrier took shape, violent winds howled inside. An invisible force began suppressing Zhou Ming.
This was the advantage of inheritance. During Class Advancement, their Beasts had transformed into the same type, allowing them to continuously develop exclusive supporting spells and secret techniques.
Thus, they could fully unleash both the Beast’s and their own power, gaining superiority over ordinary Beast Tamers.
The Imprisoning Wind Barrier of the Wind Eagle Yang Family was a formation barrier based on the same Phantasmal Beast, cast in conjunction with specially crafted Transcendent Equipment.
It could not only trap the target and prevent escape, but also use wind-element energy particles to seal and suppress them, making it difficult for the target to display their full strength. At the same time, it could enhance the speed and power of allies.
Seeing the Yang Family members successfully cast the Imprisoning Wind Barrier, the others immediately rode their Beasts into the barrier, intending to seize the opportunity to kill Zhou Ming.
As for Zhou Ming, the reason he allowed the Yang Family to successfully cast the Imprisoning Wind Barrier was because he also needed time.
What the Yang Family had not yet noticed was that in the surrounding battlefield, thousands upon thousands of Ironthread Snakes had already gathered like converging rivers.
“Kill.”
Four Beast Knights and one fire-attribute Phantasmal Tamer entered the Imprisoning Wind Barrier and immediately unleashed battle techniques and spells at Zhou Ming.
“Blood Descendant Secret Technique · Snake Shadow Clones.”
Two strands of hair were torn off. As the hair writhed and hazy light emerged, two clones appeared beside Zhou Ming.
This time, casting Snake Shadow Clones consumed a considerable amount of bloodline power—enough to withstand the enemy for several breaths and buy Zhou Ming the opportunity to unleash his killing move.
“Blood Descendant Secret Technique · Phantom Snake Hands.”
“Blood Descendant Secret Technique · Phantom Snake Hands.”
The two clones immediately cast the technique. Dozens of blood-colored giant serpents burst from their arms, continuously extending and enlarging, forming a copper wall and iron fortress to block the incoming attacks.
Seeing this, Zhou Ming’s true body immediately began activating his newly forged trump card.
Using the index fingers of both hands as blades, he cut open both palms. Slightly purplish blood began to flow.
Under the mobilization of spiritual power, Will Runes fused into his blood. Two extremely sinister runes appeared in his palms, radiating mysterious blood-red light.
“Sacrifice · Feast of Ten Thousand Snakes.”
With Zhou Ming’s furious roar, both palms slammed onto the ground. A blood-red rune array began forming with his palms as the core.
The Ironthread Snakes guarding the battlefield perimeter instantly became berserk. An invisible bloodline fluctuation caused the blood within them to boil. The violent force turned thousands upon thousands of Ironthread Snakes into blood mist.
The dim forest surroundings seemed to fill with morning fog—but the mist was blood-red.
“Stop him!”
Yang Huaiyuan sensed the aura of death spreading and immediately shouted a warning. At the same time, violent winds raged within the Imprisoning Wind Barrier, attempting to interrupt Zhou Ming’s actions.
But the Bloodline Phantom stood like a towering mountain, shielding Zhou Ming’s true body from the surrounding gales.
The others also sensed the anomaly and immediately unleashed their own trump-card killing moves.
The two clones felt immense pressure. Just as the enemy was about to break through the encirclement of Phantom Snake Hands, the two clones proactively approached and detonated the remaining power within themselves.
With a violent explosion, the movements of the Yang Family’s five Devotees were obstructed, ultimately allowing Zhou Ming’s trump card to be successfully unleashed.
“Haha, too late.”