CHAPTER 549: CHAPTER 434 FRESH MEAT

Colorful fiery lights shone inside the Purple Leaf Valley, with rumbling thunder.

The beautiful purple leaf trees broke and shattered under the magic bombardment, or turned into clusters of blazing flames. Among them, a beam of dazzling, crisscrossing sword light was extremely sharp.

The Beauty Snake was in a sorry state, scurrying around chaotically with no power to retaliate.

This snake’s skin and flesh were incredibly tough; even its human-like body could withstand a flying sword. Although it was slashed with scales and wounds all over, they were merely superficial wounds.

Currently, the main attackers were Shen Ming and Zhou Ye, one wielding fierce flame magic, the other wielding a lethal flying sword.

The others stood beside, casting spells for coordination, constantly draining the Beauty Snake’s energy.

Wind Blade Technique, Cyan Wood Arrow, Purple Star Flying Blade, Ice Ring Blade, although none of these spells were of high rank, each had its own power.

Although the group had the upper hand, they were secretly amazed. This Beauty Snake’s life force was surprisingly resilient; so many spells hurled at it had little effect.

Fortunately, there were quite a few strong masters among them. Thanks to this, they had a chance to slay the Snake Demon.

Jiang Lan never attacked the Beauty Snake; she mainly focused on casting the Cloud Mist Spirit Gauze, keeping everyone well protected.

Cloud Mist Spirit Gauze was said to gather heavenly cloud and glow for refining. When cast, it enshrouded everyone like a white cloud, completely concealing their forms.

The Beauty Snake’s sensory perception was obscured by the cloud mist, making it difficult to locate the group. It could only dash around blindly, flailing in vain.

This was also due to the Beauty Snake’s limited intelligence; though its body was tough and hard to injure, it was somewhat at a loss before the Cloud Mist Spirit Gauze, left to be beaten passively.

After toiling around for quite some time, everyone took turns casting spells, consuming magic talismans, yet managing to hold on.

Yuanbao, upon seeing the intense battle, also joined in by throwing two magic talismans. The Earth Spear Technique left a penetrating wound on the Snake Demon, which made Yuanbao beam with joy.

Everyone else glanced at Yuanbao with added curiosity.

The group had been fighting for a long time, and despite the spectacle, the Beauty Snake hadn’t really suffered any substantial harm. Even Shen Ming’s flying sword, however sharp, could only wound the Beauty Snake’s surface, unable to pierce its body.

Yuanbao’s Earth Spear Technique was applied just right, precisely when the giant snake lunged down. As luck would have it, the rapid thrust of the spear pierced through the wound on the Beauty Snake, penetrating its body.

This thoroughly enraged the Beauty Snake; it let out a shriek, rolling and thrashing wildly. The Earth Spear was promptly broken.

From then on, the Beauty Snake went berserk, thrashing about and sweeping chaotically. Its long tail whipped around like a long whip, lashing and sweeping through a radius of hundreds of feet, toppling all the trees, rocks, and debris flying.

The Cloud Mist Spirit Gauze was repeatedly impacted, causing the cloud gas to ripple and deform.

The sudden madness of the Thousand-Year-old Snake Demon was terrifying. All the cultivators were tense.

They were fine casting spells from a distance, but if recognized by the Thousand-Year-old Snake Demon, a single sweep could doom everyone.

Yuanbao, initially feeling smug, was frightened by the situation and hurried back to Gao Xuan’s side. She tugged on Gao Xuan’s sleeve and said, "It seems things are looking bad."

Gao Xuan nodded, "It’s not quite right."

This Thousand-Year-old Snake Demon seemed too weak. Though it was thick-skinned, flesh solid, and tremendously powerful, it was ultimately just a fool.

Forget becoming Lady Bai; it still fell far short of Xiaoqing.

Gao Xuan could vaguely feel a hint of danger but didn’t know where the danger originated from.

The dumb snake before them clearly posed no threat.

Gao Xuan felt a bit disappointed in this group of cultivators; facing such a foolish demon, the whole group stupidly fought it head-on, without any strategy.

The simplest way would be to throw some kind of bait with a few magic talismans hidden inside, waiting for this fool to swallow it and explode its innards.

Or during the battle, when it spewed poison, quickly hurl the spell inside.

In the end, this group couldn’t even execute basic operations. Only the arrogant Shen Ming, with his flying sword soaring around, the sword light dazzling elegantly.

Yet, the flying sword just never aimed for vital spots.

Gao Xuan didn’t know if this guy was doing it intentionally or if his skills were just that poor.

It’s not so easy to distinguish between true foolhardiness and feigned stupidity.

While Gao Xuan was internally ridiculing, others were quietly discussing him.

Since the fighting started, Gao Xuan had stood by watching the spectacle, not casting a single spell. Even Yuanbao did something more than him.

Everyone thought Gao Xuan was too pretentious; while the entire group was busy, he stood aside like a spectator, practically like a supervisor.

Since the battle was of an advantage, no one wanted to bother with Gao Xuan.

Shen Ming and Zhou Ye were too busy to speak, but Yang Wanchun couldn’t hold back any longer; he said to Gao Xuan, "Junior Brother Gao, what are you waiting for if you don’t act?"

Gao Xuan smiled, "Yang Wanchun, previously we could call each other brother. Now that I’ve taken over as Sect Leader, such an address isn’t appropriate anymore. Let’s let it pass this time. Next time, being so rude, I might have to have a chat with your master."

Yang Wanchun turned purple with rage; he couldn’t believe Gao Xuan dared to act all sect leader-like with him.

True, the Sect Leader of the Five Elements Sect did hold a special position. Yet Gao Xuan was so young, and with only two people in the Thick Earth Sect, to put on a leader’s air was laughable.

Yang Wanchun wasn’t quick-witted enough to know how to retort in his furious anger. All he could do was curse, "Gao Xuan, you’re just putting on airs for no reason, what the hell are you!"

Everyone turned their gazes, but Yang Wanchun’s outburst was too graceless. Although many couldn’t stand Gao Xuan, Yang Wanchun’s frantic behavior didn’t win him favor either.

Everyone thought he was a man without tact or brain, unworthy of being on the stage.