Chapter 1032 – Soul Snake
Zhao Hai was a man who was determined to follow his decisions, so he would follow through in going to the Dark Creatures" domain. Naturally, it was impossible to do so without preparation. While Addison and the others were dealing with the Undead, Zhao Hai released blood needles to explore the territory of the Dark Creatures. Because of this, the land was already mapped by the s.p.a.ce.
After seeing that Zhao Hai was prepared, Addison didn"t hesitate as he quickly went towards the map. Then he pointed to a few positions and then drew some circles. After that, he introduced each beast one by one and relayed their areas of activity.
Zhao Hai discovered that the magic beasts in the Underworld were just similar to the ones in the Ark Continent or in the Divine Realm. But although the latter two realms also produced variant beasts, but they weren"t that special.
After Addison pointed out each high-rank beast territory, Zhao Hai couldn"t help but frown a bit. The beasts that Addison pointed out were all located on the outskirts of the domain, there was no information about the central areas. Moreover, there were no less than 10 high-level beasts in this area, and from what Addison said, all of them had the same strength as him. In other words, the Dark Creatures on the outskirts of the territory were enough to contend against the Resistance Army!
If the strength of the outskirts was equal to the Resistance Army, then what of the center? When he thought about it, Zhao Hai"s brows couldn"t help but wrinkle even more.
Addison saw Zhao Hai and couldn"t help but feel awkward. He felt apologetic, he wasn"t able to provide much help in this matter.
Zhao Hai recovered after some time, then he looked at Addison and said, "The Dark Creature Territory seem to be very dangerous. But that doesn"t matter, I don"t think the magic beasts could do anything to me anymore. While I go there, I will hand the Resistance Army over to you. Remember to keep low-key while I"m not here. I don"t want a conflict with the Dark Temple yet."
Addison nodded and said, "Young Master, rest a.s.sured. We know what to do." Addison didn"t bother telling Zhao Hai that he would send guards to protect him. With Zhao Hai"s strength, n.o.body was qualified to be his guard.
Zhao Hai waved his hand, sending Addison and the others out of the s.p.a.ce. After the others left, Zhao Hai looked at the map and pondered.
The territory of the Dark Creatures was very strange. The area also had tall bone mountains. But besides those, there were also bone forests. Naturally, these forests weren"t made up of plants, it was a collection of beast bones. At the same time, there were also bone swamps! These swamps were an amalgamation of blood and bones. Apart from that characteristic, they didn"t differ from swamps of the other planes. Of course, its function was still left to be found out.
There were countless green lights on the Dark Creature Domain map. Zhao Hai was aware that these lights were magic beasts. From the number of magic beasts, Zhao Hai knew that he would be diving into a pool of dragons. However, Zhao Hai still had the confidence to head there.
At this time, Laura and the others returned to Zhao Hai"s side. As the group looked at the monitor, Laura frowned and said, "Brother Hai, you want to go there?"
Zhao Hai knew that Laura and the others would be worried about his well-being, so he comforted them, "I"ll be fine. After fighting with Addison and my recent breakthrough, nothing in the Underworld could threaten me anymore. I just have the feeling that soul weapons would have great use for us. If I don"t look for them, then my heart won"t be settled."
Laura smiled faintly, she was actually confident in Zhao Hai. But as his wife, she couldn"t help but worry. However, she didn"t plan to stop him. She knew that once Zhao Hai decided on something, then n.o.body would be able to stop him.
Of course, if she didn"t want him to go, then Zhao Hai wouldn"t go. However, Zhao Hai would surely be restless. At the same time, Laura also knew that Zhao Hai wouldn"t be in grave danger. Therefore, she didn"t plan to stop him.
Lizzy looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Brother Hai, we can just send an army there and flatten it out. There won"t be any need for you to go by yourself."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Don"t worry, the Underworld would later be our back garden. Naturally, I would have to inspect it first. Also, if we capture all of those magic beasts now, then what would happen in the future? Let"s have them continue living in the Underworld. It"s possible that they could only produce variant beasts here, providing us with a supply of soul weapons. We are still unsure whether the s.p.a.ce could do the same."
Laura and the others agreed. They had stocked up on knowledge from the computers lately. After using the computer for some time, they were able to expand their knowledge.
They knew that the s.p.a.ce wasn"t very flexible. Take magic beast for example, almost all of the magic beasts grown inside the s.p.a.ce were mostly identical. It wasn"t easy for them to mutate inside the s.p.a.ce.
The s.p.a.ce could produce variant plants, but it would be after transferring an ordinary plant to the h.e.l.l s.p.a.ce. Variation in the original s.p.a.ce would be practically impossible. In other words, variant plants and animals would only come up during a change in environment. And in the end, this was only a possibility, not a consistent process.
The h.e.l.l s.p.a.ce was merely like the Underworld at this point. If magic beasts were brought to the h.e.l.l s.p.a.ce, then it was impossible for it to mutate. Because of this, Zhao Hai didn"t bother catching magic beasts in hopes of breeding variant ones.
However, the s.p.a.ce"s identical production of beasts also held a certain advantage. If Zhao Hai manages to capture a variant beast and sent it to the s.p.a.ce, then later on, its descendants or those who were bought from the s.p.a.ce would be variants as well. As long as Zhao Hai captures a beast capable of producing a soul weapon and sent it to the s.p.a.ce, then the s.p.a.ce would be able to produce soul weapons.
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "The Gibbon Brothers obtained their soul weapon from a soul snake. Therefore, the first place I want to visit would be their lair."
As he said that, Zhao Hai gestured over to the map to a region that Addision drew. Addison told Zhao Hai that this region belonged to soul snakes. Moreover, Addison also expressed that wasn"t confident in defeating the most powerful soul snake.
Laura and the others followed the direction of Zhao Hai"s finger and to a region on the map. Their brows couldn"t help but wrinkle. The place Zhao Hai pointed to had a lot of green dots, meaning that there were plenty of soul snakes present. At the same time, the frowns also stemmed from the fact that women generally hated snakes.
Zhao Hai looked at the women and smiled, "Alright, there"s no need to worry about me. These things are not a threat. I"ll take a look first, there"s no need to wait for me."
The women nodded before Zhao Hai"s figure disappeared from the s.p.a.ce. The next moment, Zhao Hai reappeared inside the lair of the soul snakes.
The domain of the soul snakes was inside a skeleton forest. Large bones were seen everywhere. Zhao Hai looked through the bones and saw that they weren"t anything special. They were unlike the huge bones that he wanted to collect for the s.p.a.ce. There were even some bones that he couldn"t understand, while some had existed for a long time and had weathered through time.
.Naturally, these large bones were more st.u.r.dy than ordinary ones. However, they didn"t reach the level of those in Zhao Hai"s collection. Zhao Hai knew that these skeletons only belonged to powerful magic beasts, completely different from the ones he collects. Just like the difference between pig and dragon bones.
Zhao Hai didn"t fly too high, just hovering slowly half a meter from the ground. He didn"t plan to walk on the ground either since the floor of the forest was completely covered in blood. Since Zhao Hai didn"t want his foot stained, he can only hover in the air.
While flying, Zhao Hai also used his spiritual force to scan the surroundings. Although the skeleton forest wasn"t anything special, Zhao Hai managed to spot some soul snakes in the majority of the bones. Soul snakes ranged from more than ten meters long to those less than half a meter. Zhao Hai also saw something peculiar about the skin of these snakes.
Their skin looked very much like bones. They were gray and covered the entire body. Ordinary eyes would find it hard to differentiate bones from the snakes. More importantly, the snakes could mask their souls, making it very difficult to find them in this forest.
Zhao Hai captured some snakes for the s.p.a.ce, all of them having different body shapes. They were those who wanted to attack him.
Although Zhao Hai saw tens of thousands of snakes, he wasn"t able to see one snake that was different compared to the others. These snakes look very much the same, even if there were variants among them, Zhao Hai wouldn"t be able to find out.
Zhao Hai didn"t worry too much and just calmly proceeded. He kept playing attention to the snakes he came upon. At this point, those who attacked him got bigger and bigger in size. However, they still weren"t a concern for Zhao Hai. What Zhao Hai was currently looking for was a king-level soul snake.
While looking at the s.p.a.ce"s map, Zhao Hai imagined that the soul snakes" domain wasn"t very large. But after coming over, Zhao Hai discovered that the place was actually huge. It was not smaller than the black wasteland and the carrion swamp combined.
Zhao Hai didn"t expect the region to be this big. It was at this point that Zhao Hai began to worry a bit. The main point of his visit was to find variant soul snakes. With a region this big, if he wanted to explore it all, then wouldn"t he be stuck here for a year? While he thought about this, Zhao Hai couldn"t help but get a headache.
But Zhao Hai had no way to solve this problem, so he could only walk and pay attention. Unconsciously, Zhao Hai had already entered the high-ranked area. The snakes here were getting stronger and stronger. However, Zhao Hai still wasn"t threatened, he didn"t care about the attacks.
Five hours went by and Zhao Hai suddenly felt a strong spiritual force. This spiritual force gave Zhao Hai a very cold feeling. It seems like an ice cold snake had just slithered into his body.
After a little pause, Zhao Hai guessed that this must be a Snake King. Zhao Hai didn"t retaliate and just proceeded forward. He discovered that the spiritual force wasn"t specifically aimed towards him. It was probably an unconscious release of spiritual force.
As he continued on his way, Zhao Hai increased his speed. He felt the spiritual force getting stronger and stronger. This meant that he was getting closer to the source.
Zhao Hai also knew the reason why the other party had yet to find him. This was because the enemy"s spiritual force wasn"t as delicate as Zhao Hai"s. Moreover, the other party didn"t expect someone to enter his territory. But now, Zhao Hai began to sense that if he proceeded further, the other party would begin to be alert.
But Zhao Hai didn"t stop. He wanted to meet a strong soul snake, so naturally he wouldn"t retreat. Not only did Zhao Hai proceed, he also condensed his spiritual force and began radiating it out. Zhao Hai felt that it wouldn"t be too long before the other side comes to know about his presence.
Sure enough, after Zhao Hai released his spiritual force, the other party immediately discovered him. The enemy"s spiritual force flared up like tide. It was ice-cold, full of killing intent as it pressed towards Zhao Hai. Zhao Hai felt that he was staring straight into the eyes of a giant python. His body seems to be hit by waves upon waves of cold air.
Zhao Hai raised his spiritual force. He was like a piece of rock in the middle of the ocean. Wind and waves might constantly hit him, but he remained unfazed. Despite the deluge of spiritual force sent by the other side, Zhao Hai still kept moving forward.
Zhao Hai"s action angered the opposite party. The enemy increased their spiritual force even further, fully intent on turning Zhao Hai into a meat paste!
However, such a pressure was useless against Zhao Hai. With how powerful his soul was, no matter how much Zhao Hai was suppressed, his soul would remain unmoving. He proceeded as though nothing was affecting him.
At this moment, Zhao Hai could feel that the enemy was no less than ten li(5km) away from him. The enemy also knew about this. After hearing a roar, Zhao Hai felt that the enemy began to make its move!
Zhao Hai heard this roar and couldn"t help but stare. This was because he felt a faint pressure with this roar. Soul snakes shouldn"t be able to do this. Was this Snake King a variant?
Chapter 1033 – Flood Dragon
This pressure belonged to a type of spiritual attack, mostly from high-ranked Experts. It can also be used by low-ranking beings, but this was only possible if they had an innate talent. These include the Dragons from the Ark Continent. However, this kind of pressure was almost useless in front of Zhao Hai.
However, the pressure this time was different. This time, Zhao Hai can actually feel it. One should know that Zhao Hai had long surpa.s.sed the strength he had back in the Ark Continent. In this case, feeling this pressure meant that the Snake King wasn"t an ordinary foe.
Zhao Hai stopped and focused on what was in front of him. Although his spiritual force can sweep towards the enemy, the other party had wrapped themselves up with their own spiritual force. Because of this, Zhao Hai couldn"t see what he wanted to see.
The Snake King got closer and closer to Zhao Hai. 500 meters, 100 meters, and before long the two parties met eye to eye.
The Soul Snake King was forced to stop. He didn"t expect to see a human being here. He expected another high-ranked magic beast causing trouble, not a human.
At the same time, Zhao Hai was also shocked. The Soul Snake King in front of him was about a hundred meters long. The thickness of its grey scales was very evident. What surprised Zhao Hai the most was the fact that there was a pair of horns growing on top of the snake"s head. It was clearly a Flood Dragon!
A Flood Dragon wasn"t a Dragon, it was something that has yet to become one. But meeting a Flood Dragon here truly surprised Zhao Hai!
At this moment, Zhao Hai calmed himself down. The Flood Dragon also stopped. Zhao Hai inspected the creature in front of him. It was truly a huge flood dragon.
While Zhao Hai was inspecting the flood dragon, the flood dragon was also sizing Zhao Hai up. After scanning Zhao Hai with his spiritual force for some time, a voice was suddenly transmitted to Zhao Hai"s mind, "Who are you? Why did you come here?"
Zhao Hai stared, then he quickly understood that the snake king was talking to him. However, this was a spiritual force communication. To people with their level of strength, communicating using this method was quite normal.
Zhao Hai replied, "I have seen the Snake King, this one is Zhao Hai."
The huge snake slowly approached Zhao Hai, then it said, "You still haven"t told me why you came here."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "The Underworld will be my domain in the future. And this place will be mine as well. I don"t need a reason to come here."
Rampant, too rampant. Zhao Hai"s words were too overbearing, to the point where the Snake King was given a shock. The Snake King went closer towards Zhao Hai before its mouth opened, releasing a bellow of spiritual force. It seems like Zhao Hai"s words had angered him.
Zhao Hai didn"t move and just countered the spiritual force, steadily defending.
The Snake King discovered that his spiritual force wasn"t able to affect the man in front of him. But since he was close enough to Zhao Hai, he began to spit out a blood red poisonous mist.
Zhao Hai finally made a move. He waved his hand, making a spatial rift appear that sucked the poisonous mist in. Then Zhao Hai waved his hand once more as he took a huge red hammer out and attacked the Snake King.
The Snake King was truly worthy of its t.i.tle. Although Zhao Hai"s spatial rift gave it a shock, it quickly recovered. Its body curved as its tail met with Zhao Hai"s hammer.
Boom! The hammer was repelled by the Snake King"s tail. However, the Snake King also let out a painful roar. He didn"t expect Zhao Hai"s attack to be so strong, a few of its scales had actually been peeled off.
But at the same time, Zhao Hai didn"t expect the Snake King"s scale to be so hard. He used his blood ghost staff and turned it into a hammer, but it only crushed a few of the Snake King"s scales. It failed to cause huge damage to the snake"s body.
Zhao Hai quickly changed his weapon into a giant sickle before swinging it towards the Snake King. The Snake King wouldn"t dare underestimate Zhao Hai"s weapon again. He just ate some damage thanks to his negligence.
The Snake King curled up before rolling out. But this time, a spatial rift suddenly appeared in front of it. This curled up ball happen to be heading towards the spatial rift.
But the Snake King was able to react fast. When its head entered the spatial rift, it immediately sensed that something was wrong. Therefore, it smashed its tail down, intending to drag itself out of the rift.
However, Zhao Hai used this opportunity to make a move. His sickle forked the Snake King"s body and pushed it towards the s.p.a.ce. On the other hand, the Snake King didn"t admit defeat, its tail was still firmly anch.o.r.ed outside, refusing to enter the s.p.a.ce.
But it was already too late. Zhao Hai"s figure moved and entered the s.p.a.ce. After that, the handle of the sickle turned into chains. With the sickle firmly stuck in place, Zhao Hai wound the chain around the Snake King before giving a strong tug, bringing the soul snake into the s.p.a.ce.
The entire process might seem to take a long time, but the entire process was actually very quick. Zhao Hai and the Flood Dragon only fought for a few rounds before Zhao Hai set up a trap to capture the snake into the s.p.a.ce.
As the Snake King entered the s.p.a.ce, a prompt was immediately heard, "Flood Dragon-type being detected. Subduing. Subjugation completed. Flood dragons are improved version of snake-type beings. Host may now purchase flood dragons from the s.p.a.ce"s shop."
Zhao Hai paused, he didn"t expect the s.p.a.ce to reach the same identification as him. It seems like the Snake King was truly on its way to becoming a Dragon.
Zhao Hai let out a long breath. He had the s.p.a.ce heal the Snake King before he called it over. It didn’t take long before the enormous Snake King appeared in front of Zhao hai.
When the Snake King arrived, it immediately sent a spiritual wave, "I have seen the Young Master. Does the Young Master have any commands?"
Zhao Hai replied, "How did you turn into your current appearance? Is it only by cultivation?"
The Snake King nodded and said, "Yes, Young Master. But I also ate some plants. These plants increase my life force and also my internal energy."
Zhao Hai stared, then his figure teleported to the bone fields, bringing the Snake King along with him. Zhao Hai gestured towards the plants in the field and said, "Which of these plants did you consume?"
The Snake King pointed to a few plants using its tail. However, the Snake King didn"t point to any of the bone plants. Zhao Hai looked at the plants and nodded. Then he had Cai"er take note of those plants, they should be good in evolving snakes.
Even so, Zhao Hai was disappointed that the Snake King didn"t point at the bone plants. He pointed to the bone plants and said, "How about this plant? Do you eat these things?"
The Snake King nodded and said, "Replying to the Young Master. Some ate it, but not me. This plant has no use for us. After eating this plant, it wouldn"t increase our life force nor did it increase our energy. When a soul snake that ate this plant dies, they completely lose their fiery souls. Their body would also disappear, only leaving a piece of bone or two. Because of this, we always regarded these plants as ominous."
The Snake King"s words made Zhao Hai"s eyes s.h.i.+ne. The scenario that the Snake King described was the same description that the Gibbon Brothers said. The only surviving evidence of the soul snake that the brothers killed were two fangs. If this was really the case, then Zhao Hai finally had an idea on how to use the bone plants.
Zhao Hai immediately replied, "Did you collect the bones left behind by those snakes?"
Although the Snake Kind didn"t know why Zhao Hai was asking this question, he could feel that it was important for Zhao Hai. Therefore, it quickly answered, "We"ve kept their bones. But since we see them as dangerous, we kept them inside a mountain, far away from the place we live in."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Lead me to take a look." After he said that, Zhao Hai waved his hand as they returned to the Snake King"s domain. Then the Snake King brought Zhao Hai to a bone mountain. There was a cavern on the side of this mountain. The cavern wasn"t very big nor was it deep into the mountain. However, there were bones stored inside. Each one of these bones looked like crystals, they shone despite the relative darkness of the place.
These bones didn"t only include soul snake fangs, there were also bones from other parts of their body. Zhao Hai also saw a well-preserved snakehead. Naturally, the head was small. There were also scales present, one of them looked very special since it was the size of a palm.
The Snake King turned to Zhao Hai and said, "Young Master, the bones are in here."
Zhao Hai nodded, then he released his spiritual force to scan through this pile of bones. After a short inspection, Zhao Hai can affirm that all of these bones were soul weapons!
Zhao Hai rejoiced. He finally discovered the use of bone plants. This made it possible for him to make beasts that produce soul weapons. Although Zhao Hai didn"t know the purpose of these bones once they become soul weapons, he was certain that they would have great uses.
Zhao Hai thought about it and decided to call them soul bones. He waved his hand to take all of the soul bones before he turned to the Snake King and said, "You stay here. But remember, if you discover more of these bones in the future, make sure to collect them for me. It doesn"t matter if it came from soul snakes or other beasts."
The Snake King nodded. Then Zhao Hai"s figure flashed back into the s.p.a.ce.
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Author"s Note:
I know that the readers reading this chapter would think that Flood Dragons are too weak. But don"t worry, this is a flood dragon that grew in the Underworld, not in the Cultivation Realm. Therefore, it wasn"t very strong. After Zhao Hai goes to the Cultivation Realm, these things would be further explained. Please don"t worry about it!