Chapter 2067: The Nails of the Seal
“All those that are seen by him will...” the Bramble Bone Dragon began to say, but suddenly a look of horror suddenly appeared on its face. It screamed, “No, I didn’t sell you out! Please don’t...”
Before it could even finish speaking, a speck of light suddenly appeared between its brows. Immediately after, that light spread throughout its entire body, turning its dark bones bright. A second later, its body turned into specks of starlight that faded into nothingness.
Zu An was speechless. He had finally caught a living captive, and one that had both low intelligence and weak moral principles, no less. He"d been about to get some useful intelligence out of its mouth, and yet it died just like that?
It seemed the Bramble Bone Dragon had been placed under a restriction by its boss ahead of time. As long as it did anything that betrayed the boss, it would immediately lose its life from the restriction on the spot. The dragon was already powerful, and yet the boss was actually able to mysteriously set up a restriction inside its body. It really was hard to imagine just how powerful the boss was.
Any target that they saw would... They would what? If they died immediately after seeing him, there would be no point in fighting at all.
Yu Yanluo actually had a similar skill. All those who were caught in her Medusa Eye would turn to stone. And yet, her ability definitely had a limit, which was that they had to be of a similar level to her. If the target’s cultivation far exceeded hers, she wouldn’t be able to petrify them and could at most cover their skin with a layer of stone. If she forced the petrification process on an opponent much stronger than her, she would lose her own life in the process.
The boss monster’s strength was definitely far greater than anything Yu Yanluo could compare to. Being caught in his gaze sounded like a particularly risky prospect. Unfortunately, it was too late to think about any of that further; Zu AN could only return to the snowy mountain for the time being.
The Snow Lady had just adjusted her condition a bit, preparing to head over to help. When she saw him return, she couldn"t help but feel surprised. She asked, "Did that bone dragon get away?”
Zu An shook his head and told her roughly what had happened, saying, “I didn’t expect that radiant being to be so cunning and set up a restriction in the Bramble Bone Dragon’s body.”
“That’s something no one could have expected. The fact that you could defeat both the Scorpion King and the Bramble Bone Dragon is already quite amazing,” the Snow Lady said. Her reasoning seemed to be far simpler than Zu An"s.
Zu An’s eyes lit up, however. He quickly flew into the valley and dragged out the Scorpion King’s corpse.
“What are you going to do? Are you going to eat it?” The Snow Lady followed and asked in confusion. As she looked at the Scorpion King’s ugly corpse, she had an expression of disgust.
“Of course not. But this scorpion tail hook is excellent stuff,” Zu An said, chuckling as he tried to remove the tail using condensed sword ki. However, the sword ki actually only left faint traces on its surface.
“Hm? It seems his body armor is also good,” Zu An said quite happily.
Previously, the Bramble Bone Dragon was completely burned away by that mysterious speck of light, so he had practically fought for nothing. He"d even been injured quite badly as a result. Fortunately, there was still the Scorpion King. Judging from their brief battle, he had already noticed that this tail was special. The tip seemed to be poisonous, and when the hook approached, it had covered his body with gooseb.u.mps. That was his body’s instinctive reaction, warning him that the poison could threaten his very life.
Even though the Primordial Origin Sutra granted him poison immunity, after fighting against these monsters again and again, he also realized that the universe was far greater than he could ever have imagined. His body was immune to the poisons of this world, but it wouldn"t necessarily be immune to all the special poisons in the universe.
He took out the Tai’e Sword and sliced down with sword ki. The Scorpion King’s armor wasn’t able to do much anymore, allowing Zu An to sever his tail. Even though he knew that the creature was already dead, Zu An still felt a shiver when he looked at that ink-black tail hook. He carefully stored it away in the Brilliant Gla.s.s Bead.
Immediately after, he brandished the Tai’e Sword again, cutting off the Scorpion King’s armored sh.e.l.l along its joints’ vein lines. Its defensive properties seemed quite good, and it could be made into a nice set of armor. He then took the scorpion"s pincers as well. Even though they weren’t as precious as the stinger, they were still excellent for making weapons.
He stored the items away one by one, then gave the remaining flesh a look. He figured it could be good for refining artifacts, or perhaps it would be needed for a G.o.ddess’ breakthrough, so tossing it would be too much of a waste. As such, he also stored it away after some hesitation.
When she saw that, the Snow Lady had a look of disdain as she muttered, “And I thought you said you weren"t eating it.”
For better or for worse, this Scorpion King was still a powerful opponent she had fought against. And yet, now that Zu An had killed it, he didn’t waste a single bit. That really felt strange to her.
Zu An chuckled. He didn’t explain anything and stretched out a hand toward her, asking, “It’s now time for you to give me the Soul Capturing Jade, right?”
The Snow Lady hesitated, but in the end, she still took out the Soul Capturing Jade from within her cleavage and handed it to him.
Zu An received the Soul Capturing Jade from her and felt the icy cold sensation in his palm. He reflexively gave her chest a look. The Snow Lady stared coldly at him.
Zu An coughed lightly and said, “Pleasure doing business, hope to see you again.” After cupping his hands in greeting, he prepared to leave.
However, the Snow Lady called out, “Can you help me with something else? The snowy mountain told me that there are two others who are refining the other snowy peaks. If they succeed, huge unexpected changes might happen to the Great Snowy Mountain.”
Zu An became silent, seemingly thinking about something.
The Snow Lady looked at him quietly, looking a bit fl.u.s.tered.
Could this be the nervousness humans speak of?
“You previously said that as long as the Great Snowy Mountain existed, you wouldn’t die, right?” Zu An asked.
The Snow Lady voiced her confirmation.
“Then if some major change happened to the Great Snowy Mountain, would you be in danger too?” Zu An continued.
“I don"t know,” the Snow Lady said, shaking her head.
Zu An was speechless. This was related to her own safety, and yet she was actually talking as if it wasn’t that important. After thinking to himself for a bit, his eyes landed on the snowy mountain in front of him. He said, “Let’s take a look and see what that bone dragon was really refining first.”
For some reason, he just felt a sense of familiarity from this Snow Lady. Could it really be just because she was pretty? Zu An had considered that before, but no matter how pretty she was, she was still a being of snow. It was probably her special const.i.tution that was more unique.
Even so, that alone wouldn’t make him forget about more important matters. He recalled what the Bramble Bone Dragon had told him just now, that its boss had told them to refine three different peaks, and that as long as they did so, they could completely destroy the seal. That seal was probably the same one used to repel the foreign monsters in ancient times. Thus, stopping them from refining these snowy mountains was completely in line with what he needed to do himself anyway.
“Is there anything unusual about these mountains?” Zu An asked.
“Unusual?” The Snow Lady thought for a bit and said, “I’ve resided in the Great Snowy Mountain region for countless years, but I’ve never felt that there was anything special about them. The only thing that might be a bit special might be that these three mountains are the three highest peaks of the whole area. Besides that, their heights are all the same.”
If it were anyone else, they wouldn"t necessarily be able to accurately deduce the heights of these three mountains. The Snow Lady and the Great Snowy Mountain region had a special connection, so it was only natural for her to know.
Zu An was speechless.
Not even something that distinctive is enough for you to consider them different?
He flew straight into the sky to observe the surrounding terrain. Knowledge from ‘One Drop of Heaven’s Essence’ appeared in his mind. The mountains in front of him gradually turned into specks and connected lines.
“Hm?” Zu An suddenly voiced his surprise.
He had thought that this snowy peak would be a special mountain like a dragon vein, and yet he discovered that it was nothing of the sort. Rather, the smaller mountains formed a connected dragon’s vein. It was actually this peak that seemed to have interrupted it. It was like a nail that had dropped down straight from the sky and stabbed straight into the dragon vein!
When he followed the trail of the snowy mountains, he didn’t even need the Snow Lady’s explanations to determine the approximate locations of the other two peaks. The three peaks were clearly special. They were like three sealing nails that locked the entire Great Snowy Mountain region down.