Chapter 137
Ten Thousand Snakes Paying Homage to Their Own Temple
Chapter 137 Ten Thousand Snakes Paying Homage to Their Own Temple
As for the black snakes, they were completely unable to get involved in the battle between Lu Yang and the demon snakes.
The residual force of the battle alone was enough to kill them in droves.
Lu Yang was still covered in blood. In his state of complete loss of reason, he did not notice that his blood was seeping into the Gu cauldron in his arms, causing the Gu cauldron to begin to emit a ghostly light.
As the ghostly light entered Lu Yang's body, an acupoint on Lu Yang's back began to take shape.
The Heavenly and Earthly Gu within the Gu Cauldron, which had been somewhat weakened by Lin Xuan's death, finally perked up again after being nourished by Lu Yang's blood.
Unlike the other Gu worms Lin Xuan obtained, such as the Wind Speed Gu, they had all undergone the recognition ceremony by Lin Xuan and were bound to him for life and death.
With Lin Xuan's death, the Gu worms on his body have also died one after another.
However, the Law of Heaven and Earth Gu was different. Tuo Mu pursued it too closely, and Lin Xuan could only temporarily control the Law of Heaven and Earth Gu with the Gu Cauldron in a hurry.
With Lin Xuan's death, the controlled Heaven and Earth Gu, though somewhat weakened by the battle, was still alive.
It's just that it can't break free from the control of the Gu Cauldron. Otherwise, if it returned to the Yin Earthly Fiend and was nurtured there, it would be full of energy.
Of course, other options are also possible.
For example, the essence blood of a powerful being. Lu Yang's body refinement and foundation building contained powerful energy in his essence blood. Now, it has seeped into the Gu Cauldron and been absorbed by the Law Heaven and Earth Gu, causing the Law Heaven and Earth Gu to also stand up.
Following the flow of blood, the Heavenly Law and Earthly Manifestation Gu entered the spiritual aperture on Lu Yang's back.
Almost instinctively, Lu Yang activated the Heavenly Elephant Earth Gu, causing his body to instantly grow a hundred times larger.
Lu Yang, who had already reset his rationality and converted all his power, was already nearly as strong as someone in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Now, with the activation of the Law of Heaven and Earth, his power has increased a hundredfold, and his strength has directly reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, or even not far from the late-Foundation Establishment stage.
The serpent, its tail severed, was filled with fear and rage. It prepared for a final, desperate strike, intending to spare Lu Yang if that failed.
The snake opened its mouth, and black mist swirled around the mountains and forests. The countless black snakes on the ground transformed into wisps of black smoke, converging towards the demonic serpent.
Ten thousand snakes pay homage!
In the blink of an eye, not only were all the serpent's injuries healed, but even its tail grew back. Most importantly, its demonic body grew wildly again, doubling in size, and its aura was even stronger than before.
In the mountains and forests, wind and thunder rolled, flashing around the demonic serpent, making it appear as if it were a dragon king wreaking havoc.
boom!
With its power fully gathered, the demonic serpent vanished from its spot and immediately lunged at Lu Yang.
This was the most primitive way the demon serpent fought. However, at the moment the demon serpent bit down, Lu Yang's body suddenly expanded a hundredfold.
Not only his body, but even the broken sword in Lu Yang's hand was magnified a hundred times, directly slashing into the mouth of the demon snake.
Unlike the hard scales covering the body of the demonic serpent, this place was different. With a single sword strike, one of the serpent's ferocious fangs was severed. The sword energy raged in the serpent's mouth, and the karmic fire burned its body, directly severing most of the demonic serpent's head.
The serpent's aura instantly weakened, and streams of black energy flowed from its body. Then, Lu Yang struck again with his sword, slashing at the serpent's head and slamming it to the ground.
The Thousand Serpents Paying Homage was instantly disintegrated by Lu Yang's attack. The serpents' bodies shrank a hundredfold in an instant and fled into the depths of the mountains without the slightest hesitation.
This is terrifying! This human cultivator is terrifying! There should be a limit to how big and strong a cultivator can become. But the way he has become stronger surpasses even the Myriad Serpents Paying Homage to the Ancestor.
At this point in the battle, there is no longer any need to continue.
It's better not to eat this human flesh.
But Lu Yang wouldn't agree to let the demon snake leave. He used Golden Light Escape, Shadow Chasing Sword, and Mingwang Earth Shaking.
The demon's body was cut in two by Lu Yang's sword and trampled under his feet, its aura gradually dissipating.
The broken sword was stuck in the demon's body, frantically sucking the blood essence of the demon snake.
At this moment, Lu Yang's eyes no longer held the aura of the demonic snake, and his gaze gradually turned from red to black, his aura rapidly receding.
After dispelling the Law of Heaven and Earth, he collapsed onto the demonic body and fainted.
The mountain forest at night was as eerie and terrifying as hell, with strange beasts and venomous insects scanning the surroundings, ready to pounce and devour their prey at any moment.
However, no strange beasts or poisonous insects dared to approach the depths of that mountain forest.
The aftershocks of Lu Yang's battle with the demonic serpent lingered for a long time, as if a king had demarcated his domain, making these lackeys dare not cross the line even slightly.
As the sun rises and sets, the terrifying atmosphere deep in the mountains and forests gradually dissipates.
Some strange beasts and venomous insects lingered on the edge, only to see countless black snake corpses lying there. Their horrific deaths made these beasts and venomous insects seem to have already seen the horrors deep in the mountains and forests.
So much so that they hesitated to approach, not daring to go forward.
The rich aura of blood was indeed quite tempting. As the aura weakened, some of the strange beasts finally succumbed to the temptation and ventured deeper into the depths.
laugh!
A sword aura swirled around Lu Yang, slaying a poisonous weasel. The sudden turn of events instantly restored Lu Yang's consciousness, and he opened his eyes.
Almost instinctively, he grabbed the broken sword and unleashed a burst of sword energy, instantly killing all the strange beasts and poisonous insects within a hundred meters of him.
Smelling the stench of blood in the forest, looking at the chaotic scene before him, and seeing the countless corpses on the ground, Lu Yang couldn't recall anything no matter how hard he tried.
Memory stops at the level of reason minus one; once reason is lost, memories are completely wiped clean and reduced to zero.
However, Lu Yang was quite familiar with the demonic body beneath him. If it weren't for this demonic snake, Lu Yang wouldn't be in his current state.
pain!
The instinctive swing of the sword just now was fine, but now that he actually tried to move, Lu Yang felt a sharp pain shooting straight to his forehead.
The bones were shattered, the flesh was covered in countless scars, and even the leg had somehow rotated 360 degrees.
His internal organs were in complete disarray. Apart from the nascent sword embryo that had already been formed, all the meridians in his body were severely damaged. The pain in his meridians caused by the flow of sword energy made Lu Yang dare not circulate his energy any further.
The Yin energy had completely dissipated, and Lu Yang was somewhat bewildered as he looked at the nascent sword embryo.
He hadn't been acting like a fool for long when the sword embryo was already taking shape!
At this moment, Lu Yang felt that as long as the four evil spirits were harmonized, breaking through to the Sword Embryo Realm would be a piece of cake.
Of course, this is after the injury has healed.
He rummaged through his storage bag and took out two bottles of pills: one Spirit Enhancement Pill and one Rejuvenation Pill.
The Spirit Enhancement Pill is for increasing spiritual power, while the Rejuvenation Pill is for healing injuries.
Unlike the Spirit Enhancement Pill, Lu Yang didn't need many healing pills. This Rejuvenation Pill was something he had prepared before coming to Nanfeng County.
Unexpectedly, I actually used it.
As the pill entered his stomach, along with the pure spiritual energy spreading throughout his body, a blue energy, like pure white snow in spring, began to heal Lu Yang's damaged meridians.
A warm current flowed through Lu Yang's body, soothing and easing the pain in his body.
Looking at the serpent's body beneath him, Lu Yang immediately threw a punch. "What are you doing causing trouble?"
Lu Yang was initially quite happy during the harvest season, but then tragedy struck when a monstrous snake appeared and nearly killed him.
Fortunately, he achieved the seed of the Crimson King's divine power; otherwise, he might have really been doomed this time.
When one pill failed, Lu Yang swallowed another Rejuvenation Pill.
At a time like this, who cares about erysipelas? The mountains and forests are dangerous, and those strange beasts and poisonous insects are clearly unable to resist the temptation and have begun to approach.
Hmm, wait a minute.
In his mind's eye, Lu Yang stared blankly as the Gu Cauldron was trampled under the feet of the Life-Breaking Pearl.
When did this thing get into his sea of consciousness? Lu Yang had tried to refine it with spiritual energy and divine sense before, but he couldn't subdue it. Now, after this battle, it actually recognized him as its master!
With his divine sense probing into it, Lu Yang finally understood what this thing was all about.
It is indeed called "Gu Cauldron". It was made by a cultivator from the Southern Barbarians named "Gu Daoren". Legend has it that Gu Daoren has ascended to immortality, and the Gu Cauldron is his legacy.
However, the Gu cauldron only appeared briefly before disappearing, and unexpectedly, it was obtained by this young man.
The greatest ability of this Gu cauldron is to create openings out of thin air.
The legend of the Gu Daoist is that he was just an ordinary person without a single spiritual aperture. No one knows what kind of opportunity he had to refine the Gu Cauldron to replace the spiritual aperture.
That's right, this Gu cauldron is the external spiritual aperture of the Gu Daoist.
Lu Yang had heard this legend while he was in the Dao Academy. At the time, he thought it was quite absurd. If you don't have a spiritual aperture, you can create an external spiritual aperture. If you don't have a spiritual root, can you also create an external spiritual root?
This is ridiculous! Besides, how could an ordinary person possibly create a Gu cauldron that can replace the existence of a spiritual aperture?
Therefore, not only Lu Yang didn't believe it, but the Southern Barbarian cultivators also didn't believe it. It's highly likely that the Gu Cauldron was also an opportunity that the Gu Daoist obtained from somewhere.
Previously, Lu Yang's knowledge of the Gu Cauldron existed only in legends. Now that the Gu Cauldron has recognized its master, Lu Yang has a clear understanding of it.
The Gu Cauldron, nourished by essence and blood, can open the spiritual apertures within the body, allowing cultivators to practice the Gu Dao.
However, each time a spiritual aperture is opened using the Gu Cauldron, a portion of the soul is absorbed into it. After opening many apertures, it becomes uncertain whether the Gu Cauldron or the cultivator is the master.
There's something wrong with this cauldron!
Wait a minute, Lu Yang looked at the spiritual aperture behind him and the Heavenly and Earthly Gu within it, and seemed to understand how he had turned defeat into victory.
It's likely that they won by taking advantage of the Gu Cauldron's power and using the Law of Heaven and Earth. That makes much more sense.
However, it was wrong for the Gu Cauldron to take his soul. Lu Yang quickly checked his body. A cultivator's soul is of utmost importance. Even a small part missing would result in an incomplete body, which would be detrimental to cultivation.
However, after checking, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong!
Lu Yang's gaze fell on the Life-Breaking Pearl, and then on the Gu Cauldron, which was in a subordinate position. He had a thought: Could it be that the Life-Breaking Pearl had taken over the Gu Cauldron?
Indeed, although the Gu Cauldron is powerful, it also has great drawbacks; it's clearly not a proper divine artifact.
However, his own Fate-Breaking Pearl was different. It was a divine artifact that controlled destiny. It was likely that the Gu Cauldron had ulterior motives and wanted Lu Yang's soul, but his own Fate-Breaking Pearl automatically protected its master and directly captured it.
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