Chapter Eighty-Five: Charging Out of Snake Forest

  Fang Yujiao didn't hesitate, and all the aura on his body started circulating in an instant. A wave of aura surged like a tidal wave, and then, accompanied by Fang Yujiao's hand holding the "Bishui Sword" slashing towards the "Six-headed Giant Snake", the sword waves rolled up, one after another, impacting those six poisonous arrows.

  However, this 'Six-headed Giant Snake' was also a fierce beast in the Douwang realm. The poisonous arrows shot out by each of its heads had a terrifying power that was at least equivalent to 100 flying dragons. The six-way powers were all poisonous arrows with the strength of 100 flying dragons, tearing apart Fang Yuqiong's sword waves inch by inch.

  Fang Yuqiong's face suddenly turned pale, and he exerted his divine power to change the trajectory of the six poisonous arrows.

  At this time, Xuan Yuan saw a poisonous arrow directly piercing the sword wave and shooting towards Fang Yuqiu. Without thinking, he opened his arms wide and blocked in front of Fang Yuqiu, leaving his back to Fang Yuqiu.

  "No...!" Fang Yujiao couldn't help but exclaim in shock at this scene.

  At the moment when that poisonous arrow was about to hit Xuan Yuan, a golden light suddenly flashed on his body, and the "Tian Jin Protection" of the "Tian Jin Treasure Armor" was instantly activated.

  However, Xuan Yuan was still shaken by this poisonous arrow, and his body stumbled. His entire aura was consumed by one-third instantly.

  To know the current strength of Xuan Yuan, it has already reached the peak of Dou Ling, possessing sixty-four flying dragon powers. It is not the Xuan Yuan of yesterday, but facing the attack of the "Six-Headed Giant Snake" is still extremely strenuous.

  At this moment, a fierce and mighty sword qi suddenly broke through the air, beheading a giant snake head that flew out, spewing out a long stream of blood. The person who came was Fang Wu Jian.

  "The Fang family guards, listen up! Protect the young master and charge out of the snake forest!"

  "Yes." The twenty-two Fang family guards responded in unison!

  Fang Yuqiu saw that Xuan Yuan was fine, let out a sigh of relief, grabbed Xuan Yuan's arm and asked while rushing forward:

  "Are you okay?"

  "As long as Miss Fang forgives me for my unintentional offense just now, then I'm fine." Xuan Yuan had an innocent face, while Fang Yujiao was both angry and amused, she glared at Xuan Yuan and released his arm.

  "Who blames you for offending me? I didn't say anything good anyway?" Fang Yujing said.

  Xuanyuan was stunned, and saw Fang Yujiao take out the bottle of 'Huiqi Dan' that Xuanyuan had given her. She took out a pill, swallowed it, and her body's originally depleted Dou Qi began to rapidly recover, generating even more Dou Qi that filled every corner of her body.

  "'Transforming Life Heart Fire' refined elixir is indeed extraordinary, no wonder even our Fang family tries to curry favor with alchemists who possess the ability to refine it..."

  Fang Yu Jing felt a surge of emotion, looked at the Fang family guards following behind him, and at Fang Wu Jian who was fighting the 'Six-headed Giant Snake', and immediately gave an order.

  "Full speed ahead."

  A massive surge of Dou Qi erupted, and Fang Yuqiu, Xuan Yuan, and the 22 Fang family guards charged towards the depths of the forest.

  "A woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the ocean, unfathomable and immeasurable." Xuan Yuan sighed inwardly. Just now, Fang Yuqiu had used all her strength to block the poisonous arrow for him, and he had pretended to be willing to die for her, blocking the poisonous arrow in her place. It seemed that this had finally appeased her anger. Anyway, as long as she didn't blame him for his offense against her, it was fine. Xuan Yuan had no idea about Fang Yuqiu's little thoughts.

  All the way, there were constant attacks by the "Five-Colored Spirit Snakes", but for this team that had already been through countless battles, they didn't have any effect, unless another terrifying beast like the "Six-Headed Giant Snake" appeared.

  Xuanyuan held the mysterious dagger in one hand and the "Inferno Crossbow" in the other, cutting down everything in his path. He rarely used the "Inferno Crossbow", as aside from the one he was holding, only four remained, so he had to use it sparingly.

  After rushing for six hours and traveling 2,300 miles, Xuan Yuan looked back with a worried expression:

  "Is Swordless Brother okay?"

  Fang Yu furrowed his brow and thought for a moment before saying:

  "With his strength without a sword, ordinary Dou Wang-level fierce beasts can't do anything to him, let alone the fact that he has top-grade equipment on him. He should be fine, he's probably just behind us. Let's go, our priority is to hurry up and get to 'Dou Long Xian Fu'."

  "Is a quota for an inner disciple of the Dragon and Phoenix Academy more important than someone who truly wants to protect you?" Xuan Yuan asked suddenly, his mind racing.

  "Everything has a price, as long as I enter the 'Dragon Slayer's Mansion', my future achievements will not only be limited to being an inner disciple, but also a true disciple, bringing endless benefits to the Fang family. At that time, I will treat their families well. In everything, there is always a need for sacrifice. The path of cultivation has always been cruel, it's either you die or I perish. From the moment they stepped onto this path, they should have had this realization." Fang Yujiao was first stunned by Xuan Yuan's question, and after a brief pause, she directly expressed her most intuitive feeling.

  "Alright, maybe you're right." Xuan Yuan sighed.

  A group of people rushed on the road again, and all the five-colored spirit snakes that appeared along the way were beheaded one by one. Unfortunately, none of them got an inner elixir, which made Xuan Yuan feel very heartbroken. Fortunately, he had collected more before. In fact, killing fierce beasts and getting inner elixirs depends more on luck.

  Xuan Yuan's quick and decisive movements left Fang Yu Jing in awe, making it hard for her to imagine that Xuan Yuan was only at the peak of the Dou Ling realm.

  Just as everyone felt that this forest of snakes would never end, a vast expanse of white light suddenly appeared in the distance.

  "We've arrived, we have to get out of this forest of snakes now." Fang Yuqiu exclaimed with surprise and joy.

  The Fang family guards couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, but just then, a terrifying 'six-headed giant snake' suddenly burst out.

  This 'Six-headed Giant Snake' was even more enormous than before, its iron-gray scales exploding one by one, flashing a chilling light under the sunlight that made people's hearts palpitate. Each scale on the snake's body had the killing power of an ordinary low-grade artifact. Its thick body measured about 8 meters in diameter and 30-40 meters in length, with six huge snake heads swaying back and forth, releasing a terrifying aura of a top-tier fighter. The six heads looked down at Xuan Yuan and his group from above, each head topped with a snake crown! It was clearly the leader of the 'Six-headed Giant Snakes'!

  If Fang Wu Jian were here, it would be fine, but now that he's not, having Fang Yu Jing, Xuan Yuan and the rest of the Fang family guards deal with this seems a bit forced.

  Xuanyuan was the first to react, not giving this 'six-headed giant snake' a chance to make the first move. He saw that the 'Inferno Crossbow' in Xuanyuan's hand flashed red light, and the seal on it instantly activated.

  Rustle rustle...

  A series of trigger-pulling sounds rang out, eight terrifying sonic booms, respectively blasting towards the four giant snake heads, Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

  Only the scales on top of these snakes' heads were blown off, flesh and blood rolled over, and fresh blood flowed long. A mournful hiss echoed through the sky. Fang Yuqiu reacted extremely quickly, and a wave of water-elemental energy surged out from his body, transforming into sword waves that charged at the four massive snake heads, beating them to the brink of collapse.

  From the other two snake heads, a huge blood basin opened its big mouth, and a burst of poisonous liquid sprayed out, forming a toxic rain that enveloped Xuan Yuan and his group within a radius of thirty meters.

  Toxic rain poured down, piercing and withering giant trees to death. The soil on the ground also emitted wisps of smoke, corroding into small holes.

  Twenty-two Fang family guards unfolded their aura, covering themselves with a layer of aura to protect themselves. Adding the activation of the lower-grade artifacts on their bodies, they managed to hold out for a while, but not forever. Those two gigantic snake heads seemed to have an endless supply of venom as they opened their massive mouths and charged downwards.

  The pressure on Fang's family guard increased, and Fang Yu looked in the direction where Xuan was. Only then did he discover that only a broken 'Inferno Crossbow' was left behind, and Xuan had disappeared without a trace.

  Fang Yu Jing's heart skipped a beat:

  "'Dustless Crown'! This kid's gone mad, does he want to engage in close combat with the 'Six-headed Giant Snake'?"

  Fang Yuqiong just reacted, only to see Xuan Yuan's small body suddenly appearing under the 'Six-headed Giant Snake'. Xuan Yuan held a mysterious dagger in his hand and jumped up, directly stabbing it into the snake's abdomen. The sharpness of the mysterious dagger made these thick and sharp scales unable to withstand it.

  A strange power absorbed the massive spiritual energy from the 'Six-headed Giant Snake', leaving it completely dry. Under the greedy old man's tyrannical power, the 'Six-headed Giant Snake' was left to suffer on the spot. The giant 'Six-headed Giant Snake' let out a miserable hiss and its massive body fell to the ground, beginning to rot. At this moment, six emerald-green inner elixirs floated out.

  "Haha, the inner elixir of the 'Six-Headed Giant Snake' actually has six pellets all at once!" Xuan Yuan burst out laughing, feeling extremely pleased in his heart.

  "This is natural, 'Six-headed Giant Snake' six snake heads, three males and three females. When they break through to the Douzong boundary, that's when it becomes a 'Nine-headed Giant Snake', its power is terrifyingly abnormal." Fang Yujing arrived beside Xuan Yuan, looking at those six extremely well-cultivated inner elixirs.

  Xuanyuan nodded and held the six inner elixirs, each the size of a fist, in his hands, looking at Fang Yujing with a smile.

  "Want three?"

  Fang Yuqiu shook his head and said:

  "No need, you can keep it for yourself. After all, it was also killed by you. If it weren't for you, our family's guards would probably have been annihilated as well."

  Xuanyuan accepted it without hesitation and directly stored the six inner elixirs into the Dou Ring. He said:

  "Let's go, 'Dragon Fighting Immortal Mansion' is just ahead..."

  Fang Yuqiu nodded and gave an order. Together with Xuan Yuan and twenty-two Fang family guards, they left Snake Forest directly.