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At the mountain peak, clouds and mist swirled, and water vapor permeated the air, quickly dampening one's clothes.
The mountain forest below was faintly visible through the mist, and a red sun emerged above the sea of clouds, radiating boundless brilliance.
Huang Tao quietly admired the scene, a faint smile on his face.
Cai Lin slowly walked from behind him, her demeanor less aloof, more imbued with mature charm.
"Actually, you don't need to be so urgent; you can enjoy the pleasure more..." Huang Tao said with a smile.
"I'm afraid this will make me sink, make the hatred in my heart fade, and make me lose that strong drive to improve," Cai Lin said with a complex expression.
She looked longingly in a certain direction for a moment, then her gaze quickly became firm.
"Hmm, are you pregnant?" Huang Tao asked.
"I used a secret technique and can feel the pulsation of their lives," Cai Lin said, a hint of tenderness appearing on her face.
Then she looked at Huang Tao: "Have you prepared the Heavenly Serpent Blood Coagulation Pill? If we miss the optimal time, that secret technique will lose its effect."
"Don't worry, my level of concern for this is no less than yours. Let's return to the White Snake Tribe and wait first." He grabbed Cai Lin's shoulder and vanished into the void.
Upon arriving at the White Snake Tribe, Huang Tao suddenly remembered that he seemed to have accidentally forgotten Bai Lin at the She Family.
Just as he was about to tear space to go there, he saw Bai Lin dragging her somewhat deformed short legs out from inside.
She looked quite miserable, a scar extending from her left shoulder all the way to the right side of her lower abdomen, and a section of her tail was missing.
Bai Lin looked at Huang Tao with a resentful and displeased gaze: "Why didn't you tell me when you left? I was almost killed by the She Family...
"If it weren't for the fact that their family's Dou Venerate was already dead, I probably wouldn't have made it back. Those old geezers are still very powerful.
"Because of your matter, I have already greatly offended them!"
"Don't worry, there won't be a She Family anymore," Huang Tao said calmly.
She Family Holy City.
In a secret chamber built deep underground, moonstones emitting a bright yellow light were embedded in the walls.
The walls and ceiling of the secret chamber were carved with simple yet vivid murals depicting various snake-like magical beasts.
The space was large, and a clear echo could be heard when speaking.
The three remaining Elders of the She Family were engaged in a heated discussion.
The First Elder looked at the Second Elder and the Fourth Elder, his face ashen:
"How dare you attack that Snake-People? Aren't you afraid of angering that Venerable One?"
"That damn traitor! She's clearly a member of our Barbarian Snake Clan, yet she's helping outsiders! We acted after she left the Holy City," the Fourth Elder said resentfully.
"And what was the result? The result was that she escaped! Your actions will be known by the one behind her!" The First Elder said sternly.
"Just the leader of a medium-sized tribe, we can replace her position. To that outsider, she shouldn't be that important," the Second Elder analyzed:
"I heard he has been searching for Queen Medusas from various tribes... We can help with that too, and faster and better!"
"That still doesn't mean you should act against his subordinates without preparation!" The First Elder sighed:
"Alas, it's come to this... There's no point in saying more. I've already sent people to seek help from the Barbarian Deer Bai Family, the Barbarian Wolf Cang Family, the Barbarian Phoenix Wang Family, and the Barbarian He Mo Family. I hope they respond."
"Oh, so you've already gone behind my back to find helpers. However, you probably won't wait for them to arrive." A mocking voice sounded from behind them.
A figure wearing a black classical robe and a pointed soft hat slowly materialized.
Like a stick figure drawn in the air, the lines quickly solidified, then became three-dimensional and lifelike, transforming into a real person.
"Who are you?" The First Elder She Yi's heart sank.
Amon adjusted the monocle made of crystal on his right eye, a smile curving his lips.
Seeing this extremely familiar action, combined with what the other party had just said, She Yi's expression changed drastically: "Huang Tao, you are Huang Tao?"
Amon did not answer her, muttering to himself:
"Normally, ordinary Snake-People like you have no value to me.
"Having used the secret technique of fusing with magical beasts, you can no longer use the Combined Dragon Secret Technique, and your souls are weak. Eating them feels like a very low cost-performance ratio...
"But who told you to seek death... Bai Lin might still be useful."
Amon directly attacked. He raised his right hand and reached forward. Among the black-gray mist, starlight flickered.
An energy palm directly pressed on the Fourth Elder's neck.
Invisible Hand!
Although this move could not carry too much power to attack across space, if it hit a vital part, it could still cause fatal injuries.
The Fourth Elder instinctively condensed a large amount of Dou Qi to protect herself, while her body lunged forward.
In a flash, She Yi and the Second Elder simultaneously launched a counterattack. The two formed the same hand seals, and two energy giant snakes, one black and one gray, merged into one, rushing towards Amon.
The latter raised his hand, and Dou Qi condensed into a Barrier shimmering with starlight and inscribed with countless intricate patterns, firmly blocking the energy giant snake in front of him.
Due to the timely assistance of the First Elder She Yi and the Second Elder, as well as her own appropriate response, the Fourth Elder did not suffer too severe injuries, only a red mark on her neck.
Her gaze towards Amon was filled with fury, and she transformed into a giant green snake, pouncing on him.
In combat, the Snake-People can assume their beast form, unleashing their maximum combat power in a short period. This is their desperate measure.
She Yi and the Second Elder launched their attacks almost simultaneously. They had perfect tacit agreement, needing no communication to know what their companions wanted to do and how to cooperate.
They discovered that this man, suspected to be Huang Tao, was not as invincible as the previous Huang Tao with chestnut hair and azure eyes. His true cultivation might not even be as high as theirs!
Amon used his index finger knuckle to push the bottom edge of his monocle. Pure white light bloomed, and three Worms of Spirit, carrying different Heavenly Flames, rushed forward, then suddenly underwent Convergence.
Blinding white light, carrying terrifying high temperatures, burst forth. The three Snake-People had no time to make a more effective response. They merely gathered together and used an energy snake to coil around themselves, protecting themselves.
The three-colored energy snake was scattered by the impact of the Buddha Fury Fire Lotus explosion, and then the scorching hot airwave ignited their bodies.
A tremendous roar sounded, and the violent explosion ripped open the ground above the secret chamber, sending a large cloud of dust and flame-formed fire clouds soaring into the sky.
Such commotion alarmed the Snake-People in the city, including many at the Dou Emperor and even Dou Ancestor levels, who rushed towards the explosion's center like meteors.
"What happened?"
"Isn't this where the Elders usually seclude themselves?"
"An enemy?"
The fire cloud settled, and the smoke and dust dispersed. They saw a deep crater and three charred corpses.
A spatial rift opened at the bottom of the large pit, and Amon's avatar, wearing a pointed soft hat, walked out. He came to the corpses and, in front of the Snake-People, extracted their souls.
Seeing the Snake-People looking at him with fear or anger, Amon looked up and smiled:
"Hmm, this is the price they paid for their choices. I'm in a good mood today, so I won't kill you."
The Snake-People's faces all showed anger. Many wanted to act several times, but in the end, under the influence of reason and fear, they chose to endure...
They watched as Amon swaggered away with the Elders' souls.
After Cai Lin confirmed her pregnancy, Huang Tao began to seclude himself to focus on studying alchemy.
Previously, when refining pills below the eighth grade, he could confidently handle them relying on his Spirit World soul and the cooperation of various Heavenly Flame Amons. But elevating an eighth-grade pill to ninth-grade was not that simple.
He needed more solid alchemy techniques and richer theoretical knowledge.
Of course, no matter how much he researched, Huang Tao himself could not refine ninth-grade pills. His purpose in accumulating experience and practicing basic skills was to transmit these insights to his main body, for his main body, which possessed an Emperor Realm soul, to refine!
Huang Tao used the White Snake Tribe's medicinal ingredients for alchemy, from seventh-grade down to first-grade; as long as a complete pill formula could be gathered, he accepted them all.
He was not the only one practicing alchemy; over a dozen Heavenly Flame Amons, each with strength around the Dou Ancestor level, were also practicing simultaneously.
This time, they no longer collaborated on alchemy but worked independently.
Although they had powerful souls, excellent fire control abilities, and abundant Dou Qi, they would occasionally make small errors that only low-level Alchemists would make... These small details often affected the success or failure of an alchemy session.
When one person is responsible for one process, they can be very calm, but when they are responsible for dozens or even hundreds of processes, the probability of error greatly increases.
Independent alchemy can increase one's overall perspective during alchemy and allow for better overall planning.
Under a large amount of practical operation, the Amons' alchemy experience accumulated rapidly.
The Amons didn't care about the pills they refined, so they all threw them to Bai Lin, letting her exchange them for more medicinal ingredients.
Looking at the pills continuously refined from Huang Tao's seclusion place, like a production line factory, Bai Lin was both joyful and bewildered, with a vague sense of unease and fear.
There is no free lunch in the world.
It wasn't until one day when an Amon wearing a monocle approached her that she felt a little relieved.
She knew that these creatures called "Amon" seemed to be Huang Tao's subordinates, acting in groups like insects.
Previously, a tribe of a "Queen Medusa" who did not cooperate was wiped out by them.
"Is there something you need?" Bai Lin asked nervously.
"These are the souls of the three Elders of the She Family." Amon's hand revealed three soul bodies bound by gray-black chains.
The soul bodies struggled, emitting screams.
Bai Lin was startled by their miserable state, then cautiously said: "Did you specifically go to avenge me?"
Amon adjusted his monocle and nodded slightly: "I want you to pledge allegiance to me."
"You want to betray Huang Tao?" Bai Lin blurted out.
Amon's expression was strange, not knowing how much she had imagined:
"Huang Tao is also a member of Amon... I need you to leave the White Snake Tribe and focus on working for me. These three, and the pills your tribe has received these days, are the compensation I'm offering."
Huang Tao is also a member of Amon? What does that mean? Could "Amon" be the name of an organization?
Bai Lin didn't think for long and asked in confusion: "What do you want me to do?"
"It's a very simple task... Go to a place, manage my Snake-People Tribe, and persuade the Queen Medusa there to cooperate with my experiments," Amon said, a smile curving his lips.
"This is no different from what I'm doing now, is it?" Bai Lin was puzzled, finding it strange that Amon would offer such generous compensation for this.
Amon saw her confusion and explained: "This time is different from before. Before, I forced you to help lead the way and enticed you to persuade for me.
"This time, I hope you can truly participate in my plan, genuinely think for me, and explore the Queen Medusa's evolution mechanism, even if it means actively persecuting your own kind for it..."
Bai Lin's eyes flickered slightly, and she nodded, saying: "Okay."
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