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"Huh? Something's off."
From the chaotic mix of countless messy auras, Wei Yang detected a faintly unusual fluctuation. After focusing carefully, he actually sensed a very, very faint divine power. In that moment, his mind stirred.
Boom!
Power surged violently from within his body.
In an instant, the skies above the entire valley changed dramatically. That overwhelming and terrifying aura caused the surrounding space to violently tremble. Ripples of distorted space rolled out one after another, accompanied by raging winds that swept across everything.
The storm raged, lifting the poisonous mist within the valley, along with countless serpents, and throwing them far away. In just a blink, all the serpents in the valley disappeared without a trace, leaving the place completely empty.
Yet that faint divine power did not fade with the disappearance of the serpents. Instead, it became even clearer. Wei Yang scanned the area and focused on a certain spot below.
"It's there!"
Swoosh!
With a single step, he appeared on the ground at a corner of the valley's floor. After a closer sensing, he found that there was a very faint divine power slowly seeping out from the space here.
It was so weak it was nearly imperceptible. If not for his keen perception, it would have been impossible to notice it earlier amidst the overwhelming snake auras.
Wei Yang's gaze sharpened. "There's actually a hidden spatial layer here!"
He waved his hand, and the space before him split open. Then his figure flickered as he passed through an invisible barrier, disappearing from sight. Moments later, the spatial crack rapidly healed shut.
The scene changed.
Wei Yang's figure appeared in a strange, dimly-lit space. It wasn't large, almost the same size as the Beast Spiritual Barrier he had once encountered in that ancient ruin's forest. Looking around, it was barren and desolate. An ancient and vast aura rushed toward him.
This place seemed to have been silent for countless ages.
At the center of this space, lying atop the ground, was a massive skeleton-like existence. Well, calling it a skeleton wasn't entirely accurate. It looked more like a dried corpse — one whose flesh had completely withered and clung tightly to the bones.
Hoo~
"Found it!" Wei Yang's expression lit up with joy. He let out a small breath and exclaimed quietly, pleasantly surprised, "It's the corpse of that Ancient Heaven Serpent!"
He finally found it. It was the dried corpse of a giant serpent. A giant serpent with nine ferocious heads. Its size was enormous, even more impressive than the skeletal remains of the Ancient Void Dragon he had once seen.
The dried flesh clung tightly to its bones. The entire body was dark red, as if stained by blood that had long since dried over countless years, faintly carrying a pale aura of death.
At first glance, a horrifying and boundless murderous aura spread out from the corpse. Those nine horrifying heads, with eighteen hollow serpent eyes, stared straight in Wei Yang's direction, sending a chill down his spine.
A mutated Nine-Headed Ancient Heavenly Serpent!
Judging from the faint divine power hidden within that terrifying murderous aura…without a doubt, this was a Dou Sheng corpse! Quite a well-preserved one at that!
After all, even a layer of its dried flesh remained intact.
"This is it, I've hit the jackpot!" Wei Yang said excitedly.
Qing Lin, that silly girl!
Well, the original novel's silly girl, to be precise. Such a Dou Sheng corpse, and in the original story she only took the remnant soul inside and didn't want the body… that's really…picking sesame seeds and throwing away a watermelon.
Swoosh!
Wei Yang's figure flickered, instantly appearing not far from the serpent's massive corpse. Up close, that monstrous killing intent was even more suffocating. It rushed straight at him, making his skin prickle, goosebumps rising uncontrollably.
"What a savage beast!" Wei Yang exclaimed.
Even after being dead for who knows how many years, it remained so ferocious. Definitely worthy of being one of the two royal bloodline serpent ancestries!
Wei Yang carefully inspected the dried corpse, even reaching out to press lightly on the dried flesh of one of the serpent heads.
With the pressure, a sunken mark appeared, and the texture…even though the flesh was withered, it still retained a surprising elasticity.
This dried corpse… seemed rather "fresh". Which meant that it still contained essence blood! And… a magic core!
Just like that dried corpse of the Heaven Demon Phoenix that Xiao Yan once acquired at the auction, one that was nearly Rank 8. Thinking of this, even someone as composed as Wei Yang couldn't help but get excited.
Ancient Heavenly Serpent blood essence… Rank 9 magic core… and a fully intact skeleton. Its value was unimaginable!
He took several deep breaths before slowly calming down. Wei Yang stared straight into those eighteen hollow serpent eyes.
"Stop staring at me in secret. I know you're not completely dead. Well… to be precise, you've still got a remnant soul clinging on to existence."
Wei Yang said lightly, "Come out."
The moment his voice fell, the space became eerily silent. Then…
Boom!
A terrifying murderous aura burst forth violently, shooting straight into the sky. Along with that lethal aura, a massive phantom slowly emerged from within the remains. It looked exactly like the Ancient Heaven Serpent. But what appeared was merely a phantom remnant soul.
Hiss!!!
All nine heads lifted and roared toward the heavens, radiating overwhelming ferocity. The murderous aura skyrocketed several times stronger than before. Then the nine hideous heads lowered simultaneously, eighteen blood-red, vicious serpent eyes locked on Wei Yang.
Screech!
An ear-piercing roar echoed as invisible sound waves rippled outward. And then—it lunged fiercely, carrying endless bloodlust, attacking Wei Yang like lightning.
Facing the charging nine-headed serpent, Wei Yang remained calm and spoke, "Not even a greeting? Just attacking right away? Quite the personality! If you were at your peak, maybe I'd still fear you a little. But right now, you're just a remnant soul, and you dare act fierce?"
More importantly… since you're separated from the body, are you planning to possess me?
Wei Yang shook his head with a relaxed smile and slowly raised his hand. Instantly, a massive black-scaled hand emerged from the void, rapidly expanding, becoming a gigantic sky-covering palm.
At the center of the palm, gray airflow churned, faintly swirling into a vortex. The massive hand reached toward the charging serpent phantom and clenched fiercely.
Buzz~
A formless wave spread out, and the entire space froze instantly. The phantom serpent, which had been rushing forward, suddenly felt like it had fallen into a swamp, its movement slowing dramatically.
Screech!!!
Its huge illusory body twisted wildly, struggling in desperation.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The void around it shattered like tempered glass struck by heavy force, spreading countless fractures. However, no matter how hard it struggled, it could not escape that terrifying invisible restraint. Space, which was normally fragile, had become immensely solid in this moment.
"Heh, even at your peak, you were nothing more than a late-stage Heaven Realm soul. Now, you're just a remnant soul, and you think you can bare your fangs at me?" Wei Yang sneered.
A Dou Sheng powerhouse's remnant soul was indeed powerful, far stronger than that trace of consciousness remaining in the ancient Dou Sheng's bones he had encountered before.
Even a broken ship still has some nails left. But that also depends on who you're facing.
A mere Heaven Realm remnant soul, barely clinging to existence for who knows how many years, and yet you dare challenge me—someone in my prime, at Ban Sheng strength and mid-stage Heaven Realm soul?
Truly, you're bold.
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