Yu Xiaogang got up from the ground, subconsciously grimacing as he touched his injured critical part.
However, due to the numbing effect of the snake venom, he didn't feel much pain.
Instead, his face was burning from the fall.
Visibility was poor in the dark, so Yu Xiaogang squinted towards Tang San's location.
When he saw the motionless Mandragora snake and the unharmed Tang San,
he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
However, Yu Xiaogang's expression was somewhat awkward.
Although he didn't know how the Mandragora snake had been killed,
his original plan to demonstrate his strength had clearly failed.
Instead, he had suffered a major setback.
"Little San, this Mandragora snake's soul ring is very suitable for you."
"It's not safe here; it's best to absorb and fuse its soul ring as soon as possible."
Tang San nodded upon hearing this.
When he turned around, he found that no soul ring had condensed on the Mandragora's corpse.
This puzzled him.
Could it be that a hundred-year-old soul beast needs a long time to condense its soul ring?
Just then, Yu Xiaogang, who was in the distance, suddenly exclaimed,
"Not good!"
"Xiao San, run!"
"Whoosh—~!"
As soon as Yu Xiaogang finished speaking, the Mandragora Snake, which had been stiff and motionless just moments before, suddenly began to tremble violently.
Instantly, sand and stones flew everywhere.
The surrounding flowers, plants, and trees were destroyed in an instant.
"Damn it!"
Tang San was shocked, a deep look of horror appearing in his eyes.
This Mandragora Snake wasn't completely dead at all.
No wonder it couldn't condense its soul ring.
"Ghost Shadow Perplexing Step!"
Tang San turned and ran without hesitation.
The Mandragora Snake's scarlet eyes were filled with resentment as it stared at Tang San.
It exhausted the last bit of strength in its body and swung its tail heavily at him.
The heavy tail arrived in an instant, lashing out at Tang San.
Only then did Tang San realize that his body was completely exhausted.
He struggled several times but couldn't run very far.
Just then, Ye Xian drew his bow and nocked an arrow.
Aiming at the snake's head, a purplish-red arrow formed from soul power shot out instantly.
"Whoosh—~!"
The arrow flew incredibly fast, reaching the Mandragora Snake in the blink of an eye.
"Pfft—~!"
In an instant, the snake's head shattered, blood and milky-white brain matter splattering everywhere.
But Tang San was still filled with despair.
The Mandragora Snake's final attack, due to inertia, hadn't disappeared even after its death.
He watched helplessly as the snake's tail lashed out at him.
"Bang—~!"
The next second, Tang San was blasted away.
He flew through the air in a graceful parabola
before crashing heavily to the ground.
"Pfft—~!"
Tang San, whose body had suffered such a heavy blow, spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Cough cough cough,"
he coughed violently a few times, then barely managed to prop himself up halfway.
He turned his gaze to the still-alive Mandragora.
The latter lay motionless on the ground.
Pale yellow light spots began to emanate from the Mandragora Snake's corpse, then coalesced above its body.
A bright yellow halo gradually formed.
"A hundred-year-old yellow spirit ring!"
Tang San stared at the spirit ring with some curiosity.
But the next second, his eyes dimmed again.
The Mandragora Serpent was ultimately killed by Ye Xian.
This meant that he couldn't absorb this yellow spirit ring at all.
The thought of all that hard work
only to end up as a laborer filled Tang San with rage .
However, after calming down a bit, he thought about it carefully.
Ye Xian's arrow must have been a lifesaver in a moment of crisis.
Thinking this, Tang San felt a little better.
In that case, it wouldn't be a big problem for Ye Xian to absorb the spirit ring.
After all, Ye Xian was, in a sense, his savior.
Ye Xian himself hadn't expected Tang San to have prepared such a good excuse for him.
Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang was completely dumbfounded.
It seemed that only Ye Xian could absorb the Mandragora Serpent's spirit ring.
Such a precious hundred-year spirit ring.
Perhaps Ye Xian would feel grateful and even become his disciple?
Thinking this, Yu Xiaogang pretended to speak,
"Ye Xian, since you killed the Mandragora Serpent,
then you can absorb its spirit ring ."
Ye Xian nodded,
"Okay, Master."
With that, he walked straight towards the Mandragora Serpent.
Tang San limped back towards Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang's lips twitched upon hearing this.
This kid left without even a thank you?
But thinking about it, he realized he hadn't really played a significant role in hunting the Mandragora Snakes.
The only possibility was that he'd brought them to the Soul Hunting Forest.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have encountered them at all.
Ye Xian walked to the Mandragora Snake's corpse, inwardly chuckling.
Yu Xiaogang's words were quite clever.
What did he mean by "Let me absorb it"?
He killed the Mandragora Snake; could anyone else absorb it?
Just now, when he and Tang San passed by, the latter had nodded in thanks.
He probably didn't have any objections.
Absorbing the Mandragora Snake's spirit ring himself—wasn't that reasonable?
With that thought, he immediately sat cross-legged and began absorbing the spirit ring.
Tang San didn't go directly to Yu Xiaogang.
Instead, he stood not far behind Ye Xian, watching the latter absorb the spirit ring with envy.
Hopefully, his godfather can find him a suitable soul beast later.
"Hiss—~!"
Just then, Yu Xiaogang, sitting alone in the back, suddenly gasped.
He had just moved slightly, and the next second, a tearing pain shot through his entire body.
Especially the crucial area between his legs, the pain was excruciating, unbearable.
Fine beads of sweat instantly appeared on Yu Xiaogang's forehead.
He hadn't felt anything just now, so why was it so painful all of a sudden?
Yu Xiaogang didn't know that the paralysis effect of the Datura snake had prevented him from noticing.
Now that the paralysis had worn off, the venom had begun to spread.
Yu Xiaogang's face had turned somewhat black, and fine beads of sweat continued to pour from his forehead.
His lips trembled and turned completely purplish-black.
Even more terrifying, Yu Xiaogang felt his limbs becoming stiff.
And his thighs, without him noticing, had become completely swollen,
and their color was turning blackish-purple.
He was poisoned!
The deadly venom of the Datura snake!
"Gulp—!"
Yu Xiaogang swallowed hard.
He gently touched the spot where the sharp pain was coming from, and immediately gasped.
Even this simple action left him breathless and drenched in cold sweat.
Yu Xiaogang suddenly remembered that before he fainted,
Luo Sanpao seemed to have been bitten by the Datura snake.
Could it be that the bite was between Luo Sanpao's legs?
His lips twitched uncontrollably.
What the hell was going on?!
Because Luo Sanpao and he were practically one entity,
the poisoning of his martial soul meant that he himself was also poisoned.
Yu Xiaogang circulated his soul power, his face ashen, his eyes dim.
It's over. It seems like it's really over now.
(End of Chapter)