First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 19: The Surging Snake Demon

"Zhao Fan, look at how scared you are. With a celestial master here, why would you be afraid of those snake demons?"

"That's right, we just need to wait for orders. With the abilities of our celestial master, we can easily eliminate those harmful snake demons."

Many of the guards at the Zhao family still had some fear towards these snake demons.

After entering the spiritual field, they couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy.

But when they saw the thin yet determined figure ahead, the guards felt more at ease and whispered among themselves.

Shen Mo, who was leading the way, clenched his sword tightly as he listened to the guards' whispers.

They all saw Shen Mo as their savior, not knowing that even this celestial master was feeling a bit anxious at the moment.

After all, this was Shen Mo's first time venturing out and officially slaying demons.

"It's just a group of low-level Demonic Beasts, there shouldn't be any danger."

If he became too nervous, there might be mistakes during the demon slaying later. Shen Mo quickly comforted himself in his heart.

But this self-comfort had no effect.

So, he took off the special destiny he had equipped and replaced it with the "Courageous" destiny.

Only then did his previously tense emotions gradually relax.

"Hiss! Hiss!"

Just as he equipped the special destiny, a strange sound suddenly came from his ear.

His gaze was sharp as he followed the sound.

"A snake demon."

On a crimson apple tree three zhang away from him, a silver ring snake was coiling its body and spitting out its tongue towards him.

The silver ring snake was about the thickness of an adult's arm, covered in silver patterns that exuded a dangerous aura.

What was most chilling was the snake demon's yellow-brown pupils, which had now narrowed into a line.

It was ready to strike!

"Swish!"

Just as Shen Mo noticed the snake demon, it raised its head, opened its mouth, revealing its sharp teeth, and suddenly pounced towards him.

"Be careful, celestial master!"

Upon hearing the guards' exclamation from behind, Shen Mo's heart tightened.

Almost instinctively, he raised the Green Edge Sword in his hand and swiftly slashed.

"Spurt!"

In a flash of Sword Ray, the silver ring snake was cut into two pieces.

Dark green blood splattered all over the ground.

"Hiss, hiss!"

The silver ring snake, which had been cut in half, did not die.

The snake demon's head, dragging half of its body, was still charging towards Shen Mo at an extremely fast speed.

"Clang! Clang!"

Perhaps the "Courageous" destiny had taken effect, but at this moment, Shen Mo no longer felt the previous tension. The Green Edge Sword in his hand swiftly struck down.

Two more Sword Qi streaks fell.

The snake demon's already severed body was once again cut into pieces.

"Spurt!"

After being cut into three sections, Shen Mo did not stop.

He knew that the silver ring snake had a strong vitality and he needed to crush its head into pulp to ensure its death.

So, with a flick of his sword, the snake's head was chopped into minced meat.

Finally, the silver ring snake stopped moving.

"Truly worthy of being a celestial master! When we guards try to attack this snake demon with our weapons, it's like hitting steel. We can only leave white marks on its body, unable to even cut through its skin. But when the celestial master takes action, it's as easy as cutting vegetables."

Although these guards from the Zhao family were experts in the mortal world, they were nothing more than weaklings with a combat power of five in the face of Demonic Beasts and cultivators.

At this moment, they didn't have the ability to help Shen Mo kill the snake demon, so they started praising him excessively.

"That's only natural, celestial master."

However, before they could flatter him any further, the next scene made everyone's voices abruptly stop.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

The originally quiet Lingtian suddenly had the sound of swaying grass and trees.

At the same time, silver ringed snakes emerged from all directions.

Countless snakes, hundreds of them, surged like a tide, making people's scalps tingle!

This formation made the guards' faces turn pale.

Some couldn't withstand the fear and ran away.

When the first person ran out, it was like a domino effect, and everyone started running away.

Only Shen Mo stood with his sword, not retreating at all.

"Shangqing Sword Technique!"

Facing the surging snake tide, he shouted lowly, and the long sword in his hand turned into flowing Sword Qi.

These Sword Qi gradually intertwined, forming an impenetrable sword net, complemented by the lightning-fast movement of the "Thunderous Steps."

No snake could enter within a foot of Shen Mo.

"Pu!"

"Pu!"

The snakes fell one after another, blood flowing like springs.

But Shen Mo, looking at the snake corpses all over the ground, became more courageous the more he killed.

"Stab!"

Sword rays continuously emerged, sweeping like a gust of wind through fallen leaves.

[When you used the "Thunderous Steps" to defend against enemies, you felt the subtleties of this immortal technique, deepening your understanding of this light body technique. Thunderous Steps experience points +1]

[When you used the "Shangqing Sword Technique" to defend against enemies, your mastery of this martial skill became more proficient. Shangqing Sword Technique experience points +5]

[When you faced enemies in battle, your Spirit Power surged, and your blood and qi churned. You felt your realm bottleneck loosen.]

Accompanied by a series of information prompts, Shen Mo had already killed more than twenty snakes.

"Gulu!"

He swallowed a prepared Qi-replenishing pill, replenishing the consumed Spiritual Qi, and once again wielded his sword, continuing the frenzied slaughter!

[You killed a silver ringed snake and unexpectedly gained destiny points. Destiny points +1]

When he saw the message increasing his destiny points, Shen Mo was overjoyed.

"As expected! My guess was correct. Killing Demonic Beasts can also increase destiny points!"

After confirming his thoughts, the Sword Qi in Shen Mo's hand became even more fierce.

"Hiss! Hiss!"

The snakes came one after another, surrounding Shen Mo.

But within this impenetrable encirclement, he remained as steady as Mount Tai.

With a light movement of his long sword, a snake was cut in two.

Unbeknownst to him, more than forty snakes had died by Shen Mo's sword.

These frenzied snakes gradually began to change.

Their limited intelligence seemed to sense fear.

The snakes started to retreat and scatter.

"Trying to escape?"

Seeing the snake tide gradually dispersing, a cold smile appeared on Shen Mo's face. "You can't escape! You will all die!"

As he gradually adapted to the actual combat, he no longer felt any fear.

Although the snake tide seemed terrifying, the snakes were not strong, not even comparable to a Body Forging Realm Fifth Stage.

They posed no threat to him. On the contrary, they were moving experience points!

Holding the Qingfeng Sword, he charged into the snake swarm like a wild wolf entering a sheep pen, killing in all directions.

The snake tide quickly dispersed.

All the snakes felt the terror of Shen Mo and began to flee for their lives.

"You can't escape!"

Shen Mo had no intention of letting them go, chasing after them with his sword.

Until he chased them all the way to the center of Lingtian, by an unusually large vermilion fruit tree.

There, he suddenly stopped his footsteps.

(End of this chapter)