jdhmnovel Chapter 127 Taking advantage of the situation
Chapter 127 Taking advantage of the situation
The Hidden Serpent was stunned. It turned its head slowly, like a rusty machine, and then immediately saw Su Luo smiling behind it, along with the other three people jumping around beside her.
As if struck by lightning, the Hidden Serpent completely collapsed, yelling at the top of its lungs, "You didn't faint?!"
Chu Wenqing stepped forward and said in a cheeky tone, "If you didn't faint, how could we?"
His response was a mouthful of blood spit out by the Hidden Yin Serpent, consumed by its rage. "Pfft!"
The Hidden Yin Serpent was already severely injured and its cultivation had declined. Now, it suffered another major blow and couldn't hold on any longer, so it vomited blood and collapsed to the ground.
Chu Wenqing exclaimed in disbelief, "Heavens, is my mouth really that powerful? It actually made a demon beast vomit blood!"
Feng Xiyue rolled her eyes at him, "You can shut up now!"
Is this something to be proud of?
Song Qiao lowered his head, suppressing a laugh.
The Hidden Serpent lay on the ground, shaking its head and muttering repeatedly, "No... impossible... impossible... how could this be..."
Su Luo approached the Hidden Yin Snake, squatted down, and stared at its pale face. Seeing its angry, furious, and bewildered expression, she smiled and began to explain.
"Surprised? Think you're so clever, able to fool us completely? Too bad, I never fully trusted you from the start. So when you said you were willing to help us deal with the Purple Thorn Poison Vine, I guessed you had a backup plan. Sure enough, when I asked you to scout ahead just now, you deliberately dawdled and stalled for time, even stepping on the vines and waking the poison vine. You were trying to use someone else to do your dirty work, weren't you? You can't really deal with us, but if the Purple Thorn Poison Vine does, then it's none of your business, and you won't suffer the backlash from the inner demon oath. The method is good, but you're still one step behind, because I was already prepared."
About half an hour ago.
As soon as the Hidden Yin Serpent left, Su Luo immediately crouched down and set up a defensive formation. As long as they were inside the formation, no attack could touch them.
Chu Wenqing and the others watched Su Luo busy herself, all looking bewildered. "What's wrong? Why are you setting up an array?"
Su Luo quickly used telepathy to tell them her guess, which infuriated the three of them.
"Damn it! That treacherous Hidden Serpent is actually trying to use someone else to do his dirty work!"
"How insidious! It made a vow against its inner demons, yet it still managed to exploit a loophole!"
"What a shameless fellow!"
It's not surprising that Feng Xiyue and the others didn't discover the Hidden Yin Serpent's scheme. These disciples had cultivated in the sect since childhood, and their masters were fiercely protective of their children. How could they have witnessed so much cruelty in the world? Even Song Qiao, who was bullied as a child, was only bullied by other children and had never seen the wickedness of adults. Therefore, they could never have imagined that the Hidden Yin Serpent could be so vicious!
Before they could get angry and settle scores with the Hidden Yin Serpent, Su Luo quickly said, "Since the Hidden Yin Serpent wants to use someone else to do our dirty work, let's turn the tables on it. We'll all pretend to be unconscious to lower the Hidden Yin Serpent's guard, and I'll also use talismans to influence the Purple Thorn Poison Vine, making it fight the Hidden Yin Serpent."
"Fighting?"
Being from the same hometown, Chu Wenqing quickly understood what Su Luo was planning. "Brilliant! We'll pretend to be unconscious, let them fight it out, and then we can reap the benefits! We can take them down effortlessly without getting hurt!"
Feng Xiyue and Song Qiao then realized, "Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!"
"This method is wonderful!"
Since the Hidden Yin Serpent wanted to use someone else to do their dirty work, they decided to play along, luring the Hidden Yin Serpent and the Purple Thorn Poison Vine into a battle. Once they were both exhausted, they would step in and take advantage of the situation!
Thinking of this, Feng Xiyue couldn't help but glance at Su Luo, then turned her gaze to the slow-moving Hidden Yin Serpent not far away, thinking, "Luckily, Su Luo is on our side!"
If Su Luo were on the opposite side, she couldn't even imagine how terrifying it would be! Honestly, Su Luo is more cunning than all three of them combined! Of course, that's a compliment!
Soon, just as Su Luo had guessed, the Hidden Yin Serpent awakened the Purple Thorn Poison Vine. When the Purple Thorn Poison Vine attacked, they were unharmed because of the formation, and naturally they were not injured or fainted.
However, as planned, they all pretended to faint and lay on the ground, closing their eyes and waiting to see how things would develop.
As Su Luo collapsed, she affixed a stimulating talisman to the vines nearby. This type of talisman could continuously amplify the negative emotions of living beings. Sure enough, it caused the Bauhinia Poison Vine and the Hidden Yin Serpent to start fighting.
After everything was over, they got up and saw that the Hidden Yin Snake had a look on its face as if it had been struck by lightning.
Back in the present, after hearing Su Luo's explanation, the Hidden Yin Serpent cried out in despair and anguish, "No, no, no!!!"
It was completely outmaneuvered by these people from the very beginning! Utterly ridiculous! And it even thought it had pulled off the perfect cover!!
Looking at the smiling face of the girl in front of it, the Hidden Yin Serpent felt a chill run down its spine. At this moment, it deeply understood the despair of the cultivators it had chased in the past!
The next moment, countless veins appeared on that alluring face, which was as beautiful as a painting, and her vertical pupils were so red they seemed to be dripping blood. Her mouth was wide open, and long, sharp teeth were protruding from it.
Upon seeing this, Su Luo's pupils contracted sharply.
The Hidden Yin Serpent's spiritual energy surged, and it mobilized the broken demon core within its body, staring intently at Su Luo, blood continuously gushing from its eyes and nasal cavity.
"I won't live! Then none of you will live either, you'll all be buried with me!! Hahahaha!"
Since it was doomed anyway, and these people wouldn't let it go! In that case, why bother with its inner demon oath?! It might as well take these people down to hell with it!!
Chu Wenqing's expression changed drastically. "Su Luo, get out of there quickly!! It's going to self-destruct!"
Without saying a word, Feng Xiyue rushed towards Su Luo.
Song Qiao quickly threw out a silk thread, trying to pull Su Luo over.
Su Luo had been on guard against the Hidden Yin Serpent for a long time. Before coming over, she had put several high-level protective talismans on herself. When she saw the Hidden Yin Serpent preparing to self-destruct, she quickly retreated.
Even with protective talismans, the self-destruction of a late-stage Foundation Establishment demon beast is still a force to be reckoned with! She, being closest to it, will inevitably be affected!
I never expected this guy to choose death over dishonor, even in his dying moments he wanted to take someone down with him!
"Hahaha!!! Die!!!"
The Hidden Yin Serpent laughed shrilly, its expression crazed, and pulled out its demon core, preparing to crush it.
But the next moment, a red light flashed on Su Luo's hand, and then a suffocating pressure suddenly poured down, pressing directly on the Hidden Yin Serpent, making it unable to move and interrupting its self-destruction.
The Hidden Serpent's pupils dilated, and a look of terror appeared on its face. Then it screamed in agony, "Aaaaaah!!"
With a series of chilling cracking sounds, the Hidden Serpent breathed its last.
Almost simultaneously, Song Qiao's silk thread snagged on Su Luo's clothes, Feng Xiyue rushed over and grabbed Su Luo, and Chu Wenqing also teleported over.
They all asked in unison, "Su Luo, are you alright?!"
Su Luo shook her head. "I'm fine."
She looked at the Hidden Yin Snake on the ground, then looked down at her wrist, where a blood-red jade bracelet was hanging. At this moment, the jade bracelet no longer shone and returned to normal.
But Su Luo knew that it was this jade bracelet that had helped her just now, directly killing the Hidden Yin Serpent!
Chu Wenqing and the other two looked Su Luo up and down for a while, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that she was alright.
"As long as it's okay! Just as long as it's okay!"
As Chu Wenqing shifted his gaze, he belatedly realized that the Hidden Yin Serpent was dead, and he was shocked. "Holy crap! How could it have died so tragically?!"
Feng Xiyue, still not reassured, checked again to make sure the Hidden Yin Serpent was completely dead. Then she looked up and said, "It is indeed dead. All its bones and tendons are broken; it's just short of turning into minced meat."
Chu Wenqing gasped.
Song Qiao pursed his lips, "Just now... just now I felt a flash of red light, and I... I also felt a pressure..."
Su Luo didn't hide anything and raised her wrist to show them, "This is a jade bracelet that Lin Ji gave me. He said it could help me withstand attacks from those below the Nascent Soul stage. I never expected it to be so powerful..."
The three quickly gathered around to examine it closely, but they didn't know what kind of magical artifact the jade bracelet was. They could only praise how powerful the jade bracelet was and then told Su Luo to wear it carefully and not lose it.
Su Luo smiled and nodded.
With the Hidden Yin Serpent dead, the four of them began to deal with the Purple Thorn Poison Vine. At this point, it was like a tiger with its teeth pulled, and it was no longer a threat. So Su Luo and the others quickly killed the poison vine.
This trip was very fruitful. In addition to the demon core of the Hidden Yin Serpent (although it was tattered, it could still fetch a good price), there were also the vines and tree spirit of the Bauhinia Poison Vine.
After discussing it, Chu Wenqing and the other two decided to give the tree spirit to Su Luo, take the demon core, and divide the vines equally among the four of them.
Su Luo didn't stand on ceremony and accepted it.
This tree spirit is full of spiritual energy. As long as she absorbs it properly in the future, her cultivation will surely advance by leaps and bounds.
Now she realized that even with all sorts of talismans and magical artifacts protecting her, it still wasn't enough; cultivation level was still the most important! If her cultivation wasn't high enough, and she encountered powerful cultivators at the Golden Core or Nascent Soul stages in the future, even with these magical artifacts, she probably wouldn't be able to escape unscathed. After all, those cultivators weren't as easy to fool as demonic beasts!
Once she left the Cloud Realm, she needed to hurry back to Chunhe and the others, and then focus on cultivating to improve her cultivation level!
Not long after Su Luo and the others packed their things, the cultivators lying not far away finally woke up one by one.