Chapter 86: Dark Sovereign Snake

Chapter 86.1: Dark Sovereign Snake

“Chief! Don’t torture yourself like that anymore! Stop doing that~”

A good looking youth with a smooth and fair complexion exclaimed anxiously. When he had come back, he had paced about in the surrounding area a few times but had not dared to go forward. The few other people beside him were also at a loss on what to do, their faces looking highly conflicted.

What made it more terrifying to see was a tall and large figure standing by the window. From the light shining inside, it projected the shadow of countless black snake heads weaving madly upon the window, seeming to occupy a good half of his entire body that was continuing to spawn at a horrifying speed. Sharp hissing could be heard intermittently and a malevolent looking snake’s head then bore out from inside his body, through flesh and blood.

That could no longer be called a human, but a monster whose body had been taken over by countless snake heads.

That man held a sharp sword in his hand, the expression on his face looking like he had gone a little mad as he swung the blade repeatedly to slice off those snake heads, like it made him feel just a tad bit better. But everytime he cut them off, those snake heads would turn into a pool of blood once they hit the ground, to respawn at an even more maniacal speed.

Those snake heads had not suffered damage from his actions but it just made him become even more weak, as those snake heads materialized from his own blood and what he was doing was merely injuring himself further to make himself gain a moment of consolation.

“Chief, don’t hurt yourself like this anymore. Feng Qi had gone to bring the the Mu Family of Elixir Cultivators’ Young Miss Mu to come treat your condition. You will be able to recover from this very soon.” The good looking youth said with his face all creased up.

Another burly and muscular man with coarse hard looks also said in a deep voice: “Ah Zhan, you are the main pillar of the Assassination Temple. For the sake of the Assassination Temple, you’ve got to pull yourself together. You are such a proud man, how can you possibly lose your mind over this mere snake poison! ?”

The man who had a good half of his body all covered with snake heads and his eyes red had a unbelievably agonizing expression on his face. Because of the excruciating torment, he had bitten through the skin on his lips and blood was trickling down the corner of his mouth. Together with those snake heads weaving madly about, anyone who was a little more timid might very well die from fright at the sight.

“Snake poison….. This isn’t snake poison…..” The man had his teeth tightly clenched together as he paused between every word, and his voice which was low and raspy sounded filled with despair broke out in laughter. “No one will be able to save me. No one can…..”

He was talking like he knew something, his body exuding the scent of death, harbouring absolutely no hope of surviving through this. There were countless times that he wanted to end his own life, but his brothers in arms who had gone through life and death with him had not once given up on him, trying all ways and means to save him.

It was already midnight and it was time that people were all sound asleep, but a particular courtyard in the capital’s suburbs was brightly lit with lamps. If not for Feng Qi’s explanation that the strange affliction relapsed only at night, Mu Lai would not have rushed her way over here at the expense of her sleep.

And having just stepped inside they had already heard that agonising roar, which caused Feng Qi to reach the room at an extremely fast speed. “Ah Zhan, Young Miss Mu has come…..”

“Feng Qi, dodge quickly…..”

At almost at the same moment that the door was opened, a dark shadow filled with sinister malevolence shot right straight towards his face. Feng Qi’s eyes widened as he stared, and before his body even reacted, something tightened around his waist. A soft whip had coiled around his body which brought him away to safety.

That black shadow then fell onto a patch of grass in front. Under the light from the moon, he saw the patch of grass that had been thriving suddenly turn into dark ash, rotted away.

Chapter 86.2: Dark Sovereign Snake

A chilling shiver ran through Feng Qi unconsciously and he went on to say with trepidation in his voice: “Thank you Young Miss Mu for lending a helping hand.”

If it wasn’t for the fact that Mu Lai had coiled her whip around him and brought him out of harm’s way, it was feared that he would now have been reduced into a set of skeletal bones already.

“No problem.” Mu Lai narrowed her eyes. If she had really seen what she thought she did, it had looked very much like the head of some sort of a beast.

In that instant that it had fallen to the ground, it had turned into a pool of blood which then rotted away a whole patch of grass. When the wind blew over that rotted patch of grass, a strange smell then spread into the air. The expression on her face changed and she quickly shouted: “Cover your nose and mouth quick, and hold your breath!”

Mu Chi and Feng Qi who were right beside her immediately did as they were told upon hearing that. Mu Lai took out two elixir pills and said to them: “Eat it. They are antidote pills.”

She was a Elixir Cultivator and had always been fiddling with herbs and medicines since she was very young, developing her sense of smell to become highly sensitive. Poisons that attacked one’s body through smell wouldn’t have any effect on her but it was different for most other people. Even a little bit of the smell could possibly deliver a lethal strike upon them.

[Just what kind of a poison was this that it was so powerful?]

Mu Lai’s gaze stared icily into the room that was now open and he could see several tall male figures standing stiffly in there.

And under the flickering candlelight, the image of a horrifying figure was projected on the paper of the window. It looked like a man with a very tall stature but the figure was tall in a rather unusual way. Right at the top was a thick and massive snake’s head with its jaws wide open and spitting out its long forked tongue, its eyes big as bronze bells that flashed with an evil red light.

“What is….. that thing?” Mu Chi’s eyes were wide as he stared, his face growing slightly pale as looked at the massive and indistinct figure projected upon the window.

Feng Qi also stood there in a daze, stunned in place completely.

That thick and powerful looking snake head hissed menacingly and its brutal and tyrannical power sent everyone in the room flying away.

Those men were all part of the highly mysterious Ten Great Assassins who possessed profound cultivation but they were at that moment like flies who were unable to retaliate at all as they crashed heavily to the ground and they all vomited out a mouthful of blood.

The man inside who had been overtaken by devilry had at that moment lost all his rationality.

“Feng Qi….. Bring them away!” One of the man said as he struggled to stand up. His voice weak as he continued to say: “Ah Zhan is no longer rational and has lost control of his body. Do not let the Assassination Temple’s affair implicate the innocent.”

Inside the room was a tumultuous bout of chaotic roars as the towering figure revealed its real identity.

The man’s face was fully covered with the snake scales, his red eyes filled with ruthless and malevolent murder. Half his body was human and the other half was filled with a nauseating writhing bunch of black snake heads.

And right above the top of his head, the leading snake head stood poised, its blood red, large bronze bell eyes staring excitedly at the bunch of men before it. Spitting out its forked tongue, it then let out a highly raspy voice that grated on the ears to say: “So much highly nourishing food…..”

The expression on everyone’s faces changed. [This abomination is actually capable of human speech? That was an ability that only spirit beasts above the eighth grade can possibly possess! Could it be…..]

Just as they were all silently making their own deductions, a cold and scornful voice sounded suddenly, the female saying in a highly indifferent tone: “What are you? I have seen many spirit beasts who have yet to attain their physical forms but this is the first time I am seeing one that’s like you, such an audacious monster that dares to try to forcibly take over a human body.”

The leading snake head looked taken aback before it then weaved its head in the air, lowering itself down to get a better look at her. Its raspy voice sounded highly amused as it said: “What an interesting little doll we have here. To think that you are not afraid at all. This is my first time encountering such an interesting soul and I think it will increase my spirit powers by quite a lot after I devour you.”

Chapter 86.3: Dark Sovereign Snake

“Unfortunately for you, that is just wishful thinking on your part.” Mu Lai’s eyes narrowed up. “According to ancient texts, massive body forms depict weakness and seeing that your image is still so light and faint, I think you are not any kind of spirit beast but have just inherited a bit of the shape and form of some spirit beast with someone controlling you from behind the scenes, and that is how you possess such power and is capable of human speech.”

The Sovereign of All Snakes lives by absorbing human blood and reproduces at an alarming rate at night. Moreover, their blood harbours lethal poison which can corrode all living things. You are the King of All Snakes and you are manipulating all the rest to invade this flesh body and after they have completely taken over it, you will then possess a human body for yourself.,”

Mu Lai’s words had not only caused the men from the Assassination Temple to be highly shocked but it had also made the massive snake head widen its eyes as it stared at her, its expression looking rather startled.

“A pity this human flesh body’s will power is too powerful and you still have not managed to succeed in conquering it even after wearing it down for several months.” Mu Lai lifted up the ends of her lips chillingly. “Ranked second in Snake Black Magic, the Dark Sovereign Snake. I wonder if what I say is correct?”

The enormous snake head narrowed its eyes and flicked its forked tongue out.” I can see that the little doll is not all that ordinary, to think that you know about my origins. Hiss….. But all of you are destined to die here today.”

Upon saying that, it had already made the body it had occupied initiate an attack, sending out tens of flying snake shadows with a lift of his hand. Everyone immediately dodged in a flash, where the snake shadows then fell into a pool of water, instantly turning the water in the pool an inky black.

“Sis, what do we do? Are we really going to leave our lives behind here today?” Mu Chi said a little mournfully. “It’s all my fault. If I had not gone to seek your help to save this person, you would not have been dragged into this. Now things have come to this. No need to mention saving anyone, we can only pray for someone to save us now!”

Mu Lai’s soft whip whizzed through the air at amazing speed, and she said as she dispersed those snake shadows: “I have only come across such snake black magic in the medical texts within the Mu Family’s Library and it did not mention in detail on how to break the spell. So I will only be able to suppress this and not uproot it completely.”

“Then aren’t we all finished then?” Mu Chi’s face looked like it was going to cry, almost filled with despair. A moment’s distraction almost caused him to be struck by those snake shadows which frightened him into focusing his attention on the situation at hand, and not dare to be distracted anymore.

The men from the Assassination Temple were feeling rather guilty that they had dragged the two people into this and hence they did everything they could to shield the siblings, thinking to let them retreat. This was afterall something that had gone beyond anything they could have expected and there was no need for them to offend an Elixir Cultivator Family on top of that.

“Young Miss Mu, we have been thoughtless this time and have implicated both of you into this. We are very thankful that you were able to come forth to lend us your assistance but you should go ahead leave here!” Feng Qi came in close to say.

Mu Lai shook her head with her brows creased up. “I can see that the Dark Sovereign Snake has its murderous intent elicited and would not let me off so easily anymore. If I am to leave now, not only would all of you be killed but it would be so excited by the slaughter it would have carried out here that it would go running on a rampage of massacre out there. The Imperial Capital is not that far away from here and it would cause the people great alarm.”

“Then what should we do? Is the Assassination Temple going to disappear from the face of these lands henceforth! ?” Feng Qi said with a saddened sigh.

Mu Lai’s gaze darkened and she then muttered in a low voice: “If I am able to find that friend of mine, maybe….. there is still hope for us. She knows a lot about black magic and curses and is above me in terms of knowledge in Medicine.”

Feng Qi dodged the shadowy snake attack and struggled to answer. “Is that really true? Where is this friend of yours now?”