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As we continued to move deeper into the north of the mixed zone, the atmosphere around us became more depressing. The trees became taller and denser, with branches and leaves intertwined, blocking most of the sunlight, making the ground appear particularly dark and damp. Occasionally, we could hear the roars of unknown soul beasts, which made people feel creepy.
"It's nearby." Arou stopped.
"Is this... the Ghost Swamp?" The snake woman's face changed.
"How did you bring us here?"
"This is where the thousand-year-old snakes gather. It's easier to find her spirit ring here," said Arou.
The snake woman wanted to curse.
Doesn't she know that there are many snake-like soul beasts in this ghost swamp?
It's extremely dangerous here!
She would not be afraid of one or two thousand-year-old soul beasts, but what if there were dozens or even hundreds of them? !
Although this ghost swamp belongs to the outer area, even those powerful ten thousand year soul beasts dare not step in rashly!
As for human soul masters, they need time to absorb the soul rings after hunting them. A thousand-year soul ring will take at least half an hour, and they cannot move during this period.
The snake-like soul beasts in this ghost swamp live in groups and are particularly sensitive to invasion. They will gather at the slightest smell of blood.
Who has the ability to absorb the soul ring in this snake nest?
Moreover, snake soul beasts are extremely vengeful, and even if you escape dozens of kilometers away, you may not be able to escape their pursuit!
When hunting soul beasts, there is more to consider than just the target!
"Are you... sure?" Even Meng Yiran was a little confused by Xuan Ming's astonishing choice.
I'm hunting souls here. If you have the ability to help me kill them, I don't have the ability to absorb them!
"Of course I'm not wrong, I'll just catch it for you." Xuan Ming walked forward, the coldness surged around his body, slowly condensing into ice on the ground.
The snake lady looked at the ice that was spreading under Xuan Ming's feet, and a hint of surprise and fear flashed in her eyes.
This level of control over the ice element is rare even among the many powerful soul masters she has seen.
Is this really a Soul Sect?
Isn't this kid cultivating a weapon spirit?
"You're not trying to make the snakes hibernate by lowering the temperature, are you?" said the snake lady.
"Almost." Xuan Ming said.
The body temperature of snakes changes with the environment. Low temperatures will significantly reduce their metabolic rate, leading to decreased activity, slow reaction, and even entering a "hibernation"-like state.
The Xingdou Great Forest is a tropical rain forest. The snakes living here are more sensitive to low temperatures. He only needs to lower the temperature to drive away those small snakes with low cultivation levels, and at the same time attract those snake soul beasts that are more than a thousand years old to eliminate him as an invader.
As the cold continued to spread, the snake soul beasts in the Ghost Swamp began to react.
Under the influence of the cold, some weaker snake soul beasts gradually became stiff and their movements became slow. They spit out their tongues and made a hissing sound, as if to alert their companions.
However, those stronger thousand-year-old snake soul beasts were not easily frightened by the cold. They twisted their sturdy bodies and slowly crawled towards the direction where the cold came from.
"Get out!"
Xuan Ming glanced at the thousand-year-old snake beasts that gathered together. The black dragon behind him released a little hostility and directly scared the snakes away.
This snake woman would definitely not look down on an ordinary thousand-year-old snake, so she would have to find a good one.
"This..." The snake woman who was about to help was stunned.
"Yan Yian, he's been too generous with you."
Although the snake staff martial soul of their grandfather and granddaughter is a weapon martial soul, it is not complete. It is a mutated weapon martial soul and is somewhat biased towards a beast martial soul.
This mutation gave their bodies the characteristics of snakes, but at the same time, they also had some of the weaknesses of snakes.
Snakes are a subspecies of dragons at their origin. Most dragon soul beasts have blood suppression on snakes. Xuan Ming's black dragon martial soul has an extremely high-quality bloodline, and those thousand-year-old snakes don't dare to fight him at all!
If Xuan Ming had released his dragon power to intimidate Meng Yiran during their previous fight, this girl probably wouldn't even have the strength to fight back!
"Grandma!" Meng Yiran's face flushed.
It's not like she can't see it!
Time passed minute by minute, and Xuan Ming and his group kept moving towards the depths of the Ghost Swamp.
With Xuan Ming freezing the ground in front, there is no need to worry about this dangerous swamp.
Bang!
Suddenly, a dark shadow emerged from the swamp, and with a crisp sound, the ice surface shattered.
Xuan Ming subconsciously opened his domain and condensed a colorless wall in front of him. The black shadow was hit hard and bounced back.
"What kind of soul beast is this?" Meng Yiran came back to her senses and looked at the strange soul beast with a snake head and a scorpion body in front of her.
This soul beast is huge, with its snake head raised high, spitting out a scarlet tongue, making a hissing sound, which is creepy. The scorpion body is covered with a hard shell, flashing a cold luster in the dim light. The tail is raised high, and the poisonous needle at the tip flashes a deadly cold light.
"This is a snake-scorpion beast." Arou said.
"The snake's head is like a python, and its breath is extremely poisonous. Wherever it passes, all the grass and trees wither. Ordinary soul beasts will die if they are touched by it. The scorpion's shell is hard and is not afraid of water or fire."
" It is difficult to be damaged by swords. The poison needle on its tail is extremely powerful. It contains a terrifying toxin that can kill even soul beasts of ten thousand years. Once you are stung, there is almost no chance of survival."
"Once this kind of soul beast appears in a group of snakes, it will be like a king. All nearby snake soul beasts will bow down to it and obey its orders."
"How old is this thing?" Xuan Ming asked.
"It's been more than two thousand years." Arou said.
"As a thousand-year soul beast's cultivation exceeds a thousand years, the energy of its soul ring becomes another matter. This girl...can't bear it."
Although the theory of the spirit ring absorption period proposed by Tang San's teacher was wrong, the approximate spirit ring age range he proposed was not much different.
If it were Tang San, he could still give this snake-scorpion beast a try. After all, the strange skills he practiced, his physical strength and mental power were already among the best among soul masters of the same level. Perhaps he could withstand the energy of this super-age soul ring.
But this little girl probably doesn't have that ability.
Xuan Ming turned around and looked at Meng Yiran, "Do you want it?"
"No, it's too high." said the snake woman.
If it is within two thousand years, around fifteen hundred years, she would encourage Meng Yiran to give it a try. After all, this is a good opportunity to improve her strength.
But since this thing is more than two thousand years old, that's another matter. The risk is too great, and she doesn't dare let Meng Yiran take the risk.
"Grandma, I want it." Meng Yiran said.
"It's too high, you can't absorb it." The snake woman said seriously.
"If the soul ring fails to be absorbed, at best the cultivation level will regress and all previous efforts will be wasted. At worst the martial soul will be damaged and the person will become useless from then on, or even die on the spot and lose his life!"
"It's just a spirit ring. How can it be more important than your safety?"
"There's no problem with safety. It won't exceed the limit by much. I have a way." Xuan Ming said.
The snake woman was stunned, "You have..."
"I want it!" Meng Yiran said decisively.
"Then get ready to run away."
After Xuan Ming finished speaking, his figure flashed, and he leaped out, instantly rushing in front of the snake-scorpion beast. The icy air surged out like a surging tide and pounced directly towards the snake-scorpion beast.
Before the snake-scorpion beast could react, it was enveloped by the icy air, its face covered with its breath, and it was instantly frozen into a big popsicle.
"What are you standing there for? Run away." Xuan Ming picked up the big popsicle, pulled A Rou with him, and accelerated and flew out of the swamp.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss~~~"
Dense swarms of snake shadows approached from all directions, surrounding the direction they were coming from, and several huge snake shadows were rushing towards them quickly.
The snake woman's expression froze, and she thought to herself that something was wrong. She quickly grabbed Meng Yiran, bursting out her soul power with all her strength, and rushed towards Xuan Ming.
Looking at the place where he was standing that was instantly swallowed by the wriggling snakes, Meng Yiran's face turned pale.
She was almost dead!
"You said you were going to run away, but you're still in a daze." Xuan Ming was speechless.
Arou has already said that the snake-scorpion beast is the king of the snake group. If you capture their leader, won't you be retaliated by the snake group?
The snake woman had a dark face, but she didn't know what to say.
She also didn't expect that they had already been surrounded by a group of snakes deep in the swamp!
Careless!