Nethermoon Impact Wave, the Nethermoon Forest Boa's unique skill, is a light-wave Spirit Ability that can instantly draw everything in its vicinity into itself, turning it into dust.
Everyone felt the threat of Death from the giant light wave, which was now over a meter in diameter. As Zhang Lexuan shouted for them to dodge, they all scattered, trying their best to avoid the Nethermoon Impact Wave's gravitational pull.
The Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor swung its head, and the giant light wave began to sway. Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, and the others, who were dodging to either side, could only helplessly retreat further outwards. The best way to deal with the Nethermoon Impact Wave was to ascend into the air, but this was the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area, where any existence flying over a hundred meters would suffer an indiscriminate attack from the Land of Great Danger!
Therefore, the few students who could fly were extremely frustrated, only able to dodge in such a sorry state.
Qingyun Pengque Spirit Saint Cheng Hui finally couldn't bear it anymore. Using his Spirit advantage, he instantly accelerated and charged behind the Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor. His sixth spirit ring behind him flickered, and his body was immediately covered in a layer of greenish light. Then, a pair of giant wings spread open, his head, body, claws, and tail formed a straight line, his entire form transforming into a giant cross. He crashed towards the back of the Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor's head, his sharp beak like a dagger, his body transforming into a giant arrow, with an imposing momentum like a meteor!
Qingyun Pengque's sixth Spirit Ability, Divine Bird Special Attack!
Cheng Hui's surprise attack made the struggling dodgers' eyes light up, their bodies tensing up, ready to counterattack at any moment.
However, just as Cheng Hui's attack was about to succeed, an unexpected change occurred. The Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor's head, which had been swaying a moment ago, in the next second, shocked everyone's eyes with an extremely terrifying movement. Its massive head instantly tilted backward, making an angle greater than two hundred seventy degrees, which a normal creature's neck could not achieve.
This angle caused the Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor's large mouth to be directly facing Cheng Hui's attack, and at the same time, it very arrogantly exposed the seventh snake scale under its jaw to everyone else's eyes.
Cheng Hui had not expected the Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor to be able to make such a move and had no time to react, crashing directly into the Nethermoon Impact Wave that was shooting diagonally into the sky. To everyone's immense horror, his figure completely disappeared!
Everyone didn't even have time to feel grief or anger when another muscular figure charged out from a distance, his form resembling a giant wild boar with a spiral horn. A fierce and wild aura filled his blood-red eyes. He was like a javelin, stabbing straight into the Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor's exposed weak point.
"Wan Wan, attack!" The figure let out a roar, it was Zhu Lie, who had been sent flying by the Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor earlier!
The Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor's weak point was attacked again, and its entire body trembled violently from the pain. Zhu Lie's attack had already pierced through its flesh and reached its bones!
It immediately lowered its head, wanting to devour the human who had caused it such injury, but its head had just turned ninety degrees when another wave of attacks from the Shrek students arrived.
Wan Wan, this Azure Scale Snake Spirit Emperor, appeared from nowhere at this moment, leaping to Zhu Lie's side and spraying all six types of Azure Scale Snake venom, which he had been accumulating for a while, onto the Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor's wound.
Although both belonged to the snake family, the Nethermoon Forest Boa was a non-venomous python, while the Azure Scale Snake was one of the most poisonous snake Spirit Beasts. Wan Wan's Azure Scale Snake venom was effective against the Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor. He had been waiting for this opportunity. With his strength, he would definitely not be able to make the Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor fall victim to his Azure Scale Snake venom alone. Fortunately, he, Zhu Lie, and Cheng Hui had been good friends for many years and had a tacit understanding, which allowed them to accomplish what they just did.
At this moment, the Azure Scale Snake Spirit Emperor's face was full of hatred and sorrow.
The Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor was attacked again, and with snake venom at that, which made this Snake Emperor feel unprecedented humiliation. It roared in anger, and its coiled snake body rotated at an astonishing speed. Its huge scales instantly turned into sharp razors, and the air was filled with a piercing sharpness.
Han Ruoruo and Zhang Weiwei immediately went to rescue Zhu Lie and Wan Wan. The Shaking Gold Rope wrapped around Zhu Lie's waist, and with a pull, Zhu Lie was safely pulled back to everyone's side. However, Wan Wan was not so lucky. Although Zhang Weiwei's branches also wrapped around him in time, willow branches were, after all, not as strong as ropes. The more than ten willow branches that were rescuing Wan Wan were instantly cut into fragments without any resistance, and Wan Wan, who couldn't escape, was cut into pieces along with them!
Blood instantly stained the surrounding land.
"Wan Wan!" Zhu Lie knelt on the ground in agony, tears streaming uncontrollably from his eyes.
The others also looked sorrowful, but they dared not sink into grief, because the crisis at hand was far from resolved. The price of two lives paid by Zhu Lie and his two companions only brought about a more frantic attack from the Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor. Its own condition could still be described as good. Although it was constantly enduring the erosion of the Azure Scale Snake venom, with its 100,000-Year Soul Beast vitality and physique, it would be no problem for it to endure for three days.
Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, Zhang Weiwei, Shen Xu, Luo Wei, Long Yu, Wu Ming, and Ma Xiaotao were still continuously attacking the Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor. They were all more or less injured. Zhu Ziyang and Su Meng were hiding at the back, taking care of the severely injured Zhu Lie. Su Meng's Seven-Colored Dandelion Spirit had healing abilities, but for Zhu Lie's current situation, it was merely a drop in the bucket.
"Senior Sister Su Meng, feed this pill to Senior Brother Zhu." Zhu Ziyang took out a pill exuding a vibrant vitality, it was precisely the Hundred Cures Pill that Old Zhuang had given him! Zhu Lie had fallen into a coma, his breath becoming faint. Su Meng, covered in sweat, was using her Spirit Ability. Seeing the pill Zhu Ziyang handed over, she was immediately overjoyed.
"Little Brother Ziyang, that's great! Senior Brother Zhu can live!" Su Meng immediately put the Hundred Cures Pill into Zhu Lie's mouth, then unhesitatingly lowered her head and blew the pill into Zhu Lie's stomach with her mouth.
Zhu Ziyang watched this scene silently. All he could do now was this. With his strength, he was not qualified to join the battle at all. Ma Xiaotao and Luo Wei were at least Spirit Kings who could fly, and they could cause some minor damage to the Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor. With only forty levels of spirit power and not yet having obtained his fourth spirit ring, he couldn't harm the Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor in the slightest. In fact, if he forced his way into the battlefield, he would only be a hindrance, and the others would have to be distracted looking after him.
For the first time, he felt such a frustrated sense of powerlessness, and the arrogance in his heart couldn't help but dissipate a lot. He truly understood that compared to top powerhouses, he was still an ant! He still needed to continue working hard!
"A little setback is a good thing!" Electrolux clearly perceived the change in Zhu Ziyang's state of mind and couldn't help but feel a little relieved, muttering.
On the battlefield, Zhang Lexuan and the other seven were still entangled with the Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor. With their small and agile figures and their cooperation, they were barely able to maintain the current situation, causing both sides to fall into a strange balance.
But as time passed minute by minute, the spirit power of Ma Xiaotao and Luo Wei, both Spirit Kings, was clearly running low, and they began to waver. They were struggling to hold on, because once they withdrew from the battlefield, the hard-won balance that everyone had established would instantly be broken, and then the Nethermoon Forest Boa Emperor would truly go on a killing spree!
"Xuan Zi, where are you?" Ma Xiaotao shouted anxiously in her heart.
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Where exactly did Xuan Zi go?
Time returned to the morning of the second day after the group entered the Core Area.
"Huh? What's that smell?" Xuan Zi, who was following behind the Inner Courtyard Disciples, suddenly smelled a peculiar fragrance, and this fragrance instantly drew out the flaw in his Spirit.
"Let's go take a look." Xuan Zi thought, and then followed the scent to search. After several twists and turns, he lost track of the Inner Courtyard Disciples' whereabouts and direction.
However, he didn't realize it.
"It's actually a Heavenly Hunger Fruit!" Xuan Zi's old face immediately beamed with a brilliant smile, his gaze greedily fixed on a small tree in front of him, on which hung more than ten bright red fruits.
The Heavenly Hunger Fruit, a very special heavenly treasure, although named Heavenly Hunger, possessed a powerful medicinal effect that allowed one to not feel hunger for ten years with just one fruit.
When Xuan Zi saw these more than ten Heavenly Hunger Fruits, his mind was instantly filled with them. The Inner Courtyard Disciples and everything else were completely thrown to the back of his mind. He eagerly picked a Heavenly Hunger Fruit, swallowed it, and began to refine it.
Not long after, Xuan Zi opened his eyes, two lines of tears flowing down. How long had it been, almost two hundred years? He finally experienced what it felt like to be full.
By the time Xuan Zi realized he had separated from the Inner Courtyard Disciples, it was already night.
"Not good!" The aftermath of the battle in the distance caught his attention, his face changed drastically, and he rushed towards the direction of the battle like a madman.