Chapter 25: Day 25

[Shaaaat!]

The snake-human was the first to attack.

Its mouth opened wide, and deadly poison shot out from its two sharp fangs.

Demonic Dragon Soaring to Heaven, Lightning.

Fzzzt-.

At the deadly poison that approached her, Cheon Seo Ah soared high into the sky like a rising lightning dragon. The deadly poison shot by the snake-human narrowly missed the soles of her feet.

Sizzle!

The ground where the deadly poison fell instantly melted, and a deadly mist rose up, covering the surroundings.

Numerous martial artists were fighting everywhere, and those martial artists were swept away by the sudden rise of the deadly mist.

As a result.

Uwaaaaak-!

Argh!

S, save me!

My body! My body is melting!

Just taking a sip was enough to melt all the internal organs.

No, not just taking a sip. Just lightly touching it was enough to make the area touched by the deadly mist melt away without a trace, which was enough to instill fear in those who saw it.

Who………

“As expected of a cultivator.”

[Do you walk carefully so that the bugs under your feet don’t get stepped on and die?]

“Not really.”

At the snake-human’s words, Cheon Seo Ah shook her head.

Honestly, even if she was the one who created that deadly mist, she wouldn’t care.

There was no need to care about the lives of ordinary people, who were nothing more than useless bugs.

Right now, she just.

“I just need to focus on you.”

[Shaaaat!]

As soon as Cheon Seo Ah’s words ended, the snake-human let out a sharp cry and rushed in.

The snake-human, moving as if crawling on the ground, soared up in an instant and swung both hands at Cheon Seo Ah.

On the ten claws of the snake-human, the same deadly poison that dripped from its fangs was dripping. At that, Cheon Seo Ah clicked her tongue and swung the Black Wind Fan.

Whoosh-!

Riding the black wind that blew when the Black Wind Fan was swung once, Cheon Seo Ah moved her body.

Whoosh-.

The black wind that blew when the Black Wind Fan was swung a second time wrapped around the snake-human’s entire body.

The wind created by the Black Wind Fan had the power to rot and melt everything it touched.

But.

[Shaaaat! Do you think the power of such a insignificant treasure will work on me!]

The snake-human shouted as if annoyed by the black wind that wrapped around his entire body.

At the same time, the snake-human shed its skin and emerged, looking like a snake shedding its skin.

Even when she increased the distance, the opponent followed her persistently.

Cheon Seo Ah’s expression frowned at the snake-human, who followed her as persistently as a leech.

She wanted to do it easily if possible.

“I have no choice.”

[Are you giving up!]

As Cheon Seo Ah, who had been constantly moving on the black wind, stopped, the snake-human let out a cry of Shaat! and rushed in.

The snake-human, moving like a snake crawling on the ground, reached Cheon Seo Ah in an instant and again swung its ten claws with deadly poison dripping from them.

In response, Cheon Seo Ah also.

Six Flicking Fingers Sword Art, Modified.

Twelve Demonic Fingers Sword Art.

She flicked her fingers, stretched out towards the snake-human, without hesitation.

From Cheon Seo Ah’s flicked fingers, twelve black sword lights shot out, flying through the air.

The snake-human, who was swinging its ten claws, was startled by the twelve black sword lights suddenly shot from Cheon Seo Ah and pulled its body back.

Whoosh-!

The twelve black sword lights, which narrowly missed the snake-human, pierced the ground.

The snake-human broke out in a cold sweat at the twelve black sword lights that had pierced the place where he had been a moment ago and said.

[What is your relationship with the White Snake Gate!]

The White Snake Gate? Why is the White Snake Gate suddenly coming up here?

Cheon Seo Ah tilted her head as if she didn’t understand the snake-human’s question.

At that, the snake-human raised its voice and shouted.

[What you just used was clearly the Six Flicking Fingers Sword Art of the White Snake Gate!]

[Could it be…, the White Snake Gate, which claims to be an orthodox sect, raised a Demonic Beast like you!]

Aha-.

At the snake-human’s cry, the girl grinned.

The Six Flicking Fingers Sword Art that she had been using by modifying it with Demonic Arts was originally from the White Snake Gate.

The opponent mistook her, who used the Six Flicking Fingers Sword Art modified with Demonic Arts, for a Demonic Beast secretly raised by the White Snake Gate.

But.

“What is your relationship with the White Snake Gate?”

Cheon Seo Ah asked with a voice full of curiosity.

Honestly, if there was a relationship with the White Snake Gate, wouldn’t the snake-human in front of her, who looked like a mixture of a snake and a human, have a deeper relationship than her, who used the Six Flicking Fingers Sword Art modified with Demonic Arts.

Just as the snake-human was about to shout something at Cheon Seo Ah’s question, it suddenly flinched and looked around sharply.

[Could it be…]

It asked itself and came to a conclusion on its own.

This time, it seemed to have some strange thoughts again, and as time passed, the snake-human’s expression distorted.

[Could it be…, they’re trying to catch me?]

‘Huh?’

Cheon Seo Ah tilted her head at the snake-human’s muttering.

No, why did it come to that conclusion?

More than that. Just what was that bastard that a sect like the White Snake Gate would secretly raise a Demonic Beast like herself to use as a hunting dog to catch it?

Although they had only exchanged a few blows, that snake-human’s cultivation level was only at the Foundation Establishment stage at best.

Secretly creating a Demonic Beast just to catch a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage?

Why would the White Snake Gate take such a risk?

“You’re full of yourself.”

[Don’t be ridiculous! Now! Do you think I’ll be caught by the likes of you now!]

As soon as Cheon Seo Ah clicked her tongue, the snake-human, who had come to a conclusion on its own, shouted and began to run away.

The snake-human, who was crawling on the ground, instantly turned into a white snake and burrowed into the ground.

Had it learned some kind of jidun art?

Not only was it surprising that it disappeared from sight in an instant, but the speed at which the snake-human moved by burrowing into the ground was also quite surprising.

In the blink of an eye, the snake-human had fled hundreds of meters.

Cheon Seo Ah let out a hollow laugh at the snake-human, who had been fighting well but suddenly misunderstood on its own and ran away.

Of course.

“Being dumbfounded is one thing.”

Muttering that, Cheon Seo Ah took a step forward.

Boom-!

Small explosions occurred in succession on both of Cheon Seo Ah’s feet, and Cheon Seo Ah’s figure stretched out like a line and shot forward.

She didn’t know what it was thinking on its own, or what misunderstanding it had.

But did it think it could escape now?

No, if it was going to run away like this, it shouldn’t have instigated those bugs to attack the Black Mountain Sect in the first place.

If it had messed things up and then said, ‘Oops, I misunderstood. I’m sorry,’ and backed down.

How many people would just say, ‘Haha, I see,’ and let it go?

If it was really sorry.

“At least leave your heart and soul behind.”

Cheon Seo Ah muttered as if whispering.

A snake-human, becoming a snake and burrowing through the ground to escape.

Chasing after it, Cheon Seo Ah, constantly causing small explosions on both feet and using that propulsive force to fly through the air.

Their chase ended when the snake-human, who decided that it couldn’t escape from Cheon Seo Ah, emerged from the ground again.

From snake-human to snake.

From snake back to snake-human, Cheon Seo Ah landed in front of it.

It seemed like they hadn’t moved much, but they had already entered the Central Mountain Range.

When she looked back, Zuhang, which was quite a large city, had already turned into a small dot.

Probably by now, the guards of Zuhang had invaded the Black Mountain Sect.

The battle where numerous dark sects joined forces to attack the Black Mountain Sect was not something that could be quietly overlooked, no matter how much they didn’t care about the back alleys.

Anyway.

“It doesn’t matter.”

After all, she had given up on the idea of using the Black Mountain Sect to catch bugs and make a new Thousand Spirit Corpse Poison Pill.

Right now.

“I’ll devour you. And use that city as a sacrifice to break through my cultivation level.”

[Shaaaaat-.]

At Cheon Seo Ah’s words, spewing out madness mixed with Demonic Qi from her eyes, the snake-human let out a sharp cry.

However, that snake-human was very confused.

It was true that it had come back to the ground because it judged that it could not shake off the pursuit of that thing, which looked like a Demonic Beast.

Which it thought was a Demonic Beast secretly raised by the White Snake Gate.

But it thought that other disciples of the White Snake Gate would appear around it as soon as it came up.

Could it be that that Demonic Beast had nothing to do with the White Snake Gate?

But if so, how. Why could that Demonic Beast use the Six Flicking Fingers Sword Art of the White Snake Gate?

Although the Six Flicking Fingers Sword Art that it used was almost like a Demonic Art, it couldn’t fail to recognize the original Six Flicking Fingers Sword Art.

While the snake-human was confused by that incompatible assumption.

“What are you thinking so hard about?”

When did it move?

The Demonic Beast disappeared from in front of its eyes.

And the snake-human turned its body in fright at the fact that the Demonic Beast’s voice was heard from behind.

The snake-human, with deadly poison dripping from its ten claws, turned its whole body.

The small storm created by that swept the surroundings, but nothing touched Cheon Seo Ah’s body.

Cheon Seo Ah had already retreated the moment the snake-human raised its claws and tried to turn its body.

Cheon Seo Ah reached out her hand, looking at the snake-human creating a small storm as if watching a child’s antics.

Wooong..

Demonic Qi gathered on Cheon Seo Ah’s outstretched hand. Furthermore, Cheon Seo Ah’s hand turned pale as if it were a corpse.

The paler her hand became, the more the amount of Demonic Qi gathered on it increased.

That lump of Demonic Qi was unstable enough to explode if someone just poked it.

The snake-human also flinched in surprise at that lump of Demonic Qi and tried to pull its body back again.

Ninefold Hell Body Explosion Art, Chain Demonic Explosive Orb.

The lump of Demonic Qi that swirled on Cheon Seo Ah’s hand shot out and collided with the snake-human, causing a huge explosion.