Chapter 178: Fear that Penetrates the Spirit
"Save me, save me——"
Gu Li and the others continued to cry out in alarm, claiming they were willing to give up the Evil-Suppressing Divine Sword and offer it to Qinchuan, in hopes that he would save their lives.
However, Qinchuan remained indifferent to their wailing and cries for help.
With one hand supporting Undying Mountain and the other calmly positioned in front of him, fissures crisscrossed the ground behind him. His gaze lightly swept over Gu Li and the others being sucked into the gaping maw of the Primordial Ancestral Serpent, his eyes full of cold indifference.
He had already warned them earlier that an unparalleled fierce beast was suppressed here.
The twelve Evil-Suppressing Divine Swords and Divine Talismans were the foundation of the Demon-Sealing Prohibition Formation.
He had ordered them to stop.
But they, ignoring his warnings,
insisted on pulling out the Evil-Suppressing Divine Swords, stealing the so-called opportunity and fortune.
Now their cleverness had backfired.
The Demon-Sealing Prohibition Formation collapsed.
The Primordial Ancestral Serpent beneath Undying Mountain broke free from its confines.
The sky and earth turned upside down here.
Facing disaster and fearing for their lives, they came to him for rescue, wasn't that laughable?
"No——"
As they drew near to the fearsome fangs and bloodied maw of the Primordial Ancestral Serpent, the foul breath and boundless fear made dizzy and blinded Gu Li and the others.
Confronting this Primordial Ancestral Serpent, no matter how talented or what kind of constitution Gu Li and the others possessed,
all could only let out a cry of despair and unwillingness before they were swallowed up, becoming snacks in the belly of the serpent, their bodies and souls utterly destroyed, their spirits scattered!
Not far below.
Zhou Xi, Li Ran, and Wang Hao, standing next to Qinchuan, watched this scene pale as death. Boundless terror overwhelmed their hearts, making them feel weak all over, unable to muster any strength. Explore stories on empire
Especially after the Primordial Ancestral Serpent devoured Gu Li and the others, when that ferocious and grim gaze swept towards them, they almost had their souls scattered in fear.
"It's just a little serpent, no need to panic and lose composure like this!"
Qinchuan, noticing that the three of them were terrified to the point of losing their wits, raised an eyebrow and rebuked them lightly.
Zhou Xi and the others turned towards Qinchuan with a wooden expression, their lips quivering as they said, "Brother Qin… Brother Qin, this is…"
They couldn't utter a complete sentence.
Such a terrifying and fierce beast had just devoured various sect disciples right in front of them.
Such as Gu Li, Yi Jianyi, and other Saint Heirs from the different sects, none had any power to resist, all of them eaten as though they were mere food.
In their barely twenty-odd years of life, they had rarely even left their sects.
Where had they witnessed such a brutal spectacle?
Qinchuan paid no further attention to Zhou Xi and the others; instead, he walked towards the Primordial Ancestral Serpent with Undying Mountain in tow.
"Worthy of being the most vigorous life form among the different fierce beasts in the world, suppressed here by the combined Demon-Sealing Prohibition Formation and Time Formation. So many years have passed, and yet it has not turned into dry bones, still existing in this world, truly unexpected."
Qinchuan spoke calmly.
"Brother Qin!"
From behind, Zhou Xi, Li Ran, and Wang Hao saw Qinchuan step towards the Primordial Ancestral Serpent and instantly felt their hearts rise to their throats, nearly losing their souls to fear.
The ferocious eyes of the Primordial Ancestral Serpent fixed on Qinchuan, observing the Undying Mountain in his hands and feeling the faint trace of Emperor Soul Qi emanating from him.
Its giant lantern-like eyes suddenly burst with light, the blood-red gaze shooting at Qinchuan, filled with boundless hatred, "It's you!"
It bellowed furiously.
The deafening sound, like roaring thunder, made the void tremble.
The sound waves, like waves, caused the ground to ripple.
The mountains in all directions collapsed, and boulders flew into the air.
Zhou Xi and the others were shocked into unconsciousness on the spot.
If not for the light radiating from Undying Mountain in Qinchuan's hands, blocking the waves, Zhou Xi, and the others would have been not just knocked unconscious, but instantly shattered in body and soul!
"You're actually still alive, you're actually still alive!"
The Primordial Ancestral Serpent stared at Qinchuan with an angry roar, its eyes full of limitless hatred, killing intent, but also, fear!
Yes.
Fear, terror!
Even now, as it sensed that Qinchuan's current cultivation level was pathetically weak.
Yet, it still instinctively feared him.
It could not forget the past.
It could not forget the scenes of being suppressed by the other party.
It could not forget how terrifying that person was!
It was the Primordial Ancestral Serpent.
Once it roamed the Nine Heavens and ten lands, devouring skies and earth, and no one could punish it.
Until it encountered this person!
In that battle, it used every trick it had, deploying all of its skills.
But it was still forcefully suppressed by the other party!
Unable to stir up the slightest ripple!
The severe injuries it suffered at the hands of this person back then had yet to heal!
All the mottled scars covering its body were also the handiwork of this person!
It was angry, it harbored resentment, it wanted to leave this place, to slay all the humans in the world, to take revenge.
But at this moment.
This person was right in front of it.
Yet, in its heart, it instinctively felt fear!
The towering resentment, the towering fury, could not suppress the fear deep in its heart.
It stared at Qinchuan and growled, "What do you want to do by coming here?"
"You have already suppressed me for a hundred thousand years! A full hundred thousand years!"
"Every day, I suffer the lash of the Demon-Sealing Prohibition Formation on my spirit, and every day I am subjected to the Time Formation, stripped of my vitality!"
"Now that a hundred thousand years have passed, do you still not want to let me go?!"
The Primordial Ancestral Serpent was mournful and indignant, the fear of this person in its heart stronger than its anger.
"I suppressed you here, you... do you not accept it?"
Qinchuan's indifferent words rang out.
"..."
The Primordial Ancestral Serpent's tone stalled for a moment, as a boundless rage surged in its heart.
If it were anyone else who dared to speak to it like this, it would have long treated them as food and swallowed them whole.
But facing Qinchuan, it harbored a deep wariness in its heart.
And Qinchuan, the reason he had suppressed the other party then, was because the Primordial Ancestral Serpent had a brutal nature and had committed heinous killings in the past.
In the Cang Lan Realm, ten billion lives were devoured by it!
The entire Cang Lan Realm was left in deathly silence, with innumerable resentful spirits.
Not only that.
After devouring the Cang Lan Realm, it intensified its efforts, striking out at other worlds in all directions, causing countless lives to die tragic deaths.
And Qinchuan, who at the time was planning out the world, traveled through various world planes.
While visiting the Divine Wilderness Continent, Qinchuan encountered the Primordial Ancestral Serpent, which was indiscriminately killing. Thus, he acted to suppress it.
"Originally, my visit here was just a casual check-up."
"If you had stayed honestly under the seal, I would have been too lazy to make another move against you, counting on your tenacious vitality, you might still have been able to cling onto life for some time."
"However, you have been scheming to escape, constantly challenging the seal, causing the seal to dim, and even attracting these ants to draw their swords and break the seal."
"Do you not realize, the day you break free will be the day you lose your life to the Netherworld?"
Qinchuan's voice was somber as he carried the Undying Mountain, step by step towards the Primordial Ancestral Serpent. With each step, the aura emanating from him grew more terrifying.
"Stop where you are!"
The Primordial Ancestral Serpent's pupils shrank as it stared at Qinchuan and bellowed fiercely, "I too sense that you are not as you once were! Your might is no longer like it was in the past! Do you really think you have bested me for certain?! If you take one more step, this place will be turned upside down!"