Chapter 7: The Snake Swarm Meeting

The Winged Ice Snake possesses the innate ability to spit ice. When millions of Winged Ice Snakes do so together, they can create an ice-bound realm that freezes space outright.
Qu Yi sensed millions of freezing points approaching; that area seemed completely frozen, with no trace of energy fluctuations, as if it had vanished into thin air. Yet, it was still visible to the naked eye.
The ice-bound realm freezes everything.
The leader of the Winged Ice Snakes saw that the ice-bound realm was about to reach Qu Yi, but Qu Yi remained calm, showing no signs of worry, which filled the leader with confusion.
“Our ice-bound realm, powered by the energy of these millions of Winged Ice Snakes, is equivalent to the strength of a four-star Heavenly Soul Monster,” the leader thought.
Despite his doubts, he was confident that Qu Yi could not withstand the attack of the ice-bound realm.
At that moment, Qu Yi drew out his top-grade immortal sword, the Vast Heaven Sword, and transformed all the chaotic energy in his body into Fire Element Immortal Energy, pouring it into the sword.
“Fire Realm, Unleashed!”
With a cold shout, Qu Yi swung the Vast Heaven Sword. A fierce burst of fire energy erupted, forming a fireball that grew rapidly, expanding to thousands of miles wide like a blazing sphere, heading straight for the millions of freezing points approaching at high speed.
Crackling…
As fire met ice, flames surged like dragons while ice shattered into fragments. Where they collided, a one-meter-wide spatial rift formed, with countless chaotic energies devouring both fire and water energies.
It exploded in an instant and vanished just as quickly.
After the loud noise, the sky returned to calm.
“How is this possible?” the leader of the Winged Ice Snakes cried in disbelief.
The Winged Ice Snake colony had been able to dominate this land thanks to their innate ability of the ice-bound realm, which kept other snake-like monsters at bay. Now that this once-effective ability had been effortlessly resisted by Qu Yi, it naturally panicked all the Winged Ice Snakes.
In the sky, the neatly arranged Winged Ice Snakes lost their composure, and their formation became chaotic.
“Well, Winged Ice Snakes, can you still stop me?” Qu Yi called out with a smile.
With the Star Luo Ding in his body, the chaotic energy he had just lost quickly recovered, allowing him to wield the Vast Heaven Sword once again.
Hearing Qu Yi’s words and seeing his disdainful gaze, the leader’s anger flared, and he wanted to order the Winged Ice Snakes to attack Qu Yi once more.

But just as the leader of the Winged Ice Snakes wanted to shout, Qu Yi’s figure disappeared.
“Such foolishness!”
Qu Yi appeared in front of the leader of the Winged Ice Snakes. His Hao Tian Sword had already been swung down—a flaming blade that sliced through space, striking straight at the leader’s head.
“I refuse to accept this…” Before the leader could finish speaking, his body was burned to ashes.
Qu Yi shook his head and said with sigh, “I managed to withstand the freezing domain of a million ice snakes. You should realize that my strength is at least equivalent to that of a four-star Tian Po Monster. Yet you’re only at the level of a two-star Tian Po Monster. Still not fleeing and trying to attack me again—calling you foolish is no exaggeration.”
With the death of the leader, the million Winged Ice Snakes in the air became panicked and flew around chaotically, each trying to dive down into holes to save their lives.
“Life Core, it’s your turn,” Qu Yi called out with a smile.
Immediately, the Life Core of the Soul-Collecting Flower flew out from Qu Yi’s head, emitting ten thousand golden rays toward the fleeing Winged Ice Snakes.
The Life Core, the most powerful spell at the moment, could release a hundred golden rays. To deal with those weak Winged Ice Snakes, a slightly weaker soul spell was sufficient, so ten thousand golden rays were sent out.
With those golden rays everywhere, the Winged Ice Snakes were controlled by the Life Core. Not only did they stop fleeing, but they also quickly exhaled ice breath, freezing the other Winged Ice Snakes nearby.
Ten thousand Winged Ice Snakes—actually, at least thirty thousand were frozen.
And the Life Core continued to emit golden rays.
One hundred thousand, two hundred thousand… a million Winged Ice Snakes.
With just one release, the Life Core controlled all a million Winged Ice Snakes in that area.
Qu Yi watched the Life Core’s performance with a smile until it was over.
“The Ice Bee swarm is now useless, but these Winged Ice Snakes can still be useful,” Qu Yi said with a laugh.
Then, with a thought, he trapped all a million Winged Ice Snakes inside the Dimensional Sphere.
“Wu Yuan, come out,” Qu Yi said, releasing Wu Yuan from the Dimensional Sphere.
“Ugh, that ice snake was so delicious… Ah, Qu Yi, have all those Winged Ice Snakes escaped?” As soon as Wu Yuan came out, he started shouting.
Obviously, Wu Yuan wanted to eat another Winged Ice Snake.
Qu Yi nodded and said with a smile, “Wu Yuan, don’t be greedy. Let’s keep moving.”
Wu Yuan stopped chewing and followed Qu Yi without saying another word.
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The land of Tian Jiu Star is called Tian Jiu Continent.

The most core region of the continent is called the Void Sky Snake Den. It is here that the most powerful snake race in Tianjiu Star lives—the Void Sky Snakes. The Void Sky Snakes belong to the Abnormal Ability Snake Group, meaning they are born with the ability to harmonize with space. Once they do so, any demon beast with a lower cultivation level than them cannot detect their presence. This innate ability to blend with space naturally gives them dominance over other snake groups, as it is extremely difficult for others to resist their attacks. Not only do the Void Sky Snake Group occupy the heart of Tianjiu Continent, but the current leader of the Mulin Alliance in the Mulin Star Region, Void, is actually a Void Sky Snake, having originated from Tianjiu Continent. Due to these unique traits, the Void Sky Snakes have become the strongest force in Tianjiu Star, with all other snake races following their lead. The Void Sky Snake Den features millions of naturally formed vertical pits that are unfathomably deep. These pits serve as the habitat for the Void Sky Snake Group, rich in primordial energy. At that moment, in the central pit of the Void Sky Snake Den, thirty-seven beast-human hybrids were discussing matters. Thirty soft snake-skin chairs were arranged in an ellipse, with thirty crystal balls of different colors embedded in the central chair. Sitting on that chair was a tall man with narrow eyes, his gaze radiating an intimidating aura, while his presence gave the impression of being hidden in some other dimension. This man was the current leader of the Void Sky Snakes in Tianjiu Star—Xu Lan. The thirty-six beast-human hybrids seated on the chairs on either side were the supreme leaders of the thirty-six snake groups: the Black Ring Snake Group, the Winged Ice Snake Group, the Whip-Tailed Snake Group, the Golden Horn Snake Group, the Void Sky Snake Group… In total, there were thirty-six snake groups and thirty-six supreme leaders, all under Xu Lan’s command. Xu Lan glanced coldly at everyone and said indifferently, “Wu Ting, Yu Zhen, share the information you’ve gathered about that foreign demon beast that invaded our Tianjiu Continent.” It turned out that Qu Yi’s movements had been under the watchful eyes of these thirty-seven most powerful snake demons. Wu Ting was the supreme leader of the Black Ring Snake Group, while Yu Zhen was the supreme leader of the Winged Ice Snake Group. “Commander, that foreign demon beast first entered our Black Ring Snake Group’s territory with a Yuanpo Demon, killed our leader Wu Gan, and then headed to the Winged Ice Snake Group’s area.”

“Commander, that alien beast has arrived in our Winged Ice Snake region, killed our leader Yu Xiang, and even slaughtered an entire branch of our Winged Ice Snakes,” Wu Ting and Yu Zhen said one after another. After speaking, the leaders of each snake clan exhaled a hint of cold air, showing fierce expressions, especially with malicious glints in their eyes. “Commander, an alien beast has dared to invade our Tianjiu Continent—this is a blatant provocation to our snake race.” “Commander, that alien beast has been flying in a straight line; its next stop should be the Golden Horn Snake clan’s region. I suggest sending the leader of Golden Fort back to kill that beast directly.” “Wu Gan is only at the level of a one-star Tianpo Beast, and Yu Xiang is only a two-star Tianpo Beast. Let’s send a three-star Tianpo Beast leader to ambush that beast.” …… Suddenly, the leaders of each snake clan expressed their opinions to Xu Lan. Xu Lan listened calmly, and once everyone fell silent, he spoke softly, “That alien beast brought a Yuanpo Beast-level monster into Tianjiu Continent, which shows it is extremely powerful. At least it’s confident enough to think it can deal with all of our snake clans.” “Ah…” Hearing this, the leaders of the snake clans were shocked. Of course, they hadn’t realized that Qu Yi’s bold entry into Tianjiu Continent wasn’t because he believed he could confront all the snake clans, but because he was fully confident he could escape easily. Since there was no threat to his life, why would Qu Yi fear entering Tianjiu Continent? Seeing the expressions of the leaders, Xu Lan immediately stood up, showed a resolute look, and declared firmly, “All leaders, listen up! This time, all snake clans on Tianjiu Continent must face the challenge of a powerful beast. Our dignity cannot be insulted. I decide that all thirty-seven of us shall go and kill that alien beast at all costs.” Xu Lan had raised the threat posed by Qu Yi to such a serious level. “Ah…” “Yes, Commander.” “Hmph, as long as the thirty-seven of us go, no matter how strong that alien beast is, it won’t be able to escape.” “A beast that dares to challenge our snake clans of Tianjiu Continent must not be tolerated.” …… One after another, the leaders of the snake clans spoke passionately. Xu Lan nodded. ※※※ While discussions about how to deal with Qu Yi were taking place in the Xu Tian Snake Den, Qu Yi had already passed through the Winged Ice Snake region and arrived in a new snake clan territory—the Golden Horn Snake clan’s region.

“Ugh, Qu Yi, go catch me a live snake to eat quickly,” Wu Yuan, who was behind Qu Yi, called out resentfully.
Qu Yi pursed his lips and nodded.