Chapter 010: The Ice Snake Clan

Seeing that lightning strike toward him with the force of thunder, Suren wasn’t nervous at all this time. A slight smirk appeared on his lips, along with an indifferent expression.
With a slight movement of his arm, the long whip moved nimbly like a frightened snake. At its tip, the metal point rushed swiftly toward the lightning!
The speed was incredible. In fact, even Karu felt as if the whip could automatically track the lightning’s path, chasing after it and extending its metal tip to the base of the lightning itself!
The fierce red lightning, upon touching the metal tip, immediately behaved like a tamed snake, gently following the whip’s path as it moved slowly.
Suren’s whip, originally transparent with a hint of black, turned red once the red lightning entered it!
This color was exactly the same as that of the lightning emitted by Karu’s Sun Axe!
“Karu, do you see? Your Dodge Clan’s Sun Axe is completely ineffective against me! Your clan’s sacred weapon can now only serve as delicious food for my weapons!” Suren said, slightly excited.
Suren belonged to the Ice Snake Clan of the Magical Beast Realm. Among the magical beasts, the Ice Snake Clan was also one of the most powerful. Most adult Ice Snakes were at the ninth level of magical beasts. It could be said that Ice Snakes were long-bodied reptilian magical beasts second only to dragons. Legends claimed that Ice Snakes carried the bloodline of the Frost Dragon!
During prolonged battles with the dwarves, three consecutive clan leaders of the Ice Snake Clan—Suren’s three direct male ancestors—were killed by the clan leader of the Dodge Clan!
In these life-and-death battles, the Dodge Clan’s sacred weapon, the Sun Axe, played a crucial role. The Ice Snake Clan simply didn’t have any weapons capable of matching it!
“Do you know? To create this whip, I, Suren, went through countless hardships. I slaughtered a dragon and used its dragon sinews as the core, then gathered the shed skins of all members of my clan who had reached the Sacred Rank or above. Finally, I created this whip!” Recalling the process of making the whip, Suren’s face showed clear excitement.

For the Ice Snake clan, the most precious part of their bodies is their shed skins. These skins are crystal clear and extremely hard. Moreover, they can store magical power. The skins of Ice Snakes at the sacred rank or above are of the highest quality among all. Throughout the history of the Ice Snake clan, not more than twenty masters at the sacred rank have ever appeared. It is extremely difficult for magical beasts to surpass their own rank limits, unless they possess extraordinary talent or some miraculous encounter. Otherwise, it’s completely impossible for a ninth-level Ice Snake to reach the sacred rank! As for Ice Snakes at the sacred rank or above, their shedding rate is much slower than that of ordinary Ice Snakes—they only shed their skins once every hundred years! Su Lun used all the sacred-rank skins from his clan to craft this long whip, showing just how much effort he invested! This long whip can already be considered a divine weapon! Su Lun swung the whip in his hand, creating a perfect arc. Like the lightning emitted by Karu earlier, a blood-red lightning bolt was sent toward Karu. The lightning energy stored in the whip made the whip itself resemble a bolt of lightning, with the only difference being that it formed an arc rather than being a straight-line bolt like Karu’s. Although its speed was lower, its unpredictability far surpassed Karu’s lightning! Seeing the whip coming toward him, Karu stared intently at it. Just as the whip was about to reach him, he quickly drew out his axes and began slashing wildly at the whip’s body. The axes collided with the whip, producing a strange hissing sound, accompanied by dazzling sparks as the two divine-grade weapons clashed. These sparks were actually the lightning energies contained within the two divine weapons colliding with each other. However, Su Lun’s whip was a flexible weapon that could move freely. As Karu kept slashing at it, Su Lun gently moved his wrist, causing the whip to twist like a flexible snake and quickly wrap around Karu’s back. The moment the whip touched Karu’s body, his entire body stiffened from the electric shock. Fortunately, the whip didn’t absorb all the lightning—it only took in about 80%—and most of the lightning energy inside it was also consumed during the collision with Karu’s axes.

Such lightning power didn’t cause any real harm to Karu; it only made him stiff for a moment! Once the lightning energy stored in the whip was exhausted, Karu regained his flexibility. With a roar, he rushed at Sullen. “Just cut off their heads!” Bashaa shouted. The arrows shot at the skeletons had almost no effect, aside from slightly slowing down their movements! The skeletons, being nothing but bones, no longer had nervous systems connected to flesh, so any attacks that didn’t damage their bones could be ignored. Immune to magical damage, and with their bones being extremely hard, these skeletons were truly top-tier. Hearing Bashaa’s words, Naixiu took out a dragon horn arrow and shot it at one of the skeletons’ heads. Her archery skills far surpassed those of Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, and Purple. Her arrow pierced straight into the skeleton’s head, and without any surprise, its forehead was shattered to pieces! Dragons inherently possess an evil-repelling effect. Strictly speaking, these skeletons should be classified as evil entities. Moreover, dragon horns are the hardest parts of a dragon’s body. Additionally, the dwarf master incorporated many rare metals when crafting these arrows, making them even sharper than natural dragon horns! With such sharpness and the dragon horn’s evil-repelling power, this arrow seemed tailor-made for dealing with these skeletons. Naixiu’s shot shattered one skeleton’s head instantly! After hitting the skeleton’s head, the dragon horn arrow came out from the back of its skull. The once-gleaming arrow was now covered in greenish gas! It seemed the arrow was no longer useful. Seeing this, Du Fan shouted, “Naixiu, don’t waste the dragon horn arrows!” The skeleton fell heavily onto the mountain of bones, and the green gas gathered around its head. Soon, a green flame emerged from the cracked skull. Once that green flame appeared, the surrounding skeletons stopped advancing toward Du Fan and rushed headlong toward it! The green flame, as if alive, began to dodge around.

That green flame was clearly not as agile as those skeletons. Soon, the skeletons tore the green flame into seven smaller ones. To Du Fan and the others’ astonishment, the remaining seven skeletons carefully placed the green flames under their noses. Watching them do so and then inhale forcefully, Du Fan suddenly felt a strange sensation—a sense of familiarity with this scene. Drug use! That familiar term from his past flashed through his mind! Quickly, to match Du Fan’s thoughts, the skeletons washed the green flames from their hands and then appeared to be in a serene, almost divine state. Even their originally stiff bones seemed much softer. Their mouths opened, and they uttered a long, strange syllable. To Du Fan, it seemed as though the skeletons were all saying in unison, “So great!” After absorbing one of the green flames, the green color on their bodies seemed even more intense. As if extremely excited, they quickly leaped toward Du Fan and his group. There had originally been two or three hundred meters between them, but thanks to the skeletons’ rapid leaps, the distance between them shrank quickly. Among Du Fan, Moses, and Bashah, Du Fan was still the fastest. Although he didn’t want to, the wind attribute magic stored in his body was released automatically during his run, accelerating his speed without him even realizing it. Watching the skeletons continue to leap toward them, Du Fan paused briefly, assessed the situation, and then charged at them again! Just as one skeleton landed, Du Fan arrived right in front of it. Before the skeleton could react, Du Fan swung his sword at its head. The sword, infused with Du Fan’s radiant light magic that gleamed like frost on snow, was the very thing that could defeat these evil creatures. The reason Du Fan had shouted at Nai Xiu not to waste the dragon horn arrows was because he was confident in his ability to deal with these skeletons. As soon as the skeleton landed, Du Fan’s sword struck its head. With the skeleton’s stunned expression, the sword plunged deeply into its skull!

With this divine weapon, combined with the radiant combat energy of a domain expert and his incredibly strong body transformed by the Spring of Life, Du Fan swung his sword downward—like a hot iron pressed hard against ice, it plunged in at a speed that was unmistakably fast. With a crisp “snap,” the skeleton’s head was split in two, and a greenish flame burst out from within. Several skeletons that landed around Du Fan seemed to sense another green flame appearing and quickly surrounded him. From their empty eye sockets, green flames glowed; it was impossible to tell whether their gaze was fixed on that green flame or on Du Fan. Surrounded by six skeletons, Du Fan gripped his Frost Snow sword more tightly!