Chapter 49: The Azure-Striped Python

“Qu Yi, you can’t escape.”
Qu Wan Tian shouted coldly, his eyes filled with cruelty, as if Qu Yi were already a lamb in his hands.
Qu Yi merely smiled faintly and continued to urge the Furious Blue Goose to fly swiftly through the air. At this moment, he wasn’t in a hurry to confront Qu Wan Tian—why not drain some of Qu Wan Tian’s divine essence?
Qu Wan Tian’s cultivation had long surpassed the Divine Weapon stage. Having served as the mayor of Huo Xin Town for so long, he naturally enjoyed excellent conditions for cultivation. The number of spiritual entities in his body was certainly among the highest among cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage.
The Artifact God had already informed Qu Yi that Qu Wan Tian had mastered the laws of fire and earth, and his number of spiritual entities had reached eight hundred thousand. The maximum for cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage was one million, so Qu Wan Tian’s strength could be considered among the top in that category.
Qu Yi currently had one million spiritual entities in his body, but his cultivation was only at the Divine Human stage. Thus, the spells he could cast were those of the Spiritual Entity Kingdom, which couldn’t compare to the fused spiritual entities Qu Wan Tian could unleash.
The Spiritual Entity Kingdom was like a pile of sand—seemingly vast but loose.
Fused spiritual entities, on the other hand, were like a piece of hard stone—seemingly singular but tough and sharp.
Seeing Qu Yi still flying swiftly, Qu Wan Tian understood his intentions all too well. Yet he had no choice, as his speed was comparable to that of the Furious Blue Goose, preventing him from catching up immediately.
So, Qu Wan Tian could only suppress his anger and continue chasing.
One day.
Two days.
…
One month.
Qu Wan Tian kept chasing Qu Yi and had now reached the Beast Mountain Range, yet he still hadn’t caught up, only able to follow from behind.
After arriving at the Beast Mountain Range, following the guidance of the Artifact God, Qu Yi arrived above a canyon. Suddenly, he jumped off the Furious Blue Goose and plunged straight into the canyon.
“Qu Wan Tian, you’re truly fierce—chasing so hard that even the Furious Blue Goose is too exhausted to fly anymore. But still, don’t even think of catching me,” Qu Yi shouted loudly as he fell.
This sudden turn of events surprised Qu Wan Tian. He then saw Qu Yi falling into the canyon, his eyes blazing with anger and his expression ferocious.
“Qu Yi, now that you no longer have the Furious Blue Goose, do you still think you can escape? A cultivator at the Divine Weapon stage is far beyond your reach. Surrender peacefully,” Qu Wan Tian sneered before flashing into the canyon.

In the canyon lay the territory of the Green-Striped Pythons—five such pythons were coiled there. Qu Yi chose to fall into this canyon precisely because the Divine Weapon God had told him that there were five Green-Striped Pythons there, which could be used to disrupt Qu Wan Tian’s attacks. The Green-Striped Pythons were as big as a person could hold, ten meters long, with a crystal-white lower belly and a black upper back. Blue stripes ran across their bodies every finger’s width apart. These five pythons occupied a large area in the canyon due to their strength, which had already reached the Divine Weapon level, allowing them to intimidate other beast races. When Qu Yi fell, the five Green-Striped Pythons noticed him immediately and rushed over swiftly, opening their black maws to reveal four gleaming white fangs, ready to swallow him whole. “You wretched beasts, how dare you be so aggressive!” Qu Yi shouted angrily. Suddenly, he took out a Divine Formula Card and swiftly swiped it. The Divine Formula Card was a divine artifact at the level of a Divine General. Although its power had been greatly reduced after the Enlightenment Stele inside was taken away by the Divine Weapon God, it was still sufficient as a weapon to harm most objects in the divine realm. Driven by chaotic energy, the card emitted a purple glow and struck the mouth of the first Python that lunged at it, actually cutting off one of its fangs. Using the force from this strike, Qu Yi pushed off with his feet and dodged the attacks of the other four Pythons, landing on the ground. At that moment, Qu Wan Tian also arrived in the canyon. Seeing Qu Yi on the ground surrounded by five Green-Striped Pythons, he showed surprise on his face. “Green-Striped Pythons…” Qu Wan Tian exclaimed in shock but dared not fly any lower. There were five Pythons at the Divine Weapon level here. Though they couldn’t fly, their attack power was enough to harm Qu Wan Tian, so he naturally didn’t dare descend to capture Qu Yi. Without waiting for the five Pythons to attack again, Qu Yi entered a nearby cave as soon as he landed and ran deep into it. Roar! The five Green-Striped Pythons ignored Qu Wan Tian and also rushed into the cave, determined to devour Qu Yi alive. “Damn it!” Qu Wan Tian grew furious upon seeing this. If Qu Yi was eaten by those five Pythons, all his plans would fail, and he would never be able to obtain the secrets hidden within Qu Yi.

“This Qu Yi is really troublesome. Since Qu Yi has fled into the cave, he can’t escape anymore. I’ll kill five Green-Striped Pythons and capture him alive,” Qu Wantian shouted heartlessly, then immediately flew to the ground and rushed into the cave as well.

For cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage, their spiritual perception range in this Mountain Range of Fierce Beasts is only about a hundred meters. After entering the cave, Qu Wantian could no longer sense the presence of the Green-Striped Pythons or Qu Yi.

“Troublesome… This cave is quite long,” Qu Wantian muttered in frustration and had to quicken his pace, running deeper into the cave.

Soon, Qu Wantian sensed the presence of the Green-Striped Pythons, but still couldn’t detect Qu Yi’s presence.

Qu Wantian immediately took out his divine weapon, the Twin-Headed Fork. His aura surged violently, filled with killing intent, as he charged at the Green-Striped Pythons, determined to kill all five of them at once.

The Green-Striped Pythons had extremely keen senses for danger and immediately realized that Qu Wantian was coming toward them.

The five Green-Striped Pythons had already entered the depths of the cave, where there was a large cavity. They kept searching around for Qu Yi, seemingly having lost his trace. Sensing Qu Wantian’s killing intent, the panicked pythons immediately mistook him for Qu Yi.

Roar!

The five Green-Striped Pythons swiftly crawled forward to confront Qu Wantian’s attack, aiming to swallow him whole.

“You wretched beasts! You still dare to be arrogant? Today is your day of death!” Qu Wantian roared, thrusting his Twin-Headed Fork forward in an attack.

The Twin-Headed Fork was a divine weapon at the Divine Weapon stage. With the power of his divine essence, one end emitted a Fire Spirit Entity, and the other emitted an Earth Spirit Entity—both numbering eight hundred thousand. These two entities merged ahead, forming a flaming earth sword.

When the flaming sword struck the Green-Striped Pythons, it immediately created a long crack. The flesh in that area had already charred beyond repair.

These Green-Striped Pythons were fierce creatures. Despite the pain, they showed no fear and continued to charge forward, reaching Qu Wantian and biting down fiercely.

Qu Wantian wouldn’t let them bite him, as that would mean certain death. He quickly moved, just avoiding their gaping mouths, then thrust his Twin-Headed Fork again.

The double-headed fork quickly entered the body of the green-patterned python. Immediately, the fire spirit entity and the earth spirit entity entered its body at the same time, wreaking havoc and destroying its internal organs. Thus, the green-patterned python was killed by Qu Wantian.

“Hmph, just a beast that has just reached the Divine Weapon stage, yet it dares to block my way,” Qu Wantian shouted fiercely before charging at another green-patterned python.

Green-patterned pythons are all fearless creatures. Seeing Qu Wantian charging at them again, all four of them simultaneously pounced on him, their roars and strange sounds showing their violence.

Qu Wantian’s expression tightened. He hadn’t expected these four green-patterned pythons to have such a tactic. He immediately flew back and took to the air above the cave, avoiding their attacks.

Faced with the attacks of four green-patterned pythons, Qu Wantian didn’t dare take risks. Although he could quickly defeat one of them, being attacked by the other three would leave him severely injured.

“Strange. This is already the deepest part of the cave, yet Qu Yi’s presence has disappeared. Where on earth has he hidden?” Qu Wantian was filled with confusion but couldn’t figure it out.

However, he was certain that Qu Yi must be somewhere in this cave, using some special method to avoid being detected. So, as long as he dealt with these four green-patterned pythons, he believed he could find Qu Yi.

“Green-patterned pythons, give me your lives,” Qu Wantian thought before shouting loudly, already flying toward one of them.

After all, these four green-patterned pythons were still beasts. Though they had pounced on Qu Wantian together earlier, they scattered as they roared inside the cave. Thus, Qu Wantian descended and arrived right in front of one of them before the other three could react.

“Die!” Qu Wantian shouted fiercely as the double-headed fork pierced into the python’s body again.

Immediately, the fire spirit entity and the earth spirit entity entered its body, destroying all vital energy inside and killing the python outright.

Qu Wantian smiled coldly before suddenly flashing back to the top of the cave wall, ready to attack the remaining three green-patterned pythons.

The three green-patterned pythons roared furiously, but their leaping bodies couldn’t reach Qu Wantian, leaving them helpless against him.

Qu Wan Tian sneered again, then seized an opportunity to suddenly fly toward a green-patterned python that was leaping up. “Die!” he shouted triumphantly as he thrust his double-headed fork at it. This time, Qu Wan Tian still believed he could easily defeat the green-patterned python, becoming complacent and less vigilant. The double-headed fork pierced into the python’s body, but suddenly something changed inside it. “No…” Qu Wan Tian cried in panic. The python gathered its internal energy and began to explode on its own. As soon as the fork entered its body, it detonated. Instantly, a violent surge of energy filled the cave, leaving no one to escape. Qu Wan Tian abandoned the fork and quickly formed a spiritual shield, combining fire and earth spirits to resist the onslaught of energy. The explosion only depleted many of Qu Wan Tian’s divine essence cells, not causing serious harm, but his divine artifact, the double-headed fork, was destroyed, erasing the soul imprint he had left on it and severely damaging his soul. Soul damage was the most serious issue. The other two green-patterned pythons, seemingly aware of the impending explosion, had already coiled around the ground. The violent energy only caused internal injuries to them, leaving their outer bodies unharmed. Qu Wan Tian removed his spiritual shield, his face twisted in pain as anger filled him. Soul damage meant he would need tens of millions of years of cultivation to recover—a heavy price to pay. “Qu Yi, you can’t escape! After killing these two pythons, I’ll definitely find you!” Qu Wan Tian shouted angrily as he approached one of the pythons. He clenched his right fist, ready to punch it to death. But the python suddenly sprang up, its tail wrapping around Qu Wan Tian’s body, then coiling tightly around him. Qu Wan Tian was instantly trapped, unable to move, and the python’s physique was clearly stronger than his. It tightened its grip, threatening to strangle him. “Damn you! You’re driving me mad! Die!” Qu Wan Tian, utterly enraged, roared.

Suddenly, Qu Wantian activated the divine elements within his body, summoning a fire spirit entity and an earth spirit entity to form a flaming sword spin, which immediately began cutting through the green-patterned violent python encircling his body. Sensing Qu Wantian’s ferocity, the green-patterned violent python realized it could no longer trap him, so it quickly gathered its energy and detonated on itself. “I’m so annoyed…” Upon sensing the movement of the green-patterned violent python, Qu Wantian stopped the flaming sword spin right away and swiftly mobilized all his divine elements to form another spiritual barrier. Surrounded by the energy from the self-destructive python, Qu Wantian knew this explosion must have been more powerful than the last, forcing him to deploy every last divine element he had. Boom! The green-patterned violent python exploded, releasing all its energy at once, which rushed toward Qu Wantian’s spiritual barrier. Truly a top-tier warrior at the Divine Weapon stage, Qu Wantian miraculously survived again, though his energy was very weak. Suddenly, Qu Yi’s figure appeared beside Qu Wantian.