Chapter 16 The Giant Serpent's Head

This sword's power caused heaven and earth to change color!

In the pupils of everyone present, they could only see a pillar of sky-piercing, water-blue light.

Like a long knife slicing through water, it easily cut open Zhu Jiuyin’s incomparably tough scales.

Swish—

Next, the long sword passed through its body, severing Zhu Jiuyin’s enormous head at the root, as smoothly as a hot knife through butter.

“Hiss—!”

Zhu Jiuyin let out one last cry.

This time, the cry was tragic and filled with pain, and then, silence!

The snake's head slid down, and a stream of blood sprayed into the air, the wound as smooth as the surface of a lake.

Rumble—

The enormous snake head, and the hundred-meter-high severed body, crashed to the ground simultaneously, causing the ground to tremble once more.

And this unparalleled monster, having lived for tens of thousands of years, with countless lives lost in its maw, had finally fallen!

With Zhu Jiuyin beheaded in one strike, the powerful qi around Chen Xiao receded like the tide.

All around, there was a deathly silence.

"Is... is this still a human?"

The boy in white swallowed hard, so shocked that his eyes were wide.

Even the black-clad boy, usually so sparing with words, couldn't help but ask, "Master, is he an immortal?"

The blue-robed old man's eyes flickered uncertainly, and he said in a deep voice, "Don't care whether he's an immortal or what. Let's hurry and leave now, or things will become troublesome if we run into him later."

The three masters and disciples quietly retreated from the other side, but Chen Xiao didn't chase after them. He felt that something was wrong, and slowly walked towards Zhu Jiuyin's massive snake head.

On the other side, Gu Zhendong and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"As expected of Chen Xiao, this kid is simply a god of war!"

Gu Zhendong laughed heartily, clapping his hands with delight.

Li Qin pursed her lips and said nothing, but secretly thought, "As expected of the man I chose, he's indeed extraordinary."

As for He Xinyi, her mood was incredibly complicated, rising and falling.

She felt doubt, surprise, shock, joy, regret…

Countless emotions flashed through her mind, but she couldn't clearly grasp any one feeling in particular.

The only definite feeling was one of ridicule.

Of course, it wasn't Chen Xiao she was ridiculing, but herself.

She laughed at herself for thinking that Chen Xiao was just a young master with a powerful background, and even more ridiculous was that she had actually wanted to use a seduction scheme to win him over.

Just then, she heard Gu Zhendong's hearty voice beside her.

"Let's go, everyone, let's go up ahead and see what this big guy actually is!"

He Xinyi was slightly stunned when she heard this, and then followed along.

She still harbored a kind of wishful thinking. Now that the monster was dead, the natural treasures on the mountain were all unowned, and whoever got them, kept them.

However, just as everyone took a dozen steps forward, they suddenly heard a rumbling sound.

Looking up, Gu Zhendong's expression instantly changed drastically, and he shouted, "Not good, everyone run!"

Then, under everyone's confused gazes, Zhu Jiuyin's huge snake head actually flew up.

"That thing, it's not dead yet?!"

Their gazes changed from confusion to shock, and from shock to despair… despair that was tinged with an unparalleled fear.

Because a pair of bat-like fleshy wings had grown on top of that huge snake head.

The fleshy wings vibrated, and the snake head soared into the air, flying higher and higher, farther and farther away.

At the same time, everyone saw a dazzling golden light suddenly flash before their eyes.

The golden light was so blinding that everyone had to close their eyes and turn their heads away.

When the stinging sensation disappeared, everyone slowly opened their eyes.

However, the scene before them made them even more dumbfounded and astonished.

Because everything in front of them had disappeared.

The snake head with fleshy wings was gone, the thousand-meter-long giant snake body was gone, and most importantly… Chen Xiao was also gone.

"Where did that kid Chen Xiao run off to?"

Gu Zhendong was the first to notice the problem.

"That's right, where's Brother Chen?"

"What just happened?"

"Everyone, go over and take a look!"

Everyone rushed over, but Li Qin, who was running in the front, was suddenly bounced back with a bang, falling directly to the ground.

Gu Zhendong and Li Mu were also bounced back and fell to the ground. He Xinyi, who was running the slowest, was spared from the disaster. She reached out and touched the front, finding an invisible but tangible wall of air.

"There's a wall here!"

He Xinyi shouted, and everyone ran over to touch it.

"This is... a barrier?"

Li Mu said in disbelief.

Gu Zhendong nodded, "It looks like it, but where did this thing come from?"

"Could it be that monster made it?"

He Xinyi asked in fear.

The scene of the snake head flying up with fleshy wings had scared her to death, and she still had lingering fears.

Gu Zhendong shook his head, "Doesn't seem like it. Everyone, search separately to see if there's anything strange, and also see how big this barrier is!"

"Okay!"

Everyone acted separately. He Xinyi was afraid and didn't dare to act alone, so she carefully followed behind Li Qin.

After about ten minutes, everyone reunited.

In these ten minutes, everyone had gained nothing. They hadn't found anything, but the size and shape of this air wall barrier had been determined.

It was a semi-circular sphere with a radius of about ten meters. Nothing from the outside could get in, and likewise, nothing from the inside could get out.

"Uncle Gu, what do we do now?"

Li Mu asked with a frown.

Gu Zhendong also frowned, "Based on the current situation, we can only wait and see."

Everyone knew that this wasn't a good solution, but even so, there was no better way.

The few people sat on the ground to rest. After being overly frightened, everyone had a feeling of being drained of energy.

The surviving mercenaries had already run back to the ship by the sea. Now, there were only a few people left on the entire island.

One hour, two hours, two and a half hours… the barrier was still there, and there was no movement inside.

"Uncle Gu, it's not a solution to just keep waiting like this, and before long, the effects of the Qingxin Dan (Clear Heart Pill) will wear off."

Li Qin said with a worried expression.

He Xinyi's eyes rolled, and she said, "I have a suggestion. Since everyone has come here with great difficulty, it would be too much of a loss not to go to the top of the mountain to take a look. Why don't we go to the top of the mountain first and see what's there?"

Li Qin glared at He Xinyi, "Brother Chen's life and death are uncertain right now, and you still have the leisure to think about this. All you care about are those natural treasures, right?"

He Xinyi curled her lips, wanting to retort, but was speechless.

Gu Zhendong advised, "Forget it, Qin'er. I think what Miss He said is right. We can go to the top of the mountain to take a look first. And with Chen Xiao's abilities, he'll definitely be fine. Maybe we'll come back from the mountain, and he'll already be waiting for us at the foot of the mountain!"