First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 20: Double-Headed Silver Ring Python

In front of them stood a giant fruit tree, about ten meters tall, with a thick trunk that couldn't be wrapped around by two people.

It stood in the center of the Lingtian, its canopy towering like clouds.

Unlike other fruit trees, this apple tree was sparsely covered with branches and leaves, with only a few scattered fruits. However, at the top of one branch, there was an unusually round and purplish fruit.

On this fruit, there were special patterns that looked like lightning.

"..."

Shen Mo didn't have time to admire this extraordinary fruit because he saw a snake coiled on the vine of the fruit tree.

This snake, also covered in silver patterns, was black and white.

But unlike other silver ring snakes, this snake was incredibly huge, even larger than the average python.

What made Shen Mo most nervous about this snake was that it had two heads!

One large and one small.

The large one was like a millstone, while the small one was only the size of a baby's palm.

The two heads were quite strange when placed together.

"Silver ring snakes usually travel in groups. These Demonic Beasts don't have any special bloodline and rarely become high-rank Demonic Beasts. To advance, they need to undergo nine moltings to reach the second rank of Demonic Beasts. A very obvious characteristic to determine if they have reached the second rank is that for each advancement, they grow a new head!"

Shen Mo recalled the common knowledge about distinguishing Demonic Beasts that Uncle Chen had told him.

Having two heads meant that this was a second-rank silver soul snake, with strength equivalent to a human cultivator in the Qi Gathering stage!

"It seems that this double-headed silver ring snake hasn't completely advanced to the second rank," he calmly judged. "The heads have just grown out and are not mature yet, seemingly on the verge of entering the second rank."

Even so, it was not something he could deal with right now!

"Why didn't the Zhao family report the presence of such a powerful Demonic Beast here before!"

Shen Mo's heart trembled as he stared vigilantly at the double-headed silver ring python, carefully retreating.

Escape!

He had no intention of fighting at all.

He just wanted to take advantage of the fact that the double-headed silver ring python hadn't noticed him yet and quickly retreat!

This python was not as easy to deal with as the small snakes he had slaughtered before.

Approaching a second-rank Demonic Beast would require at least the Body Forging Realm Returned to Origin stage to have the ability to kill it.

He was only at the Body Forging Realm Seventh Stage.

If he really faced it head-on, he might not even be able to withstand a single blow!

"Hiss! Hiss!"

Shen Mo didn't want to attract the attention of the double-headed silver ring python.

But contrary to his wishes, just as he was quietly retreating, the double-headed silver ring python slowly opened its mouth like a grim reaper.

It swiftly descended from the fruit tree, lifting its thick snake tail like a giant log, and suddenly smashed it towards Shen Mo.

"Not good!"

Shen Mo's face changed drastically. He stomped his foot and narrowly avoided the strike.

"Crack!"

Where the snake tail landed, dust flew up, leaving a terrifying crater in the Lingtian.

If that strike had hit Shen Mo, he would have been severely injured if not killed!

"Whoosh!"

Without giving Shen Mo a chance to catch his breath, the double-headed silver ring python raised its tail again and swept it horizontally.

"Bang!"

The massive snake tail smashed into a fruit tree, breaking the trunk in half and coming straight at him.

"I can't dodge it!"

In Shen Mo's pupils, the reflection of the snake tail gradually enlarged. Just as it was about to hit him, he crushed a talisman!

"Buzz!"

A golden light shone, and within the talisman, an immensely solid and bright yellow Spirit Power instantly transformed into a rock shield, blocking the strike for him.

"Fortunately, I bought life-saving talismans earlier, otherwise I would have been done for!"

Seeing the talisman being activated, Shen Mo's heart eased slightly.

"Bang!"

The two-headed silver ring python, seeing that its first attack failed, swung its snake tail again.

This time, it was still blocked by the rock talisman.

However, after two intense attacks, the rock shield formed by the rock talisman became much lighter in color.

Obviously, this talisman had its limits in terms of endurance.

If a few more attacks came, before the talisman's time was up, it would be shattered.

"Earth Escape talisman, retreat!"

Shen Mo once again took out a talisman from his bag and crushed it on the spot!

"Whoosh!"

At the moment the talisman was crushed, Shen Mo's body was enveloped in endless quicksand, directly burrowing into the ground and disappearing on the spot.

"Hiss! Hiss!"

The two-headed silver ring python's gaze turned cold as it surveyed its surroundings, but it did not see any trace of Shen Mo.

It seemed to hesitate for a moment, then looked back at the purple fruit on the tree, ultimately choosing not to pursue.

Instead, it returned to its position on the giant fruit tree.

"Heavy losses!"

Shen Mo, who had escaped in a panic from the outskirts of the spiritual field, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the two-headed silver ring python showed no signs of chasing after him.

Then, he began to feel sorry for his two talismans.

"The Earth Escape talisman and the rock talisman, they cost me a total of twenty Spirit Stones. They were gone before they even warmed up."

"And those little snake demons' corpses, I didn't have time to pick them up."

There was a touch of anger on his face: "Damn Zhao family! They actually lied about the strength of the Demonic Beasts, almost getting me killed!"

If Shen Mo had known that there was a nearly second-rank Demonic Beast in the Zhao family's spiritual field, he would never have taken this mission!

"Master."

"You're out, how did it go? Were those snake demons all killed?"

Shen Mo moved like lightning and quickly arrived at the Zhao family's main hall.

The group of guards who had fled in the face of danger were all waiting at the door.

When they saw him come out, they gathered around.

"Killed them all?" Shen Mo's face was as calm as water, not saying a word.

"Master, did something happen?"

Zhao Jiachang observed his expression and asked nervously.

"I'll ask you." Shen Mo's gaze turned cold as he spoke, "Why did your Zhao family conceal the strength of the Demonic Beasts?"

"Conceal? Where do I even begin?" Zhao Jiachang was slightly stunned.

"Don't you know that in this spiritual field, there is not only a group of small snake demons, but also a powerful Demonic Beast with strength close to the second rank?"

"What? A powerful Demonic Beast close to the second rank?"

Zhao Jiachang was shocked: "How is that possible? The purple fruits planted in our Zhao family's spiritual field are spiritual medicines, high-rank Demonic Beasts shouldn't be attracted to them."

It seems they really didn't know.

Shen Mo saw that his expression didn't seem fake and thought to himself.

"Maybe they just have too little experience. Even if they didn't know about this, when I found out that there were hundreds of snake demons passing through, I should have guessed that there must be a leader leading them."

Even so, the anger on his face didn't diminish much: "Do you still want to play dumb?"

"Do you know that because of your concealment of the Demonic Beasts' strength, I almost died! And I lost two valuable high-rank talismans!"

Regardless of whether the Zhao family knew about the two-headed silver ring python or not, Shen Mo firmly believed that it was their concealment that caused it.

He had shed a lot of blood and couldn't just let it go like this.

(End of this chapter)