The demon that was with Qin Hai has withdrawn.
He felt somewhat tired. He didn’t possess the King’s Power, so expending his life force had taken quite a toll on him.
Even if this demon withdrew, the power on the blade did not diminish.
The blade of the war sword blocked the shadow of the snake. The snake’s rolling movements became somewhat slower, matching the sword’s glow in intensity.
People let out a cheer.
With Lu Yu participating, they felt that their chances of winning had increased.
The old snake man’s expression turned even more sinister as he snarled, “The old man’s mission here is exactly that—to eliminate the strongest among you humans. Two of you with the power of kings, destroying you will ensure my success.”
The old snake man went berserk, spitting a mouthful of blood onto the snake bone, and laughed even more maniacally.
Roar.
The snake shadow actually let out a deep, earth-shattering cry, and in a frenzied manner, it surged toward the battle blade, attempting to overpower it.
The snake bone in the old snake man’s hand had already regenerated flesh on nearly half of it, and the light in the snake head’s eyes actually seemed to be developing intelligence, gently beginning to rotate.
The old snake man said, “Once the Snake King awakens, you won’t even have the chance to fight. Each of you wouldn’t be able to withstand even a single finger from the Snake King.”
He was sneering, while countless humanoid warriors on the battlefield were cheering.
Human moods are becoming increasingly heavy.
Although it seemed to be a draw with evenly matched strength, Qin Hai and Lu Yu were clearly somewhat overwhelmed, the light on their war blades flickering between brightness and dimness.
After all, the two of them were simply too weak in strength.
The snake bone in the old serpent man’s hand had already begun to twist and writhe on its own, and now it had actually slipped free from his grip.
The old snake man ran to the ground, kowtowing repeatedly while his voice trembled: “Snake King, please kill all the humans before you.”
The blood and flesh from the snake’s bones had almost completely covered its entire body, except for some areas where the skin had not yet fully grown. It looked as if something had bitten it, leaving several parts of the snake’s bones still exposed.
“Invincible in every battle.”
All the snake people were bowing their heads, excitedly making snake-like hissing sounds.
Qin Hai and Lu Yu felt the pressure from the snake bone becoming increasingly intense.
The blade’s glow was nearly at its limit, with fine cracks beginning to appear on its surface.
The old snake man laughed heartily, already seeing victory within reach.
The humanoid warriors were cheering.
The complexion of the human had already turned deathly pale.
“In a moment, all of you humans will become food, and you’ll never leave this land again.”
“There will be plenty of slaves. You’re nothing but a group of ungrateful fools.”
This time, humanity was truly desperate; every face was covered in a deathly gray, and they decided to launch a final counterattack.
Just at that moment, the blade’s glow shattered.
The sound of breaking made many people’s hearts ache and tighten painfully.
“Oh no, oh no. If even Lu Yu and Qin Hai couldn’t stop them, how can we possibly stand in their way?”
“This star device is too terrifying. It’s a matter of life and death.”
They knew that everything was over.
A colossal snake shadow swung forth, striking heavily against Qin Hai’s body.
Qin Hai blocked with his war blade, but the blade only intercepted part of the snake’s attack, and the remaining force struck Qin Hai directly.
Qin Hai’s body was flattened like a sheet of paper and slammed violently into the ruins.
At the same time, Lu Yu stepped on the air and charged desperately toward the old serpent man.
“Die too. What’s so special about the King’s power?”
Before the old snake man could even command his star artifact, a fist slammed into Lu Yu’s body.
The power of the Eight Thousand Venerables was too terrifying; before the fist even arrived, the force of the wind alone pierced through Lu Yu’s chest.
And as this punch struck Lu Yu, it shattered him completely.
The old serpent man knew that Lu Yu possessed an immortal body, and as long as he wasn’t dead, he dared not devour Lu Yu’s flesh and blood.
He stared coldly at the vast expanse of flesh and bone, his voice icy as he said, “Not even a Thousand-Zong, and I’ll crush you to death without even needing a star weapon.”
Boom.
The King of Snakes is about to revive, but it will not yet be the complete King of Snakes.
The two-headed serpent lunged straight into the midst of the human army, leaving no chance to evade.
The old snake man laughed heartily and said, “This is merely one ten-thousandth of the Snake King’s body; this amount is more than enough.”
The Snake King opened its mouth, and two large masses of poisonous gas fell directly to the ground, turning tens of thousands of people into ashes.
“I… I don’t want to die!” Countless humans fell into despair. Gazing at the colossal serpent shadow stretching across the sky, they regretted ever coming here.
Many people, after being exposed to just a tiny bit of the toxic mist, had already started shrieking in pain.
Many people quickly cut off the wounded parts of their bodies where the flesh was injured, and the air was filled with screams and groans of pain.
Limbs and chunks of flesh fell to the ground, and within moments of contact, these pieces of flesh turned into black water.
The venom of the snake is too terrifying.
Those who were too slow to react found themselves unable to cut their losses in time, their entire bodies dissolving into black water.
Lu Yu reconstituted his flesh and blood not far from the old snake man, transforming into a flame giant and striking the old snake man with another palm attack.
The old snake man stood in place, sneering coldly as if looking at a little chick, and lightly raised his hand to strike out a palm, saying: “Human, you’re too weak. All your attacks are useless in my eyes. No matter how many times you attack, you will die each time. I won’t move from this spot.”
Lu Yu’s chest was struck by this palm, leaving a large hole in his torso.
Boom.
Suddenly, brilliant star-like lights gushed out from between Lu Yu’s palms, as radiant as a galaxy.
A glimmer of starlight condensed in Lu Yu’s palm, forming into a long sword that thrust toward the old serpent man’s chest.
The usually calm and composed old serpent man suddenly let out a strange cry, his pupils constricting to the size of pinpricks. He swung his right arm up to shield himself.
Hiss.
The long sword composed of starlight severed the old serpent man’s right arm.
This momentary obstruction gave the old serpent man time to counterattack.
He didn’t just flinch; he fled backward like a ghost had appeared, retreating nearly a hundred meters, then stared intently at Lu Yu’s left hand.
Flames blocked everything from view; the old serpent man couldn’t see much.
But that sword strike just now was unmistakable.
Lu Yu slashed off the old snake-man’s arm with one sword stroke, then suddenly shifted his target to strike at the nearly complete snake bone that was just a segment away from being whole.
“No.”
The old snake man’s eyes were bloodshot with rage as he lunged toward the snake bone.
The starlight in Lu Yu’s palm once again formed into a long sword, slicing straight through the serpent’s body made of snake bones.
The Starlight Sword was incredibly sharp, neatly cutting off the newly grown section of the snake bone.
A sorrowful cry echoed from the serpent’s shadow in the sky, as it twisted and rolled, transforming into a shower of sparkling stars.
“Death.”
The old serpent man swung his giant hand, sending Lu Yu flying outward.
His hands trembling, he picked up the snake bone from the ground and found no further damage, except for a new, faint crack on its surface.
Ignoring the bleeding from his severed arm, he glared angrily at Lu Yu, his eyes filled with fury, and roared through clenched teeth, “Human, from this day on, I and you shall never be reconciled. How dare you desecrate the sacred remains of our Serpent King!”
The old serpent man valued this segment of snake bone greatly.
He knew the exact location of every crack on the snake bone, and was even aware of every bump and indentation on its surface.
This treasure of the serpent race should absolutely not be damaged in the slightest.
However, there is now another crack in the snake bone, and it is not far from shattering completely.
Thinking that the Serpent Race’s star artifact, made from the bones of the Snake King, was about to be destroyed, he wished he could tear Lu Yu apart piece by piece.
However, the old serpent man warily fixed his gaze on Lu Yu’s left hand.
The sky, no longer haunted by the serpentine shadows, grew calm.
The people on the ground stared in shock at Lu Yu, then turned their gaze to the old serpent man, their eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.
A Snake Person with a strength of eight thousand units—how could Lu Yu manage to sever one of its arms?
The ruins were silent.
No one knew exactly what had happened.
Countless eyes were fixed on Lu Yu, trying to discern what had happened in that split second.
Qin Hai stared at the flaming giant that Lu Yu had transformed into, his voice cold as he uttered, “Star—artifact!”
The old serpent man also stared at Lu Yu’s palm, his voice low and heavy: “Star—artifact!”
Both of their voices were very low, yet they exploded in everyone’s ears.
“What? Does he also have a star artifact?”
“This is impossible! How could a human possess two star artifacts?”
Both humans and humanoid creatures were stunned.
Lu Yu raised his hand and coldly said, “I had been waiting for a long time. That sword strike was meant to take you down. I didn’t expect you to react and block it.”
Lu Yu and Qin Hai began calculating the moment they jointly held a star artifact.
The old serpent man attacked Qin Hai with a star artifact because Qin Hai also possessed a star artifact.
Lu Yu, from beginning to end, never revealed the slightest trace of a Star Artifact, all while waiting for the opportunity to get close to the old serpent man.
He had long obtained the method to control the star artifacts from the Spirit King, even if they were just fragments.
And when he asked Qin Hai how to use it, this was merely to create the illusion in the old snake-man’s mind that he definitely didn’t have a star artifact in his hand.
In the end, even after being struck by the Old Serpent Man’s palm and reduced to dust, he did not resort to using his Star Artifact, all in order to lull the Old Serpent Man into a false sense of security.
He succeeded, but failed to kill the old serpent man.
This method can’t be used a second time.
Since Lu Yu’s hidden cards have been exposed, no one will ever be willing to let him get close so easily again.
“I walked into a trap,” the elder snake man said, glancing at his severed arm, the blood from which had already stopped flowing. His voice turned cold as he continued, “This time, I will not give you two any chance to resist. I will risk my life to ensure you both never leave here. Even if it means destroying my star-forged weapon, I will take your lives!”
The old snake man was filled with murderous intent, determined not to leave behind a deadly enemy for the Snake Clan.
The human swallowed hard, knowing this was the final battle.
The humanoid’s expression turned solemn, not anticipating that events would take such a turn.
Everyone’s mood became increasingly heavy.
Qin Hai glanced at Lu Yu, said nothing, and simply gripped his star artifact while standing beside him.
The old snake man placed the snake bone in front of him, then knelt down and kowtowed three times toward the bone. As he stood up, he suddenly raised his head to look at the sky.
Everyone felt something and looked up at the sky together.
There was nothing much in the sky, only faintly dark clouds pressing overhead.
A voice emerged from the clouds, saying: “Each side will send thirty fighters for a one-on-one battle. One can either win, choose to continue fighting, or switch participants. The defeated shall no longer participate. Each victory earns one point, and the first to secure sixteen points wins. No half-star artifacts or star artifacts may be used, and humanoid races of fourth rank or higher are not allowed to participate. If humans lose, they will become slaves in this Demon Hunting Plains forever. If the humanoids lose, they must leave this wasteland.”
The voice of the deity rang out.
At the moment the sound vanished, the surrounding humanoid tribes erupted into intense cheers.
They knelt down and paid homage.
As long as it is the words of a deity, they would never go against them.
The old snake man put the snake bones away.
Qin Hai put away his battle blade, and even Lu Yu transformed into human form, his palm empty of anything.
Above the vast ruins of the ancient royal city, a stone platform nearly three thousand zhang in diameter slowly descended from the clouds toward the earth.
At the edge of the stone platform, countless stone pillars, each over a hundred zhang high and more than ten meters thick, were engraved with ancient patterns. Various living beings knelt on the ground, worshiping the heavens.
People and humanoids retreated to both sides of the stone platform.
“A battle with thirty each, and humans still can’t win,” someone said, looking at the sky, feeling it was terribly unfair.
Boom.
A bolt of lightning shot down from the sky, instantly reducing the person to ashes.
“Who dares to question, step forward now.” The voice from amidst the dark clouds grew even colder.
Humans fell silent, and many people looked at the sky with anger.
On the human side, only eleven people could fight against the Fourth Monarch. It would be hard to win even in a one-on-one battle, let alone against a group of thirty.
The humanoid faction quickly selected thirty individuals.
Ten strange-mouthed men, ten ape demons, ten snake people.
Among the snake people, there were also snake demons.
The human side, however, fell into chaos.
Lu Yu, Qin Hai, and others are definitely going.
Including Mingzun, there were only twelve people in total.
How will the remaining eighteen people be selected?
No matter how they chose, in the end, no one was willing to go up.
For others, going up there would be certain death, and also a gift of points.
The blonde beauty said, “Are we twelve against thirty?”
“If there’s no one else, I’m afraid only the twelve of us will be going up.”
“Then someone will have to fight continuously, probably needing to win at least two matches in a row.”
“The biggest problem is figuring out how to arrange the order of appearance.”
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