The Legend of the Netherworld

The Queen of Green Water Snakes hovered quietly in the center of the Green Water Pond, like an immovable mountain.

The spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth seemed to be drawn and quickly gathered into its body.

As it slowly absorbed the essence, a mysterious power spread over the clear water pond, and ripples appeared slightly on the water.

Inside the Snake Queen's body, Lin Xiao was also silently cultivating, practicing the "Boundless Heart Sea Technique." He sensed a constant influx of spiritual energy from the outside world. This spiritual energy was different from previous ones, extremely pure, as if the entire world was providing him with strength.

He realized that this was a rare opportunity. If he could fully absorb it, his strength would be greatly improved.

So, while carefully suppressing the breakthrough that was about to erupt in his body, he greedily absorbed all the spiritual energy and accumulated as much strength as possible.

Meanwhile, the Jade Water Snake Queen was also accumulating strength. After a day of absorbing energy, she thought she was about to enter a higher realm, but she realized that the energy within her body was not transforming as expected.

The Snake Queen sneered inwardly, believing this to be the norm for the fifth stage of transformation, the ordeal required for a breakthrough. It absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at an accelerated rate, its outer scales shimmering slightly, as if a faint halo enveloped its entire body, making it appear increasingly mysterious and dangerous.

However, it did not realize that its spiritual energy had been almost completely absorbed by Lin Xiao, and the opportunity for a breakthrough was quietly disappearing.

As another day and night passed, Lin Xiao's body had reached the limit of what it could bear, like a huge balloon that could explode at any time. Lin Xiao was no longer greedy and began to break through officially. The blood in his body boiled, his skin became tougher, and heat emanated from his whole body.

The Queen of Green Water Snake suddenly opened her eyes and realized that something was wrong. Her face changed drastically and she whispered fiercely: "Good boy, you actually stole my own Dao Fruit. Today, neither of us will survive."

After saying this, the flesh ball on the back of the green water snake emitted a dazzling light, and powerful energy circulated rapidly in its body, its whole body turned red, and its scales turned from green to blood red. The water in the pool also boiled, and bubbles continued to emerge.

"What? The Snake Queen is actually refining herself. Is this the breakthrough to the first level of transformation? Living towards death." Although the snake demons who were guarding the Snake Queen were shocked, they were full of confidence in her.

At this time, Lin Xiao did not feel any changes in the outside world at all. It was only because he absorbed most of the spiritual energy and converted it into too much strength for himself. The temperature of his body was extremely high during this breakthrough. Lin Xiao gritted his teeth to stabilize his body's strength.

The Queen of Green Water Snake did not hesitate to use up her years of cultivation and transformed herself into a giant alchemy furnace. The things she refined were her own internal organs and Lin Xiao, and she vowed to die together.

Lin Xiao's body temperature began to drop. He had successfully broken through to the eighth level of Jiazi, and all the spiritual energy he absorbed was converted into his own strength. At this time, the strength in his body was like a surging river.

The Queen of Green Water Snakes found that the temperature inside her body had dropped. It seemed that the refining was successful. She was secretly happy that she could save her life, even though it had cost her more than ten years of skills.

Lin Xiao slowly opened his eyes and found himself lying in the belly of the snake. Suddenly, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, and the long sword in his hand instantly condensed, with a cold light that was intimidating.

He looked stern, and with a wave of his hand, a cold light suddenly pierced through the heart next to him.

Intense pain instantly swept through the snake's body. It roared towards the sky in pain, and then its head fell heavily into the pool, splashing water.

"The Snake Queen succeeded. From now on, the only powerful tribe outside the Ancient Forest will be our Snake Clan."

The snake demons cheered and shouted excitedly: "Snake Queen, Snake Queen, Snake Queen!"

Then, a cold light burst out from the mouth of the snake queen, and Lin Xiao stayed in the air in the center of the pool, naked, holding three relics in his hands, and a long sword floating beside him, like a god, emitting cold majesty to the surroundings.

At this time, the green water snake that sank into the pool turned into a snake gall stone and floated in front of Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao took the snake gall stone in his hand and was overjoyed: "It was easy to get it."

This scene was like a bolt from the blue to the snake demons guarding the path, making it difficult for them to accept it. They stood there in a daze. At this moment, silence was the main character.

They stared in amazement at Lin Xiao in the middle of the pond. The young man, who had been swallowed by the snake queen before their very eyes, once again stood before them. At this moment, a gray snake demon reacted and roared angrily, "Kill him."

Before he could finish his words, it transformed into a giant snake and flew towards Lin Xiao. The other snake monsters were also alerted by its roar and immediately followed its pace to attack.

Lin Xiao was observing the snake gallstone in his hand at this time. The long sword beside him cut through the air and instantly pierced the gray snake demon's brain.

He immediately came back to his senses, his face grim, a slight smile on his lips, and with a wave of his hand, a dagger appeared beside him. He thought to himself, "Since that's the case, I'll play with you guys."

The dagger and the long sword flew out suddenly, like two lightning bolts, sweeping through the snake monsters like a whirlwind, leaving corpses everywhere, and the pool water turned from green to blood red.

Lin Xiao was immersed in the joy of performing the "Sword Controlling Technique" and the "Weapon Controlling Technique" at the same time. This breakthrough made his strength reach an unprecedented level, and now he could easily perform the two controlling techniques.

However, just as Lin Xiao was trying to kill all the snake monsters to avoid future troubles, a golden stick attacked.

Two crisp collision sounds of "clang clang" were heard, and Lin Xiao's sword and dagger were knocked back to Lin Xiao's side.

An indescribable pressure was slowly rising from afar, as heavy as a mountain and as fierce as a storm.

Quietly, under the pressure of this force, the snake monsters in front of him stopped attacking, and their hearts were trembling instinctively.

Lin Xiao's face was calm, his eyes were like torches, and he was fearless. He drove his sword and dagger towards the snake demon suddenly, colliding with the golden stick again, and the "clang clang" sound echoed around.

At the end of the sight, a tall and upright figure gradually appeared. It was the Shadow Monkey King. As the Monkey King gradually approached, the pressure became stronger and stronger, as if the entire forest was trembling under its breath, and even the air became solemn and majestic.

When Lin Xiao saw who was coming, his heart was immediately filled with murderous intent. His eyes were like knives, and the long sword in his hand trembled slightly, as if he was preparing for a bloody battle.

The Shadow Monkey King arrived in front of the Green Water Pond and stood atop a large tree. He held a mace in his hand, his face expressionless as he looked down at Lin Xiao in the pond. He said coldly, "I promised a friend of mine to protect its descendants. Please spare the snake demons in front of you."

Lin Xiao's heart was filled with rage, his eyes were like fire, and he stared at the Monkey King with two sharp blades, murderous intent filling his eyes: "What if I don't let him go?"

"Then you will stay in this forest forever like that Taoist priest." The Shadow Monkey King said lightly with a stern expression.

"Go to hell!" Lin Xiao was furious, and the dagger above his head flew through the air like a black meteor, hitting the Shadow Monkey King directly.