Chapter 208: Chapter 176: Double-Headed Snake Spirit

A shadow broke free from the Xin Metal Divine Lock, letting out an angry roar at Lu Qian.

At a hundred meters away, Ling Xuzi had completely transformed. His clothes were torn, and though he barely maintained a human shape, his entire body was covered in thick black scales. The most terrifying part was the two huge snake heads on his elongated neck!

The cultivators present gasped in shock. This distorted human body with snake heads was truly horrifying.

Impossible! That attack was a direct hit just now!

Pierced through by my Duo Chao Geng Gold Divine Sword, any normal person would be dead for sure. Even if the Divine Flood Dragon Sect has some Snake Spirit Secret Technique, he shouldn’t look completely unscathed.

Wait a minute!

Lu Qian’s divine sense surged, sweeping across like lightning, and in an instant, he understood.

He saw that among Ling Xuzi’s two snake heads, one had its mouth wide open, ready to devour, while the other hung there lifelessly, without a trace of vitality.

This is a substitute death secret technique! With two heads, he has two lives! One of them had already been severed by the Duo Chao Geng Gold Divine Sword.

"So this madman fused with a Double-Headed Snake Spirit." In the box, Guh Niqiang explained to the nervous members of the Yunshan Sect, "It seems two heads mean two lives. Just now, Lu Qian only cut off one of them."

Master Xuan Ji was enlightened: "No wonder this person is so irritable and impulsive. It’s because of the Double-Headed Snake Spirit, with two heads arguing inside one body, how could he not go mad?"

In the next moment, Ling Xuzi recovered from the pain of losing one head. His body moved, about to soar into the sky. Lu Qian’s divine sense swept around, his hand reaching out from afar.

With a swish, centered around Ling Xuzi, a vast Heavenly Torrent Spiritual Mist surged up, enveloping him within.

Where do you think you’re going? If I can cut you down once, I can do it a second time!

Lu Qian waved his hand, and with a clanging sound, lights burst from the grand array, the Jade Seal Array Base soared high, and the combination of Water, Wood, and Metal spiritual qi surged, as twelve Xin Metal Divine Locks emerged once more, rolling into the mist.

Divine sense was once again obscured by the Heavenly Torrent Spiritual Mist, directions reversed, judgment thrown into chaos, unable to break through. The clanging of chains echoed in his ears as the Xin Metal Divine Locks swept in.

But Ling Xuzi let out a raspy, mocking laughter: "You small brat, is this all you’ve got?"

As he spoke, the snake mouth suddenly opened wide, the jaws extended and stretched. With a nauseating retch, numerous black snakes as thick as chopsticks spewed out of the snake’s mouth like a fountain!

In an instant, this tide of black snakes spread out from him at the center.

Lu Qian frowned, waving the Xin Metal Divine Locks, trying a heavy slam, and with a boom, the ground’s stone slabs shattered, turning hundreds of black snakes into points of spiritual light.

They’re not solid entities; it’s some kind of secret technique, and as long as Ling Xuzi lives, he can keep producing them.

Lu Qian tried ignoring these black snakes, with the Xin Metal Divine Locks flashing towards Ling Xuzi, but the next moment, the tide of black snakes covering the ground suddenly rose their heads in unison.

Each little snake stuck out its crimson forked tongue, and suddenly a sea of snake tongues appeared on the ground, making one’s scalp tingle. Within the flicking of these tongues, everything around was clearly sensed by them.

Ling Xuzi, using this tide of snakes, seized control of the surroundings!

The Xin Metal Divine Locks shot forth, but he instantly identified the positions of all twelve chains, his body moved, a flash of black light, and he slipped through before the chains could close in.

His escape speed was so fast because he activated his Dao Pattern "Snake-Like Movement".

This Dao Pattern granted him extremely flexible maneuvering skills and lightning-fast sudden acceleration. The "Snake-Like Movement" provided him with speed, while the "Snake Tide" secret technique enhanced his perception and control of the surroundings a hundredfold.

Lu Qian tried a few more times, but now the Xin Metal Divine Locks could no longer catch Ling Xuzi!

Perceiving all this with the "Mirror Lake" secret technique, Lu Qian found himself in quite a predicament. Ling Xuzi’s escape speed and evasion abilities were so remarkable that if he couldn’t pin him down, neither the Duo Chao Geng Gold Divine Sword nor the Gui Water Divine Thunder could hit him, nor could he sever his remaining snake head.

Seeing that the Spirit Crystals in the Array Map were about to turn to ash, Lu Qian flipped his palm, putting up three more. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

At this moment, the tide of black snakes had expanded beyond the range of the Heavenly Torrent Spiritual Mist.

When the first black snake appeared outside the mist, Ling Xuzi let out a joyous hiss, his form flickering as he used this black snake as a landmark to escape the mist’s encirclement!

"You little brat, your tricks are useless now!"

But just as he caught sight of Lu Qian’s figure, his vision went white, and he lost track of Lu Qian again. It turned out Lu Qian had acted decisively, creating a vast area of spiritual mist centering around himself.

In the blink of an eye, the mist around Ling Xuzi vanished, the Xin Metal Divine Locks dissipating on their own. A large mist emerged around Lu Qian, concealing his figure tightly, with the Xin Metal Divine Locks reappearing within, swirling indefinitely as if guarding him.

This setup caused Ling Xuzi to halt as well. If he recklessly rushed in now, he might be bound by the Xin Metal Divine Locks just like at the beginning.

For a moment, both sides stood in a standoff.

Next to Han Wen, Honored Guest Zhang’s eyes widened again: "Divine craftsmanship, truly divine craftsmanship, this mist which should have covered the entire Array Realm, Lu Qian controlled as if it were an extension of his body. Various transformations, appearing where he wanted, disappearing where he willed... I’ve lived for so long in vain, not knowing there’s such a technique..."

Han Wen’s face darkened, thinking to himself that Lu Qian is only in his twenties and has such profound array mastery, while you’ve lived a hundred and seventy or eighty years, yet it seems like you’ve wasted your life.

This is the second level of the "Wave Array Secret Manual", "Illusion and Reality".

Within the Array Realm, the changes in various arrays, what’s real and what’s illusion, where to reinforce and where to weaken, are all within the array cultivator’s thoughts. Realities and illusions blend unpredictably, allowing changes to appear in the right place at the right time, significantly enhancing the cultivator’s control and greatly reducing array energy consumption.

Ling Xuzi roared in anger, opened his snake mouth wide again, and a continuous stream of black snakes spewed forth, rushing into the spiritual mist shrouding Lu Qian. The cultivators observing saw the densely packed, rolling, and almost half-covered area with the relentless tide of black snakes, feeling a chill run through their bodies, and couldn’t help but cry out in alarm.

Lu Qian naturally perceived Ling Xuzi’s actions. He knew that each black snake served as Ling Xuzi’s eyes and ears, and this snake tide would flood the mist. As soon as one little snake discovered him, Ling Xuzi could immediately lock onto his position.

In other words, both sides were now in a stalemate. Lu Qian needed to capture Ling Xuzi, and Ling Xuzi needed to find Lu Qian. Whichever side succeeded first could unleash a Thunder Strike!