BTTH: From Genius to Invincible-Chapter 563: Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent Shocks the Eight Wastelands

Chapter 563: Chapter 563: Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent Shocks the Eight Wastelands

Word Count: 2,655 Words

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BOOM!

Cai Lin had no patience for words. A single blast from the Space Shuttle Boat’s main cannon tore a gaping hole through the Yellow Springs Mountain Range, exposing the underground world hidden beneath.

As an iron-blooded empress, Cai Lin had charged across countless battlefields since ascending the Snake-People throne, leading her people to victory against innumerable enemies. Every battle, every sacrifice had been for this day, when she could finally lead her tribe from the desert wastes to fertile lands where they could prosper!

"My subjects! We once lived upon this fertile land. This was our homeland! Now the chance to reclaim our ancestral soil stands before us!" Cai Lin’s voice rang with stirring passion. Those few sentences alone set the blood of countless Snake-People warriors surging through their veins.

"ROAAAAAR!"

"Kill! KILL!"

The fierce, battle-hardened Snake-People warriors roared in unison, columns of blood-qi shooting skyward. The eight tribe commanders of the Snake-People Tribe were especially fearsome. Since the Yan Alliance’s founding, these eight leaders had followed their Queen through endless campaigns, cutting down enemies without number and earning abundant resources as rewards. Their cultivation had naturally advanced at no slow pace.

Yue Mei and Mo Ba Si had already reached Rank 8, while the remaining tribe leaders all stood at peak Rank 7.

Mo Ba Si, now fully human in form, bellowed with wild enthusiasm. "All warriors, with me—KILL!"

His tribe, the most restless of them all, could hold back no longer. With a ferocious roar, he led a tide of Snake-People surging toward the underground world of the Yellow Springs Mountain Range. Conquering territory, winning glory, founding a legacy—it all began today! The more enemies they slaughtered, the greater their rewards!

"Hehe, that fellow Mo Ba Si is still as impatient as ever." Yue Mei covered her mouth with a delicate laugh, her wheat-colored skin glowing. Her revealing attire displayed her stunning figure to full effect, and every glance and smile carried heart-stirring allure.

Like Cai Lin, she had retained her original snake-person form rather than fully transforming.

Her eyes narrowed. With a light flick of her finger, countless female Snake-People of the Mei Snake Tribe gripped their curved blades. Dou Qi wings sprouted from their backs as they leaped from the Space Shuttle Boat in streaks of light, diving through the breach into the Underground Serene Snake Network.

The other tribe leaders and the snake tribes that had joined the Sky Serpent Mansion followed almost simultaneously, scrambling to pour through. Victory in this battle meant generous rewards. People risk death for wealth just as birds risk their lives for food. This heaven-sent opportunity could not be missed!

Woooo, woooo, woooo!!

As Cai Lin’s forces crashed down, alarm horns blared from snake tribe settlements throughout the labyrinthine underground world of the Yellow Springs Mountain Range, raising the cry of invasion.

Snake-People rose into the air from their respective tribes one after another. Surprisingly, Snake-People actually formed the majority here. Or rather, most members of the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe took snake-person form! Their tribal settlements, however, dwarfed Cai Lin’s current Snake-People Tribe in scale.

"Yan Alliance... Medusa!!"

Deep within the underground world, Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe Leader Yao Xiaotian’s eyes turned ice-cold. They hadn’t even gone looking for trouble, yet the Yan Alliance dared deliver itself to their doorstep!

"Since you’ve chosen to attack first, even if I slaughter everyone in your Yan Alliance, neither the Pill Tower nor the Gu Clan can blame me!" Yao Xiaotian’s eyes blazed crimson, veins bulging across his face.

He had long wanted to personally cross the continent and use a Dou Saint’s might to annihilate the Yan Alliance. But Xiao Yan was the Pill Gathering Champion. If a magical beast Demon Saint crossed the Central Plains to kill him, it would ignite a continent-wide war between humans and magical beasts, a consequence he couldn’t afford.

That was precisely why the Yan Alliance had desperately needed Xiao Yan to win the Pill Gathering Championship back then. The champion represented the pinnacle of alchemists, a supreme talent. One could even say Xiao Yan was a figure capable of driving the development of alchemy across the entire Dou Qi Continent.

The Pill Tower wouldn’t interfere in territorial disputes, but Xiao Yan could not die.

"Though you lack the Ancient Heaven Serpent bloodline, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python can still strengthen my tribe’s bloodline. Since you’ve delivered yourself to my doorstep, I’ll simply accept the offering!"

"All Nine Serene Snake Guards, hear my command—kill every invader! Leave none alive!"

Yao Xiaotian’s hand slashed through the air as his deep voice thundered across the territory. Saint might flooded the entire Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe in an instant. Dou Venerate auras surged to life throughout the underground world, and countless massive serpent bodies stirred like earth dragons turning in their sleep, making the ground tremble.

The piercing whistle of rending air filled the mountain range as powerful auras erupted from below, surging skyward toward the Space Shuttle Boat.

"Queen Medusa! The Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils?!"

In the sky above, an elder with a crimson poisonous snake coiled around his shoulder glared fiercely at Cai Lin and Qing Lin atop the Space Shuttle Boat, his voice sharp and cold.

Who among the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe didn’t know of Cai Lin with her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline and Qing Lin with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils? They had become thorns lodged deep in the tribe’s heart, a constant source of unease that kept them from eating or sleeping in peace.

Yet these Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Elders had never imagined the Yan Alliance would dare attack first! Wasn’t this courting death?

"Regardless of your Yan Alliance’s backing, today you all stay here!" A gray-haired elder beside him roared furiously.

"Heh, if you’d stayed hidden in the Central Plains, we truly couldn’t have touched you. But you dared enter the Beast Region? Don’t blame us now!" Another elder laughed coldly. Killing the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils bearer and seizing the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline would bring enormous benefits to the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe!

"Nine Serene Snake Guards, capture that woman!" the gray-haired elder bellowed.

"Understood!"

Space rippled as Dou Venerate experts emerged from the void one after another. Some belonged to the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe; others hailed from snake tribes dwelling in the Yellow Springs Mountain Range.

Figures in serpent-scale armor shot out and appeared around the Space Shuttle Boat in a series of flashes. Their combined auras locked tightly onto Cai Lin and Qing Lin.

’The Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe’s foundation truly isn’t weak. These Nine Serene Snake Guards each possess formidable auras, and their coordination is nearly flawless.’ Observing from a distance, Xiao Yan swept his gaze across the nearly hundred Nine Serene Snake Guards, genuine surprise stirring in his heart.

This was a well-trained elite Dou Venerate unit! Working together, they could probably contend against a Half-Saint!

His attention shifted to the elder with the crimson poisonous snake coiled on his shoulder. He could sense it clearly. This man was a Dou Saint, and stronger than himself, having reached the late 1-star Dou Saint.

Undoubtedly, this was the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe’s First Elder, Yao Ce.

First Elder Yao Ce instantly sealed the space around Qing Lin. A Dou Saint’s spatial lock was terrifyingly powerful. Even with her increased cultivation, breaking free with just the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils would be impossible.

The Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe had clearly considered how to deal with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and intended to eliminate her swiftly using their most powerful means. After all, the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils were ineffective against those whose cultivation far surpassed the user’s.

That was, of course, assuming she didn’t have Xiao Yan’s help.

A sharp glint flashed through Qing Lin’s eyes the moment she sensed the lock. Over the years, she had followed Cai Lin north and south across the continent. Though she remained that meek little maidservant before Xiao Yan, to enemies she was a living nightmare!

"Useless. I’m a 1-star Dou Saint. Your Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils won’t work on me."

Qing Lin lifted her jade-green eyes to Yao Ce in the sky. Not the slightest trace of panic showed in them. Her red lips parted softly. "Come out."

The instant the words left her mouth, a cracking sound erupted. The earth seemed to shatter as countless fissures spread across the ground, and a gigantic Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils projection manifested across the land.

The projection was monstrously huge. A resonant hum shook the air as rays of black light burst forth. Explosive sounds rang out one after another, pillars of black fog erupting skyward.

"What is that?!"

"Poison fog?!"

"AHHH!!!"

"Monster! There’s a monster underground!"

Poison mist poured out of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils’ space like a tidal wave, blotting out sky and earth. Magical beasts unfortunate enough to stand within that space met terrible fates. In mere heartbeats, before they could even scream, the poison mist dissolved them into nothingness. A thriving stretch of land turned into a poisoned wasteland in an instant.

Within the black fog, sets of inverted triangular snake pupils snapped open one after another, each glowing with eerie red light.

Eighteen eyes in total!

"What kind of monster is this?!"

First Elder Yao Ce’s expression twisted in shock. As a Rank 9 magical beast whose bloodline had reverted to that of an Ancient Heaven Serpent, he actually felt terror!

The Ancient Heaven Serpent bloodline within him screamed warnings to flee. Whatever lurked in that fog was their race’s great enemy. Their natural predator!!

A shadow streaked out of the darkness in that very instant, absurdly fast, like a bolt of black lightning that punched through the fog before the eye could follow. It was a giant python!

Its entire body was pitch-black, and its size was exaggerated to the point of absurdity, as vast as a great river or a mountain range.

The black giant python tore free of the fog and lunged at First Elder Yao Ce, bloody maw gaping wide. The destructive power and sheer momentum behind its charge were enough to make one’s heart clench!

BOOM!!

A thunderous crash rang out. Yao Ce hastily unleashed his spatial strength and fused Dou Qi with space to construct a barrier. The giant python’s fangs clamped onto the spatial shield with a sharp crack.

Hiss, hiss!

The next heartbeat, two more equally massive pitch-black giant pythons surged out of the black fog and smashed in from left and right. Their combined impact shattered Yao Ce’s spatial defense with a resounding boom.

"Insolent beast! Yellow Spring Finger!"

An earth-shaking blast rocked the world. A Dou Saint unleashing a Tian Class Dou Technique drew down heavenly might itself. Colors inverted across the sky in an instant. As Yao Ce thrust his finger outward, it was as though a blazing sun had risen from his body. Space shattered around him. Endless spatial turbulence arced outward in twisting streams as an incomparable pressure descended from above. In that instant, Yao Ce’s finger became the Yellow Springs itself!

Reaching up through the azure heavens and plunging down to the Yellow Springs. When the Yellow Springs fell, all living souls returned to their final resting place; none dared resist. One finger became the Yellow Springs, passing judgment over the life and death of all creation. Beneath that finger, there was only death.

A deep yellow finger hundreds of meters long crashed down toward the three giant pythons. Massive as they were, the Yellow Spring Finger was no smaller.

Hiss, hiss, hiss!!

The three pitch-black pythons let out enraged roars. Black light surged within their throats before each snake spat violently, expelling pitch-black energy beams that shot straight toward the Yellow Spring Finger.

BOOM!

The Yellow Spring Finger collided with the black beams. A horrifying shockwave erupted on impact. Dense, violent energy swept outward like a blast wave, hurling everything nearby through the air. Vegetation, trees, even magical beasts across the Yellow Springs Mountain Range turned to drifting ash in an instant.

A clash at the Dou Saint level truly was this terrifying!

Hiss, hiss, hiss!!

Three more pitch-black giant pythons burst from the black fog and spewed streaks of black light. Six pythons spat energy beams in unison. The beams fused instantly into one, exploding with power not the least bit inferior to the Yellow Spring Finger!

"What?!" First Elder Yao Ce’s eyes widened in shock. He was a 1-star Dou Saint, yet the Tian Class Dou Technique he had unleashed had actually been blocked! Even Tribe Leader Yao Xiaotian couldn’t have stopped it so easily!

"What snake race is this, to actually block the First Elder’s Yellow Spring Finger?!"

"Impossible! There’s no snake tribe in the entire Beast Region stronger than the First Elder!"

Three dull thuds rang out the next second. Under countless stunned gazes, another three black giant pythons shot forth. These three took up positions guarding Qing Lin and instantly smashed apart the spatial lock the First Elder had placed on her.

Nine in total!

When the black fog finally dispersed, everyone could see the truth at last. This was not nine separate pythons but one monstrous black serpent of unimaginable size, bearing nine heads!

"Nine heads... a pitch-black body... poison fog billowing at its appearance... Could that be the legendary Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent?! The most vicious and brutal among the Ancient Heaven Serpents?!" The Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe’s Second Elder, dressed in gray robes, stared in horror. He had seen mention of such a fierce beast in the tribe’s ancient records!

In a sense, this was also an Ancient Heaven Serpent, but it was completely different from ordinary Ancient Heaven Serpents. The Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent belonged to a mutated bloodline. Its essence blood was unlike that of a regular Ancient Heaven Serpent, containing a special dark, berserk factor that could not be used to enhance bloodline strength.

Back then, Xiao Yan had expended tremendous effort to purge the madness from the Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent’s bloodline.

But in terms of sheer might, the Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent was an existence even stronger than the Ancient Heaven Serpent King!

"Impossible!"

Space twisted violently as Yao Xiaotian tore through the void and appeared. The moment he sensed the Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent’s presence, he could no longer sit still and rushed out from the palace.

His eyes fell on the Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent, and even Yao Xiaotian’s face drained of all color. He looked as if he had seen a ghost, his features filled with stark disbelief.

"A Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent... and a Rank 9 Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent at that! You’re only a Dou Venerate! Even with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, it’s impossible for you to control a Rank 9 Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent!"

The Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils were strong, but not omnipotent. They had inherent limits and could only control serpent-type magical beasts with relatively weaker bloodlines. Those with overly powerful bloodlines lay beyond their grasp.

Controlling existences like the Ancient Heaven Serpent King or the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python was impossible, let alone a mutated species among the Ancient Heaven Serpents, the most savage of them all: the Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent.

"No... this Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent’s eyes aren’t those of a snake slave!" First Elder Yao Ce’s gaze sharpened as he noticed the crucial detail.

The eyes of every serpent slave dominated by the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils would be replaced by the flower pupils, trapping the beast in an illusion world from which it could never escape. Yet the Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent before him possessed its own awareness and thoughts.

This was no controlled snake slave at all!