Invincible Snake Emperor-Chapter 140 - 138: Snake Possession

This was Shu Yao's boyfriend, the man about to become her husband.

'How could this be!'

Shu Yao's boyfriend was filled with the aura of the Snake Race—it was incredibly powerful. Furthermore, his expression and words from the moment he walked in the door explained everything.

So her boyfriend was the Snake Spirit, which had caused Shu Yao to become pregnant with the Snake Embryo. He was also the Awakened Snake Tu Xiao'an had been looking for all along.

'When I think about it that way, everything suddenly makes sense. It's a perfect explanation for the Snake Embryo.'

However... Tu Xiao'an stared intently at the man with his Snake Gaze, unleashing his Formless Consciousness Power upon him.

"Hmm?"

The young man showed a flicker of surprise. Then, his eyes turned cold and impassive, yet held a hint of lofty contempt. He stomped his foot.

In that instant, the air itself seemed to shatter with a loud CRACK!

Tu Xiao'an's Consciousness Power instantly dissipated.

"Who are you?"

The Gold and Silver Snake stared coldly at the young man.

The young man stared right back at the Gold and Silver Snake. Seeing it speak, he wasn't surprised at all. Instead, he laughed. "Your Cultivation is not bad. Tell me, how many years have you been cultivating, Snake Spirit?"

Tu Xiao'an ignored the question and demanded, "Why did you possess him?"

"Oh, you figured it out? You've got a sharp eye," the young man said with a shrug, casually admitting it.

With the man's admission, Tu Xiao'an's suspicions were confirmed.

'So it wasn't that Shu Yao's boyfriend was a Snake Spirit in disguise. He's been possessed by one, his body controlled, his own consciousness lost.'

This was far more bizarre and terrifying than a simple snake attack.

The idea that Shu Yao's boyfriend was a Snake Spirit had been a fleeting thought, one Tu Xiao'an had dismissed almost instantly.

'For a creature to take human form, it needs to be at least Rank 3. Rank One and Rank Two beings can only be called Spirits. Only at Rank 3 can they be called Demons.'

Although the man's aura was powerful, it wasn't enough to make Tu Xiao'an despair.

'In other words, this is, at most, a Rank Two Awakened Snake Spirit that has cultivated some extraordinary and bizarre techniques.'

'Most importantly, Tu Xiao'an had seen her boyfriend in Shu Yao's memories. He was a very ordinary human. His terror, fear, and inability to accept the news that his girlfriend was pregnant with a Snake Embryo couldn't have been faked.'

But the man standing here now had a completely different aura. He was like an unsheathed sword, his sharp edge exposed. He was a completely different person.

'Besides, even though my Consciousness Power was shattered, in that brief moment, I had clearly detected human Qi on the man.'

'It was just that the human Qi was being smothered by a dense snake Qi.'

All these reasons led Tu Xiao'an to a single conclusion: the man had been possessed by a Snake Spirit.

"Why did you do this?" Tu Xiao'an asked again.

The young man spoke in a strange, excited tone. "Aren't the facts right in front of you? Don't you see? That's my child, a Mutated Two-headed Snake! What a magnificent Snake Species! Humans are High Rank Creatures, the rulers of this world. By using a human body to gestate a Snake Embryo, the genes undergo a Mutation, creating limitless potential! It will be extraordinary from the moment of its birth, transcending the mundane!"

The Snake Spirit was incredibly excited, as if he had accomplished some magnificent feat.

Tu Xiao'an stared at him as if he were a madman, then roared in fury, "I'm asking you why the hell you chose *them*!"

This was a young couple on the verge of a happy marriage. They had been in love for three or four years and had barely ever fought, long since certain they were meant for each other.

But because of this Snake Spirit, everything had changed.

When a snake returns, it is either to repay a kindness or to exact revenge. As the saying goes, every injustice has its perpetrator, and every debt has its debtor.

'A Snake Spirit wouldn't just randomly pick a human girl to gestate its Snake Embryo.'

'He must have had a reason for choosing this couple. Even an ordinary snake won't attack unless provoked, to say nothing of a Snake Spirit with intelligence and power.'

Suddenly, the man's eyes narrowed into long, thin slits, his pupils becoming fierce and venomous. He snarled, "This great Immortal's consort was eaten as snake soup by this brat. Is that reason enough for you?"

*Hiss...*

Tu Xiao'an gasped, staring at him in astonishment. He had considered many possibilities, but never this one.

'Shu Yao's boyfriend ate the Snake Spirit's consort as snake soup, so it came looking for revenge?'

"You should be happy for this brat. He's still alive. Every single one of the eleven other people involved in this is dead. He's the only one left," the young man said with a vicious grin. "And not only did he not die, but he was also possessed by this great Immortal. What an honor! But he has his wonderful girlfriend to thank for that."

"My consort died, and my child with her is gone. So, I will use his woman to bear my offspring. This is called the cycle of karma. Just desserts."

"Hmph..."

"Nonsense!" Tu Xiao'an immediately shot back. "With your level of Cultivation, how could ordinary humans possibly capture your consort and make her into soup?"

The Snake Spirit said arrogantly, "This great Immortal has had hundreds, if not thousands, of consorts. You expect me to watch over every single one?"

The Snake Spirit's consort wasn't necessarily a Snake Spirit herself—an Awakened Snake. For a snake to awaken, its bloodline must continuously break through, and it also needs a bit of luck.

"One in ten thousand" wasn't enough to describe the rarity. It was more like one in a hundred million for a single Awakened Snake to appear.

This Snake Spirit had gained intelligence and cultivated for many years. It considered its bloodline noble and wanted to produce offspring.

But for a Snake of its Level, reproducing was incredibly difficult; the chances were minuscule.

So, it could only keep finding consorts, seeking out female snakes of good stock and trying again and again. As luck would have it, one female finally became pregnant with its young, but she was captured by human Snake Catchers.

She was sold to a wild game restaurant.

That day, Shu Yao's boyfriend, Chen Xiang, was dragged to a wild game restaurant by a group of friends for a feast. They said the place was famous far and wide for its excellent wild game.

The restaurant's specialty was supposedly the Five-step Snake. Eating it was said to guarantee you'd have a son, though of course, that was just a joke.

It was Chen Xiang's first time being dragged to this restaurant, and he was curious. He figured trying wild game once in a while wouldn't hurt.

A large, steaming pot of snake soup was brought to the table. The aroma was tantalizing, and the meat tasted unbelievably fresh.

One of Chen Xiang's friends was the first to try a piece of the meat, and his eyes immediately lit up. "This place is the real deal! You can tell this is a wild venomous snake from the first bite. The flavor is so fresh. Farm-raised meat is tough and has no taste at all."

"Come on, Chen Xiang! It's your first time here, eat up! Go home and make a son with your wife, haha..."

Chen Xiang ate it. He ate quite a lot, in fact. And in doing so, he courted disaster.

In its quest to produce superior offspring, the Snake Spirit had cast a wide net, but its success rate was less than one percent. One day, it sensed that a female snake was carrying its young and immediately went to find her.

But he was too late.

The newly pregnant female snake had already been stewed into soup and served to the restaurant's customers. When the Snake Spirit found out, how could it not be furious? How could it possibly let this go? 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

When the Snake Spirit came for Chen Xiang to exact its revenge, it saw Shu Yao and was instantly captivated by her beauty. At that moment, a shocking and blasphemous idea came to its mind.

Wouldn't it be even better to use Chen Xiang's woman to gestate a Snake Embryo for it? The superior human bloodline, combined with its own powerful Snake Spirit genes, would surely produce a Snake Species that was truly extraordinary.

And so, Chen Xiang was allowed to live. But he was possessed by the Snake Spirit.