Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 383 - 365

Three months swiftly passed by.

In these three months, Qin Qing’s cultivation had made further progress, reaching the peak of the Ninth Level in the Divine Might Realm.

He was only one step away from being able to form a Golden Core!

Even... Qin Qing already felt that he could touch the edge of True Intention.

If he chose to force his way through, he should be able to form a Golden Core and officially step into the Golden Core Realm!

For Qin Qing, there seemed to be almost no bottleneck in his cultivation.

This actually puzzled Qin Qing, could it be solely because his talent was too defy the heavens?

But even so... shouldn’t he encounter bottlenecks during cultivation?

However, in reality, it seemed that Qin Qing truly did not have any bottlenecks in his cultivation.

At the beginning of cultivation, which is during the Tempering Body Realm and Soul Refinement Realm, there would sometimes be a feeling of stagnation.

But once he reached the Divine Might Realm, it became smoother and smoother.

This situation was completely different from others.

Normally, for other martial artists, it would be easier to cultivate in the lower realms, but as the cultivation realm increased, it would become more difficult.

And Qin Qing... it was as if he had moved from a narrow country road onto a wide avenue, becoming faster and faster!

Qin Qing himself did not have to worry about his own cultivation.

But what concerned him was the Fire Disease of Qin Shuang, his little sister.

In these three months, Zhu Jirong had tried many methods, but still had not been able to solve Qin Shuang’s Fire Disease.

Who is Zhu Jirong?

He is a Martial Saint of the Cataclysmic Realm, and even among Martial Saints, he is considered a powerhouse.

But even he was helpless against the Fire Disease inside Qin Shuang’s body, and according to Zhu Jirong, if he couldn’t remove the Fire Disease from Qin Shuang, then those incompetent pharmacists at Tai’a Academy certainly couldn’t do it either.

This left Qin Qing even more helpless...

For now, they could only take one step at a time regarding Qin Shuang’s condition, fortunately, with Zhu Jirong stepping in, there was no need to worry about her Fire Disease erupting again in the short term.

Today, Zhu Linglong came looking for Qin Qing early in the morning.

"Junior Qin!"

Zhu Linglong addressed Qin Qing as Junior.

Even though she was younger than Qin Qing, she claimed her cultivation was higher.

Zhu Linglong was sixteen, but already at the Second Level of the Golden Core Realm.

When Qin Qing learned about Zhu Linglong’s age and cultivation, he was truly amazed.

A sixteen-year-old at the Second Level of the Golden Core Realm, such talent... Back in Qian Country, when Lu Yuming entered the Golden Core Realm at the age of thirty, he was hailed as the first genius of the Lu clan in three hundred years.

In comparison, Lu Yuming was practically nothing next to Zhu Linglong.

"Sister Linglong!"

Qin Qing responded to Zhu Linglong with a smile.

Having interacted over the past three months, Qin Qing had gotten to know Zhu Linglong’s personality.

Zhu Linglong might be young, but she was fiery and passionate in her actions and speech.

"What brings you to me so early in the day, Sister Linglong?" Qin Qing asked.

"Of course, it’s a good thing. Junior Qin, you’ve been at Wind-Fire Academy for three months now. Staying inside the academy all the time, aren’t you a bit bored?"

Looking at Qin Qing with a smile, Zhu Linglong said, "Today presents a perfect opportunity—father asked me to lead the other disciples to Nine Cloud Mountain for training. How about it, do you want to join?"

"Uh..." Upon hearing this, Qin Qing started to ponder.

Indeed, he had been at Wind-Fire Academy for the entire three months without leaving.

Always in closed-door cultivation, it had truly become somewhat monotonous.

Additionally... his cultivation was at a critical moment for the formation of his Golden Core.

It might be good to look for an opportunity for some real-world experience; if he could hunt down and kill a Ferocious Beast in the Golden Core Late Stage and refine its inner core, it might help him break through the Divine Might Realm and form a Golden Core, achieving the True Man realm in one fell swoop.

"Then, alright!" Qin Qing agreed willingly.

Soon after, Qin Qing, Cang Yuan, and Zhu Linglong led over thirty disciples from Wind-Fire Academy towards Nine Cloud Mountain.

Nine Cloud Mountain was a ferocious beast mountain range more than two hundred miles away from Wind-Fire Academy.

As it was a training expedition, it was natural for the thirty-plus people not to all stick together.

The team divided into seven groups and then moved out separately.

If there was any danger, they would communicate through Horn Tokens, and the others would immediately converge for support.

As for Qin Qing, he acted alone.

His goal was to hunt down a Ferocious Beast in the Golden Core Late Stage.

Back in Qian Country, Qin Qing was already capable of single-handedly killing Ferocious Beasts at the Middle Late Stage of the Golden Core Realm; now that his cultivation and strength had advanced, he might even be able to kill a beast at the Perfection of the Ninth Level of the Golden Core Realm.

Qin Qing quickly moved through the jungle.

Soon after, he found his target.

This time, he encountered a Purple-striped Palin Python.

This Purple-striped Palin Python was currently hunting a group of human martial artists.

This group of human martial artists looked to be around twenty or thirty years old, probably, like Qin Qing, they had come to Nine Cloud Mountain for training.

Martial artists of such age often teamed up to hunt Ferocious Beasts in the mountains as a way to find cultivation resources and accumulate experience in battle to improve their cultivation.

However, this team was of average strength.

There were five of them, with the two strongest being at the Middle Stage of the Golden Core Realm, one at the Fourth Level and the other at the Fifth Level.

The other three were at the Preliminary Stage of the Golden Core Realm.

Such a team, when facing ordinary Ferocious Beasts at the Middle Late Stage of the Golden Core Realm, would naturally not be afraid.

But this Purple-striped Palin Python had already cultivated to the Ninth Level of the Golden Core Realm.

A nine-colored halo shrouded its head, its breath nearing Returning to Purity and Simplicity.

Clearly, it was only one step away from breaking its core for Nascent Soul Formation.

Qin Qing hid behind a large tree, silently observing the battle between this team and the Purple-striped Palin Python.

"It seems the battle has been going on for some time now..."

The surrounding trees were flattened, sand and stones flew about, and there were many bloodstains on the ground. The purple-patterned leaping python also had several wounds on its body, but its core hadn’t been damaged.

Among these five people, however, two were already seriously injured and seemed to have almost lost their ability to fight.

Qin Qing didn’t act rashly; he continued to observe from the shadows.

He was well aware of how dangerous the purple-patterned leaping python was, so without an absolute opportunity, Qin Qing would not make a move lightly.

At that moment, the battle erupted once again.

The purple-patterned leaping python suddenly spat out a purple mist, and the trees and plants touched by the mist instantly withered.

"Careful, quick, use the spirit talisman to defend against the poison!"

One of the women among the five, a Martial Artist at the Fifth Level of the Golden Core Realm, shouted.

The group immediately took out their spirit talismans and activated them, forming a defensive shield to block the purple poison fog.

But the purple-patterned leaping python’s massive body swiftly swept over...

The python, close to ninety feet long, whipped its body around, swinging fiercely towards one of them.

The Martial Artist, only at the Second Level of the Golden Core Realm and already seriously injured, simply couldn’t dodge in time.

Bang!

The enormous body of the snake struck him.

The Martial Artist was sent flying into a large tree, shattering its massive trunk upon impact.

He landed on the ground with several ribs broken, the bones piercing through the flesh and protruding out, his head was misshapen from the blow, and his life force began to dwindle...

The Martial Artist was dead!

The other four showed no sorrow.

Perhaps it was because the five had only formed a temporary team and held no real affection for each other.

Or perhaps at that moment, they had no time for grief and were only thinking about how to save themselves.

"Run!"

The woman at the Fifth Level of the Golden Core Realm shouted in a grave tone.

She was keenly aware that they stood no chance against the purple-patterned leaping python.

All the methods they could employ had been used, yet it seemed the python had not suffered any substantial harm...

"Hiss hiss..."

The leaping python spat out a purple tongue, its massive body rubbing against the ground with a rustling noise as it crept forward.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly!

The leaping python leaped into the air.

Its large body moved with astonishing agility among the trees and caught up with a fleeing Martial Artist in a blink of an eye.

He was a bald man with a strong build, but in the next moment, he was bitten on the thigh by the leaping python.

Then the python quickly coiled around him.

Despite the bald man’s nearly seven-foot-tall stature and his muscles knotted like dragons, he stood no chance against the leaping python and couldn’t muster any resistance.

The next moment, the leaping python opened its mouth and swallowed the muscular bald man whole.

The remaining three kept running in different directions.

However...

In less than the time it takes ten breaths, another Martial Artist at the Preliminary Stage of the Golden Core Realm died in the gaping jaws of the purple-patterned leaping python.

Qin Qing had always been watching from the shadows, employing the Sky-splitting Step Technique to keep tracking the leaping python.

He faintly felt that something was off.

Because one of them wasn’t truly trying to escape.

After running a certain distance each time, she would loop back to observe the direction her companions fled and even deliberately lured the leaping python to chase after her own teammates.

Initially, Qin Qing thought his judgment was mistaken.

But...

In the end, only two people were left.

One was the woman at the Fifth Level of the Golden Core Realm, and the other was a man at the Fourth Level of the Golden Core Realm, a Sword Cultivator.

The Sword Cultivator had already escaped nearly a hundred miles, seemingly about to make it out of the Nine Cloud Mountain.

But the woman at the Fifth Level of the Golden Core Realm called out to him.

"Zi Yun, wait for me."

She approached: "We should be safe here. That purple-patterned leaping python probably won’t be able to follow us to this place."

She said to the Sword Cultivator.

But Qin Qing clearly saw that shortly before, the woman had spotted the leaping python, and it was following right behind her.

"Xuanyuan Sister, I really didn’t expect to encounter a purple-patterned leaping python this time..." The Sword Cultivator seemed still in shock.

"Yes, no one expected the purple-patterned leaping python to appear in such a place." The woman nodded.

"But... Xuanyuan Sister, why would the purple-patterned leaping python appear there? Logically, that area should at most have Ferocious Beasts of the fifth or sixth level in the Golden Core Realm..." The Sword Cultivator’s words cut off abruptly.

Because in his chest, a sword had penetrated him, and the hand holding the sword belonged to his so-called Xuanyuan Sister.

"You... why did you..." The Sword Cultivator’s mouth opened in disbelief as he looked at the woman, but before he could finish speaking, a purple shadow appeared...

"Hiss!"

It was the purple-patterned leaping python!

It swallowed the man whole in one bite.

During this process, the woman at the Fifth Level of the Golden Core Realm appeared calm, as if everything was within her expectations.

She didn’t show the fear of the leaping python she had before.

Even, she next bowed to the leaping python.

"Predecessor, I have done as you said..." the woman spoke.

"Hmm... You’ve done quite well. This time there were seven human Martial Artists in the Golden Core Realm, after eating them, my cultivation will advance further, and I believe that I will form the Nascent Soul in a month!"

The leaping python spoke human language. Then it opened its mouth and expelled more than a dozen Spirit Rings.

"These are what you need. Don’t worry... as long as you continue to lure human Martial Artists here for me to consume, I will not skimp on your rewards!" the leaping python said.