After cultivating to the Meridian Opening Realm, Zhang Yuan could use the Mighty Golden Light Spell to shatter boulders with his bare hands, and ordinary swords and knives could hardly hurt him. Even with such a powerful physique, he still could not stop the snake demon from coiling around him.
The snake demon's physical strength was even more terrifying than he had imagined!
Zhang Yuan panicked.
If this continues, I'm really going to turn into Barbie Q!
The snake demon exerted its strength again, its waist already wrapped around Zhang Yuan's chest, making it difficult for Zhang Yuan to breathe.
He struggled to pull out his other, still movable arm.
A talisman appeared in his hand!
Zhang Yuan shouted: Thunder Talisman, blast it for me!
As the lightning talisman detonated, a bolt of purple lightning suddenly descended from the sky above the valley!
The lightning bolt, as thick as a forearm, fell with incredible speed, striking the giant python demon's head almost as soon as it appeared in the sky.
After a loud bang, the giant python demon's head was blasted open by lightning, its skin torn and its flesh mangled, while many tiny electric snakes slithered across its body.
The snake demon felt pain and its body relaxed.
After escaping the snake demon's deadly entanglement, Zhang Yuan immediately distanced himself from the snake demon.
At this moment, the snake demon was also in a bad mood.
The lightning talisman has a greater single-target damage than the fire talisman. After being hit by a lightning talisman, a palm-sized patch appeared on the snake demon's head, where flesh and blood were mangled.
Although it didn't die, the snake demon was also injured!
Therefore, it did not continue its attack on Zhang Yuan.
The snake demon stared at Zhang Yuan, its dark green eyes filled with rage. It probably never expected that this human cultivator would have such abilities!
After escaping, Zhang Yuan took a few deep breaths to relieve the suffocation in his chest caused by being entangled. At the same time, he quickly moved his body, which was about to be deformed by the snake demon's squeezing and entanglement, to make himself feel a little better.
"Human, I underestimated you!"
"However, you have completely enraged me!"
The snake demon said angrily, then spewed a thick green gas toward Zhang Yuan. The thick green gas quickly merged with the air the moment it came into contact with it, filling the entire valley in an instant.
Zhang Yuan quickly covered his nose, but it was too late. A wisp of air mixed with green gas entered Zhang Yuan's body, and immediately, Zhang Yuan felt a little dizzy, and his internal energy was constantly being lost!
This green gas is not only toxic, but it also accelerates the loss of vital energy in the body!
"Damn snake demon!"
Zhang Yuan cursed.
The snake demon charged at Zhang Yuan again.
Zhang Yuan quickly retreated, creating distance between himself and the snake demon.
The snake demon's body was too powerful; Zhang Yuan didn't want to be entangled by it again.
As he ran, he used the Spirit Slaying Technique to attack the snake demon, preventing it from getting close.
The blade of the Spirit Slaying Technique was far sharper than a woodcutter's knife. Streams of true energy slashed at the giant python demon, causing its scales to fall off in large pieces! Even the flesh beneath the scales was cut open!
But Zhang Yuan couldn't be happy. Although the Spirit Slaying Technique could break through the giant python's scales and cause damage, this damage was not enough to kill the giant python. It only reduced his movement and attack speed, and increased the snake demon's pain and energy consumption.
Within the valley covered in green poisonous gas, every time he moved or used magic, his internal energy was rapidly draining away!
At this rate, the snake demon won't die yet, but I'll be worn down to death first!
After unleashing the Spirit Severing Technique twice, Zhang Yuan realized the problem and decisively gave up attacking the snake demon with the Spirit Severing Technique. He then drew out a fire talisman and used it to attack the giant snake demon python.
Fire talismans are disposable items. Before coming to the valley, Zhang Yuan prepared a total of 10 fire talismans, 6 thunder talismans, and some purification and sealing talismans.
Each talisman requires the infusion of internal energy. With his current cultivation level at the Meridian Opening Realm, Zhang Yuan can only draw two or three thunder talismans a day before he needs to stop practicing to replenish his internal energy.
Because we were in a rush to get into the mountains, we only managed to draw these talismans in total.
Detonating the talisman consumes very little true energy, which can slow down the loss of true energy in the body.
The fire talisman was thrown out and detonated on the snake demon, instantly engulfing it in flames!
The snake demon let out a painful roar.
The scales were burned red!
However, the demon race is naturally strong in physical form, and even if a fire talisman is detonated, it can only cause damage to the snake demon, and is still not enough to kill a snake demon of the same level.
Zhang Yuan swallowed a low-level True Qi Pill to replenish some of his lost True Qi and repair the damage the poison gas had caused to his opponent's body. He then took out two more Fire Talismans.
If one fire talisman can't burn you to death, then bring two more!
I refuse to believe I can't kill you!
Seeing Zhang Yuan take out two more fire talismans, the snake demon's eyes showed some fear.
The fire talisman was detonated again, and flames roared around the snake demon once more.
The snake demon was being burned by the flames formed from true energy, and it looked like it was in great pain. Suddenly, the snake demon opened its mouth and spat out a piece of dazzling scale that looked like topaz. After the scale appeared, it turned into a light green light that enveloped the snake demon's body and blocked the flames from harming it!
After the two fire talismans burned out, the snake demon remained unharmed under the protection of the green light, but Zhang Yuan still keenly noticed some problems.
That is, after each fire talisman burns out, the light in the snake demon's eyes will dim a little, and at the same time, the thickness of the green light on its body will also decrease.
In other words, although the fire talisman did not kill the snake demon, it still consumed the snake demon's life force.
Zhang Yuan took another low-level True Qi Pill to resist the poison gas and replenish the True Qi he had lost. He then began to consider how many more times the remaining strategic resources could be used.
Three fire talismans were thrown out, plus the three that had just burned the snakes, leaving four fire talismans remaining.
There are 4 Thunder Talismans left.
The sealing talisman was unnecessary. Zhang Yuan tried one purification talisman, but it wasn't very effective at purifying the green poisonous gas, so he stopped using it!
There are 3 Beginner True Qi Pills left!
"Damn humans, they actually forced me to use my natal magic weapon, Yellow Scale!"
"Human cultivator, I will not be able to vent my hatred until you die today."
"Only by devouring you can I make up for my loss!"
As it spoke, the green light on the snake demon's body dissipated, transforming back into a translucent yellow scale. The scale slowly fell onto the giant python's body and embedded itself in it.
As the yellow scales embedded themselves in the giant python's body, the python's body swelled and grew larger at a speed visible to the naked eye!
It has increased by 50% from its original height of just over ten meters!
The snake demon's aura doubled, becoming even more terrifying!
But this momentum seems rather unstable.
Zhang Yuan didn't know the origin of the yellow scale that had greatly increased the snake demon's strength, but he could tell that the yellow scale was extraordinary.
In fact, this yellow scale was a piece of scale from the snake demon's father, a dragon king-level demon.
After being refined by a dragon at the Demon King level, the scales contain a portion of the Demon King's powerful energy.
At crucial moments, the snake demon can release a portion of the powerful energy from the demon king within its yellow scales, temporarily enhancing its strength and unleashing an attack exceeding its own power!
At the same time, Huang Lin can also shield the snake demon from some of its fatal attacks!
The price is that the yellow scales will consume a portion of the snake demon's life force.
Therefore, this yellow scale is the snake demon's secret weapon!
Seeing the snake demon's aura continuously rising, Zhang Yuan's expression became extremely solemn. Without any further hesitation, before the snake demon's aura reached its peak, he quickly took out two thunder talismans and two fire talismans and threw them out at the same time!
This is the most talismans Zhang Yuan can detonate at the same time at this stage!
If there were one more, his soul would not be able to withstand the energy contained in the talisman!
The lightning talismans flew above the giant python's head, circling and rotating to form a tai chi pattern, while the two fire talismans spun rapidly around the python's body!
Instantly, powerful energy waves rippled outwards from the valley.
The sky was covered with dark clouds, and a scorching wind suddenly swept through the quiet valley!
After being empowered by the yellow scales' energy, the snake demon's body doubled in size, and its dark green eyes turned into a ferocious crimson, as if a demon king was about to descend.
With the help of Huang Lin's energy, a python demon in the early stage of the demon general realm can briefly unleash the attack power of a mid-stage demon general realm demon general, which is equivalent to the attack power of a human in the middle stage of the Meridian Opening Realm.
Whether they are demons or human cultivators, the difference in strength is enormous for each level of cultivation.
A demon in the mid-stage of the Demon General realm can easily kill a demon in the early stage of the Demon General realm, but it is almost impossible for a demon in the early stage of the Demon General realm to kill a demon in the mid-stage of the Demon General realm!
Just as the python demon's momentum was about to reach its peak, and the snake demon was only a little short of fully integrating the power within the yellow scales, Zhang Yuan detonated the thunder talisman on the python demon's head.
A bolt of lightning, thicker than the previous one, struck down.
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