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Chapter 224: Lv 3 Red Anaconda
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
An enormous beast rose above the lake, gaping its bloody mouth toward Su Mo.
Su Mo could smell the stench before its mouth closed in on him.
He did not panic because he had been vigilant.
At the critical moment, Su Mo twisted his body and forcefully stopped his forward motion. His body spun as he flew upward rapidly. Meanwhile, genuine Qi gushed out from Su Mo's feet and caused an explosive impact on the lake.
Su Mo was then hit by a strong rebounding force. He shot up several hundred meters into the air like a rocket, thereby evading the attack from the enormous beast.
Su Mo could finally have a proper look at the beast that had attacked him. It was a gigantic yellow anaconda that had a head of the size of a house. It was a terrifying sight.
The anaconda's eyes, as big as lanterns, were beaming with a chilling light.
Its demonic Qi was overpowering and sent a chill down everyone's spine. It was a Class 1 Lv 3 demonic beast!
"Red Anaconda?"
Su Mo recognized the demonic beast instantly.
Red Anaconda was a common type of demonic beasts. However, Red Anacondas outside were mostly at Lv 2, and there were hardly any at Lv 3. Yet, the Red Anaconda before Su Mo was at Lv 3!
Su Mo knew that it was because Qinghua Rift was rich with Spiritual Qi and treasures. Hence, this Red Anaconda could reach Lv 3.
Roar!
The Red Anaconda roared angrily when it failed to kill Su Mo with one bite. It attacked Su Mo again.
It was fast like a red-colored lightning, and it closed in on Su Mo in an instant.
"Slash!"
Despite being in the air, Su Mo was unafraid. With a loud cry, he exerted his seven spiritual spirals and a golden glow appeared on his body. A blinding ray of sword radiance dozens of meters long slashed at the anaconda's head.
Boom!
With a loud bang, a scale on its head was shattered by the slash.
Su Mo felt a shock in his body as if he had slashed an iron mountain. The strong rebounding force sent him flying backward.
After several dozen meters, Su Mo was still flying in the air. The lake water beneath him tumbled, and a shadow swept toward him.
It was the Red Anaconda's tail!
Its tail was like a gigantic whip. It was so fast that it produced sonic booms on its path.
"Get lost!"
Su Mo shouted as his sword slashed at its tail.
Boom!
With another loud bang, the shattered genuine Qi dispersed and created an impact crater 100 meters wide on the lake water.
Su Mo was sent backward by the shock again. He only stopped after gliding on the lake for 200 meters.
With his level of cultivation, Su Mo could momentarily stay in the air despite not being able to fly.
With the lake water's buoyancy, Su Mo could stay atop the surface of the lake.
He looked at the Red Anaconda with a serious expression.
As a Class 1 Lv 3 demonic beast, it was comparable to a martial artist at Lv 1 True Spirit Realm. Its strength was terrifying.
Despite the combined strength of the genuine Qi from his seven Spiritual Spirals and his powerful human body, Su Mo was no match for the Red Anaconda in a head-on fight.
Moreover, the scales on the anaconda were tough and had ridiculous defensive power. Su Mo's Spirit-slayer Sword could barely destroy one of its scales, and could not deal significant damage to it.
But that did not mean that Spirit-slayer Sword was not sharp enough. It was Su Mo who was lacking in strength. If Su Mo was in the True Spirit Realm, he would be able to slice the Red Anaconda into two pieces with an ordinary sword.
However, Red Anaconda's strength ignited Su Mo's fighting desire.
"A Lv 3 Demonic Beast? I'll not necessarily lose to you!"
"Xiao Qingfeng, what are you waiting for?"
Su Mo shouted loudly. Sword momentum was bursting out of his body. With the glow of sword radiance, he sent several dozen streams of sword Qi toward the Red Anaconda.
The Red Anaconda gaped and shot out a thick water stream from its mouth. The water stream was overpowering and destroyed all the streams of sword Qi.
Only then, the water stream fell apart into a shower and fell into the river.
"Die!"
Su Mo did not retreat even though his attacks were destroyed by the Red Anaconda in an instant. He dashed toward it with lightning speed instead.
Meanwhile, Xiao Qingfeng did not move after hearing Su Mo's words. He waited briefly for the fight to become inseparable, before bolting toward the Acupores-smoothing Rainbow Lotus.
He was not the only one. In an instant, dozens of people moved toward the Acupores-smoothing Rainbow Lotus as well.
It was their best chance since Su Mo was stalling the Red Anaconda.
"Hehe! Don't even think about getting the Acupores-smoothing Rainbow Lotus before me!" Xiao Qingfeng laughed and said.
His body suddenly turned into a roaring wind that was faster than everyone else.
In a few breaths time, Xiao Qingfeng became the first to get close to the Acupores-smoothing Rainbow Lotus.
Roar!
The Red Anaconda roared angrily when it saw Xiao Qingfeng getting close to the Acupores-smoothing Rainbow Lotus. It rose into the air and rushed toward him.
"Die!"
Su Mo's goal was to stall the Red Anaconda. There was no way he would allow it to attack Xiao Qingfeng.
The lake water beneath Su Mo exploded with a turmoil of genuine Qi. He flew into the air and slashed at its back with a dazzling ray of sword radiance.
"Amazing Chopping Technique of Wind Devil!"
The ray of sword radiance was dozens of meters long and sharp as a razor. It struck on the Red Anaconda's back mercilessly.
Boom!
With a loud bang, the ray of sword radiance shattered a big piece of scale on its back.
The Red Anaconda was more than 100 meters long and weighed thousands of kilograms. Yet, Su Mo's enormous power bashed it into the lake and created a huge wave.
At the next moment, a loud roar was heard from beneath the lake's surface. Shortly afterward, a giant water stream shot out from the lake toward Su Mo.
At the same time, Xiao Qingfeng was already before the Acupores-smoothing Rainbow Lotus. He reached out and took the lotus into his hand.
Xiao Qingfeng then bolted toward the other side of the lake without a pause.
"Haha! Su Mo, enjoy the strength of the Red Anaconda!"
Xiao Qingfeng's laughter was heard. Then, he got away from the lake hastily.
Xiao Qingfeng was leaving and keeping all the nine lotus seeds for himself.
"Xiao Qingfeng, you must be tired of living!"
Su Mo shouted coldly and struck at the water stream.
The tremendous demonic power in the water stream sent Su Mo flying backward again. Su Mo then took advantage of the momentum and chased after Xiao Qingfeng.
Su Mo was not surprised that Xiao Qingfeng wanted to keep the Acupores-smoothing Rainbow Lotus for himself. He did not trust Xiao Qingfeng completely.
After all, it was the first time that they met each other.
However, Su Mo was confident in himself. He was certain that he could take the Acupores-smoothing Rainbow Lotus back.
Quick as lightning, Su Mo chased after Xiao Qingfeng with extreme speed.
Roar!
The lake water tumbled as the Red Anaconda flew out of the water again. Its gigantic eyes were beaming with murderous intent.
Whoosh!
It flew into the air and chased after Su Mo and Xiao Qingfeng.
In just a few breaths time, the three of them disappeared from everyone's sight.
The crowd sighed. With Su Mo and Xiao Qingfeng around, they had no chance of getting the Acupores-smoothing Rainbow Lotus.
Shortly afterward, they left.
The news of the incident that had taken place here, along with Su Mo's overpowering combat strength, was spread by the crowd.
Chapter 225: The Full Combat Strength
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
Amidst the jungle, there were two people on the run.
Behind, a huge anaconda was chasing them, roaring constantly.
"Xiao Qingfeng, you can't get away!"
Su Mo exerted his body movements to the maximum and became as quick as the wind. He kept chasing Xiao Qingfeng.
Su Mo was shocked. He did not expect Xiao Qingfeng to be equally fast.
Without the Great-Speed Boots, Su Mo would not have been able to catch up with Xiao Qingfeng.
However, Su Mo did not know that Xiao Qingfeng was as shocked as he was. The latter had the Breeze Martial Soul and had cultivated advanced wind-system body movements and martial arts techniques.
His speed was superior, bringing to martial artists to an equal level.
Xiao Qingfeng was likely the fastest amongst all the martial artists at the Spiritual Martial Realm.
Even the best disciples from the inner gates of the four sects would lose to him in terms of speed.
Yet now Su Mo was as fast as him. He was dazed.
Xiao Qingfeng had witnessed Su Mo's phenomenal speed when he killed the Gale Island disciples earlier.
Back then, he was surprised. But still he did not expect Su Mo to be as fast as him.
However, Su Mo's current speed was equivalent to his!
He was strong enough to hold his ground against a Lv 3 Demonic Beast. Xiao Qingfeng already knew that he could not defeat Su Mo.
However, Xiao Qingfeng was the top two in Sky Rapier Sect 's inner gate. His strength was comparable to Su Mo.
Despite so, he could only try to escape, since there was a Lv 3 Demonic Beast chasing him.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Xiao Qingfeng's body was wrapped by his Breeze Martial Soul. He kept going sideways toward the denser jungle.
Su Mo was on his tail. No matter how hard Xiao Qingfeng tried, he could not shake off Su Mo.
The Red Anaconda was a Lv 3 Demonic Beast that was capable of flight. It was obviously faster than the two of them. However, it could not attack them easily amidst the dense jungle.
"Roar!"
The Red Anaconda continued to roar angrily. Its huge tail swept around and tore down the trees in the jungle.
Xiao Qingfeng and Su Mo had to evade the Red Anaconda's attacks while running away.
As the pursuit went on, they had traveled more than 100 kilometers.
Their pursuit had caught the attention of many other disciples.
"Look, that's a Lv 3 Demonic Beast! It seems to be after someone."
"That's Xiao Qingfeng, the top two in Sky Rapier Sect's inner gate. The guy behind him seems to be chasing him!"
"That guy is as fast as Xiao Qingfeng!"
"Dear God! That's Su Mo!"
There were many disciples from the four sects that saw the pursuit. All of them moved far away as they did not dare to get near.
Su Mo was closely following Xiao Qingfeng. After another several dozen kilometers, he finally lost his patience.
Xiao Qingfeng, you can't escape from this!" Su Mo shouted coldly. Seeing that there was no one around, he released his Devouring Martial Spirit.
An overpowering devouring power burst into action as soon as his Devouring Martial Spirit had appeared.
The devouring power swept cross a radius of several hundred meters wide. Not only did Xiao Qingfeng stop suddenly, but the Red Anaconda also paused for a moment.
Su Mo's confidence in catching Xiao Qingfeng was based upon his Devouring Martial Spirit.
"What's going on?"
Xiao Qingfeng was startled. He felt the blood Qi and genuine Qi in his body going through a turmoil.
With that, his speed decreased sharply.
"Die!"
In a blink of an eye, Su Mo was already closing in on Xiao Qingfeng. His Spirit-slayer Sword drew a flashy curve in the air and slashed at Xiao Qingfeng's head.
"Get away from me!" Xiao Qingfeng shouted angrily and tried to block Su Mo's attack with his sword. He could not afford to care about the chaotic genuine Qi in his body.
Even at his peak status, Xiao Qingfeng might not have been able to block Su Mo's attack, let alone when his genuine Qi was in a mess.
Boom!
Xiao Qingfeng was sent crashing into a tree, tearing it apart. He spewed out a mouthful of blood.
"It's over!"
Su Mo went forward and was about to kill Xiao Qingfeng.
At this moment, Su Mo felt an approaching danger. There was a powerful wind coming toward his back.
Whoosh!
Su Mo immediately gave up on killing Xiao Qingfeng and evaded to the side.
Boom!
As the Red Anaconda's tail swept across, it left a deep imprint on the ground.
"Ah!"
A pitiful cry was heard. Its tail hit Xiao Qingfeng instead of Su Mo.
Puff!
Blood and pieces of meat went everywhere.
The Red Anaconda's strength was overbearing for Su Mo, and more so for Xiao Qingfeng.
With a tail whip, Xiao Qingfeng's body blew up. There was no way he could be alive!
Whoosh!
Su Mo was quick to react. He bolted forward and grabbed Xiao Qingfeng's storage pouch.
After taking the storage pouch, Su Mo did not run away again. Instead, he stared at the Red Anaconda.
Since he had taken the Acupores-smoothing Rainbow Lotus, there was no need for him to escape!
Lv 3 Demonic Beast? Su Mo was not afraid of it.
Boom!
Su Mo's vigor was at its peak. His Devouring Martial Spirit was floating behind him, releasing its terrifying devouring power to the surroundings.
Xiao Qingfeng's blood essence, and his martial soul, were consumed in an instant.
A wave of overwhelming sword will soared up into the air, stirring up the wind and clouds.
The eruption of Wind sword will!
"Die!"
Su Mo mustered all his strength at this moment and did not hold back. This was his full combat strength.
Spirit-slayer Sword was glowing brightly. A stream of sword Qi 100 meters long slashed at the Red Anaconda.
The Red Anaconda was enraged. How dare the insignificant human initiate an attack before it rather than run away?
Its thick tail struck again, causing sonic booms on its path.
Pom!
Its tail and the stream of sword Qi clashed. The sword Qi instantly blew up, and demonic blood was spewed everywhere. The powerful force tore apart dozens of trees in the vicinity.
With the help of sword will, Su Mo's combat force increased tremendously. He could finally break through the Red Anaconda's defense, and his attack left a foot long wound on its tail.
"Again!"
Su Mo's fighting desire was off the charts. As his sword radiance flashed continuously, he engaged himself in an epic battle with the Red Anaconda. The sound of their battle could be heard from miles away.
The wounded Red Anaconda's blood was flowing toward Su Mo constantly. The blood essence of a Lv 3 demonic beast that entered Su Mo's body was unimaginably vast and strong.
Su Mo cultivated the Elephant's Strength Skill with the blood Qi that he was absorbing, and elephant shadows appeared on his body.
Su Mo's physical body strength was increasing rapidly. His physical strength was already equivalent to the power of a martial artist at the peak Lv 8 Spiritual Martial Realm. Now that he had absorbed the vast amount of blood Qi, the golden glow on him was even brighter. His physical body had progressed by another level.
In just a brief moment, Su Mo was equivalent to a martial artist at Lv 9 Spiritual Martial Realm with his physical body strength alone.
Apart from its Qi of blood essence, the Red Anaconda's demonic power was being devoured by Su Mo as well.
Although demonic power and genuine Qi had different characteristics, they both originated from the Spiritual Qi. The former was equally useful to Su Mo.
Once Su Mo had purified the demonic Qi, the leftover would be a pure aura.
However, as a Lv 3 demonic beast, the Red Anaconda's control was incomparable to that of a martial artist at Lv 9 Spiritual Martial Realm.
Su Mo could only devour a limited amount of its demonic power. Hence, it was only slightly affected.
Boom!
Su Mo sword struck the Red Anaconda again. It left another deep imprint on its body, and its blood gushed out like a stream of water.
Despite its size, the Red Anaconda's vigor was decreasing after it had lost so much blood.
"Roar!"
The Red Anaconda roared angrily, before suddenly flying away at a high speed.
The Lv 3 demonic beast, the Red Anaconda, had unexpectedly chosen to escape.