Chapter 302: The White Serpent's Fate – Final Chapter

Roar!

Facing the now-revealed Serpent Mother, Xiao Bai opened her enormous mouth and roared angrily at the Serpent Mother.

"Xiao Bai, let me handle this. You may not be her match."

Mu Chen stepped forward, standing between Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing. His hurried breathing began to steady. With a gentle shake of his back, the Chaos Wings unfurled behind him. A surge of soul energy rippled out in concentric waves, distorting the surrounding space with its immense power.

The Serpent Mother, now in her true form, stared at Mu Chen in shock. The aura he exuded made her tremble with fear. If Mu Chen were a deity, she would not have doubted it for a moment.

"Are you surprised?" Mu Chen asked.

The Serpent Mother remained silent.

"Are you shocked?" Mu Chen asked again.

She stayed silent.

"Are you delighted?" Mu Chen continued, taunting her.

The Serpent Mother stood frozen, her gaze wary as she looked at Mu Chen, who had risen into the air, seven radiant halos encircling him like a divine Buddha.

"I'll be honest with you, I've been playing a part all this time. I could have slain the national priest with a single sword, but I didn't. Why? Because I wanted Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing to witness this moment, to see your true form exposed," Mu Chen continued.

Whoosh!

Unable to contain herself any longer, the Serpent Mother turned and swished her tail, immediately darting into the forest. In that moment, all she wanted was to escape.

"Want to run? Hmph, it's too late now!"

Mu Chen's lips curled into a mocking smile as his ninth soul ring flared to life, glowing with blinding golden light. Its radiance was so intense that it seemed to rival the sun, capable of outshining both the sun and the moon.

Ninth Soul Skill: Forest World Descends

The green gemstone on Mu Chen's Chaos Sword also began to glow, drawing the surrounding wood elements into its power. Tree roots, large enough to be embraced by twenty people, burst from the earth. Not just one or two, but dozens, even hundreds.

These massive roots moved like giant serpents, ensnaring the Serpent Mother and pinning her to the ground.

This was Mu Chen's ninth soul skill: Forest World Descends. It created a vast forest realm, binding enemies with roots. This was a control-type skill, though it could also be used for offense. After all, those thick roots, moving at high speed, would injure or kill anyone struck by them.

Mu Chen's Forest World Descends had an area exceeding a thousand square meters. If he used it to its full potential, he could destroy a top-tier city in the blink of an eye.

"Xiao Qing, come here. This is an opportunity I'm giving you," Mu Chen turned to Xiao Qing.

"Me?" Xiao Qing's expression was still dazed, her mind reeling from the shock.

"Yes, absorbing her true energy will allow your cultivation to surge. Soon, few will be able to stand against you or your sister in the entire continent," Mu Chen nodded.

"But she is still my master!" Xiao Qing hesitated, torn in her heart.

"Think about your senior brothers, sisters, and juniors, all of whom have been reduced to their original forms. Do you still respect her actions now?" Mu Chen reminded her.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qing's eyes sharpened. She walked toward the Serpent Mother, who was bound by the roots, and asked, "What should I do?"

"Simple, use the jade hairpin to absorb her true energy," Mu Chen instructed.

"Jade hairpin!" Xiao Qing scanned the area and soon found the jade hairpin the Serpent Mother had discarded. Holding it, she walked back to the Serpent Mother's side.

Whoosh!

At that moment, something unexpected happened.

Knowing that death was imminent, the Serpent Mother opened her mouth and spat out a golden pearl.

"An inner core!" Mu Chen's heart skipped a beat.

Mu Chen had encountered a similar scene when passing through the City of Slaughter. At that time, he had forced the Ten-Headed Flame Serpent to release its inner core, intending for them to perish together.

Now, knowing she was about to die and that her true energy would be absorbed by Xiao Qing, the Serpent Mother, with red triangular eyes filled with madness, spat out her inner core, hoping to drag Mu Chen and the others down with her.

"Naive!"

Mu Chen sneered. He waved his hand, and the Chaos Sword descended, severing the connection between the Serpent Mother and her inner core.

"Ah!"

The Serpent Mother's eyes widened in disbelief, her heart sinking. Her massive serpent body, now deprived of the true energy that had sustained it, deflated rapidly like a deflating balloon.

Whoosh!

As the Serpent Mother shrank down to a manageable size, a yellow serpent appeared, seemingly from nowhere, and bit into her neck.

Whoosh!

Next, a green serpent also sank its teeth into the Serpent Mother's neck. In a matter of three breaths, a dozen such serpents appeared. They didn't fight each other; instead, they gnawed at the Serpent Mother's body. Before long, the Serpent Mother was torn apart into over thirty pieces by their biting and pulling.

"Xiao Qing, this is for you." Mu Chen flicked the inner core toward Xiao Qing.

"What about them?" Xiao Qing caught the inner core and looked at the small serpents with pity. They were her former brothers and sisters.

"They'll have to fend for themselves. Let's go!" Mu Chen said, mounting Xiao Bai's serpent form. Xiao Qing, seeing this, transformed her legs into a serpent tail and followed.

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A month later, in a cave, a white light suddenly flared, expanding rapidly before contracting, finally forming a figure.

The figure was wearing a white gown, with large triangular serpent eyes, a sharp chin, a jade-like nose, and long, jet-black hair cascading over her shoulders. A slender waist and graceful legs completed the picture of beauty.

"Xiao Bai, congratulations, you've finally transformed into human form," Mu Chen congratulated.

"Mu Chen, I've finally become human again." Xiao Bai gazed at her hands with great excitement. After a month of hard work, she had finally refined the true energy she obtained from the national priest.

Overcome with joy, Xiao Bai suddenly hugged Mu Chen.

"Thank you," Xiao Bai said gratefully.

"Thank me for what? I didn't really do much. If you really want to thank me, why not offer something a bit more... substantial?" Mu Chen teased, pointing to his face.

Xiao Bai smiled coyly, her face flushed as she reached out and took Mu Chen's hand.

Just as Mu Chen thought she was going to refuse, Xiao Bai's lips pressed against his.

"This..."

Mu Chen's heart raced.

The two embraced and kissed for a while, before Xiao Bai pulled away. Just as Mu Chen thought it was over, Xiao Bai started to remove his clothes.

"This..."

Mu Chen's heart skipped a beat, filled with excitement. Before he could process the situation, Xiao Bai gently pushed him to the ground, her body slowly descending toward his chest.

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