Supreme of the Heavenly Realm
Chapter 373 - 370: Eyes of the Netherworld Snake

Chapter 373: Chapter 370: Eyes of the Netherworld Snake

The person who acted in the critical moment was none other than Ye Xuan.

"You’re actually immune to my sonic attack?"

The Golden Rat Elder looked at Ye Xuan with some surprise. The sonic attack he had just unleashed should have enveloped an area of a hundred meters in radius, yet Ye Xuan seemed completely unscathed, unaffected in the slightest.

"Thank you, Young Master Liu."

Zi Yuqing let out a sigh, her eyes full of gratitude as she turned toward Ye Xuan. If it hadn’t been for his intervention just now, she feared she would either be dead or grievously injured, her situation hanging by a thread.

"We’re teammates, after all. I haven’t even looked at that secret scroll. How could I let you die?" Ye Xuan said indifferently.

Seeing that his first strike hadn’t succeeded, the expression of the Netherworld Snake Young Master darkened. His recent series of attacks had at least a fifty percent certainty of killing Zi Yuqing and a full guarantee of causing severe injury. But Ye Xuan’s sword had completely shattered his calculation.

"Friend, it seems you’re not one of the Black Market’s own. Why would you risk your life for someone irrelevant? Why not switch allegiances to my Evil Netherworld, and this Young Master will ensure you are amply rewarded?" Noticing Ye Xuan was hard to deal with, the Netherworld Snake Young Master entertained the idea of bribery—a tactic he was quite accustomed to. After all, in the Demon Beast World, there were no eternal friends, only eternal interests, a principle many adhered to. He was convinced Ye Xuan was of the same sort, sure that with a sufficient offer, Ye Xuan would be tempted.

"Alright,"

Ye Xuan unexpectedly nodded, a serious look on his face which made Zi Yuqing’s eyelids twitch, "I’m not particularly interested in other things. But if you give me those two scrolls, along with two hundred thousand Spirit Crystals, I’ll betray and help you. How does that sound?"

Upon hearing these words, the Netherworld Snake Young Master, who had been wearing a radiant smile, suddenly stiffened. Zi Yuqing and the others also exhaled in relief. She had indeed been worried that Ye Xuan would be swayed. If he had defected to the side of the Netherworld Snake Young Master, her life would most certainly have been doomed, with no chance of survival.

However, Ye Xuan’s excessive demands clearly showed that he had no intention of actually betraying. He was simply toying with the Netherworld Snake Young Master.

"Brat, you’re turning down a kind offer. Do you really think you can turn the tide and change the situation?"

The Netherworld Snake Young Master sneered. A cold light flickered in his eyes, and in the next instant, he suddenly removed the eyepatch over his right eye. Beneath it was a green, peculiar pupil which appeared ash-grey in color. Within this grey hue, there was a winged snake with seven wings coiled around the pupil, a sight that was particularly sinister.

"Die!"

The Netherworld Snake Young Master gazed directly at Ye Xuan, that green eye seemingly locking onto him. In that moment, Ye Xuan felt the environment around him shift. Everyone in front of him vanished, and the place turned into an eerie, Netherworld-like domain. Before him was a wide, raging river of dark, sinister water, brimming with evil aura.

Whoosh!

Before Ye Xuan could react, the river suddenly surged violently. A towering water pillar erupted, and a massive shadow appeared from beneath it—a colossal black serpent adorned with strange and ancient runes that were the language of the underworld, undecipherable to the living.

The appearance of the black serpent brought with it an imposing aura, its seven pairs of wings unfurling, striking fear into the hearts of anyone who witnessed it. At the center of the serpent’s head was a fearful eye, which seemed to carry the power of judgement, discouraging any thought of resistance.

"Is this the power of the Netherworld Serpent Eye? Truly extraordinary."

Ye Xuan’s pupils narrowed slightly. The giant serpent must be the legendary Netherworld Serpent, the guardian Divine Beast of the World of Darkness. The World of Darkness was a higher-level realm on par with the Heavenly Realm, inhabited by dark and powerful beings and humans.

Of course, the power unleashed by the Netherworld Serpent Eye was far from even one ten-thousandth of the Netherworld Serpent’s strength. Otherwise, Ye Xuan would have had no choice but to surrender and await his death.

Roar!

The seven-winged serpent opened its huge maw and let out a thunderous roar. Its massive body then soared into the air, strikingly rushing towards the heavens, nearly blotting out the sky. Positioned above the Netherworld River, a vertical eye on the serpent’s forehead suddenly shot out a terrifying beam of gray light which pierced the heavens and maliciously aimed at Ye Xuan.

Swoosh!

The gray light streaked across the sky like a meteor, finally landing fiercely on Ye Xuan’s position, engulfing his figure.

"Stupid kid, you should’ve accepted the toast. Now accept the forfeit. Looks like you’re dead without a place for your corpse."

The Netherworld Snake Young Master let out a cold laugh. His Netherworld Serpent Eye attacked not the physical body but the will. When a person’s soul is severely hurt and their will destroyed, that damage is far worse than a physical wound. Such an injury is hard to heal, and the person would no doubt become an invalid, a simpleton.

Under the Netherworld Snake’s assault on the will, Ye Xuan’s own will was insubstantial, certainly to be completely crushed.

Because the Netherworld Snake’s gaze attack targeted only Ye Xuan, the effect on others was minimal. By the time they came to their senses, Ye Xuan had already been hit by the green light projected from the Netherworld Snake’s eyes, and his body stiffened.

Zi Yuqing was very worried in her heart, for the Netherworld Snake’s gaze was simply impossible to guard against. She had heard that this Netherworld Snake prince had once severely injured the Wujian King of the Evil Moon Cave with it. The Wujian King, a master on par with the Heavenly Evil King within the Evil Moon Cave, was turned into a fool by the Netherworld Snake’s gaze.

The terror of the Netherworld Snake’s gaze could make people lose their courage just from hearing about it.

And now that Ye Xuan had succumbed to the attack of the Netherworld Snake’s gaze, would he become like the Wujian King?

"Quit staring. Having been hit by this prince’s Netherworld Snake’s gaze, there’s definitely no saving him. Next, you few will join him on the road to the underworld," said the Netherworld Snake prince with a ferocious smile on his face. Every use of the Netherworld Snake’s gaze would greatly deplete his own demonic power and require some time to recover, which was why he did not use it often and why he covered his right eye.

But once he used it, the fate of his enemies would be truly miserable.

"Really?"

Just as the Netherworld Snake prince’s words fell, a faint voice suddenly echoed in the air. This voice, so very familiar, made the Netherworld Snake prince’s expression change.

When he redirected his gaze to Ye Xuan, the latter’s figure had already disappeared from its original spot. A sense of danger suddenly descended from above his head.

The Netherworld Snake prince looked up abruptly, only to see Ye Xuan’s figure unexpectedly appearing there, slamming down with a palm strike face-to-face.

Dragon Essence Palm, fifth form, Dragon Desolate Wilderness!

Bang!

Without any time to react, the Netherworld Snake prince took a heavy blow to his chest and was sent flying, spitting out blood.

The Golden Rat Elder’s expression also changed, as he dashed to catch the Netherworld Snake prince from behind.

"How is this possible? After being struck by my Netherworld Snake’s gaze, he’s completely fine?"

The Netherworld Snake prince looked as if he had seen a ghost. Even if Ye Xuan wasn’t dead, he should at least be somewhat affected and not so lively. Yet the scene before him was just so, leaving him no choice but to believe it. If Ye Xuan had been unaffected at all, he would never have been able to counterattack so swiftly and ferociously.

"It’s not that I’m completely unaffected, I still feel a bit dizzy now, my head heavy and feet light," Ye Xuan said, pointing to his temple and raising his eyebrows.

The attack from the Netherworld Snake’s gaze was fiendishly tricky as it used the willpower of the Netherworld Snake to strike at an enemy’s will. Ordinary people couldn’t withstand it and would often be severely injured—usually because their will was not strong enough. And the strength of one’s will depended first and foremost on the strength of one’s soul power. Ye Xuan’s soul power had reached the Great Perfection level of the Xuan Realm, naturally not to be underestimated. Moreover, with his mastery of the Sword Heart Clarity and Human Sword Unity, his will contained the powerful domain of the Sword Realm, which made it much more difficult to shatter his will than to defeat him in person.

Even the Netherworld Snake’s gaze was only a bit more bizarre than other secret techniques, not necessarily much stronger. After all, the Netherworld Snake prince’s cultivation was only at the Seventh Grade Demon King realm, and the power of the Netherworld Snake’s gaze could not be that formidable.

"Terrifying!" exclaimed Zi Yuqing, her beautiful eyes shimmering. On this journey, Ye Xuan had surprised her time and again. This time was even more stunning—he had resisted the Netherworld Snake prince’s trump card, the Netherworld Snake’s gaze, and appeared to be completely unharmed, which was utterly inconceivable.

"Young Master, this is too hot to handle. Let’s withdraw first!"

The Golden Rat Elder, supporting the Netherworld Snake prince, looked at Ye Xuan with a heavy and wary gaze. His previous sonic attack had been ineffective against Ye Xuan, and now the Netherworld Snake prince’s Netherworld Snake’s gaze was also useless against him. Their two originally excellent cooperating moves were utterly futile in front of Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan was like their nemesis; when one’s most skilled techniques were useless against someone else, it could shake one’s confidence. The Golden Rat Elder felt this way, and so did the Netherworld Snake prince.

"Let’s go!"

The Netherworld Snake prince gritted his teeth and, very reluctantly, waved his hand toward the people of the Evil Netherworld behind him, signaling retreat. Already injured by Ye Xuan, and even with the Golden Rat Elder, it was unlikely they’d gain any advantage against Ye Xuan. As for stealing those two scrolls, that would be even more difficult.

If that was the case, why waste their energy?

Watching the swiftly retreating figures of the Evil Netherworld, Zi Yuqing and the others sighed in relief. The crisis was finally over. But if it hadn’t been for Ye Xuan, this time they would have been in a far worse situation than when they encountered the Heavenly Evil King. This made Zi Yuqing secretly rejoice that she had found such an unfathomable ally in Ye Xuan; otherwise, it would have been difficult for her to escape this cave, let alone fight for the treasures.