The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 1068 - 1037: Snake King’s Intuition

Chapter 1068: Chapter 1037: Snake King’s Intuition

At the moment when He Tiantian met with disaster, Huo Yingjie sensed something, and at the same time, in the distant Demon Realm, the Snake King, who had once bestowed the Essence of Water upon He Tiantian, also felt that something had happened to her.

The Essence of Water was eroded and oppressed by an external force.

The Snake King could feel this, and he also sensed that the Essence of Water had grown significantly, indicating that He Tiantian often came into contact with water and found pleasure in it, resulting in such an outcome.

Ever since the Snake King had used the Spatial Barrier opened by Huo Yingjie to leave, he had left behind his precious Essence of Water.

Partly out of gratitude for the support He Tiantian had provided over the years, and partly to keep a connection to her for himself.

Perhaps he might return?

If Huo Yingjie couldn’t protect He Tiantian, then he would take on the role himself.

Perhaps his abilities were not as formidable as Huo Yingjie’s, but he was willing to fight with his life.

When the Snake King returned to the Demon Realm, he landed right into the lair of the Black Bear Demon.

"Huo Yingjie is just a despicable scoundrel," the Snake King cursed. His wounds had not yet healed, and although his body was filled with a lot of energy after his Tribulation, his injuries still affected his performance.

He knew Huo Yingjie wouldn’t let him have an easy time in the Demon Realm.

As soon as he returned, he had to fight.

Bei Huang, this land, bordered by mountains and forests on one side and the sea on the other, was divided in the middle by a vast dense forest.

On the forest’s mountainous side was the territory of the Black Bear Demons, inhabited by countless Black Bear Demons; on the other side by the sea, lay the dwelling place of the Spirit Snake Clan.

The Black Bear Clan and Spirit Snake Clan had been entrenched here for tens of millions of years, constantly fighting against each other, waxing and waning in turns.

Previously, after the battle deaths of the Spirit Serpent King and Black Bear King, both sides suffered heavy losses and lacked the strength to launch another attack, so each retreated to their own territories to recuperate.

The Snake King returned and his presence, filled with overwhelming authority, agitated the entire Black Bear territory, causing them to converge toward the location where the Snake King appeared.

When they saw the Snake King, they were momentarily stunned,

Especially those old ones who had seen the Black Bear King and Spirit Snake Prince fight together, they were frightened, not approaching immediately but looking around to see if they could find the most magnificent Black Bear King.

But they were disappointed, it was only the Spirit Snake Prince.

"Where is our great king?" a tall and strong Black Bear Demon bellowed, "Speak up, where is our great king?"

The Snake King wanted to say that he had long killed their king but seeing another New Bear King Xiong Wu approaching nearby, he came up with a plan to sow discord, "Haha, your king has of course been sealed by me in another barrier. Do you really want your king to return?"

"That is our all-powerful King Xiong Ben, release our king immediately, or you will die right now," this foolish bear, not observing the situation nearby.

The surrounding Black Bear Demons gradually distanced themselves from him as if they didn’t recognize him.

A race can only have one king, and until the former king returns and defeats the current king, they must obey the current king.

However, this loyal subordinate of King Xiong Ben, never been favored by the new king, always hoped King Xiong Ben would return.

"Heh, if you let me go, I’ll release your King Xiong Ben," the Snake King laughed heartily, but his heart was not as calm as he appeared on the surface.

The reason the Spirit Snake Clan hadn’t eradicated the Black Bear Demon over millions of years was because whenever they entered this area, their power seemed to be suppressed by some force, only allowing them to exert half their power. Similarly, the Black Bear Demon would be affected in the same way upon entering Spirit Snake Island.

For this reason, no race truly occupied the other’s territory.

Their dispute, then, was over the forest that lay between their territories, where plentiful food could be obtained.

During the truce, even if members of the two clans saw each other, they would not cross the middle marker but would only glare and curse without taking action.

However, if it was during a period of conflict, they would fight to the death upon encountering each other.

A very peculiar pair of tribes.

But this also aligned with natural evolution—war meant death, survival of the fittest. Too many demons would impact the forest’s atmosphere for the worse, so after wars, with fewer demons around, there was less demand on the forest’s prey, allowing the forest time to recover and regenerate.

"Xiong Zhuang, shut your mouth," the newly enthroned Bear King Xiong Wu roared, "Since this lad has shown up in our territory during the truce, what we need to do now is kill him to avenge the old Bear King!"

He didn’t mention allowing the old Bear King to return.

The return of the old Bear King would jeopardize Xiong Wu’s position, naturally, he was reluctant to bring it up.

"But if we kill him, what about the old Bear King?" Xiong Zhuang panicked, worried that if he spoke too late and the Spirit Snake Prince was killed, they would never get news of the old Bear King.

New Bear King Xiong Wu, furious in his heart, wished he had already killed Xiong Zhuang.

In front of so many people, he couldn’t voice such disloyal and unrighteous words.

"Xiong Zhuang, are you questioning me?" New Bear King Xiong Wu scoffed coldly, his gaze icy as he turned towards Xiong Zhuang.

"But..."

"Shut up!" New Bear King Xiong Wu snapped, "The Spirit Snakes are always deceitful. Even if we ask, he may not tell the truth. Kill him, and extract his spiritual consciousness directly to find the right answer. What we need to do now, is kill him, kill him. Don’t you understand me?"

Snake King, taking advantage of their argument, hurriedly used the secret techniques of the Spirit Snake Clan to heal his wounds and accumulate energy.

There was no escape now, and a grand battle was unavoidable.

By the time the Black Bear Demons had finished their discussion, Snake King had mostly healed.

"Little creature, today is the day you die," New Bear King Xiong Wu bellowed sharply, wielding two giant axes as he lunged at Snake King.

Caught off guard, Snake King could only dodge.

However, Snake King discovered that the energy in his body was not constrained by the secret environment of the Black Bear Demons and could freely exert his power without suppression.

This realization greatly reassured Snake King. Facing so many Black Bear Demons, he might not win, but escape was possible.

But before escaping, he would definitely take some revenge; he couldn’t just flee in disgrace.

"You asked for this war, so bring it on," Snake King stated haughtily, with no sense of self-awareness that he had intruded first into the Black Bear Demon territory.

Indeed, Snake King’s words infuriated New Bear King Xiong Wu and the other Black Bear Demons, who all lunged at Snake King together.

Snake King leaped into the air, flipping through the clouds. As he exerted his spiritual power, raindrops coalesced into large blocks of ice, hail, falling from the sky.

The hail, imbued with Snake King’s spiritual power, pelted the numerous Black Bear Demons below.