CHAPTER 366: CHAPTER 366: EXPERT!

Shi Zhimen commanded the regiment, temporarily holding back the escaping ghost-faced serpents.

But Chen Guan knew in his heart that this was by no means a long-term solution. That colossal ghost-faced serpent was wreaking havoc near the giant trees, and with a single lash of its massive tail, it snapped several red giant trees, causing chaos there.

The flock of phoenixes attacking the ghost-faced serpent was greatly impacted. As more and more phoenixes flocked to besiege the colossal ghost-faced serpent, the situation would worsen, with more ghost-faced serpents charging down, and they wouldn’t be able to hold them off forever.

However, the attacks of ordinary phoenixes had little effect on the colossal ghost-faced serpent, or rather, they were completely ineffective.

Their fire elemental energy was countered by the extreme cold and yin energy spewed from the mouth of the colossal ghost-faced serpent. Not only was it unable to burn the primordial energy of the celestial serpent, but even the phoenixes themselves would freeze, turn into ice sculptures, and shatter upon falling to the ground.

If they fell into the water, they’d quickly become a feast for the wave of ghost-faced serpents.

"I must stop that big serpent," Chen Guan glanced at Fu Tianji, who was standing behind him, and with a thought, summoned the Ghost Eye.

"Leave this to you all, I’m going to hold that big serpent," Chen Guan said as he jumped onto the back of the Ghost-Eyed Python, and Fu Tianji followed him.

The Ghost-Eyed Python surged forward, charging towards that big serpent.

Its size was slightly smaller than the big serpent, and Chen Guan stood on the python’s head, watching as the giant serpent drew closer. He activated the Ultimate of the Infinite state, and simultaneously used the Azure Heaven Dominating Body and Vajra Unbreakable Divine Skill.

Normally, using these two body protection secret skills simultaneously, without special techniques, would inevitably lead to conflicts in primordial energy circulation.

Ordinarily, doing so could cause damage to the body due to energy conflicts, or even lead to an untimely death from demon possession.

But with the accommodating effect of the Ultimate of the Infinite, Chen Guan could use them simultaneously, but the effect didn’t reach the level of a composite skill; it was merely a dual body protection secret skill.

Chen Guan didn’t have a better solution. The damage to the Profound Celestial Infinite Divine Armor was severe, so it was sent to the Secret Treasure Forger for assessment and repair. The verdict was that complete repair might be unlikely due to the extensive damage.

Chen Guan had no other divine armor available. He wore only the standard armor issued by the Celestial Court Army, which couldn’t withstand such terrifying Secret Spirit attacks. He could only rely on secret skills for self-preservation.

The phoenixes seemed to sense that Chen Guan was there to help them deal with the colossal ghost-faced serpent, and surprisingly, no phoenix attacked them, leaving Chen Guan somewhat surprised.

He had been prepared to fight both the phoenixes and the ghost-faced serpent simultaneously, but didn’t expect the phoenixes to be so intelligent, saving him some trouble.

The Ghost Eye charged at the ghost-faced serpent. Seeing the Ghost-Eyed Python, which was only slightly smaller than itself, the ghost-faced serpent’s attention was immediately drawn away from slaughtering the phoenixes, and it rushed directly at the Ghost Eye, spewing a breath of extreme cold and yin primordial energy.

Watching from afar, Bai Yueguang, Zhu Hongzhi, and Zhang Yujian, who were in charge of intercepting the ghost-faced serpents, were shocked to see Chen Guan going to confront the colossal ghost-faced serpent with just one person.

They knew Chen Guan was strong, and his pet python was strong too, but after all, they were only second awakening cultivators. To fight an apex third awakening world-defying Secret Spirit, especially a colossal Secret Spirit that had lived for countless years, what if anything went wrong? How could they explain to Ji Nanhong upon returning?

But they were already on their way, and it was too late to stop them.

As they watched the colossal ghost-faced serpent spew cold air like a waterfall engulfing Chen Guan and the Ghost-Eyed Python, their hearts were in their throats.

Suddenly, they saw the cloaked figure behind Chen Guan flash in front of him, rushing forward to block the stream of cold air from the ghost-faced serpent.

Upon collision, the cold air blossomed in the air like a giant snow lotus.

In the next moment, they saw that the cloaked figure was frozen mid-air, encased in a thick layer of ice, then plummeting to the ground.

Bam!

The ice shattered, and they couldn’t bear to watch any longer.

The colossal ghost-faced serpent, having succeeded with an attack, grew even more excited, swinging its tail towards the Ghost-Eyed Python.

The Ghost Eye was not to be outdone, simultaneously lashing out its own tail to meet the attack.

The two tails clashed, and the Ghost-Eyed Python was knocked into a spin, while the ghost-faced serpent turned to snap at Chen Guan, who had leaped off the python’s back and was mid-air, trying to swallow him whole.

Bai Yueguang and the others were horrified, thinking Chen Guan was in mid-air, and as a second awakening cultivator without the ability to fly, he would surely be doomed.

Chen Guan was prepared to use the Pure Yang Sword Immortal technique at all costs, when suddenly he saw a pillar of blood light shoot skyward, striking the underside of the colossal ghost-faced serpent’s chin.

Bam!

Under the disbelieving gaze of the crowd, the colossal ghost-faced serpent’s chin was shattered, causing it to stagger and fall sideways.

As Chen Guan landed, the Ghost Eye was there to catch him, preventing him from falling into the River of Flames.

Chen Guan’s attention wasn’t on that; he was watching as Fu Tianji burst out of his cloak, revealing a form with eight arms and four faces, seemingly like a demon god descending, wielding a Profound Iron Mace and a Purple Gold Gourd Hammer, using the Blood Escape Technique to ceaselessly attack the colossal ghost-faced serpent.

His speed was too fast, and with such powerful secret divine weapons as the Profound Iron Mace and Purple Gold Gourd Hammer, even a top-tier third awakening Secret Spirit like the colossal ghost-faced serpent had no power to fight back.

The Profound Iron Mace and Purple Gold Gourd Hammer would injure anything they touched, and kill anything they smashed.

Just the sheer size of the ghost-faced serpent kept it from being smashed to death instantly; anything smaller would have been obliterated by a single hammer strike.

Even so, Fu Tianji relentlessly pounded the ghost-faced serpent, causing it to sway and cry out in pain, unable to keep up with Fu Tianji’s Blood Escape Technique, rendering its secret skills useless.

Its scales were shattered one after another, its bones broken in many places, and if the bludgeoning continued, its skull would be shattered as well.

The ghost-faced serpent let out a piercing hiss, spitting out a crystal-clear inner core that looked like ice crystal.

Secret Spirits could use their inner cores as weapons, able to control them at will once outside the body, similar to the Sword Control Technique.

As soon as the ghost-faced serpent’s inner core was ejected, Fu Tianji’s Profound Iron Mace and Purple Gold Gourd Hammer clashed together, producing a strange vibration, forcibly drawing the inner core towards them.

Bam!

Upon contact with the Profound Iron Mace and Purple Gold Gourd Hammer, the inner core shattered instantly.

Even such a strong inner core couldn’t withstand the power of the secret divine weapons.

The Ghost-Eyed Python suddenly moved, rushing over and opening its jaws, catching the shattered fragments of the inner core, absorbing them into its stomach.

Meanwhile, Fu Tianji transformed into a flash of blood light, appeared atop the ghost-faced serpent’s head, and with a storm-like flurry of eight maces and hammers, instantly shattered the ghost-faced serpent’s skull.

The massive body of the ghost-faced serpent collapsed, causing the ground to tremble violently.

Particles rose from its body, converging into Fu Tianji’s hands, who stood like a demon god.

The crowd stared at Fu Tianji in awe, unable to believe that such a terrifying colossal ghost-faced serpent had been killed like that.

"Who... is this person..." Bai Yueguang was shocked, thinking that among the Celestial Court Army’s third awakening cultivators, there was such a terrifying existence she’d never heard of before.

Zhang Yujian and Zhu Hongzhi were equally shocked, but they thought more about it, believing Fu Tianji must be a master sent by Ji Nanhong to protect Chen Guan.

However, such a master was so powerful that it frightened them.