CHAPTER 229: CHAPTER 229 EFFORTLESSLY 2(2)_1

"SSSS." The Blood Serpent flicked out its forked red tongue, coiling quickly towards Shangguan You. She screamed while nimbly dodging its attack. She even pulled out the handgun and grenades she had obtained earlier from her spatial tool and opened fire on the Blood Serpent.

BANG! BANG! BANG! The sound of gunfire echoed incessantly. The Blood Serpent was now drenched in blood. Shangguan You clearly saw ruthless killing intent in its eyes. Not only had she killed all its snakes, but she had also riddled its body with countless bullet holes. Could it be that this serpent was becoming increasingly ferocious?

HISS! Its bleeding tail wrapped tightly around her waist. Shangguan You’s figure flashed and disappeared into the large cave. The Blood Serpent, driven mad by its target’s sudden disappearance, opened its maw wide and roared. Its entire body thrashed wildly throughout the cave.

Shangguan You had initially hidden within her spatial tool. Seeing the serpent’s madness and the six people being tossed about in the air by the wind, her eyes narrowed. The Spring Water from her space surged continuously towards the Blood Serpent. Shangguan You reappeared in the dark cave.

"Ice Seal Thousand Miles!"

"Water Chains!"

Shangguan You uttered a soft cry. The moment the Spring Water touched the Blood Serpent’s body, it was instantly frozen. The Water Chains then opportunely entangled the frozen Blood Serpent in mid-air.

Shangguan You wiped the cold sweat from her brow and sighed in relief. She was about to dispel the Ice Seal, intending to break the Blood Serpent into pieces. However, she involuntarily gasped. Within the ice, the great serpent was dissolving into fine powder at a visible rate. She could clearly see its body turn into fine red powder, which slowly melted the surrounding ice into water. Then, these red particles gradually merged into the earth and disappeared without a trace.

"This... Is this Earth Power?" Shangguan You exclaimed, her eyes filled not only with shock but also utter disbelief. Earth Power, the Earth Element, can naturally merge into the soil. That must be why this Blood Serpent is crimson, and that’s how it could escape from my Ice Seal!

"Dispel! Return!" Shangguan You commanded softly, withdrawing the Water Element and floating in mid-air. "Take them high up! Get them away from the snakes at the cave entrance!" She directed the Water Element to wrap around Shangguan Qing and the other five, lifting them towards the top of the dark cave. This cave is no longer safe, she thought. The serpent has merged into the earth. I don’t know if that monstrous creature will reappear using some other twisted method. I must ensure their safety first so I can act without any reservations.

Watching the six of them being slowly lifted upwards by the Water Element, Shangguan You gently landed on the ground. She gathered the pale blue Water Element on her fingertips to examine the large cave.

A gust of cold air swept through. Shangguan You’s figure flashed, and she once again floated into mid-air. RUMBLE! RUMBLE! With loud crashing sounds, the Blood Serpent reappeared in the cave. Its tail whipped towards Shangguan You, its blood-red tongue flicked out, and baring its sharp teeth, it lunged to bite her. ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! The sounds echoed constantly in her ears as she swiftly evaded its attacks. The Blood Serpent, with its two large, blood-red eyes, stared fixedly at Shangguan You. Its tail and tongue shot out to ensnare her simultaneously. At the same time, the entire cave began to collapse at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The earth walls of the cave entrance rapidly converged. If the earth merged completely, the few people suspended in mid-air by the Water Element would undoubtedly be crushed into meat paste.

This is the power of the Earth Spirit Bead! This is why the military personnel never discovered this snake cave, and why so many snakes were worshipping at its entrance. The Blood Serpent must be using the Earth Spirit Bead to freely alter the land’s structure, creating countless deep caves without being detected.

It hides deep within the earth, capable of creating innumerable deep caves and concealing countless snakes underground, so they naturally wouldn’t be discovered. But why would the Blood Serpent summon all hibernating snakes to pay homage tonight?

Shangguan You’s brow furrowed deeply, and sweat dripped from her forehead. I can use my space to escape, but what about those people above?

"Ice Seal Thousand Miles!" Shangguan You shouted. The entire deep cave rapidly froze at a speed visible to the naked eye, even Shangguan Qing and the other five were frozen solid.

Shangguan You’s hands once again swiftly formed a seal in mid-air and cast it out. The serpent’s tail and tongue, which were about to ensnare her, halted right before her face. The immediate area seemed to freeze in time once more.

"Water Element, get them out of here quickly!" Shangguan You ordered, suppressing the violent surge in her chest. With a cracking sound, the Water Element broke through the Ice Seal and shot rapidly towards the cave entrance, suspending them in mid-air. The snakes below could no longer reach them.

After swallowing a few Spirit Gathering Pills, Shangguan You cast Ice Seal Thousand Miles again, freezing the Blood Serpent once more. She channeled Spiritual Energy to her feet and kicked fiercely at the ice block encasing the Blood Serpent, sending it flying far away. She then pulled out grenades from her spatial tool, hurled them rapidly at the Blood Serpent, and her figure flashed as she entered her spatial tool.

BOOM! A deafening explosion. The ice-encased Blood Serpent and the entire frozen deep cave were blasted into fragments at a speed visible to the naked eye. The large cave was quickly filled in.

Inside her spatial tool, Shangguan You frantically absorbed Spiritual Energy, replenishing her depleted reserves. She saw a dark mass blasted out from the Blood Serpent’s body by the explosion. With a swift wave of her hands, she pulled the object into her spatial tool. The dark mass autonomously floated onto a lotus leaf and began to absorb the Spiritual Energy there.

Her figure once again shot out from her spatial tool, leaping towards the entrance of the cave where time had been stopped. Just as she reached the cave entrance, the flow of time resumed. The few people suspended in mid-air also quickly plummeted, crashing heavily onto the ground.

The effects of the pills she had taken also quickly wore off. The large cave continued to fill in rapidly, at a speed visible to the naked eye. Shangguan You stumbled and collapsed to the ground along with the others.

"AH!" Everyone cried out in alarm once more. Shangguan You suppressed the roiling Spiritual Energy within her body and rapidly absorbed the ambient Spiritual Energy from the mountain. Her face was somewhat pale, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.