Chương 13: The snake ate the snake

Despite her discomfort, Cai Ni stared at the fruit placed on a bed of plant leaves beside the fire.

She bent down and placed the snake's tail underneath, creating a concave shape, just like a soft sofa.

With a slight lift of her eyelids, she picked out a decent-looking red fruit from among the many and put it in her mouth.

"Mmm! So sweet! I've never eaten this kind of fruit before!" Cai Ni continued to eat heartily, finishing it in a few bites, and then reached out to grab another one.

"These are wild fruits from the mountains, worthless. How could someone as noble as you possibly afford to eat them?"

"What's it called? I'll have someone get some to eat later."

"It's called Love Fruit. People who often venture into the mountains know it. I've heard from the older generation that it's also the food of the Ice Crystal Flame Bird."

"There's also a legend that if you can look at another person while eating this fruit, the two of you will stay together forever. In our village, people pick this fruit to bring good luck when they get married."

"Love Fruit?" Cai Ni couldn't help but stop what she was doing and secretly glanced at Xiao Yao.

"Then wouldn't that mean... with you..." Cai Ni was startled.

"Haha! Don't worry about it, it's just a legend, don't take it seriously!" Xiao Yao was amused by Cai Ni's somewhat cute appearance.

"Ice Crystal Flame Bird? Love Fruit! Is it really... a legend?" Cai Ni didn't care when Xiao Yao said that, and continued to eat the heart-shaped fruit.

Several fruits were quickly eaten, but the rumbling in his stomach still didn't stop.

Xiao Yao, on the other hand, devoured the greasy and juicy snake meat, eating with great relish, and you could even see the oil dripping from the corners of his mouth.

Cai Ni couldn't help but lick her lips and gently stroke her stomach, as if comforting her empty stomach.

She had already lost too much of her essence and blood, and the fact that she had been swimming in the underground river for a long time, while Xiao Yao, who was acting like a scoundrel, was hanging on her body, made her even weaker.

A few fruits won't do much good!

Only meat can restore physical strength and alleviate physical discomfort.

"Snake meat... How could I eat that? Wouldn't that be like eating myself?"

"No! No!..."

"But... I'm hungry..."

After struggling internally for a while, he saw that Xiao Yao had almost completely destroyed one of the snakes.

Xiao Yao reached for another branch next to him, which was covered with long strips of meat, some of which were still dripping with oil.

"Eat! Or not eat? Eat... or not eat?"

Xiao Yao's movements were being slowed down infinitely in Cai Ni's eyes; every inch Xiao Yao advanced was torture for her.

Seeing Xiao Yao's enormous mouth, like that of a monster from the abyss, wide open, about to bring the meat to his mouth and swallow it.

Cai Ni couldn't take it anymore, and finally her body won!

"stop!"

Cai Ni shouted loudly!

Xiao Yao stopped abruptly, his mouth about to fall, and asked in confusion, "What?"

"Give it to me..." Cai Ni said shyly, holding out her palm while her eyes were fixed on the branch covered with snake heads.

"You have to eat!"

"Um!"

"Haha! Here you go!" Xiao Yao couldn't help but smile and handed the food to her.

Cai Ni quickly took the snake meat and held it in her hand, but didn't know how to start eating it.

"I'll risk it! I'm the future empress! If I'm afraid of this, how will I control the entire tribe? Eat!"

Cai Ni closed her eyes tightly, not daring to look, and suddenly shoved the meat into her mouth!

"Hmm? This smells... so good!" Perhaps because she was hungry, she found the snake meat incredibly delicious as soon as it entered her mouth, and immediately began chewing faster.

She has completely lost her ladylike image.

"Hahaha! The snake ate the snake!" Xiao Yao couldn't help but tease when he thought of Cai Ni's true form and saw her adorable appearance.

"Hmph! I can't be bothered with you!" Cai Ni blushed at Xiao Yao's words and quickly turned her head away to continue preparing the delicious food.

Seeing this, Xiao Yao stopped teasing and took out the storage ring he had licked from Elder Jin from his pocket.

The Ruthless Taiyin Technique is a low-level Earth-rank ice-attribute martial art.

Ice Explosion is a low-level Earth-rank combat skill.

These are the only two useful cultivation techniques left in Elder Jin's ring, both of which are of the Earth Rank.

"Earth-rank! That's probably worth several million gold coins, right?"

"And that considerable quantity of pills! We're rich! We're rich!"

Xiao Yao stared at the book "Ice Explosion Technique". The difficulty of mastering the Earth-rank combat technique was extraordinary, but its power was also great after mastering it.

"I don't need the Ruthless Yin Technique. I'll sell it when I have the chance. But I can learn the Ice Explosion Technique. Improving my strength is the most important thing."

"The 'Burning Technique' also needs to be evolved... We'll wait until it's safe... First, I'll practice the 'Ice Explosion Technique'!" Xiao Yao stared at the beautiful figure devouring food and shook his head.

He then pressed the light blue scroll against his forehead and fell into a brief silence.

As night gradually faded, a glimmer of light appeared on the horizon.

The two people inside the cave were unaware of the impending danger...

Deep outside the Monster Mountain Range.

Three dark figures were moving quickly, their target the cave where Xiao Yao and his group were.

"Brother! Is what I have in my hand really a small Bodhi fruit?"

"Silence! This is deep inside; do you want to alert high-level magical beasts?"

"Saving the second brother is the priority; the cave is just ahead! We can deal with the rest later."

"Yes, boss! We're rich this time! Hehe..."

The three men were dressed like mercenaries, wearing straw hats and tight-fitting clothes. The third one, who was speaking, was carrying an injured person on his back.

The eldest brother carefully discerned the direction.

"Over here! Second brother! Hang in there, we'll be there soon!"

"Hmm... Big... Brother... Don't worry... I won't die... I still need to go to Lichun Tower to continue having fun...."

The second child spoke haltingly, wincing in pain with each word.

"Third brother! Something seems wrong; there's a fluctuation of battle aura!"

"Be extra careful, sneak over quietly." The leader of the trio got up first and left.

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Inside the cave, Xiao Yao was immersed in the novelty of the fighting techniques!

"Earth-rank combat techniques are indeed difficult to master... Soul power... Water is ice, and ice is water; the core of the technique is the ability to switch freely between ice and water..."

This Ice Explosion Technique actually uses the power of the soul to sense the water element in the air as a medium, connecting with the ice battle aura within the body to form a chain reaction, detonating near the enemy.

"It's a mass recruitment!"

First stage: It can be concentrated on the fists and feet for a targeted detonation, resulting in extremely high attack power.

Second stage: Use soul power to sense and detonate within one meter of the area in front of you.

Three stages: The soul's power senses and detonates within a radius of 100 meters.

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Tenth Stage: When cultivated to its ultimate level, the area within a thousand miles becomes deathly silent!

Those affected by this attack will be enveloped in a chilling aura, hindering their movement. In later stages of cultivation, it can even trigger an explosion of blood within the body, causing explosive damage.

Its power is amplified in rainy weather, transforming into a massive ice explosion that can be used wherever water reaches! With the aid of an extremely cold substance, it rivals a Heavenly Rank combat technique!

"That's awesome! I love it!"

"First, circulate the cultivation technique along its route, while simultaneously harnessing the power of your soul to sense the water element in the surrounding air..."

Xiao Yao focused his attention on sensing the water element mixed in the air around him, and then channeled his fighting spirit into his fist.

Bu Ling...

A crisp sound, like solid ice forming, rang out inside his body.

On his right palm, several small, icy-green fighting spirit snakes emanated a chilling aura, completely enveloping his hand.

(PS: Ice green is also known as Tiffany blue!) Ten Thousand Bones Poison Ice! Battle Qi Leaving the Body!

This was the first time he had seen the appearance of the strange ice after refining it.

Xiao Yao sensed an immediate response from the surrounding air. He could clearly feel the water elements in the air trembling violently as if they were worshipping him.

puff!

Inside the cave, the two piles of firewood that had been lit earlier were extinguished instantly.

"It actually reached a range of ten meters? It's directly broken through to the third stage of Ice Explosion Technique!"

"So strong!"