I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 483 - 377 A Web of Their Own Making_1

Chapter 483: Chapter 377 A Web of Their Own Making_1

The meteor fire rain that burst forth from the Snake God’s body turned its belly into a blazing inferno, the crushing meteor flames bursting the Snake God’s body open, completely tearing apart its form. A painful screech erupted as the massive body of the Snake God heavily crashed to the ground.

The flames carrying a massive amount of the aura of death incessantly devoured the body of the Snake God. The ghostly green fire clouds spreading out still maintained the ongoing meteor fire rain. Although those attacks couldn’t be completely focused on the Snake God’s body, under Zheng Yichen’s guidance, most of the onslaught could be concentrated.

Within the flames, a phantom shadow twisted, and atop this shadow’s head stood another figure engulfed in scarlet flames, a black long spear pierced through the snake’s head. The aura of death coiled around the serpent’s head, preventing the soul belonging to the Supreme Demon from completely escaping.

Bound by the Power of Death, the soul of the Snake God rapidly shrank until Zheng Yichen, using thermal vision, saw "vacuum".

"This——" Looking at how ’quickly’ the Snake God died, the Diviners exchanged glances. Clearly, the Snake God had planned to deceive them from the beginning. However, such schemes ultimately failed due to the power of the Compass, turning what was meant to be the Snake God’s advantage into its vulnerability.

A person who supposedly knew no spells had released such an extensive ’fire rain’. The fire rain that erupted from within the Snake God’s belly had given them the impression they were doomed. However, Zheng Yichen had high control over the fire rain, ensuring that the flames from the explosions did not reach them.

That single blow had inflicted heavy damage on the already weakened Snake God. The Power of Death within the Hellfire prevented the Snake God’s soul from escaping, as these flames inherently had the power to burn souls.

"In a sense, we should be thankful to the Battle Maniac Asura," Wei Xue said genuinely. If it weren’t for the Battle Maniac Asura’s forceful blows to the other Supreme Demons, would their hunt have gone this smoothly?

Over on Zheng Yichen’s end, his hand-held long spear pierced into the interior of the Snake God’s body. The Snake God’s flesh, burning in the Hellfire, rapidly withered. Before long, Zheng Yichen returned, carrying a massive heart. This heart, preserved from the Snake God’s body, contained a vast amount of Supreme Demon Blood.

"Really effortless." Placing the heart on the ground, Zheng Yichen spoke in high spirits. In facing the Snake God, he had prepared for all the cunning traps and schemes, but the Snake God ended up opting for this approach.

"Not necessarily in that way," Yi Nan said, shaking his head as he surveyed the environment still aflame with Hellfire. "It’s just that the Snake God was too clever for its own good."

He manipulated the Compass for a moment, looked at the information displayed on it, and continued, "The Snake God clearly intended to fake its own death to avoid disaster. This Compass played a crucial role. Moreover, a vast number of magical arrays are hidden nearby, all indisputably capable of shielding against divination spells."

The arrays did not involve any backlash.

"She chose the wrong approach."

"Any approach would have been the same," Liu Hongzhao said coldly, pressing her hand on the heart. Upon touching the heart, she could clearly feel her own blood stirring. The first batch of Supreme Demon Blood she had obtained was that of the Snake God.

Although this amount of Supreme Demon Blood wouldn’t turn her into a Snake God, the origin was certainly related to it. Now, contacting the Supreme Demon Blood within the Snake God’s heart, her body experienced intense ’cravings’. Supreme Demon Blood from others could work, but the Snake God’s was simply more irresistible.

She directly pierced the Supreme Demon Weapon into the heart, and a vast amount of Supreme Demon Blood gushed out. However, none of it went to waste, as it was all enveloped and refined by the Blood Asura inner force.

"Indeed, from what we’ve seen, the result would have been the same no matter the method, unless those Supreme Demons had completely united," Yui Anhe said with a slight twitch of the mouth. He had hoped to make use of his skills as a Diviner, leveraging the powerful Compass to mark the weaknesses of the Supreme Demons.

Yet, against Zheng Yichen, even a half-crippled Supreme Demon seemed insignificant, ultimately entrapping itself.

Yi Nan, stroking his beard and smiling, said, "The key point is that there was too little time for the Supreme Demons. Having lived for so long, a day or two seems insignificant to them. But from now on, we need to be extremely cautious. The deaths of several Supreme Demons will surely unite the rest."

"However, we might still have a little time," Yi Nan said, looking at the Compass in his hand. An alliance among the Supreme Demons was inevitable, but they also had many conflicts. To have them completely set aside their differences and unite required tremendous external pressure.

If they acted swiftly, they could take down a few more Supreme Demons before they completely put aside their differences and united!

"But first, we need to figure out a way to escape," Wei Xue said. The Snake God had perished cleanly, but the magical arrays it had set did not dissipate. In its final struggle, the magical arrays hidden by the Snake God were still activated.

The spells prepared in advance didn’t help the Snake God much, but they would certainly cause them a lot of trouble later on.

"That’s easy to say," Yi Nan said with a smile, holding the Compass with a confident look. Breaking the Snake God’s spells was difficult, but after the Snake God’s death, the difficulty was greatly reduced. With the existence of this Compass, it wouldn’t take much time.

Zheng Yichen glanced at Liu Hongzhao, who was practicing, and pulled down the cat spirit cloak from his body and placed it beside the girl; then he said to Yi Nan, "Let’s go together."

Those spells were something Zheng Yichen couldn’t learn, but Lilith could record some of them through energy monitoring, including the process of breaking the spells. Maybe they could come in handy in the future. Even if not, they could be used to fill the database, right?

Yi Nan didn’t refuse, and the other Diviners followed suit. Although they specialized in different areas, working together could somehow speed up the process of breaking the spells.

The spells set by the Snake God were confusing, lethal, and even twisted one’s thoughts. They were diverse, but without the Snake God’s control, these spells lost their variability. Under the Diviners’ efforts, the restrictive spells started to dissipate one by one.

Eventually, they found a place like an altar. Looking at this altar, Yi Nan wore a thoughtful expression: "This must be the real fallback that the Snake God prepared."

After inspecting the altar, Yi Nan looked at the Compass in his hand and said, "This altar is connected to the Blood Pool of Hell and is used for reincarnation. It seems the Snake God was fully prepared for the worst. If things went south, He would reincarnate through here."

"What kind of being would the Snake God be after reincarnation, a human?"

Yi Nan nodded lightly, "Right, He would become similar to Liu Hongzhao, and this method would allow Him to hide more secretly. It’d be difficult to track Him down with this Compass, unless we were very close to each other."

Supreme Demons weren’t so weak. Their long lives granted them mastery over many secret techniques, and this reincarnation technique wasn’t strange. Judging from the situation here, the Snake God likely had already chosen a suitable target long ago.

"But then He met you," Yi Nan said, looking at a small dead snake on the altar. The snake had a penetrating wound on its head, which was black, and faint whiffs of the Power of Death were emanating from the wound.

This small snake was linked to the Snake God’s soul, but because Zheng Yichen had pinned the Snake God’s soul down, the Snake God couldn’t use this backup plan successfully, thereby affecting the medium placed here as well.

This made Yi Nan even more amazed. How exactly was the fishing rod in Zheng Yichen’s hand made? With the Snake God’s preparation, the adversary had been determined to use the reincarnation technique to abandon most of His power and flee, something that was usually unstoppable, yet Zheng Yichen’s weapon had nailed the Snake God.

"So, is this thing still useful now?" Zheng Yichen looked at the altar. A thing that could interfere with reincarnation must be quite powerful, right?

"It can only be used once," Huan Zhen declared after inspecting the altar. "Obviously, the Snake God didn’t want others to track Him through this altar. However, this thing is connected to the Blood Pool, and not many people can use it. Supreme Demons can ignore the suffering of reincarnation, but humans cannot..."

At this point, Huan Zhen paused slightly, "But if one is prepared, this thing can still bring about corresponding effects, like ensuring a good rebirth for someone, as long as one prepares a little inducer in advance."

Wei Xue couldn’t help but smile at this remark, "Continuing a past connection, eh? What a beautiful tale."

"Then let’s keep this thing. It won’t go bad, right?" Zheng Yichen walked around the altar. Although it could only be used once, this thing was essentially a resurrection item in a game, right? But it wouldn’t work for ordinary people like it did for Supreme Demons, who were inherently resistant to reincarnation. This resistance didn’t prevent them from being reincarnated, but ensured they weren’t cleansed of their past lives during the process.

Huan Zhen said, "It won’t be damaged for at least a thousand years. We can transfer some of the spells the Snake God set up here and hide this place. To find this place again, you can use a marker I create."

Since the Snake God couldn’t use this backup plan anymore, destroying it would indeed be wasteful. It might come in handy at some unexpected time.

"Actually, this thing can also be tried to lift the Reincarnation Curse," Yi Nan said. The altar was meticulously prepared by the Snake God and naturally had its unique aspects. The Reincarnation Curse on Zheng Yichen was very troublesome and hard to resolve, but the altar, which the Serpent Demon carefully prepared, might be able to clear away the Reincarnation Curse left by the Bull God.

Even if it couldn’t completely remove the Reincarnation Curse, it could greatly weaken the effects of the curse, at the very least in terms of reducing the negative impacts.