Chapter 371 ·Colorful Scales' Advancement
Chapter 371: Colorful Scales' Advancement
The so-called Near Sea mainly referred to the area extending a thousand li from the coastline controlled by the Alliance into the depths of the sea.
Within this range, it was regarded as the territory of the Blue Star human forces tacitly acknowledged by the Tidal Empire.
Under normal circumstances, the Sea Race of the Tidal Empire would not enter this area.
Likewise, the Alliance's official forces generally would not cross the Near Sea and venture deep into the Tidal Empire's sphere of influence.
This was also the safe distance that had gradually become the unspoken agreement between the Alliance and the Sea Race of the Tidal Empire after centuries of bloody conflict.
However, on a deserted island dozens of kilometers beyond the Near Sea, a figure quietly appeared on the island. It was none other than Zhou Ming, who had successfully slain the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent.
Looking at the deserted island spanning several square kilometers before him, Zhou Ming planned to nurture a Lord-level Spirit Molting Serpent here.
As for the reason...
After arriving at the center of the deserted island, Zhou Ming unleashed the Blood Descendant Secret Technique · Phantom Snake Hands. A blood-colored serpent phantom over a hundred meters long shot out from his palm.
Like a gigantic whip, the blood-colored serpent phantom was fiercely smashed into the barren ground by Zhou Ming.
Accompanied by the thunderous roar of mountains collapsing and the earth splitting apart, the island trembled as a massive fissure over a hundred meters long and more than ten meters wide appeared in the ground.
The next moment, a spring imbued with life force instantly gushed out from underground, and green shoots immediately began sprouting across the previously barren land.
“Lei Yuan's energy perception method is truly impressive.”
Looking at the extraordinary scene before him, a faint smile appeared on Zhou Ming's lips, as though saying that the wisest decision he had made during this journey had been visiting Lei Yuan beforehand.
Lei Yuan possessed profound attainments in the study of energy, but because her own strength was limited, her achievements remained confined to theory and could not be put into practice.
However, things were different in Zhou Ming's hands. With the formidable strength of a Transcendent Master, he was fully capable of transforming various theories into practical methods.
The reason Zhou Ming had chosen this deserted island was because he had sensed extremely dense fluctuations of Water-element Energy beneath it.
Judging from the current situation, the spring that had burst forth from underground not only condensed a tremendous amount of Water-element Energy Particles, but had also gathered the life force of the boundless ocean, thereby exhibiting the ability to nourish life.
“If this place existed in mythological legends, it would also count as a special spiritual land.”
After casually commenting on the scene before him, ripples spread through the surrounding space, and Inkband and Colorful Scales appeared beside him one after another.
The enormous Inkband carefully rubbed Zhou Ming with its snake head, displaying a gentleness completely at odds with its intimidating appearance.
As for Colorful Scales, it had originally wanted to approach its master as well, but after seeing Inkband beside him, it could only restrain itself.
“Alright, this time I'm going to help Colorful Scales advance to a Lord-level Ferocious Beast. Go patrol around the island and don't let any other creatures disturb me.”
After briefly comforting Inkband, Zhou Ming immediately gave it an order.
Upon hearing this, Inkband immediately displayed excited emotions, as though genuinely delighted that Colorful Scales was about to advance to a Lord-level Ferocious Beast.
After hissing a few times at Colorful Scales, Inkband transformed into a mass of shadows and disappeared across the island.
Only after Inkband had left did Colorful Scales dare approach Zhou Ming. Its affectionate behavior contained even more submission than intimacy.
After all, Colorful Scales' intelligence was not even on par with that of a child, and it acted mostly on instinct.
“Go. I hope you won't disappoint me.”
The reason Zhou Ming had chosen Colorful Scales was mainly because, among his snakes, only Colorful Scales, which excelled at spraying serpent venom, was truly suitable for inheriting the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent's bloodline.
It was precisely because of this that he had not chosen the even closer Vermilion Jade.
After Colorful Scales entered the fissure where the spring surged forth, Zhou Ming immediately took out the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent's Bloodline Gem and threw it over. Attracted by its bloodline aura, Colorful Scales swallowed it in a single bite.
As soon as the Bloodline Gem entered its body, Zhou Ming immediately used his Spiritual Thread together with the Spirit Molting Serpent Emperor Bloodline to control Colorful Scales and begin refining the Bloodline Gem.
Having already helped Inkband advance to a Lord-level Ferocious Beast before, Zhou Ming now handled assisting Colorful Scales in refining the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent's bloodline with complete ease.
From the moment the Spirit Molting Serpent bloodline had been created, Zhou Ming had deliberately left a blank section within its bloodline structure so that it could perfectly integrate other serpent bloodlines.
Therefore, under Zhou Ming's guidance, Colorful Scales refined the bloodline with remarkable smoothness.
Just as Colorful Scales' bloodline began transforming, Zhou Ming took the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent's Venom Sac out of his Spatial Ring. A drop of dark emerald serpent venom hovered above his fingertip.
“Colorful Scales, I hope you can master the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent's Blackwater ability.”
Although Zhou Ming had successfully slain the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent, he had never underestimated its abilities. The Blackwater formed by fusing serpent venom with Water-element Energy Particles possessed the terrifying ability to dissolve all things.
That ability had not been fully displayed only because the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent itself lacked sufficient strength. It had been restrained by Inkband's shadow power with its freezing properties, and even then, only after drawing upon the enhancement of the entire snake swarm sharing the same attribute had they finally frozen the Blackwater.
Among the snake swarm under Zhou Ming's control, Colorful Scales had originally excelled at spraying corrosive serpent venom. If it could also master the Blackwater ability, its potential would be no less than Inkband's after fusing with the Frost Giant Python bloodline.
The single drop of serpent venom Zhou Ming had taken from the Venom Sac would not endanger Colorful Scales' life. He merely hoped it would become a seed that might yield unexpected gains.
As the drop of serpent venom fell from his fingertip, it immediately transformed into a cloud of dark emerald poisonous mist that enveloped Colorful Scales, while the surrounding spring water also began to be affected.
Colorful Scales, which had been quietly undergoing its bloodline transformation, instantly felt excruciating pain throughout its body. The changes within its bloodline also became unstable, causing it to suddenly grow restless.
In response, Zhou Ming remained calm. The materials stored inside his Spatial Ring appeared in his hands, and he threw them into the spring one after another in a predetermined order.
After all the materials had entered the spring, two blood-colored serpent phantoms emerged from Zhou Ming's palms and plunged into the spring, while powerful bloodline power spread outward like ripples.
Zhou Ming personally took action, helping Colorful Scales seize the opportunity presented by its bloodline transformation to begin integrating the serpent venom left behind by the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent.
At the same time, the life energy contained within the underground spring would become the energy required for Colorful Scales to advance into a Lord-level Ferocious Beast.
In the blink of an eye, three days quietly passed, and a stifling aura began to spread across the desolate island.
The previously calm sea surrounding the island suddenly surged with towering waves. Water-element Energy Particles gathered above the island, gradually forming an azure Energy Storm, while the weather within several li underwent a dramatic change.
Meanwhile, at the fissure in the center of the island, the vegetation that had only recently sprouted had withered once again, and the spring within the fissure had completely dried up.
At this moment, a gigantic serpent nearly fifty meters long was lying within the nest-like fissure.
The enormous serpent before him was none other than Colorful Scales. Its pitch-black scales had turned dark emerald, while the scales around its enormous head and neck had grown protruding bony spikes.
The multicolored scales at its seven-inch vital point were tinged with a faint dark emerald luster, but they had not completely transformed into dark emerald.
As Water-element Energy Particles continuously gathered above its head, Colorful Scales, which had been quietly lying within the fissure, suddenly raised the front half of its body and opened its enormous jaws to devour them.