Chapter 349 : The Aggrieved Frost Giant Python
Chapter 349: The Aggrieved Frost Giant Python
“A breath-type spell?”
The freezing white mist produced by the Divine Awakening Flower did not affect Zhou Ming's vision.
When he saw the white beam spat out by the Frost Giant Python instantly turn the ice sparrows summoned by Ge Hui into icy powder, he immediately began simulating ways to deal with it in his mind.
The white beam appeared plain and unremarkable.
However, anything unable to resist it would instantly become an ice sculpture, only to shatter into frozen powder at the slightest disturbance.
One should know that Ge Hui's spells were also ice-attributed.
Normally, they should possess considerable resistance against attacks of the same attribute.
While Zhou Ming was observing, Ge Hui continued activating the ice mirror.
As cold energy spread through the surroundings, an iceberg rapidly formed and smashed toward the Frost Giant Python.
The icy powder created from the destroyed ice sparrows was drawn together by the same source of power, transforming into a torrent that merged into the iceberg.
By the time the iceberg reached the Frost Giant Python, its size had doubled.
Faced with the mountain-like attack descending upon it, the Frost Giant Python became even more agitated due to the presence of the Divine Awakening Flower.
Its massive tail swept out like a mountain-splitting battle axe.
As a layer of ice armor formed around it, the Frost Giant Python instantly shattered the iceberg.
Perhaps Ge Hui's actions had truly enraged it.
Or perhaps the Frost Giant Python had sensed that Ge Hui's strength was inferior to its own.
With a furious hiss, its enormous body churned the freezing white mist and charged toward Ge Hui with unstoppable momentum.
Seeing that the Frost Giant Python had taken the bait, the bloodline power within Zhou Ming's body surged like a roaring river.
The fiery-red scroll carrying scorching heat had already appeared silently in his right hand.
“Elder Ge, buy me enough time to activate the scroll.”
“Leave it to me.”
The kindly old man Ge Hui no longer carried his usual gentle demeanor.
Instead, an aura of iron-blooded killing intent spread around him.
After all, he had survived countless life-and-death battles to rise from an ordinary Apprentice Beast Tamer to become an elder of the Hunter Guild.
With a series of cracking sounds, several arm-thick chains emerged from the ice mirror.
The chains were entirely composed of ice crystals.
Their coldness remained restrained, only releasing their ultimate freezing power once they wrapped around a target.
That freezing force could freeze flesh, energy, and Spiritual Power alike.
This spell was called Ice-Sealing Soul-Locking Chains.
It was one of Ge Hui's trump cards.
The chains intertwined into a vast net that covered the sky and earth, trapping the enormous Frost Giant Python.
As for Zhou Ming, he no longer paid attention to Ge Hui's actions.
Instead, he unfurled the spell scroll that Duanmu Ruibo had entrusted to him.
Various flame-shaped runes came into view.
Instantly, blazing flames appeared within his mind.
An ordinary Professional Beast Tamer might have suffered spiritual injuries from these illusory flames.
However, they had no effect whatsoever on Zhou Ming.
“Hurry up!”
Ge Hui's urgent shout rang out.
The strain in his voice revealed just how much pressure he was under.
Zhou Ming glanced over.
The Ice-Sealing Soul-Locking Chains had yet to display their true power.
The Frost Giant Python, which also controlled ice, was actually devouring the chains' energy.
Had Ge Hui not desperately restrained the Frost Giant Python's mouth, the two of them would have already come under attack.
As for Duanmu Ruibo, the moment the Frost Giant Python was restrained, he had already bypassed it and headed toward the frozen cliff.
“Nine Dragons Divine Fire Barrier.”
Just as the ice chains began to crack apart, nine dazzling pillars of fire suddenly appeared within the frozen canyon.
Like nine towering lighthouses, they instantly illuminated several kilometers of the valley.
A dragon's roar echoed through the air.
The pillars of fire transformed into nine blazing flood dragons that descended around the Frost Giant Python with overwhelming dominance.
The nine fiery dragons linked together, forming a hundred-meter-tall furnace-shaped prison.
The Frost Giant Python, having just broken free from its restraints, was immediately trapped inside.
“I never expected this Frost Giant Python's mastery of ice power to be so profound.”
After personally exchanging blows with it, Ge Hui felt lingering fear.
He had not expected the difference in mastery over the same type of power to create such overwhelming suppression.
“Elder Ge, it's your turn.”
The Nine Dragons Divine Fire Barrier ultimately lacked sufficient killing power.
If they failed to kill the Frost Giant Python before the spell ended, they would be forced to face its enraged retaliation.
Without concealing anything, Zhou Ming immediately revealed his strongest combat form.
Under Ge Hui's gaze, Zhou Ming transformed into the Molting Giant Serpent.
During the past two years, after perfecting the Gathering Sand Secret Technique, Zhou Ming's transformed Molting Giant Serpent form measured only one hundred meters in length.
Its size had been reduced by half.
However, every aspect of its physical strength had increased dramatically.
After fusing with the snake swarm, the internal losses caused by various factors had been greatly reduced.
Its combat power was now on an entirely different level.
The next moment, Zhou Ming revealed the results of his two years of secluded cultivation.
A Crimson Halo spread throughout the surroundings.
The Predator’s Might of his Innate Force Field erupted.
Then came the spiritual consciousness power of the snake swarm, guided through the Gathering Sand Secret Technique.
Using the Molting Snake Emperor Bloodline as its core, he activated his Dark-gold Serpent Pupils and unleashed the terrifying Throne Power.
This power carried the supreme majesty of an emperor.
Like a collapsing mountain and overturning sea, it brought immense suppression upon the Frost Giant Python.
At that moment, the Frost Giant Python trembled from the depths of its soul.
Facing the black giant serpent outside the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Barrier, it experienced a level of fear it had never known before.
Meanwhile, Ge Hui quickly recovered from his shock at Zhou Ming's bizarre transformation ability.
“High-level Spell, Pale Light!”
The ice mirror formed by the Blue Light Ice Sparrow shrank to only one foot in size.
Holding the mirror with both hands, Ge Hui aimed it at the Frost Giant Python.
A beam of utterly pale cold light shot forth.
The Nine Dragons Divine Fire Barrier trapped the Frost Giant Python like a prison of fire, leaving it with no room to evade.
At the same time, Zhou Ming's bloodline suppression reduced its strength to less than half of its normal level.
Exactly as planned, the High-level Spell Pale Light struck the Frost Giant Python directly.
The flesh and scales at the point of impact seemed to have their life force drained away.
They rapidly withered before the naked eye.
Just as the Frost Giant Python sensed the approach of death, it also realized that the treasure it had guarded for over a century had suddenly vanished from its senses.
The threat of death.
The loss of its treasure.
The Frost Giant Python's remaining reason was completely swallowed by rage.
Its deep-blue eyes turned blood-red.
An incomparably furious roar erupted.
Snow across several kilometers collapsed as though glaciers were crumbling.
Within the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Barrier, countless ice crystals exploded outward.
Like an endless tide, they tore the entire barrier apart.
“ROAR—”
The blazing heat capable of melting gold and stone transformed the surrounding snow and ice into vast clouds of steam.
As the steam churned violently, a dark shadow emerged.
It was the Frost Giant Python, now covered in wounds.
Its snow-white scales had either fallen off completely or been scorched into charcoal-like blackness.
The moment it spotted Zhou Ming and Ge Hui, the Frost Giant Python charged at them without the slightest hesitation.
Like a maddened bull, it launched itself forward.
“Elder Ge, just provide support from the side.”
Seeing that Ge Hui had already used multiple trump cards and consumed a tremendous amount of Spiritual Power, leaving traces of exhaustion on his body, Zhou Ming—who still retained nearly all of his combat strength—voluntarily took on the Frost Giant Python's frontal assault.
One black.
One white.
The two colossal monsters collided like crashing meteors.
The resulting shockwave instantly swept away all snow and ice within a radius of two to three kilometers.