Chapter 370 ·Snake Cage Barrier
Chapter 370: Snake Cage Barrier
Take his life while he's wounded.
Although the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent did not understand such a saying, after surviving countless life-and-death battles, it instinctively made the correct choice.
The moment Zhou Ming became trapped, the injured black serpent head opened its massive jaws, spewing dark green venom like a torrential downpour. It transformed into a poisonous miasma that blotted out the sky, enveloping Zhou Ming.
First trap the enemy with Death Vortex, then kill them with its own venom.
This was the ultimate killing move the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent had instinctively developed through countless battles.
At this moment, Zhou Ming's situation was like being caught in an inescapable net.
Just as the tides of battle were about to reverse, the Spirit Molting Giant Serpent transformed from Zhou Ming immediately unleashed the Sand Gathering Secret Technique · Giant Serpent's Strength. The power of the Spirit Molting Serpent Swarm erupted completely within his body.
A terrifying force gathered in his tail. As it swept outward, a dark radiance burst forth, and the immense power caused the sea itself to tremble violently.
The Death Vortex imprisoning Zhou Ming instantly collapsed.
Tens of thousands of tons of seawater surged into the sky, tearing apart the poisonous miasma overhead with overwhelming force.
In the distance, after sensing the terrifying disturbance caused by Zhou Ming, the enraged Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent finally regained a trace of its reason.
Just as it considered fleeing, the seawater pouring back downward raised towering waves, and the countless shadows cast by the spray suddenly came alive.
Immediately afterward, a gigantic Shadow Serpent leaped out from the sea.
It was none other than Zhou Ming's innate spell, Shadow Devour.
Sensing danger, the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent immediately decided to flee.
Even if it could not escape, it intended to drag the battlefield beneath the sea.
It was precisely because its intelligence far surpassed that of ordinary Lord-ranked Ferocious Beasts that it had repeatedly escaped death.
However, just as the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent prepared to dive, a gigantic barrier rose from beneath the sea, forming an independent space that trapped it inside.
The Spirit Molting Serpent Swarm had already silently hidden beneath the sea while riding the descending torrents of seawater.
Using shadow power as their link, the Spirit Molting Serpent Swarm formed a web-like formation. Guided by the Shadow Serpent, they ultimately created an enormous prison.
Zhou Ming called this barrier the Snake Cage.
Using the shadow power mastered by the Spirit Molting Serpent Swarm as its foundation and the innate spell Shadow Devour as its core, it was a growth-type barrier.
As long as the serpent swarm continued growing stronger, the Snake Cage Barrier would likewise become more powerful.
The knowledge required to create the Snake Cage Barrier mainly came from the Four Pillar Stone Barrier of the Frogman Warlocks, the sealing techniques of the Half-Beastman system, the battle formation knowledge of the foreign races, and the rune inheritance of the Hydra Runic School.
When casting the Snake Cage Barrier this time, Zhou Ming had also temporarily incorporated the same-attribute energy resonance taught to him by Lei Yuan, perfectly executing it through the Sand Gathering Secret Technique.
Faced with the suddenly appearing Snake Cage Barrier, the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent immediately became uneasy and promptly manipulated the seawater in an attempt to tear it apart.
However, as the gigantic barrier covering a radius of one kilometer trembled along with the movement of the Shadow Serpent, the force of the seawater was evenly distributed among every Spirit Molting Serpent, perfectly neutralizing the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent's assault.
At that moment, the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent sensed the aura of death.
The clarity it had only just regained was once again consumed by violent rage.
“So the intelligence Hai Guixu provided was accurate. Your intelligence truly surpasses that of Ferocious Beasts of the same rank.”
As his voice fell, Zhou Ming appeared atop the Shadow Serpent's head.
Relying on the bloodline of the Spirit Molting Serpent Emperor, he had already transformed into his Serpent Emperor form.
Below his waist stretched a three-meter-long serpent body covered in jet-black jade-like scales.
His upper body was covered in translucent golden serpent scales, while purple scales wrapped around his chest in the pattern of a giant python.
His long black hair fluttered in the wind.
A crimson crown rested upon his head, and two rows of fine purple serpent scales spread diagonally along both sides of his cheeks in an inverted figure-eight.
Ever since Zhou Ming advanced to Transcendent Master, he had revealed his true Serpent Emperor form only two or three times.
The reason was that, aside from his Spirit Molting Giant Serpent transformation being his strongest combat form, he did not want others discovering that he possessed the Serpent Emperor bloodline.
Even Scarlet Sun Saint had never truly discerned the nature of his bloodline.
Only the demigod Spider Queen Elysia had seen through it at a glance.
His usual Serpentman form had never displayed the crimson crown.
“Hiss...”
The moment the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent saw Zhou Ming appear in his Serpent Emperor form, overwhelming unease surged through its heart.
Its previously raised heads unconsciously lowered as restless hissing continuously escaped its mouths.
“Your blood shall become the stepping stone on my path to Legend.”
Holding the Shadow Extreme Sword, Zhou Ming charged directly toward the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent beneath the oppressive aura of an emperor.
As the Shadow Extreme Sword swung, shadow power condensed into a black line of light that instantly slashed toward the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent.
At the same time, Zhou Ming used his spiritual power to activate the Dark Golden Serpent Eyes.
The pressure belonging to the Power of the Throne descended in an instant.
Faced with the threat of death, the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent forcefully resisted the pressure and launched its counterattack.
Both serpent heads opened their massive jaws.
A torrent formed from condensed water-element energy particles and the venom within its body erupted simultaneously. The two merged in midair, forming a black flood.
The reason the Alliance had named it the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent was precisely because, after its terrifying venom fused with water-element energy particles, it produced a black-water spell resembling the River Styx.
If unleashed beneath the sea, it could turn several kilometers of ocean into a land of death.
The moment the Shadow Extreme Sword's blade light collided with the black water, it was instantly annihilated.
Even the Snake Cage Barrier began suffering erosion from the power of the black water.
Fortunately, the black water possessed one fatal weakness—it moved too slowly.
As long as one did not fight the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent beneath the sea, there was no need to worry about being struck.
Since Zhou Ming already possessed the intelligence provided by Hai Guixu, he naturally understood the terror of the black water.
“Mòdài, lend me your strength.”
The next moment, the shadow power permeating the Snake Cage instantly gained the Frost Seal attribute.
Empowered by the serpent swarm forming the barrier, the Frost Seal attribute multiplied several times over.
The Shadow Serpent serving as the core of the Snake Cage Barrier immediately spewed forth a torrent of icy shadows.
The previously unstoppable black water froze at a speed visible to the naked eye.
“Snake Cage Barrier, empower me.”
After neutralizing the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent's trump card, the shadow power within the Snake Cage Barrier flowed into Zhou Ming.
He condensed all of that power into the Shadow Extreme Sword, unleashing the absolute limit of a Transcendent Equipment of Excellent grade.
A black sword light capable of corroding everything appeared beneath the moonlight.
Suppressed by both the aura of the Serpent Emperor bloodline and the Dark Golden Serpent Eyes, the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent had completely lost the ability to resist after using its final trump card.
It could only await execution before the black sword light.
With a single slash from Zhou Ming, both enormous serpent heads were severed.
Crimson serpent blood erupted like a fountain.
Zhou Ming immediately cast the Bloodline Extraction spell.
The Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent's body rapidly withered, while its hard scales lost all their luster.
In the end, three items appeared in Zhou Ming's hands.
A crimson Bloodline Gem.
A blue Ferocious Beast Crystal Core.
A dark green venom sac.
Zhou Ming had successfully completed his plan to slay the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent.