Chapter 212 - 154: The Flying Sword Slays the Demon, Then Leaves with a Flick of the Robe
The Qing python rose straight up from the water’s surface, its half body alone towering a hundred meters high, coldly looking down upon Gu Wen with its lantern-sized snake pupils.
Gu Wen’s eyes flashed with a gleam; he had devoured several dozen Demon Cores that day, each one a minor henchman worth three years of Heavenly Marrow.
[One hundred and thirty years of Heavenly Marrow]
Though slaying them was as simple as picking Spiritual Medicine, as effortless as riding past with a sword to chop down demons, the profits ultimately weren’t enough. After all that work, he only gained seventy years of Heavenly Marrow, and it had only served to increase his irritability.
Wherever demons passed, tragedy followed.
Gu Wen didn’t feel satisfied with the slaughter, but the Qing python before him was strong; it ought to provide him with some exhilaration.
"Second Ancestor, it’s time to run."
Ao Tang felt the overwhelming presence of the Qing python and telepathically said, "Although I am a Divine Beast, my Divine Skills are in Alchemy and Escape Skills. This Snake Demon has a cultivation of Seven Six Dao Foundation, at least the strength of the Thirteen Level Heavens, while you are only at Five Four Dao Foundation."
Innates excel uniquely in one skill, but inevitably have their flaws.
Since he possessed the ability to escape from the hands of a Demi Immortal, it was only natural for his other abilities to be much weaker. Escaping was Ao Tang’s forte, which is why the Sanqing Taoist Sect had not dispatched a Venerable as a protector but instead had Ao Tang, with his Eight Four Dao Foundation, come along.