Immortal Sword Master

Chapter 503: Chapter 499: Slaying the Three-headed Serpent with a Sword

Before coming, Ning Jiang had already learned the basics about Feng Ying from Bai Yuyun.

Feng Ying’s Cultivation had reached the Earth Martial Realm Middle Stage, and he practiced a Water Attribute Technique called the Profound Water True Technique.

Once this Technique was mastered, every drop of water weighed over a hundred pounds. With his strength, he could even hold his own against an expert at the Earth Martial Realm Late Stage.

His ultimate skill, Infinite Sea, was even more formidable. When he used it, even a Late Stage Earth Martial Realm expert had to treat it with extreme caution.

But Ning Jiang simply struck out with his palm.

Before everyone’s shocked eyes, Feng Ying was slammed to the ground. His body, spread-eagled, left a deep impression in the earth.

Instantly, the entire area fell silent.

Everyone stared at Ning Jiang as if they had seen a ghost.

”ARGH! Break!”

Pinned to the ground, Feng Ying roared. He felt as if an Ancient Divine Mountain was crushing him, rendering him immobile. He frantically circulated all his power, trying to stand up, but it was useless no matter how hard he struggled.

”Well? Do you submit?” Ning Jiang asked.

”I... submit!” Feng Ying forced out the two words. Only then did Ning Jiang release his palm, allowing him to stand.

’With Feng Ying’s strength, even the Little Dragon Girl needs five moves to subdue him. But this guy did it with a single hand?’

The crowd was horrified.

It was one thing when Ning Jiang didn’t act, but when he did, it was simply earth-shattering.

’This level of strength is even more terrifying than the Little Dragon Girl’s!’

”Do you still doubt my strength?” Ning Jiang’s gaze swept across the crowd. He saw a flicker of awe in their eyes.

”I was rude just now. Please, don’t take offense.”

Feng Ying took a deep breath and cupped his fist at Ning Jiang. He knew Ning Jiang had held back; otherwise, he would have been injured.

”No harm done. But enough of these unpleasantries. I came this time to help Hall Master Bai deal with the Three-headed Snake Clan. Take me to them,” Ning Jiang said with a wave of his hand.

”Alright, follow me.”

Having witnessed Ning Jiang’s power, the crowd’s confidence soared.

「A short while later.」

Ning Jiang and the others arrived in a canyon.

”Three-headed Snake Clan, get out here!” Feng Ying boomed.

SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH...

Immediately, several figures appeared before them. Their leader was a young man with a somewhat delicate appearance. His pupils were a ghostly green and vertically slit—clearly the eyes of a snake.

Furthermore, there were faint traces of scales on his neck and the skin of his arms.

For the Demon Race, the Earth Martial Realm was a watershed moment.

Only after reaching the Earth Martial Realm could they gain the ability to take human form. However, even then, some obvious demonic features would remain.

Only upon reaching the Heaven-Reaching Realm could these demonic features be completely concealed.

”That man is an expert from the Three-headed Snake Clan. His name is She Mo,” Feng Ying explained from the side. ”His strength is the same as mine, Earth Martial Realm Middle Stage. We were originally evenly matched, but he broke through in the middle of our fight, fully activating his Three-headed Serpent bloodline. He went from having two heads to three...”

He had fought She Mo before and had not been weaker, but his opponent had made a critical breakthrough in the heat of battle.

”I see.”

Ning Jiang nodded. A Demon Beast like the Three-headed Serpent was no weaker than a Flood Dragon.

However, most Three-headed Serpents were born with diluted bloodlines and only a single head. Those with a slightly thicker bloodline might become two-headed, a rarity on the level of one in ten thousand.

She Mo had originally been a two-headed serpent, but the activation of his bloodline had transformed him into a Three-headed Serpent.

It was an evolution, a metamorphosis, a sign of atavism.

”Originally, only the three Kings of the Three-headed Snake Clan possessed the Three-headed Serpent bloodline. Now, with She Mo, they have another. Given time, he will likely become a King as well,” Feng Ying said gravely.

”Feng Ying, you dare return? Didn’t you learn your lesson last time? Or do you think I don’t have the guts to kill you?”

As She Mo spoke, his forked tongue flickered with a chilling HISS HISS HISS.

”How arrogant! A mere member of the Demon Race dares to be so insolent! An expert from my Dragon God Celestial Palace has arrived. You still have time to withdraw from Scorpion King Island,” Feng Ying retorted coldly.

”An expert? You mean him?”

She Mo’s icy gaze locked onto Ning Jiang. ”A mere Early Stage Earth Martial Realm cultivator is what you call an expert? Watch me tear him to shreds!”

She Mo roared with laughter, completely dismissing Ning Jiang.

He strode forward until he was in front of Ning Jiang and threw a punch with his scale-covered fist.

’Like an ant.’

Ning Jiang’s expression remained unchanged. He clenched his slender fingers into a fist and met the attack head-on, fist against fist.

BAM.

Their fists collided. The confident look on She Mo’s face instantly vanished. He felt a heaven-shattering Power erupt from Ning Jiang’s fist, and his entire arm crackled.

He was violently thrown back, sent flying hundreds of feet by the force of the punch.

”How is this possible?” She Mo stared at Ning Jiang in shock. Ning Jiang’s Cultivation was only at the Earth Martial Realm Early Stage!

”Show me your true form. Otherwise, this will be over very quickly,” Ning Jiang said flatly.

”Fine. You are indeed an expert. I shall grant your wish.”

She Mo roared. His body swelled instantly, tearing his clothes to shreds. In the blink of an eye, he had transformed into a giant serpent hundreds of feet long.

The giant serpent had three heads.

’If this were a Nine-headed Serpent, it might be a challenge. But a mere Three-headed Serpent is nothing.’

Ning Jiang shook his head in disdain. Of course, a creature like a Nine-headed Serpent was exceedingly rare, with strength far surpassing that of a Flood Dragon, nearly rivaling a True Dragon.

SHING.

A flash of light appeared in Ning Jiang’s hand, revealing the transformed Thunder Dragon Sword. The moment it appeared, the faint sound of a Dragon’s Roar echoed from the blade, putting immense pressure on She Mo.

”Sever.”

Ning Jiang slashed down.

A Thunder Sword Aura streaked across the sky and struck one of the serpent’s heads.

SQUELCH.

Blood sprayed as one of She Mo’s heads was instantly severed.

ROAR. She Mo let out a pained cry. ”Human, you can’t kill me!”

Blood gushed from the wound, and within a single breath, a new head had already grown back in its place.

A Demon Beast like the Three-headed Serpent possessed astonishing regenerative abilities. Simply cutting off one head was not enough to kill it; all three had to be severed.

”That was just a warm-up. You say I can’t kill you? Then what about this?”

Ning Jiang’s voice was cold as he raised the Thunder Dragon Sword and slashed down once more.

The power of this strike was more than ten times stronger than the last. It was like a divine thunderbolt falling from the Nine Heavens, intent on annihilating everything.

Before everyone’s dumbfounded eyes, all three heads fell to the ground at once.