As soon as Xu Ran’s voice fell...

Suddenly, the valley shook violently! The tremor was bizarre.

At the same time.

One wailing sound after another echoed from beneath the ground. They collided with the cliff walls, creating layers of echoes, which ultimately converged into a hellish wail!

The wails were like surging ocean waves.

As if from the depths of the underworld’s death tide...

They rolled in, deafening and chilling, casting frost deep into one’s soul...

At this moment.

The ten snake heads, emitting an eerie green glow, were tightly connected, with tail flames formed by the ghostly green fire in their sockets, linking them together like muscles.

In an instant.

The snake head of the first snake-shaped bone monster that Xu Ran had slain emerged with more ghostly green runes. As one looked back, the ghostly green runes on the remaining snake heads were slowly dissipating, swimming towards the first snake head like fish.

The other nine snake heads that lost the ghostly green runes began to transform slowly, kicking up countless sand and dust, forming a gigantic snake-shaped body.

The body coiled and spiraled, curling up high in the air, continually constricting, and the sound of bones grinding against each other emitted a hair-raising scratching noise.

The sound was like fingernails scratching a blackboard next to your ear, unendurable.

This sound even caused peregrine falcons in safe zones to feel a headache, and they couldn’t stop trembling, forced to endure the discomfort and transfer excess innate qi to their ears just to reduce the sensation.

As the only human in the valley, Xu Ran remained expressionless at this moment, only a hint of anticipation in his eyes as he watched the giant snake-shaped bone monster in the air slowly take form, seemingly looking forward to its final shape.

The reason Xu Ran could remain so composed was naturally due to the innate qi that had already fully armed his body. It could only be seen with a special pupil skill; Xu Ran’s entire body emitted a faint white light, like a protective aura tightly shielding him from any damage.

In the sky above the valley.

As the fusion continued, a massive snake demon big enough to block out the sun gradually took shape. It was still in a skeletal form, but the aura it exuded was incomparable to any prior snake-shaped bone monster, even less than one percent of it.

This fusion resulted in a one-plus-one-greater-than-one effect.

Its eyes, like two ghostly green suns, hung high in the air, overlooking the valley ground. The countless streams of ghostly green mist spewed from its mouth, tangible and covering people’s sight, adding an eerie touch to the already dark valley.

The entire valley became dark and oppressive due to the appearance of this giant snake bone, as if its existence would bring unbearable damage to everything.

"Buzz-buzz-"

As the formation of the giant snake bone completed, it made no extraneous movements. A strange aura spread from its body, and as this aura spread, a distinct ghostly green mist swept out overwhelmingly, like a raging storm.

This ghostly green mist instantly engulfed the area where Xu Ran was, tightly wrapping him, faintly emitting an incredibly daunting evil qi.

The peregrine falcons in the safe area were not obscured by this sudden ghostly green mist, and the pupil skill granted by the Kunpeng Bloodline allowed them to see clearly within.

Their eyes filled with shock as they looked at the region shrouded in ghostly green mist, then they inhaled sharply.

The instinct for profit and avoidance, bestowed by the Kunpeng Bloodline, made them feel the terror within, given their current level of cultivation.

This mist did not merely obscure vision; rather, it was a spiritual attack targeting your spirit.

Even from such a distant battlefield, it was enough to make the peregrine falcons’ souls tremble, showcasing its inherent terror.

Though the peregrine falcons’ cultivation is currently weak and unable to take part in this battlefield, their bodies contain the Kunpeng Bloodline.

The bloodline passed on for countless ages, from ancient times to now. Every demon beast with the Kunpeng Bloodline would merge their lifetime cultivation essence into the bloodline, allowing every demon beast possessing the Kunpeng Bloodline to have a powerful foundation.

Even such a peregrine falcon felt extreme fear towards the now tangible ghostly green mist.

But the terror within also further astonished the peregrine falcons.

Why was such a terrifying presence existing in this Great Mountain where even a cultivation system does not exist?

Why does such a terrifying valley exist within this Great Mountain?

Various questions emerged in the peregrine falcons’ minds.

A moment later, it shook its head, casting these scattered thoughts aside, forcibly enduring the discomfort, and kept its eyes fixed on the ghostly green mist.

The most important thing now was the safety of its master, Xu Ran. Everything else was trivial.

...

At this moment, Xu Ran hovered in the air, his face utterly calm, yet the ghostly green mist, now materialized, still surrounded him.

The instant the overwhelming ghostly green mist appeared, an intensely potent danger signal flashed through his mind, but it vanished just as quickly.