Afterward, Xu Ran began to slowly descend from the sky, landing beneath the snake bone. Instantly, as his feet touched the ground, a streak of golden light flashed at his brow, and a sharp golden beam shot toward the snake bone high above.

"Sizzle!"

The beam streaked like lightning, but when it was still a meter away from the colossal snake bone, the massive figure suddenly dissipated into thin air, as if an invisible force was guarding the snake bone.

In the next moment, the huge figure of the snake bone reappeared in another part of the sky, several hundred meters away from Xu Ran.

The hollow eye sockets of the snake bone emitted an eerie green flame, flickering rhythmically as if mocking Xu Ran.

The reflection of the flickering flame appeared at the snake’s mouth of the snake bone, sketching out the snake’s mouth with the corners curled up, giving a highly anthropomorphic appearance.

The gigantic figure of the snake bone suddenly appeared elsewhere, making Xu Ran seem like a headless fly, crashing around randomly. Coupled with the substantial green mist surrounding it, the resemblance was even stronger.

Although the snake bone looked extremely arrogant at the moment, the colossal body made by the wisp of flames within its hollow belly was showing subtle deformations across its body, covered in eerie green runes.

That indicates, if the snake bone were truly alive at this moment, it would be extremely shocked by Xu Ran’s recent actions.

You must know.

This eerie green mist genuinely originates from the Netherworld and can obscure the vision of all living beings, especially when it becomes substantial, being able to seal off human senses directly.

After all, the Netherworld and humans are not on the same level of existence, especially a human with low cultivation.

Yet even so, that small, determined figure seemed capable of penetrating the green mist, seeing external things, thus accurately finding its position in the sky.

...

Xu Ran had no reaction to this; his face remained calm, as though nothing could stir his heartstrings in the slightest.

However, the golden eyes showed a slight flicker in his gaze.

Xu Ran truly hadn’t expected that this snake bone, pieced together from remains, still possessed such bizarre abilities.

He could clearly perceive that the green mist surrounding him wasn’t just obscuring vision; it could also devour a person’s spirit and assimilate it, turning it into these bony remnants emerging from the ground.

As long as your spiritual power isn’t strong enough, you’ll be corroded by this green mist, eventually becoming a walking corpse.

Could this enormous snake bone before him have formed in such a way?

Thus, Xu Ran was merely surprised, with no trace of fear internally, as if nothing appearing could affect him even a tiny bit.

Why would such eerie mist and a valley appear in this Great Mountain, devoid of a cultivation system, if not for Elder Qi from the Great Wilderness Border Village finding a Body Refining Manual from a corpse in his youth? Fearfully, within a radius of thousands of miles, only Xu Ran is cultivating.

This valley before him, this Great Mountain, couldn’t possibly have formed.

Then, how did it come to be?

The powerful Snake King appearing here, could there be a connection between the two?

One after another, doubts arose in Xu Ran’s mind, lingering long without dispersing, standing dazed, seemingly lost in thought.

The snake bone high above observed Xu Ran, who was in a daze through the mist, the flames in its eye sockets, initially calm, suddenly burned more fiercely - wasn’t this looking down on it?!

Even at this time, there’s daydreaming.

Then immediately.

The enormous figure of the snake bone turned once, and the pervasive green mist in the valley began to quickly gather toward it, seemingly vaguely forming an enormous green silhouette. Amidst that green silhouette, an overwhelming aura of the Netherworld swept out, causing the valley’s temperature to drastically drop.

The Peregrine Falcon in the safe area gazed at the immense green silhouette forming around the snake bone’s body, with a concentrated look in its eyes.

"What kind of Divine Technique is this? So powerful! It can even turn these green mists into its own power?!"

A subtle worry flashed through the Peregrine Falcon’s eyes, the snake bone’s formidable nature surprised even it, as did the snake bone’s actions.

You must know, in this valley, these green mists are everywhere, which means the snake bone before them has an endless backup energy reserve.

No matter how strong Xu Ran is, there will come a time when he is exhausted. By that time, he will merely be a fish upon the chopping block.

The sudden change in the snake bone and the displayed Divine Techniques made the Peregrine Falcon concerned.

...

"Boom! Boom!"

As the snake bone high above continued to absorb the green mist from the valley, the condensed green silhouette grew larger and larger, resembling a demon escaping from the Netherworld, clinging to the snake bone with immense power, obscuring its face.

Though its appearance was indistinct, the malevolence of having traversed time and space was terrifyingly dreadful.

"Hiss—"

From that serpent’s mouth, it spat forth a sphere of phosphorescent green light, and instantly, its aura plummeted as if all its power had been consumed. The green runes inscribed on the snake’s head also dimmed, their glow extremely faint.

As the phosphorescent green sphere was expelled, the green silhouette atop the snake bone’s head became increasingly solid. The once indistinct body even showed faint muscular lines and robust arms, astonishing those who beheld it. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

That silhouette truly upheld the heavens and stood with the earth.

It slightly raised its vague face, the eyes giving off an eerie green glow appearing extraordinarily sinister, then its right hand gently grasped the sphere expelled from the snake’s mouth.

In an instant.

The sphere transformed into an entirely green long sword in its hand.

Feeling such a scene, the flames burning in the snake bone’s eye sockets gradually dimmed, but its face carried fanaticism.

"Hiss!"

The snake bone emitted another sound, and the green silhouette atop its head seemed to receive a command.

Instantly.

An overwhelming green light madly surged into that massive green silhouette, then, the previously indistinct silhouette suddenly erupted with pervasive Netherworld energy.

"Boom!"

As the relentless Netherworld energy ravaged the entire valley, the Peregrine Falcon in the safety zone suddenly sensed its blood flow slowing down immensely.

This snake bone hadn’t even launched an attack, merely summoned a massive green silhouette, yet it was already this fierce.

Indeed, the previous concern was not unfounded.

This time, the opponent is extremely troublesome.

At this moment.

The flames in the snake bone’s eye sockets had dropped to their lowest, with only two small flickers remaining, as though any passing breeze could extinguish them.

"Whoosh!"

By coincidence or fate.

A gust of wind blew through the valley, extinguishing the green flames in the snake bone’s eye sockets completely.

At this moment, Xu Ran’s eyes were fixed intensely on the massive green silhouette.

In the next instant.

The enormous figure stretched out its hand toward Xu Ran, clenching fiercely.

"Snap!"

The moment the hand clenched, all creatures in the valley felt crushed, and then, the colossal figure, with its two green eyes, directly locked onto Xu Ran’s figure, as a wild storm of mist gathered and solidified around it, sealing off all his escape routes.

The moment the seal was formed, the hand, prepared long in advance, came crashing down.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

With a slam of the massive figure’s palm, the entire valley trembled violently, and the area where Xu Ran stood sank dozens of meters, immediately followed by a huge crack forming beneath his feet.

This strike from the massive figure split the entire valley in two.

The Peregrine Falcon witnessed this scene, astounded and nearly suffocated by the terrifying momentum, its eyes becoming exceedingly grave, with the feathers on its body involuntarily shaking.

Such a terrifying blow, even a Great Demon might not dare to take it!