Almighty Genius

Chapter 2318 - 1812: Beating the Enemy at Their Own Game

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Qin Fang vanished so eerily... The surrounding water currents were incredibly rapid, and the whirlpool's power was terrifying. Swirling a person into the vortex would cause them to disappear without a trace, which was entirely normal.

Therefore, initially the Black Water Xuan Snake didn't pay much attention, and continued to fiercely draw in the surrounding water, trying to swallow Qin Fang into its belly...

The appetite of serpents has always been quite good, indiscriminately gulping down their prey as a whole...

As for water, apart from the portion it uses itself, the rest can be easily expelled, while the remaining creatures naturally become its food, getting washed a few times by its highly corrosive gastric acid, making them easily digestible.

However, for a foe like Qin Fang, the Black Water Xuan Snake intended to add one more step... When Qin Fang approached its mouth, it planned to first leave a hole in Qin Fang's body with its sturdy poison fangs.

Once the body is wounded and bleeding, entering its stomach would result in accelerated corrosion by stomach acid, speeding up extermination...

After all, a threat like Qin Fang is no small matter...

If Qin Fang remained at his full strength and entered its stomach unharmed with the Divine Sword in hand, the threat would be even greater...

Outside, at least there is a layer of snake skin as a shield, and with its snake skin's defensive strength, even divine weapons can't damage it, allowing most of Qin Fang's attacks to be ignored... The one weak spot at the seven inch mark has relatively lower resistance, but it also has some protection; as long as the Black Water Xuan Snake pays a little attention, there's usually no major issue!

But if Qin Fang enters its body, the terrifying defensive power of snake skin loses its effect, and everything within its internal organs falls within Qin Fang's attack range, with the Divine Sword in hand possibly even easily piercing its heart, killing it without a trace...

And this is why the Black Water Xuan Snake plans to first kill or injure Qin Fang...

Of course, the Black Water Xuan Snake is not that fragile either; even if someone enters its body, it can use the muscle contractions to first strangle larger creatures... For example, humans, as a slight contraction can crush all the bones in the body directly!

However, the plans of the Black Water Xuan Snake are quite perfect, and it continues executing them... The whirlpool's horrifying suction strength is indeed terrifying, the powerful currents directly sweep Qin Fang's body towards the serpent's mouth.

But...

Right when the Black Water Xuan Snake planned to pick Qin Fang out to kill him, it surprisingly found... Qin Fang was gone!

Indeed, he vanished...

Disappeared right under the Black Water Xuan Snake's nose.

Whoa~~~

Noticing this, the Black Water Xuan Snake immediately halted the whirlpool, allowing the surrounding water to gradually calm down... Then, when it looked to find its enemy Qin Fang, it discovered not even a small fish could be found, much less a human.

"How did he disappear?"

If the Black Water Xuan Snake could speak, it would probably be mumbling now, because Qin Fang's disappearance was too eerie, reminiscent of the previous unexpected vanishing of the puppet person.

Probably the poor intelligence of the Black Water Xuan Snake has also suffered a blow...

The disappearance of the puppet person already troubled it greatly, the wounds on its head inflicted by the puppet person linger, and it didn't even have the chance for revenge, with the enemy gone without a trace... Naturally, this hatred shifted to Qin Fang's shoulders as well.

But unexpectedly, before it had the chance to harm Qin Fang, Qin Fang had vanished again...

Although the Black Water Xuan Snake evolved into a spiritual beast and developed some intelligence, it's still somewhat pitifully inadequate, and now its blood-red eyes were filled with confusion and puzzlement, unable to comprehend where Qin Fang had gone!

"Could it be that he has already been sucked into my belly?"

However, after a brief hesitation and pondering, the Black Water Xuan Snake seemed to catch onto an idea, instinctively glancing at its massive body with lantern-like eyes.

Earlier, its water absorption speed and strength were quite formidable; initially Qin Fang struggled greatly, but later suddenly stopped resisting, possibly accelerating his entry into its abdomen... without giving it a chance to kill or injure him.

At this thought, an unusual color flickered in the Black Water Xuan Snake's eyes, hinting at slight fear, as it swam while fiercely contracting its muscles within, simultaneously expelling large amounts of water from its stomach...

Splatter, splatter~~~

Only to see a thick and sturdy fountain burst forth from the serpent's mouth, yet its mouth remained tightly shut, able to release some small fish and shrimp, but absolutely didn't allow a whole human to slip out...

Although the Black Water Xuan Snake worried that Qin Fang might attack him from inside, it didn't plan to let Qin Fang out from there...

Its muscular body shrank completely, coiling up an incredibly terrifying force, a force capable of effortlessly crushing a person into pulp, grinding the bones into dust...

"Nice idea, but what a pity..."

And at that moment, where was Qin Fang? Naturally, he was in the abdomen of the Black Water Xuan Snake...

Using the Water Escape Technique skill, Qin Fang transformed entirely into water. He actually had a chance to escape from this whirlpool... but ultimately, Qin Fang gave up that opportunity, intending to turn the tables!

This Black Water Xuan Snake is incredibly powerful; if it truly engaged in combat, it would be far stronger than a Great Grandmaster Level Expert and possibly even stronger than a typical Supreme Realm Powerhouse... but its weaknesses are very apparent, its vulnerability within is far too empty and fragile!

This point is the same as when Qin Fang previously killed the Xuan Shui Python!

Back then, Qin Fang used the same method to take down the Xuan Shui Python... now, Qin Fang plans to replicate his past glorious achievement!

Thus, after successfully performing the Water Escape, Qin transformed into water, rapidly rushing into the mouth of the Black Water Xuan Snake, and without the slightest sensation from the opponent, Qin successfully infiltrated its abdomen...

However, Qin Fang was not in a hurry to deal a fatal blow to the Black Water Xuan Snake but rather followed along its abdominal cavity, advancing deeper...

Qin Fang's plan is: make no move or, when making a move, ensure it's deadly!

The Black Water Xuan Snake's most critical weakness is its brain and heart...

The brain, for now, Qin Fang is helpless against; the snake's head is too large, its brain too small, it's challenging for Qin Fang to accomplish a one-hit kill... besides, targeting the brain would mean staying in the snake's mouth, which is too dangerous, any slight mistake could cost him his life!

Therefore, Qin Fang plans to directly strike at the heart of the Black Water Xuan Snake... and he is now inside its abdomen, getting closer to the heart.

Compared to the dangers surrounding the brain, attacking the heart is much safer... regardless of how ruthless the Black Water Xuan Snake is, it won't harm its own body, not to mention its Poison Fang can't break through the defense of its Snake Skin.

Since Qin is attacking from within, there is no obstruction from the Snake Skin, and his Flowing Shadow Divine Sword can even cut cleanly through all the internal organs of the Black Water Xuan Snake...

Additionally, Qin Fang wants to acquire something... the inner pill of the Black Water Xuan Snake!

Spiritual Beasts are distinguished from ordinary beasts due to their evolution of intelligence, possessing wisdom akin to humans... this is a mental shift and hard to determine.

There is also a physical change, whereby Spiritual Beasts nurture an inner pill within their body... a pill that contains the majority of the Spiritual Beast's valuable essence.

Arguably, the inner pill is where the Spiritual Beast's soul resides; if anything happens to the inner pill, it's a fatal blow to the Spiritual Beast... although its intelligence might not be greatly impacted, its prowess would be diminished by eighty, ninety percent.

Similarly, the inner pill holds the bulk of the Spiritual Beast's valuable essence and its value equates to a Great Grandmaster Level Expert's lifetime cultivation prowess... if it can be utilized in medicine, it can be refined into an Essence Pill, which quickly boosts a martial artist's cultivation!

If consumed entirely, it's almost equivalent to enhancing the full might of a Great Grandmaster Level Expert...

Even an expert of ordinary talent can swiftly grow into a top-tier expert this way... of course, the prerequisite is being able to withstand the formidable power of the Essence Pill, otherwise, what's meant to be a blessing could become a tragedy.

But as long as it's under control, basically, there shouldn't be any major issues...

So, the value of a Spiritual Beast's inner pill is by no means inferior to spiritual medicine; indeed, the inner pill of some powerful Spiritual Beasts exceeds the value of mid-to-low-grade spiritual medicine and can be comparable to top-grade or even superb spiritual medicine, which further elevates the value of inner pills.

Not only for human martial artists, but for other Spiritual Beasts, the inner pill is also a shortcut for their advancement... if they can often consume some inner pills of Spiritual Beasts, absorbing the valuable essence within, their strength enhancement rate would speed up significantly.

Precisely because of the preciousness of inner pills, their value to Spiritual Beasts is almost tantamount to life...

Spiritual Beasts might endure unimaginable terrible bodily harm yet can't bear the pain of losing their inner pill... as long as the inner pill remains, their body can slowly heal, but losing the inner pill equates to losing everything!

Hence, when there is a threat of losing the inner pill, Spiritual Beasts often erupt with incredibly frightening combat power, even relatively gentle Spiritual Beasts could become more terrifying than the Black Water Xuan Snake...

And what about a fierce Spiritual Beast like the Black Water Xuan Snake?

It's naturally even more terrifying...

The Black Water Xuan Snake before us possesses terrifyingly extreme power; even though it hasn't advanced to become the Spiritual Beast King, it's estimated not far from it, its inner pill is absolutely immensely valuable... with valuable essence that is frightening to the very extreme! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, welcome to vote on Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)