Chapter 120: Purple-Scaled Rattlesnake? Stinky Gecko Snake! (2)
Time flies, and it's now the second day.
Since he failed to help Tang San find and successfully hunt a suitable hundred-year soul beast on the first day, Yu Xiaogang had no choice but to continue assisting Tang San in his search on the second day.
By this time, Su Mo had already left the Spirit Hunting Forest with Wang Sheng and Xiao Wu.
Although he had already left, Su Mo still sent several bird monitors created with his soul control ability to keep watch over Tang San and Yu Xiaogang's every move.
Because these bird monitors were made using soul control abilities, there were actually human souls within them. Therefore, even if these souls had lost consciousness before death, they could still carry out some simple commands given by Su Mo.
Su Mo planned to rely on the emotional power of the Twelve-Winged Fallen Angel martial spirit that lingered within these birds' bodies to detonate the seeds of original sin planted in Yu Xiaogang's body.
In the Spirit Hunting Forest, as Yu Xiaogang and Tang San continued searching for soul beasts—
Because hundred-year soul beasts were extremely rare in the forest, even after another full day of searching, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San still failed to find a soul beast as suitable for Tang San as the previous Mandrake Snake.
This only made Yu Xiaogang and Tang San resent Su Mo even more.
During their search, the best soul beast they came across was a Guzhu, whose cultivation level was close to a hundred years. It could only be considered a last resort.
Before they knew it, night had fallen.
At that moment, the sky had already turned dark.
Sensing the perfect moment had arrived, Su Mo's ploy to harm Tang San finally came into effect.
As Yu Xiaogang and Tang San chose an open space to camp, suddenly, a soul beast snake—similar to the previous Mandrake Snake—unexpectedly charged toward their camp.
This snake-type soul beast was about three to four meters long, with black and purple scales all over its body, except for the end of its tail, which was bright yellow. At that moment, the beast stared intently at Yu Xiaogang and Tang San with its bright yellow vertical pupils, its scarlet tongue flickering in and out, releasing sharp hissing sounds.
"It's a Purple-Scaled Rattlesnake! Xiao San, this Purple-Scaled Rattlesnake is a highly venomous snake like the Mandrake Snake. It looks about three to four meters long and is likely around three to four hundred years old. It's a perfect soul beast for you!"
Upon seeing the soul beast, Yu Xiaogang exclaimed excitedly:
"Luo Sanpao!"
In his excitement, he summoned his martial spirit, Luo Sanpao, and commanded it to attack the Purple-Scaled Rattlesnake.
"First soul skill: Thunderous Fart—Luo Sanpao's Boom!"
"Second soul skill: Smoky Fart—Luo Sanpao's Sleepy Gas!"
With Yu Xiaogang's shout, Luo Sanpao immediately charged toward the Purple-Scaled Rattlesnake, leaping mid-run and aiming its rear end at the snake.
As Yu Xiaogang enhanced Luo Sanpao with the two soul rings surrounding him, Luo Sanpao took a deep breath and instantly expanded many times in size.
Then, with a loud boom, a yellow smoke bomb burst out like a cannonball and hit the rattlesnake.
In an instant, the yellow smoke exploded, sending the snake flying.
At the same time, a dense, yellow, foul-smelling poisonous mist quickly spread through the air.
However, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were already wearing protective masks.
Hissss!
After being blasted away by Yu Xiaogang's gas attack using Luo Sanpao, the Purple-Scaled Rattlesnake hissed in surprise and anger, baring a mouthful of sharp, short fangs.
"Wait! Isn't the Purple-Scaled Rattlesnake supposed to be highly venomous? Why are its fangs so short?"
Thanks to his Purple Demon Eye, even though the poisonous yellow mist clouded his vision, Tang San could still glimpse into the snake's mouth as it was flung away, and he frowned in confusion.
Did the master misidentify the soul beast?
There wasn't time to think.
Afraid the rattlesnake might escape, Tang San quickly pulled out the stones he had collected and stored in his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges soul guide belt, then hurled them using his hidden weapon techniques.
Stones rained down like a storm, pelting the snake as it struggled.
Amid the chaos, Tang San suddenly pulled out a sharp dagger given to him by Yu Xiaogang and flung it amidst the falling stones.
Caught completely off guard, the dagger pierced the rattlesnake's eye and shattered its brain.
Instantly, the hissing stopped, and the snake's large body collapsed lifelessly to the ground.
Soon after, countless yellow lights began to escape from the snake's corpse.
A hundred-year soul ring began to condense over it.
"Xiao San, I didn't expect you to be lucky enough to kill this Purple-Scaled Rattlesnake!"
Realizing that his own attack merely softened the target and that it was ultimately Tang San's dagger that dealt the fatal blow, Yu Xiaogang couldn't help but approach, patting Tang San's head excitedly.
"Alright, go ahead and absorb the soul ring of this Purple-Scaled Rattlesnake!"
"Master... you said this snake was highly venomous, but why do its fangs look so short compared to the previous Mandrake Snake? Maybe you should take a look?"
Before absorbing the soul ring, Tang San hesitated and voiced his concern.
Hearing Tang San's question, Yu Xiaogang frowned, and a surge of dissatisfaction and anger welled up inside him.
He was the great Yu Xiaogang, master of martial spirit theory! It was one thing for Su Mo to doubt him—but now even his own disciple dared to question him?
"I wasn't mistaken! The short fangs could be due to recent breakage or natural variation. That would make this Purple-Scaled Rattlesnake different from the norm."
"And besides, it's night—maybe you just saw it wrong?"
"Alright! Trust your master. Absorb the soul ring. This is a genuine hundred-year soul ring!"
Taking a deep breath, Yu Xiaogang forced down his irritation and reassured Tang San:
"Alright."
Still trusting that his master's knowledge far exceeded his own, Tang San nodded, took a deep breath, and prepared to absorb the soul ring from this so-called Purple-Scaled Rattlesnake.
He sat cross-legged beside it, closed his eyes, summoned his Blue Silver Grass martial spirit, and began the process.
Yu Xiaogang waited nearby.
Over an hour later, Tang San opened his eyes, but his face looked grim.
After absorbing the soul ring, the ability it granted him was... unbearable.
It was nothing like the soul skill he had expected!
It was as if he hadn't absorbed a Purple-Scaled Rattlesnake's soul ring at all!
"Xiao San, how's your first soul skill?" Yu Xiaogang asked eagerly.
Yesterday, Su Mo had brought Wang Sheng and Xiao Wu to obtain hundred-year soul rings, and Wang Sheng's soul skill had turned out quite good.
Today, he had finally helped his disciple obtain the soul ring from what he thought was a Purple-Scaled Rattlesnake.
Eager to compete with Su Mo, he was anxious to know what Tang San had gained.
But upon being asked, Tang San's face darkened. In silence, he summoned his Blue Silver Grass martial spirit.
After absorbing the ring, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass had darkened with a bluish-purple hue and yellowish tips.
When he activated the first soul skill, the first ring around his body lit up. With a surge of spiritual power, the yellow parts of the grass suddenly expanded.
Tang San threw the Blue Silver Grass into the distance.
The yellow parts detached, exploded mid-air, and released clouds of thick, foul-smelling yellow gas and disgusting liquid.
"This...!"
Yu Xiaogang was dumbfounded, shocked, and in disbelief.
How was this possible?!
Absorbing a Purple-Scaled Rattlesnake soul ring was supposed to grant a highly venomous entangling skill!
How could this be...?
Could it be… could it be that he made Tang San absorb the wrong soul ring?
Suddenly, Yu Xiaogang remembered Tang San's earlier question.
The short fangs… the bizarre soul skill...
Yu Xiaogang suddenly realized what had happened—
This wasn't a Purple-Scaled Rattlesnake at all, but a Gecko Snake, a type of soul beast that survives in the wild by mimicking Purple-Scaled Rattlesnakes to scare off predators!
At that thought, Yu Xiaogang's expression turned extremely ugly.
(End of this chapter)
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