Puff!
The giant python, seeing both individuals evading its attacks, swung its head around and spewed a large mouthful of venom towards them.
Billy furrowed his brow slightly and dodged to the side once again.
Seeing that the giant python’s attention had been successfully diverted, the elderly white-haired man didn’t linger in the fight any longer. He glanced at Billy and then swiftly flew away into the Misty Forest.
Hiss!
The venom from the python splattered on the leaves, emitting a piercing sound. Everywhere the venom touched, it corroded like sulfuric acid, leaving gaping holes.
Whoosh!
Following that, Billy no longer held back. He activated his bloodline power, his wrist continuously rotating, forming the Domineering Blade Art and slashing towards the python.
Facing the descending blade aura, the python showed no signs of backing down. It opened its huge mouth and charged towards Billy.
Bang!
The blade aura struck the python, creating a loud noise.
To Billy’s surprise, he had thought that this strike would be enough to end the battle. However, all it did was leave a shallow wound on the python’s body.
“What the heck! It’s so resilient?” Bob exclaimed from nearby.
Casey and the others also wore expressions of disbelief on their faces.
They were well aware of the power of Boss’ previous strike. Even a fifth-rank Divine Realm expert would have a slim chance of surviving a blow like that. Yet, the python only suffered minor injuries; its scales were incredibly strong.
Huff!
The python, feeling the pain, became even more determined. After being pushed back a hundred meters by the blade aura, it swiftly charged towards Billy once again.
At the same time, it spewed another stream of venom, shooting towards Billy like rain.
“Come at me with another strike!” Billy advanced instead of retreating, directly confronting the venom.
With his physique, this kind of venom posed no threat to him.
Huff!
At the same time, Billy’s aura skyrocketed, and his eyes narrowed, forming the Celestial Blade Art and slashing out.
As the blade aura formed, the Club Ruby dimmed slightly. The blade, shining with the brilliance of the sun, moon, and stars, directly struck the python’s head from above.
The power of the Celestial Blade Art surpassed that of the Domineering Blade Art. The blade aura pierced through the python’s skull, leaving a deep trench in the mountain below.
The next moment, half of the python’s head detached from its body and fell to the ground, blood spraying everywhere.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Under the heavy blow, the python went into a frenzy, its massive body wildly thrashing through the forest.
Wherever it passed, tall trees were snapped in half, and several large rocks were reduced to rubble, leaves and debris flying everywhere.
“Stop it!” After catching his breath, Billy struck again.
By now, the python had only about fifty percent of its strength left. It was sliced into two by an arc-shaped blade aura, blood mixed with venom spraying out.
Thud!
The two halves of the body fell heavily to the ground, twitching for a moment before finally going still.
“Tsk tsk, this big snake sure can take a hit!” Casey and the others arrived shortly after. Stout clicked his tongue.
“Stout, retrieve the beast core!” After landing on the ground, Billy instructed.
“Casey, take Azure Dragon and the others to search around, see if it’s guarding any spirit fruits or medicinal herbs.”
“Got it!” Casey and the others responded before dispersing.
Then, Billy released his spiritual power to investigate the surroundings.
“Hmm?” About ten minutes later, Billy furrowed his brow slightly, feeling a faint sense of unease.
“Boss, what’s wrong?” Stout asked as he approached after securing the beast core.
“Found something!” At the same time, Casey’s voice came.
“What is it?” Billy and Stout hurried over, followed by Azure Dragon and the rest.
“Boss, most likely, that should be what the python was guarding.” When everyone arrived, Casey pointed to a moss-covered wall not far away.
Billy and the others looked over and saw a fruit tree about twenty meters above the ground on the wall. There were five or six oddly-shaped fruits on the tree, translucent and of varying sizes.
“What the heck are these?” Stout’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Hmm?” Just then, Billy furrowed his brow again.
“Casey, take Azure Dragon and the others out of the Misty Forest, quickly!”
“Alright!” After a moment of hesitation, Casey looked at Azure Dragon and the rest: “Let’s go!”
“Got it!” They all responded simultaneously.
Then, everyone flew out of the Misty Forest.
Although they didn’t understand what was happening, they knew their Boss well enough to know that there must be some imminent danger.
Huff!
Subsequently, Billy quickly flew towards the wall. Then, he uprooted the fruit tree and flew away.
As he turned around, a roar of a fierce beast echoed almost simultaneously.
Billy turned his head to see, and saw trees collapsing like straw a kilometer away, the ground shaking violently.
Though he didn’t see clearly what kind of beast it was, he was sure it was a high-rank Divine Beast, at least seventh rank or above.
Without further ado, he immediately activated all his power and dashed away.
He knew his own limits. With his current strength, even if he used all his cards, it would be difficult to contend with a Divine Beast above the seventh rank.
It was fortunate that he could run fast; otherwise, he would have been in big trouble.
Ten minutes later, Billy landed at the foot of the primitive forest mountain, where Casey and the others were already waiting for him.
“Boss, did you uproot the whole tree?” Stout asked when he saw the tree in Billy’s hand.
“No time to pick the fruits.” Billy handed the tree to Stout.
“Boss, was the commotion just now caused by a higher-ranking Divine Beast?” Azure Dragon asked.
“Yeah.” Billy nodded, “It seems like the Misty Forest is not simple.”
“Boss, will it chase us out?” Bob spoke up, “If a Divine Beast of that rank comes to Extreme City, won’t it cause a huge problem?”
“It shouldn’t!” Billy responded, “I just checked; it stopped at the edge of the Misty Forest.”
“That’s strange.” Azure Dragon was slightly stunned.
Casey and the others wore similarly puzzled expressions.
“It might have something to do with those mists.” Billy said thoughtfully.
“What do you mean? Can those mists trap high-rank Divine Beasts?” Azure Dragon asked again.
“The specific reasons are unclear.” Billy shook his head, “We’ll have to explore it more later.”
“Let’s go back.”
“Yeah.” Casey and the others nodded.
“Hold it!” Just as everyone was about to fly away, the voice of an old man came.
They looked over and saw the white-haired elder from Lion Syndicate Sect they had encountered in the Misty Forest before. He was accompanied by three others, apparently reinforcements called from Lion Syndicate Sect.
One of the black-robed elders was even a rank higher than him, a fifth-rank Divine Realm expert. The remaining two were third-rank Divine Realm experts.
“Damn, are you trying to snatch Boss’ things?” Stout shouted.