Chapter 169 – Obtaining Bone Marrow
It felt like the sky was collapsing on them as a strong gust of wind descended from above. Without a word, Wang Lin patted his storage bag and took out countless defensive talismans. He had a lot of these talismans. After killing so many people and stealing their belongings, he had accumulated many low-grade talismans and treasures.
These talismans formed countless curtains of light around him. Then, as the wind blew, he leaped to the side.
At the same time, the Six Desire Devil Lord and the Ancient Emperor stopped moving. Neither of them exchanged a single useless word. The Ancient Emperor had an extremely solemn expression as he threw out an ancient bell. The moment the ancient bell appeared, it instantly expanded and began to wave back and forth. As it rang, it sent out a shockwave, causing the surrounding stone pillars to shatter.
The snake that descended from the sky twisted its body and landed head first in the shockwave. It immediately roared and spewed black smoke.
This black smoke is very powerful; when the surrounding stone pillars touch it, they will turn into black dust and disappear.
Hunchback Meng managed to control the black smoke emitted by the snake. He touched one of the blisters on his face and burst it. A pungent stench emanated from the burst blister, along with a black liquid.
The hunchback’s body suddenly disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already in front of the black smoke. His face looked terrifying as he opened his mouth and sucked in all the black smoke. Gradually, the hump on his back grew larger. After all the black smoke was sucked in, it looked as if he had a small mountain on his back.
He stood swaying back and forth on the stone pillar, staring at the snake-like creature. He contemplated in silence. The black gas that came out of the nodule he had broken was sucked in by the frog on his shoulder.
The Six Desires Demon God’s hands formed seals and chanted a mysterious incantation. At the same time, the Ancient Emperor threw the bell. As he did so, his gaze fell on Wang Lin.
Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. He immediately retreated and without hesitation took out a beginner-grade talisman. At the same time, he opened his mouth to spit out a crystal sword. The crystal sword floated in front of him, its tip pointed at the Six Desires Devil Sovereign.
The Six Desire Devil Lord’s gaze paused for a moment before shifting to the young man beside him. The young man’s face was filled with fear as he stared at the snake-like creature, his body trembling.
Six Desire Devil Lord’s eyes lit up as he suddenly shouted, “Fear!”
The young man’s body suddenly trembled. Black gas poured out of his nostrils and mouth. The black gas quickly gathered into a black sword that floated in front of the Six Desire Devil Lord.
The young man’s body swayed as he stood dumbfounded with a confused look in his eyes.
His right hand pointed at the black sword as Six Desire Devil Lord began chanting an incantation. The sword slowly grew larger and larger until it became an enormous sword.
All of this happened in an incredibly short time. Just then, the snake collided with the shockwave from the bell and spewed out black smoke again. Six Desire Devil Lord shouted, “Go!”
The black sword in front of him suddenly began to move and swung towards the snake-like creature’s neck. The sword landed on the snake-like creature’s neck, causing it to yelp in pain. The snake jerked its head back, sending the black sword flying into the distance.
This caused the young man beside the Six Desire Devil Lord to bleed from his mouth and nose. His body became extremely weak, and the confusion in his eyes deepened.
The Ancient Emperor rotated his right hand, causing the bells to ring faster. One by one, shockwaves were created and sent toward the creature.
Just as the snake-like creature brought the black sword down again, it was struck by the shockwave created by the bell. Its body suddenly trembled as it revealed a bloodthirsty gaze and opened its mouth. As it opened its mouth, which could swallow a small mountain, a ghostly figure suddenly flew out. The Ancient Emperor’s expression changed, and the bell quickly disappeared.
Wang Lin’s divine sense had been locked onto the snake-like creature the entire time. When the creature opened its mouth, Wang Lin clearly saw a small snake fly out. The snake bit the bell and then quickly pulled it back.
Hunchback Meng’s eyes lit up as he stared at the snake-like creature from a distant stone pillar. He licked his lips and was about to attack, but the creature had already closed its large mouth.
Meng Si Bungkuan’s unusual behavior was noticed by Wang Lin. He was wary of everyone present, especially this poison expert.
At this moment, the Six Desire Devil Lord’s gaze turned back to the young man beside him. He pointed at the young man’s head and shouted, “Get angry!”
A reddish purple gas came out of the young man’s mouth and nose. The gas formed another sword that floated in front of the Six Desire Devil Lord.
Duanmu Ji’s expression darkened as he looked at Wang Qingyue. They seemed to have a mutual understanding as they both quickly jumped onto the snake’s body, took out their magic treasures, and began their attack.
Duanmu Ji no longer used a gourd but a massive hammer. Every time he raised the hammer, numerous balls of lightning would form and fall with it.
Wang Qingyue didn’t use any magic treasures. As his hands formed seals, the ancient words for metal, wood, water, fire, and earth appeared. They formed a five-element formation that slammed into the snake’s body.
Wang Lin’s heart trembled. These five people’s techniques were all powerful beyond imagination. They were simply not something a normal person could match. The one that caught his attention the most was the Six Desire Devil Lord’s technique. This technique required a sacrifice to use, and the young man had become an unfortunate target.
The snake-like creature felt pain. It roared and twisted its body frantically. A vortex began to form around it, and the surrounding stone pillars began to be drawn toward the snake-like creature.
After this enormous vortex appeared, Duanmu Ji and Wang Qingyue were the first to rush in. Both of them had extremely dark expressions on their faces. As for the Ancient Emperor, his expression was even worse because the connection between him and his treasure had disappeared.
The vortex grew larger and larger. The powerful suction forced everyone to retreat immediately.
The reddish purple sword in front of the Six Desire Devil Lord released an extremely evil light before darting forward. The black swords that had been knocked out always reappeared and each sword stabbed towards one of the snake-like creatures’ eyes.
As the sword touched the creature’s eye, it turned back into smoke and stabbed into the creature.
The snake-like creature’s body suddenly stopped for a moment while letting out a mad howl. Its eyes were red because two streams of smoke, one reddish purple and one black, came out of its eyes. It opened its mouth again and the small snake came out again and devoured the two streams of smoke.
At this moment, a glimmer of coldness flashed across Wang Lin’s eyes. This was the moment he had been waiting for. He quickly leaped forward and, using the vortex’s suction power, entered the snake-like creature’s mouth.
At the same time, a green light flashed nearby, which turned out to be Hunchback Meng, who had been watching coldly from a distance with the same idea. Hunchback Meng was slightly startled when he saw Wang Lin before letting out a faint smile of admiration.
However, that faint smile seemed to contain a hint of cruelty.
Hunchback Meng flew past Wang Lin. His target was the other snake inside the snake’s mouth. Wang Lin saw this and immediately changed direction. He followed the creature’s throat and went deeper. His target was the creature’s spine.
Li Muwan once said that in creatures like dragons, the most valuable part wasn’t their core, but their marrow. The reason Wang Lin dared to enter was for the marrow.
Ever since he first saw this snake-like creature, he had been observing it secretly. Li Muwan had once said that the effects of bone marrow depended on the dragon’s age. If the dragon had reached a certain age, it could help increase one’s chances of forming a Nascent Soul.
Although he didn’t know if this creature was a dragon, even if it wasn’t, it should be of the same type. If he could obtain the bone marrow, it would at least have some effect.
That’s why he attacked the moment the creature opened its mouth a second time. He also knew that Hunchback Meng would also come. When the snake first opened its mouth, he saw Hunchback Meng’s various expressions.
This made him even more determined to do this. He had originally been afraid that people would suspect him after he obtained the bone marrow, but now that Hunchback Meng was here, if anything unusual happened to the creature, it could be blamed on Hunchback Meng.
Furthermore, the two of them had chosen two different paths that couldn’t possibly intersect. Hunchback Meng wouldn’t be able to detect what Wang Lin was doing, so there shouldn’t be any problems.
And even if there was a problem, they would not act against it. After all, those people were not here to take the marrow of this creature, but for the corpse of the ancient god.
Wang Lin used the crystal sword as he moved inside the snake, but he was unable to harm the creature in the slightest.
The deeper Wang Lin moved inside the snake’s body, the heavier his heart became. Besides the smaller snake inside, there was nothing but a wall of black flesh surrounding him.
Wang Lin controlled the flying sword and stabbed the flesh with all his might, but he still couldn’t leave a mark. The spine was right under this flesh, but because it couldn’t injure it at all, he frowned.
His eyes lit up as he quickly moved to another spot. This time, his target was where the head and neck met.
Just at this moment, the small snake inside began to tremble and release black gas. Wang Lin quickly dodged to the side and attacked the snake’s head.
Soon, he arrived at the head. A red filament flickered at the point where the head and neck met. Wang Lin took a deep breath and activated all the spiritual energy in his body. He patted his storage bag, and hundreds of flying swords suddenly appeared. His divine sense spread out to control them all. All the flying swords’ tips pointed at the red filament and attacked it fiercely.