984: Chapter 612 984: Chapter 612 The Snake Spirit entered the Hell Palace and found it to be a strange place.
It was currently nighttime, and it saw the Ghost Flames!
Swearing inwardly, the Snake Spirit realized it had been lured to this unfamiliar place by the enemy’s scheme!
Spotting Soaring Trees planted around, it slid down from the tree and found there was soil beneath.
Landing on the ground, it could also hear the sound of running water and discovered many small red flowers right in front of it!
Its massive body had inadvertently knocked over a patch of the red-flowered plants!
Smelling these red flowers, the Snake Spirit felt as if it had lost an Immortal Fruit but had instead arrived at this unfamiliar place, where the red flowers seemed to be of use.
The scent of the red flowers made its soul feel more condensed.
The Snake Spirit couldn’t help but consume a few flowers and found that upon ingesting them, a powerful Soul Force entered its brain.
The Snake Spirit was delighted, thinking that the place its enemy had led it to might also be a land of treasures, and its earlier aversion faded away.
Seeing so many Ghost Flames in the sky, it remained alert!
Jiang Tang had captured the formidable Snake Spirit into the Hell Palace.
The toxic gases below posed no danger to Green Ox and Ye Tian!
After giving them a superior Vitality Pill, the Flying Artifact descended, landing in an open space where many trees had just been gathered.
This was the mountain top of a mountain range, and the place was open since so many Soaring Trees had been collected.
Jiang Tang had them disembark from the Flying Artifact, using a bright Spell that dispersed the Black Mist, revealing the flora amidst the mountain range in daylight.
Jiang Tang then stowed away the Flying Artifact and instructed them not to stray far.
They were to search for Heavenly Treasures nearby.
Of course, they could also search together through the mountain range.
To guard against unforeseen dangers, they would not separate, moving swiftly among the trees by flying!
With their perception, they could sense any plants imbued with Spiritual Energy!
The three of them didn’t go far but split up to search within the mountain range, sensing no dangers.
Ordinary animals were certainly not to be feared!
The only formidable Snake Spirit had already been captured into the Hell Palace!
After the Snake Spirit had entered the Hell Palace, it stayed there for a night.
There, ghosts came to battle as the soul of a Millennium Fairy was indeed highly coveted!
Many Ghosts had achieved Condensing Form, and many more were Spirit Devouring.
Such fierce Ghosts surrounded the Snake Spirit!
The Snake Spirit was no pushover.
Knowing the red flowers were beneficial to its body, it plucked all the surrounding red flowers!
It seemed it didn’t have any possessions to store things in, but at its level of Cultivation, its stomach had a small space for storing items.
Living in the deep mountains and ancient forests for a millennium, it had amassed plenty of Heavenly Treasures, with the older ones stored within its internal space.
It turned up its nose at those of fewer years, deeming them useless for its Cultivation and therefore unworthy of its attention!
Although the Snake Spirit was capable of Cultivation, it had not yet transformed into a Dragon and lacked Dragon heritage.
Its Cultivation was relatively simple, absorbing the Essence of the Sun and Moon, with other Spells being unnecessary.
Still, its inherent growth in Cultivation, which came with the ability to spew toxins, remained intact!
In order not to harm the red flowers, the Snake Spirit refrained from immediately releasing its poison!
Despite the numerous Ghosts attacking, the Snake Spirit was not frightened but neither was it their match.
Being both large and intelligent, it knew that Earth Escape would be cumbersome and its escape trail would lead pursuers straight to it!
One innate ability it possessed was the Golden Cicada’s Shell Shedding.
At a certain age, as Cultivation increased, it would shed its skin, which was quite useful.
Similar to human metabolism, but in regular logic, it was like shedding a piece of clothing.
The Snake’s capabilities changed, and it grew stronger!
This time the Snake Spirit’s shedding was not driven by common sense but was a clever ruse to shake off those souls!
However, when it shed its skin, the Ghosts failed to see its original body disappear, only seeing the Snake Spirit still present, its Qi still lingering!
A soul can sense another soul, and upon noticing the vanishing spirit of the Snake Spirit, some even thought a comrade had summoned it!
Without realizing their comrades were inadvertently summoning it, they still gathered there.
These Ghosts varied in strength; each had its own special ability!
Some ghosts envied the one that had captured the soul of the Snake Spirit.
Having consumed so many Heavenly Treasures, the soul of the Snake Spirit was formidable.
Oh, how great it would be to devour it!
These thoughts were but wishful thinking since the soul had disappeared and could not be found.
Moreover, as Ghosts, the Snake Spirit’s body was of no use to them.
However, the prospect of absorbing its body’s Spiritual Energy was still enticing, so these Ghost Souls together bit into the motionless Snake Spirit!
After all, it was just the body of a Snake Spirit yet to transform.
These Ghosts did not seek to possess it, most being former humans!
As they bit continuously and sensed something amiss with the Snake Spirit—why was the body so flaccid, not at all as if it contained flesh?
They found only a body without substance.
Upon biting into something soft and yielding, they felt like it was a piece of clothing, but this “clothing” was too soft.
Some ghosts touched it with their hands and discovered it to be something resembling a Vestment robe.
Finally, a Ghost discovered the anomaly: “A snake’s shed skin…!”
The others, upon hearing this, didn’t need to think to know they had been deceived by the Snake Spirit, which had used the Golden Cicada’s Shell Shedding to evade them!
The Snake Spirit, true to its nature as a Snake Spirit, was so clever, using the Ghosts.
It also reminded them of that State Preceptor who had once used the same trick to deceive the Demonic Beasts.