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Chapter 4 - Hou Yi Slaying the Dragon

The giant snake's tail stands on the ground, with a hundred zhang long body standing upright in the air, imposing and intimidating, as if it is about to turn into a dragon and leave.

The little princess casually took a carved feather arrow and placed it on the bow string, and then used all her strength to pull back Hou Yi's bow a little bit. The dark Houyi bow began to emit a faint golden light, which surged towards the carved feather arrows on the bow strings like a thin mist. The ordinary carved feather arrow turned golden yellow and finally turned into a golden light, leaving the string.

Amidst wind and thunder, the sky and earth faded, and the golden light seemed to tear through the void, reaching the giant snake in the blink of an eye. The giant snake was extremely frightened and seemed to have discovered the enormous energy hidden on the golden arrow. It quickly fell to the ground, and its massive body could barely dodge the pale golden light that made heaven and earth pale. The entire snake body was coiled in the volcano, trembling uncontrollably.

The golden light arrow brushed past the giant snake, causing everyone to feel extremely disappointed. However, in the blink of an eye, the wind and thunder rang again, and the already disappeared golden light arrow roared back from afar. The dazzling golden light made the sun in the sky pale, and the golden light arrow instantly pierced into the snake's body.

Puff

A wave of blood erupted from the wound of the giant snake, and the volcano erupted with a sky full of blood. The huge snake body kept rolling in the volcano, and countless huge stones were shot everywhere by the snake's body. The little princess and everyone hurriedly avoided it.

After more than ten minutes, the giant snake stopped flipping and stood up again. Its ferocious head was more than ten zhang away from the ground, and it stared fiercely at the little princess. However, when the giant snake saw Hou Yi's bow, it instinctively showed a look of fear.

The body of the giant snake was cut open by the light arrow just now, creating a huge blood hole. The blood hole was transparent before and after, and blood flowed out with a gurgling flow.

A novice magician said, "Your Highness Royal Highness Princess, open the magic bow again. If you shoot at the wound just now, you will be able to kill the demon snake at one stroke."

"No, I don't have the strength to pull the divine bow anymore. Come on!"

More than a dozen guards each approached and tried, but none of them could pull the divine bow.

Frank hid behind the rock, seeing everything clearly just now. No one present knew more about Hou Yi's bow than he did, and without his superb martial arts, it was difficult to pull the divine bow even a fraction. If the little princess has enough martial arts skills, just now she pulled back the bow of Hou Yi a little more, not to mention a giant snake, even a giant dragon cannot escape the danger of killing herself. In ancient legends, Hou Yi's bow once shot down the gods in the sky, making him one of the most powerful treasures in the Immortal Illusion Continent.

The giant snake seemed to see that the extraordinary person could no longer use the terrifying "dark tool". Its eyes were full of ferocity, and after looking back at the fiery fairy lotus on the inside of the volcano, it charged straight towards the nearby crowd.

Frank had already noticed something was amiss and ran down the mountain as soon as possible.

It wasn't until then that the little princess truly showed a look of panic, "I overestimated my own strength!"

The guards shouted, "Your Highness Royal Highness Princess, run away."

The little princess put on Hou Yi's bow, took a deep look at the crowd in front of her, and turned to run down the mountain.

At this moment, the giant snake had already swooped down, causing a gust of wind. The huge snake's head suddenly appeared in front of everyone. The blood red snake letter and the white fangs almost touched everyone's bodies, and the three novice magicians quickly erected a light blue light curtain. The head of the giant snake fiercely collided with the magic shield, causing the pale blue light curtain to burst in an instant. Three novice magicians spat out blood, and the guards were thrown far away by this tremendous momentum, rolling down the mountain.

The giant snake swam as fast as lightning, catching up with the crowd rolling down in the blink of an eye. On the spot, two people were run over by the giant snake's massive body, and before they could even let out a scream, they turned into flesh and mud. The guards were thrilled to see it. The giant snake did not continue to attack the other guards, its eyes shining fiercely as it chased after the little princess ahead.

At this moment, Frank's spirits were all rising, and the little devil followed behind him, while the giant snake chased her relentlessly.

The little princess exclaimed in surprise, "Ah..."

Frank shouted loudly, "What's your name, little devil? Don't follow me like a follower."

"You scumbag, stinky thief, dare you talk to me like this? Sooner or later, I will take you to the palace to become a eunuch. Ah... the stinky snake is here..." At this moment, the little princess had lost her composure and calmness, and she was extremely panicked.

After hearing the little princess scream, the guards endured the excruciating pain and climbed up from the ground, drawing out their long swords to stab the giant snake. But ordinary iron swords couldn't stand the giant snake at all. The snake's body twisted left and right, and its massive body fiercely collided with these guards. These people were thrown away like scarecrows.

The giant snake had already chased behind the little princess, opened its blood red giant mouth and spewed out a large flame, soaring with flames and sweeping towards the little princess.

The little princess looked extremely panicked and let out a piercing scream, "Ah..."

As the flames burned behind the little princess, Hou Yi's bow suddenly emitted a faint golden light, blocking the flames and causing the giant snake to stop in fear.

At the same time, a long howl came from afar, and the sound was like a rumbling thunder, stirring in the air for a long time.

"Yu'er, don't panic, I'm here." The voice of the newcomer was so loud that the rubble from the Huoshankou kept rolling down the mountain.

Frank's ears were buzzing with shock and he almost fell to the ground.

In no time, a middle-aged man with loose clothes appeared a hundred feet away.

"Oh... old man, why did you come? If you come a little later, I'll be eaten by this stinky snake." The little princess exclaimed.

Frank's blood and energy surged from the shock, and he was too nervous just now, so he sat down on the ground.

"The sound skill is so powerful, is it the sound killing skill of the Azure Dragon Roar? The little devil called him an old man, is it an old man who has come back to life?" He stared closely at the middle-aged man, and in just a blink of an eye, the newcomer approached fifty zhang.

"Shrinking to an inch, his skills are almost superb! This old man is really skilled, it seems that his martial arts have at least reached the level of a master." Frank was secretly surprised.

In an instant, the middle-aged man had already arrived in front of the little princess, and the giant snake was watching the unwelcome guest from not far away.

The middle-aged man seemed to have no concern for the giant snake at all. He doted on the little princess's head and smiled, "Haha, has the little girl suffered enough?"

"Damn it, don't hit me on the head." The little demon princess pushed the middle-aged man's hand aside and pouted, "Hmph, you old man, did you come long ago and deliberately hide in the dark to see me joke?"

"If I had come long ago, could I have watched you being chased and bitten by that little snake?"

"Faint!" Frank was so impressed by the master and disciple that he even labeled the huge object with the word "small".

"Hmph, who knows if what you're saying is true or false."

At this moment, the surviving guards dodged the giant snake and stumbled over.

The middle-aged man said in a deep voice, "Stay away from this volcano, retreat as far as you can."

The little princess stopped talking and led the seriously injured guards to run down the mountain. Of course, Frank had already fled first, and he didn't want to face that terrifying little devil.

"Hey scumbag, you stinky thief, stop me, or I'll skin you when I catch you," the little princess shouted fiercely.

Frank has suffered a lot since being captured, and now he curses back fiercely: "You stinky princess, daydream. Sooner or later, I'll let you pay off the debt. I'm XXXXX..."

The guards who survived the death wanted to rush over and catch him immediately, but they were seriously injured and powerless, so they could only shout and curse loudly from a distance. The little princess had never been so insulted before. Her silver teeth were clenched in anger, and her body trembled uncontrollably. If it weren't for her exhausting her skills, she would have caught up and killed Frank ten thousand times.

After three or five ups and downs, Frank had arrived at the foot of the mountain. Ignoring the angry scolding behind him, he plunged into the deep forest not far away. He didn't leave here and wanted to see the middle-aged man who had just arrived fighting against the giant snake. He hid in a corner of the dense forest.

The Houyi Bow, which frightened the giant snake, had been taken away by the little princess, but it had not yet launched an attack on her master. The giant snake has long been telepathic, and it has realized that the weak body in front of it contains tremendous power. It is anxiously twisting its huge snake body.

At this moment, facing the giant snake alone, the young princess's master's aura suddenly changed. At this moment, he seemed to be a giant standing proudly in the world, with no fear on his face and full of strong confidence.

The giant snake is the king of all nearby beasts, and no animal dares to take a step within a few miles. However, in just half a day, its authority is constantly challenged. At this moment, under the strong pressure of the middle-aged man, it was completely angered, and a blazing wave of fire erupted, surging towards the middle-aged man like a sky and earth.

The middle-aged man's figure was like an electric shock, leaving a trail in place. He moved five zhang away in an instant, then jumped high and hit the wound that the giant snake had been injured earlier with a palm. Blood waves sprayed out from that wound again.

The giant snake couldn't bear the immense pain, its upright body overturned to the ground, and its blood red eyes gleamed with chilling ferocity. A strong wind rose from the flat ground, and a huge snake tail slashed towards the middle-aged man. If placed on the battlefield, this tail whip was truly a sweeping army. With a loud roar, stones shot fiercely, and sand covered the sky. The giant snake left a huge trench on the mountain.

When the smoke and dust dissipated, the middle-aged man had already stood at the top of the volcano. The giant snake stood upright again, its huge head just level with the crater, and its ferocious mouth bit the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man didn't dodge or dodge, moving forward without hesitation. His two fists swung forward, and a large white light appeared in front of his fists. The white light seemed like a tangible object and collided with the blood opening of the giant snake.

Boom

A deafening sound shook the sky.

The giant snake flipped down from the air and hit the rocks, shooting fiercely in all directions. The middle-aged man was also knocked off one side of the volcano by the huge anti seismic force, and fell to the ground in embarrassment.

Frank secretly exclaimed in his heart: This middle-aged man was able to fight against a hundred zhang giant snake with his own strength, and his cultivation was truly extraordinary and holy.

The little princess and others hiding in the jungle were overjoyed to see the middle-aged man capable of fighting giant snakes.

The middle-aged man and the giant snake were once again entangled in battle. The middle-aged man relied on lightning fast speed and extraordinary skills to focus on the weak areas such as the giant snake's eyes. The giant snake, on the other hand, used its physical advantage to sweep and collide with the middle-aged man, jumping and tumbling on the volcano with each person and snake, causing huge stones to continuously roll down from the mountain.

One person and one snake were getting further and further away from the volcano, gradually heading towards the bottom of the mountain. Frank felt uncomfortable and quickly ran away. The little princess and everyone felt it was not appropriate, so they quickly retreated a mile.

As soon as the crowd withdrew, their original hiding place became a new battlefield. The middle-aged man and the giant snake fought from the top of the mountain to the bottom. Every time he swung his fist, he would emit a large, fiery white light, and the rocks and trees would shatter upon contact.

The destructive power of a giant snake is greater than that of a middle-aged person. Every time it spews flames, large forests are burned down and turned into scorched earth. Every "sweeping army" will result in rows of trees falling down.

In less than a cup of tea, the entire forest was flattened.

Frank was horrified to see that he had never seen a peerless master before. His father was one of the peerless masters, but he had never seen such intense battles before.

The little princess secretly rejoiced that if the giant snake had been so aggressive against them earlier, she might have gone to heaven to report by now. Of course, this was her wishful thinking, and Frank believed even more that she would go to hell to find demons to recognize her family.

At this point, the middle-aged man seemed to have the upper hand, with lightning like figures frequently appearing near the wound that the giant snake had been injured earlier. Fists accompanied by a blazing white light kept bombarding the same place, causing the snake to be battered and its massive body to constantly roll.

The little princess immediately cheered, "Master, come on, kill that stinky snake and avenge my guards."

"Oh my, the old man is so stupid. Why did the stinky snake get the upper hand again? Did you become proud when I praised you?"

"Old man, you're really bad. Oh, you're so stupid. How could you let the stinky snake burn your hair?"

 ...

The middle-aged man reached out his palm and cut off the strand of long hair that had been burned by the flames, quickly retreating more than ten zhang.

"Master, you are such a coward. How can you escape?"

Frank chuckled inwardly that having such a demonic disciple among middle-aged people is truly a great misfortune in life.

The middle-aged man took a breath and whispered, "Don't speak recklessly, little girl. After causing trouble again, I'll punish you for facing the wall for a hundred days."

"Isn't he encouraging you?"

Middle aged person: "..."

After being stimulated, the middle-aged man exerted great power and beat the giant snake into a state of lethargy. Just as everyone thought the middle-aged man had a chance to win, the tail of the giant snake suddenly wrapped around the middle-aged man's waist like lightning, rolling him up into the air. Even the thinnest tail of the giant snake only wrapped around one turn and wrapped around the middle-aged man's chest and abdomen.

The little princess exclaimed in shock, rushed past the guards and ran forward.

The middle-aged man struggled hard, his whole body emitting a faint white light. The light grew stronger and stronger, and the snake tail wrapped around him gradually loosened. He was about to break free from the entanglement of the giant snake, but at that moment, the ferocious snake head suddenly opened its blood red mouth and bit him. He quickly swung his fists outward, and a fiery white light blocked the ferocious snake head, but the loose snake tail tightly wrapped around him again.

The little princess ran quickly to less than ten zhang away from the giant snake, and her voice choked up: "Master... sob..."

"Yu'er, don't cry. Master, it's okay. This little snake won't save my life."

"Master, take the Hou Yi bow." The little princess then threw the Hou Yi bow and a carved feather arrow into the air.

"Wuwu... Master, I'm sorry for you. I wanted to see your true strength, so I didn't give you the Houyi bow earlier. Wuwu..." The little princess cried again.

"Yu'er, don't be afraid. This little snake really has nothing to do with its master. Now with Hou Yi's bow in hand, it's dead." The middle-aged man said as he forcefully punched the giant snake's head twice. The fiery white light suddenly pushed the snake's head back three zhang away. He extended his hands and emitted a soft white light, guiding Hou Yi's bow and carved feather arrow into his hand.

"Yu'er, quickly retreat, be careful not to hurt you."

The little princess looked at the middle-aged man and felt relieved after receiving the bow from Hou Yi. She turned around and ran away.

After seeing Hou Yi's bow, the giant snake indeed showed a look of fear, and its huge head moved back seven or eight zhang away.

The middle-aged man shone brightly on his body. After setting up the carved feather arrow, he exerted all his strength to pull the bow string. He shouted, "Go!" But to his surprise, the lines on the bow string remained motionless.

"Yu'er, has anyone ever used the Houyi bow?" the middle-aged man shouted loudly.

"Yeah, old man. I shot the blood hole on the stinky snake's body. Are you happy now? I finally pulled the divine bow."

"What? You're a little confused. The Houyi Bow can only be used once a year, it really killed you."

"Ah... Master... sob..."

The giant snake seemed to have noticed that the middle-aged man was unable to use the divine bow. It viciously bit at the middle-aged man, who swung the Houyi bow to greet him. The dark back of the bow collided with the giant snake's dense white teeth, and four or five venomous teeth, which were half a meter long, were broken. They flew out with a mist of blood. The giant snake suffered from pain and threw its tail forcefully, throwing the middle-aged man away.

The middle-aged man stumbled from the air in a state of embarrassment and fell to the ground. After taking a long breath, he grabbed his divine bow and charged towards the giant snake.

Frank was stunned when he saw that the little princess's master used Hou Yi's bow as a stick, causing him great pain in his heart.

"This pervert actually... what a waste!"

The little princess smiled and said, "Haha, the old man is really interesting!"

The middle-aged man jumped up high, a black light flashed past, and the giant snake's steel like scales were scattered by Hou Yi's bow. Blood rained down in the sky. The giant snake was furious, its entire body writhed wildly, its huge tail twitched horizontally and vertically, causing the earth to tremble.

However, the little princess's master's figure was like an electric shock, evading one deadly attack after another. Later, he held the Houyi bow in his hand and repeatedly attacked, beating the giant snake to the point of blood.

Suddenly, the giant snake stopped and its body, standing upright in the air, began to emit a faint golden light. Amazing changes occurred on the snake's body, with its colorful scales transforming into golden scales. Four protrusions appeared on its abdomen, and a pair of shimmering golden antlers grew on its head. A dragon chant emanated from the snake's mouth, shaking the heavens. A powerful dragon aura emanated from the giant snake, and all the animals within a hundred miles were prostrating on the ground.

Everyone was stunned.

"Dragon, I see the legendary dragon!" Frank exclaimed excitedly.

The little princess exclaimed in surprise, "Oh my goodness! We are fighting a dragon!"

While everyone was extremely excited, the little princess's master showed a gloomy expression. Only he understood that the transformation of the giant snake into a dragon was not successful, and the dragon claws on its belly were not extended. The only outcome of the transformation failure was death.

He whispered, "Brother Snake, I'm sorry. I thought you were a snake demon with no success in cultivation. I never expected you to be so proud and have been practicing the body of a true dragon for thousands of years. If it weren't for you reaching the critical point of transforming into a dragon, I think we would have died without a place to bury ourselves."

At this moment, the golden scales on the giant snake's body began to fall off, and the areas without scales were blood and flesh blurred. The giant snake let out a mournful dragon roar, spitting out a shimmering golden elixir from its mouth. The elixir suddenly shattered in the air, transforming into a little golden rain and disappearing into the air. The failed giant snake transformed into a golden light and rushed towards the volcano, disappearing into the crater in the blink of an eye.

The little princess's master felt a sense of loss. If he had killed a demon snake, he would not have felt extremely disappointed, but killing a holy snake that had the potential to transform into a dragon made him feel extremely heavy in his heart.

"Is it right or wrong? Perhaps there is no right or wrong in this world," he sighed.

The middle-aged man arrived at the volcano with a heavy heart. He flew to the location of the fiery fairy lotus, picked only one petal, and then pulled out the entire plant, throwing it into the volcano.

"Snake brother, this may be fate. If the Flame Immortal Lotus matures half an hour earlier, perhaps you have already transformed into a dragon and passed away. That Immortal Lotus will surely protect your spiritual consciousness and may you cultivate into a true dragon in your next life."

At this moment, the young princess and everyone had already run up. "Master, what happened just now? How did that stinky snake turn into a dragon?"

Middle aged Man: "You read it wrong, how could it turn into a dragon?"

"It's a dragon, did they clearly see a dragon? Did you say they saw a dragon just now?" The little princess said to the guards.

"It's a dragon."

"It's a dragon."

"It must be a dragon, I can see it clearly."

 ...

The guards affirmed.

The middle-aged man said calmly, "People may experience hallucinations when they are overly nervous. You were too nervous just now."

The little princess said, "Hmph, old man, why are you so strange today? There must be something hidden from me."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "You little girl, you always have wild thoughts. Here, this is the Flame Immortal Lotus you want to pick."

"Ah, why is there only one petal?"

"You are so greedy. It would be great if the fairy grass could obtain one petal, while the rest of the lotus petals have already fallen into the volcano after ripening."

"Ah, what a pity," the little princess sighed.

"Hey master, where's that snake? Did you kill it?"

"It has died under the bow of Hou Yi."

"Oh, old man, you're really weird today. You slaughtered a dragon, no, it's a giant snake. How could you be so listless?" The little princess blinked her big eyes and looked at the middle-aged man with a meaningful expression.

The middle-aged man pinched her nose and turned to the topic with a smile, saying, "You little girl actually sneaked out of the palace. You didn't know you were about to make your father emperor anxious."

"Disgusting." The little princess patted the middle-aged man's hand and said, "I didn't come out to find the Flame Immortal Lotus just for the sake of my father. When he turns sixty, I will give him the Immortal Lotus, and he will definitely be extremely happy."

"You little girl is really crazy. Don't you know it's dangerous for you to do this? How could you ignore..."

"Alright, Alright, I know now. Why are you nagging even more than my grandmother? Master, I heard people say you had a crush on my grandmother when you were young, is that true?" the little princess chuckled mischievously.

"You... don't shift the topic."

The little princess chuckled and said, "Yes, as instructed, I will immediately return to the palace."

The middle-aged man looked helpless and said, "You are too naughty. I really don't trust you to go back safely."

The little princess exclaimed, "Old man, won't you go back with me?"

The middle-aged man said, "I came to find you. I was supposed to 'take you back', but on the way, I heard someone say that a unicorn divine beast appeared in the Luofeng Mountains. This is an unusual thing. I want to go and take a look, but I don't trust you!"

"Isn't that a legendary mythical beast? Is there really a unicorn in this world?" The little princess's eyes lit up and she looked excited, saying, "I'm going too."

"No, it's been over half a month since you left the palace. Your mother is worried and worried about you, and she has already fallen ill because of this. Please go back quickly."

"Ah, my mother is sick? Alright, I'll go back right away." The little princess looked disappointed.

The middle-aged man returned the Houyi bow to the little princess and said, "Yu'er, how did you steal the Houyi bow? You should know that it is a treasure passed down from the state of Chu, and its main function is to deter the unparalleled experts of other countries."

"What's wrong? I just borrowed it for a while, and I won't return it," the little princess said nonchalantly.

"You really don't know the weight. The divine bow was once sealed by someone and can only be used once a year. How can you use it casually? Fortunately, there are no evil enemies in the state of Chu now, so you basically can't use it."

"Got it," the little princess said with a long ending.