Chapter 220: The Mighty Great Desolate Monument
Clang!
Xiao Tian broke the seal of the last chain and approached the frail Yao Ming, who was on the verge of collapsing. Yao Ming laughed with excitement, "I never thought I would see the day of my release. What is your name, young friend?"
"I am Xiao Tian."
"So, it is Xiao Tian. I, Yao Ming, will never forget your life-saving grace," Yao Ming said, looking at Xiao Tian. "But my strength hasn't recovered yet. We should leave quickly."
They immediately swam upwards.
"Foolish brother, do you still think you can escape?"
As they reached the lakeside, a cold voice echoed. The black-clad man and the elder descended from the sky, approaching them. The man looked at Xiao Tian and sneered, "Boy, you dare ruin my plans? Today, I will tear you to pieces."
"Yao Xiao Tian, you bastard! If I survive, I'll throw you into the snake pit!" Yao Ming's eyes turned blood-red with boundless hatred as he glared at the black-clad man and the elder in front of him. His low roars echoed continuously.
Yao Xiao Tian sneered, "Heh heh heh, my dear brother, with your current strength, you can't even withstand one of my moves!"
"Leader, there's no need to waste words. We should kill them quickly to avoid any unforeseen troubles!" the elder advised.
"Young friend, don't worry about me. Escape if you can!" Yao Ming smiled bitterly.
Yao Ming thought the others had long forgotten about him and hoped to restore his strength after escaping. However, he never expected them to keep such a close watch. With his seal just broken, he had no strength left.
"Hmph!"
Xiao Tian snorted coldly, "Want to kill me? Did you ask for my permission?"
"You're just a Half-Saint. I can kill you effortlessly," Yao Xiao Tian sneered. He was a true Dou Saint, and a mid-level one at that. At the level of a Dou Saint, each star represented a significant increase in power. The gap between a one-star and mid-level one-star Dou Saint was vast.
"If you don't believe it, I'll suppress you today!" Xiao Tian laughed coldly, raising his hand to reveal an ancient stone tablet the size of his palm.
"Go!"
He threw the stone tablet, which enlarged rapidly, becoming a giant monument thousands of meters high. As soon as it appeared, it emitted a powerful aura, making even Yao Xiao Tian and the elder's faces change.
"Huang Quan Finger!" The elder's eyes flashed coldly, and his hands formed complex seals at lightning speed. The energy of heaven and earth converged, quickly forming a deep yellow finger hundreds of meters long. The surface was rough, exuding a thick destructive force, resembling a pillar supporting the heavens.
"One finger of Huang Quan, severing life and death!" the elder shouted, pointing forward. The giant Huang Quan Finger descended with a roar, collapsing the surrounding space. Even the abyss cracked open, causing the earth to shake as if the world was ending.
"Seal technique, Huang Quan Great Seal!" Yao Xiao Tian roared, his body rapidly expanding. In an instant, he transformed into a giant black serpent, exuding a fierce and evil aura. Simultaneously, a terrifying cold energy surged from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs below. Under Yao Xiao Tian's control, combined with his immense Dou Qi, it formed a massive black seal covered in countless strange runes.
"Young friend, be careful! They are using the low-level Heaven-rank Dou Technique Huang Quan Finger and our Nine Serene Deep Ground Serpent Tribe's Heaven-rank middle-level technique, Huang Quan Great Seal!" Yao Ming warned. "I was ambushed by them using these techniques and sealed under the Nine Nether Yellow Springs for hundreds of years."
"Great Desolate Monument, seal them!" Xiao Tian quickly formed hand seals, and the massive monument emitted a clear hum. Lights converged on it, forming an ancient array that suppressed Yao Xiao Tian and the elder. This array, carved by the Symbol Ancestor himself, was far beyond the resistance of two one-star Dou Saints.
Boom!
In an instant, the array broke through their techniques, trapping them inside.
"Ah!"
As soon as they entered the array, their bodies felt like being pricked by needles, causing them to roll in pain. The more they struggled, the more it hurt.
"Please, let us go!" they begged in pain, fear evident in their eyes.
"Receive!" Xiao Tian ignored their pleas. With a change of his hand seals, the light array enveloped the two and pulled them into the Great Desolate Monument, where they disappeared. They were now suppressed inside the monument.
The monument shrank and returned to Xiao Tian's palm.
Gulp!
Watching the monument easily suppress two Dou Saints, Yao Ming swallowed hard. He bowed to Xiao Tian and said, "Thank you, young friend, for helping me eliminate my enemies!"
"No need for thanks, Yao Ming. Now, you should regain control of the Nine Serene Deep Ground Serpent Tribe," Xiao Tian said as powerful auras began descending from above. The previous battle had alerted the tribe's experts.
As more Nine Serene Deep Ground Serpent Tribe experts gathered in the sky, Yao Ming, who had recovered some strength, stepped into the air. He opened his mouth, and a black beam shot out, transforming into a half-meter-long black scepter. The scepter was pitch-black, topped with two lifelike black snakes coiling around each other, with a fist-sized black orb in between, emitting a cold light.
"Everyone, I am Yao Ming, the former leader of the Nine Serene Deep Ground Serpent Tribe," Yao Ming declared, holding the scepter aloft. "Do you recognize this?"
"The Nine Serene Scepter!"
"That's the long-lost Nine Serene Scepter!"
"It's the leader's heirloom!"
Seeing the black scepter, everyone in the sky changed their expressions, their eyes filling with fanaticism. They felt a bloodline pressure from the scepter. The scepter's orb was said to contain the purest Nine Serene royal bloodline. If the tribe had this bloodline, it would greatly slow the dilution of their bloodline.
Yao Ming retracted the scepter and shouted, "Yao Xiao Tian conspired with outsiders to harm me and sealed me under the Nine Nether Yellow Springs for hundreds of years. Now, I have suppressed him!"
"Greetings, Leader Yao Ming! We vow to follow you to the death!" they all knelt and saluted.
(Chapter end)
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