Cultivation System: Stronger with Age

HISSSSS—

All the Marsh Pythons, their vertical pupils fixed on Lin Xuankong, radiated extreme coldness and hatred!

In the next moment, every Marsh Python abandoned the Martial Cultivators around them and slowly writhed towards Lin Xuankong!

The seventy-odd Martial Cultivators still alive on the mountaintop platform retreated, looking towards Lin Xuankong, astonishment etched on every face. They had come to the Demon Slaying Conference well-prepared. They naturally knew of the Marsh Pythons' nigh-infinite recovery ability, which far surpassed that of the Marsh Python People. As long as these pythons touched water, even if reduced to charcoal, they could regenerate their Demon Qi and restore their bodies!

But they also had a weakness: their Demon Gall, encased within the hardest white bones of their chests. Once that Demon Gall was removed, a Marsh Python's recovery ability would instantly diminish by ninety percent. To recover from injuries thereafter, they would need to consume a large amount of Demon Qi. Once their Demon Qi was depleted, death would follow! However, aside from overwhelming them with a higher Realm or superior numbers, how many Martial Cultivators could actually beat a Marsh Python—with its limitless regeneration—so thoroughly that it couldn't fight back, and then forcibly extract its Marsh Python Gall?

Yet the white-haired Martial Cultivator from the Yin Talisman Sect before them, with just a single lightning strike, in a mere three breaths' time, had incinerated a Tier Three Marsh Python—one capable of overwhelming all Martial Cultivators in the rain—to charcoal and extracted its Demon Gall, as easily as reaching into a bag to retrieve something!

Amidst the crowd's astonishment, those Tier Three Marsh Pythons had already slowly closed in on Lin Xuankong.

Lin Xuankong glanced at the approaching horde of Marsh Pythons, observing the black Demon Qi swirling around their bodies, and frowned slightly.

Dealing with a single Tier Three Marsh Python, I can easily crush it unilaterally. But with so many of them, and all holding a grudge against me... The Demon Qi from so many demons is swirling towards me. If I don't use the Ruyi Battle Armor, I wonder how much Qi Blood it will take to dispel the Demon Qi eroding my body!

After a moment's thought, he slightly raised his right hand and addressed the Martial Cultivators watching him, "Everyone, please observe!"

All Martial Cultivators present had already fixed their attention on him and the Marsh Pythons. Now, seeing his gesture and hearing his words, they felt a surge of bewilderment and stared even more intently—this included Hu Shuo, Lin Jiao, and the others. And, as if to see more clearly through the curtain of rain, every Martial Cultivator widened their eyes, not daring to blink!

Then, in the next moment, the sky itself blazed with light!

The entire sky brightened! The summit of Juefeng Mountain became as radiant as if hundreds of suns had simultaneously appeared!

Previously, when Lin Xuankong had used his Aurora Heaven-Brightening Technique, he could easily blind experts at the mid-stage of the Third Layer. This current Aurora Shining Heaven was even more potent! Despite the drizzling rain veiling the mountaintop, its radiance was terrifyingly intense!

"AAAHHHH—MY EYES!"

"MY EYES, THEY HURT SO MUCH!"

"DAMN IT, MY EYES!"

The seventy-odd Martial Cultivators cried out in unison.

This included Six-Eyed San Gu and his Four Eyes sect brothers. The Tier Three Marsh Pythons had ceased their attacks on them, so they had retreated more than ten zhang. Curious, they had turned their four or six eyes to observe.

At this moment, while others suffered unbearable pain in their two eyes, leading to immediate blindness, their agony was doubled. As for those with six eyes, like Six-Eyed San Gu, their suffering was naturally tripled.

The Marsh Pythons near the mountaintop platform, including the several Tier Three Marsh Pythons, also shrieked their eerie HISSSSS cries!

Although they could rapidly recover from injuries, Lin Xuankong's Aurora Shining Heaven technique was a continuous assault.

Nearly all the Marsh Pythons, panicking from the severe pain and blindness, began to writhe frantically.

At this moment, Lin Xuankong was already fully encased in his Ruyi Battle Armor.

In his left hand, a Thunderball covered in exceedingly complex Runes materialized. Initially only the size of a thumb tip, it gradually expanded as Lin Xuankong channeled Thunder Divine Power into it from his twenty-four Thunder Roots. After three breaths, the Thunderball had grown to the size of a human head!

Strangely, this Thunderball, though clearly composed of innumerable lightning bolts, did not emit the slightest trace of electricity into its surroundings. All the Thunder Power was contained within, growing increasingly fierce and profound! Finally, the Runes within the Thunderball grew increasingly distinct and luminous!

In the next instant, Lin Xuankong moved.

He held the terrifying Thunderball formed by the Soul-Extinction Celestial Thunder Divine Technique. Activating the explosive power of his Shadow Concealment Primordial Technique, he moved with terrifying speed and silence, arriving before a Tier Three Marsh Python. Ignoring the swirling Demon Qi enveloping the Marsh Python Demon, he pressed the Soul-Extinction Celestial Thunder onto its body.

The very next instant, the Tier Three Marsh Python, which had been writhing violently, suddenly went rigid. Then, its three proudly raised heads abruptly drooped, and it collapsed to the ground, utterly still. The Demon Qi swirling around its body instantly dissipated. Where the Soul-Extinction Celestial Thunder had made contact, an incredibly intricate and profound circular mark appeared!

Lin Xuankong had already approached another Tier Three Marsh Python.

A mere moment later, this Tier Three Marsh Python also collapsed, a similar circular mark appearing on its body. Like the first, it bore no visible damage but had strangely lost all its Demon Qi, remaining motionless as if it had merely "fallen asleep" there!

The scene was exceedingly bizarre. The Thunderball, which appeared immensely powerful—seemingly capable of shaking the heavens and earth with a single strike—had caused no commotion nor inflicted any visible damage!