Chapter 343 - 320: Myriad Serpents Mizusawa Chun, The Strongest Enemy

Chapter 343: Chapter 320: Myriad Serpents Mizusawa Chun, The Strongest Enemy

The figure moving underwater was fast, but not fast enough to escape Shadow’s pursuit.

The figure sensed it was being followed and tried to dive deeper into the ocean, constantly changing direction, but it was impossible to shake its pursuer.

Guided by Chen Na’s Perception Realm, Guan Tong stayed latched on. After a chase of nearly ten minutes, the other party could no longer stay hidden in the sea and finally broke the surface.

"Whoa, he’s so ugly..."

The moment Mizusawa Chun emerged from the sea, Chen Na found his bizarre appearance so grotesque she could hardly look at him.

If you looked only at his face, Mizusawa Chun could still be called a "handsome young man."

But everything below the neck was unbearable to see.

His upper torso was formed from several heads strung together, and his lower half was a snake’s tail with strange fins. He looked like a cobbled-together monster, far from human.

"Shadow... You just don’t give up, do you."

Mizusawa Chun stared at Guan Tong, his body bobbing with the waves. The brows on all the heads that formed his torso furrowed, as if they would open their eyes at any moment.

"Failing to kill you the first time was my mistake," Guan Tong said. "I won’t make the same mistake twice."

As he spoke, he made a silent judgment.

’Diving deep into the sea must consume a huge amount of Psychic Power, or he wouldn’t have given up his advantage and surfaced. I have to finish him quickly, before he has time to recover.’

"Shadow, why must we fight to the death?" Mizusawa Chun tried to persuade him. "Is it worth it over such a small grudge? Have you ever considered that if we joined forces, we could conquer the entire world?"

"Not interested."

After saying that, Guan Tong spoke softly to Chen Na, whom he held in his left arm. "Na, I’m going to summon a room in a moment. Get inside immediately."

Chen Na had no combat abilities. If a fight broke out, Guan Tong might not be able to look after her. To protect her, he had to get her into the sanctuary.

"Okay!"

Chen Na agreed at once. She wouldn’t be a burden and hold Guan Tong back.

"Then what *are* you interested in?"

Across from them, Mizusawa Chun hadn’t given up. He was still trying to persuade Guan Tong with words.

"Wealth, power, women—you’re not interested in any of them. So, I’m guessing you’re the martyr type, driven only by ideals? What, are you planning to survive until the end to expose the Fire Thief’s secret? I can help you with that, too."

"Think about it! The entire Mizusawa Clan controls all of Sakura Prayer. If you agree to join me, I can have everyone in Sakura Prayer channel their Psychic Power to you. Don’t you have the ability to store Psychic Power? Isn’t that important to you?"

"If we fight to the death, someone else will benefit regardless of who wins. Even if you win, do you think the future ruler of Sakura Prayer would agree to have the entire populace channel their Psychic Power to you? Can anyone else make you the offer I’m making?"

Mizusawa Chun’s eyes were fixed on Guan Tong. He was indeed skilled at reading people and swaying their hearts, correctly analyzing that Guan Tong’s goal was to uncover the truth and that his most scarce resource was a supply of Psychic Power.

"You’re right, but..."

As Guan Tong spoke, he secretly had his shadow flip the pages of the Wordless Book he held.

Once it reached the page for the sanctuary, he infused it with Psychic Power to summon it.

The sanctuary abruptly appeared on the surface of the sea. Its door opened, and he immediately used his shadow to send Chen Na inside.

A cold glint flashed in Mizusawa Chun’s eyes. He could see that Guan Tong was preparing to make a move, which meant his persuasion had failed.

"...but I would never cooperate with trash like you."

With that, Guan Tong recalled the sanctuary.

Unexpectedly, just before the door closed, a black figure suddenly shot out.

’Coal Ball?’

Guan Tong hadn’t expected Coal Ball to suddenly run out. By then, the sanctuary had already been retracted into the Wordless Book. Outside was the open sea; as soon as Coal Ball emerged, it plunged into the water, but it bobbed back up a moment later, apparently able to swim.

...

Guan Tong was annoyed. ’Isn’t this little guy just making trouble for me?’

’If I summon the sanctuary again, Mizusawa Chun will be ready this time and will definitely attack.’

’I’ll just have to deal with Mizusawa Chun first.’

The moment Guan Tong made his decision, Mizusawa Chun sensed it.

"Such killing intent, hehe. It seems my words were wasted. But if you think I said all that because I’m afraid of you, you’re mistaken..."

Mizusawa Chun seized the initiative. Before he finished speaking, the six heads on his torso opened their eyes simultaneously.

In an instant, a total of seven pairs of eyes stared at Guan Tong, and six of them shot out beams of green light.

Guan Tong immediately used Body Shifting, swapping places with a shadow.

The instant he vanished, the fourth head in the middle of Mizusawa Chun’s torso abruptly swiveled 180 degrees and laughed maniacally at the figure that appeared behind him.

"I knew you’d use Instant Teleportation to get behind me!"

ZAP—!

The head’s eyes shot out green light. The figure behind Mizusawa Chun instantly stiffened, its body rapidly turning a coppery, bronze-green.

This was one of the abilities that came with Mizusawa Chun’s bloodline: Petrification Gaze.

But he immediately realized something was wrong.

The one that had been petrified didn’t seem to be Guan Tong’s real body.

’Above?!’

The eyes of all seven heads simultaneously rolled upward, only to see a pure black sphere right on top of them.

’It’s that space...!’

The silent, devouring consumption of the Small Space occurred in an instant, immediately obliterating Mizusawa Chun’s topmost head.

And its momentum didn’t slow in the slightest, continuing on to destroy the second head, the third...

Guan Tong knew Mizusawa Chun would be wary of his Instant Teleportation, so the figure that appeared behind him wasn’t his real body, but just a shadow transformed to look like him.

His real self had used Instant Teleportation high above Mizusawa Chun. Using the acceleration of his fall, he planned to use the Small Space to destroy all seven of Mizusawa Chun’s heads in one go!

As the Small Space sphere destroyed the fourth head, the remaining three let out a shrill shriek and shot away with a series of *POP* sounds.

Guan Tong immediately leaped to one side, landing on a floating platform formed by his shadows to observe.

He saw Mizusawa Chun’s three ejected heads, all hovering independently over the sea. A deep red thread of blood connected to the bottom of each one, creating an exceptionally bizarre sight.

"Shadow!"

"How dare you destroy so many of my heads!"

"Kill you, kill!"

The three heads actually spoke at the same time. Then, all three tilted back. One’s eyes glowed green with the petrification power.

Another suddenly opened its mouth wide and spat out a brownish-green glob of slime, while the third let out a piercing shriek.

The three heads used different abilities, but their target was the same: Guan Tong.

The petrifying green light, the toxic slime, and the mind-disrupting shriek formed an extremely potent combined attack.

Guan Tong raised a hand to erect a Shadow Wall to block the slime while simultaneously sealing his ears with shadows to avoid the mental interference.

Before the petrifying green light could hit him, he maneuvered the shadow platform beneath his feet upward, causing the attack to miss.

But a second later, he realized that Mizusawa Chun’s attack seemed to be a delaying tactic.

While Guan Tong was evading the attack, Mizusawa Chun’s three heads rapidly linked together again. Two of them closed their eyes, leaving only one, whose pair of eyes glared at Guan Tong with extreme hatred.

"Shadow, you actually forced me this far... I heard you can use a Shadow Realm. Today, I’ll show you what a real Domain is... Aaaah!"

The head tilted back and let out a long howl. Guan Tong’s heart skipped a beat. He whipped his head around and saw streams of green light rising from the distant sea surface, shooting straight toward them!

All the green light poured into the pyramid formation of Mizusawa Chun’s three heads. An astonishing aura spread out, and a huge mass of flesh sprouted from the necks of the three heads, instantly forming three thick, long serpent bodies!

They rose up from the surface of the sea, truly resembling the Deep Sea Serpents of ancient legend!

"What is this..."

Guan Tong couldn’t help but be shocked as he witnessed this scene.

In all his travels, he had never seen such a bizarre ability.

"Ten Thousand Serpents Realm."

Mizusawa Chun’s three heads spoke in unison.

At the same time, Silver Fox’s voice came through Guan Tong’s earpiece.

"Guan Tong! What’s happening over there? All the Snake Slave Army members who fell into the sea over by the cargo ship just died! Their bodies have all turned into dried-up corpses!"

’Snake Slave Army... dried-up corpses... Ten Thousand Serpents Realm...’

Guan Tong’s pupils contracted. "The Ten Thousand Serpents Realm... it concentrates the power of all the Snake Slaves into you alone?"

Only then did he understand Mizusawa Chun’s true intention for creating the Snake Slave Army.

Using them to form an army to conquer the world was just the overt purpose. The hidden purpose was to have all the Snake Slaves serve as sustenance for Mizusawa Chun himself.

"You’re right."

"I was the one who granted the Snake Slaves their blood, so naturally, I should be the one to take it back."

"This body now holds the power of over a thousand Snake Slaves. Shadow, you are lucky to be the first person to witness my true form. But you are also unlucky, because anyone who sees my true form must die."

Mizusawa Chun’s three heads spoke simultaneously, their words jumbled together.

But after experiencing the Mind Network during the Digital Detox rule, Guan Tong had no trouble distinguishing multiple voices at once.

Then, the three heads spoke in unison: "Having obtained the ancient Orochi Bloodline, I am destined to stand above the world. Shadow, your insolence ends here."

...

Guan Tong looked at Mizusawa Chun, who had transformed into a three-headed Great Serpent. He silently urged his shadows to gather around him, and a Shadow Blade materialized in his hand.

Mizusawa Chun was without a doubt the strongest enemy he had ever faced. He could feel the danger in his core.

But he couldn’t back down now. Mizusawa Chun’s potential for growth was too terrifying! If he let him escape to hide somewhere and secretly create a large number of Snake Slaves, he would one day grow into an unstoppable force.

’The Ten Thousand Serpents Realm... Mizusawa Chun reached this level by absorbing the power of just a thousand Snake Slaves. If he were to absorb the power of ten thousand, how much more horrifying would he become?’

’And I’ve already destroyed five of his heads. If all eight heads were intact when he activated this Ten Thousand Serpents Realm... a complete Orochi would be utterly terrifying.’

’I have to destroy him here!’

"I’m here, too."

Just then, Shangyuan Zi also arrived.

Guan Tong then realized she also had the ability to move stealthily underwater. Although she wasn’t as fast as Mizusawa Chun, considering their previous struggle for control over the Snake Slaves, it was clear their bloodline abilities had some common ground.

"Good," Guan Tong said. "Let’s destroy this monster together."

"Hey!"

At that moment, Silver Fox’s annoyed voice sounded in both of their earpieces.

"Don’t just think about charging in blindly! Did you forget we have the ultimate weapon, the Flying Fire Fleet? Look up!"

The two of them froze and looked up at the same time.

They saw the sky lit up by fiery red exhaust trails—it was the light of a missile barrage!

"Let’s get back!"

Guan Tong didn’t want to get caught in the blast. He immediately grabbed Shangyuan Zi with a shadow and quickly retreated.

The missile swarm in the air already had its target coordinates locked. These high-precision missiles, accurate to the meter, reached their apex, then screamed down, accelerating as they rained destruction upon the body of Mizusawa Chun’s three-headed serpent!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!