Chapter 567: Tiger and Python

Chapter 567 -245: Tiger and Python

Then, with a thought, a flash of fiery light burst from his body and transformed into a Mind-Residing Avatar.

…A Mind-Residing Avatar of the Li Fire Nature!

‘They say Mind-Residing Avatars are useless… I’ll go test it out.’

He had already condensed this Mind-Residing Avatar long ago. With a thought, the avatar flew off.

The distance was short, so Qin Fang could “multi-task.” The Mind-Residing Avatar dove into the mountain rock, and its vision immediately went pitch-black.

The Mind-Residing Avatar also possessed some Divine Sense, but not much. It could barely scan an area less than ten meters away, so inside the rock, everything was still pitch-black.

…The avatar completely merged into the rock.

The sensation was very strange.

After a short while, the view ahead “suddenly opened up.” A large cave appeared, winding its way deep into the mountain’s core.

The Mind-Residing Avatar flew onward for several hundred meters before spotting a cavern.

Inside the cavern, the giant python was coiled up, its head resting on the ground, seemingly recovering its strength…

…The wounds from the giant tiger’s claws had healed somewhat but not completely; they were still bleeding.

The Demon Essence on its body flickered.

When Qin Fang’s Mind-Residing Avatar suddenly appeared before it, the giant python was clearly a bit stunned, staring dumbly at the glowing human figure before it.

The Mind-Residing Avatar gave it a slight smile.

The next moment…

BOOM!!!

With a deafening roar, the entire valley shook.

High in the sky, Qin Fang clearly felt his Mind-Residing Avatar dissipate.

…However, because he had condensed it ahead of time, the “price” had already been “paid.” As such, he didn’t feel any particular backlash himself.

But he could still clearly perceive the general location where the Mind-Residing Avatar had vanished.

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

…The day he encountered the Ancient Well, his Master’s War Gang Avatar had appeared just in time. Afterward, to cover his escape, it had turned to fight the mysterious tentacles in the well to the death. On his way back, his Master and other sect elders had appeared ahead of him… It was precisely because his Master had sensed his War Gang Avatar’s destruction that he had followed that connection to meet him.

It seemed that even if an avatar was far away and the main body couldn’t control it in real-time, there was still some kind of strange connection between the two.

Otherwise, how would his Master have known his avatar was destroyed?

…He just didn’t know what this “connection” specifically was for now.

As Qin Fang pondered this, he looked down at the cave. He saw fierce flames spewing from the entrance where the giant python had entered.

As he watched, a sudden roar echoed out, and a behemoth scrambled out from within.

…It was the giant python.

But the giant python was in a miserable state. Chunks of flesh were missing from most of its body, and flames still flickered on its skin.

It reached the valley floor and thrashed about wildly, extinguishing the flames on its body.

‘…As expected. Although the avatar is condensed from my True Gang, its Nature Attribute Level drops after it’s been separated…’

Qin Fang sighed.

…This point was actually clearly recorded in the Divine Gang Mysterious Shadow Manual.

The so-called combat power an avatar inherits from the main body includes its Nature.

For example, if the main body’s peak is a Level 5 Nature.

The separated Mind-Residing Avatar’s Nature will most likely only be Level 1.

Only by raising the avatar’s level can the True Gang and Nature be enhanced in sync.

…That makes sense.

If the Nature didn’t change, then there would be no difference between a Mind-Residing Avatar and a War Gang Avatar.

This was especially true for people with high Nature Attribute Levels.

For instance, Qin Fang’s Profound Nether Nature was ‘Eternal Freeze.’

If his avatars also had an ‘Eternal Freeze’ level Nature, then a single sliver of its power could probably instantly kill a True Essence Realm Martial Artist.

Even some Divine Illumination Realm Martial Artists who had condensed True Gang could be severely wounded!

What would be the point of talking about “First-Layer Power” or “Second-Layer Power”?

You might as well just make them all into Human Body Bombs…

That would be the most effective use for them!

‘Sigh, this True Gang Avatar is clearly made from my Profound Nether True Gang, which contains the ‘Eternal Freeze’ level of Nature… If I shoot out my True Gang directly, it also has the ‘Eternal Freeze’ Nature. Why is it that the same True Gang, once it becomes part of an avatar, has its Nature degrade?’

Qin Fang couldn’t quite figure it out.

But in the end, he could only accept it with a sense of helplessness.

…The fact was, an avatar’s Nature would inexplicably degrade.

Unless he could raise the level of his Divine Gang Mysterious Shadow.

Qin Fang looked down below.

He estimated that the ‘Li Fire Avatar’ from just now probably had a Level One ‘Starfire’ Nature. ℯℯ𝑙.

Yet the giant python before him was still in a terrible state, which only proved…

It was too weak.

The self-destruction of a single Mind-Residing Avatar was enough to injure it.

…The so-called lack of combat power for a Mind-Residing Avatar was clearly relative.

Compared to a normal opponent of the same realm, it definitely couldn’t win a fight.

But if the opponent was just an Ordinary Person… then a Mind-Residing Avatar could be considered a ‘War Gang Avatar’…

Although this giant python was ‘Extraordinary’ level.

But Qin Fang was much stronger than it.

After all, Qin Fang was in the Divine Illumination Realm, and his True Essence had already condensed into True Gang. No matter how “weakened” the avatar was, injuring an Extraordinary giant python with its self-destruction wasn’t a major issue.

Watching the giant python struggle in the flames and finally extinguish them, only to immediately look around, its cold, vertical pupils filled with what seemed to be terror.

Qin Fang no longer hesitated. With a flick of his finger, a speck of True Essence shot out instantly.

CRACK.

The giant python’s skull was instantly pierced through.

Its entire body stiffened, and then it collapsed to the ground with a loud crash.

Ice began to form on its head…

An Exotic Species this large was bound to have something good inside. Qin Fang swept his Divine Sense over it, sending it into its body.

Soon, his eyes lit up as he discovered something.

He flew over to the giant python’s corpse. Looking at the still-twitching snake, he formed a blade with the fingers of his right hand. His Profound Nether True Gang instantly transformed into a Dagger, easily slicing through the great snake’s tough scales.

A short while later, a ‘Snake Gall’ that faintly glowed and was stained with snake blood fell into Qin Fang’s hands.

…It contained a dense concentration of Primordial Power.

‘I’ve read that Exotic Species above the Extraordinary level can even form an Inner Core inside their bodies… It’s said to contain the essence of the creature’s entire Qi Blood… and is of great benefit to a Martial Artist.’

Qin Fang thought to himself.

He glanced at the enormous python, but saw nothing else of value. Without lingering, he turned and flew away.

Naturally, he stored the ‘Snake Gall’ in his ‘Void Realm.’

A short time later, he returned to the giant tiger, which was frozen into an ice sculpture.

His gaze swept the surroundings. Confirming that all was quiet, he shook his head.

Finally, he narrowed his eyes and looked at the giant tiger…

‘…Now this is good stuff…’

he muttered.

A short time later, the giant tiger ice sculpture, now missing a large strip, lay on the ground as Qin Fang broke through the air and departed…