Chapter 219: Giant Serpent’s Lair

Chapter 219: Chapter 219: Giant Serpent’s Lair

After coming down through the passageway, the two followed the corrosive trail of the Black Water, continuously moving forward.

At this point, the Black Water formed by the Blood Fusion Potion was already beyond Andre’s control.

As more and more giant snakes were corroded by the Black Water, its volume grew larger and larger.

’No wonder the books repeatedly warn against using the Blood Fusion Potion lightly. If not handled properly afterward, it can endanger the user themselves.’

Andre frowned, but after thinking about the Blood Fusion Potion’s strict activation conditions, he finally understood. The Blood Fusion Potion was meant for expeditionary Wizards.

The reason for this came back to the potion’s activation conditions. The Blood Fusion Potion required a large amount of blood to unleash its full power.

Under what circumstances could one find a large amount of blood?

The answer was a battlefield—and a sufficiently large-scale one at that.

Previously, relatively large-scale wars might have occurred between the various factions of the Wizard Civilization.

But as expedition technology matured, these large-scale wars were brought to the Otherworlds.

It was precisely because these large-scale wars took place far from the worlds under the Wizard Civilization’s influence that this special Potion was permitted to be used on a massive scale.

To use such a Potion meant that the Wizard using it had reached an extremely dangerous situation and could only use the Potion to make an all-or-nothing gamble.

’The situation just now in the Tomb of the Giant Elephant could also be considered extremely dangerous.’

’Giant snakes were constantly climbing out of the passageway to attack me.’

’Faced with a situation where I couldn’t possibly kill them all, using the Blood Fusion Potion was only a matter of time.’

Andre recalled the situation back in the Tomb of the Giant Elephant.

When he had taken out his Splitting Heavy Sword, these giant snakes were no match for him at all.

But the giant snakes, relying on their sheer numbers, had managed to slow him down and even put him and Karina in a perilous situation.

If he hadn’t activated the Bursting Storm Divine Art on his Gale Gate...

He could very well have been dragged down and killed by these giant snakes.

Even if his own Chaos Magic Power was several times greater than others’, that possibility still existed.

The Witchcraft that erupted from the Ten Thousand Laws Wheel wasn’t very effective against Magical Beasts of the same Realm as him.

Unless, that is, the Witchcraft could be focused to bombard a single spot.

But surrounded by giant snakes like that, how could he possibly keep bombarding a single one?

The giant snakes pouncing and biting from the sides would divide one’s attention.

Otherwise, one would be plunged into a dangerous situation.

’I’ve already used it. It’s too late for regrets now.’

Andre frowned, turning the Ten Thousand Laws Wheel.

Now, the matter of reforging the Ten Thousand Laws Wheel had to be prioritized.

Although the Ten Thousand Laws Wheel was excellent for clearing out enemy Magical Beasts of a lower Realm than his own...

...as his own Realm increased, the enemies and Magical Beasts he faced wouldn’t always be of a lower Realm.

Therefore, the Ten Thousand Laws Wheel had to be reforged. First, he needed to inscribe Demon Patterns for Level 2 Witchcraft, and at the same time, he had to upgrade the material of the wheel itself to make it more durable.

Instead of how it was now, only capable of casting Witchcraft.

His body was equivalent to a Level 2 Body Refining Wizard, so the Ten Thousand Laws Wheel must have the Ability to enhance his body.

With this thought in mind, Andre continued to follow the Black Water forward.

Karina, meanwhile, fell behind, following Andre by tracking the light emitted from the Ten Thousand Laws Wheel.

Just like that, the two of them flew for an unknown amount of time, until the Black Water suddenly vanished before them.

Only then did Andre and Karina stop, warily observing everything in front of them.

"Go!" Andre threw the Ten Thousand Laws Wheel, casting the Light Technique and illuminating everything before them.

As the light appeared, an incessant hissing filled the air.

Andre watched the scene before him with a grim expression.

At this moment, it was as if he had arrived in a kingdom of giant snakes.

Here, all sorts of giant snakes were constantly slithering about, bumping into one another. It was how the giant snakes communicated with each other.

But with the appearance of the light, the giant snakes grew agitated and began to seek its source.

Andre manipulated the Ten Thousand Laws Wheel, making it fly through the air, sometimes splitting apart, sometimes merging back together, to temporarily divert the giant snakes’ attention from himself.

Taking this opportunity, Andre observed the Giant Snake’s Nest before him.

By now, he could see five types of giant snakes: the two-headed giant python he had seen before, and a giant snake with claws growing from its belly.

There was also another type, a giant snake that was exceptionally slender but incredibly long.

In addition, there was a giant snake with a pair of wings on its back.

Finally, there was a giant snake that had its enormous body coiled at the bottom of a deep pit, fast asleep.

At that moment, the Black Water was falling downward. When it touched the body of one of the giant snakes, the snake immediately shrieked in pain.

And as a large amount of Black Water continued to fall, the Giant Snake’s Nest, which had already been thrown into chaos by the Light Technique, became even more disorderly.

Many giant snakes scrambled to avoid the Black Water falling from above.

At the same time, other giant snakes slithered over, opening their mouths to spew the Water Wave Technique, trying to dilute the Black Water.

But no matter what they did, the Black Water continued to grow frantically, like a virus.

Until the shrieks within the Giant Snake’s Nest woke up the last giant snake Andre had seen.

This giant snake opened its eyes and surveyed the situation inside the Giant Snake’s Nest.

Facing the Black Water that the other giant snakes were powerless against, it opened its massive maw and spewed a blast of frigid air, instantly freezing the Black Water solid.

"How could the Black Water be frozen?!"

By now, Karina had come to Andre’s side, watching what this giant snake was doing.

She had seen with her own eyes how the corrosiveness of the Black Water had increased.

And now, the frigid air spewed by a single giant snake had frozen the Black Water solid. How was that possible?

"That must be some kind of Ice Witchcraft. Its power must be considerable for it to be able to do this."

Andre looked at Karina, his expression exceptionally grim.

To be able to freeze the Black Water so easily meant this giant snake’s strength was among the most powerful in the entire Giant Snake’s Nest.

"Ice Witchcraft... Snake-type Magical Beasts rarely use Ice Witchcraft."

Karina looked at the giant snake at the bottom of the pit, and a feeling of heart-pounding dread suddenly washed over her.

"This Witchcraft can only keep the Black Water frozen for a period of time. Once that time is up, this ice will also become part of the Black Water."

Andre said this with feigned ease as he looked at the frozen Black Water, but his grave expression still betrayed his inner worry to Karina.

Just then, the giant snake that had released the frigid air moved again.

With a powerful inhale from its massive maw, it sucked all the frozen Black Water toward it.

Then, the giant snake continuously spewed frigid air, keeping the Black Water frozen.

Finally, the giant snake opened its mouth, bit down on the enormous block of ice before it, and its body began to move.

Then, the giant snake entered a passageway just large enough for it to traverse and headed for the surface.