# Chapter 52: Unfathomably Deep
At this moment, Li Lin, Li Yun, Han Feiyu and the others wished they could skin Ye Fan and Pang Bo alive. No matter how they looked at it, the two's smiles seemed extremely smug, with a look that begged to be slapped and beaten. Of course, this was merely their perception. In truth, Ye Fan and Pang Bo thought they were smiling quite brilliantly, every pore on their bodies relaxing as they felt extremely comfortable.
"Pang Bo, you're simply asking for death! I won't let you off!" Li Lin cursed, her pretty face icy cold, carrying a terrifying murderous aura.
Li Yun was also very angry. This was completely undeserved calamity—being chased by a snake demon for no reason. He shouted: "Pang Bo, you're forcing our hand! Even if you're a Spirit Seedling, from now on it's life or death between us! And that waste, you wait—I'll personally kill you!"
"Puff"
Five-colored poisonous mist surged forward like a colored garment covering everyone. Li Lin and Li Yun didn't dare speak anymore and quickly charged ahead, afraid of being covered by the snake venom.
"Ah..." At that moment, a miserable scream came. One of their companions couldn't dodge in time and instantly turned into corpse water, even his bones becoming pitch black, corroded nearly to powder.
Fear filled everyone's hearts. This demon snake was too terrifying—a single mouthful of poisonous mist turned a cultivator into withered bones, chilling them to the bone. What made Li Lin, Li Yun and the others most furious was that Pang Bo ran faster than a rabbit, leaping and bounding ahead, leaving them far behind, completely using them as human shields.
As for the waste they looked down upon, Ye Fan was even faster, charging at the front, leading the pack, making Han Feiyu and the others feel like tearing their hair out. Even a waste had run ahead of them—how could these talented disciples bear it? While furious, they also secretly hated themselves.
"Chi"
The old snake grew closer and closer. The jade horn on its head blazed with brilliant divine light, cutting through the sky like a bolt of lightning as it charged forward. "Puff," it split one person in half on the spot, bright red blood splashing onto the bodies of those nearby, making their souls nearly flee in terror.
"Ah..." A female cultivator screamed in terror. The bloody, cruel reality made them feel their own insignificance. Before this powerful snake demon, they who had just begun their cultivation path were utterly powerless.
"Rumble"
The ground shook. The jade-horned snake's eyes glowed red as it crushed through the forest, rapidly closing in on everyone. In the torment of fear, someone couldn't help but curse: "Damn it, how is that waste running so fast? He's almost out of sight!"
"That damned waste, how is he running faster than us?" Everyone's teeth itched with hatred, their hearts extremely unbalanced. The trash they looked down upon was flying like the wind, treading on grass tips as he moved, nearly floating.
"Those two bastards, when I find the chance, I'll cut them into a thousand pieces!" Li Lin's delicate face was covered in frost, carrying both anger and fear, but there was nothing she could do.
Although these people had considerable cultivation, they were far from being a match for the snake demon. As for Li Lin and Li Yun, though their talents were outstanding, they had only joined Spirit Ruins Cave Heaven three years ago. Although their cultivation progressed rapidly, they hadn't yet cultivated "Divine Rainbow" and couldn't fly through the air, so they could only run on the ground.
Although their cultivation was much stronger than Ye Fan and Pang Bo's, their physical bodies were far inferior to the two who had consumed the Sacred Fruit. Ye Fan and Pang Bo had undergone a transformation like shedding their mortal bones and changing their marrow. Their physiques were far beyond what ordinary cultivators could compare with, thus they left everyone far behind.
Li Lin and Li Yun naturally knew that the jade-horned snake hated Ye Fan and Pang Bo the most—they must have taken the spiritual medicine beside the snake's cave, causing the demon snake to chase them. These people kept changing direction, not wanting to share the same path as Ye Fan and Pang Bo, trying to shake off the old snake. However, what drove them crazy was that Ye Fan and Pang Bo stuck to them like plaster, moving extremely fast. With a few "whoosh whoosh" sounds, they circled back and continued leading the pack ahead of them.
Everyone's lungs were about to explode with rage. Even Li Lin abandoned her beautiful woman image, threw away her dignity, and cursed: "Damn it! Surnamed Pang, and that waste, Li Lin will remember you!"
Being frantically chased by the jade-horned snake, with life and death uncertain, and now being repeatedly called waste by Li Lin and the others—even a clay figure has three parts temper. Ye Fan also cursed: "Damn it! Surnamed Li, I'll remember you too, but not because I'm interested in you—you're like a washboard..."
Pang Bo also turned back to add fuel to the fire: "Surnamed Li, you washboard, instead of wasting time cursing us, you'd better save your strength to deal with the demon snake behind."
"You're infuriating me to death!" Li Lin trembled with rage, but had to desperately sprint ahead, not daring to be too distracted.
Li Yun roared from behind: "You two bastards, you're too wicked! I curse you to die a horrible death!"
"Damn you, who's wicked? You've always wanted to get rid of us two. Meeting us today is your bad luck."
Li Lin, Li Yun, and Han Feiyu were so angry they could barely speak. Meeting these two, they felt they had encountered eight lifetimes of bad luck, with their lives now hanging by a thread.
Aside from Li Lin, Li Yun, and Han Feiyu, the others were clearly failing. Some, with tears in their voices, shouted ahead: "I say, little junior brothers..."
"Who's your little junior brother!" Ye Fan and Pang Bo were very dissatisfied with this form of address.
"Wrong, I say, two big brothers..." Those people said with tearful voices: "Especially that waste big brother, you say you're running so fast... there's really no need to follow us. Please, old sir, run farther away, I beg you!"
Ye Fan had been chased for so long, his life could be lost here at any moment. Now, having lost his usual composure, he directly cursed back: "Your grandmother's! Who's a waste..."
Pang Bo also turned back and shouted: "You people wanted to get rid of us two, right? Now let you taste what it's like to have your life hanging in the balance." After saying this, he spread his legs and sprinted at full speed, leaping and charging, faster than a rabbit. In the blink of an eye, he had left everyone far behind again.
"Thud"
Among Li Lin's group, the cultivator at the very back had a gray face. He had inhaled a bit of snake venom and, his strength failing, collapsed to the ground. The jade-horned snake rushed past, its massive snake body directly crushing his body into meat paste, splattering a trail of blood. The scene was extremely bloody.
"Hiss"
The sound of the giant snake flicking its tongue came, followed by a disciple being pulled by an invisible force, flying backward, instantly disappearing into the jade-horned snake's bloody maw.
"Ah"
He only had time to let out a terrified and urgent cry before it was cut short. "Puff," a spray of blood burst from between the old snake's gleaming white teeth, and then that person was swallowed alive into the snake's belly. In fact, during the swallowing process, that person's body had already dissolved. This terrifying scene made everyone feel utterly chilled, cold from head to toe.
Getting closer and closer, the jade-horned snake no longer sprayed venom or shot divine light from its jade horn. It simply opened its bloody maw, flicked its tongue, and used an extremely terrifying suction force to pull people backward and swallow them into its belly.
"Puff"
Blood splattered as another person was swallowed alive by it, traces of blood flowing along its sharp teeth. In the blink of an eye, four or five people had lost their lives. Aside from Ye Fan and Pang Bo, only Li Lin, Li Yun, and Han Feiyu remained.
"Pang Bo, and that waste, you wait! My grand-uncle will make your lives worse than death and grind your bones to dust!" Han Feiyu shouted, both terrified and furious. At this moment, he was running at the very back, about to become the old snake's next target.
The old snake flicked its two-to-three-meter-long tongue, dripping a large amount of venom that corroded the ground, causing white smoke to rise. Its blood-colored eyes locked onto Han Feiyu.
"No!" Han Feiyu screamed in terror. He felt his body lighten, pulled by an invisible force, lifting off the ground and flying toward the old snake's giant mouth.
At this critical moment, Han Feiyu activated the Green Wood Seal. The ten-thousand-jun-heavy treasure seal emitted green light, wisps of cyan mist swirling around it as it smashed down fiercely.
"Bang"
The Green Wood Seal struck the old snake's head solidly, causing it to shake, but it wasn't damaged at all. Its horn shot out a divine beam that instantly sent the Green Wood Seal flying, landing heavily in the distance, crushing a pile of mountain rocks into powder.
The Green Wood Treasure Seal wasn't destroyed, after all. It was a weapon personally refined for Han Feiyu by his grand-uncle. The wooden seal had many Dao patterns carved inside, with various powerful "forces" laid down, making it difficult to truly destroy. Han Feiyu's cultivation wasn't enough to unleash the treasure seal's true power, so he couldn't harm the jade-horned snake.
"Grand-uncle... save me!" Han Feiyu, sucked into the air by the snake demon, screamed in terror. At that moment, a jade pendant on his chest flashed with radiance, forming a light screen that fixed him in midair. The old snake couldn't swallow him into its mouth.
Han Feiyu suddenly remembered—this was the jade pendant his grand-uncle had instructed him to always carry. Now it seemed it was left for him to use to save his life at critical moments.
On a distant cliff, a green light suddenly shot up. A figure riding a divine rainbow arrived in an instant. The old snake seemed wary and quickly retreated, abandoning Han Feiyu in midair.
Li Lin and Li Yun immediately showed joy. Han Feiyu shouted even louder: "Grand-uncle, save me quickly!"
The divine rainbow rushed over, green light flickering. A stooped, disheveled old man appeared there, grabbing Han Feiyu and bringing him down to the ground. Li Lin and Li Yun hurried forward to pay their respects.
In the distance, Ye Fan and Pang Bo also stopped. The two looked at each other, feeling uneasy. They wanted to flee immediately but found the old man's gaze sweeping over them a few times, so they didn't dare act rashly. A strong cultivator who could ride a divine rainbow—if he locked onto them, even trying to escape would be impossible. The two didn't move, standing there quietly watching.
This old man wasn't tall, with a bony frame and a stooped body, no more than one and a half meters high. His hair was disheveled, pure white long hair covering his entire face, making his features unclear. All that could be seen were his withered hands, skin wrapped around bones like black bird claws.
"Elder Han, thank goodness you arrived in time, otherwise we would have all died here..." Li Lin and Li Yun stepped forward to pay their respects, then glared viciously at Ye Fan and Pang Bo, saying: "This time, you're dead for sure!"
Han Feiyu was even more gnashing his teeth, constantly whispering something to the old man. From his expression, it seemed he wanted to harm Ye Fan and Pang Bo. When his gaze turned toward them, it was sinister and cold, filled with hatred.
The withered, ghost-like Elder Han ignored the three before him. He looked at the jade-horned snake ahead, nodding repeatedly, his voice low and hoarse, as if he might breathe his last at any moment: "Not bad, very good. The snake demon's jade horn is good material for refining medicine..."
The jade-horned snake had long gained intelligence. Sensing danger, it rapidly retreated, its tongue constantly flicking, wanting to escape.
At this moment, the disheveled old man floated forward like a ghost, not intending to let it go. The old snake opened its mouth and sprayed a mouthful of poisonous mist, instantly engulfing him. But green light flickered—a mysterious radiance appeared outside Elder Han's body, completely blocking the snake venom.
"Chi"
The jade horn on the old snake's head erupted with a blaze of intense divine light. Several blinding divine beams shot out one after another, piercing toward Elder Han.
"Clang clang clang"
Sounds like divine weapons clashing rang out. Elder Han held a green wooden ruler, smashing all the divine beams, scattering them among the forest. The jade-horned snake sensed danger and quickly turned to flee, wanting to get far away. But Elder Han no longer gave it a chance. Twelve green lights suddenly burst from his withered body—twelve green wooden swords rapidly enlarged, each inserting into the ground, forming a cage that trapped the jade-horned snake inside.
"Drop your jade horn voluntarily. If you try to destroy it, I'll skin you alive!" Elder Han's words were icy cold, staring at the jade-horned snake.
The old snake seemed extremely angry. Its eyes blazed with fierce light, and its jade horn shone brilliantly, wanting to gather all its divine power for a final strike.
Clearly, Elder Han wouldn't let it make that strike. The twelve green wooden swords emitted an eerie green light. The patterns carved on them writhed like snakes and insects. Then the twelve wooden swords blazed with green light, murderous aura dense and chilling, as they simultaneously slashed toward the center.
"Puff puff puff..."
Blood gushed out. The twelve green wooden swords instantly cut the jade-horned snake into dozens of segments. The blood from the giant snake's body flowed like a small river, the stench overwhelming. Blood mist scattered through the air, along with waves of poisonous vapor.
In the distance, Ye Fan and Pang Bo drew in cold breaths. Han Feiyu's grand-uncle was too terrifying—with a mere raise of his hand, he had killed a snake demon. His unfathomably deep cultivation chilled them to the bone.
They knew the old snake's body was extremely tough, easily crushing towering ancient trees and pulverizing enormous mountain rocks. Its body was as hard as divine diamond steel, yet it couldn't withstand those twelve green wooden swords at all. It was killed on the spot, blood like a river, the ground covered in blood. This disheveled, stooped Elder Han made people feel a creeping dread.
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