I wield power with my innate talents, and forge the Heavenly Court.

The Qing soldier's half-body was swallowed by the blood-red python.

A portion of the power merged into the blood-red python's body and its eerie aura, making its body more solid and increasing its eerie aura as well.

The vast majority of the energy, however, dissipates back into the world.

The other half of his body collapsed helplessly to the ground, blood and internal organs spilling out, soaking a large area of ​​the ground.

But all of this happening suddenly was seen by the other Qing soldiers.

But it was that colleague from before who suddenly started screaming in a frenzy of fear.

They're talking about snakes and monsters.

Then, his colleague suddenly lost half of his body, leaving only his lower body standing upright, before falling heavily to the ground.

This sudden scene immediately stunned everyone on the spot.

"It really is! It really is! There really are monsters!"

"Ghost, ghost!"

"Run, run!"

In an instant, everyone screamed in terror and fled in a panic.

At that moment, seemingly due to certainty in their hearts, a mysterious and special illusion was broken, and they instantly saw the blood-red giant python.

"A monster!"

"Run!"

This made everyone even more terrified, and they fled even faster.

However, at this moment, the blood-red python seemed to have noticed that these humans had seen him, and immediately let out a strange hiss, its tongue flicking in and out.

"sizzle"

On the other side, the human head behind the snake's head also let out a strange and eerie excited roar.

"Hehehe, hehehe, kill, kill, kill, hahaha, kill them all."

The eerie sound echoed, stirring up the deepest fears in people's hearts, causing the fleeing Qing soldiers to reach the peak of their terror, their hands and feet becoming weak.

What should have been a mere forty meters from the gate now felt like an eternity of running, with weak arms and legs, and they were still quite a distance away.

"Hoo~!"

On the other side, the crimson python raised its head high and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood mist at the crowd.

In the next instant, the blood mist quickly spread, covering the entire front yard in the blink of an eye.

All the Qing soldiers enveloped by it had their skin and flesh rapidly corroded, and wisps of blood mist rose from their bodies.

The flowing blood was corroded by the blood mist, turning into new blood-colored mist that merged into it.

In an instant, the entire blood mist was filled with painful cries for help.

"Ah~! My eyes, my eyes!"

"Ah, my face, my hands!"

"Help!"

"Someone, please save me!"

"No"

"I don't want to die."

The screams of the crowd alerted the other Qing soldiers inside the mansion, as well as those outside, who all converged on the scene.

When everyone arrived at the front yard, they were immediately stunned by what they saw.

A blood mist enveloped the area, where a giant, blood-red python lay prone, and through the shadows, one could see figures struggling in agony within it.

Faced with this situation, everyone was terrified, feeling their hands and feet stiffen and their bodies tense.

They didn't even entertain the thought of running away, let alone saving anyone.

Or rather, they were so terrified that their minds went blank, and they couldn't even remember trying to escape.

However, there was one exception: the Qing army that had once passed through the body of the dynasty.

A dark glint flashed in his eyes as he glanced at the people around him.

Die, die, all of you die here!
As he muttered these words to himself, he began to slowly back away.

The crimson python seemed to have noticed the people around it, and it raised its head to slowly scan its surroundings.

However, it sensed negative forces such as fear from the people.

However, everyone was stunned, and their expressions didn't even change, making it difficult for the creature to determine whether they had noticed it.

A very idealistic situation.

For the two sides to interact and make contact, it's not just that humans need to see the blood-red python, but also that the blood-red python needs to confirm that humans have seen it.

Only in this way can the two sides truly intersect, and only then can it truly attack humanity.

Even so, it was uncertain whether the people had seen it, so its attacks were ineffective against humans.

Some people's bodies have even come into contact with the blood-red mist.

However, they were not harmed.

Until one of them suddenly realized what was happening.

"Monster, run!"

This shout instantly woke everyone up.

This caused everyone to scream and flee.

The actions of the crowd confirmed to the crimson python that they had seen it.

In an instant, the blood-red mist that had only enveloped the front yard suddenly expanded.

How could the speed at which everyone fled keep up with the expansion of the blood-red mist?

Almost instantly, everyone around was enveloped in a blood-red mist.

Only the Qing troops outside the mansion gate were spared because the crimson python, along with its power, prevented them from leaving.

Gradually, the entire mansion was shrouded in a blood-red mist.

The first Qing soldier to flee had reached the back gate and was about to escape when he was suddenly enveloped in a blood mist.

"chichichi"

"Ah~!"

In an instant, he was corroded and his flesh was a bloody mess. His hands were bent, but he didn't know where to protect them. All he could do was wail in pain.

In an instant, the entire mansion was filled with screams and cries for help.

It wasn't until a quarter of an hour later that the entire mansion fell silent.

Another quarter of an hour passed before the crimson mist that had enveloped the entire mansion gradually gathered and was retracted by the giant crimson python.

At this moment, the blood-red python's body had become quite solid, and the eerie energy within it had filled most of its body.

In the backyard of the mansion, Wang Chao quietly watched all of this unfold without intervening. He simply expanded his mind to sense the causal power that arose when the two sides came into contact.

Well, even after comprehending the generation and dissipation of these causal forces, he still couldn't actively establish causal connections with people in this space.

However, he can indirectly establish causal connections with others through his related existence.

Take, for example, the blood-red python.

When it establishes a causal connection with others, the dynasty can also make itself known to others or create corresponding interactions through this relationship.

Only after all the Qing soldiers had died and the cause and effect had dissipated did the dynasty finally open its eyes.

Everywhere you look, there are rows and rows of stark white skeletons. Just like the illusions of humans in this world that appear in the underworld, possessing only thirty or forty percent of the power of normal humans.

The imagery of the world where the Celestial Empire is located, when projected onto this world, will also have its power greatly weakened.

The blood-red giant python was no exception; even its supernatural powers were suppressed.

In the Celestial Empire, its blood mist can completely dissolve people, and even the air and rocks will be corroded by it.

However, in this world, it cannot dissolve the hard bones of the human body.

After all the Qing soldiers were killed, the blood-red python raised its head, hissed and flicked its tongue, glanced fearfully at the backyard, and then swam away again.

"puff!"

Similarly, that invisible membrane blocked it again.

However, the dynasty was able to sense it.

This time, as the crimson python charged outwards, the invisible barrier trembled violently.

After a brief calculation, Wang Chao concluded that if the blood-red python's body became completely solidified and filled with eerie energy, it would be able to break through the invisible barrier and leave the mansion.

but
The dynasty looked at the mansion where corpses were scattered everywhere.

He didn't think that after the strange events that had occurred earlier, anyone else would be so reckless as to barge in.

It would be quite difficult for the blood-red python to solidify its body and fill its entire body with eerie energy.

He had originally wanted to see what would happen if the blood-red python broke through the mansion's protective barrier and rushed into the outside world.

It seems that my wish won't be fulfilled anytime soon.

Um.
Suddenly, Wang Chao's heart stirred.

If the crimson python couldn't break through the mansion's protective barrier to leave, then what about him?
Although the current body of the dynasty is only a weakened projection of a wisp of spirit, it is still inferior to that of an ordinary person.

However, the quality of the strange energy within him is far superior to that of the blood-red giant python.

Perhaps he can break through the mansion's protective barrier.

Thinking of all this, Wang Chao strode towards the courtyard gate.

Well, even if he is now just an illusion, he has no intention of climbing over the wall to cross the courtyard; that would be beneath his dignity.

When the dynasty arrived at the front yard, the blood-red giant python, which was about to charge into the mansion's protective barrier again, paused for a moment, slowly retracted its body, and then turned around and swam along the courtyard wall towards the inner courtyard.

Wang Chao glanced at the blood-red python and couldn't help but find it amusing. Was it really that frightening?

Turning his gaze away, Wang Chao quickly arrived at the front gate.

The gates of the mansion were wide open, allowing the dynasty to clearly see the outside world.

A wide avenue was deserted, without a single person in sight, and there were pools of blood on the bluestone ground.

This indicates that a major battle took place here not long ago.

But at this moment, there was no one left to end it.

Wang Chao didn't care about any of that; he simply stepped forward and approached the gate.

He slowly pressed down with his palm, and the dynasty quickly came into contact with an invisible barrier. It did not feel hard to the touch, but it was extremely tough and solid.

No matter how hard the dynasty tried, it could not be shaken in the slightest.

Indeed, even the blood-red giant python couldn't break through it, let alone his body, which was even weaker than that of an ordinary person.

"Tsk, I really do need to use eerie energy."

Wang Chao sighed, instantly mobilizing the strange energy within his body, channeling it to his palm, and slowly merging it into the invisible barrier in front of him.

"buzzing"

The moment the strange energy came into contact with the invisible barrier, it trembled violently, even causing a slight tingling sensation in Wang Chao's palm.

As more and more eerie energy surged out, the invisible barrier trembled more and more violently.

Finally, when almost all the strange energy within the dynasty surged out, and the vibration frequency of the invisible barrier reached its peak.

"Buzz!"

"click"

The vibrations of the invisible barrier suddenly stopped, followed by a series of sounds of shattering glass.

The previously invisible barrier now clearly appeared before the dynasty's eyes.

However, the barrier at this moment was like glass full of cracks, seemingly about to collapse at any moment.

The Qing generals and soldiers who had rushed over from afar were all slightly stunned when they saw a transparent, glass-like object covered with cracks suddenly appear in the distance.

"Uu~!"

Herod

The Qing general yanked the reins sharply, instantly halting their journey, a sense of foreboding rising in his mind.

"Crack, crack, bang!"

In the next instant, with the dynasty exerting its strength once more, the transparent barrier that was about to break finally could not hold on any longer and shattered with a crash, turning into endless crystalline fragments that dissipated.

The moment the barrier shattered, the crimson python sensed it, and a feeling of freedom—like escaping its cage and finding the world vast and open—surged into its heart.

In an instant, it rushed outwards without regard for anything else, determined to get as far away from that human as possible.

The moment he left the mansion, his body suddenly dissipated, and his enormous body rapidly shrank.

"sizzle"

In an instant, the blood-red python hissed and turned its head to look in the direction of the mansion.

It could vaguely sense that as long as it returned, its rapidly disintegrating and shrinking body would recover.

But in the end, it did not return; instead, it continued to swim forward rapidly.

As they passed through walls and houses, a strange current flowed through them, bringing with it a chilling wind.

Whether they were ordinary people shivering in their courtyards, remnants of the Ming army, or Qing soldiers searching for the remaining Ming troops, they all suddenly felt a chill and their hair stood on end.

In that instant, a great deal of negative energy arose in everyone's hearts.

As the crimson python passed by, it immediately absorbed the negative energy, and its rapidly dissipating body and power finally eased somewhat.

This caused the blood-red python to instinctively search for a more concentrated area of ​​people.

If we're talking about the place where people are most concentrated, then it's naturally the military base.

The crimson python circled once and finally arrived at the side of the general's mansion. It then quickly snaked its way out and appeared behind the arriving Qing army.

At this moment, the blood-red python had transformed into a python as thick as a water bucket and over ten meters long.

Although it is still large, it is far less than the original size that required several people to hug.

However, because most of its body had dissipated, the eerie energy within the crimson python completely filled its entire body, making its form even more condensed.

With the support of the eerie energy, the speed at which the blood-red python dissipated and shrank was finally greatly reduced.

However, it is still dissipating.

The dynasty, which had been watching all this closely, estimated that with the current strength of the crimson python, it could only last for half a month at most.

Unless it receives a large amount of energy replenishment every moment, or goes even further and completes a fundamental transformation, it will not be able to persist for a longer period of time.

"Swish"

With a rustling sound, the blood-red python instantly pounced into the Qing army. It moved swiftly, and its body and the eerie energy within it directly affected every Qing soldier.

In an instant, everyone froze. Already shocked and uneasy by what had happened at the Shaman's Mansion, they felt a chill run down their spines, and a great deal of fear immediately arose within them.

After absorbing this terrifying power, the crimson python's continuously shrinking body finally reached a relative balance and stopped shrinking. (End of Chapter)