Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 59 Golden Thread Ghost Serpent

Throughout the night, everyone was on edge, clearly it was the first time they had spent the night in the Star Dou Great Forest without the company of a high-level Soul Master.

In just one night, things were clearly not peaceful outside the lair. Many powerful thousand-year-old soul beasts passed by, and even some ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts passed by, making everyone tremble with fear.

Yang Ping'an felt calm. He was used to this kind of situation and didn't take it seriously at all. According to his arrangements, unless there was a battle between soul beasts, they might accidentally wander into this nest. Otherwise, the soul beast excrement powder he had placed there could easily scare away ordinary soul beasts.

After the night passed without incident, everyone started looking at Yang Ping'an with a strange gaze. Although they were all the same age, Yang Ping'an's life experience in the Star Dou Great Forest was so rich, and he was so calm, not even worried when a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast brushed past him.

Early in the morning, Yang Ping'an gave everyone some time to deal with their personal matters, and he casually ate some dried meat to replenish his energy.

However, at this moment, Feng You from Shenfeng Academy suddenly produced a bright red fruit from somewhere. This fruit looked extraordinary, at least at the level of a hundred-year-old spiritual herb.

Everyone seemed quite amazed that Feng You had found such a good thing while only going out for a short while; it seemed that he was really lucky.

But Yang Ping'an was greatly shocked at this moment and hurriedly exclaimed, "This is a thousand-year-old dragon-snake fruit, let's go quickly!"

Seeing the strange expressions on everyone's faces, Yang Ping'an quickly explained, "The Hundred-Year Dragon Snake Fruit is usually only found in places where the Golden Thread Ghost Snake appears or passes by. There is probably a large snake den nearby."

Upon hearing this, Feng Xiaotian and the others immediately gathered together, preparing to leave with Yang Ping'an.

But at that moment, the golden mastiff seemed to sense some kind of danger and bared its teeth.

There seemed to be some movement in the surrounding bushes, as if some kind of spirit beast was approaching, and there were a lot of them.

Without saying a word, Yang Ping'an led everyone to quickly run out of the forest, which could be said to be the home ground of snake-type soul beasts.

But before they could leave the woods, a golden-threaded serpent blocked their path. It looked to be a golden-threaded serpent that was a thousand years old.

With a determined heart, Yang Ping'an sent the golden mastiff charging forward, its claws forcefully forcing the golden-threaded serpent aside, clearly intending to create a path first.

However, after the meridian ghost snake was forced away, another golden ghost snake appeared at the scene, and judging from its age, it should be more than three thousand years old.

This golden-threaded serpent is extremely fast, especially in the forest, making it even more difficult to defend against, and it is simply a nightmare for soul masters.

As expected of the chosen ones, Feng Xiaotian and his group were incredibly fast in both combat and counterattack. Upon seeing another golden thread ghost snake appear, Shui Bing'er immediately used her first soul skill: Ice Seal, instantly freezing both golden thread ghost snakes.

In that instant, Feng Xiaotian's hands transformed into two wind blades, directly slashing at the two golden-threaded ghost snakes.

A giant fire shadow appeared behind Huo Wu, who immediately used her first soul skill: Fire Impact.

The others also used their soul skills to attack the two golden-threaded ghost snakes, clearly intending to kill them in one blow.

But these two golden-threaded ghost snakes lived up to their reputation as thousand-year-old soul beasts. They quickly broke free from Shui Bing'er's ice seal and then used their powerful physiques as soul beasts to dodge or withstand the attacks of the crowd.

Even though the two golden-threaded serpents were injured, they greatly slowed down the group's departure and even formed an encirclement.

Just then, a dark shadow seemed to flash in the woods, and a huge snake tail swept directly towards the group. Even though everyone reacted quickly, they barely managed to dodge the snake tail's attack, but their original path was now blocked.

Before them stood a gigantic golden serpent, twelve meters long, its entire body seemingly covered in scales, with a golden stripe running down its back, giving it an extremely formidable appearance.

Yang Ping'an couldn't help but swallow hard: "The Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Thread Ghost Serpent, this is troublesome."

It is almost impossible for a group of Soul Masters to defeat a ten-thousand-year-old Soul Beast, especially since the Golden Thread Ghost Serpent is extremely fast and has a very strong attack power. What is even more terrifying is the soul power and heat perception ability of snake-type Soul Beasts, which would probably make it very difficult to hide.

Everyone gathered back to back, and Feng Xiaotian said in a low voice, "Yang, what should we do now? It seems that escape won't be so easy now."

Yang Ping'an gritted his teeth, his face showing an unusually ruthless expression: "Kill them, otherwise it will be difficult for us to escape."

Feng You, who had caused the trouble, seemed unusually nervous: "This is a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast. Do you think we, a few Soul Venerables, can kill it?"

"If we can't kill them, with the speed and perception of the Golden Thread Ghost Serpent, we have no chance of escaping from this Star Dou Great Forest."

The three golden-threaded serpents opposite seemed unwilling to give these people a way out. After all, in their eyes, they were just a few ants who had stolen their treasures, and they attacked quickly.

Yang Ping'an roared, "You guys hurry up and deal with these two thousand-year-old golden thread ghost snakes. Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and I will deal with this ten-thousand-year-old one."

According to Yang Ping'an's estimate, with the strength of Shui Bing'er, Huo Wuyi, Xue Wu, Feng You, and Feng Lin (a member of Shenfeng Jiangyou), they should be able to quickly kill the two thousand-year-old soul beasts.

In that instant, everyone understood Yang Ping'an's tactics: to restrain the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, have the five of them focus their fire on the thousand-year-old soul beast, and then have everyone attack together.

Faced with the rapidly approaching Eternal Golden Thread Serpent, Yang Ping'an knew that he could no longer afford to hide his strength too much; he had to at least show some of it.

Yang Ping'an immediately activated his third soul skill: Dark Gold Demon Bear Transformation. The purple-gold mastiff returned directly to Yang Ping'an's body, his entire body muscles swelled, and there were purple-gold phantoms on his body. His hands were like bear paws.

Immediately afterwards, Feng Xiaotian, Yang Ping'an, and Huo Wushuang charged headlong into the ancient golden thread serpent.

Feng Xiaotian immediately used his second soul skill, Twin Wolves Possession. The enormous, two-headed whirlwind wolf spun in the air, attacking the Golden Thread Ghost Serpent like a tornado.

Huo Wushuang transforms into a one-horned fire dragon, especially with his hands turning into dragon claws, which is his third soul skill, Blazing Dragon Claw.

The other five attacked the two thousand-year-old golden thread serpents at top speed, each using their own soul skills.

Just as Yang Ping'an was about to collide with the Golden Thread Ghost Serpent, he threw a huge steel wire net, which flew towards the ancient Golden Thread Ghost Serpent and trapped it.

The three of them quickly dodged the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast's attack and instead attacked its abdomen.

But this ancient golden thread serpent was indeed extremely powerful. Even though it was ambushed and had three wounds on its abdomen, it let out a hiss and lashed out like a whip, tearing a large hole in the wire mesh.

(End of this chapter)