Mortal: Supreme Being of the Ghost Path

Meanwhile, Qin Han moved nimbly and steadily among the ice pillars and spikes.

His gaze swept around from time to time, while releasing a small amount of divine sense to cover a small area around him, remaining vigilant at all times and daring not to relax in the slightest.

"The original work doesn't seem to have elaborated on the specifics of the Mystic Crystal Path..."

As Qin Han carefully recalled the events, he secretly pondered, "However, I wonder how many ice-attribute demons are hidden in this canyon. It's best to be cautious." He silently warned himself.

Although he possesses the natural advantage of being a spirit, the physical body he possessed is his biggest weakness.

If any danger is encountered here, the slightest carelessness could destroy this body that was only recently acquired.

As I was pondering this, the scene ahead suddenly changed.

The originally jagged icicles gradually became sparse, and in their place, a dense sea of ​​silvery-white flowers appeared.

The flowers were pure white, with crystal-clear petals, as if sculpted from ice and snow, yet they possessed a supple and resilient texture, and their shape resembled that of lotus flowers.

Each flower was the size of a palm, clustered together in layers, completely blocking the way ahead.

Looking out, it seemed to stretch on forever!

"This is... a snow lotus?"

Qin Han paused, his brows furrowing slightly.

Just then, a faint fragrance drifted in on the breeze, serene and elegant, refreshing and soothing.

The fragrance was neither strong nor overpowering, yet it possessed an indescribable allure, making one irresistibly drawn to it, wanting to take a deep breath and inhale its full aroma.

However, Qin Han instantly sensed something strange about it and became vigilant.

The sudden appearance of such a dense sea of ​​snow lotus flowers in this cold, icy, and frosty Xuanjing Path is itself abnormal.

Moreover, these snow lotuses are growing so luxuriantly that they have almost blocked the entire passage. Such an unusual phenomenon must be suspicious!

With this in mind, he stopped and scanned the sea of ​​flowers with his gaze. His divine sense also extended out, cautiously spreading forward.

From the depths of the sea of ​​flowers, a faint, almost imperceptible fluctuation of spiritual energy could be seen, so weak that it was almost undetectable, yet undeniably real.

Qin Han frowned even more, and just as he was about to concentrate on investigating, a soft "click" sound suddenly came from the depths of the flower sea...

The sound was extremely faint and soft, like the sound of snow being crushed underfoot, or like something breaking through the ground.

If it weren't for his keen senses, he would never have been able to detect it in the cold wind.

Immediately afterwards, the snow lotus closest to Qin Han trembled violently.

A bizarre scene unfolded!

The petals trembled and then moved rapidly. A silvery-white body, about the thickness of an arm, emerged from below.

Qin Han's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly turned around to look.

Upon closer inspection, it was astonishing—that wasn't a snow lotus at all! It was clearly a snake!

The snake was entirely silver-white, with fine, dense scales that shimmered with a dazzling silver light under the glowing blue icy glow.

What's even more unbelievable is that it has a snow lotus on its head, with layers upon layers of petals blooming eerily, looking exactly like a real snow lotus from a distance!

The snake was flicking its scarlet forked tongue, its cold eyes fixed intently on Qin Han.

Seeing the small silver snake not far away, Qin Han frowned slightly. The image of the snake with a "Seven-Colored Lotus" on its head appeared in his mind. In the original work, when Han Li was searching for treasure on the desolate island where Xuan Gu Shangren was sealed, didn't he encounter a snake with a "Seven-Colored Lotus" on its head?

In this light, it does bear a striking resemblance to the small silver snake before us!

"hiss--"

Suddenly, the small snake let out a low hiss, its body tensed up, and the next moment, it shot towards Qin Han's face at an incredible speed, like an arrow released from a bow!

Seeing this, Qin Han snorted coldly and raised his hand, sending out a sharp black beam of light.

The black light struck the silver snake with pinpoint accuracy.

With a sharp, piercing sound, the two snake bodies fell to the ground, writhing and twisting wildly, their tails thrashing about with a crackling sound. The snake's head was still open, its fangs bared, as if it wanted to pounce and bite again.

Blue blood gushed from the cut, spreading across the ice surface, and a faint, fishy stench could be smelled from a distance.

Qin Han looked down at the still struggling snake corpse on the ground, his brows furrowed, seemingly deep in thought.

Just then, a strange "crunch crunch crunch" sound suddenly came from all directions, exactly the same as the sound of footsteps on snow just now!

Qin Han suddenly looked up and saw that the dense sea of ​​snow lotus flowers in front of him seemed to have been awakened by some kind of force, with thousands of snow lotuses trembling violently at the same time.

In an instant, the petals trembled, and one after another, small silver snakes emerged from the snow, from the ice crevices, and from all directions!

They were covered with eerie snow lotuses on their heads, and their mouths flicked out scarlet snake tongues. They were densely packed, layer upon layer, numbering in the thousands, completely surrounding Qin Han.

Looking around, all around were blinding silver lights, and there were simply no numbers of them!

The eyes of those silver snakes were all locked onto Qin Han, and they hissed sharply. The sounds of countless snake tongues flicking in and out merged into a chilling hiss that echoed endlessly around them.

Seeing this, Qin Han's expression shifted slightly, and he slowly took a few steps back, trying to distance himself from the snakes.

However, when he quickly scanned his surroundings, he found that there were snakes in all directions—front, back, left, and right!

The path they came from was blocked by a dense swarm of silver snakes, and the path they went out from was an even larger sea of ​​snakes, already surrounded by thousands of small silver snakes!

"Are these the demonic spirits of the Mystic Crystal Path?"

Qin Han secretly guessed what was going on and gave a disdainful snort.

These silver snakes are not particularly strong individually; at most, they are equivalent to cultivators in the early stages of Foundation Establishment.

However, the sheer number of them was overwhelming; tens of thousands of them surged in at once, causing headaches even for cultivators at the Core Formation stage.

Moreover, these snakes are able to survive in such a cold and gloomy place as Xuanjing Path, which may mean they have a strong resistance to cold and magic.

Ordinary magical attacks would probably be unlikely to cause them fatal damage.

However, he cultivates the path of demons and ghosts, and his forte is precisely this kind of group battle.

Now that these silver snakes are swarming up in a swarm, it saves him the trouble of defeating them one by one, and he can just wipe them all out in one fell swoop.

Thinking of this, Qin Han's gaze turned cold. Suddenly, a large amount of eerie black energy surged from his body, and without hesitation, he raised his hand and made some kind of hand seal. The restless black energy quickly spread outwards.

In an instant, it covered an area of ​​several dozen feet in radius, completely enveloping the surrounding silver snakes!

As Qin Han made another hand seal, the black energy surrounding them exploded, transforming into countless fine black lines as thin as hair, shooting out in all directions like a blanket!

A series of "plop" sounds rang out, and wherever the black lines passed, the dense silver snakes' bodies were easily pierced, and blue blood splattered everywhere.

In an instant, the air here was filled with a foul and unpleasant stench!

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