The path to immortality through demonic cultivation begins with devouring snakes to become immortals

"There's a hidden quest?" Li Xiaobai, who had shrunk back into a small ball, widened his eyes in shock: "Why wasn't that mentioned?"

A small middle finger icon reappeared on the system panel.

Li Xiaobai wanted to slap himself hard with his tail. Yeah, if he said that, it wouldn't be a hidden quest.

【Name】Li Xiaobai

[Bloodline] Crescent Moon Serpent (Double Mutation)

[Technique] Shangqing Dianlong Jue (Initial Understanding)

[Cultivation Level] First Tier (Early Stage)

[Companion Talent] (To be drawn)

Lifespan: 17 years

[Apocalypse Point] 123

[World] Divine Continent (Mortal)

"Extract." Li Xiaobai's mind stirred slightly.

A system notification sounded in my mind.

[Ding~ Drawing in progress... Accompanying talent: Swiftness, successfully activated.]

[Talent Effect: Allows the user to concentrate all their strength in their feet, gaining a brief burst of maximum speed.]

"Broken feet?"

Li Xiaobai immediately raised half of his body, pointing the tip of his tail at his face: "Me! Baizai! I'm a snake! Where are my feet? What the hell am I supposed to fight with?!"

Li Xiaobai posted over a dozen TD messages on the system panel: "Unsubscribe! Find someone else!"

[Ding~ The accompanying talent has been successfully extracted. It is permanently bound and cannot be refunded or exchanged.]

"C!!"

To be honest, after this period of time, Li Xiaobai is all too aware of his shortcomings.

It's too small, has short fangs, and isn't poisonous!

He couldn't use any of the snakes' main offensive techniques, so he could only rely on his relatively strong body to charge around, making up all sorts of nonsense like rocket headbutts and iron tails.

What martial arts skills could he possibly know?

I thought this innate talent would give him a boost, but what happened? That's it!

Li Xiaobai covered his head with half an eggshell again, and in the still-lingering moonlight, he continued to cultivate while pondering the Dragon Counting Technique.

And you know what? After his bloodline evolved again, his comprehension of cultivation techniques really improved a lot. At least he could now get through some of the tricks he couldn't get past before.

As the morning light shone down the next day, Li Xiaobai climbed down from the withered tree.

With the help of the old scorpion's blood and flesh essence, and the abundant moonlight from last night, Li Xiaobai successfully broke through the shackles and became a snake at the mid-stage of the first rank!

Comparable to a human cultivator in the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

At this moment, his enormous body, which was thirty-eight centimeters long, reflected a magnificent light in the morning sun. If it weren't for his round head and big eyes, just looking at his figure, he would really have a rather majestic appearance.

He continued crawling deeper into the demon territory.

Actually... Li Xiaobai had considered going to the human territory, but after thinking about it, he decided against it.

He had been a human for over twenty years, and he knew people too well! A small snake like him with no background, the moment he arrived in the human realm, might be caught by those cultivators and made into wine.

Before soaking the snake in alcohol, you have to dig out its gallbladder, saying it has the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, and reducing internal heat.

Even if they don't get caught, life won't be easy. Not to mention the long-standing grudges between humans and demons, the main problem is that they are xenophobic!

You stinking outsider snake, coming to the human race to beg for food?

According to the rough data provided by the system, the territory of the demon race is actually larger than that of the human race, and the degree of resource exploitation is not high.

Although the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is far less concentrated than that of human territory, there are relatively more opportunities.

In addition to his own ability to devour and evolve, the demon race is more suitable for him.

As he crawled, Li Xiaobai suddenly raised his upper body and flicked his tongue.

Not far away, next to a huge ant nest, a brightly colored flower was in bloom, and a giant ant, about half a zhang (1.5 meters) long, was gently touching the flower's stamen with its antennae.

Many ants, about the size of kittens, were still carrying their prey and burying it under the little flower.

Those flowers... smell so good.

It not only has a strong floral fragrance, but also carries a hint of flesh and blood!

"This... a spiritual herb guarded by a demonic beast?"

Li Xiaobai's pink tongue drooped next to her small teeth.

A nest of ants! Only the largest one had cultivated to a higher level, its aura stronger than mine; it should be a late-stage first-order demon beast.

The rest is just dread.

He didn't recognize the flower, but... his instincts told him that swallowing it might be more effective than swallowing eight or nine scorpions!

[Ding~ Random task issued!]

At this moment, the system's voice rang in Li Xiaobai's mind again.

[Please kill the late-stage Tier 1 demonic beast before you, and seize and devour the Grade 2 spiritual herb, the Flesh-Gathering Flower.]

Li Xiaobai hesitated.

This ant is not to be trifled with, and it has so many minions too.

Even a strong tiger can't withstand a pack of wolves. If he gets injured because of this, it will delay his progress too much.

[Quest Completion Rewards: Apocalypse Points +300; Physical Strength +0.2; Soul Strength +0.2.]

"Damn it!!"

Li Xiaobai, who was about to rush forward recklessly, suddenly stopped.

The tip of its tail gently rubbed against its chin. It definitely had to be done, but it couldn't be done haphazardly.

Ants... What are the weaknesses of ants?

With poor sensory abilities, he is almost blind and relies mainly on his sense of smell and touch to perceive things.

Li Xiaobai had already discovered that he didn't smell like any wild animals, so even though he was so close, the ants, and even the late-stage first-tier ant, didn't notice him.

Moreover, it is small in size, much smaller than those of ordinary ants.

What else?

Yes! The queen ant! The queen ant is the core of the entire ant colony! This big one is definitely not the queen ant.

After figuring it out, Li Xiaobai secretly went around the ant nest from behind.

Seeing a lone ant, he immediately delivered a rocket headbutt! That was just an ordinary ant; even in the world of cultivation, it wouldn't be a match for Li Xiaobai, who was at the mid-stage of the first rank.

What's more, Li Xiaobai launched a sneak attack!

In just a moment, the ant was pierced by Li Xiaobai, and Li Xiaobai's whole body was naturally covered with the smell of ants.

[Ding~ Hunting a common man-eating ant, Apocalypse Points +3.]

"Tsk, it's quite valuable."

Li Xiaobai held the ant's corpse to make sure it wouldn't fall over, then stealthily crawled towards the ant hole.

Compared to these ants, his size was like that of an ordinary ant facing a small aphid. As long as Li Xiaobai didn't cause trouble, these ants really didn't see him!

This allowed him to successfully climb into the large ant nest.

Li Xiaobai, carefully avoiding the ant's whiskers, passed through unimpeded.

Two quarters of an hour later, Li Xiaobai successfully entered the depths of the ant nest, where a large white worm, easily two meters long, was laying eggs! This guy actually has a cultivation level of the early stage of the first rank!

"The queen ant..."

In the blink of an eye, Li Xiaobai landed on the ant queen's head, and his spiritual pressure exploded!

Before the queen ant could even react, Li Xiaobai had already placed his two small fangs on its head and sent out his divine thoughts.

"Get out! Or I'll kill you and eat all your babies!"

The queen ant was immediately paralyzed. It wasn't very intelligent and couldn't understand Li Xiaobai's meaning, let alone why such a small creature could be so strong.

But it knew that if it didn't go out... it would die!

"Damn, did you hear me?! Giddy up!"