Bearing the blue sky

Chapter 104 Fierce Battle! The Transformed Giant Python!

"Oh? Where?"

Zhu Ge quickly asked.

"Outside Mengzi City to the south!" Liu Jianjian said, "There's a village there called Xin'an Village, where black-horned oxen plow the fields!"

"Mengzi City? That's a bit far!"

Zhu Ge thought about it and decided to give up for the time being.

The black horned cattle are too far away.

Yuanyang City is quite a distance from Mengzi City, and you have to pass through several cities in between.

As for the area around the city, given the current situation with the Plague God Sparrow's password, it's estimated that there will be hordes of demonic beasts.

If he bypassed these cities, the journey would be too long; if he didn't, he estimated he wouldn't be able to break through the cities on his own.

"Then it's the same as before: keep practicing martial arts and keep eating!"

Zhu Ge decided on the next step, then looked at Zhu Sisi: "Sisi, how's your cultivation technique coming along?"

Zhu Sisi's cultivation technique is called "Nine Heavens Breaking the Cocoon and Swallowing the Dragon Technique," and it has great potential.

However, Zhu Sisi is only a spirit beast and has not yet taken human form, so she is not as intelligent as Liu Jianjian and cannot comprehend cultivation techniques as quickly.

"Master, I've learned the basics."

Zhu Sisi replied, "I need to devour mulberry leaves now, so that one day I can devour the dragon and snake."

"Eat mulberry leaves? Fine, you're in your growth stage anyway, grow up quickly." Zhu Ge nodded: "Then I'll continue hunting. Jianjian, you'll come with me."

"Huh? Me?" Liu Jianjian pointed to herself, looking embarrassed. "No, I'll go pick fruit. Yes, I'll go pick fruit!"

"Gather my ass." Zhu Ge said speechlessly, "You come out with me, and you can take in any suitable demonic beasts. By the way, how many thorns have you refined that can be used for containment?"

"Three." Liu Jianjian looked embarrassed: "I was too busy picking fruit, I didn't have time to refine them."

Liu Jianjian's face was rosy and quite adorable.

"Then let's catch three first." Zhu Ge glanced at her: "All you do is go out and fool around all day. From now on, you'll refine ten thorns every day, and I'll check them."

"Huh? Ten roots? I can only refine six roots at most if I don't eat or drink!" Liu Jianjian's face immediately fell.

"Then eight it is." Zhu Ge snorted lightly: "All you do when you go out is brag and gossip, you have no ability to protect yourself at all."

"Eight? Okay—" Liu Jianjian looked miserable, but if you looked closely, you could see the cunning in her eyes.

"By the way, I'll watch you refine it. If you manage to refine all eight without eating or drinking, then you can practice martial arts with me and fight me one-on-one."

With that, Zhu Ge turned and walked towards the valley entrance: "Let's go, let's begin the hunt!"

"Huh? Wait, wait, Master! Can I change it? I can refine twelve roots!" Liu Jianjian shouted, chasing after Zhu Ge as he walked out.

However, Zhu Ge usually uses "Lighting Incense" to travel, so his speed is naturally very fast.

Liu Jianjian had also watched Zhu Ge practice martial arts, and Zhu Ge had even personally taught Liu Jianjian step by step.

In addition, Liu Jianjian is timid and afraid of death, so she is also very interested in this kind of escape martial arts.

So Liu Jianjian was quite fast and caught up with Zhu Ge in no time.

"Master, my dear master," Liu Jianjian pleaded, tears welling in her eyes, "I'll only have ten from now on, okay? Just ten!"

"It depends on your performance." Zhu Ge glanced at her: "You are timid by nature and have a loose tongue, which has led you to develop the habit of shooting arrows from the shadows. But you also need to practice your combat skills, otherwise no one will be able to protect you in the future."

Liu Jianjian was subdued by him in close combat from the very beginning.

It's fair to say that Liu Jianjian's close-combat ability is too weak!

If it were a game, Zhu Ge probably wouldn't enhance Liu Jianjian's melee abilities, but rather let her continue to develop her ranged shooting skills.

But that's reality!

Survival is their top priority.

Zhu Ge didn't want to fight for half a day only to turn around and see his own marksman lying there.

In order to survive, it is more important to make up for weaknesses than to extend strengths.

Just like a martial artist, no matter how strong their physical body is, they will still die if they attack the soul.

On other paths, no matter how strong the soul is, one cannot survive if the body is destroyed.

Therefore, it is very important to cultivate Liu Jianjian's close combat ability.

"Melee combat ability—" Liu Jianjian's face was more bitter than a bitter gourd: "I don't want to live anymore—"

"Don't worry, let's start with first-level demonic beasts for practice," Zhu Ge said. "Once you can get used to them, then we can move on to second-level demonic beasts."

For him, monsters of the first realm didn't actually have much value for martial arts training.

A few blows and he'd be dead; it's pointless.

Zhu Ge's best targets for honing his martial arts skills are still those demonic beasts in the second realm.

A demon beast that has gathered a demonic heart is more durable.

"Alright then—" Seeing that there was no way to change it, Liu Jianjian could only accept her fate.

However, Liu Jianjian knew in her heart that Zhu Ge was doing it for her own good.

So she cheered herself up and stopped being so down.

"I will definitely—" Liu Jianjian clenched her fists, secretly cheering herself on.

"Bang!!!"

The next instant, a huge tail slammed down from the treetop.

"Splash—"

Liu Jianjian's body was knocked and rolled over, rolling several times in the mud.

"Where's your vigilance?" Zhu Ge shook his head: "I remember you were very vigilant before."

Liu Jianjian angrily scrambled to her feet and glared at the giant python not far away: "How dare you ambush me?!"

It was this giant python at the Transformation Realm that just ambushed her!

This giant python lurked among the trees and seemed to possess the ability to conceal its presence, making it extremely difficult to guard against.

"How dare you disobey the orders of the Plague God Sparrow and the Red River Dragon Python?" The giant python spoke in human language, its cold eyes darting between Zhu Ge and Liu Jianjian: "All humans must be killed, that is the order."

"Why should I listen to either of them?" Liu Jianjian retorted without hesitation, "They didn't give birth to me or raise me, I can do whatever I want!"

"Then die!" The giant python's massive body shot out, its demonic heart pounding wildly at its seven-inch mark.

Zhu Ge didn't make a move, but instead gestured for Liu Jianjian to go up herself.

Liu Jianjian understood that she should try her best, so she recalled Professor Zhu Ge's martial arts techniques such as "Five Animal Frolics" and "Wrathful Vajra Palm" and rushed forward.

"Tiger type! Crane type!"

"Vajra Palm!"

"Ouch! My stomach!"

Liu Jianjian was surrounded by demonic energy, and was quickly whipped back by the giant python's tail, clutching her stomach and crying out.

"Human martial arts? You, a hedgehog, want to learn human martial arts?" The giant python sneered, coiled around, and suddenly strangled Liu Jianjian.

Liu Jianjian immediately transformed back into her hedgehog form, but the giant python's body was surging with demonic energy, and the quills on Liu Jianjian's body pierced into her flesh as easily as inserting them into cotton.

"Let me show you my power to entangle and kill!"

As it spoke, the giant python exerted its strength, and the hedgehog's body, with its sharp spines, was immediately wrapped tightly.

Those hard, long thorns did not harm the giant python in the slightest. On the contrary, the python's constricting force directly affected Liu Jianjian's body.

Liu Jianjian's demonic heart began to beat, and a surge of demonic energy enveloped her entire body.

"Ahhh, Master, Master, I'm so tight, it hurts!"

Liu Jianjian cried out in alarm, "Help me!"

"Wait, just bear with it!" Zhu Ge's heart skipped a beat, a feeling welling up inside her: "It's coming, it's coming right away!"

"What's here?" Liu Jianjian asked, puzzled.

The giant python ignored Zhu Ge and simply tightened its body.

Meanwhile, Zhu Ge was observing the giant python: "This giant python's constricting technique seems quite powerful. The Five Animal Frolics has five kinds of beasts and birds, and the Xu Family Swift Fist is based on the swift."

"Could I learn a thing or two from this giant python, specifically its strangulation technique?"