Li Yang crossed the Mist Gate and arrived in Fengtian Province just in time to see the giant serpent leap from the ground, aiming to bite the helicopter. The serpent's scales were made of metal, and the crystals within its body were also metal. It could be said that its entire body was a point of leverage for Li Yang! Without any hesitation, Li Yang immediately activated his ability and dragged the serpent down from the sky! The serpent reacted instantly, turning its head to look at Li Yang. "Covenantor, how dare you obstruct me?!" Li Yang sprinted, leaping from a building and charging directly towards the serpent with a clear goal! The serpent opened its mouth wide, biting at Li Yang from below! "Shut... your mouth." An arc of electricity flashed, as if two invisible hands grabbed the serpent's upper and lower jaws, slamming them together! "Ugh!!" The serpent choked, and Li Yang landed directly on its head, then slammed a palm onto its body!
Metal Manipulation, target directly below— "Descend!" An arc of electricity pierced through the serpent's body, as if grasped by many hands, and violently slammed it into the ground! Boom!! Another loud crash echoed as the serpent fell heavily to the ground, sending rubble and dust flying. Li Yang remained standing on its head. The surrounding soldiers were completely stunned by this sight. "What... did he do?" "That monster was subdued just like that?" "Is he an Esper?" "A master?" While the crowd was guessing Li Yang's identity, he himself felt a sense of unease. "Energy is being consumed very quickly, extremely quickly!" Suppressing the serpent with such force was inevitably draining his energy at an alarming rate. Gradually, the serpent also sensed it. The force exerted on it was weakening, constantly weakening! "Hahaha, you're running out of energy, aren't you, kid?!" As the serpent spoke, its body began to sway, then evolved into violent struggles! Damn it! With its struggles, the energy consumption accelerated! «Calm down» Sect Leader?
«Li Yang, don't be anxious» «Carefully sense the location of the crystal core within its body. That is its life source and its only weakness» «Find the crystal core and use your ability to pull it out» «You can do it» Li Yang gritted his teeth. Sense the crystal core... It was easier said than done. This guy was covered in metal, making it difficult to find the crystal core! Watching the serpent thrash violently, a corpse on the street suddenly stood up. The corpse stared blankly at Li Yang and said in a hoarse voice, "Use... spirit medicine, it... not only helps you... cultivate... but also clears the mind and opens the spirit..." Zhou Mo controlled the corpse as he spoke, his true body hiding far away in an inconspicuous residential building. Witnessing Li Yang's battle with the serpent, Zhou Mo felt a sense of powerlessness surge within him again. "In the end, besides watching, I still can't do anything." Zhou Mo lowered his head. "It's been like this since seven years ago. I just watched them leave, but I didn't dare to do anything." "I repeatedly told myself that it wasn't the time yet, that I didn't have the ability yet, because I was afraid of failure..." "Even after gaining the ability, I kept telling myself that I had just awakened and my abilities weren't proficient enough, that it wasn't the time yet..." "This is just self-deception." Seeing Li Yang's fearless and decisive demeanor, Zhou Mo felt like he was looking into a mirror of his own conscience. Saying that the time wasn't right and his abilities weren't enough was just him being afraid. "Sect Leader... have I failed your expectations?" «Silly child» «The reason people are interesting is because they are all different» «Everyone has their own mission, and these missions evolve into paths. People's paths occasionally intersect, but they do not overlap» «Li Yang has his own path to walk, and you have your own path to walk. If you always follow behind him, you can only see his shadow and cannot move forward on your own path» «So, let go and do it» «If the sky falls, your Sect Leader will cover you» Hearing Qi Youluo's words, Zhou Mo's gaze became firm. "Thank you, Sect Leader." With that, Zhou Mo took out a card from his pocket. "Lamp-bearing Maiden, open the Third Gate in the mist, and guide us to the location of sin beneath the Jianghai Southern Star."
With that, Zhou Mo threw out the card. A large amount of black mist swirled out, condensing into a black hole-like door in front of him. "Brother Li, I've learned a lot from you during this time." "You are quick to take revenge, decisive in killing. Your enemies are already dead by your blade, but my enemies are still at large." "So please allow me to bid you farewell for now, don't blame me." ... Zhou Mo's words were conveyed to Li Yang through the corpse's mouth. "Farewell." Li Yang took out a small medicine bottle from his pocket, unscrewed the cap, and poured the liquid into his mouth! As the liquid entered his throat, a cool sensation instantly penetrated his body's limbs! His brain became exceptionally clear at that moment, and even the chaotic information in his mind began to show some order! "Found it!" Crystal core! An arc of electricity pierced through the serpent's body, accurately locking onto a crystalline substance in its throat! As if a pair of invisible hands grabbed the crystal, the serpent suddenly trembled. "You, you actually knew?!" "Get, get out!!" Mineral essence, or rather, the crystal core, was equivalent to its heart! Li Yang tried his best to pull out the crystal core, causing the serpent to let out heart-wrenching wails! "Roar!!" Suddenly, the serpent charged towards the building in front of it, trying to use the reinforced concrete to crush Li Yang to death! However, at this moment, the metal scales on the serpent's body suddenly crawled onto Li Yang's body and completely wrapped him up! Boom!! With a loud crash, the building collapsed instantly, but Li Yang was like a louse clinging to its body, unable to be shaken off! His whole body was wrapped in metal scales, standing there like a metal sculpture that was completely integrated with the serpent! Even if the serpent burrowed into the ground, it couldn't shake him off! The serpent kept burrowing into the ground and then bursting out, crashing into buildings! "Let go, let go!!" "Do you know who I am?!" "My father is the King of the Earth, the Lord of the Spiral. If you dare to kill me, my father will bury your family and homeland under the earth!"
Li Yang's eyes widened. "You can let him try!" "If he dares to invade and destroy my home, then even if the heavens collapse and the earth cracks, and my life burns, I will crush the abyss and grind every inch of your bones into powder!!" Pfft!! Black blood spurted out of the serpent's mouth, and along with the blood, a khaki-yellow oval crystal also spurted out! "No..." An arc of electricity flashed, and the oval crystal was directly grabbed by Li Yang. The serpent's massive body fell from the sky, crashing heavily to the ground, its pupils dimming. Li Yang fell from the sky, stepping on the serpent's corpse. It was strange... his body felt very light, as if something had opened up. «Li Yang, congratulations» «You have broken through the shackles of the mortal body and reached the First Order, Illumination Grade» ...