Seeking Truth with a Sword-Chapter 563 - 506: Amber

Chapter 563: Chapter 506: Amber
ROAR!
The giant python hissed, chasing after Li Ang but once more biting into thin air. Mo Si shot out from all around Li Ang, hooking onto the ceiling, walls, and floor, dragging him back and aiding in his nimble dodging of the python’s bite.
All the Mo Si were a part of Li Ang. He no longer needed to split his Heart Thought to monitor and control them—he could directly "see" through the Mo Si’s perspective. It was as if he had risen from his human body, gaining a higher vantage point to oversee all his and the Mo Si’s actions. Through his eyes, the once unstoppable and inescapable giant python now seemed heavy and clumsy.
Almost time,
Li Ang thought. A massive amount of Mo Si extended from his spine, wrapping backward over his back, cascading along his torso, and enveloping his limbs. He looked down at his hand, slowly becoming concealed under the Mo Si, and cracked a slight smile.
The empowering experience of transforming into a demon back at the Jialan Sect seemed to descend upon him again. The difference was that this time, he was in full control of everything.
Sensing a change in the situation, the giant python accelerated once more. Simultaneously, its tail swept across half the room, arriving with unexpected speed, and struck the Mo Si stretched across the room behind Li Ang, preventing his escape. The Mo Si snapped. Li Ang’s retreat was halted, and inertia threw him backward a short distance.
The gaping maw, large enough to swallow an elephant, rushed toward him, his vision overshadowed by the serpent’s head. Li Ang lifted his head, allowing his face to be covered by the Mo Si.
BOOM!!!
The python bit down hard, swallowing Li Ang whole before he could fall. Its lower jaw exerted tremendous force, like millstones ready to grind him to pieces.
The Puppet Servant, holding the bell, paused in mid-air. It was supposed to shake the bell at this moment to forcefully pull Li Ang out. However, a moment ago, some unpredictable changes had seemingly occurred to Li Ang. This led the Puppet Servant to believe that even in this situation, he still had a chance to turn the tables.
CLICK, CLICK.
Sounds of tense, trembling muscles came from the python’s head. Its vertical pupils rapidly narrowed, nearly merging into a straight line. Above its snout, flesh and scales bulged as if sharp objects were puncturing them from within.
BOOM!
A pitch-black Triangular Spear thrust upward from within, piercing straight through the python’s snout. Pieces of scales burst and flew off. The python, unable to control itself, threw its head back, striking the ceiling and causing ripples in the room’s Prohibitions.
But the pitch-black spear had no intention of stopping. The Mo Si at its tip gathered and condensed, swelling in size, taking the form of a spiraling drill bit that began to spin, accelerating from slow to fast.
BUZZ! BUZZ!
The drill spun faster and faster. At such high speeds, its uneven surface became like a razor, tearing through the python’s scales and further enlarging the wound.
The giant python struggled violently, opening its mouth to reveal Li Ang inside, gripping the spear’s handle. He was now completely covered in Mo Si. His frame had expanded to over two meters tall, immensely sturdy and muscular, his muscles well-defined and seemingly ready to explode. Curved horns had grown from his shoulders and back, and his ten fingernails had become as sharp and narrow as blades.
Li Ang felt power surging through every part of his body. With his higher perspective, he looked down at his current demonic form.
So this is what they mean by ’going dark makes you three times stronger’?
he quietly joked to himself, gazing at the serpent’s maw closing in once again, its mouth also now sprouting countless new serrated teeth.
Without dodging, he gripped the long spear tightly and swung it down hard. The rapidly spinning drill bit tore through the giant serpent’s upper jaw, angling into its skull. Instantly, scales flew, flesh splattered, and blood, formed from mud, sprayed out as if it cost nothing.
However, such a wound could not stop the python’s movements. Its lower jaw still clamped down, and the newly grown serrated teeth in its mouth bit into Li Ang, crushing and cutting. This was a contest of identical origin and species. Mo Si snapped, and mud splashed. The latter, with its larger mass, could better withstand the attrition.
THUD!
Li Ang stomped forward forcefully, letting the serrated teeth grind and slice the soles of his demonic body. The Mo Si on the back of his hand wriggled, detaching the talisman plate from within it and transporting it to his spine. The talisman plate began to click and whir, loading all its Wind Talismans into the grooves. Then, it fired backward.
Like a fighter jet’s engine, Li Ang’s back erupted with violent winds. Unleashing his Telekinesis with all his might, he forcefully broke free from the serpent’s serrated teeth and charged forward down the python’s throat. His right hand’s angled drill shattered the serpent’s skull, crushing everything it encountered as it traveled down its spine. The Radiant Crossbow in his left hand fired continuously, blasting orbs of light to forge a path.
From the Puppet Servant’s perspective, the serpent seemed struck by lightning. Its body trembled and shook, its spine torn open along a great length, fire and light exploding from the wound and its mouth. Its body, like a towering pillar, slowly collapsed with a thunderous crash. Li Ang burst through the scales and dropped away before the serpent’s corpse fully hit the ground.
BOOM!
He landed on the ground and flung the long spear, flicking off the muddy fragments stuck to it. He controlled the massive drill bit at the spear’s tip, slowing it down until it gradually stopped. Then he turned to look at the giant serpent.
Such severe injuries finally proved too much for it to regenerate. The enormous serpent body melted and decomposed, returning to a brown, muddy state. As if weakened, it oozed slowly, gathering together.
Li Ang put away the Triangular Spear and picked up a clump of mud, attempting to absorb it with his Mo Si.
Hmm? I can’t absorb it?
He was surprised to find that his Mo Si could not absorb and assimilate the mud, much like an ordinary creature would struggle to digest steel.
Why is this?
Li Ang furrowed his brow. He was certain that the mud shared the same origin as his Mo Si, and he had clearly felt his Mo Si’s desire to devour the mud before.
WHOOSH—
All the mud gathered again, its surface condensing and hardening into a rocky shape. Atop the rock, a drop of amber liquid slid down, like blood weeping from stone.
His Mo Si’s desire to devour surged again. Li Ang stepped forward, and the Mo Si in his palm extended eagerly, instantly absorbing the Amber Liquid.
That was quick!
Li Ang smacked his lips. He hadn’t even had time to study the Amber Liquid before his Mo Si had absorbed it.
Could it be... that was a product for the next stage of Mo Si’s evolution?
"Congratulations. You have passed the Mountain Master’s trial," the Puppet Servant named Ati said, standing outside the white line.
"No, not yet," Li Ang replied, shaking his head at the Puppet Servant. His gaze returned to the quietly standing brown rock, his brow furrowing involuntarily. He could feel that the brown mud had not yet lost its vitality.