Chapter 557: [ Difficult battle ]

“What?”

Staring at the screen that showed these words, a question mark appeared at Si Mulan’s head.

[ Ciaosu~ Lady Mulan, an unknown Monster has appeared. Do you want to earn additional points? Just focus the camera at the monster to register it as a new monster and send data to the Monster Archives. In this way, you can gather a new monster’s information that will help the archive to develop even more. Furthermore, you can also evaluate the monster strength by doing it..! ]

“Additional Points? How much? And What Monster Archives?”

[ Every monster data, as accurate as possible can give you a varying amount. Precious and rare monster range from 10 – 20 points while normal monsters 5 – 10 points. Monster Archives is the library that listed all monsters that master had encountered so far on his journey—it also includes those data acquired by other people. Not just monsters, in fact, you can also register new plants, items or anything that has value. If you manage to register quite a valuable piece of information, then not just points but you will also be rewarded. Of course, the reward is random. In additional information, the precious and valuable the information obtained, the better the reward will be! ]

Si Mulan’s eyes glittered in delight. Her interest was picked, not only a free and easy to obtain points but also, a reward? What kind of reward…?

“I, I just need to aim the D-Com. at it… right?”

[ Affirmative ]

Excited, Si Mulan draws back a few distances and aim the D-Com. at the monster that had suddenly arrived, completely ignoring the danger it possesses.

*Ding!

[ Scanning the new monster… 30%...60%...93%...100% completed. Thank you for your support. Extracting data… evaluation complete…giving tentative name [ Purple Scaled Horn Python ] a rare variation… 7th rank monster. Data analysis completion; still at 25%... ]

*Ding!

[ Purple Scaled Horn Python had appeared. A suggestion of immediate retreat has given. Chances of defeating the said monster: 43% group effort but with casualties. 73% alone but have a high chance of ending with near-death injuries… ]

[ What will you do? Fight. Item. Run. ]

“What are these options?” Si Mulan asked with a confused expression.

“Junior Sister Mulan!!”

“Aah!”

“Kyaa!!”

As Si Mulan was focusing on her phone, an anxious voice suddenly rang out, followed by a violent tackle.

Bang!!

When Si Mulan and the attacker rolled on the ground, a large black scaled tail rammed the ground Si Mulan was just at.

“Mulan!!” Qin Han who was giving all his attention attacking the head of the monster was startled by Si Mulan’s scream and glanced at her location. But this was proven a mistake!

The instance his focus was lost, the giant snake rammed its head towards Qin Han who was suspended in the air and--

Bang!

As if rammed by a ten wheeler truck, Qin Han’s body shot like a cannonball, crashing at the large trees behind him.

“Brother Han!!”

“Senior Brother Han!!”

An anxious voice rang out as the rest started to attack the monster snake together.

“Aww, aw,”

“Are you okay?”

“Senior Sister?!”

Si Mulan looks at Bu Fanyi, shock. The latter just smiled wryly.

“Seriously, please don’t be distracted in this kind of situation.” She muttered as she slowly stood up.

“Ah! I’m sorry…and thank you,”

“It’s nothing, in any case… this doesn’t seem to be a normal Black Toxic Python. The monster’s scale is just too damn strong!”

“Ah yes… it seems like it was a 7th rank monster. A Variation. Well, its power seems to be equivalent to that of a Mid-Stage Spirit Realm,” Si Mulan muttered with a bitter smile. They're up against one hell of a monster.

“What?!” Si Mulan’s words shock Bu Fanyi. A 7th rank monster?! A Mid-Stage Spirit Realm…?!!

If what Si Mulan said is right and this monster is indeed a 7th rank monsters in which have a power equivalent to a Spirit rank Middle stage. It wasn’t a monster that can they easily confront with just this amount of people!

“Are you sure?! That monster is a 7th rank?!”

Si Mulan nodded as she handed the phone to Bu Fanyi. Reading the information displayed on the screen, its power, affinity, rank, energy gauze and many more that Bu Fanyi has not seen and read before—in any case, it was data with many calculations and numbers, Bu Fanyi can only understand a bit. However, it was still enough to make her expression darkened with fear.

Although she doesn’t know if the data was accurate, still, it came from that mysterious man--it should be somewhat reliable!

In fact, the data was made based on the Monster’s aura and energy parameter. Then it was compared to many beasts and monsters of the same class, race, and rank to gather information.

Although not still complete, the information and data were at least quite accurate to some degree.

“This is bad…! We will be defeated or at least, be reduced by a number against that monster…”

Bu Fanyi muttered as she summoned an intricate looking bow from her storage device and started arming black steel arrows. Woosh. Woosh. In an instant, dozens of arrows rained down from above. These arrows blazed in flames when they reach midflight and exploded the moment it touches the target.

The fire spread, immediately engulfing the giant serpent in a large flame!

Crimson Exploding Blossoms!

“Wait… although it might be rude saying this but… don’t you have anything to kill it? Like anything?”

While firing, Bu Fanyi turned asked when she noticed that the group’s fight wasn't getting optimistic.

As expected, a 7th rank monster is indeed very strong!

“Eh? Well, actually I still had some life-saving Item left but I…” ...want to leave them as the very last option… is what she wanted to say but she suddenly stops herself from saying it out loud. It might come out rude… after all.

This is already that so-called...life and death situation.

Then what should I do…?

Eh? Wait… the option…! Those options should not be there as decoration! Surely…

“Reborn, I want to fight it. But is there any way of successfully defeating it?”

[ As many as stars in the night sky, my lady… if you do have enough points that is… ]

Reborn grinned with a playful smile.

Si Mulan’s smile cramped.

“Damn it!!” Si Mulan cursed angrily as she bolted without any care and rushed towards the monster.

Lightning on her right arm while her left arm was covered by Ice-type Dou Qi.

*** ***

“Ice Lotus!!”

Facing the giant Serpent’s attack, Si Mulan still looked remarkably calm as she threw out an attack.

The beast could sense the power of the attack and was about to avoid the attack. The next second, it realized that no matter how it tried to avoid, it was not about to get out of that attack’s blasting zone. It felt the attacker was standing on an exceedingly high mountain, and with the height of the mountain, that attack was filled with deadly murderous intention. Booom!! Bang! Boom! Dozen ice lotuses floated around the monster, exploding upon impact. After the Ice Lotus exploded, the parts of the serpent that was hit were immediately encased in ice.

CreeeaaaahhhkkKK—!!

The serpent let out an agonizing howl. However, it was only for a moment and the ice immediately broke into pieces, breaking it free from constraints, though it indeed, slowed its movements by a notch.

CreeeaaaahhhkkKK—!! the monster's tail then sweeps towards Si Mulan’s direction.

Si Mulan hurriedly jumped back and evaded the tail before sending a sword strike using a cold sword qi.

Bu Fanyi’s eyes brightened, “I did not see you perform this attack before. Although it was not that powerful, it would be probably hard for even me to dodge.”

“My elder sister created it. And then, Master helped me perfected it further.” Si Mulan said proudly.

“How envious,” Bu Fanyi sighs in jealousy as she sent another round of flaming arrows, attacking the serpent’s body. Although the battle seemed going on the group’s side, Bu Fanyi and the others know that this was in fact just a misconception.

The monster’s strength was far stronger than they ever imagined.

“Shower of Blade Mountain!!”

One of Qin Han’s group expanded her body as the blade in her hand suddenly waved out more than hundreds of times. The blade qi landed on that beast like a wave of heavy rain.

Ting! Ting! Dang! Dang! …

Countless sparks were set off from the assault. The blade qi from the lady could only leave a light mark on the scales of the beast, unable to break even a single scale. Qing Han’s body suddenly became tense. In the next moment, dense Spiritual Qi erupted out from his body. The Spiritual Qi lights formed a white tiger behind him, as a powerful Spiritual Qi emitted out.

Roaaaarrr!!

The white tiger unleashed a roar. Ferocity flashed through Qin Han’s eyes, as he charged forward.

The Spiritual Qi surged out and formed a bluish white claw. Then, it smashed viciously towards the snake monster at lightning speed.

“Diieeee!!” Qin Han knew how powerful the monster was. Therefore, he had to put all of his strength into his attacks. When facing a Spirit Stage powerhouse, he must have the mindset of going all out from the very beginning.

But against Qin Han’s violent offense, the snake monster remained motionless. A touch of ridicule flashed through its murky eyes. It then swung its large tail and smacked casually.

Buzz!

The instant the monster smacked downwards with its tail, the Spiritual Energy within the world seemed to be affected by it. It gathered at its tail at an extraordinary speed and instantly turned into a giant clump of Spiritual Energy. Afterward, it smacked down and collided with Qin Han’s fierce offensive.

Boom!!!

Shockwaves of Violent Spiritual Energy spread throughout the forest. Cracks suddenly spread through the ground, and even a few large trees were smashed to pieces. Puchi. Flying through the sky, Qin Han suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. The white tiger behind his back dimmed as he flew backward.

“Senior Brother Qin Han!!”

The rest of the group immediately formed a semicircle shape, completely locking the terrifying monster in.

Powerful Spirit Qi erupted from within their bodies and numerous white-colored, fog-like energies began spitting out of their palms like waterfalls. Over a hundred fog-like energies began to intertwine around each other before swiftly spreading. In merely an instant, it formed a bowl-shaped energy cover which was just sufficient enough to completely encase the entire square within.

Bang, bang!

They wanted to limit the monster’s actions by imprisoning it within a barrier.

At the moment that the energy encasement was formed, the monster snake seemed to have become enraged by it and started using an extremely violent and unreasonable manner to ferociously break through the defense. In a lightning-like manner, it rammed its tail, body, and head, heavily smashing on the energy cover. The energy cover wobbled slightly, but it was strong enough that it was not immediately shattered.

ROOOOAAAARRR!!!

However, although the energy barrier was still barely intact, the people maintaining it spat out a mouthful of blood one after another due to the monster’s strength impacting against them.

“Damn it! We can’t continue this for long!!”

“Then, what do we do?! Turn our backs and run? If we do that, some of us we surely die… who knows if it would even let us run away!”

“Even still, it’s better than being annihilated at this point! We need to split apart and escape!”

“Damn you!!”

As the group was losing confidence due to fear, Si Mulan appeared and lobbed another lightning.

Icy cold Spirit Qi gushed out from her body. Immediately, one could see the water vapor contained in the surrounding air immediately begin to solidify into countless tough ice grains.

She flicked her hand and the ice grains carried the whistling wind sound and violently smashed toward the Monster from all directions. At the same time, Bu Fanyi also rushed in. Spiritual Qi rushed out unreservedly from her body as she fired off a punch.

Bang!!

A fiery red Spiritual Qi swept out like flames. It collided heavily against the Monster’s body.

Again, Violent Spiritual Energy shockwaves erupted out. Bu Fanyi’s body shook and she quickly retreated a dozen steps. Her fist was also shaking. Then, she stared solemnly at the monster and said in a deep voice, “Junior Sister Mulan, we can’t keep this fight any longer. Although I am a Spirit Cultivator as well, the most I can do is dying with it…” Bu Fanyi frowned. Although she was confident her power and abilities but this monster’s defense were just too damn strong and hard!!

Her powerful strike can barely bypass its scales and create shallow wounds!

“… …”

“… The most terrifying abilities of this bastard are its terrifying defense! We would be snuffed out like a candle due to exhaustion if we continue this battle!”

“But should we escape? I fear the moment we do that, we will be hunted like rats!”

Si Mulan cried out in anger.

“But…”

“I agree with Mulan!”

At this moment, Qin Han had apparently recovered. He had used quite a few of his recovery pills but a burning anger glowed through his eyes. “I say, we fight! We have two Spirit Realms here, although I still yet to be a real Spirit Realm, I can still fight like one!”

Qin Han turned his head and looked at the snake monster that was still smashing its tail on the barrier. Its scales shining in a black light as an amazing Spiritual Energy stormed out within the entire place, covering it like some sort of a whirl. In an instant, more cracks began to appear throughout the ground beneath it.

Boom!

The monster’s murky eyes turned ferocious. It took a step forward fiercely as if it was an avalanche raining down from above. The ground could not withstand the massive Spiritual Energy and began to spread cracks, seemingly appearing like a spider web. Accompanied by an amazing Spiritual Energy, the monster’s roar, which was dripping with killing intent, resounded out through the sky. Its ferocious, bestial eyes glinted with a cruel light. It already regarded them as nothing but prey to be hunted.

The countenance of the three froze for an instant. Moving like the wind, the three of them immediately split off in three different directions.

“Mulan, go draw its attack.” Qin Han righteously commanded. Among them, Si Mulan’s power of Ice and Lightning is one of the best elements to divert the monster’s attention.

“After that, Bu Fanyi and I shall follow…!”

“My good cousin indeed.” Si Mulan scolded in a low voice. But then again, Qin Han’s judgment was right. Just that, diverting the monster’s attention to herself is just… scary nonetheless…!

“Aaah, damn it!! If my master is here, you will surely be fried in an instant, you damn snake!!”

Boom, boom……!

A column of golden lightning, as thick as a human’s arm, explosively cascaded down towards where the monster was standing. Si Mulan used her skills to the best of her abilities. “If my master knows that you bully me like this, he would surely castrate you, you dumbass!!”

She cried in anger and fury.

Booom!! Booom!

Lightning bolts struck the monster one after another, completely angering the large python. An enormous crater could be seen on the ground in the place where it stood.

The intensity of that attack caused a slight, lightning-element wind as aftermath. As the wind began billowing, it gave off a painful, prickling sensation when it blew against their skin.

It even reaches to the point that Si Mulan’s rampage of her Lightning attacks sent a shock to the rest of the crowd, especially Bu Fanyi and Qin Han who were the strongest among the group.