Return of the King, Dominating the City

Even though this isn’t a real Flood Snake, it still possesses an inner core.

According to the records in Yin Xi’s Manual, the Demon Beast Core contains the essence energy of the beast, serving many purposes such as alchemy, artifact refining, talisman crafting...

It has many wonderful uses and is truly a great thing.

Even if taken directly, the inner core is a potent tonic.

Of course, some Demon Beast Cores are poisonous or have other attributes that require special treatment before use.

But at this moment, Song Yun couldn’t care less about that.

He was severely injured, his vitality on the brink of extinction, and he had to take medicine for treatment.

However, the Elixir Pills he had on him couldn’t possibly save him.

So, disregarding everything else, he first swallowed the Flood Snake’s inner core.

The Flood Snake inner core is poisonous; anyone below sss-level would die if ingested.

But Song Yun was lucky; this Flood Snake had a thin bloodline. To put it plainly, it was just a snake with a trace of Flood Snake bloodline, so this inner core wasn’t poisonous.

After swallowing the inner core, a vast vitality poured into Song Yun’s body, starting to repair it.

The severed meridians, shattered bones, broken flesh...

All began to gradually recover.

Moreover, this energy allowed Song Yun to restore his True Qi, aligning his body.

However, the energy was too intense, more than he could bear, giving him a feeling of being on the verge of exploding.

In the end, somehow, he unintentionally fell asleep.

The last thing he saw was the frenzied Flood Snake gradually losing strength, crashing to the ground with a thud, shaking the earth and mountains.

"Just hope no one comes."

At that moment, such a thought flashed through Song Yun’s mind before he closed his eyes.

...

Who knows how much time passed.

The energy from the inner core was absorbed by Song Yun, repairing his body; his complexion gradually returned to a rosy hue, exuding a powerful vitality.

However, he remained asleep.

At this moment, sounds came from the path leading in.

"Sister Emily, do you think the Dark Holy See and the Desla Family would choose this path?"

"Maybe, but we have eight people, and all are Earls; we’re not afraid of them. However, without the moon here, we werewolves can’t utilize our advantage."

"Miss Wushuang, don’t worry, if we really encounter the Dark Holy See and the Desla Family, leave it to me, and I’ll definitely fight them to their knees begging for mercy."

"Gude, thank you all for accompanying me this time. When we go back, Grandpa Inneye will surely punish you all."

"What’s the big deal? It is my honor to serve Miss Wushuang. Isn’t it for all of you?"

"Yes, it is our honor."

This group was exactly Nie Wushuang and her company.

After she and Emily decided to come in search of the Ice Crystal Holy Grail, Emily helped her gather people that very night. The next day, they slipped out unnoticed from Bailuode Manor to reach the Komi Primitive Forest.

Apart from the two of them, the other six were all men.

The leader among the six was Gude.

Gude was the grandson of Yineye’s subordinate, also from Wolf Castle, belonging to another clan. This year he was thirty-two, already a high-ranking Earl, and highly valued by the clan.

The reason he was willing to accompany Nie Wushuang was that he had admired her for a long time, hoping to win her favor.

As for obtaining the Ice Crystal Holy Grail, Gude didn’t care much.

Also, he didn’t believe his group had the strength to compete with others.

Suddenly, they stopped and all looked ahead.

They saw the path ahead had collapsed, blocking the way.

On the ground lay a giant black object.

Illuminated by glow grass, they saw it was a giant python.

The python’s head had a hole and it was already dead.

Gude frowned and said, "It seems a battle just happened here."

"Hey, there’s someone here."

The crowd was inspecting the scene, and one of the men shouted.

Gude walked over to take a look and said puzzledly, "Strange, it’s an Asian."

Hearing it was an Asian, Nie Wushuang also came over.

They saw the person lying on the rock, covered in dried blood, indicating they battled the giant python earlier and were severely injured; it was unclear if they were still alive.

Their face was also covered in blood, barely revealing the facial features.

Gude checked the person’s breath, found they were still alive, and was about to slap them to death.

Just then, a glow grass floated down, illuminating the person’s face.

Immediately, Nie Wushuang’s expression changed, and she shouted at Gude, who was about to strike, "Stop."

Gude stopped and turned to Nie Wushuang, saying, "Miss Wushuang, apart from the team of werewolves sent by Master Yineye, all others are our enemies. We don’t need to spare his life."

Nie Wushuang said, "He hasn’t harmed us, why should we kill him? I think he looks quite kind; maybe he’s a good person."

Hearing this, Gude thought it over; since the lady wanted to save the person, he couldn’t play the villain.

Otherwise, wouldn’t it make the lady unhappy?

So he nodded and smiled, "I was just a bit anxious. I worried he might harm the lady; hearing what you said now, I think we should save him. Besides, defeating the giant python means he paved the way for us, we should actually thank him."

If Song Yun were awake, he would certainly curse Gude for being shameless.

Gude ordered two others to carve a large stone into a stretcher, placed Song Yun on it, and said to Nie Wushuang, "Miss Wushuang, we’ll take him with us for the rest of the way."