However, Xu Ran would never let him do as he wished. With a single movement, Xu Ran crossed through the air and appeared before the black-robed old man in a single moment. She extended her hand, and with the mysteries of the ways, she seemed to resonate with the world as she directly grabbed at the black-robed old man.
The black-robed old man's face changed drastically. His eyes immediately narrowed to the size of needles as they became filled with a sliver of fear and shock.
He felt like his soul had been trapped when he faced Xu Ran's palm strike. The charm of the ways in the palm strike seemed to want to trap his soul as well.
Moreover, the palm strike seemed to contain some sort of sealing power, causing the circulation of energy within him to slow down. He felt like he had sunk into mud.
"Sizzle!"
The black-robed old man immediately reverted to his original form. He was a Golden-striped Silver Snake that was only around ten meters long. It was extremely thin, only three fingers thick. From afar, it seemed like a long rope.
However, although he was also a Golden-striped Silver Snake like Nubis, their paths of evolution were completely different. Nubis's body gradually turned pure gold, while the black-robed old man's Golden-striped Silver Snake developed towards an inky green.
This was developing in the direction of highly toxic poison!
Very clearly, the black-robed old man's path of evolution leaned towards poison.
The venom of Golden-striped Silver Snakes was extremely brutal and vicious. It was enough to rank among the top three venoms on the Tian Yuan Continent.
However, that was only limited to a lower world like the Tian Yuan Continent. In the higher Saints' World, the venom of Golden-striped Silver Snakes was nothing.
As a result, if they wanted to maintain the advantage of their venom, they needed to strengthen this ability.
Clearly, the black-robed old man had taken this path.
The Golden-striped Silver Snake that was only over a dozen meters long suddenly began to glow with dazzling green light.
An invisible poison that even souls could not sense rapidly permeated Xu Ran's body.
As he released the poison, the black-robed old man's body twisted. The space around him twisted violently, producing ripples. For a moment, he actually managed to break free from Xu Ran's restraints. With a flash of light, he shot off with Nubis in a single instance, appearing ten thousand kilometers away. He fled without any hesitation at all.
He deeply understood Xu Ran's strength. Although he could challenge those at a higher level of cultivation, it was impossible for him to take on a Fifth Heavenly Layer Chaotic Prime as a Second Heavenly Layer Chaotic Prime. Moreover, his opponent this time was no regular Fifth Heavenly Layer Chaotic Prime.
"Hmph, so what if you're a Fifth Heavenly Layer Chaotic Prime? Once I get reinforcements from the Cloudsurge Empire, I'll definitely make you pay a heavy price," thought the black-robed old man as he fled for the Cloudsurge Empire as quickly as he could.
"All of you, back off! There's poison!" Xu Ran called out. She gave off a strange presence as if she had fused with the world and resonated with the ways. She took a step and crossed the distance between them, appearing before the black-robed old man in a single instance. She directly blocked his path as she reached out with her old, shriveled hand towards him from afar.
Xu Ran's grab seemed to use the power of the ways of the world. She directly sealed up the surroundings, turning the space where the black-robed old man stood into a cage. The space there was violently contracting.
The black-robed old man immediately felt his body sink. An irresistible force pressed down on him from all directions. He was directly trapped there, unable to move at all.
The black-robed old man was shocked. He was trapped, unable to move at all. Even the circulation of his energy became extremely sluggish. He sensed life-threatening danger in such a situation.
"So powerful. Where did this old woman come from? Why is she so powerful?" The black-robed old man cursed inside. Xu Ran's great battle prowess had shocked him to the point where he had basically been scared out of his wits.
He no longer cared about Nubis' essence. He immediately used a secret technique, and large swathes of green, bloody mist suddenly erupted from the snake's body. His body vanished within the mist.
However, before he could disappear, a sword Qi composed of powerful energy ripped through space and slashed through his body. The ten-meter-long snake was cut in half on the spot.
"Argh!" The black-robed old man cried out miserably as he fled.
"His ability to escape is really not ordinary." Xu Ran murmured as she gazed in the direction that the black-robed old man had vanished in. She wanted to give chase, but she had completely lost track of the black-robed old man.
Very soon, a streak of light flew over and Jianchen appeared before Xu Ran. He looked at the empty space and asked, "Senior Xu, where is he?"
"He escaped. He's very skilled at fleeing. I couldn't make him stay," said Xu Ran.
"Thank you for your trouble, senior Xu." Jianchen clasped his fist at Xu Ran and thanked her before immediately arriving before Nubis. He directly took out several pills and fed them to Nubis.
Most of Nubis' essence had been sucked away, and his body had basically been cooked through by the flames. However, he managed to survive in the end.
After consuming several pills, Nubis' wounds stabilized. However, he would not be able to make a full recovery in a short amount of time due to how heavy his wounds were.
"Brother, it's fortunate that you came in time. Otherwise, I, the great Nubis, would really be dead. I would never be able to realize my great dream." Nubis returned to his human form. He laid on the ground powerlessly as he stared at Jianchen with a pair of dim, lifeless eyes. His voice was extremely weak.
Jianchen took out a few more God Tier pills and fed them to Nubis. He said sternly, "Nubis, I will avenge you."
"I was careless. I never thought that old snake would be so cunning, purposefully spreading fake news to trick me. Jianchen, take me back to where I was before. There's still a portion of essence there that hasn't been absorbed by the old snake. The essence is the lifeblood of our race. "
Afterwards, Jianchen brought Nubis back to where the flames had burned him. Nubis laid on the ground as soon as he arrived and began to absorb the essence in the air.
"I've only absorbed a tenth of it. The old snake has absorbed the rest. God dammit, I've lost seventy percent of my essence," Nubis said through gritted teeth. He was extremely pained.
Origin Essence Qi was extremely important to their race because it was related to the evolution of their bloodline and would affect their future achievements.
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