Chapter 1069: Chapter 1069: Soul Taker’s Song
"Ice Seal Spells!" Qin Sisi looked towards Grandma Mad, and with a clear shout, both simultaneously unleashed ice attribute magic power towards the Devouring Sky Golden Python. Clusters of white ice fog drifted towards the Python, causing its entire body to shiver uncontrollably.
In the cold environment, the movements of the Devouring Sky Golden Python became sluggish, and its innate fear of the cold made it dodge the surging ice fog.
After a tough resistance, the Devouring Sky Golden Python was once again frozen in ice, temporarily immobile.
Qin Sisi and Grandma Mad had nearly exhausted their magic power. After stopping to release the ice fog, both leaned against trees beside them, gasping for air.
Qin Sisi took out four Spirit Revitalizing Pills from her storage ring and gave two to Grandma Mad. In this critical moment, Grandma Mad did not decline and directly swallowed them.
With the aid of the Spirit Revitalizing Pills, their depleted magic power was quickly restored. Although the effects of a Fourth-level Pill for a Level Five Magic Spirit were somewhat insufficient, the pills refined by Ye You were of high quality, mostly excellent with a few being perfect. Therefore, after ingesting two Spirit Revitalizing Pills, their magic power recovery was still quite decent.
As the Devouring Sky Golden Python remained frozen, the two took the opportunity to rest and recuperate, regaining their strength through meditation and restoring their magic power by taking Spirit Revitalizing Pills.
This time, it took the Devouring Sky Golden Python slightly longer to break free from the ice than the first time, indicating that its physical strength was also declining.
As soon as the Devouring Sky Golden Python broke out of the ice again, Qin Sisi’s Hell Fire Thunder Hammer followed closely, striking the Python’s body once more.
When the Devouring Sky Golden Python, enduring the pain, attempted to attack, it was once more hindered by the Ice Seal Spells, with Grandma Mad taking the lead and Qin Sisi supporting.
Since Grandma Mad’s intrinsic attribute was the ice attribute, while her level of other magics like fire and golden magic might not be on par with Qin Sisi’s, her ice magic was much stronger than Qin Sisi’s.
Soon enough, the Devouring Sky Golden Python was frozen in ice for the third time.
This was Qin Sisi’s plan. Having ascertained that the Devouring Sky Golden Python’s weakness was ice magic, she used Ice Seal Spells to freeze it, exhausting its physical strength and magic power. Meanwhile, they used this time to recuperate and restore their own strength and magic power.
In the moment the Devouring Sky Golden Python broke free from the ice, they would attack with thunder magic. Just out of the ice, its actions were stiff and sluggish, making it difficult to evade. After a few rounds of this, it was bound to grow weaker until it could no longer withstand the combined assault from Qin Sisi and Grandma Mad.
After being frozen three times, the Devouring Sky Golden Python also realized this point – these two enemies were tough to deal with, and survival was more important.
Therefore, when it broke out of the ice for the third time and was struck by the Hell Fire Thunder Hammer, it cleverly chose not to attack Qin Sisi and her companion. Instead, it turned around and, dragging its injured body, fled in the opposite direction.
Qin Sisi’s eyes sharpened, and she immediately leaped up and chased after it. She had narrowly escaped becoming this snake’s meal; now that she had the chance to turn defeat into victory, how could she let it slip away?
As her magic power recovered, her control over the Wings of Rainbow also returned. At this moment, her speed surpassed that of the Devouring Sky Golden Python. It didn’t take long for her to catch up, blocking its path and once again releasing the ice attribute magic power.
The Devouring Sky Golden Python had no intention to continue the battle. Seeing Qin Sisi blocking the way, it turned to escape in another direction, only to be intercepted by the slightly slower Grandma Mad. With Grandma Mad and Qin Sisi attacking from front and back, the Devouring Sky Golden Python was frozen in the ice block for the fourth time.
Qin Sisi hastily popped two Spirit Revitalizing Pills into her mouth, then took out the Half Moon zither, her stern gaze fixed on the Devouring Sky Golden Python as her fingers plucked the strings.
The serene melody of the zither began to play, its tune slow and tranquil, beautiful and peaceful—it was a hypnotic lullaby.
The Devouring Sky Golden Python, having been frozen in ice several times and with its body temperature greatly reduced, had a significantly weakened bodily function and resistance. Had it been in its prime, Qin Sisi’s hypnotic melody would have been no match for it, after all, its Magic Level was one above Qin Sisi’s.
However, now its body was stiff, and its breath was feeble; it was already somewhat drowsy. As the lullaby continued, the consciousness of the Devouring Sky Golden Python began to blur.
With its powerful Divine Sense as a Sixth Order Demonic Beast, it resisted for a long time, but ultimately fell in defeat, finally entering into slumber within the soothing sounds of the zither.
Seeing the Devouring Sky Golden Python fall asleep, Qin Sisi played her hypnotic tune for another quarter of an hour to ensure it slept even more soundly, then the tone of the music sharply changed, with the melody shifting from beautiful and pleasant to desolate and grim.
Cold winds howled, vast ice rivers stretched endlessly, a desolate land, where war horses neighed, like two armies in standoff, a chilling murderous aura in the air, the sharp weapons gleaming with cold light, ready at any moment for a blood sacrifice, a fight to the death.
The battle had begun, cries of desperation, shouts of despair, moans of agony, swords and spears showing no mercy, blood spraying, people continuously falling, perhaps the next to fall would be oneself.
The Devouring Sky Golden Python suddenly opened its eyes, its blood-red eyes growing wider and wider, as a cold and brutal fear began to emerge. It was the instinctual fear of death from the heart of every living being, and it began to desperately twist its body, trying to escape from the ice, but at this moment it was completely out of sorts as fear became its overwhelming sensation.
Qin Sisi’s fingers moved swiftly across the zither strings, faster and faster, the grim music moving from late autumn into the depth of winter, frozen lands and snowstorms mingling, all life buried under snow and ice, leaving only desolation in the world.
Qin Sisi’s complexion grew paler, blood trickled from the corner of her lips, her slender body trembling slightly; it was clear that her Magic Force was nearly depleted, but still, her fingers stubbornly refused to stop. This was the best chance, no efforts could be spared.
As the zither sound continued, the Devouring Sky Golden Python struggled ceaselessly, while Grandma Mad who stood behind Qin Sisi watched with trepidation.
The outcome was quickly decided. At the moment when the Devouring Sky Golden Python’s eyes were wide open, suddenly the red light dimmed, its eyes gradually losing their lustre, becoming dull and withered, and eventually, its body lay motionless.
Grandma Mad had closed off her hearing with Magic Force at Qin Sisi’s reminder and had not been harmed by Qin Sisi’s zither sound. Seeing the once almighty Devouring Sky Golden Python turn into a lifeless corpse, she found it unbelievable yet was curious about Qin Sisi’s Music Magic.
"What tune is this?" Grandma Mad asked softly.
Qin Sisi’s lips slightly parted: "Soul Taker."
In dreams, souls are taken, without pain or suffering, unknowing, unfeeling.
But Qin Sisi’s interpretation of the Soul Taker melody wasn’t particularly successful. She couldn’t achieve the ultimate effect of the Soul Taker melody, possibly because the Devouring Sky Golden Python was one level higher than her, its powerful Divine Sense causing her much resistance, preventing the realization of its full potential.
