Chapter 2275: Chapter 2275 Battle Against the Giant Anaconda
"Yes!" Ye Liuyun responded, then asked, "How did you end up here? And why are you so enormous?"
"I’m merely resting here for a while before heading to a more suitable planet. I come from an Draconic World, but it was utterly destroyed due to battles among martial practitioner. That’s why I’ve set out to find a new habitat," the giant anaconda explained.
"The cosmos is teeming with feral beasts! You’ll encounter many more in the future. But not all of them are as amiable as I am," the Anaconda continued.
It then turned the question back to him, "How did a human martial practitioner like you end up in the cosmos? That’s quite rare! At first, I thought you were a foreign race!"
"We eradicated the invading foreign race and built this battleship to venture into the cosmos, seeking other human civilizations to form an alliance against them." Ye Liuyun explained.
"You wiped out the foreign race?" The Anaconda eyed him skeptically but made no further comment.
It simply declared, "There’s nothing here for you. This island has already been ravaged by the foreign race and no one is left! Leave now, this is my territory!"
As it spoke, it shifted its massive body slightly, revealing the ruined landscape.
Ye Liuyun’s Golden Phantom Eyes swept across the land, confirming that the entire island had indeed been drained of all energy. Dim and lifeless, it bore clear signs of the foreign race’s devastation.
"We have no intention of seizing your territory, rest assured. But with nothing left here, why do you stay?" Ye Liuyun inquired.
"There’s still a trace of energy remaining. I need to rest and absorb as much as I can before continuing my journey," the Anaconda replied.
"And what if there were still people and resources here?" Ye Liuyun pressed further.
The Anaconda observed Ye Liuyun’s apparent naivety and decided to enlighten him. "In the vast cosmos, the law is simple. That is, survival of the fittest! If there’s no powerful being guarding resources, take them. If there is, stay away!"
While thinking deeply, Ye Liuyun realized that the universe had one harsh rule that applied everywhere: the strong would eat the weak.
He then inquired further about the cosmos and whether any inhabited islands were nearby. However, the Anaconda unexpectedly changed the subject.
"If you want information, you’ll have to trade for it," the Anaconda hissed, its eyes gleaming with cunning.
Spotting an opportunity, it sought to extract some valuable resources from Ye Liuyun.
"Forget it! We’re not exactly overflowing with resources to buy your information."
Ye Liuyun glanced at the Anaconda and immediately understood that its demands would be steep. It was better to figure things out on his own. Besides, he doubted the serpent possessed any particularly useful intelligence.
Besides, he doubted the Anaconda possessed any particularly useful intelligence.
But the Anaconda had no intention of letting him off so easily. Suddenly, it unleashed an overwhelming pressure, enveloping Ye Liuyun in a suffocating force. "We’ve been talking for quite a while," it growled menacingly. "You think you can just walk away without leaving something behind?"
Unfazed, Ye Liuyun met its gaze coldly. "You’ve grown to this size and it couldn’t have been easy. I don’t want to kill you, but if you push me, don’t blame me for what happens next."
"Roar!"
The anaconda was instantly enraged upon hearing those words. Arrogant by nature, how could it tolerate being threatened by someone of such a low cultivation level? Letting out a deafening roar, it unleashed a wave of violent sound that surged like a raging tide, hurling Ye Liuyun several meters away before he crashed heavily to the ground!
"Since you’re so eager for a fight, let’s do this!" Ye Liuyun proclaimed, his voice as piercing as a blade.
Without hesitation, he summoned a Devil Vine and hurled it toward the Anaconda.
The Anaconda’s massive tail swung at the Devil Vine.
However, the Devil Vine was faster. It coiled around the tail like a predator, its tendrils tightening before sprouting fanged maws that burrowed into the Anaconda’s flesh.
At the same time, Ye Liuyun summoned his doppelganger. Armed with the Demon Slayer and the Starrazor, his duplicate launched a swift assault.
The Anaconda was distracted by the Devil Vine’s relentless grip. It barely registered the incoming attacks until the two blades carved deep, gaping wounds along its colossal neck.
"Roar!!"
The Anaconda howled in agony, spewing a dark energy beam from its maw, aiming straight for Ye Liuyun. Simultaneously, it slammed its tail against the ground, desperately trying to shake off the Devil Vines.
But instead of freeing it, the impact pushed the Devil Vines’ roots deeper into the ground, which pulled the snake’s tail down with them and stopped it from moving at all.
Ye Liuyun and his doppelganger did not let up. With precise coordination, they unleashed the power of heaven and earth, blocking the Anaconda’s desperate counterattack. At the same time, Ye Liuyun activated Elemental Spirit Secret Skill, locking onto the Anaconda’s virtuoso.
This direct assault left the Anaconda disoriented, its once-mighty strength waning rapidly. The Devil Vine drained its vitality, while its immobilized tail prevented it from launching any further lethal strikes.
So it immediately compromised with Ye Liuyun, saying, "Fine! You may leave! I don’t want your resources anymore!"
However, Ye Liuyun merely let out a cold laugh without responding. He and his doppelganger split up, moving swiftly toward the Anaconda using Hyper Hop to close the distance. Then, he swung his blade with full force at the Anaconda’s neck.
Ye Liuyun’s Divine Soul activated the Scarlet Phantom Eyes, casting an illusion on the anaconda to distort its perception of their positions.
However, the Anaconda’s Divine Soul was not weak either. Though affected, it could still fight, albeit with noticeably slower reactions.
Ye Liuyun and his doppelganger took advantage of this slight delay, constantly shifting positions with Hyper Hop and slashing at the Anaconda’s neck.
From the flying vessel, onlookers watched in tense anticipation as Ye Liuyun darted around the Anaconda’s gaping maw, their hands clenched in anxiety.
After just a few exchanges, a tendril of the Devil Vine had already burrowed deep into the Anaconda’s body, reaching straight for its virtuoso. As a result, the Anaconda’s control over its genuine energy rapidly declined, significantly weakening its attacks.
Realizing the imminent threat, it abandoned its pursuit of Ye Liuyun and instead attempted to burrow into the ground to deal with the Devil Vine.
At that moment, Ye Liuyun and his clone had already inflicted several deep gashes across the Anaconda’s neck.
"Let me charge into its body and finish it off!" the Demon Slayer urged Ye Liuyun through Divine Sense.
"Alright!" Ye Liuyun immediately channeled his Spatial Force to send the Demon Slayer straight into the Anaconda’s open wound.
The Demon Slayer instinctively unleashed its sword intention, driving itself directly into the Anaconda’s spine.
"Roar!"
The Anaconda let out a painful roar. It had been preparing to bite down on the Devil Vine, but the sudden agony made it twist around to snap at its own back, only to bite at nothing but air.
The Demon Slayer blade was now embedded deep within its body, beyond its reach. No matter how it writhed in pain, it couldn’t dislodge the weapon. Instead, it desperately tried to retract its tail and flee.
At that moment, Ye Liuyun drew out the Great Wilderness Bow, pulling it to full draw. With his sights locked on the Anaconda’s eye, he loosed an arrow.
With a thunderous bang, Ye Liuyun’s arrow pierced through the Anaconda’s enormous eye, bursting it into a bloody mess.
At the same moment, his doppelganger struck again, slashing into the Anaconda’s gaping mouth and nearly severing its tongue.
"Roar!"
The Anaconda let out a bloodcurdling shriek.
Without hesitation, Ye Liuyun retreated, swiftly withdrawing his doppelganger into the Spatial World, wary that the Anaconda might go berserk in a final desperate counterattack. From a safe distance, he unleashed another assault, activating his Scarlet Phantom Eyes while firing arrow after arrow towards the Anaconda.
The Anaconda writhed in agony, but no matter how frantically it thrashed, it couldn’t reach Ye Liuyun. All it could do was suffer the relentless barrage.
At that moment, the Devil Vine had already burrowed deep inside its body, reaching its virtuoso. Without hesitation, it clamped down and devoured the core in one swift bite.
