Invincible Snake Emperor

Chapter 655: Chapter 614: The Chosen One, the Snake of Destiny

”Damn you, snakes! I swear I will exterminate your entire Snake Race!”

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In the small palace, after Tu Xiao’an destroyed the Yellow Demon King’s clone, he and Wu Tianyi found themselves unconsciously backing away.

Why?

Because the Six-eyed Golden Lion had fully manifested its true form. It had become a thirty-foot-tall monster, standing proudly. Its entire body was crimson. It was shaped like a lion, yet not quite a lion. A crescent-moon-shaped unicorn horn stood majestically on its head, and its eerie blue eyes glinted with malice.

It threw back its head and roared, revealing ghastly white fangs. Its divine might was awe-inspiring, exuding an air of Ruling the World, an absolute supremacy.

”What a magnificent Six-eyed Golden Lion. You could call it a Divine Beast,” Tu Xiao’an marveled from a distance. ’This really is a Six-eyed Golden Lion now.’

That damn thing really did have six eyes. A grotesque eye blinked on its unicorn horn, two more were on its face, and three others were arranged in a triangle on its chest. Its entire appearance was ferocious and terrifying.

Divine might, demonic might, and fiendish might, all in one body.

Its aura, in particular, was overwhelming. Now that the Six-eyed Golden Lion was free, its powerful presence erupted like a volcano, venting completely. The very space around it warped and rippled in waves. A vengeful aura and Killing Intent surged violently. This murderous air was not a superficial terror; it was a savagery born from its very bones and blood, a brutality that regarded all other life as nonexistent.

This was, without a doubt, a truly super-powered evil beast. Moreover, its thirty-foot frame wasn’t deliberately enlarged—it was its normal size.

Tu Xiao’an finally understood why Wu Tianyi had said the Six-eyed Golden Lion must not be released—that freeing it would create an Earthly Purgatory.

The monster’s Evil Qi and vengeful aura were so overpowering they were impossible to suppress. Even Tu Xiao’an couldn’t help but feel an impulse to tremble.

If this Six-eyed Golden Lion reached the surface in Wencheng, it wouldn’t even need to do anything. Just by its terrifying appearance and its unstoppable, murderous aura, it could kill the people of Wencheng one by one, Formlessly.

It truly looked like it had crawled up from Abyssal Hell.

There was a good reason it had been imprisoned for a millennium. If not it, then what else?

”ROAR—!”

Seeing the light of day again, the Six-eyed Golden Lion let out an excited roar that shook the very earth. The grotesque eye on its unicorn horn shot out beams of malicious light, which instantly solidified. WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! Eerie rays of light burst forth.

Immediately after, its two facial eyes and the three on its chest all seemed to awaken, shooting out beams of light like a machine gun strafing.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Dozens of eye-beams shot out, and it could even control them, directing them all to bombard the small palace.

In just a few breaths, the small palace collapsed with a thunderous crash, reduced to a field of rubble and ruined walls.

Before the Six-eyed Golden Lion, the perfectly fine palace was like a mirage, vanishing in an instant.

But that wasn’t all. As if to show just how much it hated the small palace, the Six-eyed Golden Lion opened its massive mouth and blasted a terrifying wave of Energy at the ruins.

The space rapidly distorted and churned. Everything vanished into thin air. Even the ruins were obliterated, turning into a pile of dust and ash.

”Brother Lang, I truly must thank you. Excellent! In this past millennium, you’re the only one who came to rescue me.”

After venting its rage, the Six-eyed Golden Lion looked for any trace of the Yellow Demon King, but there was no sign of him anywhere.

”No need to look. I put him to sleep.”

Tu Xiao’an took a step forward, coldly staring at the thirty-foot, six-eyed evil beast.

”Sleep?” The Six-eyed Golden Lion seemed unable to process the words for a moment. After a brief pause, it understood and let out a sound that was half-wail, half-sob. ”You killed it.”

Tu Xiao’an smiled. ”You could put it that way.”

”GAGA! I know that was just his clone. What’s gone is gone. Once I get out of here, I’ll kill and eat everyone in this city, then go find him in the Yaoling Mountain Range.” The Six-eyed Golden Lion didn’t seem to care at all, nor did it lash out at Tu Xiao’an. ”You’re not a bad snake. You suit my temperament—striking at the first sign of disagreement. I wouldn’t have gotten out without you. Now, I invite you to join me. We’ll go on a rampage, a feast! I’ve been imprisoned for a millennium. I’ve even forgotten what human flesh tastes like.”

”Today, I’ll be generous and share with you.”

Tu Xiao’an frowned slightly. ’This Six-eyed Golden Lion is far too presumptuous.’

’Look at how full of itself it is.’

”Now, step aside. Let me eat this human first, then we can talk. GAGA! My first meal in a thousand years will be a High Rank War God. It’s almost an insult to this great mouth of mine.”

Wu Tianyi’s expression was grim. His War God aura was already on high alert. He declared in a loud, clear voice, ”Six-eyed Golden Lion, don’t celebrate too early. You’ll be crying soon enough.”

”With just you?” Even with six eyes, the Six-eyed Golden Lion was utterly disdainful, completely disregarding the director of the esteemed Demon Management Bureau.

Tu Xiao’an stepped in front of Wu Tianyi and said, ”You go on ahead. Take care of the situation outside. Leave this to me.”

”How can I do that? This Six-eyed Golden Lion is no small matter. We should face it together.”

With an outsider present, Wu Tianyi didn’t dare call him ”Master.”

Tu Xiao’an gave a faint smile. ”There’s no need. This is an order. Wencheng needs its director to go clean up the mess right now.”

”Yes, sir!” Wu Tianyi said no more and turned to leave.

The Six-eyed Golden Lion’s Killing Intent flared. It roared, ”Trying to escape? Did you ask my big mouth for permission?”

Before the words had even faded, the Six-eyed Golden Lion’s fiendish might surged. Like a Demon Lord of Mayhem, it took a heavy leap, soaring into the air and pouncing toward Wu Tianyi.

A sharp glint flashed in Wu Tianyi’s eyes. ’Escape? Does it really think I’m afraid?’

”Just go. By the time I get out, it’ll be your little partner.” Tu Xiao’an’s figure was as graceful as a phantom, like a Lingyan emerging from the water. With an aerial kick, he sent the unprepared Six-eyed Golden Lion tumbling away.

The Six-eyed Golden Lion hit the ground and immediately sprang back up. Its eyes turned blood-red, its body overflowing with a desolate, murderous aura and Evil Qi that spread across the landscape. ”You dare to strike me? You’re helping that human? Do you, a mere snake, want to be eaten by me too?”

”You want to eat me? Come and try.”

”ROAR... You’re courting death!” The Six-eyed Golden Lion was the type to recognize no one as kin. Anyone who stood in its way, like Tu Xiao’an, was an enemy.

Just as the Six-eyed Golden Lion was about to pounce on Tu Xiao’an, it saw him point the Heaven Swaying Sword at it and froze.

It was now deeply aware of how formidable this sword was, and a trace of fear appeared in its ferocious eyes.

”Six-eyed Golden Lion, do you know why I let you out?” Tu Xiao’an said faintly, seeing out of the corner of his eye that Wu Tianyi had completely left the area.

The Six-eyed Golden Lion’s six eyes glinted with malice, not understanding what he meant.

”Because I, the Snake King, have taken a liking to you. I didn’t let you out for any other reason than to make you my Battle Companion. You’re very lucky.”

At these words, the Six-eyed Golden Lion’s ferocity erupted. ”What did you say? You want me to be your Battle Companion?”

It even thought it must have misheard.

Who was it? The Six-eyed Golden Lion, the world’s only remaining existence with a bloodline from Ancient Times! It was unique. So-called Rank Three Creatures, beings beyond the mundane—in this beast’s eyes, they were nothing but ants.

Even a Great Demon King like the Yellow Demon King wouldn’t dare act presumptuously before the Six-eyed Golden Lion.

Tu Xiao’an knew his words were arrogant. He also knew that saying them would provoke a monstrous Killing Intent from the Six-eyed Golden Lion, but he didn’t care. He was perfectly calm.

Tu Xiao’an was so calm that even the Six-eyed Golden Lion couldn’t figure him out.

’This world is too filthy, with fleas hopping everywhere. An evil creature filled with a vengeful aura like this Six-eyed Golden Lion shouldn’t have been born into this era. The only options are to kill it or to tame it.’

’There is no third choice.’ When he had heard the Six-eyed Golden Lion talk about eating all the people of Wencheng, Tu Xiao’an’s expression had remained placid, but a murderous intent had stirred in his heart.

It was a Killing Intent born from the desire to eradicate all the filth and evil in the world, to win a truly pure land for Wencheng.

’What crime have the ordinary people committed that they should become food for an evil creature like you?’

Tu Xiao’an was living his second life, first as a human, then as a snake. Even if the Six-eyed Golden Lion had rampaged like this in the Yaoling Mountain Range, he still wouldn’t have let it go.

He just wanted to maintain a balance between Human and Demon. The situation before was actually quite good.

Demons could undergo Transformation and live in the human world, and humans could also go to the Yaoling Mountain Range. Although it was very dangerous, it wasn’t impossible.

If one day, Human and Demon could coexist in peace—true, complete peace, as natural as a foreigner visiting Huaxia for tourism, with no war or slaughter—that would be a very interesting sight.

But as for the current state of the world, even Tu Xiao’an couldn’t make sense of it anymore. It seemed to be descending into an age of chaos.

’Rank Four... If I, this snake, reach Rank Four, perhaps I can do more. I could establish the order that should exist between Human and Demon in this world.’

’Because I am blessed by the system, a chosen one, the snake of destiny. I should do something for this world.’