The rest of the journey went smoothly, and apart from some low-level demonic beasts occasionally emerging from the swamp, there were no major dangers.
They traveled for about half an hour, covering roughly half the distance. In another half an hour or so, they would reach the central location of the Hundred Spirits Pool.
However, he knew that he would encounter certain restrictions every so often, so Zhang Ling did not let his guard down. After traveling for some distance, a high platform floating above the swamp suddenly appeared ahead, attracting his attention.
The high platform was square and had an area of about a hundred zhang(丈: zhang, a unit of length). At this moment, a figure was standing on this high platform.
Zhang Ling narrowed his eyes and instantly saw clearly that it was a woman in a red dress, but this woman was not a human cultivator; her lower body was a two- or three-zhang long white snake tail.
As soon as he approached the high platform, the snake woman sensed his aura, turned her head, and swept her cold gaze over him.
"I didn't expect a human cultivator to come. Please proceed. Only the victor can move forward."
The snake woman looked at Zhang Ling and said with a cold expression, while also sticking out a long snake tongue and licking her lips, looking at him with a smile that was not a smile.
Seeing that this high platform was clearly used for competition, and the half-demon snake woman said that only the victor could move forward, Zhang Ling naturally understood what she meant. He cupped his fist and responded, "Please, fellow cultivator," and landed on the high platform.
Immediately, some kind of formation was activated on the high platform, and a white light罩(光罩:light cover) rose up, directly enveloping the entire high platform.
Zhang Ling released his divine sense and carefully examined it for a few moments before relaxing. Thislight cover was only used to protect the high platform. At the same time, he heard a rustling sound, and the sound came from the direction of the red-clothed snake woman.
He saw the snake woman's figure sway, and her white jade-like arms moved quickly, with spiritual light radiating from her body. At the same time, a long blue ribbon appeared in her hand.
The ribbon also circled a few times in the air like a snake-like demonic beast, and a huge snake shadow emerged on it. A strange cry came, and the blue ribbon turned into a giant blue snake and attacked.
Zhang Ling raised an eyebrow and did not dare to neglect. The flying sword in his hand also made a light sound, andstreams of sword light condensed around him.
The spiritual pressure on this snake woman was equivalent to that of a sixth-order demonic beast, equivalent to the Golden Core stage of a human cultivator, and was of the same level as him. However, this was the first time he had faced a high-level half-demon, so he naturally did not dare to neglect it.
He had heard that high-level half-demons were often not ordinary characters and were three points stronger than human cultivators of the same rank. They more or less possessed special demonic beast divine powers.
Zhang Ling quickly pinched the magic formula, andstreams of sword light impacted, and the giant blue snake formed from the ribbon hissed silently, opened its snake mouth, and ejected out mouthfuls of light blue water droplets.
Water splashed everywhere, and the sword light and water balls collided, making muffled sounds.
The two of them unleashed considerable strength as soon as they fought. Countless sword lights and countless water balls burst outstreams of spiritual power fluctuations, covering half of the space.
The initial exchange seemed powerful, but it was just a common attack method for high-level cultivators. After a dozen breaths of time, the two of them had roughly tested each other's strength.
He saw a layer of light blue spiritual light emerge on the surface of the snake woman's body, and her figure instantly increased, especially the white giant tail on her lower body, which quickly grew larger and longer, instantly transforming into a seven- or eight- zhang, a unit of length long giant snake tail.
She made a hissing snake sound from her mouth, and then a jet-black jewel appeared in the snake woman's hand, withstreams of light blue runes lit up on it.
He saw the snake woman throw the jewel, and the jewel began to spin around, while releasing a layer of jet-black mist.
This mist instantly covered the girl's whole body, and a flash of blood light flashed through it, and the mist turned into black and red, with a strong bloody smell toward Zhang Ling swept away.
streams of cyan flying swords burst out from Zhang Ling's position, all stabbed into the mist. But what made his expression slightly change was that many sword芒(剑芒: sword rays) attacked it like a stone sinking into the sea without the slightest fluctuation.
Zhang Ling couldn't help but be a little alert, and quickly pinched the magic seal in his hand. The three XuanGuang Shields that were constantly rotating guarded his body, and at the same time, seeing that the mist was a bit strange, he put two third-order defense talisman on his body, which turned into two-colored light and covered him in it.
The defensive power of the third-order defense talisman is no problem to resist one or two ordinary attacks from monks of the same rank. As the black and red mist rolled and spread, Zhang Ling also began to move.
But now he was on the high platform, and the mist spread extremely fast, instantly covering most of the space. The mist was also congealed and did not disperse, becoming more and more thick, which was very unfavorable for evasion.
Being in such an environment, Zhang Ling didn't have any good way. He could only release many sword lights around his body to prevent enemy sneak attack.
While he was vigilant around him, the yellow spiritual light on his body flickered uncertainly and began to prepare a backup plan. This situation is not conducive to block attacks, so he can only control the enemy by striking after.
whistling strange roar constantly came from the mist. In just a few breaths of time, the entire high platform was shrouded in black and red mist. Zhang Ling could see a series of shadows floating in it that he couldn't see clearly.
At a certain moment, these shadows all became clear, and they turned out to be black snakes condensed from spiritual power. He had fallen into the surrounded of many black snakes.
Zhang Ling expressionlessly urged the flying sword, and the cyan sword light continuous slashed out, and these black snakes turned into mist under the beheading of the sword light. It seemed that they didn't have any power. But then the mist rolled, and many black snakes appeared again, surrounding him in the same place, constantly harassing.
Zhang Ling also saw that these black snakes were just ordinary attacks, but they were endless, so he naturally couldn't ignore them, so he could only constantly send out sword lights to protect himself. He believed that this half-demon snake woman would never only have these simple attacks.
Sure enough, the next moment, he heard countless water flow sounds.
Zhang Ling focused and looked, and saw that a layer of pitch-black water flow had appeared under his feet at some point. Under the fast rotation, it formed seven or eight constant rotating vortex, and then a series of thick water snakes rushed out of the vortex vortex.
These water snakes did not entangle attack, but twisted their bodies and threw out balls of light blue giant water balls. Countless water balls rotated quickly, shot outstreams of water arrows.
Zhang Ling raised his eyebrows and naturally would not stay in place and be beaten. The spiritual light also burst out on his body. At the same time, he threw his sleeves, and his sleeves suddenly bulge into a big pocket, in which a continuous of yellow sand was threw out by him, turning into a stream of quicksand.
Countless sand flickered with yellow spiritual light, surrounding outside the body, forming a yellow light ball, which looked like a giant earth ball.
