Chapter 460 The Daoist in the Painting (1/2)

With his child-like voice, Shen Lian said to Han Ying, ”Take five steps forwards, not one step more and not one step less.”

Han Ying's body was shivering but her many years of training had facilitated her reflex action to take five very precise steps forward.

The black tiger was strangled tightly by the giant python. The python noticed Shen Lian and the others but it was not too bothered by them as it thought that they were not capable of harming it.

But this black tiger could be a threat.

But as Han Ying took the fifth step, Shen Lian fixed his star-like gaze on the giant python.

The python felt a sudden death threat and froze from head to toe. It could not move as if it was being held by something.

Shen Lian's eyes were like a bottomless abyss that trapped the giant python down below and had no chance at all to make a comeback.

The python did not expect a gaze to be so powerful. This was something that even his previous master was not capable of.

Shen Lian looked at it and asked, ”How did you shapeshift?”

The body of the giant python was stiff. When Shen Lian asked the question, it tried his best to open its mouth but no voice came out. However, Shen Lian was able to hear its thoughts.

”I ate the shape shifting elixir produced by my master.”, the python replied. It does not know why it revealed the truth to Shen Lian so easily but there was no chance for him to not answer.

Shen Lian asked, ”Who is your master?”

It thought of the old master, a Daoist who tamed him. Just when it was about to recall the old master's smile and voice, it went blank as a dash of spiritual consciousness pierced deep in its spirits. The spirit started to pop out like mushrooms after rain as it regained control of its body. Its Qi and state of blood were surging, causing the huge body of the python to expand as if it was filled with gas.

But everything came to an end when a sword gleam surfaced in its mind to annihilate everything. The head of the python fell on the ground and was dead.

Han Ying was expecting some fancy spells from Shen Lian but the giant python died so suddenly that she had no idea what had Shen Lian done.

The unknown was terrifying, and the unknown would leave people feeling helpless. She was glad that Shen Lian belonged to the same side as her.

All Shen Lian used was the Deity Vanquishing Sword. At his current level, he would leave no trace behind when using this sword. It was so subtle that it was far beyond the expectations of the creator of the Deity Vanquishing Sword.

It was true that giant python's cultivation experience was shallow, but even if an accomplished cultivator was in the range of Shen Lian's divine thoughts, he would also be killed mercilessly.

What would define power? This would. Even if a person who once was at the peak of the world arrived at a broader and wider world, his knowledge and means were still untouchable and beyond imagination.

Shen Lian was capable of killing immortal Zhen Ren and could calmly face legendary people like Chen Beidou and Yanxu. Killing a python did not fluctuate his emotions at all. Instead, he was focused on wondering how did the master of the snake plated spiritual consciousness into it.

Instead of feeling troubled, Shen Lian thought this was a good thing.

He could use this opportunity to lure bigger fishes. After all, the act of planting spiritual consciousness in demon clans in such secretive manner was something that could only be done by a high levelled cultivator. In other words, this was the perfect opportunity for Shen Lian to touch base with cultivators from this world.

The black tiger freed itself from the entanglement of the python and went to Shen Lian pitifully with puppy eyes. It even crawled sideways to show the blood marks under its fur.