Chapter 49

Jining stood on the water's surface, looking around.

All was silent, with only the wind causing ripples on the lake.

"This great demon, the Winged Serpent, is even more cautious than I expected. Not only does it stay at the bottom of the water, but even with my appearance, its greatest enemy, it dares not attack me." Jining frowned.

It was indeed difficult to lure the great demon, the Winged Serpent, out!

Otherwise, the Ji Clan's five mansions wouldn't be helpless against the great demon, the Winged Serpent. The news of Jining breaking through to become a Xian Tian being was still a secret, known by very few, and the great demon, the Winged Serpent, naturally didn't know. In the eyes of the great demon, the Winged Serpent, Jining was probably still an eleven-year-old boy with excellent agility, posing no threat. Even so, the great demon, the Winged Serpent, could still endure and not attack.

"Hmm?" Jining's brows furrowed slightly.

In the distance, some heads could be seen emerging from the lake surface.

"It's a group of lesser demons." A large bow appeared in Jining's hand, which he had obtained from Temu Zhan, and four arrows appeared in his hand as well. He quickly drew the bow and shot the arrows.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

The four arrows instantly pierced the air, scaring the aquatic lesser demons to dive and hide. However, how fast were the arrows Jining shot? Immediately, a chorus of screams and howls erupted, and even a large fish tail slapped the water, leaving a trail of blood before the lesser demons dived deep.

"Great demon, the Winged Serpent." Jining, holding the large bow, shouted, "I didn't expect a great demon like you to only dare to send out some lesser demons. Truly, I look down on you!"

"Jining."

A deep voice suddenly came from the bottom of the water.

Jining's heart instantly rejoiced; the great demon, the Winged Serpent, had finally spoken.

"Don't use such despicable tactics. Do you think I don't know that your father and others are hiding around here?" The deep voice came from the bottom of the water. "A mere Xian Tian child, would you come to seek death?"

"Ha ha ha, Xian Tian?" Jining laughed loudly, and a layer of misty light appeared around his body. He pointed at the water, and a sword beam shot out from his fingertip, directly piercing into the deep water. "Open your snake eyes and see clearly!"

Boom!

The sword beam pierced into the deep water, causing a tremor.

"Whoosh~~" A black figure emerged slightly from a few miles away, his eyes full of shock. "Xian Tian? You have already become Xian Tian?"

"Will you dare to fight?" Jining shouted. "If you are worried about an ambush, choose any place on the surface of the lake or on the island within a hundred miles! We will have a battle, do you dare or not?"

The great demon, the Winged Serpent, looked at the boy standing on the water's surface from a distance, hesitating.

Even if Ji Yichuan and others were ambushing, how many places could they ambush?

"You humans are extremely cunning. A young boy like you has already become a Xian Tian being; how could the Ji Clan let you come to seek death? There must be a plan I don't know about." The great demon, the Winged Serpent, instantly sank into the deep water, roaring, "If you dare to come to the bottom of the water, I will definitely fight you. On the surface? I will never fall for your tricks!"

Jining, standing on the water's surface, angrily cursed, "Cowardly as a mouse!"

Whoosh!

Jining, angry, turned and left, stepping on the waves and quickly arrived at the island in the center of the Winged Serpent Lake, leaping onto the island.

"So cowardly." Jining was at a loss for a moment. He wasn't arrogant enough to directly fight a Xian Tian-level great demon of the aquatic race at the bottom of the water.

...

At the bottom of the water.

"Great King, Great King, that human boy has gone to the island." Several lesser demons came to report.

"To the island?" The black-clothed man, sitting, was barely suppressing his anger.

"Father, Yinmang and the others are all on the island." Suddenly, a snake demon shouted anxiously.

"Yinmang?"

The black-clothed man was instantly startled.

He remembered that since the negotiations with the Ji Clan's five mansions at Dujiu Ridge, he had been extremely cautious, staying at the bottom of the water and not daring to go to the island's lair! However, his children and some other lesser demons were not so cautious and often went to the island, as it was their true lair in the past.

"How many? How many of my children are on the island?" The black-clothed man roared.

"Probably just Yinmang, but there are still hundreds of other lesser demons." The snake demon reported.

The black-clothed man's face changed drastically: "Immediately send lesser demons to notify Yinmang to return quickly."

"Yes."

...

After all, Jining was human, and standing on the water's surface required constant mental focus to maintain harmony with the earth and sky. Since he couldn't force the old demon, the Winged Serpent, out for the moment, Jining directly came to the island to rest for a while.

"This island was the lair of the Winged Serpent in the past." Jining looked around. "For the past thousand years, this was the territory of demons. Since I can't make the Winged Serpent come out, I'll take a good look at this island first!"

Jining walked leisurely.

Each step was like riding the wind, light as smoke, circling the muddy beach around the island. The island was about ten miles in circumference, not small, with some small mountains and rivers.

"Roar~~" In the distance, a large red crab, about the size of a millstone, was waving its large pincers, staring at Jining.

"Aquatic lesser demon." Jining kicked a stone, which flew directly and hit the crab demon's body with a clang, causing the large crab to roll over and lie still. When Jining walked away, the crab flipped over and quickly scurried into the lake.

After all, this was the old lair of the Winged Serpent. Even though the Winged Serpent wasn't here now, many aquatic lesser demons still lived on the island. Seeing Jining, some aquatic demons wanted to attack. Jining would casually teach the weaker ones a lesson, but he wouldn't show mercy to the Xian Tian-level demons.

"Hmm?" Jining suddenly saw, in the distance, a large silver snake emerging from a huge cave, accompanied by several other aquatic lesser demons, each several yards in size.

These lesser demons were all quite large.

Probably all Xian Tian-level.

"Whoosh!" Jining took a step and instantly darted forward.

"Quick, run."

"Run."

"That human boy is a Xian Tian being." These Xian Tian-level lesser demons growled at each other, none of them attacking Jining, and all scattering to rush into the distant lake.

Jining then took out a large bow and four arrows, drawing and shooting them.

After shooting four arrows, he shot four more!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Arrows shot out...

Instantly, over a dozen of the largest Xian Tian-level aquatic lesser demons were killed, while some weaker ones managed to escape into the water.

"Jining, you have killed another of my children. I will definitely kill you, definitely!" An angry, deep roar came from the depths of the lake, startling Jining, who was about to enter the cave.

"Killed another child? How many children does this old demon have?"

Jining looked around in confusion. Among the Xian Tian-level aquatic demons he had killed with his bow and arrows, there were three snakes. Which one was its child? Jining didn't know. The old demon, the Winged Serpent, originally had ninety-two children, but many were eaten by other demons or killed by humans, leaving only sixteen alive.

Jining had killed two more.

However, for the great demon, the Winged Serpent, the one he loved the most was the red snake with divine and demonic blood.

"Old demon, the Winged Serpent, you can only shout. There are still your children in this lair. I can go in and kill them." Jining shouted and directly entered the lair.

...

This lair was where the Winged Serpent had lived for over a thousand years, deep and winding.

Jining held the Beiming Sword and walked.

In the lair, he often encountered aquatic demons rushing out, some fierce, some strange. Upon seeing the human boy, they all seemed to see a delicacy, each wanting to eat him. Jining would casually knock away the weaker ones, not caring whether they were dead or unconscious.

However, he still eliminated the Xian Tian-level aquatic demons.

"This lair is truly deep and unpredictable." Jining continued to walk deeper into the winding cave, and suddenly, in the dim cave, a huge, misty beast shadow appeared, vaguely the head of a bear. The huge bear head shadow opened its mouth and directly enveloped Jining.

Jining's face changed drastically.

At the same time, he found himself unable to move, unable to advance or retreat.

"This, this... relic!" The word instantly flashed in Jining's mind.

On this vast land, from the era of gods and demons to the present, countless powerful beings have emerged over the endless years. There are countless immortal and divine relics. After all, humans are spread across this vast land, often accidentally entering ancient divine relics, some gaining benefits and rising to prominence.

However, many more die in these immortal and divine relics. Just in the books Jining had read, there were many famous ancient relics that had devoured countless lives.

"I have actually encountered a relic. I must live, I must live!" Jining had an intense desire in his heart. He understood that facing the relics of ancient great beings and gods and demons, he, a Xian Tian being, had no resistance at all. He could only comply and then find a way to escape.

The huge bear head shadow directly swallowed Jining.

The shadow dissipated.

Jining also vanished.

The passage of the Winged Serpent's lair remained calm as usual, as if nothing had happened.