Btth: The Rise of Qingshan

"Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils!!!"

Mo Cheng's face darkened as he looked at the numerous venomous snakes surrounding him. He naturally had some understanding of his target this time, but he never expected the continent's number one miraculous pupils to be so terrifying, controlling so many snake magical beasts after only awakening recently.

Mo Cheng surged his Dou Qi, shaking off the surrounding fire ants. He leaped, aiming straight for Yan Qingshan in mid-air, but Yan Qingshan easily evaded him again.

With a whistle from Yan Qingshan, numerous snake magical beasts swarmed down, targeting the enemies in the pit, making the already dire situation of the pursuers even worse.

Including the Sand Mercenary Group's leaders and many Mo family experts, they were besieged by snake magical beasts outnumbering them several times over.

With the troublesome fire ants constantly attacking from below, their situation became extremely perilous.

"Mo Cheng, if you don't go down and save them, your subordinates will all be finished!"

Yan Qingshan flapped his wings in the air, constantly widening the distance from Mo Cheng, flying in an arc, never giving Mo Cheng a chance, not relaxing for even a moment despite the immense Dou Qi consumption.

"Boy, I'll remember you."

Mo Cheng stared intently at the figure before him. Dou Spirit's flight was difficult to turn and had distance limitations, and landing from too high was unbearable for a Dou Spirit. It was nowhere near as flexible or high-reaching as a flying technique.

Faced with Yan Qingshan, who never relaxed, always kept his distance, and never flew in a straight line, completely employing evasive maneuvers, he was helpless.

Mo Cheng's gloomy gaze swept across the surroundings, finding no place to hide anyone, yet the secret technique indicated that the target was nearby.

He couldn't figure out where they had hidden the person. Unable to catch the slippery brat and unable to pinpoint the exact location of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, he could only choose to go down into the pit to save people.

He didn't care about the Sand Mercenary Group members, but the Mo family members he brought were his trusted aides. As the Mo family's top expert, Mo Cheng was only a Great Elder, with a Clan Head and other Mo family leaders who had opinions about him.

The group he brought was the elite of the Mo family, including three Dou Grandmaster, who were Mo family elder-level figures. Losing them here would make it difficult for him to explain upon his return and could be used against him.

"Mo Cheng, oh Mo Cheng, you've finally fallen for it!"

A faint smile appeared on Yan Qingshan's lips. His trap was naturally not simple. Although the sudden arrival of the enemy prevented him from fully implementing the Thirty-Six Stratagems, the calculations Mo Cheng and the others encountered along the way were interconnected and sequential.

Initially, Yan Qingshan faced Mo Cheng and the others alone, partly to disperse the pheromone-mixed poison powder and partly to test Mo Cheng's intentions.

If Mo Cheng relied on his strength and came alone, he would use another plan to lure Mo Cheng away and deal with him first.

Yan Qingshan had designed two plans through Dawn, each addressing a different situation.

The first plan was if Mo Cheng believed in his superior strength, saw through Yan Qingshan, and pursued him alone.

As a Dou Spirit, he might be less agile in the sky than Yan Qingshan, but he could still keep chasing him. Compared to Mo Cheng, a Dou Spirit, Yan Qingshan was still just a Dou Zhe, and in terms of endurance, he was no match.

This possibility was quite high in the initial calculations. Yan Qingshan initially thought Mo Cheng would come alone, as his subordinates, whether Dou Master or Dou Grandmaster, had no ability to fly and would only be a burden.

But perhaps Mo Cheng suspected something and didn't separate from the main force, choosing to bring everyone to search, which led Yan Qingshan to use the second plan.

In the first plan, Yan Qingshan originally intended to have Qing Ling and Xue Lan secretly manipulate the Yellow Sand Magic Scorpions and numerous snake magical beasts to delay the others while he lured Mo Cheng away.

The second plan, as it was now, had Mo Cheng and his men fall into the trap. Mo Cheng could easily escape, but his subordinates lacked that ability, forcing him to make a choice.

As Yan Qingshan expected, after searching the sky in vain, Mo Cheng might not care about the Sand Mercenary Group, but he would try to save his Mo family aides if possible. And with his descent, he stepped into another set of traps prepared by Yan Qingshan.

Rumbling…

Rock Desert City in the Tager Desert was destined to be extraordinary today. First, a large Sand Mercenary Group force traveled far to the eastern desert, seemingly searching for something.

Then, in the afternoon, a shocking roar came from the eastern desert, and a crimson fire pillar shot into the sky, clearly visible from Rock Desert City dozens of miles away.

"What a pungent smell!"

Yan Qingshan covered his nose and moved to the windward side, finally feeling a bit better. Below were rolling thick smoke and scorching lava. The original sandy area had a crimson fire pit, with lava constantly erupting from underground.

However, the lava vent was not very large. After erupting for a while, the crimson lava receded.

"Ah!!! You little bastard, I will definitely kill you!"

In the center of the lava eruption, Mo Cheng was covered in blood and had a burnt smell, his clothes ignited by the lava.

Although his Dou Qi armor protected his body, the scorching lava broke through most defenses and severely injured him. If he hadn't used the lava's force to move away from the center, he might have become a charred corpse like the others.

Yan Qingshan looked down at Mo Cheng and said calmly, "Mo Cheng, I warned you from the beginning not to provoke me. You didn't listen. The hundreds of lives in this pit died because of you!"

The lava eruption was naturally calculated precisely by him using Dawn. He destroyed the underground structure, forming a pit, and then detonated the underground structure again at a specific time, causing a lava surge and backflow, creating a super-small lava eruption.

Yan Qingshan was responsible for planning and calculating the time, while the executors were Xue Lan and Qing Ling underground. The specific time was when Mo Cheng returned to save people.

When the sand dune collapsed the first time, Mo Cheng was definitely on high alert, and detonating then would have been difficult to severely injure him.

Only when Mo Cheng searched in vain and saw the heavy casualties below, choosing to go down and help, was the best opportunity. At this time, Mo Cheng was vigilant but would never have expected the danger to come from underground.

Mo Cheng's perception was correct; Qing Ling was indeed nearby, but not on the ground, but underground in the seemingly impossible-to-hide desert.

Yan Qingshan arranged everything through signals, and the executors were Qing Ling and Xue Lan.

"Little beast, I won't let you go."

Mo Cheng gritted his teeth, barely standing and roaring, his body trembling. The burnt clothes and flesh were tightly stuck together, and the exposed skin was red and festering, with almost no good skin left, including his cheeks.

But he was still alive.

Although severely injured, a Dou Spirit's vitality was strong, and some Dou Qi remained, still beyond Yan Qingshan's ability to confront directly.

"Mo Cheng, do you think you can still leave?"

Yan Qingshan descended slightly, still maintaining a certain distance from Mo Cheng. "I said before, come if you're not afraid of death. Since you've come, I'll grant you death!"

"You think you can deal with a Dou Spirit with these little tricks, boy? I admit you're good at scheming."

Mo Cheng took out healing pills from his storage ring and swallowed them in front of Yan Qingshan. "I can leave, and you can't stop me. Boy, today's matter is not over."

Mo Cheng finished his threats and immediately prepared to leave. He couldn't care less about the other people's wails; he just wanted to get away from this little bastard and return to the Mo family to heal.

"I said, you're doomed!"

Yan Qingshan sneered. "Aren't you looking for the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils Snake-people girl? How about I let her come out?"

Yan Qingshan clapped his hands, and two figures emerged from a sand dune a few hundred meters away from the lava cave.

Two girls, one large and one small, the younger one, about eleven or twelve years old, wore an green dress, and her eyes were as dazzling as emeralds.

"Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils!"

Snakes magical beasts appeared from the surrounding sand, surrounding and protecting the green-dressed girl in the center. Mo Cheng murmured at this scene and immediately flew towards her.

Boom…

Unfortunately, Mo Cheng was sent flying again mid-air. A giant magical beast, over seven meters long, with two snake heads, each with an azure divine flower pattern on its brow, burst from the sand, sending Mo Cheng flying and then affectionately nuzzling the green-dressed girl.

Yan Qingshan descended from the sky, looking at Mo Cheng calmly. "I told you, you're definitely going to die today!"

The Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent glanced at him, swaying its heads and spitting out a section of azure plant filled with rich life wood energy.

"Fifth-rank magical beast, is this your trump card? I don't die unjustly, but if you want to kill me, I'll leave a few scars on you!"

Mo Cheng completely lost his mind the moment he saw the Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent.

Although the fifth-rank magical beast's aura was unstable, suggesting it had just advanced, even if it wasn't fifth-rank and was only fourth-rank, it was enough to take his life in his severely injured state.

Therefore, having stepped into this trap, he was truly doomed to die today. But this also ignited his ferocious nature.

Mo Cheng smiled menacingly, his coiled body suddenly shaking and flying towards Yan Qingshan. His left arm revealed a fierce bestial nature, the veins on his exposed arm bulging like small snakes, his nails growing half an inch and turning pitch black.

In a short time, Mo Cheng's left arm gradually turned red, eventually becoming completely red as if on fire.

"Mountain-Breaking Arm, too bad I won't give you a chance!"

The moment Mo Cheng made a move, Yan Qingshan turned his gaze to the Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent. Having received instructions, the Flame Spirit Serpent's other head, which had been accumulating magma flame, directly sprayed it out, completely engulfing Mo Cheng.

"Ah!!!"

Mo Cheng had only just taken off, and a magma fire pillar directly hit him, pushing him away with a scream, ultimately falling into a sea of fire.

Since Yan Qingshan remembered the original story, he naturally knew that Mo Cheng had transplanted a fifth-rank magical beast's, the Blazing Mountain-Breaking Rhinoceros, forelimb.

With the fifth-rank magical beast's forelimb and his high-level Dou Spirit cultivation, Mo Cheng's full-strength attack was likely comparable to a Dou King.

Moreover, this forelimb was a secret, unknown to anyone, making it easy to catch opponents off guard in close combat.

In the original story, the Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent was defeated by Mo Cheng, most likely because he used a trick to get close and used the fifth-rank Blazing Mountain-Breaking Rhinoceros's Mountain-Breaking Arm to deal with the Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent before kidnapping Qing Lin.