Chapter 718: Holy Land of the Self!_2
The body reconstructed through [Holy Land of the Self] also needs to be strengthened bit by bit.
However, in any case, having a new exclusive trait with life-preserving capabilities brings Fang Mu much peace of mind.
To truly explore this dimensional world, Fang Mu plans to wait until contracting the Two-headed Crane Phoenix's egg and obtaining new Covenant Blood Essence before contracting the pollutant that can create clones for himself.
Using clones to adventure in the dimensional world will better ensure Fang Mu's safety.
Fang Mu does not lack any foundational support in this dimensional world. The soon-to-hatch Jia Ran Ancient Snake and Two-headed Crane Phoenix are his sources of reliance here.
Fang Mu has already used Covenant Blood Essence to contract the Jia Ran Ancient Snake's egg, and now that its bloodline has been advanced, Fang Mu understands what the Jia Ran Ancient Snake requires to improve its strength.
Like the Guardian Beasts in the Beastmaster world, the Jia Ran Ancient Snake requires pure Life Energy to enhance its strength and advance its quality.
Beyond pure Life Energy, a significant amount of Spiritual Energy is required as well.
The good news is, Fang Mu possesses the ability to provide both of these resources.
Since planting the Pure Spirit Peony, Fang Mu's access to high-purity Spiritual Energy has been steadily increasing.
In the Beastmaster world, this high-purity Spiritual Energy is rarely put to practical use. To Fang Mu, using such resources for outsiders feels inappropriate. Trading them could potentially stir unnecessary unrest.
Now, it seems this high-purity Spiritual Energy has finally found its purpose!
The resources the Two-headed Crane Phoenix likely requires should be quite similar to those of the Jia Ran Ancient Snake.
Carrying Blood of Abundance, Fang Mu spent two to three days collecting the remains of giant beasts. During this time, the advancement of the Blood of Abundance stage alone took nearly a full day.
By now, the Jia Ran Ancient Snake should have already hatched.
Fang Mu likely missed the moment of witnessing the Jia Ran Ancient Snake's birth.
However, since Fang Mu has already used Covenant Blood Essence to form a contract with the Jia Ran Ancient Snake, even if the first being it encounters isn't Fang Mu, it will still instinctively treat him as its closest presence.
Fang Mu quickly headed toward the location of the dimensional channel. During this time, Yan Yubanruo sent no messages to Fang Mu.
This indicates that everything was normal, and no accidents had occurred.
Fang Mu eagerly anticipated meeting the Jia Ran Ancient Snake shortly. What level might the body of this just-hatched creature have already reached?
When Fang Mu was nearing the dimensional channel's location, he suddenly felt the earth begin to tremble.
Fang Mu realized this was likely the Jia Ran Ancient Snake sensing his presence and crawling toward him.
Fang Mu could feel the snake's emotionally charged excitement and closeness toward him.
At this moment, Fang Mu and the Jia Ran Ancient Snake seemed like two beings heading toward each other, with the distance between them swiftly shrinking.
Before long, the sky suddenly darkened, and Fang Mu looked up to see a towering giant serpent, tens of thousands of meters tall, lowering its gaze to him.
The serpent's base color was grayish-brown, resembling the Jia Ran Ancient Snake Fang Mu had just seen moments ago.
However, this grayish-brown body was adorned with intricate and luxurious purple patterns.
Wisps of cloud-like energy surrounded these purple patterns, giving the otherwise bulky Jia Ran Ancient Snake an uncanny sense of grace.
This newly-hatched Jia Ran Ancient Snake was much smaller compared to a mature one.
Yet in Fang Mu's eyes, it still stood as a colossal being!
Fang Mu activated the Innate Divine Ability [Eye of Omniscience] from the Fool's Shadow to inspect the Jia Ran Ancient Snake.
[Beast Name]: Jia Ran Ancient Snake
[Beast Species]: Scaled Boa Family/Hardened Boa Genus
[Energy Level]: Gold Stage (7/10)
[Physical Body Level]: Intermediate Gods' Domain
[Beast Element]: Earth/Toxic
[Beast Potential]: Platinum Stage
[Beast Quality]: Perfect Quality
Skills:
[Snake Explosion]: Coils around the target and explosively channels all internal power, concentrating it to crush the target's body.
[Coagulating Venom]: Its venom induces blood coagulation in the target, rapidly spreading throughout the target's body via blood circulation. The venom also possesses the ability to restrain the energy within the target's body.
[Firm Earth Armor]: Harnesses energy from the earth to form a layer of spiked armor over its body during combat, enhancing physical strength.
Exclusive Traits:
[Sun and Moon Swallow]: In the absence of ambient energy, it can absorb celestial energies to sustain itself. When ambient energy is abundant, it can use celestial energies to accelerate digestion of accumulated energy.
Physical Traits:
[Absorb]: During battle, if injured, it can consume parts of its own body to heal wounds. During this process, its body generates a layer of high-temperature pressure with exceptional cutting power.
While Fang Mu was examining the Jia Ran Ancient Snake, the juvenile serpent had already coiled itself protectively around Fang Mu.
It then lowered its head, signaling Fang Mu to step onto the relatively smooth top of its head.
Fang Mu did not disappoint the Jia Ran Ancient Snake's expectation and climbed onto its head, overlooking the scenery below from a great height.
At this moment, Fang Mu had no time to appreciate the beautiful landscape or the primal atmosphere exuding all around.
His mind remained occupied by the detailed attributes of the Jia Ran Ancient Snake.
The aura of dimensional creatures in this world resembled that of Guardian Beasts in the Beastmaster world, though there were subtle differences.
The Jia Ran Ancient Snake acquires skills based on its energy level and exclusive traits based on its quality.
However, the snake's true strength is not particularly correlated with its energy level.
What truly determines the strength of the Jia Ran Ancient Snake is its physical body level.
The snake had just been born, yet its physical body level had already reached Intermediate Gods' Domain.
Having a physical body level of Intermediate Gods' Domain does not mean the snake can only fight against intermediate-level Gods' Domain opponents. Rather, it indicates that only attacks at the average intermediate Gods' Domain level could harm its physique.
This newly-hatched Jia Ran Ancient Snake, if unleashed upon the Beastmaster world, could almost flatten most of its powers single-handedly.
From the strength of this newly-hatched snake, Fang Mu gained a clearer understanding of this dimensional world's intensity.
Despite already anticipating this dimensional world to be formidable, it surpassed Fang Mu's expectations significantly!
Yet danger always comes hand in hand with opportunity—the more perilous the environment, the more chances to encounter unprecedented opportunities!
As for the Jia Ran Ancient Snake's skills and exclusive traits, Fang Mu found them relatively straightforward.
However, their effectiveness in actual combat was incredibly potent, best described as simple and brutal.
Within its massive body, the Jia Ran Ancient Snake possesses highly developed venom glands, enabling it to attack and envenom its target.
The ability to utilize venom proved to be the decisive factor in its ability to defeat the Two-headed Crane Phoenix!
If the Jia Ran Ancient Snake lacked venom capabilities, prolonged conflict with the Two-headed Crane Phoenix would likely have led to the snake's demise.
Had that occurred, Fang Mu wouldn't have been granted such abundant opportunities!
The Jia Ran Ancient Snake's venom ability is a critical tool for defeating powerful enemies in this giant beast-dominated world.
The skill [Snake Explosion] is an immensely powerful offensive technique.
Serpentine beings naturally increase their offensive capability when coiled around their opponents.
[Snake Explosion] further amplifies this method of attack.
[Firm Earth Armor], on the other hand, simultaneously enhances the snake's defense and attack capabilities.
The spiked armor formed on its body surface bolsters its physical resilience, allowing the snake to withstand injuries and launch relentless physical assaults on its foes without hesitation.
These three seemingly simple skills have transformed the Jia Ran Ancient Snake into a terrifying killing machine equipped with dual offensive methods and exceptional defensive abilities.