Stronger with Crimson Modifier

Hu Qi remained where he was, flicking his long, thin, crimson tongue.

His gaze drifted down, examining his own form.

This experience of becoming a beast was a novel feeling.

Although he had experience transforming into a Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent before, it couldn’t compare to this sensation.

He didn’t feel much resistance to it, however.

For Hu Qi, as long as he was alive, his appearance didn’t matter.

He looked at the water.

Hu Qi then looked at the slime covering the scales of this body.

He wondered if he should go in and wash it off.

However, the very next instant that the thought of using the water to clean the slime off his body arose...

Below him, a current of water shot up from the surface without any warning.

It tightly enveloped Hu Qi’s entire serpentine body.

The water swirled rapidly, continuously washing over his form.

It quickly washed away all the sticky fluid from the egg.

Then, carrying the slime with it, the water fell back into the stream and rushed away.

’Hmm, is this Water Control?’

Seeing this, Hu Qi was a little surprised.

He immediately summoned his panel.

His gaze fell on the Divine Techniques column.

Just as he expected.

The words "Water Control" in the Divine Techniques column were now glowing with a rich red light.

This meant that he could use this Divine Technique, which he had condensed from Secret Martial Arts.

This had never happened before.

Only Talents could be used by his Clones.

Divine Techniques could only be used by his main body.

But with Hu Qi’s strength at the Apostle Level Peak, he rarely had the opportunity to use his Divine Techniques.

As for facing that White King, even if he used them, he couldn’t have caused any damage.

’Perhaps it’s because this body is now considered my main body, or maybe it’s because of the Taiyu Serpent’s Bloodline Talent.’

But whatever the reason, this was a good thing for him.

With the Water Control Divine Technique, he could temporarily increase his ability to protect himself in this world.

The only problem was that its power was significantly weaker than before.

But that was to be expected.

Whether it was a Divine Technique or a Talent, the amount of power it could unleash was inextricably linked to one’s own strength.

It was like giving a child and an adult the same iron rod.

The power each could wield would certainly be different.

GRUMBLE...

Just then, a faint feeling of hunger suddenly arose from his belly.

After noticing this, Hu Qi slowly turned his inverted-triangular head, his crimson vertical pupils staring directly at the few snake eggs lying in the corner.

Just as he was contemplating whether to swallow these ’brothers and sisters’ to fill his stomach...

...two of the eggs suddenly let out a faint cracking sound.

Immediately after, two small snakes broke out of their shells. One was fiery red all over, the other a brilliant golden yellow.

However, their bodies were tiny compared to Hu Qi, only thirty to forty centimeters long.

With just a glance, Hu Qi could tell that of the two small snakes, the red one was male and the yellow one was female.

Snakes possess a highly developed sense of smell, allowing them to accurately distinguish the sex of their own kind through the chemical pheromones permeating the air.

Just looking at these two small snakes of different colors, Hu Qi couldn’t help but wonder what breed the mother snake was, and why the hatched snakes were all different colors.

The two little ones were looking around at everything with wide, innocent eyes.

Then, their gazes turned toward Hu Qi.

Clearly, they had noticed him too.

Hu Qi paid them no mind.

Looking at the remaining eggs, he also gave up the idea of devouring them.

’These guys are my siblings, in a manner of speaking. Besides, finding food shouldn’t be that hard. There’s no need to resort to this.’

’Of course, there’s also the fact that I don’t know what kind of creature the mother snake is. What if she’s some kind of Spirit Monster? If she came back while I was eating her eggs, discovered my vile act, and hunted me down... it would be extremely disadvantageous for me in my current state.’

Thinking of this, he plunged headfirst into the rushing stream.

In an instant, the cold water enveloped his body.

Although the current was swift, Hu Qi, being a snake with the Water Control Talent, was like a fish in water. Not only did he feel no resistance, but he actually felt more free and comfortable than on land.

After swimming along the rapids for more than ten meters, the current began to slow.

The once-dim riverbed brightened.

Dappled sunlight refracted through the surface, painting shifting patterns of light and shadow on the bottom.

The water was very clear. The stones on the bottom were of various shapes; some were smooth and round, others were covered in sharp edges, with fuzzy green moss clinging to them.

In the crevices between the stones, snails could occasionally be seen.

And in a patch of waterweeds in the distance, there was a small, thumb-sized Silverfish.

Seeing this, Hu Qi opened his serpentine mouth.

With a flick of his body, his meter-long form shot out like a black shadow.

As the water surged, the slowly swimming Silverfish seemed to sense the approaching danger.

Its body instantly tensed, and its tail fin beat rapidly as it tried to turn and flee.

But its body seemed to be bound in place.

SPLASH!

The water churned, and wisps of crimson blood dispersed. The small fish that had been swimming there was gone.

’Huh? What’s this...?’

Just as Hu Qi, having swallowed the small fish, was about to search for more food, his body suddenly froze.

A flash of astonishment crossed his crimson serpentine eyes.

After eating this one small fish, he actually sensed that a wisp of ’essence’ had been added to him.

This wisp of essence was extremely subtle, its contribution to the essence within his body almost negligible.

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