Chapter 473: The Hunt

The mountain range where Li Mochen and his companions stood was not only covered with molten lava but also filled with sulfurous smoke. From the ring-shaped peaks, large amounts of magma and flames erupted from time to time, making the environment extremely dangerous.

Although visibility was obstructed, Li Mochen's Titan Eye still found their target at the first moment. It was a giant serpent coiled at the highest peak of the mountain range. Its body was at least 24,700 meters long, with a pair of broad, white-feathered wings, and it was in a state of deep slumber.

—That was a mythical demigod wind serpent. The feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl was its kin or ancestor, once the wind god and sun god in Maya mythology, dominating the Maya pantheon for a time. In the East, they were also called Tengshe.

Li Mochen lay prone on the ground, aiming in that direction from fifty kilometers away, while Robert Yvonne and Hazel and the others prepared for battle and interception.

Delphinia was also ready to strike, but compared to the seriousness of the others, her attitude was more one of cold observation, with a mindset of wanting to see a joke.

Wind Serpent Latacia—this was a high-ranking demigod, recently severely wounded in a battle with another demigod. Yet even so, this wind serpent was not so easy to deal with.

Mythical creatures were already powerful below the legendary level, and this power only intensified when they entered the demigod stage.

Thanks to the gifts of their ancestors, the strength and physique of these mythical creatures were beyond the reach of human demigods, and they could easily obtain domains and divine rights from their own bloodlines.

Thus, they were always the strongest group at the same level, and challenging those above their rank was commonplace for them.

A high-ranking demigod wind serpent possessed combat power nearly approaching that of a lesser god. Even in a severely wounded state, it was enough to crush the forces Li Mochen had gathered here.

As for Li Mochen's battle plan, it sounded even more like a fantasy. He intended to hit the wind serpent Latacia's reverse scale with a legendary annihilation bullet from fifty kilometers away, then pierce through its heart.

The heart was no longer a fatal weakness for demigod-level creatures, but it could still greatly weaken the wind serpent's combat power. As for the reverse scale, it existed not only in dragons but was also a weakness for most scaled creatures. It was the convergence point of magic power and blood within their bodies, second in importance only to the heart and magic crystal, yet it was also an area these creatures heavily defended.

Delphinia wanted to sneer a few words, calling him delusional. But she thought of the time in Atlanta when she was hit in a vital spot. That sniper had nearly killed her.

Li Mochen, however, focused his observation, quickly calculating the trajectory in his mind while beginning to visualize the 'Divine Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda'. He didn't have much time to aim; the wind serpent Latacia had a strong sense of perception. The moment Li Mochen and the others fixed their gaze on the giant serpent, sensing hostility, it had already begun to awaken slowly.

"Boom!"

After activating numerous legendary scrolls, Li Mochen decisively fired. He then noticed that the 'Divine Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda' he had visualized in his mind had dropped from the previously restored 5,500 strands of merit energy to only about 2,700 strands. At least sixty percent of that came from the war with the Dragon Witch Cult, and now nearly half was consumed in an instant.

In less than 0.1 seconds, the wind serpent fifty kilometers away suddenly let out a mournful cry. A fountain of blood burst from its neck, and then the heart area along with the surrounding flesh was directly annihilated by the powerful magic carried on the sniper bullet. Various spells began to take effect on the wind serpent.

Legendary Slow, Legendary Decay Command, Legendary Destruction Aura, and also Legendary Magic Disruption—

'Blood Eye Angel' Robert Yvonne followed up immediately. She actually carried her Wind God's Fang and directly attacked from the giant wind serpent's heart area, causing more blood mist to burst from inside the serpent's body as it twisted and struggled.

But Robert was soon forced to fly away. The giant serpent's body exuded poisonous blood, and even its flesh was used as a weapon, strands of it entangling Robert, leaving her no place to stand.

After Robert, Hazel also arrived above the wind serpent Latacia and punched heavily on the giant serpent's snout. The immense force made it howl again, collapsing half of its face.

At this moment, countless wind blades formed within a hundred kilometers, creating a massive death tornado. The ultimate weakening domain, ultimate madness domain, ultimate plague complex, and ultimate slowness domain caused Li Mochen and the others' qi and blood to decline to the extreme, their minds frenzied, nearly losing reason.

And the wind serpent Latacia's wind divine right also deprived them of the ability to use wind magic, taking away their right to breathe, making Hazel and Robert unable to move an inch in the gale.

Li Mochen had Victor Maxim beside him holding a shield for protection, but this quasi-demigod turned pale after enduring only twenty-three wind blades.

But by this time, everyone had sensed the wind serpent Latacia's weakness. After forcing back the two demigods, it showed no intention of lingering and immediately tried to escape by slipping into the void.

Li Mochen had already locked onto it again, making Latacia feel an extreme threat. It sensed that if it did not leave now, it would only meet its end.

"Delphinia!"

Li Mochen calmly aimed through the scope, continuing to gather power.

The Void Night Lord's face was livid, her lips purple. The look she gave Li Mochen was so intense it could melt him, utterly grind his bones to dust.

When Li Mochen fired, Delphinia had already realized who had wounded her that day. She had originally thought it was one of his subordinates, but it turned out to be Li Mochen himself.

"Are you planning to violate the spiritual contract, Delphinia? I don't mind either way—"

Delphinia snorted coldly, pointed her staff, and the demigod wind serpent, which had almost fully entered the astral plane, was pulled back to the material world. The spatial wall it had forcibly broken was sealed by a powerful void alien force, causing it to fail at the last moment.

It was at this moment that Li Mochen fired again!

This time, he consumed over a thousand strands of merit energy. The shot hit the wind serpent's left eye. The legendary armor-piercing annihilation bullet not only shattered its pupil but also penetrated deep into the wind serpent Latacia's retina.

At the same time, Robert Yvonne's Wind God's Fang struck from the wind serpent Latacia's right eye. Two consecutive severe blows caused the demigod-level mythical beast to let out a dying howl, and a massive surge of magic power, like a nuclear explosion, suddenly swept outward in all directions.