While it's true he has ten thousand Nascent Souls, and using them all to fight would be quite a spectacle, using Nascent Souls to besiege an immortal is...
It's fortunate that the Mirror God came up with this terrible idea.
He turned around and stuffed the spirit stones and the large wooden barrel in the distance into his Heavenly Void Ring, while he had already put away the stone barrel containing the immortal fire.
After finishing tidying up, Xiao Wenbing was about to leave when he suddenly paused, turned around and looked at the enormous snake body that was even larger than a small mountain. He slowly said, "Mirror God, what should we do with this snake?"
"What do you mean, what to do?"
"Where do you want me to put it? The Heavenly Void Ring definitely can't hold it. Are you just going to take it out like this?"
"Idiot, make it smaller."
"Really? It's getting smaller..."
"Yes, hurry up and transform! We still need to rush back to the cultivation world to ask the Treasure God for metal-type materials."
"Okay." A kind smile gradually spread across Xiao Wenbing's face as he looked at the Mirror God with a very amiable smile.
"What’s wrong with you,"
"Mirror God, may I ask you a question?"
"Go ahead and ask."
"This..." Xiao Wenbing pointed at the giant snake and asked, "How do you think we can make it smaller?"
"Hmm, this..." Mirror God was also stunned, turned his head and looked around for a long time, and said, "When we encountered this snake demon, it seemed to have transformed into human form, right?"
"That's right."
"Then you can transform it into a physical form."
"I know, but I can't transform into human form."
The Mirror God was speechless, unable to utter a word.
Xiao Wenbing is right. Transformation is a skill at the level of immortals, not something that cultivators can master. Of course, this only applies to humans. As for demons and spirits, they can transform into human form once they reach the Nascent Soul stage.
However you look at it, Xiao Wenbing is a pure human being and has no blood of demons or monsters.
As for the Mirror God, although it is knowledgeable and experienced, it is merely the spirit of a divine artifact, not a cultivator or immortal. If you ask it how to refine artifacts, draw talismans, and make medicine, it can speak eloquently, but if you ask it how to transform into human form, it has no answer.
The two men looked at each other in the inner gate. Before they had refined the giant snake, neither of them had thought of such a big problem. So what should they do now?
"I think we should just carry it with us and scare people," Mirror God said irresponsibly.
I glared at it irritably. Are you going to parade around with this huge snake? That's way too conspicuous! You call that scary? You'd probably scare the tiger to death.
"Mirror God, do you think those gods have ever used such a huge thing to forge treasures?"
"Of course there are." The Mirror God's expression brightened. Whenever the topic turned to gods, as long as it wasn't forbidden, it would immediately become lively and enthusiastic: "The materials used by gods to forge artifacts are incredibly diverse, and there are many that are larger than this little snake."
"Little snake," Xiao Wenbing looked back again. Where was it small?
"Yes, they can even turn a planet into a divine artifact, so this little snake is nothing."
"A planet?" Xiao Wenbing gasped. The methods of the gods were indeed unfathomable...
"So... how did the gods carry the planets after they were created?" Xiao Wenbing asked. "They wouldn't be like us, planning to take the giant serpent out for a stroll, would they?"
"Of course not. Do you think gods are as useless as you?" The Mirror God sneered disdainfully and said, "Let me tell you the truth, the divine artifacts crafted by gods can change size at will."
“Yes, that’s more like it.” Xiao Wenbing turned around and said, “If they can do it, so can I.” After saying that, he sat down cross-legged again.
What do you want to do?
Xiao Wenbing smiled calmly and said, "Of course it's a transformation."
"But your level of understanding is not high enough."
“My cultivation level is not high enough, but this giant serpent’s is.”
After Xiao Wenbing finished speaking, he closed his eyes, concentrated, and transferred his divine sense to the serpent's incarnation.
The giant serpent's structure is clearly different from that of humans, and Xiao Wenbing, who had just entered the serpent, found it very difficult to adapt. Although he felt that he could control the serpent's every move, feeling is one thing, but actually doing it is another.
At this moment, he was like a patient who had been lying in bed for many years with severe muscle atrophy, unable to control his body as he pleased.
Calmly and quietly, he gradually channeled his thoughts into the giant snake, and finally, he made contact with the three dark infants inside the snake's body.
The three Dark Infants possessed extraordinary power; once they gained absolute leadership, they could finally begin to control the Serpent's body.
Seeing the world through the snake's eyes, everything on the ground seemed so small, and a surge of self-inflated arrogance arose spontaneously.
He painstakingly gave the command to raise the snake's head, and the giant snake's head slowly rose higher. Xiao Wenbing was overjoyed, realizing that he had finally grasped a bit of the trick.
However, the feeling of controlling this serpent avatar was completely different from that of the demon avatar. Perhaps it was because the energy was too different. At this moment, he was like a drunkard. Although he managed to maintain a clear mind, he was completely unable to control his body.
Its tall head kept rising, and when it reached a certain height, it suddenly shook the ground and then crashed down to the ground with a loud thud.
The Mirror God below was looking up, watching with great interest, when suddenly the giant serpent's body seemed to lose control and pressed down on him.
The Mirror God's expression changed; this was no good omen. He immediately manipulated the small bronze mirror to dodge far away. However, a glance out of the corner of his eye sent his soul flying. The body of the giant snake had fallen squarely onto Xiao Wenbing's cross-legged body.
If this blow lands squarely, even though Xiao Wenbing is already a Nascent Soul stage expert, he will probably be turned into a pile of minced meat.
Terrified, the Mirror God disregarded the danger and charged forward. Just as its snake body was about to crush Xiao Wenbing's body, it transformed into a giant energy hand and swept him away.
Then, the energy hand scrambled away to avoid it, and the giant snake's massive body finally crashed down on its head with a deafening roar, which even seemed to shake the ground.
Volume 4, The Divine Artifacts, Chapter 337: Manipulation (Part 2)
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As the dust settled, the enormous head of the serpent was revealed, its huge eyes staring at the departing energy hand.
The energy hand writhed in the air for a moment before transforming back into the Mirror God's form. It set down Xiao Wenbing's physical body, came to the giant serpent's head, opened its huge mouth, and roared with all its might, "You... are you crazy..." The Mirror God felt a chill run down its spine whenever it thought of the crisis it had just faced.
"Hiss... hiss..." The giant serpent opened its massive jaws, spewing out a dense, icy breath. The temperature was so low that it was truly unbearable.
With a slight tremor, the Mirror God's words abruptly ceased. A thin layer of white mist quickly enveloped his energy body, and then the mist condensed into a thin layer of frost. The giant serpent's head suddenly stopped, and its two table-sized eyeballs darted back and forth in their enormous sockets, looking somewhat bewildered.
Although Xiao Wenbing's consciousness was possessing the giant serpent, his eyes were not blind. Therefore, he saw and remembered the Mirror God's selfless act of seeking help from his physical body. He was filled with gratitude for the Mirror God's actions and did not harbor any resentment towards it for its criticism.
Upon seeing the Mirror God arrive, he quickly commanded the giant snake to open its mouth as if to express his apology.
However, in his haste, Xiao Wenbing forgot one thing.
At this moment, his consciousness was within the giant serpent's body, desperately trying to control its enormous, unimaginable form. However, due to the vast difference in their strength, and because he, as a normal human, had never discussed any transformation techniques with demons before, he was still struggling to even crawl, let alone maintain complete control.
Although it managed to open its gaping maw, what came out was not a human voice, but an extremely cold, icy breath.
The Mirror God's body was composed of energy, and it instantly froze upon encountering this extreme freezing energy.
Xiao Wenbing, now inside the giant serpent, immediately shut his mouth tightly. He hadn't expected the serpent's chilling aura to be so intense; it could even freeze an energy body. It seemed its power was indeed comparable to Quini's immortal fire.
A slight creaking sound came from the white ice figure, and Mirror God slowly lifted one of his feet.
Xiao Wenbing was overjoyed. So the Mirror God could still move! Lost in his excitement, he unconsciously opened his mouth.
"call……"
A strong gust of air, like a howling north wind, swept past. The ice figure before them was blown away like ashes by the breath from the giant serpent's mouth.
The sky was filled with white energy crystals, which shone brilliantly and were breathtakingly beautiful under the sunlight.
A huge bead of cold sweat, comparable in size to an atomic bomb, slowly condensed on the snake's head and finally trickled down...
Suddenly, the enormous snake head shook in all directions, but it did nothing more than kick up a cloud of dust.
"Hiss..." I'm sorry. I didn't mean to, I really didn't mean to.
Although he couldn't express it in person, he still sent a telepathic apology.
Xiao Wenbing was anxious and impatient. Could the Mirror God be dead...?
"Shut your stinking mouth."
A voice filled with resentment and anger entered his mind, and the giant snake's movements immediately paused.
Upon hearing the familiar voice, Xiao Wenbing immediately calmed down. He asked urgently, "Mirror God, you're not dead yet?"
"You're the one who's dead!" the Mirror God said angrily. "What were you doing just now? Were you trying to murder me for my money?"
Knowing that the Mirror God still existed, Xiao Wenbing wanted to burst into laughter. However, the giant snake had only just opened its mouth a crack when the Mirror God roared, "Shut up! Don't open it anymore!"
Xiao Wenbing was taken aback. He smiled wryly. It's said that the greater the power, the more dangerous it is, and it seems that's indeed the case.
"Hey, come back here."
With a hum, Xiao Wenbing withdrew his consciousness and returned to his physical body. However, only at the moment of truly returning to his physical body did Xiao Wenbing feel a strong sense of fear.
What if my body had been crushed into mincemeat just now?
A wisp of white smoke rose up and formed the shape of the Mirror God in the air.
"Hehe..." Xiao Wenbing chuckled awkwardly and said, "Mirror God, are you alright?"
The Mirror God snorted angrily and said, "Forget it, with your current power you are not capable of controlling this giant serpent, so let Dark Infants and the others do it."
"Dark Infants?" Xiao Wenbing asked curiously, "Can they work?"
"Why don't you try and see?" Mirror God said irresponsibly.
Nodding slightly, Xiao Wenbing sensed the aura of the dark infant within the giant snake. To his surprise, he connected with more than ten familiar auras within the snake. However, only three of them still possessed independent consciousness; the others were already extremely weak and seemed poised to be completely assimilated by the snake in a few moments.
He sighed inwardly. The power of the divine essence was indeed extraordinary. The dozen or so nascent souls he had just implanted, after absorbing the supernatural power and the two elements of water and fire, were no less powerful than the dark nascent souls in terms of energy. However, the dark nascent souls were still alive and well inside the serpent, while the nascent souls had disappeared without a trace, becoming nourishment for the serpent.
Composing himself, Xiao Wenbing murmured to himself, while simultaneously issuing the same command in his mind: "Let's get moving."
Suddenly, the giant snake's enormous head rose high once more, and then its entire mountain-like body also rose upwards. In the blink of an eye, this enormous body, hundreds of feet long, had already steadily flown into the air.
Under that enormous, all-encompassing shadow, Xiao Wenbing and the Mirror God looked up at the same time.
However, all they could see were smooth, mirror-like black scales. The giant snake soared and danced freely in the air, exuding an indescribable sense of ease and freedom.
Perhaps only this vast, boundless blue sky is the best stage for it to showcase itself. As for the beautiful earth, it is already... too small for it.
"Mirror God," Xiao Wenbing whispered.