"You want to eat me... just like you ate Mother back then." Flower Branch fell silent for a moment. When she raised her head again, her eyes were filled with undisguised killing intent.
"Of course. After all, whether it is you or your mother, your bloodlines are the purest and noblest. As long as I eat and refine you, even a bastard like me can soar to the heavens in a single leap and gain the qualifications to break through to Level Seven." The Serpent-Eyed Demon laughed loudly.
"Mother treated you so well back then. She practically regarded you as her own son. Is this how you repaid her?" Flower Branch's fury intensified.
"I did not want to either, but who told her to be so badly injured that not even the clan's treasured miraculous medicines could save her? And do you know? Father himself tacitly approved of me eating your mother. Compared with a half-crippled wife who only wasted resources, a child like me with boundless prospects was naturally more worth nurturing." The Serpent-Eyed Demon sighed softly, continuing to needle Flower Branch's nerves.
Flower Branch clenched her fists without speaking.
"Still, you need not think about avenging yourself on him. He reunited with your mother in my stomach long ago. No need to thank me—when you see them later, just remember to send my regards." The Serpent-Eyed Demon pointed at his stomach and burst into laughter.
Flower Branch exhaled a breath of foul air, raised her head, and looked at him with a gaze colder than snow.
The next instant, countless thorny poison vines surged forth, blotting out the sky and covering the earth, crashing forward like raging waves. It was as though ten thousand vicious pythons were howling and roaring as they all rushed toward the Serpent-Eyed Demon.