The Gap in Strength

"Little sister, wouldn't it be better if we didn't fight and kill each other? It's bad for the skin, after all."

"No..." Chong Ying shook her head.

"Don't worry. You can stay here and watch over your sister. How about this? I promise you, as long as your friend can defeat the Snake Emperor, I'll concede automatically and personally take Ao Huang away from Jinxi County. I won't have any further designs on this mission. How does that sound?"

"All right." Chong Ying was innocent and kind, so she agreed just like that. However, out of caution, she continued drawing upon her main soul ability, keeping all her attention fixed on the other party.

"You actually... actually managed to break through the Diamond Snake's skin. Is that blade the natal weapon of some ghost?"

A large amount of Blood Qi surged into the Snake Emperor's body through the wound, causing his blood to boil and his face to flush crimson. His free hand transformed into the head of a powerful yellow python, snapping toward Zhang Chen's neck with several tons of bite force.

"Tongues!"

He had assumed Zhang Chen's only butcher knife was lodged in his left hand, leaving him unable to defend himself. Yet just as his right arm, transformed into a yellow python, was about to bite down, a mouth emerged from Zhang Chen's neck. Several long red tongues extended from within, wrapping around the massive python arm.

Zhang Chen's expression was no better. The yellow python head ensnared by his tongues felt terrible. Not only was the other side immune to the tongues' paralysis effect, but its strength was so great that the taut tongues were showing faint signs of tearing. If the stalemate continued, the python head would likely break free and bite into his