Subduing

"Now we can talk."

After Xi Du and Lin Qiaojing left, Shi Yan turned to face those two enormous eyes.

" You saw it just now. I'm actually a good person."

If he was right, then the Spatial Rift Python before him was an excellent piece of bait.

He intended to contend for the Divine Cicada's Shed Shell. Rather than chase after the Divine Cicada like everyone else, he might as well make the Divine Cicada come to him.

That way, he would have far more time to move about freely.

"If I'm not mistaken, you're hiding here because you're afraid the Nine-Turn Divine Cicada will find you, right?"

As soon as the words fell, obvious ripples appeared in the snake eyes.

Then, amid a clattering sound, loose stones slid and tumbled down. Those huge eyes rapidly shrank, stopping only when they were as small as peanuts.

Immediately afterward, a black snake more than three meters long, with a pair of wings on its back, appeared before Shi Yan.

Its blackness was unlike the abyssal darkness of the Blackwater Profound Snake. It was instead a colorful black, dreamlike under the light.

"Human, how did you know?!"

Not only could the Spatial Rift Python understand human speech, it could speak as well.

It twisted its body and fluttered its fleshy wings, trying to look fierce, yet appearing nervous and uneasy instead.

Yet despite its intense emotional fluctuations, it still controlled its aura, refusing to let even a trace leak out.

It was not hard to see that it was truly afraid!

"How I knew isn't important. What matters is that I can help you."

Seeing his guess confirmed, Shi Yan was delighted. He then raised his hand and swept it through the air before him.

At the same time, he activated