After Tang Wan and the other Great Perfections had secured the snake's head, Mu Ning was the first to climb up.
She never imagined that the moment she climbed up, she would see her sister hanging by a thread. She could only throw herself forward and beg Luo Zheng to hold back.
Luo Zheng stood tall atop the snake's back, his emotions utterly unmoved.
That woman had tried to kill him time and again, throwing caution to the winds. He truly had no reason to hold back!
Yet Mu Ning's sudden lunge still made Luo Zheng hesitate slightly.
At the instant he hesitated...
Mu Xuerong pressed down on the hilt of the short sword. With a burst of force, she flipped herself over. Her supple body rolled through the air, and a blood-colored whip lashed toward Luo Zheng!
"Swish!"
In the blink of an eye, Luo Zheng was caught by the whip and dragged downward!
"Ah!"
Mu Ning cried out in alarm. Acting on instinct, she tugged at Luo Zheng.
The two of them slid downward, while Mu Xuerong used the momentum of her pull to flip herself onto the snake's back.
As Mu Xuerong and Mu Ning crossed paths, the sisters' gazes met...
Mu Ning's eyes were filled with shock and fear, but Mu Xuerong's face remained as calm and placid as still water.
Once Mu Xuerong had steadied herself on the snake's back, the blood-colored whip in her hand curled downward again. Its tip moved with astonishing speed, wrapping around Mu Ning's right arm. Mu Ning, meanwhile, clung tightly to Luo Zheng, leaving the two of them hanging in midair.
Luo Zheng looked at the black insects below, crawling across the strands of light, and his face darkened ominously.
"Mu Ning, let go!" Mu Xuerong said calmly.
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