The instant the Human-Snake Monster turned into a phantom, Ye Zhen's pupils constricted to pinpoints!
A phantom!
A phantom so fast that Ye Zhen's eyes could not clearly track it!
This was the first time such a situation had occurred!
Little Cat was fast enough, wasn't he?
Yet with the combination of Ye Zhen's eyesight and Soul Power, he could still clearly capture Little Cat's movements. But he could not make out the trajectory of this Human-Snake Monster before him at all.
Coupled with Little Cat's earlier injury, Ye Zhen felt that this Human-Snake Monster very likely possessed the strength of a ninth-layer Palace Opening Realm King.
An unprecedented sense of danger surged into his heart, making Ye Zhen's heart convulse violently. A flood of sweat immediately broke out over his body.
Instinctively—or rather, driven by that sense of danger—Ye Zhen's Spiritual Sense instantly sank into the Crimson Moon Soul Ring.
Pop!
With a soft sound, a crimson half-moon-shaped shield flew out of the Crimson Moon Soul Ring and guarded Ye Zhen's front.
Almost the instant the shield appeared, the Human-Snake Monster's incomparably thick forearm, trailing a string of afterimages, slammed into the newly formed Crimson Moon Shield!
Buzz!
The instant an intensely grating sound wave spread out, ripples appeared across the Crimson Moon Shield's surface. Then, together with Ye Zhen, the Crimson Moon Shield was blasted backward.
Even though Ye Zhen's feet seemed rooted in the ground, the enormous force of that punch still sent him sliding back uncontrollably, his feet plowing two deep furrows into the earth.
That tremendous force sent Ye Zhen crashing straight into the cave wall, shaking the entire cave violently. The savage impact jolted his internal organs, and a bloody sweetness rose to his throat.
But being sent flying by the Human-Snake Monster's punch