"Hey, A'yu, Sister Yu, why did you start fighting them just like that?"
Watching A'yu pin the snakekin to the ground by the neck—or, considering that its upper body was a snake, it would be more accurate to say she had grabbed the area beneath its head—Kui sighed.
"Cut the chatter and come help! Five against five—there's no way we'd be at a disadvantage, right?"
As A'yu spoke, she pressed the snakekin firmly against the ground. No matter how it twisted and struggled, she showed no sign of letting go.
These snakekin didn't look nearly as huge as the one Lin Yu and A'yu had encountered underground. Each was a little over a person's height, probably because they had deliberately shrunk themselves to infiltrate Lilai City.
And since they had no hands, once A'yu had their heads pinned down, the snakekin had no way to escape aside from twisting and struggling and kicking wildly with their legs.
In fact, because A'yu was clearly squeezing with all her strength, this snakekin couldn't even open its mouth to breathe!
She was probably intending to strangle the snakekin to death!
As for why she was calling for help even though she had already gained an overwhelming advantage in their one-on-one fight...
Naturally, it was because there was more than one snakekin.
Not long after A'yu came down while strangling this snakekin, the other four snakekin jumped down as well.
They immediately pounced on A'yu, intending to finish off their companion's opponent.
However, the others couldn't possibly stand by and do nothing.
Brother Qi acted first. Although he had only just woken up, his reactions were the fastest.
A saber curved like a crescent moon materialized in his hand, and he followed with a series of slashes that drove back three snakekin.
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