The only slight imperfection was that Lu Xiaotian, a body cultivator at the Integrated Body Realm, lacked a handy magic treasure. His Devouring Annihilation Bow and Arrows were useful for long-range attacks, but were no use at such close quarters. Though he had once slain Ye Qianxun's Lotus Avatar, the Fangtian Halberd had remained missing ever since. With it, dealing with this leader of the Corpse-Green Bone Snakes would have been easier.
The leader of the Corpse-Green Bone Snakes was clearly planning to capitalize on its own strengths. It lunged at Lu Xiaotian's throat, but unlike its other kin, which gave off a foul stench, this leader's bite carried a faint sandalwood fragrance. It was truly an oddity among its kind.
Lu Xiaotian turned his palm and chopped down at its skull, swift as lightning.
A gigantic palm shadow spread out, enveloping the Corpse-Green Bone Snake on all sides and leaving it nowhere to run.
The leader twisted its body, successfully dodging the blow to its vital point. The mighty strike landed on its body. Its bones crackled, but it was not seriously injured.
The leader continued its ferocious lunge at Lu Xiaotian, clearly intent on paying a price to keep him here.
"Roar!" Amid a furious bellow, a blood-red six-armed demon lion burst from Lu Xiaotian's body. The leader of the Corpse-Green Bone Snakes was nearly wrapped around him. At that critical instant, the blood-red beast clamped its jaws around the snake's neck.
This blood-red beast had been condensed from Lu Xiaotian's blood-essence power, not formed by fusing a demonic creature's Primordial Spirit. It could only last for a limited time, and its power was correspondingly weaker. The leader was restrained by the blood-red six-armed demon lion for only a fleeting instant before a twist of its body shook