Videnina drew her longsword. Her snake tail swayed once, and she left Liu Zhi's side.
In the next instant, she appeared before the Ghost King.
Videnina's body began to change in size.
Before, she had stood just two meters tall, and her snake tail had been at most a dozen meters long.
Now, she stood four meters tall, and her total length, tail included, was nearly forty meters.
The longswords in her hands had also grown considerably. Facing the Ghost King, Videnina swung all eight of them at once, unleashing powerful winds with a variety of different qualities.
When the Ghost King first saw Videnina, he had assumed she was charging in to fight him hand-to-hand.
He hadn't expected her to unleash such a storm the moment she attacked.
Her storm carried the feel of ice and snow, along with the force of ocean waves.
It was clear that Videnina's understanding of storms wasn't yet particularly comprehensive.
The Ghost King thrust his spear at Videnina, but her storm blew him back a distance.
Suddenly, Liu Zhi understood why Videnina had been stuck at level 14, unable to take that crucial next step.
It was because she hadn't found her own path.
As a Naga, Videnina had already reached the limits of her kind. Eight-armed Nagas belonged to the royal family, but the Nagas had no gods of their own. They worshipped the Sea Emperor or deities of the sea.
If Videnina wanted to become a god in that way, she would have to change the faith of the entire Naga race. That path was all but closed to her.
That left Videnina with only one way to become a god: through her own abilities.
But Videnina now clearly had three different choices.
The first was the longsword. Videnina had a