Song Shuhang's scalp went slightly numb, mainly because the position the enemy was attacking was too terrifying. For a man, that spot was equivalent to the vital gate of the Golden Bell Shield; if it suffered any damage, his whole life would be over.
To make matters worse, Song Shuhang had just been teleported out of the Forbidden Land by the Northern Great Emperor, and before he could even stand steady, he was in a completely defenseless state.
Yet the enemy seized this exact moment to launch an attack, the timing both ruthless and precise.
However, although Song Shuhang was undefended, the Merit Snake Beauty was in a 24-hour autonomous defensive state. When the enemy thrust a sword from beneath the ground, the Merit Snake Beauty instantly manifested. Her tail wrapped around Song Shuhang, tossing him away, and she raised the blood bone to sweep toward the assailant's sharp blade.
Clang~~
The assassin's sword, infused with spiritual energy, was batted away by the Merit Snake Beauty's blood bone, the sharp blade directly shattering upon impact.
The momentum of the blood bone did not diminish. After swatting away the sword, another swing of the bone slammed straight into the attacker's head.
"Ah~~" The assailant let out a painful cry, its entire body smashed forcefully back down into the earth.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
The Merit Snake Beauty gently shook the blood bone. The hardness of the blood bone was no less than that of a divine weapon, and moreover, when held in the Merit Snake Beauty's hand, it was covered by an even thicker layer of visible merit golden light.
Merit golden light was different from true qi and spiritual energy; it could not enhance the attack power of a magical treasure, nor could it transform into