Yan Chihuo looked at the snake-bodied, human-faced woman and said, "So you're a Transforming Serpent. No wonder you could pass through my Restrictions without causing the slightest damage."
Transforming Serpents had once been renowned demons in the cultivation world, bearing the bloodline of True Dragons. But during Heaven's End King's cross-realm war, they had switched sides. As a result, they were slaughtered to extinction in the cultivation world. Some Transforming Serpents escaped to the Netherworld, yet refused to obey Heaven's End King's commands, forming a scattered faction of their own.
When the Transforming Serpents first arrived in the Netherworld, they too had struggled to adapt. Yet their race possessed pure yin bodies, and they gradually acclimated. They then altered their cultivation arts and finally gained a foothold in the Netherworld. They possessed an ability that allowed them to ignore Restrictions, so the Restrictions around Yan Chihuo's temporary residence had no effect on them whatsoever.
"I've long heard that Double-Eyed Birds are the bane of Netherworld ghosts, while our Transforming Serpent race ultimately came from the cultivation world. I wonder whether we can defeat you. People often ask me, 'Why don't you find a Double-Eyed Bird and test your skills?' I've been waiting for such an opportunity myself. Now, it seems my wish may finally be fulfilled." The Transforming Serpent's voice was exceedingly pleasant as well.
Yan Chihuo calculated inwardly. Every one of them was at the late Harmonization stage. One against one, he naturally had nothing to fear. One against two, however, he would likely be hard-pressed. One against three, defeat would be certain. Without the Innate Seventy-Two Transformations, even escaping would be difficult. Against four, the situation would be even more perilous. And there was also this Transforming Serpent. Whether the Double-Eyed Bird could restrain it was still unknown.