With a thunderous boom, black smoke scattered through the air, revealing an enormous snake head.
Standing in the air opposite the snake head was a woman in yellow robes. She appeared to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight, and was exceptionally beautiful. She was Fairy Lanyue of the Mystic Crane Sect, here to participate in the East Sea Advancement Ranking Tournament. After entering this barrier, she had been teleported nearby. She had wandered for two days before encountering this snake demon.
One human and one demon immediately came to blows. This snake demon possessed Flood Dragon bloodline. Though it was thin, he was still adept at water-element divine abilities and cultivation arts. Coupled with the poison he could spew from his mouth, he had thought himself certain to gain the upper hand. Yet the moment they clashed, he realized something was wrong.
Fairy Lanyue was also at the middle Dao Integration Stage, roughly evenly matched with the snake demon in cultivation. But the Mystic Crane Sect was an old, major sect, and she was one of its finest disciples. Her strength far surpassed that of the snake demon. Her natal Magic Treasure was called the Moon-Severing Hook, already a shapeshifting spirit treasure. It danced up and down through the air, unleashing countless Iceflame Divine Thunders. Not only did they blast the poisonous mist in all directions, they even wounded the snake demon himself.
The snake demon groaned inwardly. Where did this woman come from? If I'd known she was this fierce, I wouldn't have set my sights on her to put out my fire. In truth, when Fairy Lanyue arrived, she had not initially noticed the snake demon. But seeing her beauty, the snake demon had harbored wicked intentions. Relying on the poison within him, he had intended to capture her