Subduing Yue Mei!

Subduing Yue Mei!

In the Tagor Desert, aside from the magical beasts hidden beneath the sand, there were also the dreaded snake-people.

Even with a map and the ability to avoid the patrolling snake-people, the winding journey would take at least a month.

Yet Jiang Han had brought Hai Bo Dong to the depths of the desert in just seven days.

Hai Bo Dong knew every supply station along the way like the back of his hand, practically like a native.

Faced with Jiang Han's gratitude, Hai Bo Dong could not help grumbling inwardly.

He had never wanted to go to the Snake-People Temple in the first place. He had tried to run away several times along the way, only to be caught and dragged back each time.

"Further ahead is the territory of Yue Mei, one of the Snake-People Tribe's eight great leaders."

Hai Bo Dong pointed in the direction ahead, then toward an oasis a thousand meters away. "That is the only source of water within a hundred kilometers."

"If it's the only one, then naturally we should replenish our supplies."

Jiang Han understood what Hai Bo Dong meant. The oasis was simply too close to Yue Mei's territory.

But he was no god; he could not go without food and water.

As for possibly being exposed, then so be it.

Upon entering the oasis, Jiang Han immediately felt refreshed, the oppressive heat vanishing completely.

"Brother Jiang, come take a look! There's a good show!"

Hai Bo Dong, who was walking ahead, abruptly stopped and turned to beckon Jiang Han over.

Jiang Han had a suspicion...

But unable to suppress his curiosity, he still hurried forward.

Several snake-women were drinking from the clear lake by the shore.

Jiang Han sensed that most of the snake-women on the bank were Great Master Fighters, while another snake-woman lurking beneath the water was a Dou Wang.

At that moment.

Neither Jiang Han nor Hai Bo Dong was looking at the seductive, water-snake waists of those snake-women. Instead, their eyes were fixed on a figure crawling stealthily toward the water source.

"Old Hai, doesn't that sneaky back look like the fellow who came to your shop before?" Jiang Han recognized Xiao Yan at a glance.

"It really is him!"

After Jiang Han pointed it out, Hai Bo Dong examined the figure closely, and his eyes lit up.

Xiao Yan was currently focused entirely on the water source and had yet to notice the arrival of Jiang Han and Hai Bo Dong.

At last.

Xiao Yan reached the lakeside.

But just as he happily prepared to collect some water, there was a splash, and a voluptuous woman emerged from the previously calm lake.

The woman first shook out her dripping green hair, then turned toward Xiao Yan.

Their eyes met.

Xiao Yan froze!

With Yao Lao helping him conceal his aura, how had he still been discovered?

More importantly, even with his soul perception, he could not determine this snake-woman's cultivation.

Retreat immediately.

That was Xiao Yan's first thought.

In his eyes, this snake-woman was at least a Dou Ling powerhouse, perhaps even a terrifying Dou Wang-level existence.

"Little human, now that you're here, why are you in such a hurry to leave without visiting my place?"

Yue Mei smoothed her green hair and added, "And the two hiding behind him, aren't you going to come out and show your faces?"

Hearing Yue Mei's words, Xiao Yan realized that people were hiding behind him. He immediately turned around to look.

"It's you two!"

When he turned and discovered two familiar faces, Xiao Yan was overjoyed.

But he quickly thought of something else and asked, "Why are you two together? And why are you here?"

Jiang Han could understand why Yue Mei had discovered his trail. She could control venomous snakes, and venomous snakes were everywhere in this oasis.

Therefore, whether it was Xiao Yan or Jiang Han and Hai Bo Dong, their tracks had been exposed the moment they entered the oasis.

"So you know each other."

Yue Mei let out a cold laugh. "But now is not the time for you to catch up."

As her chilling words fell, Yue Mei's slender hand slapped the lake's surface.

At once.

Three arrows of water shot upward.

At the same time, Yue Mei opened her mouth and spat three streams of green venom into the water arrows.

Under Yue Mei's control, the three poisoned water arrows shot toward Jiang Han, Xiao Yan, and Hai Bo Dong respectively.

Xiao Yan and Hai Bo Dong, who had remained on guard against Yue Mei, dodged aside at once, narrowly evading the water arrows.

Two water arrows missed and struck the trees, causing them to wither rapidly.

As for Jiang Han, just as the water arrow was about to pierce his brow, he extended two fingers and effortlessly crushed it.

"You've surprised me a little."

Yue Mei's expression turned serious. Her slender fingers danced as sinister energy coiled around her fingertips, producing bursts of hair-raising whistling.

"Don't just stand there, run! This snake-woman is probably a Dou Wang. If we don't leave now, we may end up staying here forever."

Sensing the terrifying Dou Qi surging from Yue Mei's body, Xiao Yan had no intention of fighting at all.

But just as Xiao Yan was about to flee, Hai Bo Dong grabbed him and pointed at Jiang Han, saying calmly, "Don't panic. With this prodigy from the Central Province here, we'll be fine."

"The Central Province?" Xiao Yan asked in surprise.

But before he could question further.

The sinister energy at Yue Mei's fingertips shot forth.

Wherever it passed, the air seemed to twist faintly, and the sound of it tearing through the air made one's heart tremble.

Jiang Han stepped forward, calm and unhurried.

He gazed placidly ahead, then flicked his finger. A wisp of Dou Qi shot from his fingertip to meet the sinister energy Yue Mei had unleashed.

Sizzle!

The instant they collided, the chilling energy Yue Mei had released rapidly dissipated, eventually turning into a thumb-sized snake.

More precisely, it was a completely dead snake carcass.

Whoosh!

After effortlessly annihilating the sinister energy, the wisp of Dou Qi Jiang Han had fired continued onward, shooting toward Yue Mei.

Yue Mei's expression froze. Once she came to her senses, she hurriedly twisted aside, narrowly avoiding it.

Boom!

The seemingly ordinary wisp of Dou Qi landed among the trees behind Yue Mei, unleashing an earth-shaking explosion.

In an instant, a massive crater several meters wide formed at the site of the blast.

"How is that possible?!"

Yue Mei glanced back at the deep pit, her face turning ashen in an instant, utterly unable to believe what she had seen.

The snake-women behind her also stared at Jiang Han in shock.

Each of them looked as if they had been struck by a bolt from the blue, or drenched from head to toe in icy water, standing there dumbfounded.

"Ice Emperor, what realm is he at now?"

Xiao Yan stared blankly at Jiang Han's back.

More than a year ago, although the man had been strong, he should only have been slightly stronger than Ge Ye—at most, a peak Great Master Fighter.

Yet now, he was actually gaining the upper hand against a Dou Wang!

Hai Bo Dong glanced at Xiao Yan and merely smiled without speaking.

On the battlefield, Yue Mei stared coldly at Jiang Han, her face growing increasingly grave.

The next moment.

Yue Mei parted her red lips, and a strange sound wave emerged from her mouth.

As the sound wave spread through the air, rustling noises rose throughout the oasis.

Within a few breaths, the branches of the trees around Jiang Han were covered with countless black venomous snakes.

The aura fluctuations of these black venomous snakes far surpassed those of the green snakes that had appeared earlier. Their triangular pupils stared coldly at Jiang Han.

Hiss—hiss—

The mass of black snakes flicked their pointed tails and spat their forked tongues.