The Green-Patterned Giant Python's enormous body collapsed heavily amid the woods, its thick serpentine form crushing swathes of dead branches and rotting wood. Its mottled blue-green scales had lost all luster, and the beastly aura that had once terrified the soul had completely vanished.
A forest breeze swept through, dispersing the lingering traces of toxic miasma. A deadly crisis that could have crushed ordinary Soul Masters above level forty came quietly to an end.
Xiao Wu released her arms from around the python's body and landed lightly, breathing hard. When she had used the Soft Bone Lock at close range to restrain the giant python's movements, she had been on edge the entire time. A thousand-year soul beast possessed terrifying physical strength; any casual struggle or charge could have left her badly injured. Yet throughout the battle, the python's explosive power had been inexplicably weak. Its critical counterattacks and lethal constrictions had simply vanished, making the brutal fight go unusually smoothly.
Zhu Zhuqing withdrew the soul skill Hell Hundred Claws, and her black Soul Power slowly receded into her body. Her cool gaze swept over the python's corpse, and understanding filled her heart.
That familiar, invisible safeguard again.
From the first Ironclad Rhinoceros and Gale Wolf, to the Four-Tailed Poison Wolf, and now this Green-Patterned Giant Python, every desperate crisis had been silently resolved. Others merely thought their teamwork was flawless and their luck exceptional, but only the three of them knew that this security from beginning to end had never been luck. It was Lin Chen's protection, hidden in the shadows and never spoken of.
Ning Rongrong put away her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Her delicate little face was full of relief as she slowly approached the python's corpse and examined it for a moment before sighing softly.