Bad Medicine Iger
The gray snake noticed Lu Li and the others looking over, and its body flashed with gray light as it slithered toward the door at great speed. However, Fang Yi, the first-generation cursed Zombie, was clearly not slow either, and he grabbed half of the gray snake's tail with one hand.
Then, the blood vessels burst forth and flowed into the gray snake's body, firmly controlling it. Fang Yi then approached Lu Li with utmost respect and handed the gray snake over.
Lu Li's right hand also ignited with blue flames, and he grabbed the gray snake. The gray snake then began to writhe involuntarily, its body shimmering with gray light. It twisted its body and opened its mouth to bite Lu Li.
A black sphere blocked the gray snake's path. Lu Li grabbed the gray snake and imprisoned it in a cultivation tank on the other side. Looking at the Twisted Core that had been bitten, he noticed that the Twisted Core pulsating faster than usual, and soon it began to wither and age, eventually turning into a lump of rotten wood.
Lu Li knew very well that the Twisted Core had undergone Time Acceleration, and in a destructive way at that. This ability could be described with two other words: decay and aging.
Lu Li pulled down the curtains and draped them over Fang Yi, telling him to go out first. After informing Wu Donglin to send more twisted creatures, Lu Li calmed down and carefully examined the gray snake.
"Hey buddy, you were using Time Acceleration ability just now, weren't you!" Gray Serpent pressed his advantage, immediately standing up and saying, "I have a similar ability. How about we have a friendly exchange? There's no need for research."
"Subject 007 one of the results of the research on the Egg of Doros by the evil sorcerer organization, the Eternal City. Its original form is unknown. It mostly parasitizes snakes and lives in the Egg of Doros in the form of gray light. It possesses the power of Time Acceleration and aging and decay." Lu Li saw certain information through his Present Sight and Past Sight, which naturally included this snake.
"Logically, a creature that can adapt to the Egg of Doros shouldn't be teleported out by Him." Lu Li squinted at the gray snake in front of him and said with interest, "Unless Doros actively rejects it, I just stabilized His interference with me, and He sent you to me. Does He think he has me cornered?"
"Or is there someone else who sent you?" Lu Li looked at the snake in front of him and saw it writhe uneasily for a while before its scales turned into a black and brown color, and its whole body instantly grew much larger.
The snake writhed slowly, its languid movements tinged with mystery. It spoke softly, "It is indeed a pawn of Doros, and as a snake, it is also one of my pawns. I'm here only to remind you, Gresta, that too many people are eyeing the position of the Twisted Lord. Your rash intervention will only result in nothing but losses."
"Perhaps. I didn't intend to take the position of Lord of Twisted Fate," Lu Li said, shaking his head as he looked at the snake in front of him, lost in thought.
Iger, the father of snakes, is depicted as a half-snake, half-human creature covered in scales and with bat wings. Some accounts describe him as an enormous snake king. In any case, Iger has absolute dominion over most snakes and is known as the "Father of Serpents" and "bad medicine."
"I hope so." Iger's consciousness slowly withdrew, the scales on the snake's body turned gray again, and its size shrank a bit, eventually transforming back into 007. Looking at the unconscious 007, the mark on his palm was shining, and the power of time on it expressed his desire. Lu Li also understood that if he devoured this gray snake, his time ability would be greatly increased.
However, his secondary brain was also warning him that there were various hidden dangers involved. If Lu Li were to eat this snake, he would be stepping into a pit, and possibly more than one pit.
In the Pacific Ocean, in a trench, countless fish chased after Plankton. Then a monster appeared, like a snake walking upright. It had a snake-like head and scales, but also two arms and two legs. It also had a tail. In its hands, it held a shovel, devoutly cleaning the filth in the trench.
Suddenly, a tremor occurred, and the trench opened and then shrank. The short Snake People looked terrified, but then they reacted and knelt on the ground in a frenzy, praying. A huge sun shone from the bottom of the water, and more and more Snake People emerged. Under the sunlight, their bodies began to change, and they grew almost a third taller.
From a distance, one would see that this enormous sun is the eye of an orange-yellow snake. If a human is seen by this eye, they are forced to accept information from the Snake People, causing their bloodline to change and transforming them into Snake People.
If you look further away and can see more clearly, you'll find that the so-called trench is nothing more than a crevice in the scales of a Giant Serpent. Countless Snake People live on this Giant Serpent, and even inside the snake, there is another place called Sleep Paradise. In this paradise, some Snake People are in a state of hibernation; they are called "Sleeper."
This enormous serpent is Iger, the "Father of Serpents" and the "Bad Medicine." He has also had many other names, Quetzalcoatl, Apep, the Jormungandr.
In the distant past of the main world, 275 million years ago, before even dinosaurs roamed the earth, His people, the first kingdom of the Snake People, Valusia, were already thriving, achieving great success in both technology and magic.
Unfortunately, the Snake People were repeatedly defeated by human expansion, and their last stronghold, Yanyoga, Yanyoga Destruction around 10,000 BC. Only a few lucky magicians escaped extinction, while some Snake People degenerated into a race of dwarves.
Iger also regressed too much in that battle, his strength was far less than before, and he fell into a deep sleep. He was only awakened by the Music of the Spheres this time. Knowing that his time was running out, he had to seize this opportunity and, with the help of the Twisted Lord, return to that level.
His snake eyes flashed with light, containing a wealth of information about the Snake People, causing those degenerated Snake People to evolve once again. However, these Snake People alone were not enough. They had not only degenerated in their bodies, but also in various scientific technologies and magic. In the Sleep Paradise within his body, the city built of black basalt trembled, and countless Snake People awoke from their slumber.
Some of them had slumbered for thousands or even tens of thousands of years. Under Iger's will, they awoke once more and swore to fight for Iger. They were more intelligent and stronger than ordinary Snake People and often knew some powerful magic and scientific technology.
They dusted themselves off, drew their venom sprayers, and roared as they annihilated their enemies, offering the throne of the Twisted Lord to the great Father of Serpents.
A colossal, pitch-black star streaked across the sky, the earth cracked, life perished, and shadowy entities spread from the depths of the earth. Yet another world fell under their control. As if sensing something, the pitch-black star accelerated once more.