Li had actually intended to kill him in a single blow and be done with it, but he had not expected that attack to fail to finish his opponent. That left Li quite displeased. He looked the fellow up and down, while the Gaia Giant Serpent's face turned green.
After taking human form, the Gaia Giant Serpent had thought he would no longer be constrained by the Life Contract and could deal with this human brat however he pleased. Yet he had not expected Li's strength to reach such a level. In human form, he was simply no match for him.
The Gaia Giant Serpent had assessed Li as well. In his eyes, Li was only around level seventeen, at most level eighteen. Meanwhile, his current physical abilities surpassed those of most humans, while his magic had reached nearly level twenty.
Although his offensive magic would be greatly weakened within this anti-magic domain, he had still been certain he could handle Li. Yet he had not expected to stumble so badly.
"Hehe..." The Gaia Giant Serpent shook his body. "Don't think this is over!"
As he spoke, the wound on his chest began healing at a rapid pace. Li raised an eyebrow. "Oh. I didn't expect you could still use healing magic here?"
Li stepped forward and viciously stomped toward his chest. The Gaia Giant Serpent tried to dodge, but how could his speed compare with Li's? Though his eyes caught Li's movement, his body could not keep up at all. Yet when Li's foot came down hard, the Gaia Giant Serpent suddenly bounced away like a ball. At the last moment, he had cast a protective spell on himself—Physical Rebound.
That was what kept him from being stomped into two pieces by Li's attack, but the blow still left