Facing that phantom slash, Mobius's body twisted away like a snake. She effortlessly performed a posture that no normal person could possibly manage.
When his strike missed, Lin Shangyan's expression turned extremely grim, and he had a bad feeling...
His premonition soon came true. Just as Mobius evaded, a snake tail emerged from beneath her feet and lashed Lin Shangyan across the body.
The pirate leader, over two meters tall, was sent flying by that single sweep. Fortunately... this was a shallow beach, covered almost entirely in sand.
Though he hit the sand hard, the secondary impact was undoubtedly greatly reduced. Enduring the pain, Lin Shangyan quickly climbed back up, not daring to leave the slightest opening. This opponent... was far too powerful!
"My, what a pity. You were just a tiny bit away from cutting me, big brother!"
Mobius spoke to him in the voice of a little girl, with a hint of regret in her tone. She did not even press her advantage, because there was no need. To Mobius, he was simply... prey incapable of escaping or resisting her.
Snakes sometimes toyed with their prey, especially prey that posed absolutely no threat to them. Only after playing with it until it was utterly exhausted would they swallow it whole.
And snakes... often swallowed prey several times larger than themselves. Some pythons, for instance, could swallow an entire buffalo in one bite.
"...Damn it!"
Lin Shangyan rubbed his aching body and stared at Mobius, who appeared harmless before him. This thing could not be treated as human.
She was a beautiful serpent...
He could not hold anything back anymore. Lin Shangyan took out the talisman paper he had prepared. The paper had been made using a technique of the gods that should have been lost centuries ago, instantly