The monster crushed the heart in its hand, and the spurting blood dyed its ferocious face crimson.
It opened its jaws and watched several Willow Snakes fleeing into the air with a mocking gaze.
Their strongest guard was already dead. To it, they were nothing more than a pack of rats fleeing in disarray.
On the Willow Snakes' side—
Seeing that the chief guard had died, four sixth-rank Willow Snakes turned and pounced at the monster, while only an early seventh-rank Willow Snake in the form of an old woman continued fleeing with the Willow Snake woman.
The four sixth-rank Willow Snakes posed no obstacle to the monster at all and were effortlessly torn to pieces.
The monster became a streak of purple afterimage and, in an instant, caught up to within several dozen zhang behind the two Willow Snakes.
It raised its claws, glowing with an eerie light, and grabbed at the Willow Snake woman.
Deep panic flashed through the Willow Snake woman's eyes.
Just as the Willow Snake woman was about to perish, a snake scale suddenly flew from the old Willow Snake woman's tail.
This snake scale was utterly different from the others on the old Willow Snake woman's body. Its color was deeper, bluish-black and gleaming with a cold metallic luster, like a vicious blade tempered a thousand times.
The bluish-black snake scale tore through the air, striking straight for the monster's throat.
The monster's pupils contracted.
The bluish-black snake scale was exceptionally sharp. This demonic beast body alone likely could not block it.
Yet according to its plan, it could not use any treasures or secret arts, or it might expose its identity as a human cultivator.
"I underestimated these scaly crawling beasts!"
The monster swept its long tail around in front of itself and