Hiss!
The Black-Scaled Ghost Serpent cried out in pain, its jaws gaping wide as it let out a piercing hiss.
Its long, jet-black tongue shot forth, carrying a foul, yin-laden wind as it stabbed straight at Feng Zhongli.
Yet Feng Zhongli did not retreat. With a wave of her hand, a bronze bell over three meters tall abruptly appeared.
The bronze bell hovered above her head, blooming with a dark green radiance.
Clang—
The serpent's tongue struck the bronze bell, making it hum without cease.
The dark green spiritual light flickered violently before suddenly going out.
The bronze bell Feng Zhongli had hastily activated clearly could not unleash its full power. It was sent flying by the serpent's tongue, but it had successfully blocked the blow and bought her a brief moment.
The red-and-black Killing Intent within her continued to pour ceaselessly through the Heaven-Splitting Staff and into the ghost serpent's body.
Clearly, she had no intention of letting such a perfect opportunity slip away. She intended to kill the ghost serpent in one stroke.
But at that very critical moment, a hollow blankness appeared in Feng Zhongli's eyes without warning, as though her consciousness had been pulled away.
Her savage offensive immediately stalled.
Too much red-and-black Killing Intent had been poured into the Black-Scaled Ghost Serpent's body. Basin-sized lumps of flesh swelled beneath its scales, as though its soul body might burst apart at any moment.
Enduring the agonizing pain of its soul body being torn apart, it seized this fleeting chance at survival.
The Black-Scaled Ghost Serpent retreated several meters in a rush, pulling the Heaven-Splitting Staff free from its body.
Then it opened its jaws in fury, baring four ghastly white fangs as it savagely bit toward Feng Zhongli.
In the blink of an eye, the situation