Golden light rose from the corpse, gleaming with a brilliance only Qin Ran could see.
But Qin Ran did not pick it up immediately.
It was just like the golden light that had shone from the ruins earlier.
Until the battle was truly over, he saw only enemies and targets that were not enemies.
Qin Ran raised his head and stared into the shadows nearby.
Under his gaze, a figure slowly emerged.
Perikena!
The female leader of the Snake School stared in terror at the enormous [White Wolf Spirit], at the man standing before the white wolf, and at the beast that had viciously bitten through the neck of one of the Snake School's eight branch leaders moments ago, yet now lay there meekly, shielding the man from the night wind with its body.
Her body trembled.
Uncontrollable fear engulfed her.
In fact, the moment she saw that snake tattoo of eight heads and one tail, which existed only in her increasingly hazy memories, Perikena's heart had filled with fear.
As a female leader of the Snake School,
she knew exactly what it represented.
The eight branches beneath the Primordial Snake.
Eight leaders.
From the strongest, Eight Heads, Eight Tails, down to Eight Heads, One Tail, every one of them was an assassin who had once terrified countless people, a powerhouse said to be able to "take on an army single-handedly."
The moment the man appeared, Perikena had all but despaired.
She thought she was doomed.
Because these people would never spare a "pawn."
Especially once that pawn slipped out of their control, they would eliminate it without mercy.
Qin Ran could not possibly be a match for him.
And her?
There was even less need to discuss that.
As for relying on stealth and concealment to evade him,
she