Jones could not understand it. After all, Li Ziran was still far from his final shedding, while Jones had already become one of the finest embryos through repeated devouring.
Yet the patterns displayed on the other man's body were complete Devouring Serpent Patterns.
Li Ziran had just made his choice. He had chosen to help Jones, but the person he had truly chosen was himself.
He had always believed that no one in this world was more reliable than himself.
Jones had failed to reach the final transformation, but he could do it. He might not have a Devouring Serpent Stomach, but by casting the Devouring Serpent Transformation through a Devouring Serpent's body, he could cover his skin with the Devouring Curse in its entirety, without altering a thing.
There was no need to evolve little by little like an ordinary Devouring Serpent.
His Devouring Curse came from Hubble, the being who had once transformed himself completely into a Devouring Serpent.
Now he only needed to devour. With Jones's abundant flesh and blood to fuel his evolution, a Devouring Serpent Stomach would naturally form inside him.
Everything was going even better than planned.
The Devouring Curse had already begun working. Jones struggled desperately, but his entire body moved uncontrollably toward Li Ziran, and he turned all his mental power into the Shackles Curse.
At this point, he no longer hoped the spell could completely suppress Li Ziran. He only needed it to make him pause for a moment.
Unfortunately, he had miscalculated.
As soon as the Shackles Curse formed from his mental power entered Li Ziran's body, it vanished without a trace, as though it had sunk into a bottomless abyss.
He could not accept it. He controlled the Golden Palace and was a Demon Overlord. He could become one