Feng Ling laughed freely, venting the exhilaration in her heart. Only when a bloodied tooth fell from her mouth did she gradually come back to her senses.
Her Second Form always made her lose herself in complacency.
She calmed down and looked again at the petal-like membrane before her. After a moment, she turned to look upward—
In the distance, Xiao Shu was curled up beside the temple gates, trembling as he watched her.
"Come here," Feng Ling said.
In her Flood Dragon Serpent form, her voice was deep and carried an invisible pressure. Xiao Shu trotted over shakily, his eyes having nowhere to settle. No matter where he looked, he saw only savage wounds and torn-open flesh.
"It's about to die." Feng Ling could not hide the smugness in her tone. "Use your dagger now. Stab it in here, and it'll die for good."
Xiao Shu asked anxiously, "Huh? I... you want me to do it?"
"Who else?" Feng Ling asked curiously. "Don't you want Points? I heard killing an Abyss gets you a huge amount of Points."
Xiao Shu wanted Points. He just could not believe it.
The headless Abyss Boss writhed its Serpent Body before him, its upper body pinned firmly beneath the Flood Dragon Serpent's claws. The strange lump of flesh in its chest trembled faintly.
Xiao Shu gritted his teeth, drew his dagger, and drove it down hard!
The curved Serpent Body suddenly coiled tight!
Fear filled Xiao Shu's heart. Afraid that the Abyss Boss might come back to life, he yanked out the dagger and stabbed several more times in quick succession, piercing and shredding that lump of flesh!
A few seconds later, the coiled Serpent Body slowly loosened and collapsed limply across the steps, showing no further signs of life.
Just as Feng