The World Tree Was a Little Girl! I Can Help You, but It'll Cost You!

"Damn it! Where are all these snakes coming from? No matter how many I kill, they just keep coming!"

Lu Tai dodged the black snakes pouring out of the void as he tried to close in on Nine of Spades, but the swarm blocked him at every turn.

The black snakes seemed to come from another dimension, appearing at regular intervals in an endless stream.

No matter how many he burned with his flames, wave after wave of pitch-black snakes took their place. There seemed to be no end to them!

"It's useless, Lu Tai!" Nine of Spades sneered. "These snakes are all descendants of the Da Qi Serpent. They've already devoured their own world, and there are well over ten billion of them! You could keep killing until the end of time and never wipe them out!"

"Besides, the Da Qi Serpent's body forms its own battle space, completely cut off from the outside world."

"And inside that body, it's created the perfect battlefield!"

"No matter how powerful your flames are, they can't get past the snakes to hurt me!"

"So—" Nine of Spades spread his arms, mockery and temptation mingling in his voice. "Surrender. We'll put your flames to good use and set this world right!"

"In your fucking dreams!"

Lu Tai flew into a rage. Flames erupted around him and became several blazing dragons, which roared as they tore through the snakes ahead and lunged straight for Nine of Spades!

The sheer force of the flames made Nine of Spades's expression change. He hurried backward.

He could command an endless supply of black snakes, but summoning them took time.

Lu Tai's attack came too fast and too hard. Nine of Spades could only retreat while summoning stronger snakes to protect himself.

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