The blue-black mist had reached the center of West Lake. Beneath the pitch-dark sky, an immense, slender figure suddenly became a streak of black lightning. It split the vast night sky and plunged straight into the lake!
BOOM!!!
The snake's entire body crashed into the water, sending a towering white wave surging across the lake.
Spray flew into the air and fell like rain. The wave rolled all the way from the center of the sea-like lake to Su Causeway, nearly swallowing the entire length of it!
Luo Mian was fleeing in that direction. He stared at the towering wave in terror. Behind it, a pair of scarlet eyes had appeared, and he could make out the outline of an enormous, flat head.
The next instant, the wave split apart. A massive snake's head burst through it, its flat mouth gaping wide to reveal sharp fangs and a scarlet forked tongue. Before Luo Mian's terrified eyes, it swallowed him in one bite.
Everyone on Su Causeway stared, dumbfounded. Luo Mian had been swallowed whole, and for many of them, this was probably their first time seeing the Totem Black Snake's true form.
Water slammed against Su Causeway. It was a long time before the lake settled, ripples spreading in every direction.
In the lake, the Totem Black Snake raised a long stretch of neck and his enormous head above the water as he swam slowly toward Su Causeway. Even with only that much visible, he looked like a huge black cruise ship gliding toward them!
"Big guy, have you finished shedding your skin?"
Delight spread across Tang Yue's face. She waved to the Totem Black Snake in the lake and called out to him.
The Totem Black Snake nodded gently and swam up to Su Causeway. His neck and head