The Snake Demon also took human form.
After all, a human form
would reduce the attacks he suffered.
Now that the Binding Array had vanished,
as long as he killed An Lan,
he could easily leave this place.
He only had to deal with a single human.
An utterly exhausted human, at that.
He was certain he would win.
Of course,
all of that depended on him making it out of here.
And An Lan's purpose in entering the array needed no explanation.
An Lan chuckled. "Naturally, I'm certain to die."
"But trading my life for yours, Snake Demon, doesn't seem like a bad bargain."
The Snake Demon fell silent.
Of course he did not want to trade his life for a human's.
After all, among the Human Race,
there were still many powerful cultivators.
But among the Snake Demon Clan,
at least within their tribe,
he was the only powerful one.
If he died,
there would be no one left to protect his tribe.
An Lan's death would not matter.
The Human Race was vast in number.
And they all stood together.
Even if An Lan died,
someone would still look after An Lan's family.
Besides, humans lived together.
Unless circumstances were especially dire,
it was almost impossible for anyone to starve to death.
That was the good thing about the Human Race.
Of course, the Demon Race would not starve either.
They occupied Anping Marsh, a place neither large nor small.
Its resources were hardly abundant.
But they were enough to support a small Snake Demon Clan.
As long as this Snake Demon Clan was not unlucky enough to be discovered by humans, they would be fine.
Still, the Human Race's hatred for the Snake Demon Clan was not particularly intense.
Even if they were discovered,
the humans