He wore a gray-black hooded cloak, his whole body seeming wreathed in black mist as he radiated an icy aura.
Having grasped the heart of the wild, Fang Qianyuan possessed a beastlike intuition. He noticed that even the other disciples of the Red-Scale Training Institute unconsciously kept several feet away from this man, wary and respectful.
As though sensing Fang Qianyuan's attention, the man abruptly turned his head, revealing a bizarre face.
Fine, snakescale-like scales covered both his cheeks. His chin was long and pointed, and his pupils were shaped like four-pointed stars.
Snake scales, a snake's face, snake eyes...
He looked for all the world like a snake spirit in human form!
Seeing Fang Qianyuan looking at him, the snake-faced man's eyes flashed coldly, and a trace of killing intent leaked out.
"Hiss!"
At that instant, Fang Qianyuan seemed to hear a venomous snake flicking its tongue.
Every hair on Fang Qianyuan's body stood on end, and his muscles tensed. It truly felt as though he had encountered a brightly colored, deadly viper deep in a mountain forest!
His beastlike instincts reacted instantly. Sharp wolf claws formed from spirit essence lashed out, intercepting a flying cord in midair.
Squelch!
Blood splattered as the cord broke. Only then did Fang Qianyuan realize that it was no cord at all, but a small snake marked with silver bands.
The little snake had a long, pointed, triangular head, and fine rings patterned its body. It was clearly highly venomous!
This was a banded krait modified by a Spirit Tamer, endowed with lethal venom. A single bite would kill an ordinary person on the spot. Even Spirit Tamers who had embarked on cultivation and could resist it with spirit essence would suffer badly.
"Hmph!"
Fang Qianyuan's anger surged, and he silently retaliated with