"Bang!" The huge rock behind him gave a thunderous crash. The Iron-Tailed Snake's body snapped straight, and it let out a miserable shriek as it rebounded. Its enormous tail had become wedged between the two massive boulders.
"Hahahaha! It really got stuck!" Li Xiaoya scrambled up from the ground and burst out laughing.
The Iron-Tailed Snake furiously tugged at its body again and again, but no matter how hard it pulled, it could not budge. It opened its bloody maw wide and hissed fiercely at Li Xiaoya.
"Chase me! Come on, chase me! Chase me again!" Li Xiaoya turned his backside toward the enormous snake's head and waggled it, taunting the beast with mocking cries.
Although the Iron-Tailed Snake was formidable, it was not venomous. Li Xiaoya had to count himself lucky.
"Heh heh heh! And now~~~!" Li Xiaoya said with a sinister chuckle. He pulled his talismans out of his Storage Pouch, preparing to deal the Iron-Tailed Snake a fatal blow.
"Huh? This one is..." Li Xiaoya suddenly exclaimed, picking a white talisman out of the pile.
"Isn't this the Invisibility Talisman Wang Ding gave me?" Li Xiaoya suddenly remembered where it had come from. After turning it over in his hands for a moment, he tossed it into his Storage Pouch and said regretfully, "If I'd remembered this earlier, I wouldn't have had to run myself ragged! I really did nearly lose my life."
The Iron-Tailed Snake was still struggling desperately. Though the materials from a second-tier demon beast were highly tempting to Li Xiaoya, he clearly had no dharma artifact capable of breaking through its defenses. He was also afraid that even using up his meager seven or eight talismans would not finish it in one strike. Looking down at the talismans in his hand, he sighed.