Divine Might

Long Xiao's pupils contracted sharply. The serpent's tail moved so fast that it reached him almost instantly. He tried to dodge, but it was already too late!

Bang!

With a thunderous crash, the seven-colored serpent tail sent Long Xiao flying straight into a sand dune.

A massive yellow boulder shattered with a boom, burying Long Xiao beneath it.

This Snake God really was formidable!

Long Xiao struggled to his feet and spat out a mouthful of blood, his face growing a little paler.

Sure, I won't die, but it still hurts! So many laws of heaven and earth are incomplete on the Dou Continent that a lot of my abilities are restricted...*

The Snake God was even more terrifying than he had imagined. As expected of someone who had once been a Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

The gap in speed and strength was simply too great.

If she were merely a Peak Dou Zun, he could still fight her. But she had once been a Nine-Star Dou Sheng. Even as a Half-Saint now, her command over the power of heaven and earth far surpassed that of ordinary people.

Boom!

The Snake God wasted no words and immediately followed up to finish him off. She planted a foot on the desert and stamped hard. A massive layer of earth exploded, and terrifying spatial pressure instantly enveloped Long Xiao.

Long Xiao was crushed flat against the ground again.

"What's wrong, brat? Not so cocky anymore?"

"I admit you're the strongest young man I've ever seen. If you broke through to Dou Zun, I suspect even I wouldn't be your match. Unfortunately, you're still too green."

The Snake God sneered and raised her delicate hand again, striking Long Xiao directly with terrifying force.

Long Xiao went flying once more, though there were no visible injuries on his body.

"Stop!"

Medusa looked frantic. This old witch was so vicious and ruthless. At this rate, Long Xiao would surely die.

The Snake God pinned Long Xiao down with her spatial power, then looked impassively at Medusa inside the formation's protective barrier. "If you want him to live, step onto the altar."

Hearing this, hesitation flickered in Medusa's eyes. She did not want Long Xiao to die, but what would happen to her people?

"Your Majesty! Don't..."

Yue Mei caught Medusa's hand, grief filling her eyes.

"Medusa, don't you trust me?!"

The Snake God's voice was icy. Seeing the hesitation in Medusa's eyes displeased her greatly.

With that, she lashed Long Xiao several more times. The spatial pressure left him temporarily unable to move.

Watching Long Xiao suffer under that torment, Medusa could no longer suppress the feelings in her heart.

"Let him go. I'll do as you say!"

Medusa's eyes reddened, tears welling within them, but she stubbornly held them back.

A trace of satisfaction flashed in the Snake God's eyes at the sight of Medusa, though her expression remained cold. "Good. Get up there."

Medusa clenched her teeth and walked toward the altar.

"Queen!"

Yue Mei and the other commanders watched Medusa's retreating figure, their eyes filled with sorrow.

"Don't go up there!"

A furious roar rang out.

Medusa's steps faltered. She hurriedly looked up and discovered that Long Xiao had actually staggered to his feet.

"Long Xiao, stop this pointless resistance. You're no match for me!"

The Snake God sneered.

Blood stained the corner of Long Xiao's mouth, and his body was on the verge of collapsing. Yet his lips suddenly curled into a cold smile.

Playing games with Medusa's life had touched his dragon's reverse scale!

"You'll pay for this!"

Long Xiao's voice was hoarse. Suddenly, a Clan Mark lit up on his forehead!

It was the Heaven Clan's Clan Mark, possessed of boundless divine power.

And now, he was going to burn the power of his bloodline!

At that moment, heaven and earth began to change!

The sky gradually darkened. Black clouds gathered thickly, lightning flashed, and shafts of divine light spilled onto the earth.

"The power of the laws of heaven and earth!"

Surprise flashed in the Snake God's eyes.

She froze. This brat had actually stirred the power of heaven and earth!

Having once been a Nine-Star Dou Sheng, she knew all too well the might of those laws. They were even more terrifying than the tides of heaven and earth!

How could this fellow's bloodline be so terrifying?!

Long Xiao rose into the air.

Divine light now swirled around him, and his eyes shone gold. Like a deity, he gazed down imperiously upon heaven and earth.

Long Xiao spread his fingers, and the shafts of divine light in the sky shot toward the Snake God like chains.

Cords formed from the power of the laws of heaven and earth wrapped around the Snake God with unparalleled might.

No matter how she struggled, she could not move!

"No! Let me go! If I die, the entire Snake-People Tribe will be buried with me!"

"I've poisoned every member of the Snake-People Tribe! You can't kill me!"

The Snake God began to go mad, shrieking wildly as she tried to break free of the shackles of heaven and earth!

At those words, fear flashed across the faces of the Snake-People Tribe. This old witch was far more venomous than they had imagined!

Mockery flickered in Long Xiao's eyes. Devoid of all emotion, he slowly said, "Who do you think is standing before you? This is the price of disregarding a god."

"I cured them of your poison long ago."

"What? Impossible!" The Snake God's eyes widened, filled with shock.

He actually cured them?

"It was the Immortal Wine! At the banquet, Young Master Long Xiao told me to share the Immortal Wine with everyone! It must have neutralized the poison!"

Something suddenly occurred to Yue Mei, and she cried out excitedly. Long Xiao truly was no ordinary mortal. Everything had been under his control all along.

Medusa remembered as well. She looked at Long Xiao with a complicated gaze. "Looks like this fellow had everything prepared long ago."

The Snake God's expression instantly darkened. She had never imagined that Long Xiao had seen through her so long ago.

A venomous gleam flashed in her eyes. Then her body rapidly transformed into an enormous, illusory seven-colored python, writhing frantically.

Her struggles did have an effect. The backlash against Long Xiao grew stronger and stronger. After all, using his bloodline to invoke the laws of heaven and earth to bind a Half-Saint came at a price, especially when those laws of the Heavenly Dao were incomplete.

"Let's end this."

Long Xiao spoke softly.

He turned his hand over, and an unsheathed sword radiating golden light emerged from the void. The patterns on its scabbard were incredibly intricate.

(Dao-Slaying Sword: Long Xiao's bonded divine weapon. Quality: top-tier divine artifact. Possesses tremendous killing power. Cannot be controlled or drawn before reaching the Saint Realm!)

"Perish!"

Long Xiao pointed a finger at the Snake God. The Dao-Slaying Sword transformed into a dazzling Sword Ray and shot through the air, tearing apart the heavens and cleaving the void!

The Snake God's pupils contracted, and she hurriedly summoned every ounce of power within her to resist the Dao-Slaying Sword!

"No!!!"

The Sword Ray descended, and the space where the Snake God stood shattered outright. Chaotic spatial ripples swept in every direction.

The earth began to collapse. Yellow sand filled the air, dust billowed, and enormous ravines spread along the cracks in the ground...

"Such power... it's terrifying."

Only now did Medusa finally understand how strong Long Xiao was.

Mo Bass and the others wore bitter expressions. "We actually wanted to challenge him earlier? Which bastard came up with that idea?"

"I think that was you."

Yue Mei folded her arms across her chest and spoke with a faint, knowing smile.

Still, this battle had left a profound impression on her as well. Before a powerhouse like this, they did not even count as ants!

He could destroy heaven and earth at the slightest provocation.

The yellow sand stirred up this time would probably leave every city along the Jia Ma Empire's border enduring sandstorms for an entire month.