"Are you sure?"
In his mind, the green snake coiled around the Forbidden Spell Tree finally opened its mismatched eyes, hissing lazily as it warned, "You still don't have the ability to control the power of a Forbidden Curse."
"You can teach me."
"Learning is a long and arduous process. There are no shortcuts. With your willpower, you might be able to influence a babbling brook, but you absolutely cannot control a raging river. If I open the floodgates, the best outcome would be for you to be swept away by the roaring flood... that would mean you still had a chance to come back... If things went worse, you would drown in the river. Even if that old man wanted to fish you out, it would probably be difficult."
Little Green Snake had used many metaphors in those words. They sounded somewhat obscure, but they were not hard to understand.
Boom!
In the distance, a dim-colored Fire Snake slammed heavily into the ground, kicking up a cloud of charred dust and smoke. It was Professor Simon of Starry Sky Academy. Zheng Qing still clearly remembered the enormous, valiant fire dragon the professor had revealed when he first arrived on the battlefield.
But now, as his magic steadily drained away, Professor Simon could no longer maintain his complete true form. Even so, he and the other two Archwizards still desperately stood in front of these young wizards.
"There's no time."
Zheng Qing closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and gave the Little Green Snake in his mind a final command. "If you can't act, then leave my sea of consciousness... I need power now."
As he spoke, he opened the empty chamber, randomly fished an ordinary talisman bullet from the Gray Cloth Bag, loaded it, then aimed at the enormous