Huo Yuhao heard Elder Yi's warning and turned to respond, only to see a giant snake slithering rapidly toward him from afar.
The giant snake saw Huo Yuhao turn and immediately arched its body, launching itself at him. Everything happened within a breath. Before Huo Yuhao could react, the giant red snake was already before him, biting at his head.
Huo Yuhao raised the Ice Plume Sword to block the giant snake's attack. Its skin was incredibly tough; even the skin around its mouth was beyond the Ice Plume Sword's ability to cut.
Huo Yuhao held the giant snake's cavernous maw open with the Ice Plume Sword, preventing it from closing, but the momentum of its leap still knocked him down. The moment he fell, the giant snake twisted its body around him. Its barrel-thick coils slowly squeezed inward, seeking to crush him to death.
At that moment, Huo Yuhao was using both hands to hold the Ice Plume Sword against the mouth attacking his head, while the giant snake's coils kept tightening around his body. Just as he was thinking of a way to respond, a scream reached his ears. He managed to turn his head and saw that the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King's right head had bitten off its middle head, which Huo Yuhao had slashed half to death. Then it dragged its battered body toward him to attack.
The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King raked its claws at Huo Yuhao's head. Because he was wearing the Ice Extreme God of War Armor, the attack did not injure him directly, but his situation was far from promising.
Elder Yi wanted to intervene from within the Sea of Consciousness, but Huo Yuhao stopped him.
"Elder Yi, we haven't truly left Slaughter City yet. I can still handle this..."