"Hm? You vile beast, how dare you!"
The Beast Region.
Qing Lin, who had been sitting atop the head of a peak eighth-rank Nine Netherworld Python, was suddenly flung away by the python beneath her. The next instant, the python opened its blood-red maw and lunged to bite her.
"Die, you damned Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils! You think you can control me?"
The Nine Netherworld Python spoke in a human voice, viciously preparing to swallow Qing Lin whole.
But in the blink of an eye, Xiao Tian Ce's sharp shout rang out from the space above. In an instant, all heaven and earth shuddered, as though frozen in place.
Not only that, his aura pressed the rampaging Nine Netherworld Python flat against the ground, leaving it unable to move an inch. An immense pressure even forced its body straight into the earth, and as it sank, the sound of bones shattering throughout its body could be heard.
As for Qing Lin, who had been flung away, she was startled at first. Then her body, too, became immobile, and she fell straight toward the ground.
Suddenly, a streak of rainbow light flashed past. Qing Lin felt someone catch her and gather her into his arms.
Amid her panic, Qing Lin felt a surge of warmth. When she realized she could move again, she raised her head to look.
A handsome man with flowing long hair, striking brows, and sharp eyes was holding her in his arms with a smile. His bearing, in particular, made Qing Lin feel as though she might lose herself in it.
"Little girl, you're only a Five-Star Dou Zong, yet you dared to come to the Beast Region alone and control a peak eighth-rank Nine Netherworld Python. I really don't know whether to call you brave