Before the words had even faded, beneath everyone's horrified gaze-
A black shadow shot out from beneath Zhao Zheng's belt, swelling as it met the air!
The familiar sight almost made Lu Changfeng think Bashé had appeared again.
But a closer look startled even him, despite his preparations.
The rapidly expanding monster seemed to have harnessed Bashé's bloodline power, or perhaps mastered the Bone-Shrinking Skill. It was half human, half snake. Its upper body barely retained a human shape, covered in Bashé's scales, its face narrow and deathly pale. Both arms ended at the shoulders, while everything below its waist had transformed completely into a thick snake's tail.
The moment the half-human, half-snake monster appeared, its eerie, horrifying form drew cries of alarm from everyone inside and outside the room.
Lu Changfeng's heart jolted. Was this the form taken after merging with Bashé's bloodline power?
It looked just like a demon that had escaped from Journey to the West!
The monster's ability to conceal its presence was extraordinary. Had it not spoken of its own accord, Lu Changfeng would never have noticed it.
The instant it landed, its cold, slit pupils locked onto Lu Changfeng, and its thick tail snapped against the ground!
Whoosh!
Its body seemed to become a twisting streak of black light, moving faster than the eye could follow as it lunged at Lu Changfeng on a gust of rank air! With no arms, it relied entirely on its tail's lashes and coils, along with... that vicious mouth bristling with mutated snake fangs!
Its tail swept toward him like a steel whip, with enough force to shatter stone monuments. Lu Changfeng activated Wind God Leg, drifting like willow fluff on the wind as he narrowly evaded the vicious strike. Yet the monster's attacks came like a furious