"What are you?"
Chi Wuxia did not immediately strike back. The beast-headed, snake-bodied creature before her was incomparably weak next to her and should never have been able to enter the world behind the mysterious thing. She was somewhat curious and wanted an answer.
"A thing? Heh, if I'm a thing, what does that make you?" The beast-headed, snake-bodied creature coiled in a patch of towering ancient woodland. It, too, seemed very curious that a living being other than itself could appear here.
"You aren't qualified to know who I am. As for you, who gave you the courage to attack us so brazenly?" Chi Wuxia demanded sternly, her voice instantly drowning out the mind-bewitching sound.
"Heh heh... You want to kill me? To tell you the truth, I want to die myself, but I simply can't. You haven't even figured out your own situation. How dull," the beast-headed, snake-bodied creature said sinisterly.
"Is that so? I think you're the one who doesn't understand your situation. It seems you don't intend to cooperate. In that case, let me see whether you really can't die."
"Leave it to Howling Celestial Hound. It's cultivated this far without testing itself in actual combat. This is a good opponent for a test. If you act, it'll be far too dull."
Di Yi stopped Chi Wuxia, then motioned for Golden Hou to step forward.
"Me?" Golden Hou was stunned. It had only been watching the show from the sidelines. How had it suddenly become its turn to fight?
"Do you take me for a weed by the roadside? Fine, then. I hadn't wanted to make things difficult for you, but now you'll all become my food!" the beast-headed, snake-bodied creature said darkly.
The instant its words fell, great swathes of tangible sound waves suddenly streamed