Time rewound to just moments earlier, when Xiao Qing's Poison Woodheart aura had erupted as the skill advanced.
Darkness.
The deepest reaches of the Rong Family estate.
Somewhere underground beneath the Rong Family estate, which occupied the outskirts of Beihan City like a small town.
A swirling Spatial Vortex shone with an eerie green light.
The Five Saint Mystic Realm was the Rong Family's trump card and greatest reserve.
It was one of the greatest pillars of support passed down through the Rong Family.
Of course, in the past, countless powerful aristocratic families had possessed similar reserves.
But needless to say, among the aristocratic families still existing in the Dragon Nation, the Rong Family's Five Saint Mystic Realm could certainly be considered quite exceptional.
At this very moment, in the dark place housing this mystic realm, a pair of orange-green eyes slowly opened.
Confusion filled those inverted-triangle eyes.
Then their owner slowly swayed out of the darkness in an extremely peculiar posture.
It was a snake!
Yet it was somewhat different.
Because at this very moment, this snake had two horns on its head.
They were not the antler-like horns of the Divine Dragon Race, but rather resembled the spiraling, pointed horns of the Giant Dragon Race.
However, both of those dragon horns were broken.
One long and one short, they presented an indescribably pitiful sight, yet the python's aura showed no sign of damage.
In fact, beneath those jade-green scales, a streak of snowy white stretched from its belly to the tip of its tail. Its body was only about ten meters long,
and no thicker than a barrel.
That size was already quite impressive.
But in this world filled with all sorts of Pet Beasts, snakes and pythons were Pet Beast species with tremendous potential for size. Those