High in the air, the pitch-black serpent was still locked in a tug-of-war with the shadow behind it.
Ju Snake thrashed and struggled desperately, battering cracks into the cliff face high above. The earth shook, and rocks tumbled down.
Yet no matter how hard Ju Snake tried, the shadow behind it was like a hound gone berserk, refusing to release its jaws from the snake's tail.
From the looks of things, the shadow could not hurt Ju Snake at all and could only take a one-sided beating. Its slippery advantage, however, was that it could hide inside shadows whenever it wanted. Ju Snake's attacks only ever hammered the cliff face, unable to hurt the shadow itself.
"Shadow Fluffball has grown quite a bit..."
Mu You frowned slightly as he watched the fierce battle overhead.
The current Shadow Fluffball was no longer the Level 0 fluffy pet it had once been, but a monster at the Level 30 cap.
Among the abilities reported by the Omniscient Crystal, its Shadow Passage had also evolved into Shadow Cage, granting it stronger sealing and devouring abilities.
The Herbalist's original plan had been to imprison Ju Snake's incarnation using Shadow Prison. He simply had not expected Ju Snake to be so powerful that it could force open an exit and escape even after being trapped inside.
Fortunately, after years of devouring, Shadow Fluffball had now almost fused with the shadow of this piece of snakeskin. Unless Ju Snake could move fast enough to leave its own shadow behind, it could never truly escape Shadow Fluffball's restraints.
"You haven't overfed it, have you?" Mu You asked the Herbalist.
After four thousand years of cultivation, it was hardly surprising that Shadow Fluffball had reached Level 30. What worried Mu You was a repeat of the Undead Society