"That voice... it's Young Master Snake Spirit!"
Su Jinghong's face drained of color.
She and the others knew that voice all too well.
Young Master Snake Spirit belonged to the Primordial Clan's Formless Heavenly Serpent Clan. Once a prodigy on the Desolate Ranking, he had entered the Dao-Proving Realm more than fifty years ago and was exceptionally skilled at concealment and movement techniques.
She had never imagined he would infiltrate their alchemy pavilion.
"Lu Ren, will you come out with me, or must I suppress you and drag you out?"
Young Master Snake Spirit's voice rang out again from all around them.
Lu Ren stood his ground and sneered. "I choose a third option!"
"A third option?"
The cold voice came again.
"I'll beat you half to death, then take you out myself!"
Lu Ren's tone was mild.
"You're courting death!"
At his furious shout, silver-white snake shadows surged in from every direction, hurtling toward Lu Ren.
"Watch out!"
Su Jinghong's expression changed.
"Don't worry!"
Lu Ren smiled faintly. Sword in hand, he unleashed a flurry of slashes.
The snake shadows shattered one after another.
In the next instant, they gathered into a giant serpent that lunged at Lu Ren with its jaws wide.
Seeing this, Lu Ren infused his sword with Asura Path True Meaning and slashed at the serpent.
Bang!
With a thunderous impact, the serpent flew backward. Its body then dispersed and re-formed into a young man in silver robes.
The young man gripped a silver sword and swung it in a flurry. His figure twisted into a sharp snake shadow that shot straight at Lu Ren.
Lu Ren drew fully on his Chaos Great Dao Power and blocked strike after strike.
But Young Master Snake Spirit's swordsmanship was uncanny. Each time he attacked Lu Ren, he