Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 185 The Second Sun

The city of serpent demons, Tatunbuto Apophis.

Although the sun god had attacked before, not many people knew that it was really the sun god because the four priests had blocked the news. Since people had taken refuge indoors early to seek shade, they did not see the eagle-headed human descending from the sky, and most people regarded it as an unprecedented heat wave.

So, after this sweltering heat, people went back to eating, drinking, and doing whatever they wanted.

As for the four high priests, they have suddenly become quiet recently, probably because they have gone to cultivate with the snake god.

This kind of thing doesn't affect people's lives, nor does it affect the normal operation of the entire city.

As for the four priests, they were indeed cultivating, or at least in their eyes, it could be considered a form of cultivation—although their method of cultivation was simply to extract information from the sun god time and time again, they believed it was a way for the serpent god to instruct them to cultivate.

The great serpent god wanted to test the loyalty of the sun god by torturing him.

After all, the sun god was a deity they once worshipped, but now he had fallen into their hands. If they still harbored any lingering affection for their former master, they would certainly hesitate to act—and without a doubt, this hesitation would be a sign of disloyalty. Once the snake god noticed this, who knows what the snake god would think?

But is going too far a good thing?

It might seem harmless on the surface to treat their former master so cruelly, but if they were to think about something else entirely—for example, if they were to face the Snake God in his time of need, would they also be so ruthless…?

How can someone who disregards even the slightest bit of past kindness be used?
Therefore, the four priests have been suffering greatly these past few days. If they act ruthlessly, it will affect the public's perception; if they don't act ruthlessly, it will affect the present. The dilemma is not only an unprecedented torture for the sun god, but also for the four of them.

However, such spiritual practice is not without its benefits.

Just like now, as soon as the sun god moves, they can tell whether the other party wants to eat or defecate.

"He probably needs to poop this time."

As the sun god's flat body began to glow, the four priests exchanged glances.

The so-called defecation is naturally not defecation in the physical sense. The sun god is, after all, a god. He doesn't even eat in the normal sense, so how could he do something as mundane as defecation?

As for the defecation mentioned by the four priests, it was the sun god's behavior when he had absorbed enough sunlight and was preparing to rebel.

Although the sun god seemed willing to cooperate at first, the wise serpent god had already seen through the eagle-headed man's evil plot. After that, the evil eagle-headed man made this feigned cooperation several times, when in fact he was digging traps for them.

Because this behavior was so disgusting, the four priests referred to this act after absorbing sunlight as "defecation," rather than "eating" while absorbing sunlight.

"What are we going to pull this time... hmm?"

Just as the four priests were preparing to give the evil eagle-headed man a surprise, as they had done before, they suddenly noticed that the light emanating from the eagle-headed man seemed a little... off.

Having spent a long time with this eagle-headed man, the four of them had long since learned how to judge the eagle-headed man's actual condition from the intensity of the light emanating from him—if the light was not strong enough, it meant that the eagle-headed man was weak and preparing to deceive them; if the light was strong enough, it meant that the eagle-headed man had recovered somewhat and planned to secretly kill them.

Yes, in the past, the evil eagle-headed men have made attempts in this regard. The despicable eagle-headed men, not daring to challenge the great serpent god, actually tried to kill these weaklings instead.

It was only because the serpent god was watching from the side that the eagle-headed man's evil plot failed; otherwise, the four of them would probably have melted into the light in an instant.

But this time...

“Something’s not right!” Ansag, the chief of the four priests, immediately noticed the anomaly.

The reason was that the light emanating from the eagle-headed man was unusually bright.

Although it was still only at the level of a faint fluorescence, and it seemed that there was no difference, for the four priests who had fought between life and death, they could already judge the extent of the evil eagle-headed man's recovery by the light at the first moment.

Clearly, this time, the evil eagle-headed man has regained unprecedented power, and the determination emanating from that faint glow far surpasses any previous time!
"not good!"

Ansag, the Crowned One, immediately looked up to the sky and shouted.

"Great Serpent God! Your servant begs for your help!"

With a loud roar, the serpentine tail, as thick as a city wall, blocked the path of the four priests, separating them from the eagle-headed man lying on the ground, emitting a fluorescent glow.

Immediately afterwards, a blinding beam of light struck the snake's tail.

It was an unprecedented surge of light, like a second sun descending to earth. The mere aftershocks were enough to turn the clothes of the four priests to ashes—it was only because the enormous serpent body was blocking their way that the most deadly light was shielded from them. Otherwise, the few of them would probably have melted in the scorching light in an instant.

However, this time was different from the past. The four priests could faintly smell a smoky aroma that resembled roasted meat.

"This... even the Serpent God is injured?"

Blasphemous thoughts arose involuntarily in the minds of the four priests, even though they knew very well that this was a questioning of the greatness of the serpent god and a questioning of the serpent god's power—but the faint aroma of roasted meat was genuine, and it was clear that the serpent god's serpent body had actually been burned by this light.

The evil eagle-headed man had such a hidden trick up his sleeve...

"I have returned from the underworld."

Accompanied by such a sound, the second great sun rose from the earth.

"Are you all prepared to pay the price?"

The eagle-headed humanoid figure, enveloped in light, exuded unimaginable power. Its calm and collected demeanor suggested that it had truly grasped something profound.

Dead.

Such a thought arose in the minds of the four priests.

However, at that very moment, four portions of barbecue were placed in front of them.

"I haven't tried using this kind of heat to grill before. It cooks in an instant, it's so convenient."

After dividing the roasted meat into four portions, the enormous serpent finally looked at the second sun with its eagle-headed, human-bodied form.

"This was cooked using the fire from your body, would you like some?"

(End of this chapter)