Deities: Rulers of Nature

The green hunch was right.

They hadn't gone far when they saw four black lines rapidly approaching in the distance.

The black-scaled pythons didn't actually sense any bronze-level enemies. The reason four of them came at once was because Qinglu and the others made too much noise.

However, the Blood Orchid had to be watched over, as it was their most important possession and could not be allowed to go wrong.

"Everyone, listen to my command, throw your spears!" Qinglu commanded the temple guards as the Inkscale Python entered the attack range.

After a long period of training, the temple guards' accuracy in throwing spears, while not 100%, is now around 80-90%.

As expected, the spear was deflected by the scales of the black-scaled python.

However, this gave Qinglu a better understanding of the Black Scale Python's defensive capabilities.

"As planned, Crimson and I will each take on one, and the rest of you can try to finish off the remaining two," Green said, drawing her stone sword. "For the glory of our lord, warriors, charge with me!"

"For the glory of our Lord!"

The four black-scaled pythons roared angrily, and two of them opened their blood-red maws, spewing out two streams of putrid venom, which were the putrid saliva spray.

"Disperse!"

At Qinglu's command, the snake-men scattered instantly. Several snake-men were unable to dodge in time and were splashed with putrid saliva. Their animal hide armor immediately made a sizzling sound of corrosion and emitted white smoke.

"Everyone be careful, what they're spraying is highly corrosive," Crimson warned.

At this moment, a black-scaled python had arrived near Crimson. Its dark red vertical pupils stared intently at Crimson. Its thirty-meter-long body kicked up a large amount of mud. When it got close, it opened its mouth to reveal its sharp teeth.

Crimson felt a gust of foul wind rush towards him, but he did not retreat.

Suddenly, illusory green thorns appeared out of thin air, intertwining to form a shield that not only blocked the black-scaled python's mouth but also stopped its forward momentum.

"Aww~"

The black-scaled python, having bitten into the thorny shield, let out a painful roar, feeling as if its mouth had been bitten by a snake.

While the Black Scaled Python was distracted, Crimson pressed another green orb into the ground. Then, thorny vines emerged from the swamp and tightly wrapped around the Black Scaled Python's body.

The black-scaled python struggled fiercely, and the vine snapped at a speed visible to the naked eye, but the thorns on the vine also scraped off several scales of the black-scaled python.

Chi Hong naturally wouldn't just stand by and watch. In the blink of an eye, he had already rushed to the side of the Ink-Scaled Python. His snake tail thrashed violently in the water, and he leaped up, attaching his blood and qi to the stone knife. He used all his strength to slash at the Ink-Scaled Python's seven-inch spot.

With a soft "pfft".

The stone knife sliced ​​through the snake's scales and cut into its flesh, spraying red blood all over its crimson body.

The pain made the black-scaled python writhe even more wildly, flinging out the crimson creature while its tail lashed out at the crimson creature in the air with a powerful gust of wind.

With his body in mid-air, Crimson had nowhere to take hold and normally wouldn't have been able to dodge the tail. However, since he had Ji Xuan's favoritism, a thorny shield once again condensed in front of Crimson, blocking the attack of the Ink-Scaled Python.

The black-scaled python felt even more pain and wished it could crush this hateful little thing.

Crimson didn't care what the Black Scaled Python thought. After landing, he charged forward again and arrived at the seven-inch spot where he had slashed the Black Scaled Python. His claws extended, releasing burning blood venom.

Once the power of Qi and blood is activated, the amount of venom released by Crimson Energy increases significantly, and it is effective even against the enormous size of the Black Scaled Python.

After a single strike, Crimson retreated and turned to look at the rest of the battlefield.

Qinglu, activating his ultimate, fought the Inkscale Python head-on without being at a disadvantage. Although he had a few more wounds on his own body, he left even more wounds on the Inkscale Python, and it seemed that he no longer needed Qinglu's help.

The other two black-scaled pythons were also entangled by the temple guards. The front row held up vine shields to block the pythons' attacks, while the rear row seized opportunities to thrust out spears, specifically targeting the gaps between the scales. Those who were injured were promptly withdrawn from the battle. Although the situation looked dangerous, it was still under control.

Since that's the case, Crimson might as well deal with the one in front of him first.

The Blood-Burning Serpent Venom had taken effect, and the black-scaled python's eyes had turned blood red. It was in a state of mindless, impotent rage, thrashing about in place. Its crimson color made it difficult to get close for the time being.

If there's no opportunity, then create one. The Entangling Technique is activated again, but this time it's mainly aimed at the snake's head.

Seeing the black-scaled python pause, Crimson returned to the wound, channeling its blood and qi into the stone knife as it forcefully slashed down.

The seven-inch area was attacked repeatedly, and even a bronze-level black-scaled python could not withstand it. After twisting its body a few times, it became completely still.

Seeing this, Crimson immediately turned to support the temple guards. He knew a bit about snakes, so he wouldn't deal with the snake's head at this moment, lest it bite him due to its nervous reflexes.

In one of the two battle circles of the temple guards, panic suddenly broke out. It turned out that ten snake people had been accidentally entangled by the black-scaled python, which was tightening its grip and crushing their bones.

Crimson quickly released a thorn shield to surround the ten snake-men. This way, the more the Black Scaled Python strangled them, the greater the backlash it would suffer.

The Black Scaled Python's reaction was exactly as Crimson had predicted. It hissed and gave up on continuing to entangle the snake-man, instead charging towards Crimson.

Meanwhile, the battle on the other side was also reaching a fierce moment. The black-scaled python he was fighting had not only lost an eye, but also a tooth, and the broken tooth was stuck in the black-scaled python's blind eye.

Over the years, Qinglu has focused on hunting wild beasts in the Qingling Mountains, partly to make the tribe safer, and partly to hone his skills.

He has now almost figured out a suitable method for training the Qi and Blood of the Xishan Serpent People, but this has also led to most of Qinglu's attributes being added to Strength, followed by Constitution and Agility.

Qinglu dodged the attack from the black-scaled python again, then used its tail to thrust its entire body towards its vital spot.

He unleashed his power, imbuing the stone knife with his vital energy, and slashed down with all his might.

Unlike the crimson one, the cyan one's blade cut deep into the ground, causing the black-scaled python to roar and writhe wildly.

Taking advantage of the situation, Qinglu drew out the stone knife, flipped over and landed on its back, and plunged the entire stone knife into the wound it had just left.

After only a few breaths, the black-scaled python went limp and crashed heavily into the swamp.

With that, Qinglu had achieved her objective and turned to support another battlefield.

With that, the remaining two black-scaled pythons were no longer a problem, and the outcome of the battle was no longer in doubt.

Soon, these two black-scaled pythons followed in the footsteps of the previous two.

On this side, Seido is performing a mild healing spell to treat the wounded White Scale Serpent Man.

Before them was Qingdao, who was using a mysterious ability they had never seen before to rapidly heal their wounds; in the distance, the snake-man warriors were engaged in a fierce battle with the black-scaled python.

The white-scaled snake-man was completely stunned.