Chapter 137
Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/PazjBDkTmW
The Battle of the Serpent Woman, Chapter 137.
“Look into your eyes?
Am I crazy to look into your eyes?”
Lin Qiye shut his eyes without a second thought.
Medusa is such a well-known mythological creature, and Lin Qiye was well aware of her. Even though he didn’t know how much of that “turn anyone who meets her gaze into stone” ability her serpent-like representative had inherited, it was always better to be cautious.
As long as he avoided eye contact, she couldn’t do anything to him.
Fighting with his eyes closed might be extremely difficult for others, but for Lin Qiye, it posed no challenge at all. With his [Mortal God Domain], he had long since stopped relying on his eyes to gather information.
Serpent Woman: …
Seeing one of her signature abilities brushed aside so easily, the Serpent Woman became enraged. The black pythons formed from her hair hissed and surged toward Lin Qiye.
Lin Qiye parried the Serpent Woman’s blade without a handle and swiftly retreated. The black pythons rapidly swelled after leaving her proximity, each as thick as a water barrel, and with just a slight nudge, they severed nearby trees in half.
Faced with the oncoming wave of massive black pythons, Lin Qiye moved like a drifting leaf in the wind, narrowly avoiding their bites with each step. In mere moments, he had retreated dozens of meters.
His expression grew increasingly serious.
The Serpent Woman’s techniques were strange and varied—ghost-like teleportation, petrifying serpent eyes, the mysterious venomous snake fangs, and the countless black pythons sprouting from her head…
Fortunately, her power level wasn’t high. Judging by the strength of her mental energy, she seemed to be in the “Pond” realm, just like him. But if they were both at the “Pond” level, why was her forbidden domain able to cover such a vast area, spanning an entire street?
Typically, the size of a forbidden domain correlates with the user’s ability—the stronger the power, the smaller the domain. After reaching the “Pond” realm, Lin Qiye’s [Mortal God Domain] had a range of 100 meters, while the [Darkest God Domain] only extended 50 meters.
Yet the Serpent Woman’s strange domain covered at least 300 meters. What was the purpose of this domain?
As Lin Qiye pondered this, the Serpent Woman’s figure vanished again. In an instant, she appeared on an old wall beside him, pushed off forcefully with her legs, and shot toward Lin Qiye like an arrow!
Ssshhh—!!
The straight blade collided with the serpent fangs without any frills, producing a piercing screech. Lin Qiye’s tightly shut eyes darkened. At the same moment, a fallen tree trunk levitated from the ground and shot toward the Serpent Woman!
The sharp branches resembled spears, disturbing the snakes on her head and knocking her off course. Lin Qiye swiftly swung his second straight blade!
Swish—!
The blade flashed, and though the Serpent Woman twisted her body like a water snake to dodge it, a large portion of her serpent hair was cut off, drifting to the ground as severed strands.
The Serpent Woman jumped and landed atop another tree, coiling around the trunk like a serpent.
Lin Qiye, with his eyes still closed, slightly tilted his head and scanned the spot where she had just appeared. Seeming to realize something, a smile crept across his face.
He understood.
“Courting death!”
The Serpent Woman ran her fingers over her severed hair, her killing intent intensifying. She spun the blade in her palm and vanished again.
In that instant, Lin Qiye reversed his grip on his blade and stabbed backward into the air behind him!
The next moment, the Serpent Woman appeared right in front of his blade!
Ding—!
A soft chime rang out as serpent scales materialized on her chest, absorbing most of the blade’s force, but the tip still pierced through the scales, lightly puncturing her body!
The Serpent Woman’s pupils shrank.
Without a moment to think, she vanished again, reappearing atop a low house several dozen meters away.
Clutching the wound on her chest, she glared at Lin Qiye with fury in her eyes.
“You…”
Lin Qiye, gripping his blade with his eyes shut, walked calmly toward her in the dim light of night.
“At first, I thought those strange serpent eyes on the street were just a trick to scare people… until I realized that they were the core of your power.
The serpent eyes on the ground, in the snow, formed by tree branches, and etched into the cracks of walls…
Your teleportation isn’t random; you can only appear where those serpent eyes are located.
Once I knew that, the threat you pose was greatly reduced.”
Standing beneath the building where the Serpent Woman perched, Lin Qiye spoke calmly:
“I guess your forbidden domain… no, your god domain, allows you to create serpent-eye patterns wherever you can ‘reasonably’ do so, and then use them to teleport, giving the illusion of instantaneous movement.
At least, at your current level, that’s the extent of your god domain’s power.
Now that I’ve uncovered your teleportation secret, with only those snake-hair pythons and your clumsy combat skills, you’re no match for me.
As for your petrifying serpent eyes…”
Lin Qiye slowly opened his eyes. His left eye glowed red-hot like fire, while his right was pitch-black as ink. A sacred aura emanated from him, a balance of both heat and darkness.
“You can try. Let’s see who turns to stone first—me or you.”
One glowing eye and one dark eye met the Serpent Woman’s gaze. The divine power of three gods clashed in that instant!
Pfft—!
In the blink of an eye, the Serpent Woman’s mind felt like it had been torn apart by the two opposing forces. The pain was excruciating, and she spat out a mouthful of blood, her face turning deathly pale!
“Ahhh!!!”
She clutched her eyes in agony as two streams of blood flowed from between her fingers.
Lin Qiye’s divine power receded as he looked at his arm. A few patches of gray had already appeared on his skin, and as he rubbed them lightly, he realized they were numb.
So, this is the petrifying eye…
It’s terrifying, but with her current power, for the Serpent Woman to fully petrify someone of Lin Qiye’s caliber in the “Pond” realm, it would take at least ten seconds of eye contact. Given Lin Qiye’s divine powers, she wouldn’t last more than five seconds.
Taking advantage of the Serpent Woman’s confusion and disorientation, the darkness around Lin Qiye intensified. He lightly tapped the ground with his toes and floated up like a ghost, landing on the roof where the Serpent Woman stood.
With a flicker of his form, his blade flashed toward her neck!
At this point, the Serpent Woman had already collapsed in pain. She saw Lin Qiye’s attack out of the corner of her eye but was too slow to respond. Her snake-like eyes were filled with boundless hatred!
Clang—!
Just as the blade was about to sever the Serpent Woman’s head, a silver spear blocked Lin Qiye’s attack.
Frowning, Lin Qiye looked over to see a man in his thirties.
With a light shake of his spear, the man forced Lin Qiye back several steps. His blood surged, and a trickle of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth.
“Hello.” The man stood in front of the Serpent Woman, a spear strapped to his back, and calmly addressed Lin Qiye with a polite tone.
“I am Han Shaoyun, the 13th Seat of the Believers.”