By the time Zhang Ye ran back, the fight was nearly over.
Although Zhang Ye had punched a hole through the Rockland Monitor’s ultimate move, the beast still had some fight left in it. It had managed to slaughter all but a hundred of the six hundred-plus Green Vine Snakes. The Green Vine Snake King had also lost a section of its body; originally over thirty meters long, it was now barely twenty, and its body was covered in wounds.
But that was as far as it went. In this battle, the Green Vine Snake King had won!
At that moment, the Green Vine Snake King was strangling the Rockland Monitor’s neck. The monitor’s eyes were rolling back, and it looked like it was on its last legs.
Zhang Ye grew anxious. He was here to be the fisherman who catches the prize while the others fight. If the Green Vine Snake King killed the Rockland Monitor, he wouldn't be able to boost his Spirit and Physique stats!
No, no, no. He had to act immediately!
Kill steal time!
Zhang Ye took a deep breath. A dusty-yellow light rippled across his body, forming a thick earth-attribute mana shield.
Tier Eight copied skill—[Earth Roar]!
In the next moment, Zhang Ye put some power into his abdomen, and a mana-infused sonic wave vibrated outward.
“Hey, big loach! Come at me!!!”
The sonic wave rippled out, and the power of the Tier Eight spell was immediately revealed. The hundred or so Green Vine Snakes flying in the sky stiffened and were instantly knocked unconscious, falling from the air.
The Green Vine Snake King was also left dazed and dizzy by the vibration.
Not only that, but the magic contained within the sonic wave made it exceptionally furious. In its entire field of vision and perception, it seemed as if only Zhang Ye remained. An endless rage toward him welled up in its heart.
A Taunt effect!
Furthermore, it was a combination of a magical taunt and a verbal mental taunt—a double taunt!
Since the copied spell also carried the effect of Perfect Mastery, the Taunt effect was maxed out!
The Green Vine Snake King’s eyes instantly became bloodshot as it looked at Zhang Ye.
Dammit, why does this kid look so infuriating? I’m pissed off enough to tie my tail in knots.
Humans... all of them deserve to die!
At this moment, the Green Vine Snake King had only one thought—kill him!
It immediately released the Rockland Monitor’s neck and charged at Zhang Ye at high speed, looking as if it wouldn't rest until one of them was dead.
Zhang Ye shrunk his neck, feeling a bit nervous.
But he wasn't afraid. Big Nana was here!
Knowing Leona was watching gave him a lot of confidence. Besides, he couldn't let Leona look down on him, right?
With that thought, a red magic circle appeared beneath him—[Bursting Flame]!
Injecting one-tenth of his mana, the flames erupted instantly, melting the ground. Zhang Ye shot into the sky at an incredible speed.
The injection of one-tenth of his mana caused the [Bursting Flame] to turn from red to blue. The thrust was so terrifying that for a moment, Zhang Ye had the illusion that he was Iron Man.
Soaring into mid-air, the Green Vine Snake King charged straight at him, but Zhang Ye quickly changed direction while still in the air.
His target was the dying Rockland Monitor!
He pressed his hands together in the shape of a pistol, a confident smile on his face.
“Copy—[Vine King’s Arrow]!”
Green mana surged in front of him, forming a massive arrow over ten meters long, entwined with vines.
In the next instant, the vines on the light arrow shot out and wrapped around the Rockland Monitor, while the massive light arrow was pulled taut by the vines.
“Snap!” Zhang Ye lightly snapped his fingers.
Instantly, the vines released, and the massive light arrow flew toward the Rockland Monitor with terrifying kinetic energy.
The Rockland Monitor watched this scene, completely powerless to change its fate. Its eyes were filled with despair.
“Safe travels...” Zhang Ye murmured.
His murmur was drowned out by the violent roar of the explosion. The Rockland Monitor’s head was pierced through, and the blast instantly destroyed its skull, letting it die in the quickest way possible.
Zhang Ye knew he couldn't be a bleeding heart. The law of the jungle was the fundamental rule of this world. The only thing he could do was give these magical beasts, who shouldn't have had to die, a quick end.
Next up was the Green Vine Snake King.
Using a Tier Eight spell, a Tier Seven spell, and a ten-multiplier [Bursting Flame] had severely depleted the mana in Zhang Ye’s body. He needed a bit of time to recover, so he turned tail and bolted without looking back.
Real men never look back at explosions!
The Green Vine Snake King was momentarily stunned.
That massive light arrow... wasn't that its innate magic?!
Why could a human use its innate magic?!
Was the world this crazy?!
If humans could even learn the innate magic of magical beasts, then... would there be any room left for magical beasts to survive?
Humans!!!
In an instant, the Green Vine Snake King’s eyes were covered in a deep crimson, and a dark aura began to emerge.
In the distance, Leona’s brow furrowed.
This is... Demonization?
Demonization required extreme conditions and the laws of the Demon Realm.
Leona hadn't expected this Green Vine Snake King to directly undergo Demonization.
Reddish-purple patterns rapidly crawled over its greenish body, and its aura surged step by step.
“Why is this Green Vine Snake King’s hatred for Zhang Ye so immense?” Leona’s brow remained tightly furrowed.
It was important to know that undergoing Demonization and receiving power from the Demon Realm was not simple.
The Demon Realm aura leaking from a World Crack brought with it the laws of the Demon Realm, and those laws were only the prerequisite.
Afterward, there had to be extreme emotional fluctuations. These fluctuations had to be very pure and very extreme—so extreme that even death might not satisfy the requirement.
The only possibility was that this Green Vine Snake King didn't just hate Zhang Ye as an individual, but the entire human race!
Such massive hatred was the true reason for its Demonization.
Its aura climbed steadily!
The shackles of Tier Seven peak shattered instantly!
Newly Advanced Tier Eight!
Peak Tier Eight!
It had actually skipped several minor realms at once!
This also meant that this wasn't the Green Vine Snake King’s limit!
And so... Newly Advanced Tier Nine!
Early-stage Tier Nine... mid-stage Tier Nine... late-stage Tier Nine...
Peak!
Break!
Newly Advanced Tier Ten!
Leona was astonished.
Just how far had this Green Vine Snake King’s hatred for humans reached?!
To think that its first communication with the Demon Realm would grant it such a massive transfer of power, pushing it all the way to Tier Ten?!
Zhang Ye, who had just run a hundred meters away, felt an extreme, icy chill envelop him.
He instinctively looked back and stared at the Green Vine Snake King, whose entire body was now stained pitch-black. He was completely bewildered.
This... how did it change colors?
Analysis didn't tell me the Green Vine Snake King could change colors!
And what was with this terrifying mana fluctuation?!
Zhang Ye felt as if he could be crushed into powder at any moment!
Terrifying!
“Hu... man...” The Green Vine Snake King opened its eyes. Its emerald-green pupils had turned a deep crimson, and it was actually speaking human language.
“Why... why...”
“Such... injustice...”
“Are even our innate talents to be stripped away...”
It tilted its head back toward the sky and let out a piercing shriek. The sonic wave vibrated so intensely that Zhang Ye was sent flying backward, coughing up blood.
“WHY!!!”
“You won't even give us a way to live!!!”
“You slaughtered my Soaring Snake Royal Clan, and now you won't even let our clan’s innate talents go!!!”
“Are we born only to die?!!!”
“ROAR!!!”
Watching this, the truth gradually became clear to Leona.
So it was a descendant of the Soaring Snake Royal Clan.
The Soaring Snake Royal Clan had been wiped out by human powerhouses, and a descendant had luckily escaped. It was no wonder it harbored such hatred for humanity.
And because Zhang Ye could even learn the innate magic of magical beasts, it had mistakenly thought he had stripped away its clan’s innate talent. This had triggered the monstrous hatred deep within the Green Vine Snake King’s heart, causing it to undergo Demonization...
Leona sighed.
Since things had reached this point, she had to act.
A Tier Ten Demonized Green Vine Snake King was not something Zhang Ye could handle.
Zhang Ye struggled to crawl up from the ground.
Being hit by the Green Vine Snake King’s shockwave felt like his entire body was falling apart. He coughed up blood, clearly having suffered internal injuries to his organs.
Good grief, a single roar from a hundred meters away could injure him like this. This Green Vine Snake King had gone into God Mode, hadn't it?
He spat out a mouthful of blood and was preparing to get as far away as possible, but in the next instant, a black figure appeared before him.
A massive maw opened, and a red arrow condensed within it.
Zhang Ye looked at the scene and instinctively used Analysis.
【Demonized · Vine King’s Great Arrow: A Tier Ten wood-demon dual-attribute innate magic. Due to Demonization, the analysis time and mana consumption are the same as a Tier Seven spell, but its power is equivalent to a Tier Ten spell.】
It was actually a Tier Ten spell, and the consumption was only at the level of a Tier Seven? That was absolutely amazing!
He could use this as an ultimate move. He had to analyze it immediately!
But what did this “Demonized” mean?
As the black arrow of light finished forming, Zhang Ye looked at the Demonized Green Vine Snake King with a calm expression.
Although this Demonized beast was no longer something he could handle, he didn't panic. He knew Leona wouldn't just stand by and watch him die, so she would definitely step in.
He trusted Leona!
“Human, die...” Killing intent exploded in the Green Vine Snake King’s eyes. However, before it could finish its words, a flaming lion paw hundreds of meters wide snatched the snake king up.
The Green Vine Snake King’s several-dozen-meter body looked like a mere earthworm in the grip of the flaming lion paw.
Seeing the flaming lion paw, Zhang Ye’s mind relaxed.
Big Nana had acted.
“The one dying is you!” A cold, clear voice echoed between heaven and earth, the pressure overflowing!
The flames on the lion paw surged, and in an instant, the Green Vine Snake King was incinerated into ash!
A powerful Tier Ten Demonized beast was... just like that... dead.
Zhang Ye stared blankly at the scene.
So this... is the might of a Saint-tier...
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