The second place is the snake people, the angry green snake! (5200)

The massive green snake opened its blood-red maw, emitting a series of hisses that struck fear into the hearts of those who heard them!

Cao Xing quickly scanned the information of this giant snake, and his eyes narrowed instantly.

"It's actually a level 90 Overlord-class creature?"

"No wonder Renice felt she was no match for it!"

Facing the roar of the green snake, Seraphis, being a giant dragon, naturally did not show any weakness.

Its copper-bell-sized dragon eyes widened abruptly, and then it opened its own giant mouth, emitting an even more terrifying dragon roar!

"ROAR!" The intense sound waves materialized, blowing away a large area of bones on the ground, and the snow on the surrounding trees kept falling.

The terrifying roar echoed for over ten kilometers around!

Although this green snake had a potential one tier higher than Seraphis.

It was currently being forced to retreat step by step by its dragon might.

However, this green snake did not seem willing to submit.

It coiled its body and charged over at a terrifying speed, aiming directly at Seraphis in mid-air. Seeing this, everyone on the field raised their weapons, preparing to unleash a burst of attacks to beat this green snake half to death first.

Just then, Ilena exclaimed, "Lord, please don't hurt it!"

Hearing this, the attacks from Cao Xing, Bing Lan, and Renice paused instantly.

Seraphis, who had just prepared to breathe dragon breath, also clamped its mouth shut in an instant.

Its deep blue wings were bitten by the green snake, and the dragon scales turned black in an instant, looking like the poison was spreading rapidly.

However, this bit of poison seemed to have no effect on Seraphis.

It simply flapped its wings and swatted the green snake away.

"Rumble—"

The massive snake body rolled on the ground a few times, knocking down a large number of giant trees.

However, this green snake was truly ferocious.

It finally managed to crawl up from the ground and immediately charged over again, seemingly preparing to continue attacking Seraphis.

It even knew that every one of the creatures before it was extremely powerful and could kill it instantly!

Yet it still lunged over with a fierce look, vowing to fight Cao Xing and the others to the end!

Ilena turned and quickly rushed to the front.

Then she asked urgently, "Lana, is that you?"

Hearing her call, the giant green snake slowly halted its charge.

It lowered its snake head and looked at Ilena with those long, narrow snake eyes. Upon noticing the white scales on her body and the tail swaying slightly on her lower body, its snake eyes instantly narrowed into slits.

It was as if some memory deep in its mind had been awakened, and it felt a sharp, intense pain in its brain instantly!

"Hiss—… Hiss—"

The green snake kept flicking its tongue, emitting painful hisses, and its body was trembling wildly.

Seeing it in such pain, Ilena seemed to confirm her conjecture.

She put away her weapon and slowly approached it.

"Lana—I am Ilena—"

"I've finally found you. Little sister—"

Her eyes were filled with tears, and her gaze held a complex expression.

Meanwhile, Cao Xing, Renice, and the others behind her were looking at this human and snake with strange expressions.

Little sister?

At this moment, Cao Xing also recalled.

Ilena had once said that she had a sister who was captured and whose whereabouts were still unknown.

In other words, this green snake was one of their own?

But it turned out that Cao Xing was overthinking it.

Before Ilena could even get close.

The green snake's pupils were covered in blood-red color again; it quickly opened its blood-red maw and let out a threatening roar at her.

"Hiss!" The sound waves erupted like ocean waves, forcing Ilena to retreat!

A strong killing intent rose from the green snake's body!

Renice and the others behind her raised their vigilance again, ready to make an attack at any moment.

However, facing the threatening roar, Ilena did not shrink back in the slightest and continued to slowly approach it.

With a look of pity on her face, she said in a soft tone, "Lana, I know it's you—"

"Don't you recognize me anymore?"

"I am Ilena—we used to hunt together in the tribe, swim in the spirit spring together, and we spent so many wonderful times together."

"All these years, I have missed you so much—"

Hearing this, the green snake's eyes fell into a look of reminiscence once again.

Even the killing intent on its body gradually dissipated.

However, not a moment later, a black mist overflowed from its body, and its pupils were quickly filled with an intense blood-red color!

"Hiss—Hiss—"

It appeared extremely painful!

The huge snake head kept shaking!

Even bright red blood seeped out from its green scales. Seeing this scene, a look of heartache appeared in Ilena's eyes.

"Lana—what's wrong? Is something wrong with your body?"

"Come back with me. The Lord is so capable, he will definitely be able to cure you—"

Her tone carried a crying voice, and she had already arrived beside the giant green snake.

And just at this moment.

Cao Xing suddenly noticed that the pupils of that giant green python were completely occupied by a layer of blood-red!

A dangerous, ferocious aura erupted from within its body!

And in an instant, its snake tail coiled towards Ilena!

"Ilena, look out!" Cao Xing's warning shout rang out!

However, the green snake's speed was simply too fast, and in an instant, the snake tail wrapped around Ilena's slim waist.

And it tightened its grip rapidly.

"Crack! Creak!" A sound like ribs being crushed came through.

A look of pain gradually appeared on Ilena's bewitching face!

The constricting ability of the green snake was extremely powerful; even as a fellow Snake Person, she could not withstand this kind of force.

Furthermore, the opponent was a full 20 levels higher than Ilena and was also an Overlord-class creature.

However, this green snake did not seem to be preparing to constrict Ilena to death.

Instead, it turned around quickly and, like a bolt of green lightning, rushed rapidly towards the depths of the dense forest.

It seemed to want to take Ilena away from here.

Seeing this, Cao Xing sighed inwardly, "It seems I have to take action after all?"

He quickly gave the order, "Catch up to it, and beat this green snake half to death first!"

Hearing the command, the Dragon Speaker moved!

Like a blue phantom, she disappeared from her spot in an instant.

As a level 99 Mutated Overlord, with a 130% movement speed bonus,

She caught up to the fleeing green snake in just a split second.

Then, the light sword in her hand erupted with a hundred-meter-long sword radiance!

"Hum!"

A terrifying sword energy erupted!

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Two waves of sword energy, carrying the phantom of a giant dragon, swept across.

One or two kilometers ahead, a deep pit over a dozen meters deep was carved out again!

It was the Dragon Covenant Sword—Slash!

The giant snake was suddenly heavily injured, and two huge bloodstains appeared on its snake body.

It endured the pain and wanted to continue rushing forward with Ilena.

However, just at this moment, a huge shadow appeared overhead.

Seraphis instantly opened its big mouth and spewed out intense dragon breath.

"Whoosh~!"

The temperature in the forest dropped suddenly!

The dragon breath containing the power of extreme cold hit its body, and a layer of thick white frost instantly covered its green scales!

Even so, the green snake still refused to give up and continued to rush forward.

And as Cao Xing activated [Winter's Arrival]!

The surrounding temperature plummeted significantly, and the green snake's movements became increasingly sluggish, making even movement difficult.

Seeing this, the green snake also knew that it could no longer escape!

It turned around in a rage and began to fight with the Dragon Speaker!

Of course, calling it a fight was actually the Dragon Speaker crushing it.

Sword energy swept across continuously, hacking the scales on the green snake's body until they shattered, leaving it flayed and mangled.

Snake blood splattered, dyeing the surrounding ground red.

By the time Cao Xing and the others arrived, the green snake had already been beaten into a heavily injured state, with less than one-third of its health remaining.

This was the current burst damage of the Dragon Speaker.

[Dragon Rider Domain] increased her attributes by 30%, and [Sword Language Stone] doubled her damage coefficient.

Plus the improvement from leveling up more than a dozen times in a row.

After a burst of attacks, it was easily over ten million damage!

The Dragon Speaker just stood there, continuously hacking out terrifying sword energies, forcing the green snake to retreat step by step.

A typical level 90 Overlord only had 17 million HP, but this giant snake had a bit more vitality, reaching 21 million.

But it couldn't withstand the Dragon Speaker cutting it like this, and it was about to drop below 5 million health.

Cao Xing said, "Bing Lan, you can stop now."

Hearing the order, the Dragon Speaker stopped her movements instantly.

The green snake was originally in a dying state, but after the Dragon Speaker's attacks stopped, it was as if it had a sudden burst of energy, once again erupting with terrifying speed and rushing forward!

"Lana, don't go!" Ilena's call rang out.

The next moment, her physique also began to change rapidly.

Her upper human body was quickly covered in white scales, and her physique was also rapidly growing larger!

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"Whoosh~!"

In the blink of an eye, a giant white snake, also over a hundred meters long and covered in scales, appeared!

Seeing the white snake, the green snake's eyes showed confusion.

However, it quickly turned around again, preparing to flee into the forest.

Ilena, who had transformed into a white snake, coiled her tail around the green snake, tightly binding it.

"This time, I won't let you leave—" Ilena secretly made up her mind.

Then, a strange scene unfolded before everyone.

Two massive snakes were entangled, rolling through the jungle like out-of-control ancient beasts. Each twist of their huge bodies carried an overwhelming force, like mountains collapsing.

Whole swaths of giant trees were snapped by their collisions.

"Rumble—"

The earth trembled violently.

"Hiss—hiss—" The green snake continuously let out pained hisses.

Many of its scales fell off during the struggle, revealing bloody flesh underneath.

However, Ilena held it firmly, refusing to let it go.

Finally, after a stalemate of over five minutes, the green snake seemed to run out of strength.

After all, it had already suffered so many attacks earlier, and now, after being entangled by Ilena, it was completely exhausted.

The two rolling snakes finally calmed down.

Their massive snake heads rested on the ground, kicking up a flurry of snowflakes.

Only the heavy breathing of the two giant snakes could be heard.

At the same time, after exhausting its strength, the body of the green snake also changed.

To everyone's surprise, its hundred-meter-long body rapidly shrank, becoming less than two meters long in the blink of an eye.

Immediately after, its body changed again.

The scales on its green snake head quickly receded, transforming into a cascade of black hair, spread across the cold ground.

Its eerie pupils changed from vertical to round, and a delicate yet demonic face gradually emerged.

A small nose bridge, faint lips, and two green scales adorning the sides of her eyes.

Her appearance indeed bore some resemblance to Ilena.

Below her neck was a green breastplate, covering her vital areas.

Her lower body also featured a green snake tail.

After his initial surprise, Cao Xing's eyes showed a look of realization.

"Sure enough, this green snake is also a Snakefolk."

At this moment, Ilena also transformed from her Frost Form into her Snakefolk form.

They both maintained their half-human, half-snake forms.

Looking at the demonic woman's face before her, her own face immediately showed excitement.

She quickly rushed over and cradled the woman's head in her arms.

"Lana—my sister, it really is you."

However, the Snakefolk on the ground averted her gaze from Ilena.

"Get lost!"

However, despite the scolding, Ilena still held her tightly.

"Lana, I know you must have suffered a lot these past years, and you must resent your sister deeply. But sister really misses you.

"That day you were captured, I was hunting in the forest with our clansmen. Later, I found out that you stayed behind and were captured by those hunters—"

"I've always wanted to find you—"

"But later, those hunters brought a large number of mercenaries and invaded the forest."

"Our tribe was destroyed—and I also died in that invasion—"

"It wasn't until a few months ago that I was resurrected again from the Summoning Space."

Hearing this, the demonic woman's expression subtly changed, and the hatred and anger in her gaze towards Ilena diminished.

But she still kept her lips tightly pressed, refusing to speak.

Ilena pressed on, "Lana, come back with me—"

"I'm stronger now, and I'll take good care of you from now on."

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Upon hearing this, the woman in her arms immediately shouted, "I won't go back with you!"

"Your lord is a damned human! I'm disgusted by humans, and I wish I could bite them all to pieces!"

"I love staying in the forest. Here, I can devour many damned humans every day. You can't imagine how happy I am!"

As she spoke, her gaze swept over Cao Xing and the others, filled with hatred. Cao Xing, hearing this, knew that this woman's hatred for humans was deeply ingrained.

He shook his head and said, "Listen, no matter what you've been through, it has nothing to do with me."

"I only have one question for you now: where is the Elf Clan's sacred artifact?"

The Snakefolk woman on the ground said disdainfully, "I swallowed it! If you have the guts, cut open my belly!"

Ilena immediately urged, "Lana—listen to Lord Leader, tell him where the sacred artifact is."

However, this Snakefolk's hatred for humans was ingrained to the bone; these pleas had no effect whatsoever.

Cao Xing said helplessly, "If you weren't related to my subordinate, I would have already done that."

"I haven't butchered a Level 90 Overlord snake yet!"

He scrutinized her up and down, thinking to himself, 'Snakefolk like this should be similar to Lizardmen, right?'

If I kill it, can it also transform into its true form and then be decomposed?

Thinking of this, a strange look appeared in his gaze as he looked at Lana.

Sensing Cao Xing's killing intent, Ilena quickly said, "Lord Leader, please spare Lana."

"She's a very kind Snakefolk, just temporarily having some issues."

"Please allow me to take her back to the territory. I will counsel her later. Please give her a chance."

After Ilena finished speaking, Cao Xing pondered for a moment.

Take this Snakefolk back to the territory?

It was indeed a good option.

After all, she also had the combat power of a Level 90 Overlord. With a little strengthening, she would be among the top five combatants in the territory.

Of course, provided this woman was willing to submit.

But it didn't matter. Even if she refused to submit, he could just kill her and eat snake meat.

The Snakefolk woman snorted coldly, "I'd rather die than go to your territory!"

A smile appeared at the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

"That's not up to you."

With that, he quickly walked over, then directly flipped her body, pressing one hand on her back and pinning her to the ground!

"Damn it! Let go of me!"

"Filthy human, how dare you touch my body! I'll kill you!"

The woman struggled and cursed furiously.

Cao Xing ignored her, directly taking out the Leader-level Vines from his backpack and first binding her limbs. Although a Hero-level creature could easily break free from vines.

But now, she was in a weakened state, and severely injured, so she had little strength left.

The woman was still unwilling to give up, using her green snake tail to strike at Cao Xing, nearly hitting his face several times.

Seeing this, Cao Xing said calmly, "Renice, come help me."

"Yes, sir!"

The Ascalon archer quickly walked over and pressed her hands onto the green snake's lower body.

The immense force made her completely unable to move.

However, the woman continued to utter angry curses.

Ilena, holding her hand, kept comforting her, "Sister, don't worry."

"Lord Leader is very good; he won't hurt you. Don't be afraid."

Lana on the ground snorted, "Humans are all hypocrites!"

"Ilena, don't be fooled by them!"

"These filthy fellows will soon reveal their true colors."

Cao Xing couldn't be bothered to argue with her and quickly tied her into a knot.

Then he clapped his hands and said, "Now she's quiet."

At this moment, the green snake, bound all over, had also lost the strength to struggle.

Only her beautiful head was exposed, glaring at him with anger.

"Even if you tie me up, it's useless. Don't think you'll find out where the Elf Clan's sacred artifact is!"

Cao Xing said casually, "Do you think I can't find it if you don't tell me?"

With that, he directly grabbed the vines and tossed the bound Snakefolk onto Seraphis's back.

"Let's go, we'll search her cave."

"If there's anything, it should be hidden in there!"

When the Snakefolk heard that Cao Xing was going into her cave, a look of urgency immediately appeared on her demonic face.

She quickly shouted, "Don't go in!"

"That's my home! If you dare to go in, I'll swallow you whole and tear you to shreds!"

Cao Xing ignored her and walked straight to the back.

The more anxious this woman was, the more it proved he was right!