Chapter 422

It lifted a foot, trying to stomp on Fubuki, who was sprawled on the ground.

Tatsumaki, standing off to the side, had no way to make any other move to save Fubuki, and could only shout loudly: "Fubuki, be careful!"

The moment her words fell, the ancient serpent slammed a foot onto the ground.

In an instant, dust billowed up from the ground, and everywhere was a haze of grey.

Tatsumaki suddenly lost sight of Fubuki, because Fubuki had been pinned beneath its foot.

"Fubuki!" Tatsumaki could spare no further thought and immediately ran over.

Seeing Tatsumaki running over, the ancient serpent swung a palm to slap her. Because she was too anxious about Fubuki, she didn't notice this and was sent slamming straight into the wall.

Two more people appeared before her eyes. Fubuki and Luo En.

Only when Tatsumaki saw these two did she feel a moment of relief.

"As long as you're okay!" Tatsumaki said, forcing herself to hold on.

Fubuki hurried over to help Tatsumaki up. "Sis, are you alright? Why were you so dumb just now? You almost got eaten by the ancient serpent!"

In that critical moment earlier, Fubuki had also thought she was about to die. Just as she had steeled herself and even closed her eyes, a figure suddenly flew over and pulled her away.

When she opened her eyes again, the place was a swirl of dust, and for the moment it didn't let Tatsumaki see clearly.

"Fubuki, help Tatsumaki off to the side—leave this to me!" Luo En said to the two of them.

He turned his head to glance at Banggu as well, saying: "You stay out of the way a bit, don't get caught in the crossfire later!"

The damage isn't great, but the insult is extremely strong. Still, Banggu obediently ducked off to the side.

After all, having someone else do the work is a good thing—he only needed to watch the show.

Banggu exited the stage, leaving the place to Luo En.

The ancient serpent saw Luo En and fixed its gaze on him with deadly intensity.

"Hey, be careful, okay? This ancient serpent—nobody knows what's gotten into it, it's extremely irritable." Tatsumaki kindly reminded him.

She still didn't know that this ancient serpent was so violently furious because its mate had been killed.

Luo En nodded.

Everyone, not wanting to get innocently caught up in it themselves, very consciously retreated off to the side.

Seeing that only Luo En was standing there alone, the ancient serpent charged at him with a sudden lunge.

Luo En leaped up onto the ancient serpent's back.

The ancient serpent kept thrashing about, and Luo En couldn't even stand steady.

The ancient serpent kept trying to turn its head to see Luo En, so it kept spinning around.

Fubuki, watching from below, figured someone needed to act as a distraction so they could better strike at its vital point.

"Luo En, the head is its weak spot!" Fubuki shouted.

Luo En glanced at Fubuki and said: "I know! But its head is really hard to get close to!"

Fubuki took a couple of looks—the ancient serpent kept spinning nonstop, so jumping up onto its head would very easily get flung off.

Fubuki leapt over.

She landed standing right behind the ancient serpent.

The ancient serpent was immediately drawn to her. Its gaze fixed firmly on Fubuki standing there.

With this, Luo En on the ancient serpent's back was finally able to stand a little steadier.

"Luo En, find a chance to attack its head—I'll keep its attention!"

Fubuki said.

"Alright, you be careful yourself!"

Luo En gave Fubuki a brief word of caution.

"Come on then, ancient serpent, if you've got the guts come eat me!"

Fubuki taunted the ancient serpent.

The ancient serpent, as if it understood perfectly, immediately lunged fiercely toward Fubuki to attack.

With such a violent fling, Luo En almost got flung off.

Luckily, he grabbed onto the horn on the ancient serpent's head, so he got stuck up there.

The ancient serpent, yanked by Luo En like that, was hurt by the pull and charged straight into the wall.

Luo En immediately returned to the top of the ancient serpent's head.

Luo En threw a punch straight onto the ancient serpent's head.

A sound of bone cracking was heard—crack! —and the ancient serpent began to stagger.

Fubuki leapt into the air, dodging the ancient serpent as it collapsed.

By now the ancient serpent had finally collapsed onto the ground. It was on its last breath, not moving at all.

Luo En wanted to seize the chance to land one final punch and finish it off right then and there.

"Wait!"

Fubuki stopped him.

"It's already done for anyway, let's just let it go! Right now getting out of here is what's most important!"

Fubuki figured they had already hurt its mate, so there was no need to kill it—though leaving it alone might make it even more lonely.

Luo En thought it over and agreed—they could leave this place right away.

Whether it lived or died was up to it now.

Saying so, Luo En lowered his fist and no longer bothered with the ancient serpent.

They had already found Fubuki now, and their objective was complete. The main thing was to hurry and get out of this Maple Forest Mountain, otherwise whatever other tricks the God of the Universe had in store, they would have no way to deal with.

"Let's hurry and go, otherwise what if something else happens later!"

Chuixue was afraid now, or perhaps thought walking out might ease her a little.

"It's all your fault!" Luo En said.

Hearing this, Chuixue immediately pouted and refused to go home; she helped Longjuan up and obediently walked out.

But all they could do was walk out from inside it—whether they could escape Fenglin Mountain altogether was still a big question.

The four of them walked close together and found that the maple forest was like a circle; no matter how they walked, they couldn't get out.

And strangely, the path they had entered by had vanished.

"How come after walking so long we still feel like we're in the same spot?!" Chuixue, supporting Longjuan, was utterly exhausted.

Luo En looked up at the sky, observing carefully; the maple forest truly surrounded them in a perfect ring.

"Let's find a place to rest," Luo En said calmly.

Though none of them understood his intent, they were all tired, so they followed his suggestion.

Luo En had now given up on walking further.

All he wanted now was to wait quietly for that person to appear—he knew the person was secretly watching him.

He would now retreat to advance, waiting for the other to reveal himself voluntarily, so he wouldn't have to strain his mind figuring out how to escape.

The group had rested for a long while, and Longjuan noticed Luo En showed no intention of moving.

"Come on, let's hurry and get out of here—I can't stand this maple forest anymore!"

Longjuan looked left and right as she spoke.

"Don't rush—we can't get out of this forest now! Better to conserve our strength here than tire ourselves out circling it while waiting for the enemy."

Luo En spoke with calm composure.

At this moment, the strange man was actually hiding nearby, observing every move they made.

So they had long been thoroughly monitored by Yishen.

Seeing that they had rested for a very long time, the strange man grew puzzled.

The strange man returned to Yishen.

"Has Luo En already discovered us? They've stopped moving entirely!"

The strange man reported the situation.

Yishen also found it strange, but had received no instructions from the mysterious figure and dared not act rashly.

"Go back and keep watching them—report any slightest movement to me immediately!"

Yishen said.

Helpless, the strange man could only return to guard them.

Now that the strange man knew they wouldn't move, he relaxed his vigilance and no longer watched them as intently as before.