Chapter 147: If you can't kill them, burn them to ashes!

Lin Yifan stared at Peisi, whose chest had clearly been stabbed through, yet he remained vigorous and showed no sign of weakness, and Lin Yifan couldn't help but frown.

Especially the several other Mysterious Snake Clan members, who now laughed loudly and mockingly said:

"Another clueless fool who doesn't even realize what kind of talent our Mysterious Snake Clan possesses—how could we possibly be killed so easily!"

"Humans always like to act smart, but every time they do, I feel like laughing; he probably doesn't even know how terrifying our Mysterious Snake Clan is as a superior race!"

"Doing this stupid thing again—every time we come to the Initial Domain, we run into such clueless fools, it's really boring! Hurry up and kill him; we'll each take a piece, fill our stomachs first!"

……

Peisi looked at the grim-faced Lin Yifan, smiling even more brightly:

"You rookie humans are really interesting; every time I watch you do stupid things, I find it especially amusing!"

"But……"

Peisi's face instantly darkened, his vertical eyes filled with brutal killing intent, and he coldly said:

"But I hate betrayal the most—traitors, die!"

Alarm bells rang in Lin Yifan's heart, and he instantly stepped back two steps!

Taking a closer look, a hand with bluish-purple nails was quickly attacking the spot he had just occupied.

If he hadn't retreated quickly, that claw would have directly grabbed his chest!

Lin Yifan didn't know if his body could block that claw, but seeing the bluish-purple nails, he knew without thinking that they were poisonous!

"You dodged pretty well?" Peisi froze for a moment, a hint of amusement flickering at the corner of his mouth, and he said leisurely:

"It seems you're extremely foolish, but you are indeed the strongest among this batch of people; if you were given time to develop properly, you might actually make a name for yourself."

"Too bad! You've made a foolish mistake today, so you can only die here!"

As his words fell, Peisi's figure instantly vanished.

Lin Yifan's heart jolted, and he suddenly heard a faint tearing sound from the left.

He hurriedly rolled to the right, just barely dodging Peisi's attack.

Moreover, he wasn't just dodging; as he dodged, he also thrust his knife toward the direction of the tearing sound.

And his thrust didn't miss either, directly stabbing Peisi in the abdomen.

Yet, just like before, he showed no reaction whatsoever, merely lowering his head to glance at the knife embedded in his belly and sneering:

"I told you, your attacks are useless against me—why waste your effort? You'd be better off obediently accepting death, at least to suffer less!"

Lin Yifan frowned, finally realizing something was off.

Clearly, his two thrusts had pierced Peisi's body straight through.

Yet Peisi bled not a drop, as if his body were made of air!

Yet the sensation of the blade piercing flesh was real; Lin Yifan could be certain that his two thrusts had indeed struck flesh and blood.

But why was this happening?

Lin Yifan couldn't figure it out!

However, if his body couldn't be injured, could his head not be injured either?

Lin Yifan's eyes flashed; his empty left hand suddenly produced the axe he had previously taken from Liu Dacheng, and he backhandedly slammed it hard onto Peisi's forehead.

Peisi still stood in place, coldly smirking: "Still not giving up?"

"Since that's the case, I'll stand here today and let you chop however you like; if you really manage to injure me even a little, I'll spare your dog's life today!"

The other Mysterious Snake Clan members also burst into laughter:

"Peisi, why are you so boring? You're even teasing livestock here!"

"This guy is only at the Transcendent level—how could he possibly hurt us? I say we stop wasting time, hurry up and kill him, we'll split him up; I'm practically starving!"

"Hey! Didn't that livestock just say he'd get hungry but not starve? We've finally come out to relax, so let's just mess around!"

……

Lin Yifan's heart was filled with shock; only now did he finally understand why he couldn't break through the defenses of these Mysterious Snake Clan members!

Because these people fundamentally have no physical form!

The axe he had just swung at Peisi's forehead looked like it had struck flesh, but in reality, his forehead seemed to have indented, perfectly forming a groove that trapped the axe.

And what emerged from that gap was not blood, but waves of black mist!

Lin Yifan could even sense from that black mist an eerie, ominous aura, just like the feeling he got when he lacked the protection of the Pure Spirit Flower and heard those strange whispers.

However, besides the aura, he also felt that this black mist was very familiar!

After careful recollection, he finally remembered!

The Maggot Human Bone he had encountered earlier was just like these Mysterious Snake Clan members before him—no matter how you killed them, they wouldn't die!

Only when he used fire attacks did he manage to burn all the maggots to death!

When the maggots were burned to death, they released a faint black mist!

The aura of that black mist was almost identical to the aura of the black mist just now!

Could it be that these so-called Mysterious Snake Clan members are not actually a different race at all, but rather strange creatures like the Maggot Human Bone?

However, the Maggot Human Bone has no consciousness whatsoever; it attacks purely on instinct.

But these so-called Mysterious Snake Clan members, although not very intelligent, are indeed very similar to humans!

So…… is this just his illusion?

No, it couldn't be an illusion!

Lin Yifan narrowed his eyes, looking at the relaxed Peisi, then backhandedly snatched a burning piece of wood from the fire behind him and smashed it onto Peisi!

His maneuver was as swift as lightning!

Peisi had always looked down on him, so at this moment he couldn't react in time and was directly struck!

Although the flame on the wood wasn't large, once it touched Peisi's body it instantly erupted into a blaze!

"Ah!"

Pèisī only had time to let out a shrill scream before being completely engulfed by the exploding flames.

In less than three seconds, he, who originally stood two meters tall, instantly turned into a pile of ash!

Only his gray robe and some miscellaneous items clattered to the ground!

In other words, that exploding flame just now burned only his body.

Such a bizarre scene instantly made Lin Yifan's pupils widen in shock.

Likewise shocked were those leaning or resting nearby, the other Mysterious Snake Tribe members watching the spectacle.

Their vertical pupils were also filled with astonishment, as they muttered in disbelief:

"What... what is going on?"

"Pesi... Pesi, how did he disappear?"

"Aren't we immortal? How could we be burned to ashes by fire?"

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