“Hmm?”
Lorevil felt a flicker of confusion.
But the girl quickly sensed the Blood Energy flowing into her Blood Line draining at an alarming rate, as if something was forcibly siphoning it away.
While maintaining the Blood Web Secret Art, she soon realized—this Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Python was actually using an ability similar to the common Secret Art “Blood Fang,” just like a Vampire, devouring the Blood Energy in her Blood Line!
“So that’s how it wants to play. Interesting.”
Lorevil was caught off guard by this situation for the first time.
“If it wants a war of attrition, I’ll oblige. Let’s see who’s faster—your devouring or my replenishing.”
Lorevil took a deep breath.
Instead of panicking, she let out a cold laugh.
“Leina, Fini’s injured. Leave her to you for now. If it gets too much, send a signal for Mentor to come pick you both up.”
Having made her decision, Lorevil turned to Leina and spoke.
“Don’t worry. Focus on dealing with this python. I’ve got things covered here.”
Leina nodded slightly upon hearing this, her Blood Core weapon blazing with light as she stood guard in front of Fini.
With Leina’s reassurance, the worry on Lorevil’s face faded, replaced by a cold, sharp expression.
Anger surged within her, burning fiercely and unstoppable.
Fini could have easily stayed out of the Blood Hunting Ground—she’d only just ascended last night—but she’d followed anyway.
Lorevil had been deeply moved by that.
Now, she was just as furious.
The snow-haired girl’s wine-red eyes locked onto the Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Python entangled in her Blood Web.
Clenching her fists, she shouted: “Now it’s just the two of us. Time to settle this score!”
In the next instant, Blood Energy surged wildly within Lorevil, flowing down her arms and pouring relentlessly into the Blood Web wrapped around the python.
If the Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Python could speak, it would probably be begging for mercy like Gray.
After all, the terrifying aura radiating from this snow-haired girl was enough to chill a snake to the bone!
The Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Python instantly felt the Blood Web around it thicken, constricting so tightly it let out a pained hiss.
With no Violent Blood Energy or Blood Crystal to replenish her, the small river inside Lorevil’s body was evaporating at a violent pace.
“Time to try fusing Secret Arts!”
Lorevil smirked, her eyes sharpening, thinking to herself.
The girl never lacked the courage to charge into the unknown—even in this danger-filled environment, she stayed calm while still daring to gamble everything on a single strike!
Without hesitation, Lorevil pulled out a Blood Rune Stone and crushed it between her fingers!
“Crack!”
The sound was crisp and clear.
The dense Blood Qi bursting from the shattered Blood Rune Stone was guided by Lorevil, merging with her inner Blood Energy to condense into a razor-sharp Blood Blade.
“Not enough!”
“Crack!”
A Blood Crystal shattered.
Lorevil didn’t hurl the Blood Blade at the python, because she knew the Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Python’s scales were impossibly hard—ordinary Secret Art attacks would just be a waste of effort.
Instead, she viciously stabbed it into the Blood Web she had cast.
At the same time, she kept crushing more Blood Rune Stones and Blood Crystals.
“Suppress!”
Lorevil’s snow-white hair whipped in the wind.
The shattered Blood Rune Stones forced down the chaotic Blood Qi raging within her—stirred up by anger and the intense strain of channeling the Secret Art.
Seizing that momentum, Lorevil poured all her focus into merging the Blood Web Secret Art and the Blood Blade Secret Art.
And through her relentless effort, under the catalyzing power of the Blood Rune Stones, the two Secret Arts finally showed a faint sign of fusing!
Thin, dense blood-red spikes began to emerge atop the Blood Web, jutting out like thorns, stabbing toward the python’s scales.
“It worked?”
Joy flashed across Lorevil’s face, and she pressed her advantage, pouring in even more Blood Energy.
She knew this was a good sign—it would make those spikes sharper and tougher.
But before she could savor the moment, something she never expected happened!
The blood-red spikes that had just emerged suddenly retracted.
And the culprit was the Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Python!
The python seemed to pull them in, using its fangs to forcibly absorb those spikes right back.
What’s more, not only had the Blood Web not grown stronger, it had been weakened by several degrees!
“Damn it!”
Lorevil trembled with rage, fury nearly blazing from her eyes.
A Third Order Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Python had not only injured Fini but also kept making her look bad.
It was infuriating.
“You bastard, just you wait—I’ll deal with you in a moment!”
The snow-haired girl gritted her teeth, stomping hard on the ground, her chest heaving violently.
Sure, once she finished fusing the Secret Arts, she could definitely take this python down, but right now, she was still seething.
After all, she’d had the upper hand, and it kept slipping away thanks to that snake.
“Lorevil, are you okay over there?”
Leina, who had been keeping an eye on Lorevil’s situation, called out.
“Leina, I need all the Violent Blood Energy from the beasts you’ve killed. After this, the python’s Blood Core is yours.”
Lorevil stared at the faint mockery flickering in the python’s vertical pupils, speaking coldly.
Leina blinked, then agreed.
The next moment, Leina witnessed something unbelievable.
Lorevil’s Blood Lines drew in all the scattered Violent Blood Energy around her, gradually forming a vortex above her head.
The vortex spun, faster and faster!
Lorevil waved her left hand, forming a smaller Blood Web that shrouded the vortex.
“Let’s see if you can drain faster than I can replenish.”
Lorevil sneered.
“Leina, keep killing. Don’t stop. I’m fine.”
Lorevil tossed a high-grade Blood Crystal to the stunned Leina—the one Laide’an had lost in their bet.
It was top quality, perfect for restoring Blood Energy right now.
Leina understood, and with her Blood Core longsword in hand, she charged at the nearby Second-rank Blood Beasts.
Before long, one Blood Beast after another crumpled to the ground.
Lorevil pushed the Secret Art to its limit, unleashing two Blood Webs simultaneously—a heavy strain on her body.
But there was no stopping now.
Halting would trigger a violent Secret Art backlash.
The snow-haired girl crushed another Blood Rune Stone.
It felt like only tearing this cunning python apart would quell the fire in her heart.
The Blood Web acted like a filter.
It purified the Violent Blood Energy drawn in by the vortex, channeling the clear Blood Qi back through the web’s patterns and flooding it into her body.
The Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Python trapped in the first Blood Web had lost its earlier ferocity.
It could sense Lorevil’s aura growing stronger with every passing moment, and the Blood Web had become even more terrifying.
For the first time, those vertical pupils showed fear—realizing it might have bitten off more than it could chew.
The Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Python, now sensing danger, tried to break free and flee.
As pure Blood Qi poured in, Lorevil’s Blood Core swelled, and the fusion of the two Secret Arts grew more and more intense!
Almost visible to the naked eye, blood-red spikes burst forth densely, like spring bamboo shoots, several times thicker than before.
The Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Python hissed and thrashed wildly, its scales flaring open, its fangs straining to absorb the spikes’ power.
But this time, the spikes were unyielding. No matter how it bit or tore, they didn’t budge.
“Psh—”
First, a faint sound.
Then, a relentless series of wet thuds as spike after spike pierced through the python’s hard scales, sinking deep into its flesh.
The snake’s body rolled violently.
But at that moment, an unusual flush crept across Lorevil’s face.
The Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Python let out a deafening wail, writhing in agony.