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The venomous snakes and giant pythons slithered through the shattered carcasses and bloody flesh. At the same moment the Dragon Group ascended to the sky, they all simultaneously lifted their heads toward Noah’s direction.
Though each of these venomous snakes and giant pythons was insignificant, with countless having just been crushed by the Bronze Dragon and Giants, there were millions of such creatures in this dilapidated city.
Now, being fixated by their gaze, anyone would shudder, even Noah was not an exception, for the millions of gazes originated from the same will.
The Golden Dragon let out a roar as a Divine Wheel, radiating the brilliance of the Sun, emerged behind him. He too wanted to retreat, but this will had already locked onto him.
This was the "gift" prepared for him. This will had long since descended, lying dormant here only to await his arrival, and its external manifestation was the venomous snakes and giant pythons strewn throughout the city.
"Heh heh, what a beautiful little dragon, the more I look at you, the more fond I become. Those inferior bloodlines are such worthless mongrels, yet they have brought me a marvelous gift this time."
A charming and sultry laughter echoed from beneath the City Lord Mansion. Accompanied by the cracking earth and collapsing surrounding mountains, an enormous snake ball with a radius exceeding a hundred meters rose from the shattered city.
This was a celestial snake sphere formed by countless venomous snakes and giant pythons. Upon the appearance of this celestial snake sphere, the venomous snakes and giant pythons in the city also turned into an array of colorful and dazzling glows, merging into the snake sphere.
This snake sphere, filled with primal and wicked wildness, yet also possessing some sense of Divinity, became even more terrifying. It descended with an even more fearsome divine power than Noah had ever felt.
This was akin to Noah’s Word Spirit·Tyrant, able to crush from the spiritual level while simultaneously exerting an aura of oppression on the physical form.
Noah could ignore and be immune to such pressure, a trait this Ancestor Dragon Bloodline bestowed upon him. Yet the suppression from the level of rules left him helpless.
This was a Divine Domain possessed by beings at the level of the Divine, a domain space formed by its downgrade upon being suppressed by the rules of the Material Realm.
By the time Noah realized the existence of the Divine Domain, it was too late. Therefore, he let the Dragon Group and Giants attempt to retreat. Fortunately, this snake sphere had no interest in them; its target was him.
Word Spirit·Candle Sun
A golden beam of light pierced through the atmosphere, causing innumerable giant serpent shadows, appearing and writhing in the air, to let out helpless wails, instantly evaporating and vanishing, like a sun-shooting arrow aimed directly at the celestial snake sphere.
"Such an impatient little dragon, I’ve only just emerged, and you already wish to pierce me so quickly!"
A hand covered in snake scales reached out from within the snake sphere, and then, under Noah’s solemn gaze, it grasped the Candle Sun’s light, powerful enough to destroy a city and evaporate a segment of mountains. Under the influence of some rule, this destructive light was twisted and transformed into a Red Flame Golden Snake coiled around a slender arm,
"What a pity, your strength seems a bit weak, what should I do about it!"
A soft and alluring voice penetrated the soul, and even Noah’s resistance surfaced with shadows of giant serpent phantasms of various hues and shapes before his eyes.
At this moment, witnessing these serpent shadows, Noah no longer bore hostility to destroy and suppress them but instead harbored thoughts he shouldn’t have.
The writhing bodies of these giant serpents, their flickering scarlet tongues, and their hissing sounds were, in the Golden Dragon’s perception, incredibly enticing, causing his Dragon Blood to become restless and boil.
What’s worse, as the celestial snake sphere gradually unfolded, a seductive and noble figure enveloped by thousands of serpents was revealed. All of Noah’s phantasmic serpent shadows transformed into her likeness, albeit with varying temperaments.
Be it enchanting, alluring, innocent, aloof, or youthful... All of the male’s desires and imaginations for a female were fulfilled within these phantasms. When his gaze shifted from the illusions to the being sitting upon a throne of thousands of serpents,
The false fantasies all turned into reality at that moment. All needs were fulfilled, even Noah’s well-tempered will birthed a feeling that
The entity before him was worth pursuing for endless years, the perfect mate that matched him perfectly. Joining with her would certainly produce the most outstanding and noble offspring.
"Little one, I adore your gaze. Come, fall into my embrace. I can fulfill all your desires, anything you wish for, I can satisfy you!"
The existence perched upon the Divine Throne of thousands of serpents opened her arms invitingly, her embrace abundant and welcoming, merely waiting for Noah to throw himself into it and become one with her,
"Even if you desire greater power, I can share my Divine Throne with you. You shall wield my authority and become the Father of all Serpents!"
The temptation of physiological fulfillment, from the desire to perpetuate the bloodline, along with the pursuit of supreme authority, everything that had troubled Noah and all he had been seeking concentrated upon this existence before him. If he merely flapped his wings to fall into the warm embrace, he would stand among the stars and become one of the supreme.