"Snake Demon, your life ends here." Yu Apprentice's ribbon suddenly stretched and tightly bound the Snake Demon.
The Snake Demon let out an angry hiss.
"Still not dead." Yu Apprentice took out another attack magic treasure and fiercely pounded it.
The Snake Demon, wounded, became increasingly frenzied.
Yu Apprentice was ready to deal the final blow.
An overwhelming force surged out from the Snake Demon's body.
The Snake Demon roared loudly, its body shone with a golden light.
The seeds in Shi Nian's hand fell to the ground.
Her words of ill omen, it turns out, came true.
This Snake Demon, it's about to make a breakthrough in Foundation Establishment.
Yu Dong'er's complexion also changed; she had many magic treasures, yet this was her first battle, and Yu Dong'er inevitably felt some panic.
She desperately tried to think of what magic treasure to use next.
Meanwhile, the Snake Demon completed its evolution in a flash.
It suddenly broke free from the ribbon and opened its bloody maw toward Yu Dong'er.
"Ah!!!" Yu Dong'er actually screamed in panic, at a complete loss on how to react.
It seemed she was about to be devoured by that Snake Demon.
Shi Nian frowned and pulled Yu Dong'er out of the way of that gaping maw.
This Snake Demon... has actually broken through the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Originally, she intended to flee immediately.
Firstly, she truly felt a bit embarrassed.
Yu Dong'er had set up an Array! Below the Nascent Soul Stage, no one could escape!
This was meant to prevent the Snake Demon from fleeing, but as a result, they had trapped themselves.
Shi Nian couldn't help but give Yu Dong'er a resentful look.
"Big Sister!" Yu Dong'er said somewhat gratefully: "Thank you for saving me!"
No sooner had she finished her thanks than the Snake Demon, shaking its huge bulk, charged over with terrifying speed.
Yu Dong'er's face turned pale.
This was it, this was the end.
This time, it was truly over!
What magic treasure could she still have to use?
Yu Dong'er fumbled frantically for a defensive magic treasure.
Shi Nian's face was full of misery.
She had already seen that her apprentice sister was unreliable.
In such times, she had no other choice.
Shi Nian took a deep breath.
In one hand she clenched a Defensive Pearl, and in the other, she swung a treasure sword.
She used a move unprecedented and unrivalled...
She had no choice, after all, she couldn't remember those sword techniques at all.
This simple slash was probably only good for tickling the Snake Demon.
She had no real hope in it, just a casual flick without much strength.
Her real thought was to use the defensive magic artifact to delay until her Master arrived, or until Yu Dong'er's Master came.
As Shi Nian was thinking this.
The casual sword strike she emitted actually cast a three-foot sword light.
That sword light, in a split second, penetrated the Snake Demon's body; the next moment, a blinding white light flared.
When the white light dispersed.
Was evenly sliced in two halves.
What's more terrifying.
The sword light continued to spread, shaving off a corner of the entire mountain, and it kept moving forward, cutting through countless things before slowly disappearing into the distance.
Shi Nian's mouth involuntarily formed an 'O' shape.
This... this was her simple slash??
A notification sound rang in her mind.
"Main quest completed: Victory in First Battle. Reward: 100 Experience Points. For completing a main quest for the first time, a World Fragment is awarded. To obtain more fragments, please continue to strive hard in battle, Host."
Shi Nian came to her senses.
This Snake Demon was really killed by her with a basic attack?
What the hell is a World Fragment?
There's absolutely no way she's continuing to fight!
That Snake Demon could even make a breakthrough in the middle of a fight!
Not to mention other Demon Beasts.
If she can skate by, she will.
If she can slink away, she will.
Ask her to fight actively.
The system seemed to have caught on to Shi Nian's thoughts, presenting a row of ellipses.
Shi Nian ignored it completely.
Fighting and stuff is not fun at all.
Only slinking away is the ultimate secret.
"Senior... Senior Sister." A trembling voice came from behind.
Shi Nian turned around and saw Yu Dong'er's face filled with shock.
Shi Nian laughed awkwardly: "Junior Sister Yu, you, let me explain, I..."
Yu Dong'er looked up at Shi Nian with stars filling her eyes.
From her perspective.
Just when she was about to be swallowed by the snake monster.
Like a divine being descending from heaven, saved her.
Her not-so-tall figure, standing in front of her, seemed like a mountain, giving endless security.
The Snake Demon launched a fierce offense.
And her Senior Sister!
She just waved her sword so effortlessly!
In an instant, the sword light flourished, the Snake Demon was extinguished in a flash!
Such a scene, oh how heart-shaking it was.
Yu Dong'er asked excitedly: "Senior Sister, what do you call that move you just used?"
"What's it called..." Shi Nian fell into thought.
Could she say, it was a basic attack?
Translated, it means standard attack!
Facing Yu Dong'er's adoring gaze, she thought for a moment and slowly said: "That move is called... One Sword Frost Cold Nineteen States."
"One Sword Frost Cold Nineteen Provinces!"
Yu Dong'er murmured it once, with even more stars in her eyes: "It's as mighty and domineering as I imagined!"
Shi Nian could only cough awkwardly twice.
In Yu Dong'er's eyes, this made her seem all the more like a casual and distinguished expert.
Her gaze, for a moment, became even more admiring as she couldn't help but say: "Senior Sister Shi, so it turns out, you've been hiding your capabilities all these years! What realm are you at now? Foundation Establishment Stage? No, impossible, at the very least it must be the Golden Core Stage! Or maybe, even higher?"
Shi Nian was somewhat dumbfounded.
All these years, she's been hiding her abilities?
This is also news to her!
"You can't say, can you?" Yu Dong'er became even more excited: "Senior Sister, am I the first one to know about your concealed talents? Don't worry, I will keep this a secret for you, definitely won't let it slip out."
Shi Nian: "...Then thank you, Junior Sister."
Yu Dong'er's expression immediately brightened, and she ran to the Snake Demon's corpse, dug out a Demon Beast Core, and then eagerly handed it over to Shi Nian: "Senior Sister, the Snake Demon's Core."
Shi Nian needed the core for a quest, thanked her and accepted it.
"This Snake Demon, it might have hidden some other good stuff, I'll go look for it," Yu Dong'er said excitedly as she hopped away.
"Go ahead." Shi Nian waved her hand. Yu Dong'er went away cheerfully.
She came back with a pile of all sorts of things.
"Senior Sister, this Snake Demon collected a bunch of flashy but worthless stuff," Yu Dong'er complained.
Shi Nian gave it a glance, and the corner of her mouth twitched.
The aesthetic of this Snake Demon... how should she put it...
It would definitely have shared common interests with an emperor called Qianlong from the world she came from before crossing over.
All this stuff, so colorful, just a sight for sore eyes.