Shao Xin hurriedly pulled a yellow candy bean from his body. Flanders handed it to Yu Xiaogang, who swallowed it. A white light flashed, and Yu Xiaogang felt himself returning to normal.
Then Shao Xin offered a pink candy bean to restore Yu Xiaogang's physical and soul power. After taking both, Yu Xiaogang finally felt stable again.
"Xiao Gang, how are you feeling?" Flanders asked quietly.
Though he knew the injuries Luo Sanpao sustained would reflect back to Yu Xiaogang, he wasn't sure whether Yu Xiaogang's body was currently obstructed because of the bite's location. It seemed too coincidental that Luo Sanpao got injured there during wandering off the mainland.
Xiao Tian shook his head helplessly. Ji Ni was too beautiful—Yu Xiaogang sure had bad luck.
Yu Xiaogang instinctively touched his private parts and shrugged, "I don't know either, but it should be fine."
He wouldn't dare test Luo Sanpao's function publicly—that would be too embarrassing.
"Xiao Tian, look what your bad ideas got the master into. If not for your plan, he wouldn't be hurt!" Dai Mubai seized the chance to accuse.
Before Xiao Tian could respond, Ning Rongrong spoke up on his behalf.
"This was a thousand-year soul beast. The Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake's aggression is weak among such beasts. And with two soul saints here, how could an accident happen? You can't blame Xiao Tian for this."
"Enough!" Flanders shouted. He didn't want to hear more fighting between Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong.
One was a prince of Xingluo, the other a princess of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect—equivalent in status to the Tiandou Empire's princess. If they clashed seriously, it would be difficult to manage.
Flanders hoped they'd get along as a team, but it seemed a long road.
Snorting, the two averted their gazes silently.
Zhao Wuji handed Oscar a dagger. "Xiao Ao, give the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake the final blow! That spirit ring is yours!"
Oscar's eyes lit with joy. After waiting so many days, he finally had the chance to claim his third soul ring!
Carefully approaching the snake, Tang San reminded him, "Stab the dagger into its tumor—you'll hit its weak point."
Oscar's peach blossom eyes sparkled as he nodded, raising the dagger.
Just then, a weapon flew suddenly.
"Stop!" Tang San's eyes narrowed; with his Blue Silver Grass, he pulled Oscar back.
An elderly white-haired woman and a beautiful young woman with short bluish-gray hair appeared—both looking proud.
The old woman waved, and the snake staff returned to her hand.
"You are?"
Flanders and Zhao Wuji immediately stepped forward, wary of the newcomers.
Flanders recognized the snake staff, vaguely familiar.
"Old Lady Chao Tianxiang, this is my granddaughter Meng Yiran. You cannot absorb this Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake—we encountered it first," Chao Tianxiang said calmly.
She and Meng Yiran had just discovered the fight but stayed at a distance because of the yellow gas.
Chao Tianxiang had sent Long Gong Meng Shu to assist upon detecting the snake's presence.
Flanders and Zhao Wuji were shocked.
Tentatively, Flanders asked, "Are you the famous Snake Lady Chao Tianxiang of the mainland?"
Chao Tianxiang smiled faintly. "I didn't expect you knew me. Are you inviting me, Your Excellencies?"
She needed to delay, as Flanders' large group and powerful food-type soul master made it difficult to capture the soul ring alone.
"Junior Flanders," she said with narrowed eyes.
"Junior Zhao Wuji!"
"May I ask if you are the Flying Angle of the Golden Iron Triangle, Flanders, and Acalanatha Zhao Wuji?"
Flanders laughed, "I didn't expect the Snake Lady to have heard of us."
Chao Tianxiang realized something was amiss. Flanders had been a Soul Sage when famous; Zhao Wuji was a Soul Emperor before disappearing. After many years, he was likely a Soul Sage.
She couldn't defeat them.
But for her granddaughter's spirit ring, she gritted her teeth.
"Please assist my Snake Lady and Dragon Lord. This spirit beast is perfect for my granddaughter's third spirit ring. Could you let us have it?"
"You can see three marks on the snake's belly left by my staff. We were first to discover this Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake."
"No, this spirit ring suits me as well!" Oscar cautiously said, protective over the offering.
He cared neither for the Dragon Man nor the Snake Woman.
With two Soul Saints and Teacher Shao Xin present, they weren't worried.
"What? You're already level 30 at your age?" Chao Tianxiang was surprised.
Flanders noticed the three marks on the snake's belly, realizing the difficulty.
If the Snake Lady was alone, he wouldn't be afraid.
But this was a thousand-year-old soul beast, hunted first by their group. The Dragon Man and Snake Woman let it escape—it was unfair to blame them.
Without the knowledge that Lord Long was nearby, he wouldn't yield.
"I propose we follow soul master rules: let my granddaughter and this person fight. The winner claims the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake."
The Snake Lady finally agreed, realizing her weakness.
"No!" Zhao Wuji objected.
Frowning, the Snake Lady asked, "Why? Do you think I'm easy to bully without my master?"
Flanders calmly answered, "No, it's because he's a food-type soul master with no combat power."
"What! He's a food-type soul master?" Both Shepo and Meng Yiran gasped.
It was rare to encounter such a young level-30 food-type soul master.
The Snake Lady wondered if he had powerful backing.
She felt a little embarrassed.
Meng Yiran noticed small weapons embedded on the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake and curiously asked, "Who fired these little things?"
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