The incredibly tough snake scales were smashed into a large crater by Jean, and the entire giant snake was writhing at the bottom of the rift, looking extremely painful.
Drawing White Wind and condensing the energy of its breath, Jean followed up with an enhanced Sonic Blast: "Shooting Sonic."
A pale white light illuminated the entire bottom of the valley. Although it caused burn damage to the giant snake, an attack without focus or piercing capability could not inflict any real, substantial damage on an enemy of this size.
Plus, this snake was ridiculously fast, twisting and turning, so Jean found it difficult to go down there for the moment; fighting this thing in such a narrow space would definitely be agonizing.
However, it seemed the giant snake wasn't climbing back up either, but instead remained lurking in the darkness, observing above.
"Tsk, for something that looks so reckless, it sure is cautious."
Jean also observed for a moment and realized that this thing really didn't want to come up, so Jean decided to go check on FrostNova and the others first, but left behind a few Wind Crystal Butterflies to monitor the situation.
Arriving in front of the Barrier, the Barrier automatically enveloped Jean, allowing Jean to enter the stronghold.
"Jean!!!" Seeing Jean's arrival, Rin's spirit finally relaxed, but she still looked like she was on the verge of tears, appearing quite shaken.
"Yo, I'm here!" Confirming the status of the others, although they were exhausted, there were no injuries, which put Jean at ease.
Walking up to FrostNova, Jean infused her with life force, quickly recovering her stamina. At the same time, Jean took out the amulet entrusted by Patriot, feeling the resonance between the two, and smiled.
"Well done, but don't push yourself too hard." Jean also saw the frost in that area; the range and effect were astonishing. FrostNova had been synchronized with the Ice Dragon for less than a week, and Jean had been smug about conjuring just a few stardust crystals back then.
"Although I knew you would come, I didn't want to just do nothing."
"Is she FrostNova?" Although she already knew, Milim asked anyway.
Only then did FrostNova notice the Little Girl hanging on Jean's arm.
"Jean, who is this?"
"I am Milim Nava, Jean's friend!" Milim answered eagerly.
Upon hearing the name Milim, FrostNova was clearly stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered: "Hello, I am FrostNova."
Milim looked at FrostNova, then turned to look at Jean, then looked at Rin and Sakura on the other side, and then turned back, looking puzzled.
"What should we do next, Master? Should we evacuate first?"
Although Jean had brought a Little Girl with her, there was no fluctuation coming from her, and she didn't seem to possess that kind of aura, so Medea subconsciously ignored her.
Given their current combat strength, it didn't seem very realistic to defeat that God - Lower Rank snake, even if Medea herself was a quasi-god, and Jean was at the quasi-god level.
"Let me think, why do I remember seeing this snake somewhere..."
Jean fell into deep thought.
Jean began to recall the files she had read.
Jean found nothing.
Jean began to recall other places.
Jean discovered a blind spot.
"Holy crap, it's an Abyss Rock King Snake!" Jean finally remembered this thing.
"That's right, the appraisal produced this result. Does Master know it?"
"Of course I know it, I saw it in the Gourmet Guide!"
"Gourmet Guide?"
"Yes, yes, it was once extremely popular, but because it was too delicious, only a few are left."
"But the appraisal didn't say anything about that?" Medea even took out the camera-like appraisal device and fiddled with it.
"It certainly wouldn't be written, it wouldn't even be in the official files, otherwise, wouldn't it have been caught and eaten long ago?"
"So it's delicious?" Milim asked the key question.
"Of course! We can add a dish tonight!"
"Oh!!!"
In just a simple conversation, the fate of this arrogant giant black snake had already been decided.
"Anyway, I'll do it. Milim, don't smash it to pieces; we need to bring it back whole to cook, since we don't know which parts are edible."
"Fine, fine, but Jean, are you okay with that?"
"Yeah, probably." Holding White Wind, Jean looked very confident.
Next, Jean put Milim down, simultaneously recreated the wings, activated Burst Mode, and turned into a blue light, rushing out of the Barrier.
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Flying back into the sky, Jean found that the black snake was gone. After searching carefully, she realized it had somehow sensed the danger and was preparing to run away along the rift.
And the few Wind Crystal Butterflies hadn't discovered anything; it was time to find a way to upgrade them.
However, how could she let the delicious meal that was already at her lips slip away? Jean accelerated and caught up, aiming a heavy blow at what was approximately its seven-inch mark.
Although she didn't know if the three-inch or seven-inch spots were actually effective, a hit was a hit, so it was worth a try.
However, it seemed to be effective. The giant snake, although showing no visible injuries, was writhing in a ball and wailing incessantly, giving the feeling of stubbing one's little toe on a chair leg.
The damage wasn't great, but it was very painful.
And Jean just happened to have a spell that utilized pain. Although the magic from that book, "The Actor's Self-Cultivation," was no longer useful when used directly against opponents of this level, the timing was perfect now.
Jean's mental energy was injected into the spell diagram also constructed from mental energy, while simultaneously interfering with the giant snake's mind in the form of a wave. The effect was simple: the pain currently being felt would be doubled.
Visibly, the giant snake became even more painful, frantically crashing into the surrounding rock walls; ironically, these few hits caused its scales to become tattered.
However, the physical pain alleviated the mental interference caused by Jean, and it calmed down slightly, staring fixedly at Jean with those bloodshot snake eyes.
As the giant snake stared, a similarly strange wavelength attacked Jean. The Stardust Wind surrounding her body became active, blocking this wavelength outside her body.
But the rock wall behind Jean had no such protection. Under the influence of the giant snake's wavelength, the rock wall began to weather, corroding and shattering as if it were eroding.
"Magic Eyes? As expected, having two such large eyeballs isn't just for decoration."
Taking advantage of the stiffness caused by activating this ability, Jean quickly approached, using all her strength to kick at the snake's other vital point—the three-inch mark.
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