Chapter 227 225: Serpent Mirage

Chapter 227 225: Serpent Mirage

The beast went flying backwards, crashing into a tree like it was hit by a freight train. Then, it hit the ground hard with a dull thud, looking dazed and confused.

Clearly, it was concussed.

It could even see stars circling around its head.

Val took a quick moment to assess the situation.

The snake's eyes were all kinds of messed up, like it didn't know where it was or what was going on.

"Can't let a golden opportunity like this go to waste," Val thought.

Without hesitating, he pulled out his sword from the Void Orb and leapt into the air, making a beeline straight for the snake below.

On the other hand, the Eldertail Snake was starting to shake off its daze. As it was overflowing with vitality, its vision cleared up quickly.

Then it saw it: a blade, shiny and sharp, was held by a handsome man with a mancial smile on his face.

And maneuvered by the man, the sword was plummeting right towards it.

The snake's eyes immediately widened in terror. It could see its dead approaching.

"Oh no, not today!" it snapped out of its momentary daze.

As a snake with intelligence rivaling humans but a thought process faster than one, it made sense of the situation in a split second.

It was already too late for the snake to move out of the way of Val's attack relying on its physical strength alone.

So it could only resort to using a skill.

Although it consumed a lot of energy and would leave it exhausted, at this moment when its life was concerned, it barely mattered.

Val was leaping down in an arc when the snake's body started glowing like a neon green sign.

The shine was so bright it blinded Val.

Although his vision was compromised, Val didn't let it affect him in the slightest.

He didn't flinch or cease his action.

Instead, he put more force behind his sword, doubling the rate of its descend.

The brightness of the snake's body reached a breaking point.

Then something wild happened.

The huge snake split into a bunch of small ones.

Val's sword swung through the air, cleanly beheading one of the clones, which disappeared in a puff of smoke.

The rest of the snakes slithered away in different directions, trying to escape.

These snakes all looked the same, and they could be called small only when compared to its original size. After all, each of the snakes it had split into had the length of an Anaconda and the width of a Crocodile.

The Eldertail snake had used the Serpent Mirage Skill.

It had split into seven snakes.

One was killed by Val.

Six were left.

All six of them were imbued with a portion of its strength.

They were equally strong.

However, only one of them was real.

Even if five of them died and the real one survived, it would not die.

Only its strength would take a massive hit and regress. However, it would only be a matter of time before It regains it.

'The opposite is also true.'

There were six of them, but if the real one was killed, all of them will die.

'Let's see which one among the six snakes is the real deal.'

First, the Detect Trait was employed by Val.

It resulted in a disappointment as he failed to differentiate between real and false with the Detext Trait. It said the same thing about all six of them.

Thus, Val employed the Heavenly Eye skill, thinking that it might help him locate the real one.

However, it showed that all of them had the same aura and power level.

It was impossible to tell which one was real among the six snakes.

Val's expression sank.

His Heavenly Eye skill has also failed to help him differentiate between them.

He shook his head, not letting the burden of his failures hold him down.

"Since there's no way to tell which one is real, I'll just take them all out!" he figured.

"Voidslayer."

"Yes, master?"

"Rage."

"As you wish, master."

As Voidslayer spoke, a red wave of energy, almost like a blade itself, erupted from its surface and shot out.

Whoosh!

It through the air with a sound like a sonic boom.

The crimson slash was so intense it seemed to distort the air around it, creating a spectacle that would leave anyone awestruck.

As it flew, it cleaved through five of the remaining six snakes.

Each one met its end in a most dramatic fashion, dissolving into puffs of smoke as the wave of energy tore through them.

Now, only one was left.

"So you're the real deal, huh?" Val's eyes narrowed as they locked onto the final snake, which was already darting away.

The Eldertail Snake glanced back, flicking its tongue out in a mocking gesture, as if to say, "Catch me if you can."

As it was already gotten a considerable distance away from Val, it thought it had the upper hand, that it could easily outrun him, and it wore its disdain like a badge of honor, making no effort to hide it. It didn't mind offending Val.

"You're gonna regret that."

Val smirked and poured his shadow elemental soul energy into the only rune present inside his arcane heart.

As a result, the Shadow Bind skill was activated.

"I bet this is going to wipe that look off its face real quick."

Val's smirk widened.

Suddenly, the shadows cast by the surrounding trees sprung to life.

They surged from the ground, shooting upwards like dark tendrils, animated by some hidden, arcane force.

The snake tried to dodge them.

But it was too slow.

And they were too many, all aiming for only one target.

No matter where it moved, it was screwed.

In an instant, they wrapped around the snake, forming an unbreakable grip that brought its rapid escape to a screeching halt.

The snake thrashed about, its body wriggling in desperate coils, but the shadows of the tree held it fast.

Its eyes widened in fear and shock; it never saw this coming, and suddenly it was struck with the terrifying realization that it was entirely at the mercy of its enemy.