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Chapter 725: Becoming a Guide
"Hah!"
In response to such a question, Ling Zhan sneered dismissively and said calmly, "What does it have to do with me?"
"Humans kill monsters, and monsters kill humans. Is there really any moral right or wrong in this?"
The white-dress serpent demon fell silent for a moment before slowly shaking her head.
Indeed…
When it came to this matter, there was no clear distinction between good and evil, right or wrong.
Humans sought to grow stronger, so they killed monsters.
Monsters didn't want to die and also wanted to grow stronger, so they killed humans.
This seemingly ordinary yet incomparably mysterious young man clearly did things his own way, unbound by constraints or moral coercion.
"Of course…"
At that moment, Ling Zhan spoke again, his tone still indifferent, "My time is very precious. I'll wait no more than three minutes. Within three minutes, I want this battle to end and for no one to hinder me from picking those Holy Snow Celestial Lotuses."
"Otherwise…"
Everyone dies!!
The serpent demon's expression stiffened. She understood the meaning behind his words.
If this had been before, and a mere human dared to speak to her in such a commanding tone, she wouldn't have hesitated to open her massive jaws and devour him on the spot.
But after experiencing the suffocating pressure of death earlier, she quickly bent slightly and said tremblingly, "Yes! I'll end the battle immediately!"
Without hesitation,
the serpent demon turned around, abandoning any playful thoughts. She reverted to her true form and, amidst the Professionals' cries of despair…
Boom!!
The colossal Frost Python charged into the group of Professionals like a bulldozer!
Within moments, she slaughtered all the Professionals.
In less than a minute,
the battle was over.
Under the Frost Python's full strength, the Professionals stood no chance and were mercilessly crushed!
However…
"Anyone who dares take a bite of these Professionals' bodies, I'll kill you!"
Just as the water monsters were about to gleefully feast on the human corpses, the Frost Python issued a severe warning.
"What…"
The water monsters were dumbfounded!
Seriously, boss?!
The minions fought hard, so why couldn't they enjoy the food?
Was the boss planning to keep all the delicacies for herself?
That didn't seem fair, did it?
For a moment, discontent brewed among the water monsters.
But the Frost Python didn't bother to explain. Instead, she gave another order: "Burn all the bodies right now!"
"Boss, why?"
A level-139 one-armed crab monster couldn't help but ask.
"I said burn them! Do you need a reason?"
"What? You're questioning my orders? Or are you planning to rebel?"
The Frost Python's icy serpent eyes swept over the monsters.
Every monster under her gaze shivered and quickly lowered their heads.
Soon…
A few water monsters adept at fire magic stepped forward, gathered the human corpses, and with a whoosh, a blazing fire reduced them all to ashes.
The water monsters drooled at the tantalizing aroma.
But then…
Tap!
The sound of footsteps echoed.
The water monsters turned in unison, only to see a human youth completely ignoring their presence. Leisurely, he hopped onto the low peak and bent down to pick the Holy Snow Celestial Lotuses.
The water monsters were stunned.
"What the hell! He dares touch the boss's SS-grade spiritual herbs?!"
The one-armed crab monster, the Frost Python's trusted lieutenant, was furious.
Just as it prepared to dash forward and use its sharp claws to snip off the youth's head…
Bang!!
A white serpent tail swept the crab monster away, slamming it into a snowdrift. Its fate was unknown.
The water monsters: "???"
They turned back to their boss, only to see her completely unbothered as the human plucked the Holy Snow Celestial Lotuses.
Huh?
What…
What's going on?
The water monsters felt their understanding of the world collapse.
It was bad enough that their boss forbade them from eating the Professionals' corpses.
But now she wasn't eating them herself either! Instead, she had them burned!
And worse still…
Their boss, who usually valued the Holy Snow Celestial Lotuses above all else, was letting an unremarkable human casually take them.
When the crab lieutenant tried to stop him, it was punished instead!
The water monsters felt like they were dreaming.
Seeing her minions' bewildered faces, the white-dress serpent demon sighed and used Transmission Skill to explain:
"That human… we cannot provoke him! If you dare to, you'll die!"
"So don't court death. Got it?"
The water monsters: "…"
That human? Strong?
Seriously?
But with the boss's stern warning, they could only shrink back, not daring to act.
After picking the Holy Snow Celestial Lotuses, Ling Zhan started walking toward another part of the snowy region.
He was unfamiliar with the Radiant Secret Realm and had no idea how many areas it contained or its full scale.
All he could do was proceed step by step.
He hoped his three teammates had enough luck to survive until they regrouped.
After walking a while, Ling Zhan noticed the white-dress serpent demon cautiously following him from a distance.
He turned to her and asked, "Do you still need something?"
Startled, the serpent demon quickly approached and whispered, "Senior, I believe you're unfamiliar with the Radiant Secret Realm, right?"
Ling Zhan nodded indifferently.
It was his first time here—of course he was unfamiliar.
He hadn't expected the secret realm to be so vast, with an endless snowy region.
Besides…
The serpent demon calling him "senior"…
He was only nineteen, not even twenty yet.
In a few months, he'd officially turn twenty.
Compared to this 100+ year-old serpent demon, he was practically a baby.
"Go ahead. What do you want from me?" Ling Zhan asked calmly.
"Ah… well, I thought you might need a guide, right?"
"If you don't mind, I could… um, be your guide?"
"I'm quite familiar with the Radiant Secret Realm," the serpent demon said cautiously.
The water monsters trailing from afar were utterly dumbfounded!
Each of them rubbed their ears in disbelief, thinking their boss had lost her mind!
A level-150 mutated Frost Python, who could potentially reach level 170 after hundreds of years of training in this resource-rich realm…
At level 170, she could leave the secret realm and enter the real world!
And now, she was willingly offering to be a guide for an unremarkable human?!
Was this some kind of joke?