126: Chapter 126 You're so dense, think fast!

This strike was fast, accurate, and ruthless!

If a Peak Fourth-Order martial artist were to take this hit, they would undoubtedly die.

But Bai Lan is a Tier 5 Great Demon!

She is a Phantom Demon Fox with a trace of divine beast bloodline!

Even though she lacks combat experience, her instinct as a beast, carved into her bones, is sharp to the extreme.

Just at the moment Poison Python's claws descended.

Bai Lan didn't even turn her head.

She just instinctively felt something dirty behind her and threw a backhanded elbow strike!

"Thud!!!"

This blow landed squarely on Poison Python's wrist.

"Crack!"

The sound of bone fracturing was clearly audible.

"Hiss—ah—!!"

Poison Python let out a painful hiss, his entire body sent flying back a dozen meters by the brute force, clutching his wrist with a look of shock.

His wrist bone... actually cracked?

Cracked by a casual elbow from this delicate-looking little girl?

Poison Python was terrified.

He finally understood why this silly fox had managed to survive until now.

This stat monster is simply unreasonable!

Poison Python took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the intense pain.

He knew that when it came to physical combat, he was definitely no match for this stat monster.

"Hmph, just brute strength."

"Since I can't beat her head-on, I'll play dirty!"

Poison Python sneered and his figure disappeared into the void again.

"Subspace, Poison Domain!"

Hum!

The surrounding space instantly twisted.

The originally fresh valley was instantly shrouded in dark green poisonous fog.

This poisonous fog could not only corrode the body but also paralyze the nerves and even block perception!

Bai Lan was originally preparing to rush up and land a couple more punches on Poison Python, but instead, she dove headfirst into the poisonous fog.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"It stinks! What is this smell?"

Bai Lan covered her nose, truly overwhelmed by the stench, wandering around in the poisonous fog like a headless fly.

"Hehehe..."

Poison Python's voice came from all directions, erratic and elusive:

"Naive little thing."

"Welcome to my home turf."

"In this domain, I am god!"

"No matter how strong you are, what's the point if you can't hit anyone?"

"Slowly feel the despair... when your demon power is eroded by the toxins, that will be the time for me to enjoy a grand feast!"

In the center of the poisonous fog, Bai Lan, who possessed the terrifying strength of a Tier 5, was currently like a lost little girl, covering her mouth and nose, stumbling through the mist.

She had the strength to shake mountains and earth, yet she couldn't find a target to unleash it on.

Whenever she wanted to rush to the east, Poison Python's cold voice would come from the west.

Just as she turned to throw a punch, she only hit the air.

"Nya-nya-nya!"

"Can't hit me, I'm going to make you so mad!"

Poison Python's voice drifted left and right, full of mockery and ridicule:

"Possessing a mountain of treasure without knowing it."

"Your combat awareness isn't even as good as a newborn snake!"

"Just lie down obediently and let me devour your bloodline; that is the best destination for trash like you!"

"You're the trash! Your whole family is trash!"

Bai Lan was so angry that tears welled up in her eyes, her two fox ears drooping, feeling extremely aggrieved.

She wanted to go home, wanted to eat potato chips, and didn't want to play hide-and-seek with this slippery bad guy anymore.

...

The sky had turned completely black.

It wasn't that night had fallen, but rather that the sunlight had been completely blocked by that sky-piercing, dark green demonic aura.

"Hiss—hiss—"

Countless giant pythons formed from poisonous gas coiled and hissed in the air, surrounding the entire valley tightly.

In the very center of the poisonous fog, the Tier 5 Great Demon Poison Python stood in the air, his black robes dancing wildly, like a demon god descended upon the world.

He had won.

Completely won.

Bai Lan, that "silly fox" who possessed a Tier 5 bloodline but had zero combat experience, was now trapped within his Poison Domain.

The dark green poisonous fog was like a giant cage, slowly devouring Bai Lan's pure demon power bit by bit.

"Cough, cough..."

Inside the formation, Bai Lan curled up, hugging her knees, her originally rosy little face now deathly pale.

The two fox ears on top of her head, which were usually lively and perky, now drooped powerlessly.

Her movements were becoming slower and slower, and her gaze began to unfocus; clearly, she had reached the end of her rope.

"Hahahaha!!"

Watching this scene, Poison Python let out a wild laugh that shook the valley:

"Do you see?"

"This is power! This is wisdom!"

"Even if you are a born divine beast, so what? In front of my poison formation, you are nothing but a lamb waiting to be slaughtered!"

Poison Python spread his arms, enjoying this supreme moment.

The great enemy was captured, the beast horde surrounded them, and thousands of hostages were in his hands.

Right now, he was the absolute ruler of this Mist Swamp!

"Roar—!!"

The surrounding beast horde also let out a deafening roar, as if welcoming the birth of a new king.

Under this terrifying sound wave and Tier 5 pressure, the students from various classes turned pale, many already collapsed in the mud, not even daring to make a sound while crying, their eyes filled with the fear of death.

Even the usually arrogant Lu Xingye, Xiang Batian, and the others were now iron-faced, the veins on their hands gripping their weapons bulging, yet they felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

Poison Python's strength was simply too strong for them right now!

Teacher Shen Qing was supported by Su Nuonuo; she looked at the arrogant Poison Python, then at the trapped Bai Lan, her eyes filled with desperate unwillingness.

Although the seal within her body had loosened a little, it was only enough to let her stand up.

Facing a Tier 5 Great Demon in his prime, with the added benefit of his Supernatural Ability, she was currently a useless person.

"Could it be... that we really have to watch that little girl get eaten?"

Teacher Shen Qing's heart was torn.

Just at this moment of total despair.

In the crowd, there was one person who seemed out of place.

Jiang You.

He didn't kneel, nor did he tremble.

He didn't even glance at Poison Python, who was showing off in the sky.

He sat in the mud, still clutching that silver box tightly in his arms.

But his gaze pierced through the layers of the crowd, through the thick poisonous fog, and fixed firmly on the girl who was curled up and shivering.

The girl who had opened the door for him not long ago, invited him to drink porridge, and though she was silly, smiled very sweetly.

"Cough, cough... Big brother... you lied..."

In the poisonous fog, Bai Lan seemed to sense something; she looked in Jiang You's direction, dazed, and murmured:

"You said... as long as I didn't go out... I would be fine..."

Jiang You didn't know why, but he just felt like he had heard her words.

This sentence was like a needle, stabbing fiercely into Jiang You's heart.

Jiang You's hand gripped the handle of the box tightly.

The careless, slacker expression that usually hung on his face had vanished.

Replacing it was an unprecedented gravity and an undisguisable agitation.

"If I don't save her..."

"She will really die."

If it were before, Jiang You might have chosen to lay low; after all, if the sky fell, the tall people would hold it up.

But now, the tall one, Teacher Shen Qing, had fallen, and the other tall one, Bai Lan, was about to die.

And those bad guys were preparing to revel on their corpses.

"No..."

"Absolutely not!"

Jiang You's breathing became rapid.

He looked at the classmates around him who wore expressions of despair, looked at Teacher Shen Qing who was still forcing herself not to fall so she could protect the students, and then looked at Bai Lan, who was about to be devoured.

A nameless fire burned wildly in his chest.

"Although I want to be a slacker..."

"But I don't want to be a coward!"

"And I certainly don't want to watch a friend who invited me to eat die in front of me!"

"But... what should I do?"

"What should I do?"

"Even Teacher Shen was kicked away by the opponent; what can I possibly do?"

"What should I do?"

Jiang You's Brain began to run wildly, but the more anxious he became, the more chaotic his thinking was.

The clever Brain that usually could come up with all sorts of twisted logic and always justify itself with bizarre reasoning was now like a crashed computer, completely blank.

"Think fast!"

"Jiang You! Didn't you pride yourself on seeing through the ways of the world?"

"Didn't you always feel that as long as you laid flat, everything could be solved?"

"Now, lying flat only means watching your friend die in front of you! Move your Brain!"

He urged himself frantically in his heart; the pressure of reality made all opportunism seem pale and powerless.

Poison Python's loud laughter continued:

"Hahahaha! Tremble! Wail!"

"This is the fate of the weak!"

"Minions! Get ready! Witness the moment I become a god!"

Poison Python opened his big mouth, and a terrifying suction force erupted, preparing to forcibly extract Bai Lan's essence and blood.

Many people had already closed their eyes in despair.

Just at this moment.

Jiang You, who had been sitting there in silence, suddenly shook all over.

His eyes instantly became bloodshot, the veins on his forehead bulged, and his entire face turned red from the extreme effort of thinking and the inner torment.

He could no longer sit still.

"Dead Brain!!"

Jiang You stood up abruptly from the rock, the movement so large that it directly knocked over the box behind him.

"Think fast!!!!"

This roar was abrupt and shrill.

In this deathly despair, it was like a thunderclap, exploding in everyone's ears.