Lu Zhi was pulled into a corridor of memories, disappearing for five minutes.
During these five minutes, Shen Qi could only sense Lu Zhi's location vaguely. He was in an independent space created by the Serpent God, and Shen Qi could not enter by any means, reminding him of his past helplessness.
Therefore, Shen Qi went berserk, and the entire Kunsa underwent earth-shattering changes.
The Serpent God awakened from its slumber. The Kunsa Forest was the Serpent God's dormant body; the entire mountain range was the Serpent God's massive serpentine form. A single movement caused seismic shifts.
Lu Chengxuan and others emerged from the Serpent God Tower, only to see a colossal white python that blotted out the sky, confronting Shen Qi who was suspended in the air.
"Wh-what's going on?" Chu Shi Ling and the others, standing on the only relatively intact mountaintop, looked at Shen Qi's suspended form with disbelief.
Lu Chengxuan's pupils constricted, a rare expression of shock on his face.
Li Mei trembled, "President, Captain Shen, how can he be... a god?"
Regardless of who it was, anyone who witnessed Shen Qi's pair of fiery gold and silver-ringed pupils, and the powerful, unparalleled pressure he exuded, surpassing all beings, would know that he was a god they could not defeat.
Even the wooden Mu Sen couldn't help but say fearfully, "President, Captain Shen is, is... a deity."
Chu Shi Ling, at such a moment, still had the mood for teasing, "President, Little Brother Lu... has truly found a powerful... boyfriend."
Lu Chengxuan's gaze darkened, "Shut up. Let's leave here first."
The Serpent God had awakened, and the entire Kunsa Forest was its coiling serpentine body. Its silvery scales reflected iridescent light under the sun, and the pressure was unbearable for them, who were at the center of the vortex.
Lu Chengxuan had to tear apart a precious teleportation scroll to transport them out of Kunsa Forest.
Within the Serpent God Tower, the domain unfolded by the slumbering Serpent God prevented any spatial abilities from being used; teleportation scrolls, being a form of spatial compression, were also unusable.
Now that the Serpent God had awakened and its domain was lifted, Lu Chengxuan could use the teleportation array. Before leaving, he glanced deeply at Shen Qi and said, "Take good care of my brother."
...
Shen Qi, clad in a black and gold robe that reflected scarlet light under the sun, his fiery gold and silver-ringed pupils coldly looking down at the silver giant python, hundreds of times larger than him, spoke in a commanding tone, "Give him back to me!"
A swarm of Manjusaka flowers and red-tailed moths swept in like a tidal wave, their petals obscuring the sky, converging like a river above the Serpent God.
The Serpent God flicked its tongue, its golden-blue serpentine eyes revealing a depth of experience from long ages. Its voice, like that of an ancient and weathered elder, said slowly, "It hasn't been long, and you're already so impatient."
Shen Qi's pupils flashed with a red glow. The vast Manjusaka flowers and red-tailed moths coiled around the Serpent God's body in circles. Its silver scales emitted brilliant iridescent light, clashing with the crimson sea of flowers with a sound like metal striking metal.
A massive serpent tail swept towards the whirlpool of flowers. The colossal tail, like a silver blade, seemed slow but carried a ferocious, heavy impact. With a bang, the shockwaves from the collision of the two forces destroyed large swathes of surrounding forest and mountains.
Shen Qi's gaze deepened, his expression growing colder. He raised his left hand high, and the flying flowers converged wildly into his palm. A crimson longsword emanated a terrifying pressure, bursting with a bloodthirsty glow that further intensified the sinister look in Shen Qi's fiery gold and silver-ringed pupils.
Seeing the sword in Shen Qi's hand, the Serpent God realized he was getting serious and quickly said, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, you! Why are you so impatient? Don't you understand respect for the elders... wait, wait, wait, I'll give him back, I'll give him back."
Under Shen Qi's martial threat, the golden vertical stripe between the Serpent God's brows suddenly emitted a blinding light. The next moment, Lu Zhi, enveloped in a golden sphere, appeared before them.
Shen Qi instantly moved, pulling him tightly into his embrace. He reached out to caress Lu Zhi's sleeping face, his eyes sharp as he checked his health. He then coldly scanned the approaching serpentine eyes of the Serpent God, "What did you do to him?"
The Serpent God slowly coiled back to the ground, its serpentine body visibly transforming back into the shape of the mountain range from its tail. It said, "I merely retrieved the memory fragments stored with me. He will wake up soon."
The Serpent God's head gradually reverted to the silver forest and lake that Lu Zhi had seen. Its voice, filled with ancient weariness, carried a trace of fatigue as it said, "The time is not yet right. Do not disturb this old man's sleep..."
Shen Qi held Lu Zhi tightly, his dark eyes sweeping over the Serpent God's dormant body. A black spatial rift opened behind him, and in an instant, he vanished from the spot.
The Kunsa Forest returned to its peaceful state, as if everything that had just happened was merely a dream.
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