A flying kick from the side sent the great serpent crashing into the wall; its momentum and aura felt remarkably like a Sandwich-chan flying kick.
Even the damage was dispersed; its massive body and scales distributed the impact force remarkably well.
At the same time, based on Jean's observations, this snake seemed to possess the ability to treat its entire body as a single unit to absorb blows.
The damage from the attacks was evenly distributed across its massive frame and didn't even manage to penetrate deep into its body.
Come to think of it, if such a colossal creature didn't have a method like this, wouldn't it just be meat on a chopping block, waiting to be slaughtered?
Of course, it was still painful. Seeing its pained expression, Jean, thinking,'Since it's already fallen into the well, I might as well throw a stone in too,' activated the pain-amplification spell once again.
Intense pain swept through its head, causing it to let out another deafening roar.
At this point, the great serpent no longer intended to hold back. Originally, it hadn't taken the little thing before it seriously at all; it was just a bit annoying, nothing compared to the terrifying monsters it had seen before.
But it hadn't expected that its forbearance would only embolden the other party to push its luck, crazily targeting the most painful spots. If this could be tolerated, what couldn't? Once a king of the vast lands, it, too, had its own temper.
It quickly coiled its massive body, assuming an offensive stance, while gathering all its strength. A few seconds later, it launched itself instantaneously at an unnatural speed.
Using a principle like a spring, the great serpent launched its body into the sky.
This move looked easy to dodge, but the threat within it wasn't just the great serpent's body itself; it was also the impact of the air currents carried by those massive scales.
The impact force generated by breaking the sound barrier in an instant was no less than an explosion caused by high-energy explosives.
At the same time, the total kinetic energy it carried was terrifyingly immense. The most crucial point was that the entire width of the rift was within the range of influence; in fact, because its range was wider than the rift, it gouged two semicircular notches out of the rock walls on both sides.
Facing this earth-shattering scene, Jean was right in the middle of the giant serpent's path. From the giant serpent's perspective, the annoying little thing before it would be crushed into powder in the next second.
Its guess was correct. In the next second, Jean turned directly into silver-white 'powder', but this wasn't caused by its impact; it was due to Jean's most effective ability: [Sacrificial Domain]
A moment later, high in the air, Jean shaped the stardust crystal into something resembling a human body, watching the great serpent that had already leapt out of the rift and was thrashing about at an altitude of several hundred meters.
A colossal creature over a hundred meters long; although it looked comical, it was a scene that simply made one unable to laugh.
"Although I lured it out according to plan, can this thing really land safely?"
Just as Jean was worrying about it, the great serpent suddenly twisted its body in mid-air, and its massive tail swung toward Jean with the momentum of sweeping away an entire army.
Fortunately, Jean hadn't fully restored itself; it had only condensed the crystals generated by the Sacrificial Domain into a human shape. As the snake's tail swept through, it dispersed once again, remaining unaffected.
That such a large creature could still maneuver in mid-air truly startled Jean. But that wasn't all; seeing that the attack failed, the great serpent spewed black mist from its entire body before it began to fall, gaining a brief moment of suspension in the air.
Relying on this suspension, it turned its direction and prepared to dive back into the rift from before.
Jean was certainly not going to let it succeed, so it flew forward. However, at this moment, Jean remained cautious and still did not deactivate the Sacrificial Domain state.
Utilizing the remaining duration, it approached rapidly.
Sure enough, at this moment, the great serpent seemed to feel it had seized an opportunity, and the scales all over its body began to bulge.
With an effect similar to a rattlesnake, it generated a high-frequency impact filled with energy. The power was so great that even several of its own scales—the ones that had been attacked by Jean—shattered into pieces.
The scales that had been able to withstand Jean's full-power strike without collapsing had unexpectedly met their final fate in this way, which also reflected just how dangerous the area around the great serpent was at this moment.
Fortunately, the performance of the Sacrificial Domain was truly reliable, lasting long enough. Only after the great serpent finally exhausted itself and stopped vibrating did Jean forcibly restore its original form.
But that was enough. Spreading wings made of stardust crystal, it created dozens of wind orbs in one go, thus pushing the entire great serpent onto the vast plain at the edge of the rift.
As the great serpent fell heavily to the ground, Jean drew White Wind and began to charge up energy: "Are you ready for the second round!"
On the open ground, Jean's advantage could finally be brought into play, and that was high speed.
Although Jean had developed in many directions during the battles of these past few days, when facing this God - Lower Rank great serpent, the only thing that could count as an advantage was high speed.
Or perhaps it should be called high mobility.
The great serpent's speed was not slow either, but given its size, it had plenty of explosive power but was not quick to start, so Jean could do many things based on this difference in starting speed.
It was just that back at the bottom of the rift, it simply couldn't perform, feeling rather like the lack of freedom from having the domain restricted to x, z ∈ R, y ∈ [-1, 1].
The energy charge on the blade was complete; White Wind once again took the form of a beam saber. With a fearless smile, Jean flew toward the great serpent.
When the tail sweep came, it sank downwards, turning into an arc of light, leaving only residual white particles.
When it side-swiped, it flew upwards, simultaneously leaving a scorch mark on the scales.
Flying up and down, Jean thoroughly toyed with the great serpent in the palm of its hand.
In fact, the great serpent originally had a countermeasure; any enemy that approached it would be pulverized into powder by the sonic blasts of its scales.
It was just that it had misjudged the situation in the air and used up this trump card; it would take tens of minutes for the energy to refill the scales.
Although Jean did not know the exact cooldown time, how could it let such an opportunity slip by?
As the confrontation continued, Jean put in all its effort, delivering a downward thrust that drove the blade deep into the gap between the scales, followed by an upward slash that sent the entire scale along with a chunk of flesh flying.
And beneath the flesh exposed under the scale, the sound of the great serpent's massive heart beating was clearly audible.
"Finally found it!"
Under Jean's manipulation, the death energy in the entire area began to churn, converging toward the palm of Jean's hand.
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