432 The Donkey Wins All! (1/2)

Everything was happening too quickly. Wang Baole had been prepared to fight with his life. He had been prepared to use his last resort and transform the entire city into the Eternal Fortress in order to hold the giant python back.

To do so required time. The new city was too big. Its transformation needed to be carried out in steps. After transforming into the Eternal Fortress, its power would increase tremendously. However, the transformation would also inflict great damage to the city.

There was no time at present for him to do that. Once he activated the process, the entire new city would be destroyed. This was better than being a sitting duck, though. Wang Baole had made up his mind to fight with all that he had!

However… he hadn't yet realized his plan before the giant python's strange behavior made him pause. Especially… the way the python had stuck its tongue out and licked its lips. It seemed like a perfectly ordinary action, but somehow, Wang Baole found it extremely familiar.

He wasn't the only one who had frozen. Everyone around him had done the same. Even the black-robed man who had been standing nearby had done the same. Shock colored his eyes, and he seemed to be slightly bewildered.

As the crowd remained stunned by the giant python's strange move, the struggle in the giant python's eyes disappeared. It was replaced by a sudden bright light. It opened its mouth wide and let loose a piercing roar!

”Son!”

The sound exploded. It seemed to be able to pierce through one's eardrums. It thundered in all directions. The giant python swerved aside, no longer heading for Wang Baole but towards the distant sky which, to everyone's eyes, held nothing. It charged in that direction instead!

It was very, very fast—faster than it had been before. Its agility and speed surpassed what it had shown previously. It gave the crowd the feeling that it had been controlled by someone else previously and had now come alive!

Its astonishing speed, its sudden agility, and its roar all seemed incredible in the eyes of the black-robed man. He wasn't able to escape in time. In the blink of an eye, the giant python approached and opened its wide, gaping mouth!

Shock overcame the black-robed man. He tried to fall back hastily, but it was too late. The giant python had clamped its mouth over his body and swallowed him whole!

At that moment, inside the Divine Armament Catacombs, behind the wall, in the unknown region where the Divine Armament rested, a howl that was immensely ancient, incredibly furious, and unbelievably disbelieving rang out.

”Impossible. This is impossible!”

”Why would the puppet go out of control? Damn it. How could it see me? How could it hurt my spirit body?”

”That's wrong. Something must have gone wrong!”

Roaring and howling erupted in the deepest level of the Divine Armament Catacombs without pause. If Wang Baole had been there, he would have been able to hear them. The voice was filled with madness and disbelief. It was filled with incredulity. The true form of the black-robed man was unable to discern the reason why his clone had been devoured.

Everything had been going well. His plan had been moving along flawlessly. He had been about to reap the rewards when, at that precise moment… something unexpected had happened!

This might have been an accident. However, the black-robed man didn't know that since the first day he had entered the new city, a donkey had sensed his presence and had been tracking his scent. It had been hunting him since then…

At present, inside the new city, the giant python had just swallowed the black-robed man, which nobody had been able to see. Then, it swung its tail in mid-air and turned around abruptly. Its eyes shone with satisfaction. Then, it noticed Wang Baole. It shrunk its neck back and displayed a look of innocence in its eyes instinctively. It seemed sheepish. It seemed afraid of Wang Baole finding out that it had just eaten something incredibly delicious.

Wang Baole had long gone into a dazed stupor. The earlier braying still rang in his ears. In his bewilderment, he saw the expression on the giant python's face. The same sense of incredulity that the black-robed man had experienced flooded Wang Baole's mind.

That cry and that expression were simply too familiar to Wang Baole. He couldn't help his next words.

”Scram?”

As soon as Wang Baole said that, inside Chen Mu's place of seclusion, blue veins popped out from Chen Mu's face. He let loose a furious roar. Madness colored his eyes, and his hands formed a series of hand seals as he tried to wrestle control of the puppet back. Everything had been going well despite a few hiccups. However, he had suddenly lost control of the puppet. It was as if someone had snatched control away from him!