Invincible Snake Emperor-Chapter 174 - 171: Eaten in One Bite

"Vampire Snake, hurry up and kill it for me! No, go and capture it. I'm going to personally grind this snake's bones to dust!"

The crazed Jiang Xingze came before the colossal, towering Vampire Snake, looking as vicious as a dog about to bite.

'Only the Vampire Snake can deal with this damn snake.'

But strangely, the Vampire Snake didn't move. Its serpentine eyes just kept flashing with a terrifying, vicious light, its thoughts unreadable.

"Go on! What are you standing there for? Can't you see your master is being bullied?"

When Jiang Xingze saw the Vampire Snake wasn't immediately obeying his command, he grew even more furious, an uncontrollable rage flashing in his eyes.

"Master?"

Tu Xiao'an was quite surprised to hear that. 'The Vampire Snake acknowledged Jiang Xingze as its master?'

'How is that possible? What right or ability does Jiang Xingze have to make the incredibly ferocious Vampire Snake acknowledge him as its master?'

'What on earth happened between them?'

When it came to the Vampire Snake, probably no one in the world understood it better than Tu Xiao'an.

Even Dr. Snake back then had only managed to control it using a Snake Spirit. And as the Vampire Snake's power continued to skyrocket, controlling it became even more difficult. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Not to mention the Vampire Snake of today, which had mastered the Flame Power. It had essentially ascended the throne; it was no longer what it used to be.

'How could it possibly submit to a human and obey his commands?'

'With its bloodline, what are humans? Nothing more than trash.'

Besides, in that brief moment, Tu Xiao'an had clearly sensed the Killing Intent emanating from the Vampire Snake, and that Killing Intent wasn't directed at him.

On the contrary, it was aimed at Jiang Xingze. The Vampire Snake must truly despise this human.

"Go! Or are you afraid of that damn snake too?" Seeing the Vampire Snake remain motionless, Jiang Xingze was about to explode with rage. This was especially true since the Gold and Silver Snake was looking down on him with a lofty, disdainful gaze, as if watching a buffoon trying to play to the crowd.

It was as if it were saying, 'Why would the Vampire Snake listen to you? Who do you think you are?'

He was about to explode on the spot.

Jiang Xingze felt like he was going mad. He started punching and kicking the colossal Vampire Snake with all his might. "You beast! Didn't you hear your master's command? Go and capture that snake for me! This is an order! Do you understand what an order is?"

"You beast! You think you can disobey your master's orders just because you've gotten stronger? Without me, you'd still be locked in a cage at Shanye Group!"

"Beast... Beast... Beast..."

Jiang Xingze was hysterical, his unusually savage face like that of a crazed cat, baring its sharp teeth as he shrieked.

He understood full well that without the Vampire Snake, even ten of him couldn't deal with the hovering Gold and Silver Snake.

'To be revered as the Snake King by the people of Bai Town, to escape from the hands of his master, Dr. Snake... this snake seems to have gotten even more powerful.'

He had to get his revenge. Jiang Xingze would probably even be willing to perish together with this damn snake.

"Vampire Snake, to think you'd acknowledge this human as your master. I really overestimated you. You've brought shame to our entire Snake Race."

Tu Xiao'an saw Jiang Xingze punching and kicking the Vampire Snake, whose Killing Intent was intensifying, seemingly on the verge of erupting.

So, he decided to add some fuel to the fire.

Normally, Jiang Xingze wouldn't have dared to roar at and attack the Vampire Snake like this, let alone call it a "beast" over and over. But right now, he had almost completely lost his mind.

That single act of kneeling had shattered all his reason.

"Have you had enough, you lowly human?"

A terrifying aura swept out from the Vampire Snake. Flames burst forth from its body, threatening to incinerate everything. Its pair of bell-sized, serpentine eyes stared death at the crazed Jiang Xingze, emanating an intense Killing Intent and a terrifying presence as hopeless as the abyss.

Jiang Xingze felt a sudden fear. Killing Intent—a terrifying Killing Intent—was emanating from the Vampire Snake, enveloping him.

"You... What are you trying to do? I'm your master! Are you trying to kill your master?"

Jiang Xingze couldn't help but step back, his lips and cheeks pale and drawn. He knew the Vampire Snake's Killing Intent all too well.

'Does it want to kill me?'

The Vampire Snake stared deadly at Jiang Xingze, flames burning within its eyes. A flash of cruel viciousness crossed its face as it spoke in a voice that sounded like both a grievance and a sob, "This king has tolerated you for a long time, lowly human. You have no more use to me. You can die now."

'Use?'

Hearing this, Jiang Xingze was stunned. 'Could it be that the Vampire Snake only acknowledged him as its master to use him? To use him to escape from Shanye Group, to use him to reach the depths of Snake Gully?'

'Now that it has defeated the King of Snake Gully and mastered the Flame, it seems it really doesn't need me anymore.'

A man ought to know his place. Jiang Xingze had realized this too late. 'Was I just complaining in front of the Vampire Snake because I didn't think I was dying fast enough?'

"No... Vampire Snake, you can't kill me! I'm your master! Even if you don't acknowledge me as your master anymore, we can still part on good terms!"

Fear filled Jiang Xingze's face as the Vampire Snake's Killing Intent, as deep as an abyss, enveloped him. Suddenly, Jiang Xingze recalled the words his master, Chen Mo, had said to him in the cage.

"Ze'er, you can't control this snake..."

Back then, Jiang Xingze wouldn't listen, but now, it seemed he had no choice but to believe it.

He had originally wanted the Vampire Snake to help him get revenge. Clearly, he had been thinking too much. Now, whether he could even save his own skin was another question entirely.

"This king will not kill you."

A sliver of joy surged in Jiang Xingze's heart, but in the next instant, the Vampire Snake revealed a savage grin. Though it was smiling, its bloodthirsty Snake Gaze was incomparably cold, its vicious glint flaring. "This king will simply eat you whole. Do you know why I'm only eating you now?"

"Because this king was raising you to make you more delicious."

Jiang Xingze's heart suddenly clenched, and an uncontrollable chill ran through him. 'Raising me? Was it waiting for me to become a Human Awakened?'

'Would I be more nutritious that way?'

Jiang Xingze's face was ashen. He could only feel cold sweat trickling down his spine. Teaming up with the Vampire Snake was undoubtedly a suicide mission.

"No... You can't eat me! Your blood flows in my veins! We're connected by blood!"

It would have been better if he hadn't said that. The moment he did, the Vampire Snake's aura surged violently, its eyes looked as if they would spew flames, and it roared with a Spiritual and Fierce voice, "Lowly human, is your body worthy of carrying this king's blood?"

A Snake Spirit that had cultivated and evolved to this Level was extremely arrogant and looked down on everything. In their eyes, humans were, on the contrary, Low Rank creatures.

"You can't eat me! Without me, you'd still be locked in a cage at Shanye Group!" Jiang Xingze was scared, truly scared now. He kept backing away, wishing he could sprout a pair of wings and fly away.

A vicious light flared in the Vampire Snake's eyes. A venomous glint flashed as it opened its cavernous mouth wide, like a fierce tiger charging out of the mountains, and lunged to bite Jiang Xingze.

It was fast, as fast as lightning. In the blink of an eye, before Jiang Xingze could even react, his world plunged into endless darkness as the Vampire Snake swallowed him whole.

He didn't even have time to let out a scream, let alone leave any last words.

It was simple, casual. For the thirty-meter-long Vampire Snake, eating a person was now far too easy—just like a person taking a bite of a chicken leg.