Invincible Snake Emperor-Chapter 74 - 73: Giving In

Jiang Xingze's heart sank as if filled with cold lead. The King Cobra was one of the world's most dangerous snakes. It opened its mouth, revealing its fangs, its eyes gleaming as it stared him down.

He had nowhere to hide and nowhere to retreat. The fear of death completely shattered his final defenses.

THUD...

As if all his strength had been drained, his eyes devoid of light, Jiang Xingze dropped heavily to his knees before the Silver White Snake not far away. He pressed his head firmly to the ground and, trembling, cried out, "Long live the Snake King! Please, Snake King, spare my life!"

He kept his head bowed, his teeth chattering, his eyes flashing with irrepressible shame.

He had never been so humiliated in his life.

"Look, the kid's finally caved. How dare he act so presumptuously before the Snake King? He totally brought this on himself."

"Someone like him deserves to be bitten to death by a venomous snake. First he refused to acknowledge the Snake King, and now he's on his knees begging for mercy. He's completely shameless, with no sense of decency."

"Little bastard! Daring to cause trouble on our She Mountain. He deserves to be taught a lesson."

Jiang Xingze's kneeling and his pleas for mercy made the crowd burst into unrestrained, open mockery. They pointed and jeered, making no attempt to hide their disgust for him.

"What do you think? Will the Snake King spare him or kill him?"

When someone asked this, everyone's heart skipped a beat. If someone actually died on She Mountain, it wouldn't be fun anymore. The situation would be completely different. It would attract the police.

"Please, Snake King, spare my life... spare my life..."

Jiang Xingze didn't dare lift his head. He just trembled all over, muttering to himself as tears streamed uncontrollably down his face.

He honestly wanted to die right then. The surrounding mockery was like a formless blade, dealing him the most fatal of blows.

The more arrogant a person, the stronger their pride. But now, in this moment, Jiang Xingze's pride was being ruthlessly trampled, shattered, and ground into dust.

RUSTLE RUSTLE RUSTLE...

After a long moment, Jiang Xingze suddenly felt his surroundings grow quiet. There were no hisses from the Snake Race. Stunned, he looked up. Where were the venomous snakes? He couldn't see a single one.

He was instantly overjoyed. It seemed this one act of kneeling had saved his life.

"Long live the Snake King! The Snake King is merciful!"

"Long live the Snake King! The Snake King is merciful!"

"Long live the Snake King! The Snake King is merciful!"

A tsunami of cheers instantly erupted from the crowd. The Snake King had the heart of a Bodhisattva; it hadn't taken Jiang Xingze's life. Subtly, its status in the hearts of Bai Town's Snake Catchers grew even higher, more real. This was the Divine Spirit they worshipped from house to house.

In the eyes of the people of Bai Town, both the House Snake and the Snake King were incarnations of kindness. They performed good deeds and accumulated merit, never straying into evil paths or causing harm.

There's a saying that a snake feels no pity for a sleeping person, describing the viciousness of a venomous snake. But the Snake King was different; it would forgive the guilty.

It gave you a chance to turn over a new leaf.

Suddenly, the image of this Silver White Snake became tall and majestic. Though its body was only a little over a meter long, it seemed as vast and imposing as a Divine Dragon.

At this moment, not far from the edge of the jungle, a delicate and beautiful young woman was gracefully walking toward this area.

Meilin couldn't rest easy, knowing that Tu Xiao'an had gone up the mountain to catch the Supreme Profound Snake. She wasn't worried that Tu Xiao'an couldn't handle the Supreme Profound Snake, but about the Snake Catchers swarming all over the mountain.

'Because of the Supreme Profound Snake, Bai Town has been swept up in another snake-catching craze. And you, a snake, instead of hiding, you go and join the crowd? Isn't that just asking for death?'

So Meilin decided to go up the mountain. She asked for news along the way, questioning many Snake Catchers, and slowly made her way to the outskirts of the jungle.

When Meilin walked into the jungle, she was utterly stunned by what she saw.

A dense crowd of Snake Catchers was kneeling on the ground, as if an ancient Emperor had arrived and the entire populace was prostrating. It was a scene rarely witnessed in modern society, unless perhaps at a temple with particularly fervent worshippers.

'What in the world happened here?'

Seeing the Snake Catchers kneeling all over the ground, Meilin was half-dazed and half-stupefied, completely bewildered. Her mind, at a loss, was a total blank.

'Why is everyone kneeling? And who are they kneeling to?'

Gradually, her beautiful eyes followed the direction everyone was kneeling. The moment she looked, her eyes widened as she stared, dumbfounded, at a resplendent Silver White Snake standing tall and proud in the center of the clearing.

"Xiao'an?"

She cried out in shock, covering her mouth in disbelief.

'Are all these Snake Catchers kneeling to... him?'

'No way. It's impossible. Why would Snake Catchers kneel to a snake? Only the legendary Snake King would receive such treatment.'

'Oh no, Xiao'an could be in danger.'

'There are too many Snake Catchers here. And Xiao'an, a House Snake, is clearly of an extraordinary breed—he looks like a rare species at first glance. For a snake like him to stand so brazenly in front of all these Snake Catchers... isn't that just asking to be killed?'

At this thought, Meilin's heart fluttered in panic. Without a second thought, she quickly ran over.

At that moment, Tu Xiao'an watched Jiang Xingze kneel and surrender to him. He raised an eyebrow and a faint, playful smile touched his lips.

'Hmph, weren't you acting all high and mighty? Why'd you cave so easily?'

But it wasn't surprising that Jiang Xingze had surrendered. Surrounded by over a thousand venomous snakes, stared down by a King Cobra more than three meters long... the hand of the Death God had practically closed around him.

'Who would choose death when they could live? Everyone's afraid of dying.'

Since Jiang Xingze had surrendered, Tu Xiao'an withdrew the venomous snakes surrounding him. As he'd thought before, he had no desire to kill a person publicly, to become a killer snake.

Besides, Jiang Xingze hadn't committed any real crime. He was just being an ass. A small lesson would suffice.

And it was a lesson he would surely never forget for the rest of his life.

Suddenly, a refreshing, sweet fragrance tickled his nose, instantly revitalizing his spirits. Before Tu Xiao'an could even look, he was enveloped in a soft, gentle embrace, surrounded by an intoxicating scent.

"Sister Meilin?"

Immediately, Tu Xiao'an saw a charming, beautiful face and let out a sound of surprise.

"Xiao'an, you're being too reckless! Why are you here? It's too dangerous!"

Meilin anxiously hugged the Silver White Snake tightly in her arms. Her ample, high bosom heaved up and down, a very eye-catching sight.

'Dangerous? What danger?'

He had accidentally become the Snake King and was enjoying treatment fit for an Emperor.

Meilin's arrival, and her embrace of the snake, instantly silenced the somewhat lively scene. Every person kneeling on the ground stared at the delicate beauty with horrified eyes, filled with disbelief.

'How dare she hold the Snake King in her arms? Such audacity! It's unforgivable.'

'The Snake King is supreme, a Divine Spirit worshipped by the people of Bai Town! How could it possibly be held in a woman's arms?'

Suddenly, quite a few people recognized Meilin.

'The widow, Lady Bai?'

'What? She's a widow who supposedly brought misfortune upon her husband? This is simply a defilement of the Snake King!'

In an instant, many people began to seethe with indignation. The air grew agitated, as if it were boiling, as though Meilin had committed some monumental and unforgivable sin.