When the familiar voice sounded in his ears, Linnard didn't say anything and rushed towards the entrance of the cave.

"Whoosh!"

A cool breeze blew behind him, and out of the corner of his eye he saw a ferocious iron hook sweeping past him.

His judgment was correct. The high priest had discovered Mark's death early in the morning and also knew that the 'Mark' in front of him was the intruder.

Otherwise, there is no need to call him out, especially in such an emergency.

The reason why I called him was just to paralyze 'Mark', who might be an enemy, and to take the lead in controlling him.

The high priest, who happened to encounter the intruder when he walked out of the room, frowned, and a killing intent flashed through his eyes.

"catch him!"

Its disgusting tone reached the ears of every snake-man nearby, containing infinite anger.

Linnard had a strong body, jumped up in the air and transformed into a human form. His strong explosive power made him jump directly over the last distance, and jumped out of the cave before all the snake people could react.

Muffled groans sounded one after another behind him, and he rolled and fell to the ground.

The earth shook and the mountains shook. The huge snake entwined on the church slowly opened its eyes and blocked the damaged hole in the wall with its body.

Its original intention was to block Linard's escape route, but because he had just woken up from his slumber, it was a step too late and did not block Linard. Instead, it blocked the snakemen following him.

The giant snake's pupils were dilated, as if it had lost consciousness. The snake's head was raised high, and pieces of gravel fell down, blocking the sky and the sun.

Lynard didn't waste time from the beginning. He ran towards the shore without looking back. The waves on both sides were slightly loose, and there were countless strange creatures lurking in the dark water.

The strengthened body can inspire terrifying explosive power. When running with both feet, he can step on the ground to create depressions, and his whole body is as fast as a bullet.

All this happened in a blink of an eye, almost simultaneously from the moment the high priest made a sound to the moment he jumped out of the church and ran towards the shore.

"Roar!"

The skin and flesh of the giant snake's head split open, and a snake-man head shrunk countless times grew out. If you look closely, it looks like the high priest.

It seemed to be controlling the unconscious giant snake, its eyes were spitting out anger, and the aura of the 'old days' on its body continued to escape, as if a high-ranking god had awakened and came to the world.

"Gulu gulu..."

The unusual sound of sea water was heard, and Linnard, who was running wildly, twitched his ears, and suddenly his body suddenly tilted and rolled.

A majestic giant snake's tail broke through the sea water next to it like a truck and swept towards him, but he narrowly avoided it.

"boom!"

A huge amount of sea water pours down, bringing a real drowning experience.

Lynard approached the shore, and in his field of vision, he spotted Althea who was hiding under the cliff according to his instructions.

His feet were entangled in the sea water, and his speed suddenly dropped a lot.

Linard, who was soaked all over, raised his right hand and gestured for Althea to climb onto the cliff immediately.

"call out--!"

A violent hurricane blew up, and the sea water quickly rose to above his knees. Countless giant snake bodies appeared on the sea level in the distance, rolling and surging towards him.

"Snapped!"

Linard's knees were slightly bent, and he jumped up diagonally to avoid the tip of the snake's tail. Several tentacles appeared strangely on his body and stretched out towards the shore at high speed, grabbing a tree and dragging him over.

Althea noticed Lynard's gesture early in the morning. She supported her weak body and activated the power of her bloodline again, with a faint fluorescence appearing on her body surface.

In this mode, she gained physical fitness far beyond that of ordinary people, and it only took her more than ten seconds to rush up the stairs to the cliff.

The tentacles growing out of Linnard's body were infused with a large amount of life force and gained strong power, becoming thick and ferocious.

He was exhausted after spending a lot of energy and energy, and his expression was cold and white.

Several tentacles spread out in the air one after another, advancing by constantly grabbing the fulcrum in front.

"Roar!"

Ordinary snake people could no longer catch up with the escaped sacrifices after losing the opportunity. The snake priests made a decisive decision and immediately controlled the bodies of their ancestors to pursue them personally.

Its snake tail split open, its head grew back, and its countless lengths of body shot towards the tiny human ant.

"boom!"

Rubbles exploded around him, and Linard stabilized his mind and dodged the attack.

His tentacles had an unusual talent for climbing, and they pulled him to the top of the cliff in just a few clicks.

Althea looked forward with fear in his eyes, not sure whether he was afraid of the inhuman Lynard or the majestic snake behind him.

In such a short period of time, Linard's life force consumption has almost exhausted all of Linard's savings. If he wants to maintain his current state, he will die suddenly on the spot without the snake man taking action.

The status bar in the upper right corner of his eyes clearly told him that his vitality had hit rock bottom!

He lifted the extended tentacles, landed next to Althea, and said concisely: "Run!"

The two of them understood each other, and they both maximized their potential and ran towards the forest outside the town.

"Rumble..."

The earth kept trembling, and it was the giant snake following closely behind them.

"Catch...catch...them..."

In order to save time, Linnard chose to go directly through the town. The giant snake crawling behind him opened its huge mouth and roared towards the town.

The remaining people in the town walked out of their homes one after another, their bodies showing signs of transformation into snake-men.

The quiet town was now filled with hundreds of townspeople, staring fiercely at the two men running not far away.

"Break through!"

Althea's cold voice sounded.

"Hold my hand and close your eyes."

Linard shook his head and said to Althea.

There was doubt in the latter's eyes, and he couldn't figure out why he told himself to close his eyes at this time.

Out of her trust in him, Althea didn't ask any questions. She held Linard's cold arm, used the power of dragging to determine the direction and continued running forward.

Linard silently released the power that suppressed the tentacle in his chest.

"The Book of Immortality of Nine Heavens Ying Yuan" has a method on how to use one's own mental power mixed with vitality to control the tentacles by will, and it also has a method for contacting this kind of control.

Without the artificial suppression, the tentacles instantly returned to the way they were when they first grew out of his body. The fleshy shell turned into steel, and the knotted muscles bulged, exuding an unknown and vicious aura.

What's more terrifying than the change in appearance is that the faint and strange aura lingering around its body is gradually getting stronger, and the smell of 'old days' is getting stronger and stronger.

All the townspeople who caught a glimpse of the tentacles put their heads in their hands, their eyes bulged, and fell into a state of madness!

Hundreds of people lost their ability to resist in an instant and could only watch as Lynard ran past in front of them!

Even the giant snake behind it, the high priest's head growing out of its head, had bleeding eyes, as if it had looked at something it shouldn't have looked at!

"ah--!!"

The high priest screamed in pain. Although it did not have the same qualifications and could control the giant snake with the aura of the 'old days' to a certain extent, it was looking directly at other creatures with the aura of the 'old days' and fell into serious mental injuries.

Taking advantage of this time, the two of them had escaped from the middle of the town and arrived at the outer area where Lynard first entered the town.

The price was that Linnard once again consumed a large amount of his life force and soul force. He almost fell into a state of near death, relying on body control far beyond ordinary people to act.

"Open your eyes."

He suppressed the rampaging tentacles again, returned to his human form, and said weakly to Althea.

"You...what's wrong with you?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Linnard tilted his body and fell to the ground with a thud.

"Consume... consume a lot of life force... Phew..."

His tone, which had remained unchanged for ten thousand years, was trembling for the first time, and his hands kept shaking as he tried to get up from the ground.

Althea quickly carried him on her back and continued to flee towards the forest before the snake-man priest caught up with him.

"Lynard, hold on, you'll be fine!"

She kept cheering for Linnard, but she was so nervous that she couldn't speak clearly.

"Well, it's okay, it's okay..."

Lynard just replied weakly.

"We must replenish your vitality first. Is there any way? Is there any..."

Althea murmured to herself, as if she had returned to a battlefield filled with smoke.

The near-death of her companions was probably something she would experience every day at that time. Even though she was a mid-level officer, she could not avoid this happening.

Witnessing the tragic death of a large number of her companions indirectly prompted her to leave the army. Carrying the dying Lynard at this moment made her feel like she was reliving the same feeling again.

And, to a certain extent, Lynard became like this because he wanted to save her.

This made her feel even more guilty.
To be continued...