Chapter 48: Protecting You Is My Heart’s Desire
One slash down, but it didn’t even break the snake’s skin.
Qi Ye leaped onto the snake’s body, suppressing it firmly on the ground, turning it directly into Chi Wan’s snake meat chopping board. Chi Wan, unwilling to give up, continued to slash, but barely made a scratch on the snake scales.
[You have C-rank energy value, Host. It’s very weak. And a Guide’s physique is far inferior to a Sentinel’s. Don’t waste your effort!]
The giant snake felt Chi Wan’s tickle-like slashes and seemed to feel humiliated, twisting its body angrily.
Qi Ye’s knife flew out like a speeding white light, embedding itself into the snake’s body at the seven-inch mark, then returned to his hand after a spinning flight.
After the snake collapsed with a boom and black blood spilled, he glanced at her, his voice indescribably gentle:
“No rush. Take it slow.”
Then he continued fighting.
Chi Wan didn’t get discouraged. If she couldn’t cut it, she would mobilize her energy value to try attacking the giant snake.
She was very spiritual and quick-witted. After several attempts, the silver energy seemed to really penetrate into the bodies of those giant snakes.
Then she saw that from the body of one of the most injured giant snakes, an inch of spirit soul seemed to be pulled out!
But the spirit soul returned to its body not long after being pulled out, so fast it was almost like an illusion.
The spirit soul was the life of a pollution entity. While alive, they were spirit souls; after death, they became Specters.
Qi Ye obviously noticed this rapid instant too, but he didn’t have time to say anything.
Because the Rank 8 Cobra had launched a surprise attack!
Covered in wounds, its black snake eyes were angry and sinister. Seeming insulted that its dignity as a Rank 8 pollution entity was trampled because it couldn’t beat the silver python King of Snakes, its expression was extremely furious.
Its mouth opened wide. This time, what came out was not a snake’s cry.
But human speech!
“Foolish humans. A mere single SSS-rank Sentinel wants to kill me? Wishful thinking!”
At the same time, under the powerful gravity, Chi Wan instantly felt her feet were heavy as lead, difficult to move even an inch.
Immediately after, she was protected by the silver python’s massive body.
She looked up. The silver python’s body shot toward the Rank 8 Cobra almost in a spiral shape!
And within that, Qi Ye, wrapped in pale green energy, soared into the air from the center of the silver python and went straight for the Rank 8 Cobra!
Amidst the roaring background noise, Chi Wan felt the ground beneath her cracking even more.
The Rank 8 Cobra seemed afraid and actually turned to flee.
“So strong. The Sentinels of this galaxy…”
On the high platform, Eleven said this and realized something, stealing a glance at his master. Seeing Chi Che’s gaze devoid of anger, he continued:
“That Rank 8 Cobra actually fled. Rank 8, beaten away by a single SSS Sentinel. Very rare.”
Chi Che’s gaze remained unchanged: “It’s not fleeing.”
Above the snake swarm, Qi Ye retreated instead of pursuing:
“Everyone be careful, it’s going to self-destruct.”
As soon as he said this, the entire body of the Rank 8 Cobra exploded!
At the same time, the crystal inside it soared, massive energy surging, and the Gravity ability was released to the extreme for the last time!
obeying the master’s final will and command, the massive gravitational energy twisted rapidly!
Instantly, the Sentinels and giant snakes, who originally felt it hard to move an inch, flew into the air one after another!
Chi Wan understood immediately. This Rank 8 Cobra wanted to “smash” everyone to death.
First use extremely strong reverse gravity to lift everyone, the giant snakes, and giant rocks off the ground, then smash them down hard!
This would be enough to shatter everyone’s internal organs.
She waved her knife, trying to insert the blade into a crack in the rock to stabilize herself, but under the extremely strong gravity, even the rock crack shattered and flew up. Helpless, she was pulled into a warm chest.
At the same time, the sky-blotting snake body used all its energy to soar, rolling all the airborne Sentinels into its massive body.
The most dangerous were the Sentinels at the bottom of the pit. The Sentinels on the cliff walls were not deeply affected because they were far away.
All this happened in a split second.
Immediately after, gravity reversed rapidly!
All the airborne giant snakes and rocks, as if a switch had been pressed, smashed down ruthlessly!
Boom boom boom—!
Boom boom boom—!
Boom boom boom—!
The crater was smashed deeper by more than ten meters. Countless giant rocks and snake bodies smashed deep into the hard rock. Not a single giant snake survived. The entire crater was filled with flying dust mixed with a strong smell of blood, like a huge snake corpse pit.
And in the very center, buried by giant rocks, the silver snake scales lost their previous luster and were somewhat dim.
The silver python was covered in wounds, half of its body shattered. All the ability Sentinels walked out of the silver python unharmed.
“Commander!”
Hei Mi searched for Qi Ye immediately.
And at this moment, Chi Wan was scared silly.
She clearly felt the blood dripping beside her cheek.
It was bright red, Qi Ye’s blood.
In that life-and-death moment just now, his Mental Entity barely had time to protect those Sentinels, while he forcefully used his own flesh and blood to protect her.
When plummeting from high altitude, she was protected extremely well by him, but she clearly heard the sound of his flesh and blood body smashing heavily onto the rocks, and his muffled groan that was clearly painful despite his extreme suppression.
“Qi Ye…”
Her voice was trembling.
Qi Ye gently put distance between them, as if afraid the blood would soil her. His face was very pale, and blood flowed uncontrollably from the corner of his mouth.
Seeing the worry in her eyes, he soothed her emotions immediately:
“Minor injury, it’s fine.”
As he spoke, the corners of his mouth actually curled up slightly.
Not understanding why he was still smiling at a time like this, Chi Wan was about to cry:
“Don’t be like this. In TV dramas, protagonists die just as they are smiling. I’m scared…”
His smile deepened:
“Seeing the worry in your eyes, I’m happy.”
He leaned down gently as he spoke.
He was kneeling on one knee now, his tall body almost enveloping hers. Bowing his head like this, he gently pressed his forehead against the top of hers.
Chi Wan heard his voice, though somewhat tired, murmuring in her ear with infinite tenderness:
“As a Commander, protecting subordinate Sentinels from injury is a duty.
But protecting you is not a duty; it is my heart’s desire.”
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