But to the woman, these snakes were like her children, treasures that she carefully protected in her arms and that must not be harmed.
"Why did Prince An get so angry right away and hurt these children?" She stroked the snake wrapped around her arm while looking at Rong Chengxuan fiercely. "These children are all conscious. If they bear a grudge, they will probably attack Prince An every time they see him in the future."
The woman's expression hidden under the mask was unclear, but anyone with a discerning eye could tell that she was in a state of rage and might do something irrational if she wasn't careful.
No matter what, they couldn't provoke her again, otherwise the densely packed snakes on the ground would be enough to get them into trouble.
It was a shame, as neither of the two present was particularly discerning. Especially Rong Chengxuan. Whenever he put on that indifferent expression, everyone would feel he was looking down on them. And coupled with his provocative rhetoric, he could get into a fight in a matter of minutes.
"Oh, in the future?" Rong Chengxuan snorted coldly, his lips curled up slightly as he looked at the snakes, which he considered disgusting creatures. His words couldn't hide his disgust for them, including that woman. "I think this is the last time we'll meet."
"Oh?" The woman stopped teasing the snake and put it back on the ground. She folded her arms and raised her eyebrows at Rong Chengxuan. "Why, Prince An, do you think you can't beat me? Will you take your beautiful fiancée with you to die here today?"
Rong Chengxuan shook his head. The woman's choice of place to attack was indeed very clever. She suddenly appeared here yesterday dressed like this, probably to find a good place to attack.
Rong Chengxuan admired her for this. She chose this location because there was a landslide outside the city. Rong Chengxuan specially asked people to clear the road leading to the outside of the city. He planned to start filling the area where the landslide occurred after they moved the things out of the ancient tomb.
Yes, Rong Chengxuan, like Yun Wanwan, had the same idea of moving the contents of the ancient tomb. However, Yun Wanwan only wanted to remove the ancient books on metaphysics, while Rong Chengxuan wanted to empty the tomb completely.
But in the end, it's still the pot calling the kettle black. Both of them had the idea of moving other people's burial objects, but one wanted to move less, and the other didn't want to leave anything behind.
This place was a land of despair. The woman had a pack of snakes helping her, while Rong Chengxuan had only Yun Wanwan and a servant hiding in the carriage, afraid to come out. No matter how you looked at it, she had the upper hand, which was why she dared to speak so arrogantly.
Yun Wanwan took a few steps forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with Rong Chengxuan, looking at the woman with a playful expression, "Miss, don't be so confident. The outcome is still uncertain."
The woman simply found it amusing. She had only heard of Yun Wanwan's knowledge of metaphysics in the capital, but never of any martial arts. Yun Wanwan's words seemed like a colossal joke to her, and she burst into laughter, clutching her waist.
Yun Wanwan didn't say much, she just bit her fingertips and muttered some spells. When Yun Wanwan looked up at the woman, her face was full of confidence.
The woman still found it amusing. It was just a drop of blood and a few spells. Could it be possible to summon the wind and rain, summon the gods? If it couldn't do that, it would all be in vain. After all, given the current situation, if no gods came to save them, they would not be able to escape no matter what.
The woman whistled at the group of snakes she brought, intending to make them attack Rong Chengxuan and Yun Wanwan, but she found that no matter how she whistled, she could not drive her group of snakes.
The woman thought of Yun Wanwan's actions, which seemed strange to her. She looked up at Yun Wanwan standing on the carriage and stared at her in disbelief. "It was you? You did this?"
Yun Wanwan smiled calmly, "Yes, I did it." As soon as she finished speaking, she made the same gesture the woman had just made towards the snakes and whistled at them.
Yun Wanwan simply blew a whistle and turned to crawl towards the snake group that remained indifferent no matter how the woman whistled.
The daughter was stunned. When he reacted, she was chanting spells quickly, staggering to the stone next to her, chanting the spells tremblingly, obviously trying to take back control of the snake group from Yun Wanwan.
As she chanted, the woman heard the sound of snakes gradually crawling towards her. She had raised these snakes herself, making her half-mother to them. She knew how formidable her children were. To make them stronger, she raised only highly venomous snakes. A bite from one of them would kill them within hours.
At this moment, the woman knew her death was imminent. She felt completely hopeless, even realizing Yun Wanwan's metaphysical prowess surpassed hers. No matter what, she couldn't regain control of the snakes. The only path left for her was death.
Whether it was because of the sadness she felt for herself and her fate, or because she thought that she would eventually be killed by her most beloved child, the woman's eyes silently moistened, and then she burst into laughter...
Rong Chengxuan listened to the woman's dying laughter and said coldly, "What are you laughing at?"
"Aren't you curious about who I am?" The woman's laughter gradually became more and more crazy. Perhaps she felt that she was about to die and had nothing left to lose. "I know you are investigating me, but you haven't found out who I am yet, right? Killing me is just like crushing an insignificant ant, but my legacy will be carried on! There will be more people standing up. You can't kill us all..."
The woman slowly stood up from behind the rock where she had been hiding. Perhaps thinking that she would die at the hands of her beloved child, her face beneath the mask was filled with a look of despair before she collapsed. She kept repeating, "You can't kill us all... You can't kill us all... You can't kill us all..."
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