Fate Plays Tricks

Unknowingly, Vile Horn Snakes were on their knees.

"Heh, it only took that much, huh? And here I was, hoping to play with you guys for a bit." Cyrus sneered in disdain as a pitch-black phantom of a serpent.

Although it was yet to materialize fully, the terrifying aura it emitted was no joke. It was one of the abilities of the Venomous Monarch Sutra he was intimating. The Venomous Monarch Phantom!

Although it took a massive toll on his body and Qi, he knew it was worth it as long as he made those grade-8 snakes fully submit to him. So, he canceled the ability, and the pressure vanished.

Aveline, at some point, was also shocked awake by the phantom, but unlike the five-pale kneeling snakes, she felt extremely close to it, not terrifying at all.

Cyrus glanced at her and said in a voice only she could hear, "This is one of many abilities you will be able to use the higher you cultivate."