Snake men, covered in gray scales, some with bows and arrows in their hands, others brandishing short swords, rushed out of the woods to attack the trolls. The leader of the group, a bald man with red eyes, sat astride a large greenish-gray snake with a leaf in his mouth. When he blew on the leaf, the greenish-gray serpent immediately opened its mouth and lunged at the trolls.
With the help of the snake, the snake men quickly gained the upper hand in the battle. Although Snake men were shorter than the trolls, they were more agile in comparison. In the battle with the trolls, Snake men would jump onto the trees to avoid attacks, and they would also circle around to the back to sneak an attack before the troll could react.
Klaus stared at the large greenish-gray snake and activated the panel's parsing function.
[Race: Green Snake]
[Level: 6]
[Magic Element: Earth]
[Battle Value: 80]
[Weakness: abdomen, head]
Klaus decided to take care of the serpent first, but at that moment, Abe had already raised his wolfsbane and swung it at the serpent. As the snake was attacking Rand, the red-eyed man sitting on the snake's back didn't notice Abe's sneak attack.
Abe's bat hit the snake's tail, causing the red-eyed man to slip off the snake's back as the snake curled up. The red-eyed man quickly got up and continued to blow on the leaves to order the snake to attack Abe.
Just as Abe was about to be bitten by the snake, Klaus thrust his spear into the snake's back. The spear pierced through the snake's back and just missed the snake's belly.
Abe, being an experienced troll, of course he knew where the Green Snake's weakness lay. So he took the opportunity to pick up his wolfsbane and slammed it hard towards the green snake's head.
With a dull sound, a piece of hard scale fell from the green snake's head. However, the green snake did not die immediately. It opened its mouth and spat out a red mist and bit Abe's arm.
At that moment, Klaus picked up a spear that had fallen to the ground, and he rushed towards the snake as fast as he could. This time, he accurately stabbed the spear into the snake's abdomen.
The green snake let out a miserable scream, and then its whole body instantly fell to the ground from mid-air. However, the green snake's fangs were still nailed to Abe's arm like a nail, and dark red blood flowed down from Abe's arm.
"Abe, are you okay?" Klaus wanted to help Abe, but his eyes looked the other way.
"Klaus, don't let the snake man escape." Abe showed a pained look, "Go after them!"
Klaus saw that the red-eyed Snake Man was leading the other Snake Men to escape in the opposite direction of the woods. So he immediately went after them, but his feet were immobilized just two steps out.
A snake woman with dark hair was whispering to the trolls, and suddenly, all the trolls couldn't move.
"It's a petrification spell!" Then Klaus yelled at Lyme, "Lyme, do something!"
"I can't move." As Lyme said this, his body slowly began to petrify from the bottom up.
The Snake Man's petrification spell was able to delay the trolls' attack and buy them more time to escape. The petrified troll was as immobile as a statue and could only wait for the spell to expire.
Just when he was at a loss for words, the panel opened at that time.
[Tip: You can use the Transformation skill to break through the petrification spell.]
[Attention: Using the Transformation skill will consume 50% of your physical strength.]
[Whether or not to use the Transformation Skill?]
Klaus chose yes without hesitation, and in the next second, it was as if hot blood was boiling in his body, and an infinite power filled his entire being.
The stones encasing his body instantly shattered, and his body rose nearly 10 feet into the air. The ground shook under his feet with every step he took, and he picked up his spear and roared angrily as he chased after the group of Snake Men in the direction they had fled.
The snake woman who had been chanting just a moment ago saw Klaus catching up to her. She was so scared that she rushed into the woods to look for her comrades.
Klaus followed closely behind, and one of the last Snake Men was caught and his neck was broken. And his target was the bald Snake Man with red eyes.
He used one hand to break the branches that blocked his view, and finally he saw the bald Snake Man running just ahead of him. So, he raised his spear and threw it at his target.
The bald Snake Man's back was pierced by the spear and his body fell forward violently. The other end of the spear plunged into the ground first, and the Snake Man just tilted his body and was hanging on the spear. At this point, Klaus had already fixed his eyes on him. The smell of blood in the woods inspired Klaus's desire to kill, and he desperately chased after the Snake Man.
The other Snake Men saw this and immediately jumped into the swamp to hide. Usually, people entering the swamp would die. But Snake Men wouldn't; they entered the wetland, transformed into snake form, and could survive in the wetland.
Klaus grabbed the snake woman just as she was about to jump into the swamp. He seized her by the hair and threw her to the ground.
The woman spat blood and collapsed to the ground, unable to move, but Klaus showed no mercy to the woman. He wrapped his hands around the woman's neck and stared right at her.
"If you go now and reveal the secret of the petrification spell to my people, I will consider letting you live. Otherwise, I will rip your head off. Is that understood?"
The woman nodded, and fear filled her eyes as she looked at Klaus.