Chapter 5220 Obey Or Perish
- Hidden deep inside the tangled heart of the forest, the two men settled into stillness. Every heartbeat slowed, every breath measured, as they waited for the patrol’s rhythm to fracture. Soon a solitary figure appeared—a snake demon in an emerald gown, basket swinging lightly from her arm as though she were no more than a village herbalist searching for moss. Her power barely brushed the first tier of the Earthly Immortal Realm, and she paid the shadows around her little mind.
- Jared’s gaze sharpened. “She’s the one.”
- One subtle tilt of Jared’s chin was all the signal Flaxseed needed. They sprang together—two blurs flickering between trees. Jared flashed in behind the woman and struck the base of her neck with a knife-hand blow. The emerald basket toppled; the demoness sagged with a muted groan and slipped into darkness.