"If you take too long, the price will increase," The woman said.
"I know!" Ruminas focused her mind.
The two sides observed each other for a moment then began to charge, Ruminas swung her axe but the snake's sleek body easily dodged it, it turned its body and struck her hard forcing Ruminas to step back.
"Its agility is troublesome, if that's the case…" Ruminas put away the axe and took out the spear, a weapon that had a slowing effect whenever it was hit.
As soon as Ruminas switched weapons, the snake charged at her with terrifying speed. She swung her spear to block, but the monster's power was still too great, causing her to be pushed back several steps.
Without hesitation, Ruminas thrust her spear towards it.
Whoosh!
The spear tip sliced through the snake's smooth skin, leaving a shallow wound, but the slowing effect had already activated—its body paused slightly.
"It works!"
Seeing this, Ruminas quickly rushed forward and attacked in succession. Her attacks gradually slowed the snake down, Ruminas continuously charged forward with a black aura that greatly increased her strength.
The snake roared, it gathered its strength and released a breath of deep purple, this purple air quickly spread everywhere and when other monsters inhaled it, their bodies were paralyzed and slowly turned into stone and finally shattered and turned into dust.
"Is it that terrible…!"
Ruminas was fine because of the blackness surrounding her, but she still felt a little dizzy. It was too dangerous to have this purple aura around her, so Ruminas decided to launch a direct attack with the woman's icy power.
The temperature dropped again and everything around froze, including the heart's air flow.
Having dealt with it, Ruminas continued to charge forward.
Faced with a spear that could slow it down, the snake's advantage in speed was gone. However, it still showed itself to be a skilled hunter with very skillful movements and evasion.
However, in an attack situation, Ruminas took advantage of the surrounding monsters to block the snake's vision and attacked it back.
She charged forward but then suddenly dodged to the side, using the monster that was also charging forward as a wall, then she quickly teleported to another location.
The snake thought she was still behind the monster so it gathered all its strength and stabbed through the monster but then it was also stabbed by Ruminas.
Black blood gushed out, the snake struggled violently but Ruminas immediately pinned the spear tip to the ground to control it, her other hand raised up and began to gather strength to finish it off.
But just as she was about to deliver the decisive blow—
Dizzy.
A strange feeling swept through her body, causing her movements to suddenly stop.
"What—"
Just as she paused, other monsters arrived and Ruminas was forced to retreat, once again allowing the snake to narrowly escape.
"What is it?" Ruminas asked the woman.
"Stopping that thing was harder than I thought, you should have ended it sooner. Maintaining it all this time has already cost me some of my strength, and I'm also lending you my strength. No, the price must be raised!" The woman said.
"What else do you want?" Ruminas asked quickly.
"Hmm… one day as a pet seems a bit short? Let's increase it to a week!"
"No!" Ruminas replied immediately.
"You better not say too much, if I leave your body, you will be in trouble." The woman smiled faintly.
"You—!"
Before Ruminas could react, the monster attacked again.
The wounded snake retreated, instead it roared to trigger the surrounding monsters to charge forward.
"Come on, I'm counting to three."
Ruminas had just killed a monster when she said, "Can it be reduced?"
"One," the woman began counting.
"Half is fine," she continued.
"Two"
"Okay! One week then one week."
A soft laugh rang out and immediately the symptoms in Ruminas' body disappeared and she was able to control even more power.
Immediately, she swung her spear and killed three or four monsters in a row, the surge of power caused Ruminas' fighting spirit to surge as well. Any monster that approached was instantly killed by her, the large monsters were a bit more troublesome but still not a problem.
"Let me tell you, your time is not infinite. Don't get caught up in fighting," the woman spoke up.
"I know"
"Killing monsters is enough, next is using this power to escape"
Ruminas switched her weapon to her axe, swinging it hard on the ground to throw everything into chaos, then she took the opportunity to dash forward, not forgetting to pull out her dagger along the way to kill a few more monsters to gain experience.
The snake roared as ordered and the monsters immediately gave chase, some of the ones with speed advantages got ahead and almost caught up to Ruminas.
But she just kept running without caring about anything.
"Why did you run away? I was hoping you would fight harder," the woman said.
"Didn't you say we didn't have much time so I ran" Ruminas replied.
The woman chuckled and replied: "You can try a little harder, then I can increase the price."
"You… you set me up? You could have lasted longer!" Ruminas said, now realizing that she had been tricked.
"So what? Everything you said has been recorded. If you dare to break your promise, I can use a curse to kill you."
"…"
Ruminas was speechless.
Behind, not only the monsters but also the snake was chasing. Its small body had now grown large again, causing it to destroy everything wherever it went.
"Don't you want to finish it off? It has caused you a lot of trouble already anyway." The voice rang out again, carrying a hint of temptation.
"Don't set me up, you'll take this opportunity to raise the price again, right?" Ruminas replied immediately.
"If you can deal with it in under five hits and escape I'll have no problem"
"Are you serious?" Ruminas asked back.
"Of course, since the beginning of the transaction, I have already placed a curse on both sides' words. Any side that breaks their promise will be devoured by the curse. Rest assured that I can only activate this curse, not control it."
"How can I believe it?"
"If not, I would have possessed you a long time ago. Do you think I'm so kind?"
Ruminas swallowed hard.
"Okay," she replied.
Ruminas continued running, she still had one more kill left so she could try, plus the black energy added, her current strength could kill the snake in its injured state.
"Wait, I should use this opportunity to use the golden qi too!"
So in addition to black qi, she also started to mobilize yellow qi.
Ruminas felt the power of both the black and yellow auras merging within her body. For the first time, they were no longer in conflict but coexisting in harmony.
She clenched her fist, her eyes gradually becoming sharp.
"Five finishing blows… fine!"
At that moment, the giant snake roared, chasing after her at a crazy speed, sweeping away everything in its path.
"Let's get started!"
First blow!
Ruminas suddenly turned around and threw her spear at it!
Whoosh!
The spear tip accurately pierced through the gaps between the monsters in front and stabbed straight into the snake's left eye. A painful roar rang out, its giant body swayed.
Not giving the snake a chance to counterattack, Ruminas immediately charged forward, using teleportation and quickly dashing past the small monsters.
When she reached the snake, she took out her axe and swung it down.
Second blow.
Bam!
A deep slash went straight into the side of its neck but still not enough to penetrate it, blood splattered everywhere but Ruminas did not stop.
Third blow!
Ruminas continued to pull out the axe and then struck it hard on its head, using her strength to push the axe deeper, causing more blood to flow out and the snake's body to convulse a few times.
It roared in pain, but it was not dead yet!
Fourth blow!
Ruminas dropped the axe and pulled out her dagger, the golden and black aura that filled it made the dagger radiate a terrifying murderous aura.
"Slash and kill!"
Ruminas jumped off the snake and teleported back, the knife carrying the ability to penetrate all defenses struck, stabbing straight into the lower part of its body, where the heart was.
BOOM!
The snake collapsed, it let out a low roar to provoke the other monsters to charge but Ruminas jumped up high to prepare for this final blow.
This last move, she wanted to use her own strength, which was qi!
She remembered the last time she had created a spear with her golden air and now Ruminas wanted to do it again.
She focused, the golden qi began to gather and slowly change shape.
"Sword?"
Ruminas remembered thinking of a spear but the end result was a sword.
"Never mind, as long as the weapon can finish it off"
She looked down, the snake was staring at her with wide eyes in horror, the sword appeared with a blinding light and at that moment it seemed like the snake had seen its own death.
"Go away, you nuisance!" She said softly and then rushed down.
The sword glowed, swooping down like a divine lightning bolt— PENETRATING THE SNAKE'S BODY!
The terrible shockwave shook the ground. The snake let out one last roar, then its gigantic body collapsed, completely torn apart by the energy of the golden qi.
It is dead.
Ruminas breathed heavily, feeling her hands trembling.
"I did it!" She was happy inside.