Chapter 167

Even if it were to be entangled, I doubt it would have made much of a difference to it since a single swift movement or uncalculated maneuver could send dozens of trees with trunks several times larger than me tumbling.
As it slithered past hundreds of trees, it seemed to finally halt its movement before perking up and towering over the trees to look from above.
Its head slowly moved from left to right, scanning, and sensing something it seemed to have felt ever since it reached this location.
'This pressure...' I thought, once again halting the movement of its head in a certain direction while releasing some kind of energy to scan the entire area it was looking at.
'It must be strong.' I thought and began to bear its fangs with an open maw.
*Rumble*
A distant rumbling confirmed the snake's guesses and made it release its pure white aura.
From an outside point of view, this aura was beautiful. It was filled with a sense of holiness yet at the same time, one could see the determination and resolve it had without even having to feel it directly.
However, to anyone within the vicinity of 1 kilometer, this aura was everything but holy. One could feel the sinister nature behind it. Rather than an untainted white, the aura now looked like the cloth that would wipe away the blood that would stain the creature.
'The cleanser is just as guilty as the one who wields the blade.' was a sentence that resonated with the aura that the snake was letting off.
"AuuuuuuughhhhooOOOOOOO!" A voice thundered throughout the forest as if it had called upon the skies, it immediately began to rain and thunder as countless lightning bolts came down on the forest, setting alight countless fires.
'It doesn't seem intelligent though...' The snake thought, yet not for a second did it lower its guard in front of this beast if you could even call it that.