Back at the villa at the foot of the mountain, Ling Tian circled the surrounding forest before returning to the villa.
He went to the greenhouse inside the villa, where there was a small pond. Sitting by the pond at the tea table, reading and drinking tea was a pleasant pastime.
As night fell, rustling sounds suddenly came from near the villa, originating from the grass in the forest.
A few minutes later, dozens of venomous snakes slithered out of the grass and into the villa's courtyard.
Malaysia is a tropical region with over 40 species of snakes, half of which are venomous.
For example, the Malayan pit viper, Wagler's pit viper, the peninsula cobra, and the red-headed krait are all highly venomous and deadly snakes.
These snakes, from within a radius of tens of kilometers, appearing here was not a normal phenomenon but a summoning.
For a top-class sorcerer, summoning venomous snakes to kill was a basic move.
Feng Jieteng personally drove a car, carrying the sorcerer Pazhahei and his disciple Song E, to the vicinity of the villa, and then he watched Pazhahei perform his ritual.
In less than half an hour, venomous snakes from tens of kilometers around had converged there. Seeing the ground covered in snakes, Feng Jieteng's hair stood on end.
These venomous snakes crawling into the villa while people slept and biting them would almost certainly be fatal.
Especially since the villa was remote and lacked antivenom. Even if they called an ambulance immediately, it would take over 20 minutes for it to arrive, by which time the person would likely be dead, with no timely treatment.
A highly venomous Malayan pit viper crawled into the courtyard, preparing to climb the steps. However, at that moment, a massive figure appeared and bit the Malayan pit viper's head in one gulp.
Its sharp fangs severed the snake's head, killing it instantly. Then, in less than two minutes, the Malayan pit viper was devoured completely, like a snack. Immediately after, another snake was eaten.
Pazhahei and his group waited outside for over an hour, still without any sign of activity.
"Teacher, those venomous snakes should have succeeded, right?" asked his disciple Song E.
"It should be about time. There are many venomous snakes in the surrounding forests, and my magic can also make these snakes more ferocious."
"I'll go take a look!"
The sorcerer Song E volunteered. He parted the grass and walked towards the courtyard. He was not afraid of being harmed by the snakes, as he carried snake-repelling medicine, which was far more potent than anything sold outside.
However, as he walked, Song E did not find a single intact venomous snake. Instead, he saw many severed snake heads!
Song E frowned. He walked to a remaining head and carefully poked it with a stick.
For animals like snakes, their bodies are not controlled entirely by their brains. The central nervous system of snakes also greatly influences their movements.
Therefore, even if a snake's head was severed, its body could still make some instinctive movements due to bioelectricity.
The severed snake heads even retained vitality after more than an hour. If someone approached, static electricity would cause the severed heads to attack them.
Once bitten, the fangs of the venomous snake could still inject venom. Many people had been killed by severed snake heads for this reason.
Song E discovered that the heads of these venomous snakes seemed to have been bitten off!
Song E stood up, carefully climbed over the courtyard fence, and slowly approached the building. Just then, he felt a sharp pain in his ankle.
When he looked down, he saw a large, dark, serpentine figure disappear into the grass!
Song E was greatly alarmed. He knew very well what had happened; he had been bitten by a venomous snake!
So, he quickly turned and ran towards his teacher, Pazhahei.
Pazhahei did not expect Song E to return so quickly, looking so panicked.
"What is it? What happened?"
"Teacher, I was bitten by a venomous snake!
Furthermore, I discovered that all the venomous snakes you summoned have disappeared, and some had their heads bitten off and died!"
"What? How could this happen?"
The sorcerer Pazhahei looked as if he had seen a ghost. He had summoned venomous snakes to harm people many times before, and this method had always been foolproof and very reliable. Even if the victim's body was found, it would not arouse suspicion.
After all, tens of thousands of people in South and Southeast Asia were bitten to death by venomous snakes every year.
However, what Song E was saying was unheard of.
Pazhahei stepped forward and pulled up Song E's pants. The scene before them stunned both of them.
It had only been two minutes since Song E was bitten, but the bitten part of his leg had already swollen to the size of a melon.
The wound was numb and was constantly oozing yellow fluid.
"Hmm, this wound looks like a king cobra bite, but the venom seems much stronger..." Pazhahei muttered to himself.
Many sorcerers were skilled in using herbs to treat snakebites. Those who were adept at controlling venomous snakes also had their ways of treating snakebites.
Pazhahei quickly made a basic assessment of Song E's wound, but what puzzled him was that the wound looked very strange.
Even more bizarre was that there were no king cobras among the venomous snakes summoned earlier.
Although king cobras were present in Malaysia, these highly venomous snakes preyed on other snakes. In areas where king cobras resided, there were no other snakes within a 10-kilometer radius; they had all become food for the king cobras.
Pazhahei did not know that many tree trunks in the surrounding forest were covered with talismans.
These talismans were affixed to trees about two to three meters above the ground and were in an invisible state.
As long as someone approached, these talismans would be activated, allowing Ling Tian, who was in the villa, to sense them.
Ling Tian had already detected the intrusion. However, when Ling Tian used his celestial eye to investigate, he was surprised to find that the opponent had actually summoned a swarm of venomous snakes as a vanguard.
As the saying goes, only magic can defeat magic. Since the opponent used snakes, Ling Tian did not hesitate. He directly retrieved the 10-meter-long king cobra, Poison Dragon, from his spiritual realm.
As soon as this behemoth appeared, it entered hunting mode.
These dozens of venomous snakes all became snacks, devoured by Poison Dragon without a trace.
At this moment, the sorcerer Song E crept in, and the venomous snake did not hesitate, biting him in one go.