The opposite "Qin Ze" moved.

Without the slightest warning, his right arm instantly transformed into a ferocious snake head, roaring as it lunged to bite.

It was identical to the move executed by Qin Ze himself just now.

A trace of genuine intrigue finally appeared on Qin Ze's face.

He did not dodge.

He similarly raised his right arm.

Flesh churned and bones cracked crisply as an identical pale-white snake head met it head-on.

Boom!

The two snake heads violently collided in mid-air.

There was no energy explosion, only the purest clash of strength.

An invisible shockwave violently expanded centered on the point of impact, shattering the guardrails at the edge of the rooftop into dust.

Two figures simultaneously slid backward for several meters, leaving two deep ravines on the hard marble ground.

They were evenly matched.

The figure of "Qin Ze" closed in once more. This time, his fingers were pressed together like a sword, wreathed with cyan wind radiance at his fingertips, stabbing straight at the main body's heart.

Intrigues flickered continuously in Qin Ze's eyes. Without dodging or evading, he similarly pressed his fingers like a sword and met it.

"Clang!"

A crisp sound of metal clashing rang out.

Their fingertips precisely collided, stirring up a ring of visible ripples.

A fierce wind suddenly rose, blowing their wide kimonos and making them flutter loudly.

"This is somewhat interesting."

Looking at the face opposite him that was identical to his own, and looking into those eyes that were similarly calm and waveless, Qin Ze praised sincerely.

"Soma Kosuke, over these forty years, you have improved greatly."

Even as he spoke, his hand movements did not stop in the slightest.

The two were like mirror reflections, every move completely synchronized, and every collision precisely neutralized the other's force.

"The characters you painted back then still had many flaws, being too overly crafted and lacking a soul."

"Now, they are actually lifelike."

"Even my skills can be copied so vividly."

Right at this moment, an old and hoarse voice came from all directions, echoing across the rooftop.

"Having followed the teacher for twenty years, the student naturally knows your every move by heart."

The moment the voice fell.

In the the void, ink flowed.

One, two, three...

Several more figures actually condensed out of thin air.

Without exception, they all wore Qin Ze's gentle and handsome face, dressed in the same white kimono.

Every person's aura was identical to the main body, unfathomable.

The next second.

Several "Qin Ze" moved simultaneously.

From different angles, using equally tricky and ruthless move, they launched an encirclement attack against the main body trapped in the center!

Facing this fatal trap sufficient to make any peer expert's scalp tingle.

Qin Ze, surrounded in the center, showed not a trace of panic on his face.

He even smiled with confidence.

In that smile, there was a trace of helplessness and playfulness of a teacher looking at an unpromising student.

"Soma Kosuke."

"Although you have followed me for twenty years, do you really understand your teacher's strength at the Peak?"

The moment the voice fell.

An aura millions of times more terrifying than before erupted overwhelmingly from within Qin Ze's body!

"Crack! Crack crack—"

The marble floor beneath his feet could no longer bear this pressure, cracking inch by inch like a spiderweb and instantly turning into dust.

The white kimono on his body was torn inch by inch by the muscles and bones crazily expanding inside him, turning into fluttering scraps of cloth.

Zhou Huai hid in the shadow of the corner, his pupils abruptly shrinking.

He saw that Qin Ze's body was undergoing a non-human, terrifying mutation!

His figure grew taller and sturdier at a speed visible to the naked eye, his gnarled muscles resembling intertwined tree roots, filled with explosive power.

Dense snake scales flickering with a chilling, gloomy light frantically drilled out from beneath his skin, rapidly covering his entire body.

His neck was elongated, and a "clack" sound of bone displacement came from his Adam's apple.

That gentle and handsome face turned ferocious amidst distortion.

His eyes were completely dyed into a gold devoid of the slightest emotion, his pupils elongated, transforming into cold vertical lines.

"Hiss—"

A split, crimson forked tongue probed out from the corners of his split mouth, trembling slightly in the air.

The most terrifying change happened on his back.

He abruptly arched his body, the spine on his back bulging high like a camel's hump.

Flesh churned, and bone spikes burst out of his body!

"Squish! Squish!"

Accompanied by teeth-grating sounds of flesh tearing, one, two, three...

As many as six ferocious snake heads suddenly drilled out from his high-bulging back!

Those six snake heads varied in size, each covered with pale-white scales and growing ferocious bone spikes on top. Twelve golden vertical pupils opened simultaneously, coldly scanning the identical "selves" around him.

They wriggled their slender necks, simultaneously opening their bloody jaws to emit a soul-shaking roar!

Looking at the monster before his eyes that seemed to have stepped out of mythology, Zhou Huai's mind instantly flashed with a sealed piece of information.

SS-Rank hidden professional, 【Descendant of Yamata】!

This was an extremely rare beast-transformation class, and its true form was none other than the Yamata no Orochi from Sakura Country's myths and legends!

It was said that the complete form of Yamata no Orochi possessed eight heads, and its strength was at the ceiling level among SS-Rank Professionals.

Unfortunately, Zhou Huai remembered that the information mentioned it briefly.

This former Sakura Country prodigy was exceptionally talented, yet throughout his entire life, he failed to reach the complete state of Yamata no Orochi.

Until right before his death, he had grown at most seven heads.

Ultimately, in that global-sweeping national war forty years ago, he died under the joint execution of multiple SS-Rank Experts from Great Xia Nation and Great Bear Country.

And now.

This monster that had been dead for forty years had returned.

That was not a form humans should possess.

Seven ferocious snake heads, each thicker than a water bucket and covered with pale-white scales, reflected a metallic cold light under the night.

They wriggled their slender necks, simultaneously opening their bloody jaws.

The roar was no longer a human voice, but seven distinct roars superimposing together, turning into demonic sound that tore the soul.

The wind wailed, and the air trembled.

Qin Ze's main body, that non-human physique expanded to nearly five meters tall, had every inch of its muscles bulging, filled with world-destroying power.

Standing right there, the pressure originating from the depths of the bloodline and belonging to a mythical-grade Ferocious Beast caused the entire building's structure to emit an unbearable groan.

"Soma Kosuke."

The seven snake heads spoke simultaneously, their voices overlapping with a texture resembling metal friction.

"Let you experience your teacher's strength at the Peak!"