Could this thing be a weapon? Was it a whip?
No, the snake was in her hand, hardening, lengthening, eventually transforming into a silver spear over two meters long. The snake's body became the spear shaft, its head the spearhead, and its long, flickering tongue became the spear tip.
"Zhang Ba Snake Spear!" Zheng Bingbing couldn't help but exclaim.
The three demons turned their heads and finally discovered us hiding in the water. The eldest and the third showed no reaction, but the fourth, the bear demon, saw me and immediately became furious. Pointing a finger at me, it roared, "You little rascal! Don't think I won't recognize you just because you're hiding in the water! Get out here!"
I glanced at Mu Jige. She was confronting the eldest snake demon, seemingly too busy to bother with me. Zheng Bingbing clutched my sleeve tightly, preventing me from coming out. I shook my head and patted her head, "It's alright, don't worry. Yao Yao's got my back."
I emerged from the water and walked hesitantly towards the bear demon. Feigning innocence and ignorance, I asked with a puzzled expression, "May I ask who you are?"
"I am the fourth of the Eight Immortals of Naiziyang, Xiong Xiaomeng! You are Wu Chengfeng, aren't you!"
Oh, it even has a name, and a fitting one at that.
"It is indeed I, Wu. May I ask, esteemed immortal, why you insult me? Have I offended you?" I probed to see if she had actually seen me in the cave yesterday. If not, I could deny it and claim I wasn't the one who kicked her!
"Good for you, Wu Chengfeng! Huh? Before I even climbed down the ladder, while my upper body was still hanging in the coffin, you, huh? You attacked me from behind! Is that how you fight? If you have the guts, let's stand and fight with real swords and spears! Do you dare?"
"Uh... With my meager abilities, how could I dare to spar with you, esteemed immortal? What happened yesterday was actually a misunderstanding. I saw something climbing out of the coffin, covered in black fur, and I thought it was a long-haired zombie, so I acted in panic. If I had known it was you, esteemed immortal, I wouldn't have dared, even if you gave me a hundred more lives! Even now, standing on opposite sides, you are so beautiful, angelic, and charming. Even if you gave me another hundred lives, I couldn't bring myself to attack you! Do you think I'm right, little fairy?"
"Hmph! Such a glib tongue!" The fourth one puffed up her chest proudly. "Fine, I'll spare you for now. Go back and stay put, don't get accidentally injured by my eldest sister."
"Yes, ma'am!" My flattery worked. I sheepishly retreated back into the water and sat on my small stool.
Mu Jige glanced back at me with disdain, "You truly are... adaptable."
"A true man!" I chuckled, taking it as a compliment.
I was just a minor interlude, but the eldest snake demon seemed to have been affected by my distraction. Her silver-ringed snake spear was showing signs of bending, and she quickly noticed. She circulated her internal energy, or whatever it was, to straighten the snake's body, then flicked the spear at Mu Jige and assumed a horse stance. "Come."
Mu Jige calmly retrieved a "spear" from the water. I understood this. The spear was the "king of all weapons," capable of breaking any other. When two individuals of equal combat strength faced each other, if one used a spear, the other could only counter with a spear to have a chance of winning. To break spear with spear, this was why ancient generals, whether on foot or horseback, almost universally favored spears. From Xiang Yu and Zhao Yun at a distance, to the Yang family generals, Yue Fei, and the Ming Dynasty's God of War Chang Yuchun in close combat, all were masters of the spear.
As for ancient famous spears, they were numerous and varied: the Overlord Spear, the Dragon's Gallant Bright Silver Spear, the Fire Dragon Spear, the Plum Blossom Spear, the Li Quan Spear, the Tiger Head Zhan Jin Spear, the Divine Might Water Splitting Spear, the Five Tigers Soul Severing Spear, the Green Cypress Spear, the Reed Leaf Spear, and so on.
Some of these things sounded like fiction but were genuine history.
As they clashed, the performance of Mu Jige's snake spear was clearly superior to the ordinary staff that Old Eighth had likely pilfered from the Han Yin Temple. It was a silver-ringed snake that could be hard or soft, long or short, and flexible.
Mu Jige's side was even more formidable. Her spear not only possessed all the capabilities of the eldest snake spear but could also split into two, and then into four. Utilizing the inexhaustible supply from the reservoir behind her, she could overwhelm her opponent with sheer numbers...