After speaking, the snake man lunged at Wilbur. Seeing the snake man kill the little girl, Wilbur''s anger red up. With a thought, the Azure Dragon Spear appeared in his hand, and in the next second, he charged at the snake man, thrusting his spear. A sh of white light streaked through the air as the snake man dodged the attack and grabbed the Azure Dragon Spear from the side.


    The snake man held the Azure Dragon Spear with his left hand and suddenly extended his right hand, swinging it at Wilbur. Wilbur quickly retreated two steps, shocked, and clenched his right fist, punching at the snake man''s enormous hand.


    "Roar!"


    A golden dragon appeared and instantly charged at the snake man''s erged hand. The two energy auras collided, and with a loud bang, the snake man''s hand turned into ck mist. The golden dragon roamed the cave and flew towards the snake man.


    Seeing this, the snake man quickly retreated several steps and chanted a spell. Immediately, the ck clouds in the cave rapidly gathered around the snake man, with dark energy continuously pouring into his body. Simultaneously, a portion of the dark energy formed three defensive walls under the snake man''s control.


    Boom!


    Boom!


    Boom!


    The golden dragon broke through the three defensive walls, but after breaking through the third wall, its energy dissipated into golden dust.


    The snake man coldly stared at Wilbur and said, "It seems I''ve underestimated you. You are stronger than those ignorant adventurers."


    As he spoke, the snake man absorbed thest of the ck clouds into his body. His body began to grow rapidly, reaching three meters in height, with his entire body covered in strong muscles and ck snake scales. Though he had a humanoid form, his body was covered in ck snake scales.


    Recalling his previous battle with the bat monster, Wilbur knew he could not afford to be careless. He wanted to confirm one thing. With a flip of his right hand, the Magic Dragon de appeared, and he swung it at the snake man. The ck sword energy shed towards the snake man, but instead of dodging, the snake man absorbed the sword energy upon impact.


    "Hahaha!"


    The snake manughed and said, "I thought you were strong, but I was wrong. You dare to oppose me while practicing dark arts? You''re asking for trouble. Since that''s the case, I''ll send you to your death!"


    As he spoke, the snake man raised his right hand, and a ck energy ball appeared in his palm. The ball quickly grew from palm-sized to a massive boulder floating in the air.


    The snake man hurled the energy ball. Seeing this, Wilbur took a deep breath, clenched his right fist, and unleashed his most powerful Dragon Spell move.


    "Roar!"


    A golden dragon materialized and charged directly at the ck energy ball. As they collided, a massive explosion shook the entire mountain. The cave trembled violently as rocks began to fall from the ceiling, threatening to copse Emerald Mountain.


    Ignoring the impending copse, Wilbur and the snake man locked eyes and simultaneously charged at each other. In the narrow cave, they engaged in closebat. Wilbur''s punchesnded on the snake man''s body, but the snake man''s ck scales shifted, negating half of the force, with the remaining energy dissipated by the scales themselves.


    The snake man countered with a punch to Wilbur''s chest, sending him crashing into the cave wall. Wilbur quickly recovered andunched another attack on the snake man.


    Meanwhile, a woman sat weeping several kilometers away from Emerald Mountain, looking toward its direction and crying out in anguish.