Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 288 The Serpent God's Good Warrior
The Blood Chapter, formerly the Pleasure Cult hidden in Tathumbto, once resisted making a pact with the Serpent God. However, after the Serpent God's arrival, they were inspired by him, signed their names in blood on parchment, and swore to become the Serpent God's most loyal warriors.

As for their first legion commander, it is now impossible to know. It's not that a lot of time has passed, but mainly because their physical bodies were severely damaged in the previous battles with the chosen champions. Right now, everyone is using terracotta figures, and it's impossible to tell who is who. However, a few warriors have successfully trained their souls to the point where they can manipulate the wooden statues' bodies.

The choice for legion commander will likely be made from among these few individuals.

"I also want to cultivate to the level of a wooden statue..."

In the city of Tatunbto, outside a secluded house, a young terracotta warrior looked at the beautiful young woman in the window and blurted out all his wishes and dreams, completely disregarding the many secrets within the warband, and even the most crucial one: the body-changing mechanism.

This made the Shadow of Enchantress, disguised as a beautiful young girl, shake her head and chuckle. She hadn't said a single word, yet the terracotta warrior had handed over all the information.

But the smile, in the eyes of the terracotta warrior, became a symbol of affirmation. So, although he couldn't blush, the terracotta warrior clenched his fists, determined to give it his all and show his face in exchange for a solid wooden body.

This emotional fluctuation, of course, did not escape the perception of the Shadow of Enchantment.

This further convinced Mei Zhiying that the so-called Blood Warband could be exploited.

"After all, they originally worshipped the god of pleasure. Although they later abandoned their faith, their deep-seated needs remained unchanged... They still craved pleasure, but that craving had been distorted into loyalty to that giant serpent."

"Loyalty became the source of their pleasure. They felt that loyalty could demonstrate their value, which even evolved into a kind of atonement mindset, but there are still some differences in the details."

"If the giant serpent is willing to respond to them, they will probably unleash considerable power. After all, their source of happiness is loyalty itself. The giant serpent will definitely stir their souls, causing them to unleash dozens or even hundreds of times more power."

Unfortunately, the giant snake did not respond to them.

Even within the city, Mei Zhiying could still see the enormous shadow that was constantly doing sit-ups outside the city.

Clearly, the giant snake was completely absorbed in the training itself, in the pursuit of power.

"Since you don't want it..."

"Then they're mine."

With that in mind, the Shadow of Enchantress began its operation.

For the Blood Chapter, loyalty to the Serpent God is absolute; they swear to be the Serpent God's sharpest sword, to sweep away all enemies for him. But beyond that, they are also Tathumbto people, and are willing to do their part to protect the peace of Tathumbto.

Now, however, the Phantom's public identity is also that of a Tatunbuto person.

All it takes is for the warriors of these Blood Chapters to gradually shift their focus from protecting every Tatunbuto person to prioritizing their protection.

"That's one way to do it."

With this in mind, Mei Zhiying continued to lie in wait for a few more days.

Then it found an opportunity.

That was when it went out to buy ingredients, with several soldiers guarding it. However, perhaps because the raw meat it was holding was too tempting, several large dogs pounced out from the corner.

The ferocious dog was no match for the righteous warriors. Several members of the Bloodbath Legion didn't even draw their swords before sending the dog flying.

But one dog still managed to bite Mei Zhiying's ankle. The wound bled, so it needed immediate treatment. However, when the alien herbs were applied to the wound, the initially small wound rapidly festered, and Mei Zhiying herself developed a persistent high fever, eventually having to be carried back.

"It shouldn't be..."

Seeing the beautiful young girl who had been lively and energetic just moments before suddenly looking like she was about to die, the warriors of the Blood Warband were quite puzzled.

Although they were quite hostile towards aliens, they still acknowledged the effectiveness of the alien drugs. They hadn't bought the wrong medicine, and the wounds shouldn't have festered like this no matter what.

It was at this moment that the weakened Shadow of Enchantress spoke.

"No, it's not a problem with the medicine..."

Mei Zhiying forced a smile.

"It's not your problem, it's those... sigh."

Seeing that the beautiful young woman seemed to have something to say, the soldiers quickly helped her up from the sickbed.

And the Shadow of Enchantress began to recount the origin of her injury.

"Those aliens, although they joined Tatunbhut, in reality, they have already turned this place into their battlefield... Originally they were attacking each other, but now they have turned into slandering each other. Just like those dogs that suddenly went mad, that was probably the work of the god of life. As for those wound medicines that made the wounds fester, that was probably the work of the god of courage."

Upon hearing this, several warriors from the Bloodbath Legion were immediately enraged.

They didn't welcome those extraterrestrial visitors in the first place, but they reluctantly acknowledged it because these aliens had brought so many benefits. Of course, on the surface, they still didn't have any dealings with those aliens, but it wasn't that they couldn't find out where the aliens' camps were.

The fact that they didn't initiate an attack already shows that the Bloodbath Group was prioritizing the overall situation.

But who would have thought that while they didn't even use force, the aliens turned Tatunbto into their battlefield.

Even though those aliens had now become Tatunbto people, they fought and killed in Tatunbto without any regard for the harm they would cause to the local civilians—such heinous behavior was something the warriors of the Blood Chapter could not tolerate.

Of course, that explanation wasn't very rigorous either; upon closer examination, the source of the information alone was questionable.

However, seeing the beautiful girl's injured ankle, which looked like it was about to break, these soldiers were filled with nothing but endless anger.

"Even if they've become Tatunbto people, so what? There are bad people among the Tatunbto people too!"

At this moment, these soldiers had already mentally expelled those alien visitors from Tatunbto's citizenship.

Indeed, they alone could not defeat these visitors from the Star Sea, but they were not alone either.

Behind them is the entire Blood Warband.

"Get the aliens back! Give Tatumbto back to the Tatumbto people!"

Under this slogan, the entire Bloodbath Corps mobilized, their forces heading straight for the stronghold of those chosen champions.

(End of this chapter)