Chapter 90: New Ability — Spatial Imprisonment

Ever since the first time Mo Lin had run into the Hong family’s snake catchers and was forced to break off his tail to survive, he had not suffered any serious injuries to his body.

Even when facing Gong Yang, when every single scale on his body had been ripped off by the Hair Jiangshi, that was only a frightening-looking external wound—nothing compared to the pain of a severed tail.

But now, looking at the golden circlet tightly locked around his tail, Mo Lin had no choice but to act like an Ouroboros, swallowing both the circlet and his tail into his stomach.

However, Mo Lin did not bite off his tail directly.

After all, though his teeth were sharp, they were not sharp enough to pierce through his own scales.

He only pushed his tail, with the golden circlet still around it, into his stomach to see if his Devour talent could still function under such circumstances and digest the circlet.

Mo Lin knew his own body best, so he was quite confident. But to outsiders, things looked completely different.

Under the stares of Wuzhen and Xiang Ling along with the other female worshippers, Mo Lin at this moment looked like a mad serpent demon. He had coiled himself into a circle, turning into an Ouroboros, swallowing his own tail.

Even with his broken ribs stabbing painfully in his chest, Wuzhen still laughed loudly:

“Hahaha! Serpent demon, who would have thought you’d be stupid enough to do this? Stuffing your tail into your belly—how are you any different from that fool who covers his ears while stealing a bell?

Even if you swallow the golden circlet into your belly, it won’t let go of your tail! In the end, it will strangle you to death!”

“But to see such an amusing scene, I guess my death isn’t in vain.”

Meanwhile, Xiang Ling and the other women trembled in fear.

Just moments ago, while Mo Lin was struggling against the golden circlet, his massive body had already crushed several of the female worshippers to death.

Now that Mo Lin looked as if he had lost his mind and started eating his own tail, they grew even more panicked.

If this serpent demon was crazy enough to eat himself, who knew if he wouldn’t eat them next?

Why didn’t Xiang Ling and the others run?

Because Mo Lin’s enormous body had already blocked the exit of the purification chamber completely. Where could they possibly run?

They could only secretly pray that Mo Lin would die together with Wuzhen, as he said.

Mo Lin ignored the seemingly mad Wuzhen and the terrified women. Inwardly, he was secretly overjoyed.

It worked!

To Mo Lin’s surprise, as his tail, circled by the golden circlet, sank into his stomach, he clearly felt the pain caused by the circlet gradually weakening.

His Devour talent could affect even an Earth-Rank magical treasure!

And it still worked in this special situation!

Mo Lin tried moving his tail inside his stomach and noticed that it wasn’t being digested along with the circlet. It seemed that his talent recognized its owner.

Wuzhen, who had been laughing loudly, waited for a while and realized that Mo Lin, who had been thrashing in pain moments ago, was now strangely still—just quietly keeping his tail in his stomach. This puzzled him.

What’s going on?

Why wasn’t Mo Lin struggling?

Had he fainted from the pain?

By right, shouldn’t the golden circlet have driven him to jump and writhe in agony?

Why was he suddenly so calm, as if nothing had happened?

Just as Wuzhen was secretly growing suspicious, Mo Lin suddenly opened his vertical pupils and slowly drew his tail back out of his stomach.

As Mo Lin moved, Wuzhen was shocked to find that the golden circlet, which should have still been locked around his tail, had disappeared!

“!”

Mo Lin’s tail emerged from his stomach unharmed, but the blood-stained golden circlet had been left behind inside him.

Wuzhen immediately coughed violently:

“You—you swallowed the golden circlet?”

“No, no, that’s impossible!”

“That’s impossible! A golden circlet cannot be devoured by a mere serpent demon! That defies all logic!!”

Mo Lin, who had already digested the golden circlet, cast a cold glance at Wuzhen with his slit pupils:

“Nothing is impossible, Wuzhen. Since you’re so curious, why don’t I let you see for yourself how the golden circlet disappeared?”

With that, before Wuzhen could even take his last breath, Mo Lin swallowed him whole.

Unfortunately, since the golden circlet had already been digested, even if Wuzhen entered Mo Lin’s stomach, he would never actually see it.

After devouring Wuzhen, Mo Lin casually swallowed the sobbing, naked female worshippers as well before leaving the purification chamber.

Outside the chamber, many other worshippers had noticed the commotion and were fleeing in panic.

“Help!”

“There’s a serpent demon!”

Mo Lin rose into the air and glanced at the tiny humans on the ground, narrowing his pupils.

The events in this temple had already been witnessed by these humans, which meant his existence as a serpent demon would inevitably be exposed.

If he allowed these people to escape and word reached the Bureau of Heaven Monitoring or the Six Gates, it would surely bring him more trouble.

For his own sake, it was best to silence them all.

“Just in time. Since I’ve just digested the golden circlet and seem to have gained a remarkable new ability, I’ll test it on them.”

In the sky, Mo Lin curled himself head to tail into a circular loop, his vertical pupils half-open.

In the next moment, a strange power radiated outward from his body, flowing into every worshipper fleeing from the Child-Giving Temple.

Strangely, though the worshippers had been running for their lives just moments before, the instant Mo Lin’s power touched them, their legs froze in place.

Panic remained etched on their faces, their legs still lifted mid-stride—but they could no longer move, forced to watch Mo Lin appear before them.

“Hmm, so devouring the golden circlet brought me such an unexpected reward.”

Mo Lin examined the frozen crowd with satisfaction and nodded.

This was the ability he had developed after devouring the golden circlet—Spatial Imprisonment.

Unlike the golden circlet, which had to bind someone to exert its power, this ability required nothing but his will. He could simply freeze everyone within a certain space.

Of course, Spatial Imprisonment had its limits.

By Mo Lin’s estimate, those below Earth-Rank would all be trapped. ]

Against Earth-Rank opponents on his level, however, its effect would be greatly reduced—they would likely only feel slowed down.

But that was already enough.

Combined with his natural skill at binding with his body, if anyone below Mid-Earth Rank was entangled by him under the effects of Spatial Imprisonment, there would be no escaping his coils.

“Not bad, not bad.”

Mo Lin was very pleased with this newly mastered ability.

He swallowed the immobilized worshippers outside the Child-Giving Temple one by one, then turned his gaze into the distance:

“I wonder how Mountain Lord, Jingchen, and that fellow connected to the two constables are faring in their fight?”

“Let’s see if I can gain some more benefits from them.”

With Wuzhen and the golden circlet already in his stomach and nothing of value left in the Child-Giving Temple, Mo Lin spread his wings and flew back in the direction he had come.