She Xi's feeble body crawled forward in the dark and damp cave. The blow he had received earlier allowed him to withstand it through the power of his Snake Father and his own strength, but he was seriously injured nonetheless. His spine was shattered, and his body was contaminated with a considerable amount of an unknown disease.
This disease tormented not only his body but also incessantly eroded his soul, sometimes making it impossible for him to distinguish between reality and illusion.
He couldn't understand why such a powerful being had suddenly appeared; he could sense that the stranger's power was nearly equal to his own at his peak. If he hadn't quickly left the area covered by the kingdom's influence and lifted the suppression, he wouldn't have survived that blow at all.
