That arm slowly lifted itself, completely beyond Brian Cooper's control.

Brian Cooper glanced hurriedly and saw a pitch-black vortex spinning wildly in his palm, from which the head of the dog god—its fur a dark gold, covered in purple-blue markings—emerged!

It strained its neck, and its muscular chest followed, ‘squeezing’ out from the vortex in Brian Cooper's palm.

Two blood-soaked forelegs crawled out next, using the void as leverage, forcing its hindquarters to squeeze out from Brian Cooper's left palm as well!

The dog god stood on all fours in the void, its shoulders reaching a normal person’s waist. Blood dripped constantly from its four paws, scattering in the air. For some unknown reason, its figure appeared vaguely distorted, as if there were overlapping shadows.

Brian Cooper stared at this yin spirit that had descended into the mortal world, momentarily dumbfounded.

He had witnessed the entire process of the dog god squeezing out from his own palm.

But even if he watched it again, he still couldn’t imagine how a dog as tall at the shoulder as a Tibetan mastiff could possibly squeeze out from his palm!

What is it doing out here?!

At that moment, a wave of foul, bloody stench rushed into Brian Cooper's nose.

Following the scent, he looked toward the wall opposite and instantly understood why the dog god had leapt out on its own!

On the stone wall, a twisted, thick shadow was cast.

Tracing the shadow upward, he saw a python, its body covered in red markings and bulging with tumors, coiled around the beam. Its cold, sinister eyes stared at Brian Cooper, its tongue flicking in and out.

In the void, there was a ‘wind’ that Brian Cooper couldn’t see but could sense, gathering toward the python.

It made the tumors on its body swell even more.

That wind brushing past Brian Cooper's skin was sometimes icy cold, sometimes freezing, sometimes made his flesh feel as if it were being corroded, and sometimes so foul-smelling it made him want to vomit!

Compared to these gusts, the breeze brought by the dog god as it swept past Brian Cooper actually felt fresh and clean.

“Awoo!”

“Hiss—” The two figures suddenly clashed, their shadows on the wall merging into a chaotic blur.

The giant python slithered, constantly shifting position around the dog god. Its head drew back like a bow, then launched a flurry of attacks at the dog god with the speed of a storm!

Compared to the python, the dog god was clearly much clumsier.

It couldn’t fully stretch out in the cramped room. Though it had charged out with great momentum, its strength waned with each attack—first strong, then weaker, then exhausted. Every time it tried to go on the offensive, the python easily countered, and as its strength faded, it was repeatedly struck by the python’s attacks!

In just a few breaths, several wounds had already been torn open on the dog god’s body!

Its form grew even more indistinct, the overlapping shadows stacking upon each other!

As it fell into disadvantage, Brian Cooper also grew increasingly dizzy and muddle-headed. The scene before his eyes seemed shrouded in mist, and the sounds in his ears faded in and out.

This was even worse than before he’d taken the ghost spirit pill!

How could there be such a huge python in my room? I checked earlier and found nothing!

The python clearly wants to eat me, while the dog god is trying to protect me.

But unfortunately, it’s much weaker than the python and can only buy me a little time to escape—but with these old bones, I can’t even run if I want to...

“You have to hold on, dog god!”

Brian Cooper shouted in his heart.

The dog god, whose defeat was like an avalanche, seemed to hear Brian Cooper's inner cry. Suddenly, a layer of blood-red light flared up around it, and it charged at the python with a speed two or three times faster than before—a desperate, all-out attack!

Everything before Brian Cooper's eyes began to spin and float; in an instant, his head felt like it would split open!

He finally understood: every charge the dog god made was intimately connected to his own spirit and soul!

If he couldn’t hold on, the dog god would also be limp and powerless.

“Bite it to death!”

Brian Cooper roared inwardly, and, on impulse, popped the last ghost spirit pill into his mouth.

The pill melted instantly, a cool liquid sliding down his throat and spreading through his limbs and bones. Brian Cooper's spirit cleared in a flash, his mind becoming sharp and energized.

After that, the dog god—seemingly linked to Brian Cooper's soul—had its blood-red aura turn into blazing, evil flames. Its once-blurry, shadowy form suddenly solidified, and its gaping maw clamped down on the python’s body, then shook its head violently, trying to tear the python to pieces!

“Hiss hiss—” The python’s eyes remained cold and emotionless.

The giant python’s head weaved through the air, its tail lashing out, its body coiling tightly around the dog god’s head and neck!

The python’s body, wrapped around the dog god’s neck in the confined space, kept tightening—filling the air with a teeth-grinding ‘creak, creak’ sound!

The dog god thrashed its head desperately, its forepaws clawing frantically at the python coiled around its neck!

At last, the python could no longer endure the wounds inflicted by the dog god’s desperate struggle. It slithered away, releasing the dog god’s head.

The dog god, after this heavy blow, was now almost completely insubstantial.

Its head and neck were mangled from the python’s constriction.

As the python’s tail lashed heavily against its body, it turned into a streak of blood-red light and shot back into Brian Cooper's left palm.

Brian Cooper's face was deathly pale.

His last lifeline had snapped.

The dog god’s defeat had drained a massive amount of his spiritual power, leaving him dizzy once more, his vision clouded.

If not for the python’s unique stench, he could hardly tell where it was!