Taking the lead in the attack while Ellis follow from behind and when they got to a closer range, Ray sent a wind slash at the snake king only for the snake king to swinging around and what came after was a wall of poison.

" And now it's using its own poison as shield too" said Ellis with a frown on his face.

" Come on, let take a different approach and see if it can shield himself from both sides" replied Ray before heading to the other side and send another wind slash at the snake king only for it to be nullified by the poison wall.

" I think our only option is to head in then" said Ellis.

Gathering energy on his legs, Ellis Launch himself forward the moment the poison wall went down. Wrapping his fist with energy, he sent a heavy punch on the snake king abdomen which cause a little vibration before the snake king let out a scream and hit Ellis with his tall sending him crashing into a tree before falling down.

Struggling out of the tree Ellis walk up to Ray. Seeing Ellis was okay, Ray smiled before saying.

" That punch of yours was really able to influence some damage on him, why don't you try hitting it more"

" Hitting it is not a problem but avoiding it attack it what am worried about" replied Ellis.

" Why did you say That" asked Ray?

" That's because when I attack it, I added some internal energy to the attack, and it takes time to move my body" replied Ellis.

" I see, anyway I am going in" said Ray with a smile in his face.

Taking his sword, Ray ran towards the snake king and started slashing at it only for the snake king to respond by shooting out poisonous balls at him. Trying to get rid of the poisonous balls Ray switch to the flame burst.

Sending a flame burst at the snake king but since the attack has already been used on the snake king before, it was able to shield itself from it via using it poison wall. And though the snake king was able to defend itself from the attack, it was still sent flying.

Not giving it the time to recover, Ray dash forward and before long he was already by the snake king side sending a heavy slash at the snake king wound, he was able to deepen the wound. The snake king scream in pain before swinging it tall at Ray which was an easy to dodge.

Taking the initiative to send another attack at the snake king, but before he could, some green fog began to release from the snake king body. Taking a step back to avoid whatever that was, Ray begin to watch the green fog as it spread out around the snake king and the tree that are close to the snake king began to rot.

" That's not just any fog" said Ellis with a frown.

" So what are we going to do now that we can't get close to it due to the green fog" asked Ray.

" This won't be easy" replied Ellis with his eyes closed.

" And what are you trying to do" asked Ray when he saw Ellis closing his eyes.

" I am trying to concentrate and used my internal energy in the form of a shield to get closed to the Crazy snake" replied Ellis.

" Wow, you can actually do that" asked Ray in surprise.

Ellis nodded his head in respond before saying.

" That's what I did when I attack it previously, but I only cloak my fist"

" Can you tell me how I can use my internal energy that way" asked Ray.

" Easy, you just have to feel the spiritual energy inside you flowing through your body and imagine it moving around you" replied Ellis before showing Ray an example by cloaking himself with energy.

Closing his eyes to concentrate, Ray began to follow Ellis instructions and before long he was already cloaked in spiritual energy. Seeing this Ellis gave Ray a thumbs up before adding.

"We will have to be fast with the attack since we won't be able to maintain the concentrated energy"

" So how long do we have before the energy wore out" asked Ray.

" My estimation would be ten to 15 minutes before it worn out" replied Ellis.

" Then what are we waiting for, lets go" said Ray before charging at the snake king.

Ellis sigh before also charging at the snake king. When the were close to the snake king, they begin to attack and seeing that the two humans were not affected by his poisonous fog it began to send is poisonous balls at them which were either dodged or destroyed in midair.

Sending attack after attack, Ray and Ellis were finally able to push the snake king back but still they were not able to influence great damage on him and that's when Ray begin to use Ellis idea of wrapping his fist with energy. Moving some energy into his blade Ray moved closed to the snake king while dodging it tail attack before sending a slash at it arm while chopping it off in the process.

" Hissing"

The snake king scream in pain and decided to run away when it notices staying here while fighting this two human could be the place where it perishes.

Ray became angry when he saw the snake king running for it life and said.

" Why are the creatures and cultivators always acting so cowardly whenever they are at their ends"

Keeping his blades in the scabbard, Ray started chasing after the snake king while still cloak in spiritual energy. Ellis stood there with a blank face when he saw Ray giving chased.

" Why is that idiot chasing it when we should be looking for the treasure now that it is gone" said Ellis with a sigh before going after them.

After managing to catch up to Ray, Ellis said.

" Hey shouldn't we be looking for the treasure now that it is running away".

" The treasure will have to wait until I killed that bastard" replied Ray.

" Oh now you want to kill the damn snake and forget about the treasure eh, well it all yours" said Ellis before he stops chasing after them and turn around.

When Ray saw that Ellis was not chasing after the snake king with him, he stopped and turn to Ellis before turning back to the snake king that was running at it top speed before turning back to Ellis and walk up to him.

" Okay you win, now let's go look for the treasure" said Ray while wrapping his hand on Ellis shoulder.

" I thought you wanted the snake king dead" asked Ellis turning to look at Ray.

" I was just joking with you, you see all I wanted was to scare it away to avoid unwanted trouble" replied Ray with a smile on his face.

Ellis decided not to asked anymore since Ray could easily lie to his face. Scattering the spiritual energy they begin to walk back to where they fought with the snake tribe.

" So any ideas where the treasure could be" asked Ray when they arrive at the fight scene.

" Finding the treasure won't be a problem, all we have to do is follow the track that was left behind by the snake tribe" replied Ellis while looking at the track that was left behind by the snake tribe that ran away when their king went on rampage.

They begin to follow the track left behind by the snake tribe and after some time, they return to where they first saw the snake tribe Only to see the place being empty with no sign of life force.

" The track ends here and there should be more than a hundred snake here, so why is it so empty

" I guess they might have run away or hide themselves from being seen" replied Ellis.

" It doesn't matter anyway since we won't be fighting them which save us the stress" said Ray before getting started with the search for the treasure.

" Alright let's turn this place upside down and head back to get some pleasant liquor" said Ellis with a smile on his face.

" All you ever knew is how to drink away your life when you should have focus more on battle" replied Ray to Ellis while shaking his head in pity.

" So is now a crime to drink eh" asked Ellis while stretching is body.

" It was never a crime to other, but you" Ray shake his head and decided to end it there.

" Today is your day so you are free to shine your light for the word to see but don't come running at me beging to spare you some of my wine" replied Ellis before walking off to search for the treasure.

" we'll have to see about that" Ray said out loud for Ellis to hear before turning to the other side to begin his search.