Reborn As a Snake, I Can Absorb Fear

Chapter 169 Can’t Get It LickedThe voices of opposition struck a chord in many people’s hearts.

Indeed!

In an era of equality for all, who is willing to accept blatant privileges?

Especially when this privilege belongs to a snake, a snake that kills without blinking.

Some people are awed by the snake’s majesty and submit to it, but human arrogance does not diminish in the slightest as long as disaster has not yet befallen them.

The surrender faction only briefly suppressed the ignorant faction before being overwhelmed again by countless voices of indignation, even worse than before.

The official words no longer carry any weight.

The decree was already unpopular to begin with, and many within the officialdom themselves did not agree with it, letting the voices of opposition run rampant.

Secretary Song Qingya, who issued this decree, was exposed by the people.

Consequently, the label of ”traitor” was slapped onto Secretary Song Qingya.

Countless people began denouncing Secretary Song Qingya.

Dragon Kingdom Mystery Bureau.

Secretary Song Qingya’s expression was grim; she had not expected the opposition to be so loud.

Even within the Mystery Bureau, less than half supported her, and the higher-ups were extremely dissatisfied with her decision.

The Deputy Chief of the Dragon Kingdom threatened to dismiss Secretary Song Qingya, and many high-ranking officials also condemned her, accusing her of betraying the country for personal gain.

Conflicts can never be resolved peacefully, and a campaign to oust Secretary Song Qingya began brewing in the Imperial Capital.

That night, a small-scale conflict erupted within the Mystery Bureau.

The conflict ended quickly, and no one knew what had happened.

Because those who survived the conflict had disappeared.

The next day, the Dragon Kingdom authorities announced major news.

Secretary Song Qingya was removed from her position as Deputy Director of the Mystery Bureau.

Instantly, the internet was in an uproar of celebration, with everyone praising the Dragon Kingdom authorities.

The surrender faction dared not make a sound.

But there was one exception: Dragon Kingdom’s Su City.

Having personally experienced the Big White Snake incident, the people here no longer had the courage to resist the Big White Snake.

They were willing to submit to the Big White Snake, and more importantly, they trusted that woman.

Today, the people of Dragon Kingdom’s Su City were gathered together.

Because an event that would completely change the future of Su City was about to take place today.

That is, Su City unilaterally announced it would remain friendly toward the Big White Snake, and Su City would become independent, supporting Secretary Song Qingya as their leader and Su Ling as the State Preceptor, a position of high status.

Su City’s actions were a slap in the face to the Dragon Kingdom authorities, leaving everyone stunned.

But even more shocking was that Su City immediately announced they were about to enter an era where everyone would become an Awakened One.

Yes, everyone an Awakened One.

Jiang Feng gave the snake skin he shed yesterday to Su Ling. After obtaining Jiang Feng’s consent, Su Ling decided to let everyone in Su City eat the snake skin and become Snake-Skin Warriors.

After several upheavals in Su City, fewer than two million people remained.

Originally, even excluding non-locals, the number of local residents in Su City was far more than that.

But after yesterday’s events, more than half of the people had fled Su City.

After all, no one wanted to be suddenly crushed to death by a violent snake.

Jiang Feng’s Continent Level snake skin was several grades better than the initial snake skin.

The success rate for awakening was as high as 80%, and the resulting Snake-Skin Warriors were stronger, reaching the combat power of a Star-Holder upon awakening.

Each one could easily take on a hundred opponents; with over a million Snake-Skin Warriors, that was combat power comparable to hundreds of millions.

The power of Su City alone could challenge the entire Dragon Kingdom.

Of course, this was assuming no weapons were used.

Su City also had a Military, and these troops had long pledged allegiance to Secretary Song Qingya, as she had made preparations in Su City a long time ago.

However, since Su City and the Dragon Kingdom were once one, there was no intention of going to war.

Everyone was just negotiating, trying to make the other side concede.

Secretary Song Qingya found it hard to understand where the Dragon Kingdom got the confidence to negotiate when faced with the unanswerable combat power of the Big White Snake.

But that was until three days later.

The Dragon Kingdom’s negotiation team brought someone—no, to be precise, it should be a child.

The person responsible for negotiating with Secretary Song Qingya was the Dragon Kingdom’s new Mystery Bureau Director, Bureau Chief Lu Ye.

The former director, Director Xia Weiguo, had been dismissed, and Bureau Chief Lu Ye, the former leader of the Su City Mysterious Unit, had taken his place.

This was strongly pushed by the Deputy Head of the Dragon Kingdom, and other high-ranking officials in the Dragon Kingdom had not opposed it.

”Secretary Song, I’ve heard much about you.” Bureau Chief Lu Ye looked at Secretary Song Qingya frivolously, his gaze sweeping over her.

”Director Lu, please call me Head of State Song.” Secretary Song Qingya frowned, very displeased with Bureau Chief Lu Ye.

”Song Qingya, I only call you Secretary Song out of respect for our former colleagues. Don’t flatter yourself. ’Head of State Song’? Who are you trying to make laugh to death? A tiny Su City declaring itself independent—do you think this is ancient times? Playing around with imperial power?”

Bureau Chief Lu Ye looked disdainful. To think there were still people who wanted to be emperor; it was simply courting death, although in his heart, he also wanted to be emperor.

But the more he thought about it, the more he envied Secretary Song Qingya. How could a woman like her, who wasn’t even an Awakened One before, fully control a city and openly become its ruler?

He, Bureau Chief Lu Ye, couldn’t even say he wanted to be emperor for fear of being attacked by the masses.

”’Ruler’ is just a title. I am not an emperor, and I have no interest in being one.”

”Hmph, sophistry. Doing it but not daring to admit it—I look down on you.”

”Bureau Chief Lu Ye, are you here to humiliate me? If so, I don’t think there’s any need to talk.” Secretary Song Qingya said sternly, as hundreds of Snake-Skin Warriors slowly approached, their presence imposing.

”Haha, humiliate you? Are you even worth it? Besides, what if I did humiliate you? Nezha, capture this woman first.” Bureau Chief Lu Ye shouted, ordering the child behind him.

With Nezha there, he was not afraid of the Snake-Skin Warriors opposite him at all; besides, he himself was a powerful Awakened One.

”I have no interest in hitting women.” A childish voice said lazily.

”You, Nezha, you promised to help us!” Bureau Chief Lu Ye suddenly became anxious.

The reason the Dragon Kingdom had the confidence to stand up to the Big White Snake was that they had gained the friendship of Nezha.

Nezha was a very powerful existence in mythology, and no one in the Dragon Kingdom was unaware of him.

Secretary Song Qingya’s expression changed slightly; she had not expected the Dragon Kingdom to have obtained Nezha’s help.

”Nezha, we are also Dragon Kingdom citizens; you cannot attack us.” Secretary Song Qingya said.

”Bullshit. The moment you declared independence, you were expelled from the Dragon Kingdom. You voluntarily gave up your status as Dragon Kingdom citizens.” Bureau Chief Lu Ye retorted.

”You’re the one talking bullshit. We are the orthodox Huaxia people; you are the ones walking down a path of no return.” Secretary Song Qingya refused to back down; she had never thought of abandoning her identity as a Huaxia person.

”Alright, what’s with all the arguing? It’s giving me a headache. I don’t care about your affairs; I came here today to beat up the big snake.”

”Nezha, you cannot be an enemy of the big snake; it is a friend of our Dragon Kingdom.”

”I don’t care if it’s a friend or not. No one has ever been able to stop me, Nezha, from doing what I want.”

”Is that so? You little brat, no one can stop you? What about me, this snake?” Jiang Feng’s voice suddenly rang out.

The entire ground began to squirm.

While Secretary Song Qingya was over negotiating, Jiang Feng had long been focusing his attention here.

He had quietly transformed into his Earth Spirit Body and lurked over, and upon hearing Nezha’s words, he could no longer hold back.

”You’re courting death.” Nezha shouted angrily, shooting up into the sky.

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