John ran down into the body of the snake and stabbed with all his strength. His sword penetrated and went very deep. Then he used the same method that he used before—he channeled his mana and increased the flame, burning the inside.
But he got too carried away and didn't see the tail coming for him.
"John, watch out!" Jake yelled, but by the time he looked up, it was already too late. The tip of the tail stabbed right through his chest.
Same like before, time rewound to just a few moments before he was stabbed, and this time he rolled and dodged the tail before pulling out his sword.
He tried to run away, but he suddenly collapsed to his knee on the snake and vomited a mouthful of blood. "Shit, I overused it. I can't even move anymore," John said, coughing out more blood.
Jake saw that John wasn't moving anymore, so he ran toward him. He pushed himself to move fast before the snake would kill John, but he wasn't fast enough—the snake used its tail to slam John off its body.
