Chapter 161 - 119: Pinning Down the Blood-tooth Python! Successfully Hunting the 2nd Extraordinary Creature! Lion-headed Goose vs. Bloodthirsty Vine?

Chapter 161: Chapter 119: Pinning Down the Blood-tooth Python! Successfully Hunting the 2nd Extraordinary Creature! Lion-headed Goose vs. Bloodthirsty Vine?

Chen Chong’s heart burned with frustration as he stared at the vines filling the karst cave.

Extraordinary Creatures were dangerous, but they were also a treasure trove for those seeking to become stronger.

If one had the ability to hunt them, one could quickly obtain Rare Cards, as well as Secret Cards that revealed the hidden truths of this world.

Even the valuable parts from the bodies of Extraordinary Creatures could be crafted into high-level Extraordinary Artifacts.

Even the leftover materials could be made into common Extraordinary Artifacts.

As the Tiger Striped Dog and Lion-headed Goose had proven, feeding them the flesh and blood of Extraordinary Creatures could also help them evolve.

Beyond that, there were many other uses yet to be discovered.

’For instance, if a person ate it, would they evolve too...?’

In short, aside from the huge bonus to the daily settlement score and the Cards they dropped on the spot, every single part of an Extraordinary Creature was valuable. There was nothing that could be discarded as waste.

The last time, with the Unihorn Catfish, it had been infested by a Bloodthirsty Vine, so he had only managed to salvage its single horn and a few bones. The flesh, hide, and most of the body had to be incinerated.

Without the Bloodthirsty Vine, given the Unihorn Catfish’s massive body, Chen Chong was confident he could have forged several more Extraordinary Artifacts, and he could have helped the Tiger Striped Dog and the Lion-headed Goose evolve again.

Now, facing the Blood-tooth Python, after he had gone through so much trouble to force it into this desperate situation... ’If the Bloodthirsty Vine gets to it first and infests it, I’ll be so mad I could spit blood!’

Judging from what had happened after the Unihorn Catfish died, the Bloodthirsty Vine could apparently only infest living creatures. When faced with a corpse, it would grow agitated and attempt to burrow out of its host.

Although he didn’t know why, Chen Chong understood that he had to kill the Blood-tooth Python before the Bloodthirsty Vine could infest it. He had to deny it a host, and then he could deal with those damn vines...

SQUELCH—

The Tang Blade plunged directly into the Blood-tooth Python’s wound, and the intense pain made it thrash even more violently.

It crashed against the surrounding walls, sending a shower of stones tumbling down.

Its ear-piercing hisses echoed ceaselessly within the karst cave, painful enough to make one clamp their hands over their ears...

Perhaps sensing Chen Chong’s intent, the Bloodthirsty Vine moved even faster.

It split off even more vines, coiling them with increasing speed.

Soon, it had completely enveloped both Chen Chong and the Blood-tooth Python.

The remaining vines rapidly bored toward the wound, attempting to start the infestation...

At the same time, sensing the threat from both the Bloodthirsty Vine and Chen Chong, the python—bound tightly and unable to break free—used its final resort.

A familiar purple mist surged out from between its two fangs.

It rapidly began to spread outward...

Perhaps because it had released its toxic mist on the surface not long ago, the Blood-tooth Python’s reserves hadn’t fully recovered. This all-out release didn’t have the same extensive coverage as before.

The toxic mist only spread three to four meters around its body, barely enough to envelop its coiled form.

But even so, the mist’s potency was still terrifying; the moment it appeared, it began to rapidly corrode everything it touched.

Even the surface of the rock-hewn karst cave began to corrode and blacken, pitting with tiny, honeycomb-like holes...

The Bloodthirsty Vine wrapped around the man and the python reacted as if it had met its natural enemy. Like snow in hot water, it disintegrated inch by inch, melting into puddles of foul, acrid liquid that dripped to the ground.

The remaining vines dared not approach. Wary of the mist’s power, yet unwilling to abandon the prey so nearly in their grasp, the severed tendrils retreated, circling the perimeter of the toxic cloud...

Ning Yu kept backing away, her expression changing as she stared at the area ahead, now completely enveloped in the toxic mist.

"Chen Chong is still in there! Don’t tell me he’s..."

Before she could finish her thought, Xu Jun cut in, "Brother Chong is fine. He has the Antitoxic Necklace. The Blood-tooth Python’s toxic mist can’t hurt him. We just need to take care of ourselves!"

"The Antitoxic Necklace?"

Ning Yu was taken aback again. ’That’s another thing I’ve never heard of,’ she thought. ’Can the weapons that come from Cards also have functions like resisting toxic mist?’

BOOM—

Just then, the toxic mist seemed to contract, and the Blood-tooth Python charged straight out of it.

It hadn’t sprayed the toxic mist just to sit and wait for death; its plan had been to corrode the Bloodthirsty Vine and Chen Chong, creating a chance to escape.

Even though it had lost its eyes, for a serpentine creature, sight was already of minimal importance.

Even without eyes, it could use its tongue to pick up scent particles and navigate, allowing it to flee swiftly through the dark, damp subterranean cave...

The Bloodthirsty Vine had indeed been mostly corroded and severed. The remaining tendrils could only circle from a distance, not daring to get close, completely unable to react in time to intercept the python’s charge.

What the Blood-tooth Python hadn’t expected, however, was that Chen Chong was completely unaffected by the toxic mist and was still clinging, unharmed, to the top of its head.

"Trying to run!?"

Chen Chong’s eyes narrowed. From his position on its head, the thick scales gave him no good angle to attack.

Seeing that the Blood-tooth Python was at the end of its rope and could breathe its last at any moment, he made a decision.

Steeling himself, he leaped forward, landing directly in the python’s escape path.

He instantly activated Rock Body Transformation to its maximum strength.

He gripped the Tang Blade with both hands, its sharp edge pointing forward, and activated Jump Enhancement once again...

He threw his entire body into a collision with the fleeing Blood-tooth Python.

He slammed right into its half-open mouth...

SCHLICK!

With a sound of tearing flesh, the Tang Blade pierced through its upper jaw and bored directly into the top half of its skull.

At the same time, Ning Yu activated "Swiftness," pushing the ability to its absolute limit. She became a streak of light, dashing over five meters with her tiger-headed broadsword and bringing it down on the python’s scaled head.

The tremendous impact, combined with the force of the tiger-headed broadsword’s chop, finally put a crack in the indestructible scales, leaving a slight dent on the top of its head.

She then smoothly pulled out a Tang Blade that was lodged in its neck, and with all her might, stabbed violently downward!