Chapter 162 - 119: Pinning Down the Blood-tooth Python! A Successful Hunt of Two Extraordinary Creatures! Lion-headed Goose vs. Bloodthirsty Vine?

Chapter 162: Chapter 119: Pinning Down the Blood-tooth Python! A Successful Hunt of Two Extraordinary Creatures! Lion-headed Goose vs. Bloodthirsty Vine?

With no scales in the way, a body of mere flesh and blood was completely unable to withstand the sharpness of the Tang Blade...

The blade plunged from the top of its head down through its mouth!

With Chen Chong below and Ning Yu above, their two identical Tang Blades pierced through half of the Blood-tooth Python’s skull from different directions.

It all happened in just three seconds, over in the blink of an eye.

The Blood-tooth Python didn’t have time to react. Even Xu Jun, standing to the side, hadn’t expected Chen Chong to be so decisive, or for Ning Yu to coordinate so skillfully. The two of them had simultaneously launched a fierce attack on the same spot...

Blood sprayed across the ground, dyeing it crimson.

The Blood-tooth Python’s body lay motionless on the ground, pinned in place.

This once-invincible Extraordinary Creature was finally...

Successfully killed!

"It’s dead?"

Xu Jun’s face was full of excitement.

Chen Chong stepped out. Sensing the life force rapidly fading within his Perception Ring, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

’Besides the heart, a creature’s other fatal weak point is its head.’

’I killed the Blood-tooth Python using a similar method to the one I used on the Unihorn Catfish: piercing the brain through the upper jaw for an instant kill.’

’It’s just that I wasn’t sure of the exact location of a snake’s brain, and the Extraordinary Creature was simply too large, so I had to stab wildly.’

’I don’t know if it was my blade that had pierced its brain, or Ning Yu’s from above.’

’But regardless, we successfully hunted the Extraordinary Creature. This is the second one I’ve killed since I crossed over...’

Just as he was about to praise Ning Yu for her excellent teamwork, she suddenly pitched forward and fell from the top of the Blood-tooth Python’s head.

Fortunately, Chen Chong was quick to react and caught her.

Otherwise, a fall of two or three meters onto the rocky ground would have been more than enough to seriously injure an ordinary person.

’Did she faint because the power consumption from her abilities exceeded her body’s limit?’

According to his Perception Ring, Ning Yu’s life force was strong, meaning she wasn’t in any mortal danger—she had simply fainted.

Chen Chong felt a surge of gratitude.

’Thankfully, I gained the ’Rapid Recovery’ ability. Even though it isn’t my highest-level ability, its effect is the most noticeable, providing a constant source of stamina.’

’Otherwise, with the high-intensity battle against the Blood-tooth Python—from the surface to the pool, and then into this Underground Cave—and using several abilities and Extraordinary Artifacts so frequently, I would’ve passed out from exhaustion countless times by now, even if the side effects weren’t as severe as Ning Yu’s.’

"Brother Chong!"

Xu Jun ran over.

His face was alight with excitement as he stared at the eight Cards that had appeared on the ground.

Chen Chong reached out and scooped them up, a smile touching his lips as well.

"Six Cards, two Secret Cards..."

’Isn’t this what we’ve been fighting tooth and nail for?’

HISSS—

Suddenly!

The sound of a snake’s hiss echoed through the cave.

Chen Chong and Xu Jun were startled. ’Could there be another Blood-tooth Python in the Underground Cave?’

They looked up and froze.

There was indeed a "Blood-tooth Python" before them, but it wasn’t a living creature like the one they had just killed. It was... a Blood-tooth Python woven from countless vines!

Countless tendrils of the Bloodthirsty Vine had extended from the walls and floor, suddenly weaving together in mid-air to mimic the shape of the Blood-tooth Python.

Except for its surface, which was covered in the texture of vines instead of dark red scales, it was nearly identical—it had even replicated the two massive fangs!

In the dim light of the Underground Cave, it was hard to tell the difference at first glance. Anyone who didn’t know better would have thought the Blood-tooth Python had come back to life!

The "Blood-tooth Python" before them moved like a marionette controlled by countless strings, and its oppressive presence was no less menacing than that of the real one when it was alive.

"Fuck! What the hell is that thing!?"

"Holy shit, this thing can mimic other creatures?"

Chen Chong and Xu Jun were both stunned, but what they couldn’t comprehend was how it was even able to imitate the hiss.

’Since when do plants have vocal cords!?’

It stared at the lifeless body of the Blood-tooth Python on the ground, its vine-formed pupils showing no reaction.

A few vines split off from its body and tried to probe the python’s wounds, but they recoiled the instant they made contact, as if disgusted by something foul-tasting.

Chen Chong noticed this and had a moment of clarity.

’As I thought. The Bloodthirsty Vine only likes to inhabit living things. It has a natural aversion to corpses.’

’I don’t know if it’s a matter of taste or if it can only parasitize and devour the power of living creatures, but at least this confirms one of the properties of its parasitic ability.’

HISSS—

The hissing roar erupted from the "Blood-tooth Python’s" mouth again. Its gaping, savage maw seemed to express its utter fury.

The prey it was so close to parasitizing and devouring had been ruined by these two humans!

Its plan failed... again.

The Bloodthirsty Vine remembered Chen Chong. There had been two humans last time as well, with the Unihorn Catfish.

Although the detached Vine Core was never recovered, the tactile memories had returned to the main body, letting it know everything that had happened with the Unihorn Catfish...

It was furious. Absolutely furious!

If it had successfully parasitized the Unihorn Catfish, devoured all its power, and brought the detached part back to the main body, it would have gained enough strength to completely overwhelm the Stone Claw Eagle.

After parasitizing and devouring a second Extraordinary Creature, it would have accumulated enough power to evolve into an S-Class Extraordinary Creature.

But that plan had failed. Not only had it failed to absorb the Unihorn Catfish’s power, but it had also lost a part of itself, which was why it still hadn’t been able to take down the Stone Claw Eagle.

It had no choice but to switch targets and go after the much riskier Blood-tooth Python...

It had a real chance with the severely wounded Blood-tooth Python. Parasitizing it would have yielded even more power than the Unihorn Catfish and put the plan back on track. But it never expected to be thwarted yet again.