Chapter 185 - 129: Snakebone Giant Axe! Bipolar Bow! First Taste of Homegrown Vegetables

Chapter 185: Chapter 129: Snakebone Giant Axe! Bipolar Bow! First Taste of Homegrown Vegetables

"Not feeling well?"

The others looked at his deathly pale face, all of them startled.

They hadn’t really noticed before, but now that they took a closer look, something was definitely wrong with him.

"Did you get hurt during the fight just now?"

Ermao was still scratching his neck incessantly. "I... don’t think so?" he said, uncertain.

"Let me take a look."

One of the team members noticed him scratching his neck and moved behind him. At first, he didn’t see anything.

But as he lifted the back of Ermao’s shirt and got a good look, he froze.

"Holy shit, Ermao, what the hell happened to your back!?"

The other members rushed over to look, and their expressions changed instantly.

Ermao’s back, starting from the nape of his neck, was a bloody mess. There wasn’t a single patch of intact skin; it looked as if it had been scraped by sandpaper a thousand times over, leaving nothing but shredded flesh and dried blood.

Just as the others were about to say something more, Ermao’s body shuddered. Like a marionette, he began to twitch and contort on the spot.

Then, under the astonished gazes of his teammates...

Several vines burst from the wounds on his back, shooting toward them at extreme speed.

Before they could react, they were all swiftly entangled, instantly bound tight where they stood.

The vines began to burrow into their ears, noses, and mouths...

The pheasant fell to the ground, flapping its wings as it fled.

A short while later, the vines vanished.

The group started walking toward the school again.

Only this time, their previous cheerful chatter was gone. All that remained were identical pale faces and the jerky gaits of marionettes.

It was as if they were just learning to walk, unfamiliar with the human way of moving.

But what was even stranger was that as they walked further and time passed...

...this "mechanical" quality rapidly faded, and their movements grew closer and closer to those of real humans.

Ermao, at the head of the group, was even more different from the others. He showed no signs of his previous abnormality. Instead, his face displayed smiles, tears, and looks of astonishment.

It was as if he was imitating human expressions, constantly simulating and learning, to the point where he could interact normally with people without being detected...

...

[Item Name: Snake Scale Short Knife]

[Rating: A- Level]

[Source: A-Level Extraordinary Creature Blood-tooth Python · Snake Skin · Snake Scale]

[Ability: Cutting]

[Description: A weapon forged primarily from the Snake Scales and skin of an Extraordinary Creature. It is incredibly hard and possesses a cutting property, allowing it to easily slice through hard objects.]

After using a full two-fifths of the snake skin and Snake Scales, the second Extraordinary Weapon was finally forged successfully.

Gazing at the short knife in his hand, which was a fair bit longer than before, Chen Chong was both satisfied and surprised.

’I can’t believe the Extraordinary Weapon forged from the Refined Iron dagger actually reached A- Level. Is the minimum level for an Extraordinary Weapon A-Level?’

After being forged, the Refined Iron dagger looked completely different. Rather than a dagger, it was more fitting to call it a short knife, just as its name suggested.

The entire blade was about the length of a forearm.

Unlike the Blood Eye Blade, this forged weapon didn’t have an exaggerated or eye-catching appearance. The blade was still silver-black, its edge glinting with a sharp, cold light.

The hilt, however, was covered in overlapping black Snake Scales, giving it an extremely unique feel in his hand.

"Cutting?"

Puzzled, Chen Chong found a piece of wood and gently rested the Snake Scale Short Knife on it.

The blade quickly sank halfway into the wood.

This startled Chen Chong. He hadn’t used any force at all; it had sunk in just from the blade’s own weight. If he actually applied pressure...

BANG!

The arm-thick piece of wood instantly split in two.

The cut was sharp and clean, without a hint of resistance.

"Damn, this thing is sharp..."

The Identification Skill showed that the Cutting property was a B-Level ability, an inherent trait of the Snake Scale Short Knife.

Its function was simple: it added a sharper cutting power to any attack.

Furthermore, this ability didn’t need to be actively triggered. It was a permanent property of the blade, activating upon contact with any object.

Seeing the power of the Snake Scale Short Knife, Chen Chong made a mental note to find time to make a scabbard for it.

Otherwise, given its sharpness, if he carried it on his person like before and accidentally poked himself, he’d probably get a bloody hole stabbed in him before he could even activate Rock Body Transformation...

Chen Chong’s gaze fell upon the remaining materials.

Forging the Blood Eye Blade had consumed the Blood-tooth Python’s entire head, including its most precious pair of blood-red fangs, which were melted into the blade itself.

Comparing it to the second weapon, the Snake Scale Short Knife, it was clear that the Blood Eye Blade was exceptionally special.

Not all Extraordinary Weapons possessed the Growth property.

This made Chen Chong fully realize just how valuable the Blood Eye Blade was. It could grow stronger along with his own power.

’It’s definitely a top-tier item among Extraordinary Weapons!’

As for the Snake Scale Short Knife, forging it had only used two-fifths of the Snake Scales.

’How should I use the remaining three-fifths of the Snake Scales, plus the few scattered bones?’

Chen Chong pushed open his door and walked into the living room.

His eyes swept across the table, where a few familiar weapons came into view—the gear belonging to Xu Jun, Wang Biao, and Jia Wen.

When these guys went to their rooms to rest, they were mostly in the habit of leaving their weapons in the living room, rarely taking them inside. It seemed today was no different.

Looking at the weapons on the table, a faint smile touched the corners of Chen Chong’s lips.

He gathered all the weapons up in one go and carried them back to his room.

「Time passed slowly, and soon it was late at night...」

Without a watch or an alarm clock, Chen Chong didn’t know the exact time. But based on the fact that he’d been in his room since shortly after dark, he guessed it wasn’t quite midnight yet—probably around ten o’clock.