7: Human-faced leaf snake

Inside the Misty Forest, Su Yuan stepped on the soft, thick fallen leaves, looked at the lush canopy above that the sunlight couldn't penetrate, and maintained a high level of vigilance.

With the mist and dense foliage, even though it was currently the most sun-drenched time of the morning, visibility in the Misty Forest was still somewhat dim.

A gentle breeze swept through, rustling the leaves and bringing a refreshing coolness.

"Xiao Xuan, come out!"

After entering the Misty Forest, Su Yuan didn't hesitate. With a thought, he summoned Xiao Xuan, who had been stored in his beast taming bracelet, to protect him.

Beastmasters in this world can only open up a Beast Taming Space within their bodies after becoming a Lord-level Beastmaster.

Before that, Beastmasters mostly used beast taming bracelets as a dwelling for their Beasts.

In this world, a beast taming bracelet is equivalent to a 'Poké Ball' in the 'Pokémon' world.

No matter how large the Beast's body, it can be stored inside, but each beast taming bracelet can only hold one Beast.

Furthermore, besides storing Beasts, the beast taming bracelet has no other function for storing items, making it far less practical than a Beastmaster's Beast Taming Space.

If a Beastmaster has many Beasts and has not yet become a Lord-level Beastmaster to open up his own Beast Taming Space, he can only buy several beast taming bracelets to carry with him.

Following Su Yuan's summons, Xiao Xuan also flew out from the beast taming bracelet, landing with a thump on the fallen leaves beside Su Yuan.

Xiao Xuan's Rank had already reached ordinary seventh-tier, and the true body of the Xuan Water Turtle had grown to over six meters long.

However, Xiao Xuan was still in a Disguise state, appearing beside Su Yuan in the form of an ordinary Blastoise.

It's just that at Su Yuan's request, Xiao Xuan was now disguised as an ordinary fourth-tier Blastoise, and its size had changed from the football-sized one when it first hatched to a millstone-sized one.

This size and body type perfectly corresponded to the standard of an ordinary fourth-tier Blastoise, making it impossible for anyone to spot any flaws.

With Xiao Xuan as a combat force protecting him, Su Yuan immediately felt much more at ease.

"Let's go."

After summoning Xiao Xuan, Su Yuan spoke softly to him, and then the man and Beast walked deeper into the Misty Forest.

Rustle... Rustle...

As the two walked on the thick fallen leaves, they inevitably made sounds along the way.

Such sounds could easily attract nearby Vicious Beasts.

It was Su Yuan's first time in the wilderness, and he was very cautious, moving at a very slow pace.

Su Yuan and Xiao Xuan walked for about fifteen minutes, only covering half a kilometer.

Suddenly, Xiao Xuan, who was following beside Su Yuan, bolted out, rushing in front of Su Yuan, quickly condensing a water pillar, and shooting it towards an open space not far away.

Whoosh!

The water pillar impacted a pile of withered branches and fallen leaves about five meters away, and the powerful impact instantly shattered all the fallen leaves and broken branches.

In an instant, an open space was cleared.

Only then did Su Yuan understand why Xiao Xuan had suddenly attacked.

Under Xiao Xuan's Water Gun attack, the Vicious Beast hiding in a pile of withered branches and fallen leaves had no place left to hide, revealing its true appearance.

This was a snake-type Vicious Beast with human-like facial patterns under its head. Its withered yellow snake body was almost identical to the surrounding fallen leaves.

This nearly five-meter-long snake-type Vicious Beast, currently coiled on the ground with its body tensed, ready to attack at any moment, had previously almost perfectly concealed itself with the cover of the surrounding fallen leaves, making it nearly impossible to spot with the naked eye.

[Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake]

Species: Snake/Poison

Quality: Excellent One Star

Rank: Ordinary Third-Tier

Status: Angry

Skill: Toxin Injection

Evolution Count: 0

Available Evolution Plans: 2

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"It's actually a Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake!"

"Good thing I have Xiao Xuan, otherwise I wouldn't have discovered this guy at all!"

When Su Yuan focused his gaze on the Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake five meters away and saw the information floating above it, he couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.

This Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake was right on Su Yuan's path and had almost completely blended into the surrounding environment.

If not for Xiao Xuan, once Su Yuan got close to the Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake's attack range, he would surely suffer a lightning sneak attack from it.

Although Su Yuan now possessed the physical fitness to fight an ordinary fifth-tier Vicious Beast under Xiao Xuan's energy feedback.

But the Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake's most powerful weapon was the toxin contained in its fangs.

The toxin of an ordinary third-tier Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake was enough to pose a fatal threat to enemies three or four Ranks higher than itself.

If Su Yuan were bitten by this Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake, even if he could kill it, he would have to use a flare gun to send out a distress signal, withdraw from the actual combat training early, and go for treatment.

"Xiao Xuan, well done!"

"Keep up the good work and use Water Gun to finish off this Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake in one go!"

After discovering the Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake, Su Yuan took a deep breath and gave Xiao Xuan the combat command.

Facing the highly venomous Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake, the safest approach was to use long-range attacks to kill it, preventing its toxins from having any effect.

Hooch! Hooch!

Hearing Su Yuan's command, Xiao Xuan nodded, and a dense energy quickly gathered above his head.

Almost instantly, a water pillar even thicker than before had condensed.

The next moment, the water pillar shot towards the Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake, which had raised a third of its body, in front of them.

Its speed was so fast that the Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake had no chance to dodge.

Bang!!!

Xiao Xuan had already reached ordinary seventh-tier Rank, and was a high-quality Beast of excellent nine-star.

Even without fully unleashing his Water Gun attack, this water pillar instantly killed the Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake five meters away.

The thick water pillar impacted the Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake's head, directly shattering its entire head.

After losing its head, the Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake's body also went limp, and its originally upright upper body crashed to the ground, deader than dead.

At the same time, a gray crystal core the size of a peanut fell to the ground.

"It's a Vicious Beast crystal core! Xiao Xuan, it seems our luck is pretty good!"

The sharp-eyed Su Yuan immediately saw the gray crystal core, a look of surprise flashed across his face, and he immediately said to Xiao Xuan with a smile.

The strength Ranks of Vicious Beasts are divided into nine major Realms: Ordinary, Awakening, Transcendent, Commander, Lord, King, Emperor, Imperial, and Saint-Grade, with each major Realm divided into one to nine tiers.

Under normal circumstances, only Vicious Beasts of ordinary fifth-tier strength and above can 100% condense a crystal core.

For Vicious Beasts below ordinary fifth-tier, the probability of condensing an energy crystal core is extremely low.

The Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake killed by Xiao Xuan was only ordinary third-tier, making it almost impossible to condense a crystal core.

Because of this, Su Yuan was so surprised.

Hooch! Hooch!

Xiao Xuan was very pleased with Su Yuan's praise. After hearing Su Yuan's words, he immediately grunted and nodded at Su Yuan, and a feeling of joy was also transmitted to Su Yuan's mind.

"Come on, let's keep up the good work. We get to keep all the Vicious Beast spoils from this Misty Forest actual combat training."

"After this actual combat training, we'll sell the crystal cores we don't need and buy you Advanced Beastmaster rations!"

Su Yuan felt Xiao Xuan's joy and said to him with a smile.

Then he took Xiao Xuan forward, picked up the Human-Faced Withered Leaf Snake's crystal core, and put it in his pocket.

The man and Beast continued to delve deeper into the Misty Forest.

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