28: Capture a four-clawed black python!

This single strike completely dazed the Four-Clawed Black Python.

It had never imagined that it could be injured to such an extent by a Tier Two prey.

The sense of shame in its heart completely ignited its ferocity as a Third Tier Fierce Beast.

Roar!

A deafening roar resounded, causing the surrounding rubble to tremble slightly.

The Black Python's massive serpentine body suddenly tensed in the water.

Its scales shimmered with a cold, icy light in the current, and its tail whipped out, stirring up a powerful surge of water.

In the next instant, it turned into a black afterimage that was difficult for the naked eye to catch, shooting out violently!

Innate Divine Ability, Strangle!

This was the most fundamental and lethal killing move of serpentine Vicious Beasts!

It didn't just rely on brute force to constrict; it also contained a unique vibrational power that could shatter the prey's internal organs alive.

Fast!

The Black Python's speed was beyond imagination, so fast that Li Qing didn't even have time to activate Mystic Water Manipulation for defense.

He only felt his vision go dark as a fishy-smelling torrent rushed toward him.

In the next instant, the massive snake body had already tightly coiled around his Turtle body.

One loop.

Two loops.

Three loops!

The Black Python's body layered over itself, firmly locking down Li Qing's entire Turtle body.

Terrifying crushing pressure came from all directions, seemingly determined to grind the entire Turtle body into powder.

It's over!

Li Qing's heart skipped a beat; this force far exceeded the previous attacks.

His Turtle shell was slightly deforming under this force, making creaking sounds.

His limbs and head were all pinned tightly within the Mysterious Armor, unable to move, and breathing became difficult.

A sense of suffocation washed over him, making him feel extreme pressure.

However, after a while...

The expected scene of the shell shattering and flesh being mangled did not occur.

The pain wasn't intense; it was more like a pure, suffocating physical squeeze.

Although uncomfortable, was that it?

Li Qing's heartbeat slowly calmed down from the peak of horror.

A chill rose from his heart, not because of fear, but because an idea that he himself found inconceivable surfaced in his mind.

It can't break my defense!

This fellow's strongest killing move, an innate Divine Ability containing vibrational power, actually couldn't break through his defense!

The defensive power granted by the Mysterious Armor talent far exceeded his estimates.

Plus, his Turtle shell had shown shocking resilience at the critical moment.

It not only resisted pure physical crushing, but even that bone-deep vibrational power was weakened layer by layer, ultimately failing to cause him any substantial damage.

The strangulation continued.

The Four-Clawed Black Python used all its strength, its muscles bulging and veins popping, as its massive body tightened more and more.

Its eyes stared fixedly at the coiled Turtle.

This innate Divine Ability of its had never failed.

No Vicious Beast of the same tier could withstand it!

However, as time passed...

The expected shattering of the shell did not happen.

That hard shell groaned under the burden of its strangulation, and every contraction was accompanied by cracking sounds.

But it just wouldn't break!

No matter how much force it applied, that layer of shell was like the sturdiest boulder in the world, stubbornly resisting everything.

Its strength was declining, and each contraction was more difficult than the last.

Time passed minute by minute.

In the Four-Clawed Black Python's crimson pupils, horror and disbelief were revealed.

Its stamina was being consumed rapidly; continuously activating its innate Divine Ability placed a huge burden on it.

Its breathing began to grow rapid, and its body trembled slightly.

And that Turtle, aside from a few struggles when it was first caught, was now actually motionless.

Are you enjoying this?

Give me some reaction!

Impossible!

This is absolutely impossible!

Refusing to believe it, it pushed its power once more, and its snake body suddenly contracted!

Crack!

A light sound rang out.

It wasn't the sound of the shell cracking, but a scale on its own body that had popped off due to overexertion, spinning in the water as it slowly drifted down.

A wave of exhaustion surged into its heart like a tide.

Its strength began to slacken.

Now!

Li Qing, whose nerves had been tightly strung, finally saw his chance.

The force constricting his body was weakening.

The Four-Clawed Black Python before him was exhausted!

“It's my turn!”

A cold thought, carrying long-suppressed rage and a hint of undetectable excitement, exploded forth!

Great Strength!

The Power of Six Elephants erupted without reservation from within the Turtle's body!

A surging power, like a volcanic eruption.

The Turtle body that had been tightly coiled suddenly pushed outward!

Bang!

A loud bang sounded muffled in the water.

The exhausted Four-Clawed Black Python only felt an irresistible Great Strength coming from within.

The constricting snake body was forced open, creating a gap.

Its body shook violently, and a low roar of pain escaped its mouth as the strangling momentum instantly collapsed.

The snake body binding Li Qing began to loosen involuntarily.

“Trying to leave?”

Li Qing would not give it any chance to catch its breath.

He broke free from the coils, his massive Turtle body making a flexible turn in the water, locking onto the Black Python.

Mystic Water Manipulation!

The surrounding river water instantly came alive, turning into dozens of heavy shackles.

These water shackles, as if they had life, tightly locked down the Black Python's massive body, slowing its escape speed by more than a notch.

The resistance of the water instantly increased several times, firmly trapping it in place.

Li Qing's massive Turtle body used the thrust of the water to charge forward again.

His speed in the water was like a ghost, leaving only blurred afterimages.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Dull impact sounds rang out continuously.

Every impact was accompanied by a violent vibration of the water.

Li Qing's Turtle head became a battering ram, slamming fiercely into the Black Python's body.

The hard shell and the flexible snake body collided violently, making loud noises.

The situation had completely reversed.

The Four-Clawed Black Python, which had been so majestic just a moment ago, now only had the power to parry under Li Qing's storm-like attacks, with no ability to fight back.

Its stamina was too depleted, and its internal organs had been injured by Li Qing's Great Strength; the intense pain made it impossible to concentrate on counterattacking.

Every dodge appeared clumsy and sluggish, and its counterattacks began to grow weak and powerless.

Roar!

The Four-Clawed Black Python let out an unwilling hiss, its huge tail sweeping toward Li Qing, trying to slap him away.

No, it couldn't continue like this.

The Four-Clawed Black Python was afraid.

It was the first time it had encountered such a situation.

The intent to retreat had already arisen in its heart.

Li Qing didn't dodge or avoid it, letting the snake's tail whip against his shell with a dull thud.

His body only swayed slightly, but his offensive didn't stop for a second.

That impact force was like an itch to him.

He even used that force to spin his body, getting even closer to the Black Python.

Another fierce headbutt accurately struck the Black Python's seven-inch mark.

That was the lethal weakness of snakes and also its softest part.

The Four-Clawed Black Python's massive body suddenly stiffened, and the intense pain caused it to let out a shrill wail.

Its body began to twitch uncontrollably, completely losing the strength to resist, and it slumped powerlessly onto the valley floor, breathing more out than in.

In its crimson eyes, only shock remained.

It had lost.

What breed was this little Turtle?

Its strength was so terrifying.

If you were this powerful, why did you run away in the beginning?

Li Qing swam forward, his cold Turtle beak pressing against its head.

The sharp tip of the beak could easily pierce its skull with just a slight movement.

Domination activated.

“Submit, or die.”

Li Qing's thought was cold and overbearing, directly entering the depths of the Black Python's consciousness.

The weakened Four-Clawed Black Python, feeling the threat above its head that could easily pierce its skull, no longer had its previous arrogance and violence.

Feeling the other party's unfathomable power, pressure constantly transmitted into its mind.

It submitted.

[Subdued Third Tier Middle Stage Vicious Beast Four-Clawed Black Python. Would you like to grant a name?]

It worked!

A surge of wild joy rose in Li Qing's heart.

This was a Third Tier Middle Stage Vicious Beast, an existence that could be considered a local overlord in the entire Jiangling City waters!

With it, his forces would undergo a qualitative leap.

“I'll call you... Black Python.”

[Naming successful!]

Li Qing looked at the giant beast before him that submissively lowered its head, and an unprecedented sense of control welled up.

The Turtle Mansion lost three great generals but welcomed a king!

This wave was not a loss!

This would be a continuous source of evolution value.

Very good.