63: Chapter 63 Spying in the Shadows, The Wolf's Finishing Touch

The hiding spot of the two-man team.

The fatty stared at the burly man who had stood up, howling in pain and rage at the lump swelling on the back of his head, and clamped his hands tightly over his mouth.

"What is wrong with this guy? He didn't even hide properly..."

"Damn! Fatty, wait a second! How did someone else pop out beside him... No, that's not right!"

"What is going on with these three? They aren't heading toward those two spirit beasts; why are they charging at us?!"

The short man, who had also been hiding a smile in his eyes, suddenly had his expression change drastically. "Fatty, those three are targeting us! They intend to finish us off first!"

In an instant, the fatty could no longer smile, the fat on his face trembling at that moment. "Hell, it wasn't us who hit him! Why is he coming after us?!"

The fatty's shocked words had barely faded when the burly man had already pulled a long blade from his Storage Ring, finally roaring as he sprinted toward them.

At the same time, a dark green, finger-thick branch poked out from the inner pocket of the burly man's clothes, and immediately after, a fist-sized sunflower emerged from his collar, opening toward the sun.

"Hiss..."

In the Scaly Python's vision, the thermal reaction groups representing five humans and five spirit beasts had already collided. Only the human hiding in the shadows who hadn't made a move yet, along with a wolf, remained still.

According to the thermal display it saw, the remaining human and the wolf were still watching this side, but the Scaly Python didn't care.

A level 11 wolf, what is that worth? If it dares to come over, one lash of its tail will shatter it, and then it will swallow it.

Just then, Qin Ding, who was locking eyes with the Scaly Python from afar, grinned as he saw the Scaly Python turn its head away dismissively and launch a frenzied charge toward the Emerald-horned Deer.

"Earth Dog, not only are we looked down upon by our own kind, but even the 'aliens' seem to look down on us a bit."

The Sha Jin Wolf, lying at Qin Ding's feet and waiting for an opportunity, gritted its teeth so hard at this moment they were about to break; it was absolutely furious.

Back at the Class Competition and in school, it had always been the one showing off its power. Now, it had become the one scorned and looked down upon by other spirit beasts. Such a huge disparity was not something a bloodthirsty wolf could endure.

Not to mention, it was a wolf bound by a Life and Death Contract, its concepts and thinking influenced by a human.

"Woo..."

[Boss, I want to skin that snake, gnaw on its bones, eat its meat, and drink its blood...]

Hearing the angry whimper coming from his side, Qin Ding reached out, stroked the back of the Sha Jin Wolf's neck, and softly soothed it with a few words.

"Even if you didn't say it, I'd want to as well. That snake's flesh and blood is a great tonic for you."

That's right, a snake with dragon blood—although it's only three percent, which seems low, our own Earth Dog's dragon blood content is even lower.

That's only zero point one percent!

Thinking of this, Qin Ding narrowed his eyes slightly. A wolf plus dragon blood—with the existence of the Life Records, he was already very clear about what the Earth Dog should evolve into in the future.

...

Seeing that the burly man's side had already begun fighting to the death, the Scaly Python no longer hesitated and decisively twisted its body, charging straight toward the Emerald-horned Deer.

The Emerald-horned Deer's limb muscles tightened instantly. Facing the charging Scaly Python, it immediately launched a counter-charge, its four hooves crushing fallen leaves and trampling the mud as its sharp, emerald-green poisonous horns stabbed directly at the Scaly Python's vital spot.

An astonishing scene occurred, simply because the Scaly Python had absolutely no intention of dodging. Facing the lightning-fast charge of the Emerald-horned Deer, the Scaly Python didn't hide or avoid it, letting the deer's horns pierce its scales.

Just as the two collided and the Scaly Python was pierced by the poisonous horns, a flash of human-like joy was reflected in the Emerald-horned Deer's pupils, but it lasted only for an instant.

Because the next instant, the Emerald-horned Deer looked up in shock and suspicion; it discovered that its horns, which had always been invincible, hadn't directly smashed through the Scaly Python's body but were instead stuck in the opponent's flesh.

Seemingly sensing the Emerald-horned Deer's suspicion, the Scaly Python's vertical pupils, which had shrunk into slits, flashed with a look of agony and emitted a sharp, explosive hissing sound.

At this moment, its giant tail swept fiercely to wrap around the deer's body, completing the constricting and coiling in an instant. The next step was to crush everything within the Emerald-horned Deer, grinding it into a pile of boneless soft meat!

Thud, thud~

A series of crisp sounds of breaking through the soil rang out. Instantly, several thick, sharp thorn vines emerged from the flat ground and wrapped around the Scaly Python's body, attempting to injure it or buy the Emerald-horned Deer a chance to catch its breath and escape.

"Hiss..."

The Scaly Python glanced casually at the thorn vines wrapping around it and pulling at it, continuing to constrict its body without a care.

In the Emerald-horned Deer's view, the thorns on the vines were ground off by the Scaly Python's scales, and the vines themselves were forcibly snapped by the Scaly Python's constantly constricting and tightening flesh!

Snap, snap.

The sound of the vines breaking was like the Grim Reaper's death warrant, and the light green deer eyes were veiled in a layer of mist at this moment.

"Yow-yow—"

The Emerald-horned Deer, tightly coiled and squeezed, seemed to have already seen its own end. Its cry was miserable while also filled with deep confusion.

It did not understand why it couldn't break the Scaly Python's body, nor did it understand why, even though its poisonous horns had pierced into the opponent's body, and even now it was struggling and tearing open the Scaly Python's flesh, the opponent showed no signs of being poisoned.

"Hiss!"

The Scaly Python's cold snake pupils reflected the blood color. Having already sealed the Emerald-horned Deer's fate with its complete coil, it raised its head, opened its big mouth, and lunged out, biting the Emerald-horned Deer's neck. Deer blood immediately splattered out.

And it mixed with the snake blood on the Scaly Python's body.

As the python's body tightened more and more, the sound of bones breaking rang out incessantly like popping beans. The Emerald-horned Deer's cries grew weaker and weaker, eventually turning into a long, unwilling whimper.

"Woo—"

The deer's head hung down limply, signifying that the Emerald-horned Deer had completely died.

The Scaly Python released the Emerald-horned Deer's corpse, raised its head, and let out a low roar that belonged to a victor.

"Hiss..."

On its body, there was a huge gash, along with many wounds where the scales had been torn, and one small bloody hole after another.

At the same time, a small piece of the deer horn was broken off inside the Scaly Python's body.

In the shadows, Qin Ding, who had witnessed everything, slowly stood up, his eyes filled with excitement.

[Spirit Beast: Scaly Python (Poisoned)]

This was because the Scaly Python's previously flickering status had frozen at this moment, indicating that the Scaly Python had indeed been poisoned before. However, due to its self-healing ability, it had held on for a while longer. Now, it could no longer withstand the toxin, and the toxin was about to take effect.

"But looking at it, it doesn't seem to be a lethal poison, but a paralytic one?"

Qin Ding thought to himself, flipping onto the back of the Sha Jin Wolf, which had long been unable to hold back, and gripped his long spear in his right hand.

"Earth Dog, charge! I'll nail through its snake head."

--- I'll mention here that all settings are laid out and presented to readers bit by bit as the plot progresses.

Secondly, I want to talk about the setting of the Beast Tamer's Mental Energy levels. What you see right now is only the tip of the iceberg. Don't flame me because of this; I can't discuss settings that haven't appeared yet in the comments section—that would be stupid and self-sabotaging.

Dear readers, don't be impatient, and don't look down on the author or think there are loopholes or anything.

Alright, finally, we've reached the familiar segment.

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