2: chapter 2

Xiao Bai lay bored on the stone slab; ever since he had awakened the Spreading Branches and Leaves System, he hadn't dared to rest for a moment.

In an instant, he felt like his Dantian was being emptied.

“I need to rest; if I keep this up, I’ll blow a gasket sooner or later.”

“When I get strong, Dragon girls, Fox Demons, Scorpion Demons, and Spider Demons will all be brought here to bear young.”

After resting for a while, he continued with the next lucky little snake, unconsciously walking to the outer perimeter of the snake territory.

Hiss, hiss, hiss!

Hundreds of snakes surrounded the Honey Badger, constantly flicking their tongues. Among them were King Cobras and Black Mambas, but none dared to charge and bite, only using hissing to intimidate.

This was a Honey Badger; it would charge in without a word. It grabbed a Black Mamba and tore into it directly, as if it were eating spicy strips.

When the Black Mamba bit the Honey Badger, the venom injected had no effect whatsoever.

This Honey Badger had gone berserk, confronting the snake group alone without any panic. In the blink of an eye, it had bitten to death over a dozen, and more Honey Badgers kept emerging from the grass.

Over a dozen Honey Badgers wiped out the entire snake group. Snake skins were scattered everywhere, snake blood became their drink, and snake gallbladders were treated as snacks.

After eating and drinking their fill, the Honey Badgers, seeing no other snakes around, returned to their caves.

Xiao Bai, with his green bean-like eyes wide, shivered in a tree hollow, only daring to come out when the Honey Badger had completely disappeared.

“Too bloody, too brutal. Good thing I was clever and hid.”

“Killing so many male snakes counts as helping me eliminate some rivals.”

Next, Xiao Bai found a cave and meticulously renovated it. This was his love nest, and he couldn't treat it carelessly. The environment had to be warm and harmonious; every female snake that came here would be carefully cherished.

It was very safe here, surrounded by solid rock walls, so there was no need to worry about the Honey Badger stealing his home while he was busy.

Soon, many female snakes came attracted by the scent. Just one glance at Xiao Bai's smooth, delicate milky-white skin, and they were completely captivated.

In three months, thousands of snakes arrived one after another, all because of that sexy white hair at the corner of his mouth.

Xiao Bai arranged everything clearly for these snakes, ensuring they returned full of satisfaction, leaving no regrets, and happily went back to their respective caves to lay eggs.

Originally, Xiao Bai finished with the garter snake in just over ten minutes. After returning, its belly quickly swelled, and it excitedly snuck back to report the good news to Xiao Bai.

Only by continuously procreating offspring could he receive generous rewards from the System.

On average, one snake lays ten eggs. With a thousand snakes, there would be at least eight or nine thousand eggs, if not ten thousand... Wouldn't that be invincible and lonely! (Daydreaming)

“Sigh... I can’t go on, I really can’t hold out, it’s turned purple.”

Xiao Bai lay on the stone slab and rested for three days before recovering. He eagerly anticipated what rewards the System would give him next.

Following the previous scent, he found the first green snake he had favored. In the world of low-Rank snakes, the green snake was definitely considered a goddess, but unfortunately, it only laid five eggs, not even reaching the average, and three of them were empty.

Xiao Bai was bewildered; this shouldn't be happening. Logically, the quality couldn't be this poor.

Was this Xiao Bai's problem, or the green snake's fault? With this question in mind, he found the black snake he disliked the most.

That one was impressive, laying fifty eggs in one clutch, with a hatching rate exceeding 95%, and only one infertile egg.

As soon as it smelled Xiao Bai, the black snake eagerly walked over and nestled beside him.

Xiao Bai cursed under his breath, “Given how fertile you are, I’ll put up with it!”

It was truly eye-opening; the most unfavored black snake actually had the highest hatching rate among all these snakes.

After a brief moment of intimacy, the black snake felt it had found true love and became even more devoted to raising these gray snakes. Perhaps the black snake's genes were too strong, as not a single snake was white.

After a round of inspection, the offspring of the first dozen snakes he had favored hatched. The other eggs were naturally incubating in the caves.

After laying their eggs, these female snakes went off to wander again, rarely staying in their caves to incubate. When the time came, the little snakes would naturally hatch. As for how many would hatch, it depended on the female snake's Physique.

Ding!

The System's notification sound rang in his mind.

【Congratulations to the host for producing the first offspring.】

【The second, the tenth...】

The final count was 199 small snakes, and that was just the first day's data; it might completely explode later.

Chapter 3: Transforming into a Giant Python, Stepping into Demonic Cultivation

Before the System's voice finished broadcasting, Xiao Bai felt a burning heat within him, rushing from his tailbone straight to the top of his head.

Immediately after, his entire body's milky-white scales crackled, and his muscles began to slowly expand, tearing through the surface snake skin.

With a sound like tearing paper, all of his original snake skin split open, directly skipping the shedding process.

Fortunately, this cave was quite secluded, and there were no other female snakes around, otherwise they would surely have excitedly pounced forward.

He opened his basketball-sized mouth, and Spiritual Qi continuously poured into it. This power was very pure.

It felt like Cultivators absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, refining it, storing it in their Dantian, and converting it into magic power.

Crack!

Xiao Bai visibly saw his body growing rapidly. His body, originally as thin as a finger, grew to be as thick as an adult's thigh, and his body length reached ten meters.

【Snake Age】 201.5 years

【Cultivation】 Level 2 Yao Beast (Cultivator Qi Refining Late Stage)

【Body Length】 10 meters

【Number of Offspring】 199

【Skills】 Steel Bones and Iron Skin, Immunity to various poisons.

Rumble!

The cave could no longer withstand Xiao Bai's enormous body and collapsed with a crash. Stones continuously fell, smashing onto his iron-hard snake skin.

“The System truly didn't deceive me. I need to quickly move all my snake wives together to incubate eggs, and I also need them to guard them so the Honey Badger doesn't come and steal the eggs.”

The two giant pythons continued to hold their weekly meeting. Xiao Bai had reached the Level 2 Yao Beast Rank. These low-Rank snakes couldn't speak, so they could only judge who was the boss by body size.

These two giant pythons were similar in size to him, but they were common species without special abilities, still far from Level 1 Yao Beast. Sometimes, it was just a matter of an Opportunity, and they would forever remain at the level of ordinary snakes.

One was brown, one blood-red, and both were male snakes, fiercely flicking their tongues at the snake group.

Gathering them had no other purpose than to make all the snakes within a radius of dozens of miles understand who was the real boss in this territory.

Suddenly, two black snakes ran in from outside, signaling danger.

The brown giant python, enraged, twisted its huge snake waist and rushed out of the cave, followed by countless small snakes.

As soon as it left the cave, it immediately cowered. The leader was no ordinary Honey Badger; its body length was nearly three meters, with a tuft of white fur extending from its head to its tail.

Its teeth were extremely sharp, and it lay on the ground, looking very fierce, with sharp eyes ready to attack at any moment.

Its strength had reached the Level 1 Yao Beast Rank. Its evolution method was very simple: continuously eating snakes to evolve. It had eaten at least tens of thousands of snakes.

Seeing the brown giant python, its eyes lit up, and it let out a loud roar before charging forward.

The giant python, which had just been arrogant and acted like a big boss, instantly cowered upon seeing such a huge Honey Badger and turned to run.

The Honey Badger leader pursued with extremely fast movements. In just one round, its sharp teeth, like a cutting machine, bit the brown giant python into countless pieces. Its gallbladder was dug out and eaten on the spot in front of the group of snakes.

Roar!

The Honey Badger leader roared loudly, its mouth full of blood, to show off its achievements. Another red giant python rushed over upon hearing the commotion and was surrounded by dozens of small Honey Badgers, dismembered on the spot.

Eating large pythons could enhance their physical strength, but not all Honey Badgers could Awaken their Bloodline and step into the Yao Beast Rank. This chance was pitifully small.

“Holy crap, the Honey Badger is so fierce! I’ll move my wives first.”

“I'll deal with them later.”

When Xiao Bai's massive body appeared before the green snake, it was truly startled.

Hiss, hiss, hiss!

The green snake flicked its tongue and nestled beside Xiao Bai, its eyes filled with admiration for the strong.

Pfft! Pfft!

A sound like farting rang out, and the green snake's rear continuously squeezed out a dozen snake eggs.

Xiao Bai's offspring had a white lightning pattern on their foreheads, which was their only mark.

These female snakes were merely reproductive tools, assisting him in completing his mission. These were just the lowest-Rank snakes, and communication was also a problem, relying entirely on eye contact and who could flick their tongue better.

To truly communicate freely, one needed to at least step into the Level 1 Yao Beast of Demonic Cultivation.

After inspecting his snake wives, over thirty of his offspring had died, mostly premature deaths. Fortunately, his Cultivation had not decreased, only the number of offspring and his age had slightly reduced.

“Oh well, as long as my Cultivation doesn't drop, a few deaths don't matter.”

After settling the remaining offspring, Xiao Bai decided to eliminate the Honey Badger leader. They were simply too arrogant, and if they continued to develop like this, they would surely eat all of his descendants.

Not lowering his Cultivation now didn't mean it wouldn't happen in the future. This was the Spreading Branches and Leaves System; a large number of offspring deaths could very well lead to the System reclaiming the rewards Xiao Bai had previously received.

The Honey Badger leader stood on a large stone, roaring loudly at the snakes below.

Level 1 Yao Beasts could use simple Demonic Techniques and were much stronger than ordinary pythons. The frightened ordinary small snakes scurried everywhere, drilling into rock crevices and tree hollows; wherever there was a hole, they exerted all their effort to squeeze in.

If caught by these Honey Badgers, only death awaited them.

The Honey Badger leader opened its mouth wide, and a powerful suction force gathered within its mouth, pulling a large number of small snakes into its mouth. It bit them fiercely, blood continuously flowing from the corners of its mouth.

Chapter 4: Becoming the Snake Boss

Under the Bloodline suppression from the Honey Badger leader, these most common small snakes were terrified and could only curl up into a ball, not daring to move.

After Xiao Bai settled his snake wives, he headed to the location of the Honey Badger leader.

After eating and drinking its fill, the Honey Badger leader lay on its side on the stone slab, planning to claim this cave for itself and then imprison all these snakes to slowly enjoy over time.

Two female Honey Badgers were also grooming the fur on its head, looking very content and enjoying themselves.

Boom!

A giant snake tail slammed onto the Honey Badger leader's back. Its nearly three-meter body was flung over ten meters away, crashing heavily against the rock wall.

The Honey Badger bared its teeth, letting out a hissing sound, somewhat similar to that of a snake.