3: Section 3

Xiao Bai flicked his tongue, his eyes scarlet, and opened his gaping maw, which was filled with countless sharp fangs. The Honey Badger leader involuntarily retreated a few steps, clearly understanding that this White Python was far more formidable than the two before him.

Upholding the Family's inherent gene of never admitting defeat, and with dozens of his subordinates watching, how could the Honey Badger leader concede? His earlier retreat was merely to gather strength for a charge.

"My goodness, it truly is a Honey Badger. Even knowing the vast difference in strength, it still wants to fight me."

"Alright, I'll let you die knowing why."

The Honey Badger leader initiated the attack on Xiao Bai, using his sharp teeth to tear at the tough snake skin. It was like biting into an iron plate, and several of his teeth shattered.

Xiao Bai, in turn, used his sturdy and elongated snake body to tightly coil around the Honey Badger leader's body.

His extremely domineering brute force meant that no matter how the Honey Badger leader struggled, he couldn't break free. He used his sharp fangs to bite through the snake skin again.

Xiao Bai continued to exert force, his massive snake body acting like a meat grinder, constantly squeezing the Honey Badger leader's body. The small snakes watched in wide-eyed astonishment, exclaiming repeatedly.

With accompanying crisp cracking sounds, all the Honey Badger leader's bones shattered, and blood continuously gushed from his mouth. Xiao Bai used his extremely sharp upper fangs to slice the Honey Badger's body into countless pieces.

Originally, he had wanted to swallow it whole, but it was indeed a bit too large, and digestion would be a lengthy process, significantly impacting his mobility.

Xiao Bai swallowed all the Honey Badger's body fragments.

Hiss! Hiss!

He flicked his long tongue, and the rescued small snakes all came to worship him. After the battle, he had already become the snake boss of this area.

The lowest Rank ordinary small snakes had not yet evolved language; their kind communicated through scent. If the scent was right, a male and a female could find a place to mate on the spot.

Seeing their leader dead, the other dozens of Honey Badgers scattered and fled. Xiao Bai pursued them, crushing them with his massive snake tail, leaving no survivors.

He then bestowed these Honey Badgers upon the small snakes to enjoy. After eating the Rank 1 Yao Beast Honey Badger leader, he could clearly feel a surge of energy within his body. While it couldn't increase his cultivation, it significantly replenished his stamina.

Looking at the hundreds of female snakes, their small, green-bean-like eyes stared intently at Xiao Bai. The more 'sensible' young female snakes were already surrounding him.

Xiao Bai looked at his current body, then at the young female snakes, and fell into complete silence.

"This... this is a bit difficult. My 'thing' is even bigger than these snakes. How can I manage?"

"I can only find a python of similar size to myself."

Despite Xiao Bai expressing his unwillingness, he couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the young female snakes. It wasn't their fault; in nature, the worship of the strong is an innate trait in animals.

The strong need not say much; many resources will naturally gravitate towards them, the most representative of which is the right to mate.

There were even two green snakes eyeing Xiao Bai's 'thing'.

Splat!

With a moment of carelessness, they were directly flattened.

"Sigh... why do you insist? If it's not a good fit, don't force it. I'm also in a difficult position," Xiao Bai said with a helpless expression.

These female snakes, however, became even more excited, continuously licking Xiao Bai's snake skin with their tongues.

A soft, tingling itch instantly spread throughout his body. Xiao Bai enjoyed this feeling. At this moment, he was the leader of the snakes in this area.

After enjoying himself for over two hours, Xiao Bai decided to move to another location to find a suitable partner.

His current size meant this place could no longer satisfy him.

As soon as he left the cave, a White Tiger blocked his path. It possessed the strength of a Rank 2 Yao Beast, the same Rank as Xiao Bai.

It had not only evolved intelligence but could also speak, and it was incredibly agile, leaping like a bird in flight.

"Bastard, it was you, you stinking long worm, who killed my Honey Badger subordinates!"

Xiao Bai's snake body tensed, and he immediately braked, stopping his advance. This was the first time he had encountered a talking animal since his Transmigration.

Moreover, the White Tiger before him was several times larger than the biggest tigers, with a pair of fangs over 20cm long, much like a saber-toothed tiger. A long scar ran across its right eye, giving it an extremely fierce appearance.

It was over five meters long, stood two meters at the shoulder, and weighed over a ton. Each leap produced a strong tremor.

Its long tail was as hard as iron; a light flick could shatter a stone.

Roar!

The White Tiger let out a deafening roar that echoed throughout the entire mountain forest. The surrounding birds and beasts, hearing the sound, scattered and fled.

The White Tiger pointed its claws around: "You're new here, aren't you, kid? Do you know who runs this hundred-mile radius?"

"Today, this king will make you understand who the true king of this mountain forest is."

Facing the White Tiger's constant provocations, Xiao Bai had to eliminate him. It was also his battle to establish his authority as the Snake King.

All those snake wives had laid quite a few eggs before. By his calculations, many should have hatched by now. As for why the rewards hadn't arrived yet, Xiao Bai was at a loss.

"Bring it on."

He coiled his body into a ball, only revealing his head, adopting a defensive-counterattack stance.

If his body were extended, he would be too large a target, and the White Tiger's sharp fangs could launch a fatal attack on his vulnerable underbelly at any moment. They were of the same Rank, and he wasn't sure what trump cards the White Tiger had, so a defensive posture was the correct approach.

Ding!

The White Tiger had a sinister look, its sharp teeth glinting coldly. In its eyes, Xiao Bai was already dead.

"If you wish to die, then this king shall grant your wish."

The White Tiger leaped a dozen meters into the air, pouncing on Xiao Bai with force.

Whoosh!

Xiao Bai twisted his body and shot up a large tree, causing the White Tiger to miss. He dared not meet such a fierce-looking diving attack head-on.

Although he now possessed a body as strong as steel, facing the powerful White Tiger, he felt uncertain and dared not be careless in the slightest.

If his tough outer skin were to be breached by the White Tiger, only death awaited him.

The White Tiger missed, roaring furiously and shattering a large rock in its path.

Looking down at Xiao Bai coiled in the tree, the White Tiger sneered: "Why are you running? Aren't you very powerful?"

Xiao Bai cursed: "Damn it, I'm not stupid. Why don't you stand there and let me bite you?"

"Die!"

The White Tiger used its sharp claws to split the large tree, and Xiao Bai darted to the adjacent tree. He observed the situation, ready to counterattack at any moment.

Chapter 5: The Female Python Is Indeed Prolific

Xiao Bai wanted to hide in the shadows to launch a sneak attack, but his body was too large and he was a White Python, making him very conspicuous and unable to achieve any concealment.

What he considered his most effective sneak attack, striking the tiger's body, caused little damage. Its defense was indeed formidable.

"Ridiculous! Do you think an attack of this level can harm this king?"

The White Tiger, with a backhand slap, sent Xiao Bai flying over ten meters, knocking down several large trees.

"Damn it, I don't think I can win. My attacks aren't causing it any damage."

"This White Tiger is so robust, I wonder if the 'slide tackle counter-kill' suggested by netizens would work."

After less than ten seconds of deep thought, Xiao Bai decisively rejected the plan, mainly because he didn't have a machete.

Hiss! Hiss!

Xiao Bai continuously flicked his tongue, making sounds, and darted quickly across the ground. Unable to defeat the White Tiger, he could only choose to retreat first. He didn't want to die here; so many female snakes were waiting for him to 'favor' them.

The White Tiger pursued him closely, its movements swift. It saw Xiao Bai's every move and would not let a Rank 2 Yao Beast that was within its grasp escape.

"You can't escape. Just become this king's dinner."

[Ding, Host has successfully hatched the first thousand offspring. Cultivation has increased to Rank 4 Yao Beast.]

[Speed and physical strength have greatly improved. As the Bloodline of the offspring is relatively ordinary, the cultivation will not increase as much.]

He had originally intended to use the terrain here to find an opportunity to counterattack, but the 'Spreading Branches and Leaves System' rewards arrived just in time, filling Xiao Bai with confidence.

"What a timely rain! Why would I run now?"

Xiao Bai's body visibly grew, reaching fifteen meters in length. His neck began to flatten and expand, much like a cobra, though without the spectacle markings on the back.

His scales evolved into dazzling, iridescent colors, and he could control his scales to reverse, each snake scale acting like a sharp blade.

The White Tiger instantly halted its steps. It was a bit bewildered, unsure of what was happening.

It was rare to see prey voluntarily stop running, like a silly roe deer.

The White Tiger also noticed the physical transformation of the White Python before it, braking with its hind legs and rump.

With a screech, it left a dozen-meter-long footprint on the ground.

"Damn it, what's going on? Such a sudden change, and it can even fly!"

The White Python coiled in the air, looking down at the White Tiger, and opened its gaping maw, continuously spraying at it.

The White Tiger would not concede. If he surrendered, the hundred-mile radius of the mountain forest would be handed over. He had also conquered the Honey Badgers and other races with his martial prowess.

His tiger body shook a few times, and a pair of wings suddenly grew from his back. He flapped them vigorously, pushed off with his hind legs, and flew into the sky to fight the White Python to the death.

Xiao Bai opened his gaping maw and let out a piercing shriek, spraying a large amount of liquid from his mouth onto the White Tiger's body.

"What is that? So disgusting!"

The liquid was very viscous, sticking to the White Tiger like glue. It clawed at itself incessantly, but the sticky substance stretched and wouldn't come off.

Xiao Bai continued to spray until the White Tiger was completely enveloped before stopping.

"Little punk, you dare to fight me? Do you even have the strength?"

Now it was Xiao Bai's time to show off. If he won, anything he said was right. The White Tiger was like a giant silkworm cocoon, completely unable to move.

Moreover, the liquid Xiao Bai spat out was highly corrosive, with black smoke constantly rising from it.

"Bastard, let this king out!"

Xiao Bai snorted coldly: "Even in this state, you still want to show off."

"Since that's the case, I can only grant your wish. A Rank 2 Yao Beast becoming my nourishment, just thinking about it is exciting."

Xiao Bai's mouth condensed into a whirlwind, sucking the White Tiger towards him.

Having advanced to Rank 4 Yao Beast, he not only possessed the ability to fly but could also spray a large amount of liquid to trap his target. The White Tiger had been careless and hadn't dodged.

It had thought this thing couldn't cause him any harm.

As the vortex suction from his mouth grew stronger, the White Tiger's body visibly shrank, eventually becoming the size of a cub, and was swallowed whole by Xiao Bai.