33: Chapter 33 Titan Anaconda

Forest of Buried Bones, outer region.

Blade light flashed, and the head of a half-meter-tall demonic beast mantis flew high into the air. Emerald green insect fluid splashed everywhere, appearing like a brilliantly blooming poisonous flower.

"A Bronze Grade six-star Scythe Mantis. Its corpse should sell for two thousand, but it's a pity... there's still no Spirit Crystal."

A man covered in blood and grime, wearing a black jacket, wiped the alloy battle blade in his hand with his tattered cuff.

This person was Jiang Nan. Three days had passed since he entered the Forest of Buried Bones.

During these three days, aside from resting and eating, he and Little Skeleton had been hunting demonic beasts incessantly; they had already killed hundreds of Bronze Grade demonic beasts.

"Ya!"

Just at this moment, Little Skeleton also dragged the corpse of a Bronze Grade demonic beast over.

She made a hoarse sound, her tone slightly dissatisfied.

"Haha, I know. We'll go to the lake to bathe in a while, and then we'll continue."

Jiang Nan originally wanted to pat Little Skeleton's head, but upon seeing the green insect fluid staining his hand, he prepared to pull his hand back.

However, Little Skeleton did not give him that chance; she grabbed his hand and placed it on her head, a happy expression appearing on her face.

After doing all this, Little Skeleton's gaze turned towards the two demonic beast corpses.

The ghostly blue flames in her eye sockets burned fiercely. Opening her mouth, two white spheres of light, which could not be observed by anyone other than Jiang Nan and Little Skeleton, were swallowed into her belly.

The white spheres of light were the souls of the two demonic beasts after death, a secret Jiang Nan only discovered after entering the Forest of Buried Bones... Little Skeleton could devour the souls of deceased demonic beasts.

Perhaps this was not really a secret; it should be said that this is a special ability of the Undead Race, capable of increasing one's own spiritual power by devouring the souls of other creatures.

After finishing this, Jiang Nan skillfully threw the two demonic beast corpses on the ground into his Beast Taming Space, then led Little Skeleton towards the small waterfall they had discovered long ago.

After checking that there were no traces of demonic beasts around, the human and the skeleton jumped fiercely into the lake, took a bath in the water, and washed the filth off their bodies until they were clean.

Jiang Nan leaned his back against a giant rock, recalling the scene from three days ago when he had just entered the Forest of Buried Bones, and couldn't help but smile dumbly.

"I didn't expect that I would adapt so quickly. When I first entered here, I was like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bowstring, being extremely cautious at the slightest sign of movement."

"As expected, reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. Even in the crisis-ridden Forest of Buried Bones, one must find a rhythm of relaxation and tension; otherwise, one would exhaust their energy and literally tire themselves to death before hunting many demonic beasts."

Jiang Nan closed his eyes slightly, enjoying the long-lost moment of relaxation.

His biggest gain in these three days was not the corpses of those demonic beasts, but the practical combat experience from fighting them.

He was now like an old hunter who had lived alone in the demonic beast forest for decades, possessing ample hunting experience—seasoned and decisive!

Of course, this did not mean that Jiang Nan's talent in this area was particularly strong; rather, it was the mastery brought about by the insights gained during his practice while increasing the proficiency of "Steel-Cutting Flash."

The system's simplified cultivation was not just an increase in realm, but also the practical combat insights required to reach different realms.

Simply put, a person without any practical combat experience could never cultivate Blade Technique to perfection, or even higher realms.

But the system's simplified cultivation could; it did not omit the process of practical combat, but rather, in the process of simplified cultivation, it injected practical combat experience into the souls of Jiang Nan and Little Skeleton like an epiphany.

During these three days in the Forest of Buried Bones, what Jiang Nan and Little Skeleton did was to put the experience instilled by the system into practice, completely mastering it.

Rustle~ Rustle~

Just as Jiang Nan was still organizing the thoughts in his mind, his eyes suddenly widened, and holding his alloy long blade, he stood up from the lake.

"Ya!"

Little Skeleton also sensed the danger. The alloy long blade at her waist was drawn simultaneously, and she formed a pincer formation with Jiang Nan, staring intently at the bushes not far away.

It was the sound of scales continuously rubbing against the bushes. From the density of the sound, it could be judged that the newcomer's size was clearly not small.

"This kind of sound... is it a snake?"

"Do giant snakes exist in the outer region of the Forest of Buried Bones? Xiao Gu, can you use your spiritual power to sense the enemy's strength?"

Jiang Nan's expression was solemn. Little Skeleton's control of spiritual power was more precise and skilled than his, and she could judge the enemy's approximate strength.

"Ya!"

"Spiritual power fluctuations above Silver Rank five-star? Worth a try!"

Jiang Nan's eyes flashed. Although their main hunting targets for these three days were Bronze Grade demonic beasts, they had not lacked encounters with Silver Rank demonic beasts.

They had killed quite a few Silver Rank demonic beasts; the most powerful one among them had even reached Silver Rank six-star strength!

"Hiss~"

The sound of a giant snake flicking its tongue came from afar.

Jiang Nan saw at a glance a cyan-green snake head the size of a basketball and instantly recalled all the information regarding this giant snake.

"So it's a Titan Water Python, a water-attribute power demonic beast. It has extremely strong territorial awareness, very high explosive power, and likes to use its body to wrap around prey, then use its massive body to crush the prey's bones."

"Xiao Gu, be careful later. We must have accidentally entered its territory!"

Jiang Nan narrowed his eyes slightly. After figuring out the opponent's background, he did not hesitate to strike first, seizing the initiative!

He would not foolishly stand in place and reason with the demonic beast. When both sides confront each other... whoever gains the initiative wins three points!"

"Steel-Cutting Flash Ultimate · Flying Slash!"

Jiang Nan used an Explosive Step to quickly close the distance with the Titan Water Python. Before getting close, he swung his blade twice in succession at the air.

In an instant, a white cross-shaped sword energy rushed fiercely towards the Titan Water Python's seven-inch mark. Facing this sudden attack, the latter's massive body was completely unable to dodge, and it took the attack head-on.

"Hiss ahhh!"

The Titan Water Python let out a miserable hiss. The hard scales it was proud of were easily torn apart, and warm blood gushed out.

It angrily turned its head, its vertical pupils staring fixedly at the human insect that had ambushed it. While swinging its whip-like snake tail to smash towards Jiang Nan, it opened its big mouth, gathering dense water elemental energy in its mouth.

"So, dealing with an uncivilized demonic beast is actually not difficult... Did you forget that I still have a companion?"

Facing the incoming attack, Jiang Nan smiled and shrugged his shoulders. While dodging the Titan Water Python's tail, he softly teased.

"Ya!"

Explosive Step + Steel-Cutting Flash!

Sharp blade light flashed, and the alloy battle blade slashed down diagonally from behind the Titan Water Python. The latter instantly felt the world before its eyes spin.

The Titan Water Python was stunned. It actually saw its own body with its head severed. Was it an illusion?

No, it was because snake-type demonic beasts could still possess long-lasting vitality after having their heads severed. Its head had been chopped off, and it seemed to have died at the hands of a Bronze Grade Undead Race that it had ignored from the very beginning.