Chapter 240 - 238: I Want Its Talent
WHOOSH—
A black shadow streaked past.
Wei Nan whipped his head around, looking behind him.
His expression was growing increasingly grim.
His nerves were stretched taut as he scanned his surroundings warily.
Just a short while ago, he, Feng Lei, and the others had gone through a bloody battle.
As a result, they had all been separated.
Lost in this vast, endless desert.
Both Wei Nan and Sun Tao remained vigilant of their surroundings.
The scorching weather had them drenched in sweat, and their stamina was draining rapidly.
"What is it?"
Sun Tao frowned and asked in a low voice.
"I felt like something was following us just now!"
"A demonic beast?"
"I’m not sure, but my sixth sense is strong. Something is definitely following us!"
Hearing this, Sun Tao’s expression also turned grave.
"This is Jail City. Encountering a demonic beast is normal. Let’s just hope it’s not a 3-star one, or we won’t be able to handle it," Sun Tao muttered.
Wei Nan nodded and continued walking forward.
WHOOSH—
Another black shadow zipped past them from behind.
As if by reflex, Wei Nan spun around abruptly.
He immediately swung his blade behind him.
"Are you crazy?"
Sun Tao glared at Wei Nan.
"No, did you really not feel it? Something just went past us," Wei Nan said quickly.
Sun Tao shook his head, but just as he was about to speak, a black shadow lunged straight at them.
"Get back!"
Wei Nan shoved Sun Tao aside and viciously swung the long blade in his hand at the shadow.
The air seemed to distort as the blade cut through it.
A savage glint flashed in Wei Nan’s eyes.
CLANG—
Sparks flew as the long blade struck the figure.
By now, Sun Tao had snapped back to his senses.
When he focused his gaze on the black shadow, he saw it was a gigantic lizard.
"Holy crap, it’s a giant lizard!"
After his initial shock, Sun Tao also charged forward, blade in hand.
’A lizard?’
Wei Nan was also startled, and he too finally got a clear look at the thing that had ambushed them.
The lizard was two to three meters long, and on all fours, it stood as tall as a grown man’s shoulders.
Its gaping, bloody maw was large enough to swallow an adult whole...
Its body seemed to be covered in a layer of armor.
Wei Nan’s earlier strike had landed right on that armor.
As a result, it hadn’t left so much as a scratch...
Faced with this giant lizard, neither Wei Nan nor Sun Tao backed down.
They pounced on the creature simultaneously, one from the left and one from the right.
Just as they were about to close in, the giant lizard pushed off with its powerful limbs.
Its entire body shot up, leaping several meters away.
The moment the lizard landed...
WHOOSH—
A blood-red tongue shot out straight for Wei Nan.
It moved so fast that it was upon him in the blink of an eye.
Wei Nan couldn’t dodge in time and was instantly stuck fast by a viscous fluid.
As the tongue retracted, his entire body was dragged back with it.
"Shit..."
Wei Nan cried out. Sun Tao immediately used his Body Technique to give chase.
But the speed was simply too great.
In the space of a few breaths, Wei Nan had been pulled all the way back.
Just as he was about to become a meal in the giant lizard’s stomach...
Wei Nan frantically swung his long blade, hacking at the lizard’s tongue.
But the moment his blade landed on the tongue, it was repelled by a tough resilience.
’It won’t cut?’
Wei Nan’s heart sank. The shadow of death instantly fell over him.
Once that tongue fully retracted, the lizard would swallow him whole.
The next moment...
BOOM—
A deafening crash slammed into the lizard’s body.
The intense pain made the lizard forget all about Wei Nan, and it flung him away violently.
After hitting the ground, Wei Nan quickly rolled away.
When he looked up again, he saw that Sun Tao was now locked in battle with the giant lizard.
"Buddy, I’m coming to help!"
Wei Nan grabbed his long blade and charged at the giant lizard once more.
The two of them, one on the left and one on the right, engaged the lizard in battle again.
For a short while, they managed to prevent the lizard from gaining the upper hand.
However, the muggy weather was causing both Wei Nan’s and Sun Tao’s stamina to drop rapidly.
If they couldn’t kill the lizard soon, they would both end up as its late-night snack...
CRACK—
CRACK—
The thick, hard shells of the Poison Pattern Scorpions were pierced, one by one.
As green blood flowed from the ruptures, the Poison Pattern Scorpions lay motionless.
Then, a cry echoed through the night sky.
Xiaoqi flapped its wings and dove toward the Poison Pattern Scorpions.
It landed beside a corpse and greedily began to eat the meat inside the shell.
’He’s become such a picky eater!’
’Now he only takes one bite from a demonic beast and leaves the rest?’
Lin Yi watched as Xiaoqi took a single bite of meat and immediately flew away.
He couldn’t help but sigh softly.
He then collected the Poison Pattern Scorpion corpses into his storage space.
After a fierce series of battles, Lin Yi’s haul for the night was quite substantial.
He had collected the corpses of over thirty Poison Pattern Scorpions.
Although they were all 1-star demonic beasts, Poison Pattern Scorpions could be used in medicine.
Moreover, they were the main ingredient for crafting detoxification potions, making them quite valuable.
[Poison Resistance (Green) Can Be Upgraded]
Suddenly, a panel popped up before Lin Yi’s eyes.
It displayed a talent entry that could be upgraded.
Of the more than thirty demonic beasts, he himself had slain nearly twenty.