Chapter 2: Chapter 2: Black Snake Sentinels

The noon sun was scorching and dazzling.

Wang Wu hid in a rock crevice, with its entrance mostly blocked by several stones, which at least seemed safe.

But he did not feel comfortable, as he was terribly thirsty, and combined with the heat waves outside, it tortured him to the point of madness, which was terrible.

Wang Wu regretted not collecting dew last night; this kind of torment was too much for his frail body to bear, easily leading to heatstroke or dehydration.

But he really didn’t dare to go looking for water sources.

Drowsily, Wang Wu suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back, followed by a force lifting him up. As he was scared to death, he saw a snake tail as thick as an adult’s arm above him!

Damn it, he was careless; he only paid attention to the dangers from outside the rock crevice and never thought a snake would sneak in from above.

The sharp pain lasted only three seconds, then turned into numbness; this snake was venomous.

At the same time, information emerged.

“You have trespassed on the territory edge of the Black Snake Race, you are attacked by a Black Snake Sentinel. Your Danger Perception Talent is suppressed due to low Bloodline Talent Level!”

“Due to your Defense Level, you received 5 points of piercing damage and 10 points of poison damage.”

This is freaking crazy!

Wang Wu was first terrified, then calmed down.

His seemingly frail body was actually not that fragile.

Additionally, the information from the attribute bar made him feel like he was playing a game, and he loved this kind of golden finger the most.

Suppressing the panic in his heart, Wang Wu forced himself not to struggle, as the Black Snake Sentinel was currently above him, biting at him while slithering upward; he had no chance for now.

Finally, when the Black Snake Sentinel brought Wang Wu to a more spacious section of the rock crevice, the snake’s head turned, and its belly was exposed—it was the moment!

With a swift swipe, Wang Wu extended his silver-gray claws, striking the gray snake abdomen with full force as if using every ounce of strength.

With just that, the big snake was disemboweled by Wang Wu’s strike, it shuddered, then frantically coiled around Wang Wu trying to strangle him.

However, the big snake forgot that Wang Wu hadn’t withdrawn his claws, so the faster it moved, the longer the cut was made. Although it eventually managed to entangle Wang Wu tightly, it could only hold on for less than ten seconds before it fell lifeless, collapsing into a pile of muck.

At this moment, half of Wang Wu’s body was numb, like a dog pathetically buried alive…

Struggling with all his might to break free, he ignored the disgust, first drinking the snake’s blood, then eating its gall, and finally its meat.

This big snake weighed at least a dozen pounds, and he ate almost all of it in one go.

“You have killed a Black Snake Sentinel.”

“You have eaten a Black Snake Sentinel, Satiety +300 points.”

“You drank snake blood and absorbed 1 point of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.”

“Your Healing Talent is automatically activated, consuming 100 points of Satiety to neutralize the poison damage, and 50 points of Satiety to restore Life Value, which will take one hour.”

“Your Healing Talent recorded part of the snake venom’s characteristics, and after perfecting, might gain perfect resistance to this venom, (1/5).”

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Line upon line of information appeared silently, causing Wang Wu’s thoughts to fluctuate.

The earlier gains were inconsequential, but the last piece of information really shook his calm mindset.

Well, nothing much to say, the Black Snake Race is my brother from now on.

Then, Wang Wu continued devouring the remains of the Black Snake Sentinel, crushing even the bones, focusing entirely on his Satiety.

No choice, at this stage, while he could absorb and convert some Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, this power is not yet perfected, so he can only rely on his Bloodline Talent to possibly complete his plan.

Wang Wu didn’t actively seek out the Black Snake Sentinels, but since this rock crevice was at the edge of the Black Snake Race’s territory, perhaps another Black Snake Sentinel would come sometime.

He was too weak now, only able to rely on the terrain.

He waited half an afternoon like this, and just as it was getting dark, suddenly, Wang Wu felt another sharp pain in his back, followed by numbness. Damn, this featureless attack was still so characteristic, even the attack location hadn’t changed.

With a click of joy in his heart, Wang Wu chose not to resist. Just like at noon, when the Black Snake Sentinel reached the upper wide area and began turning, his little claw shot out fiercely, solidly embedding into the snake’s belly. No matter how the Black Snake Sentinel struggled and coiled later, it couldn’t change its fate.

Ten seconds later, Wang Wu smoothly completed his second kill.

He then started consuming madly, all to pave the way for his Healing Talent, and this time, the Healing Talent only consumed 80 points of Satiety to neutralize the poison damage.

The perfect resistance to snake venom reached 2/5.

A moment later, Wang Wu comfortably burped, and in front of him was a pile of broken bone fragments, with his Satiety having reached 245 points.

Yet he felt somewhat stuffed, proving that the Bloodline Talent of the Ancient Giant Bear was indeed not ordinary.

By this time night had fallen, Wang Wu burrowed as deep into the rock crevice as possible, only a fool would wander around in the dark.

As for whether another Black Snake Sentinel would come by tonight, Wang Wu didn’t have time to think about it, as with the increase in his Satiety, he could barely keep his eyes open from exhaustion.

Settling himself, he closed his eyes and entered a sweet dreamland.

But the night turned out to be quite peaceful, just like the one before.

When Wang Wu woke up again, dawn had broken, the horizon faintly lit, signaling the coming sunrise.

“Darn, almost missed it.”

He had been thinking about the sunrise yesterday, his task of absorbing and converting Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, and it seemed such benefits were only available at sunrise each day?

Quickly squeezing out of the rock crevice, Wang Wu’s stomach untimely growled, startling him. He opened the attribute bar, and damn, from yesterday’s 245 points of Satiety, it had dropped to 12 points today, is there no justice or law here?

Wait, Growth +0.5%?

Oh, then it’s fine, just don’t mistakenly harm allies.

Bang,

Rolling out of the rock crevice, Wang Wu suddenly felt how quiet it was in the early morning before sunrise.

So quiet it seemed eerie, and in the next second, as he slowly turned around and looked up, cold sweat covered his entire white fur.

On the cliff where he had spent two nights, every protruding stone, or flatter spot, was coiled with Black Snakes of varying thickness, roughly counted, there must be at least fifty or sixty of them.

The Black Snake Sentinels he had killed yesterday were only as thick as an adult’s arm, but there were snake as thick as a young leg, a thick human leg, even at the top of the cliff, one as thick as a pail, coiled like a four or five-meter-high pile of dung—giant snake!

What the heck!

Yesterday, how confident was he to think he could wage war with the Black Snake Race?

However, Wang Wu quickly noticed a crucial point: all those Black Snakes were located mostly on the upper half of the cliff, and undoubtedly, occupying a higher position meant they could bask in the sunlight earlier and thus absorb and convert more Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

Realizing this, Wang Wu dared not dawdle, and with crestfallen eyes, he dashed to the other side of the cliff; the sun was about to rise, and he hadn’t secured a spot yet, a truly bad feeling.

The cliff wasn’t high, only about twenty to thirty meters off the ground, but turning around the corner of the cliff revealed a series of low hills, sparsely populated with some trees, even the vegetation around these low hills was sparse.

It was obviously to prevent blocking the sunlight.

At this point, Wang Wu was growing more apprehensive.

If that cliff was the Black Snake Race’s territory, then this side was actually even more fiercely contested.

On the tall tree crowns, hundreds or thousands of little red-winged birds stood quietly there, waiting for the sunrise, with the largest red-winged bird about as big as an eagle.

And on the first low hill near the Black Snake Race territory, a bright red giant scorpion at least a meter long stood on a large rock like an enlightened sage in meditation, ready to welcome the sunrise.

Surrounding the rock and every vantage point on the small hill were occupied by at least dozens of bright red scorpions, ranging from half a meter to only twenty to thirty centimeters in length.

Next was the second hill, occupied by large black centipedes with hundreds of centipede offspring and grandchildren.

On the third hill were five white-haired, oh, white-furred old white rats, which at first glance were not to be trifled with.

Forget it, Wang Wu had no mood to keep watching, was the Cultivation Realm this intense too?

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