The midday sun was scorching and dazzling.
Wang Wu hid in a Rock Crevice, its exit mostly blocked by several stones, making it appear safe.
But he was uncomfortable, tormented by intense thirst and the surging heat outside, which was driving him mad. This was very bad.
Wang Wu regretted not collecting dew last night. Such torment was too difficult for his frail body to endure and could easily lead to heatstroke or dehydration.
But he truly dared not search for a water source.
In a daze, Wang Wu suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back, followed by a force lifting him. Just as he was scared to the point of Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, he saw a snake tail above him, as thick as an adult's arm!
Damn it, he was careless. He only paid attention to dangers from outside the Rock Crevice, never expecting this snake to sneak in from above.
The sharp pain lasted only three seconds, then turned to numbness. This Black Snake was venomous.
At the same time, information surfaced.
"You have trespassed into the Black Snake Clan's territory. You were attacked by a Black Snake Sentry. Because your Bloodline Talent Rank is too low, your Danger Perception Talent has been suppressed!"
"Due to your Defense Rank, you suffered 5 piercing damage and 10 poison damage."
What the heck!
Wang Wu was first terrified, then calmed down.
His seemingly frail body was not as vulnerable as he thought.
Also, what was with the information provided in the attribute panel? It felt like he was playing a game. He loved such a Golden Finger.
Suppressing the panic in his heart, Wang Wu forced himself not to struggle. After all, the Black Snake was currently above his head, biting him and moving upwards. He had no chance for now.
Finally, when the Black Snake, biting Wang Wu, reached a wider part of the Rock Crevice, its head turned, exposing its belly. This was the moment!
With a whoosh, Wang Wu extended his silver-gray claws and clawed at the gray snake belly, using all his might.
With just that one strike, the large Black Snake was disemboweled by Wang Wu. It shivered all over and immediately coiled frantically around Wang Wu, trying to strangle him.
But the large Black Snake forgot that Wang Wu had not retracted his claws, so the faster it moved, the longer the incision became. Although it eventually succeeded in coiling tightly around Wang Wu, it only lasted less than ten seconds before dying and collapsing into a messy heap.
At this moment, half of Wang Wu's body was numb, like a dog tragically buried alive...
Struggling out with all his might, he didn't care about the disgust. First, he drank the snake blood, then ate the snake gall, and finally the snake meat.
This large Black Snake, weighing over ten catties, was almost entirely eaten by him in one go.
"You killed a Black Snake Sentry."
"You ate a Black Snake your Satiety +300 points."
"You drank snake blood. You absorbed 1 point of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi."
"Your Self-Healing Talent automatically activated. You consumed 100 points of Satiety to neutralize poison damage. You consumed 50 points of Satiety to restore health points. This process will take one hour."
"Your Self-Healing Talent has recorded some characteristics of the snake venom. After improvement, you may gain perfect resistance to this type of snake venom (1/5)."
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Lines of information silently appeared, causing Wang Wu's thoughts to fluctuate.
The previous gains didn't matter, but the last piece of information truly prevented him from maintaining a steady mindset.
Well, there's nothing more to say. The Black Snake Clan is now my Old Wang's brother.
Next, Wang Wu continued to devour the remains of the Black Snake, even crushing and eating the bones, all for his Satiety.
There was no other way. Although he could currently absorb and transform Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, this power was not yet complete. He could only rely on his Bloodline Talent to possibly achieve his plan.
Wang Wu did not actively seek out Black Snake, but since this Rock Crevice was on the edge of the Black Snake Clan's territory, perhaps a second Black Snake would come.
He was too weak now and could only rely on the terrain.
He waited for half an afternoon. Just as it was about to get dark, Wang Wu suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back, followed by numbness. Good heavens, this sudden attack was still so distinctive, and even the attack location hadn't changed.
Wang Wu was delighted. He chose not to resist, just like at noon. When the Black Snake climbed to the wider area above and began to turn around, his small claws suddenly extended, firmly piercing into the snake's belly. No matter how the Black Snake struggled and coiled afterward, it could not change its fate.
Ten seconds later, Wang Wu successfully completed a second kill.
Immediately after, he began to eat frantically, solely to pave the way for his Self-Healing Talent. This time, the Self-Healing Talent only consumed 80 points of Satiety to neutralize the poison damage.
His perfect resistance to snake venom reached 2/5.
A moment later, Wang Wu comfortably burped. In front of him was a pile of broken bone fragments, and his Satiety had reached 245 points.
But he felt a bit full. It could only be said that the Ancient Giant Bear's Bloodline Talent was truly extraordinary.
Night had fallen. Wang Wu burrowed as deep as possible into the Rock Crevice. Only a fool would wander around in the dark.
As for whether any Black Snake's would come looking for him that night, Wang Wu truly had no time to think, because as his Satiety increased, he was already so sleepy he couldn't keep his eyes open.
After settling down, he closed his eyes and fell into a sweet dream.
But that night was indeed very quiet, just like the night before.
When Wang Wu woke up again, the sky was already faintly bright, almost sunrise.
"Damn, I almost missed it."
He had been thinking about absorbing and transforming Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi at sunrise yesterday. It seemed that this benefit was only available at sunrise each day?
Quickly squeezing out of the Rock Crevice, Wang Wu's stomach suddenly rumbled inappropriately, startling him. He opened his attribute panel and saw, damn, he had 245 points of Satiety last night, but it had dropped to 12 points today. Was there any justice? Was there any law?
Wait, Growth +0.5%?
Oh, then it's fine. We are all decent people, let's not accidentally harm our allies.
Thud,
Rolling out of the Rock Crevice, Wang Wu suddenly felt how quiet the pre-sunrise morning was.
It was even eerily quiet. The next second, he slowly turned around, looked up, and broke out in a cold sweat.
On the cliff where he had slept for two nights, on every protruding rock or relatively flat surface, there was a coiled Black Snake of varying thickness. Roughly estimated, there were at least fifty or sixty of them.
The Black Snake he killed yesterday were only as thick as an adult's arm, but there were also some as thick as calves, thighs, and at the very top of the cliff, one as thick as a water bucket, coiled up like a four or five-meter-high pile of dung!
Holy crap!
How confident was he yesterday to actually want to go to war with the Black Snake Clan?
However, Wang Wu quickly noticed a crucial point: these Black Snakes were mostly located on the upper half of the cliff. Undoubtedly, the higher the position, the earlier they would be exposed to sunlight, and thus the more Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi they could absorb and transform.
With this thought, Wang Wu dared not delay. He ran shamefacedly to the other side of the cliff. The sun was about to rise, but he hadn't secured a spot. This feeling was very bad.
The cliff wasn't tall, only about twenty to thirty meters from the ground, but turning around the corner of the cliff revealed several continuous low hills, sparsely covered with some trees. Even the trees around these low hills were sparse.
Clearly, this was also to prevent blocking the sunlight.
But at this moment, Wang Wu became increasingly frightened.
If that cliff was the Black Snake Clan's territory, then this side was actually even more competitive.
On some tall tree canopies, hundreds of red-winged birds stood quietly, awaiting the sunrise. The largest red-winged bird was as big as an eagle.
And near the Black Snake Clan's territory, on the first low hill, a fire-red scorpion at least a meter long stood on a huge rock, like an enlightened Dao master in meditation, preparing to greet the sunrise.
Around the rock and on all the high points of this small hill, at least dozens of fire-red scorpions, half a meter long or only twenty to thirty centimeters long, firmly occupied the spots.
Then came the second small hill, with black centipedes, accompanied by hundreds of centipede sons and grandsons.
On the third small hill, there were five white-haired, oh, white-furred, white rats, clearly not easy to deal with.
Forget it, Wang Wu had no mood to continue watching. Was the Immortal Realm also this competitive?