At one glance, the whole place was a scarlet red.
As far as the eye could see, big snakes were everywhere.
“Tsk, tsk! There must be at least 8,000 of them, if not 10,000!” Meng Lei marveled at the sight. “Just as well! I can just take them all out, then!”
“Absolute Zero!”
Boom!
A white, chilly air current burst forth and shrouded the whole area within 10,000 meters. Amid crisp snaps and cracks, everything in the surroundings was fixed in place during this instant.
The scarlet swamp became a nation of frost, and all the Scarlet Swamp Snakes within 10,000 meters turned into vivid-looking ice sculptures.
“Ding! 1 Scarlet Swamp Snake killed. 13 million gold coins gained!”
“Ding! 1 Scarlet Swamp Snake killed. 3.97 million gold coins gained!”
Meng Lei rose into the air and flew further into the swamp’s depths while Sacas followed closely after him.
Just like that, the pair slew everything in their path as they advanced. Snake carcasses were littered all about, and innumerable ice sculptures were created everywhere they passed through.
When the pair reached the very center of the swamp, a deep pool appeared in front of them. As though an old well, the pool waters were a clean and clear dark green. Deep and bottomless, it was completely different from the unbearably polluted swampy waters around it.
A powerful Saint Domain Magical Beast aura emanated from the pool, leaving no doubt to the fact that an enormous, savage beast was lurking within.
“Sacas, get him out here!”
“Yes, sir!”
Sacas grabbed a huge piece of wood and threw it right into the pool. At the same time, he also started to hurl abuse loudly. “Albin, here’s a f*cking coffin for your ancestors! Hurry and get the hell out here...”
Splash!
There was no way of telling whether it was the huge piece of wood that’d alarmed the savage beast in the pool or Sacas’ verbal abuse that’d taken effect!
Splash!
Amid great splashes, an enormous snakehead jumped out of the pool and bit at Sacas—who was in mid-air—at lightning-quick speed! Its huge mouth opened wide, and a fishy, pungent stink rushed toward their faces.
“Hmph!”
Sacas was already prepared for this a long time ago. In the instant the snake dived toward it, its sharp claws closed together, and it grabbed viciously at it!
Unexpectedly, in the instant that it was about to make contact with the snake, its head whipped to the side in an S-shape and bypassed Sacas’ sharp claws to clamp its jaws down at its waist!
Splash!
The next moment, the snake’s massive body followed closely and wound around Sacas at high speed. It went one round, two, two and a half...
Roar!
As a raging Behemoth, how would Sacas possibly allow the huge snake to get its way? With a roar into the sky, six two-meters-long barbed claws grabbed viciously at the snake’s body!
Slash!
Slash!
The claws created deep fissures in the snake’s body with every grab Sacas made as though metal hooks. Blood sprayed everywhere and dyed the snake—as well as the pool waters underneath them—red.
Hiss!
Pain came over the huge snake. It opened its cavernous jaws and bit at Sacas’ neck. Two sharp venomous fangs gleamed with a cold, greenish glow under the sunlight as they bit viciously at Sacas.
Meng Lei couldn’t help but shake his head with a light laugh at the sight of that. Just how tough and solid was Sacas’ body? First-class spells might not even be able to break its defenses, so how would two venomous fangs possibly be able to wound it?
Splurt!
However, something unbelievable happened the next moment. The two venomous fangs actually managed to pierce through Sacas’ skin and sink viciously into its body with a splurt.
Large amounts of venom were injected into its body and began to spread rapidly. Sacas stiffened up, and the movements of its sharp, barbed claws that were brandishing about fervently also gradually began to slow down—evidently, it had been poisoned!
“What the f*ck!!!”
Meng Lei, who was awfully shocked, hastily got ready to go forward to render aid. Not only was Sacas his trusted subordinate and favored aide, but he was also loyal and devoted. He couldn’t just watch it die from the snake’s venom.
Whoosh!
Unexpectedly, a sudden turn of events occurred at this point.
A shrill whiz abruptly rang out, and a green arrow shot toward them at an unbelievable speed. In an instant, it’d pierced through the snake’s point of weakness!
At once, the snake’s eyes rolled up, and its massive body immediately froze up. From the look of it, it wasn’t going to survive.
At the same time, the green arrow continued its momentum and pierced through the snake’s head to shoot toward Sacas’ throat!
The green arrow’s might hadn’t diminished by much. Even Meng Lei couldn’t be sure whether or not it would pierce through Sacas’ throat.
He couldn’t take chances with it!
“Damn!”
Meng Lei hastily grabbed at the arrow. After he had raised the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate to 2%, his speed had improved even further. In an instant, he had come right up to Sacas.
Unfortunately...
It was ultimately still a step too late.
Splurt!
The green arrow’s ability to penetrate had reached terrifying levels. It easily broke through Sacas’ superbly strong defenses and shot right into its throat.
“Ugh!”
Blood sprayed into the air. Sacas let out a mournful cry as blood began to spurt madly from its throat, instantly dyeing the thick fur at its chest red.
“Bastard!”
Meng Lei almost went berserk. However, he managed to barely hang on to his last vestige of rationality and stop himself from killing the person that had launched the sneak attack. Instead, he cast a wood-elemental first-class spell—Blessings of Life!
Buzz!
The Wood Elements within 10,000 meters of where he was converged fervently to form a 100-meters-wide
