nycdaug Chapter 49 Snake Man
Chapter 49 Snake Man
Downstream bank.
Xu Yang looked in the direction from which the commotion came.
Something completely black isn't necessarily vegetation; it could also be... a monster.
The sound of grass and trees being trampled could be heard, and a dark, emaciated humanoid creature charged towards Xu Yang—
boom!
Bang bang bang...!
Xu Yang quickly drew his pistol and unleashed a burst of bullets.
The humanoid creature seemed to be nailed to the spot, trembling like a leaf, its scales bursting open and covered with a layer of black liquid, which appeared to be blood.
His body slowly fell forward.
The smoke in the air dissipated.
【Star Stone Snake Man】
It was once another creature, its body mutated to a clumsy imitation of an ancient being in the starry sky. Its body was covered in irregular, jet-black scales, its neck was thick, and its flat, round head was swollen, flowing with venom.
[Note: Eat everything...]
……
The monster faithfully fulfilled its role as a target, lying on the ground, its fate unknown.
died?
Xu Yang narrowed his eyes. The snake-man looked miserable, but there didn't seem to be any fatal wounds.
He removed the kite-shaped shield from his back, slowly approached, his pistol ammunition almost empty, and with a flick of his wrist, threw a fireball at the monster.
Sparks flew from the black, shattered scales. The monster remained motionless, while the withered grass on the ground was ignited...
Flames flickered on the scales, making the black scales appear reddish, and in the boiling firelight, the body seemed to be trembling.
No, that was a real tremor; within the burning body resided a calm and restrained soul.
Xu Yang stopped a short distance away, his eyes looking strange.
"Still putting up with it?"
……
The monster suddenly let out a strange cry, its vertical pupils glaring fiercely at Xu Yang.
The mouth opened wide in front.
Swish!
An arrow-like object shot out from under the scarlet forked tongue.
Snapped!
It struck the shield blocking the man's path, and the outer shell made a hissing sound...
At the source of the sound, a strange little black snake coiled up, as if stuck to the shield, and slowly swam around.
The next moment, it suddenly darted out from the edge.
It bared its gleaming white fangs at the man's neck—
呲.
A white blade flashed, slicing the body vertically in two.
The blade's reflection revealed Xu Yang's sharp eyes, and the next moment, he exerted force with his feet.
He charged out, shield in hand.
At the same time, the monster struggled to get up from the ground.
Upon seeing the corpse of the small snake on the ground, it instantly let out a roar of alarm and anger.
He seemed to be grieving.
However, immediately afterwards—
Xu Yang's figure was already close in front of them.
Bang!
Sparks flew between the scales as the blade tip encountered a hard resistance. The irregular shape of the scales actually lured the blade to scrape against empty air.
No wonder the bullets failed to kill it.
Xu Yang's eyes turned cold, and he suddenly exerted force in his arm.
chap!
A sharp blade pierced through the black scales with overwhelming force, embedding itself in the soft flesh, and then calmly emerged from the back of the skull.
His arm twisted in response.
The last glimmer of light in the snake-man's eyes faltered.
In an instant, another cold light flashed. Xu Yang's other hand suddenly swung, and when the scales were cleaved, a texture like shattered stone was felt.
Then—his body was separated from his head.
The emaciated, headless corpse lay on the ground, its stunted arms and legs devoid of strength, dry and wrinkled, with only occasional muscle twitches.
The swollen snake head on the spiked blade was also twitching in some muscles, showing an astonishing overall activity.
From the severed neck, a foul-smelling black liquid dripped onto the ground.
As Xu Yang looked down, he noticed that the green grass had been corroded into some flowing remnants. He frowned and subconsciously looked at the shield.
On the front of the shield, where the venom had previously struck, there were only some mottled marks.
It seems there's nothing seriously wrong.
He let out a soft breath and kicked the corpse at his feet.
Looking back on this—
To be honest, this snake-man wasn't very strong, but he certainly had a sinister air about him. His agility and strength were inferior to the infected he had encountered before.
However, thanks to the venom and scales on its body, it is not so fragile. Its insidious nature lies in the fact that it hides a "little cutie" under its tongue.
Anyone who came here would probably think it was just a pool of venom.
I never expected that after flying out, it could take the initiative to attack. If I hadn't been so agile, I might have really been in trouble.
Xu Yang shook off the snake head from the blade and walked to the two corpses of the small black snake.
I poked it with the blade; it was limp and sticky, with two long, black, fleshy wings growing from its sides, and each half of its head had a huge venomous fang embedded in it.
Its appearance clearly shows that venomous fangs are its primary means of attack.
[Cerebrolystic snake]
The juvenile form of the Starstone Serpent can reside in the mother's "tongue pit," where the venom accelerates its growth. It also assists the mother in hunting.
[Note: I'll bite you to death!]
……
Like father, like son; fighting side by side?
No wonder that snake-man roared so loudly earlier.
It turns out they saw that their baby was gone.
Xu Yang raised an eyebrow and smiled slightly.
In this light, he has done another good deed. Even the monster, with his help, did not suffer the tragic fate of being separated from its owner by death.
But encountering a monster so quickly, is it good luck or bad luck?
He casually swiped open the bracelet, opened the previous monster introduction document, and immediately saw the information about the snake people.
Descriptions of venom, thick scales, armor-piercing projectiles, tongue cavity, etc. Attack methods are given, along with precautions.
It's fairly comprehensive, but the fact that the monster is named "Snake Man" shows a lack of understanding of its origin.
However, in the bounty, the venomous snake in the snakeman's tongue cavity is not classified as a quest monster and will not provide an additional 1000 contribution points.
This is not hard to understand, after all, the venomous snake is just an ordinary venomous snake.
Even when paired with the Mother, functionally speaking, it only provides the Snake People with a ranged venom attack method, compensating for their weakness of only being able to fight in melee.
Because the snake-man's true form cannot shoot venom, it can only spit venom during physical combat.
Xu Yang thought about that scene and felt it was somewhat eerie, even though it was true and recorded in the documents.
Continuing to peruse the documents, one finds descriptions of several types of monsters, most of which share the common characteristic of having jet-black scales.
Thanks to the information in the guide, Xu Yang now knows that the next stage of the Membranous Viper is the Star Stone Serpent Man. Looking at some of the monsters in the data now, he also has a strange feeling that they are at different stages.
However, this was not reflected in the document.
His gaze suddenly paused, and he clicked on two pictures in the documents.
One of them was a gaunt, black monster that had lost the bloated head and neck of the Star Stone Serpent Man. In the blurry photo, one could see that its scales had become more regular.
The other picture shows a figure in a dark forest, extremely slender, with its lower body resembling a snake's tail and a row of sharp, diamond-shaped spikes along its back.
However, the descriptions of these two monsters are blank; their existence is only confirmed. Perhaps someone fought them, but why didn't they leave any descriptions?
This... doesn't seem too hard to guess.
As for the other monsters in the data, most of them belong to the snake-man level, such as fish-men and frog-men, but none of them are as insidious as the snake-men, and there is nothing worth paying attention to.
Xu Yang walked up to the snake-man and was about to lift his head.
Bang.
The woods ahead were even darker, and the distance wasn't very clear, but it sounded like a gunshot.
He lifted the severed head from his feet, put it in his bag, and looked in the direction of the sound, his brows furrowing.