Chapter 1712: First Appearance of Dark Beasts

Although Dark Beasts are not the most powerful exotic beasts in the Vast Cold Realm, at night, even ancient fierce beasts would never willingly face a group of adult Dark Beasts whose strength suddenly increases several times over.

For some unknown reason, two-thirds of the many hours in a day in the Dark Beast Forest are pitch-black night, and the daytime is relatively very short.

There are thousands of Dark Beasts living within it, and adult Dark Beasts occupy a significant proportion.

As a result, even powerful neighbors like the Ten Thousand Birds Ridge and the Eight Fierce Seas, which are led by ancient fierce beasts and border the Dark Beast Forest, have no intention of invading this territory.

Dark Beasts are like masters in their own backyard in this forest; other beasts living within it almost only exist as food for the Dark Beasts.

Only a few rare types of exotic beasts that also have the ability to transform and increase their power at night can barely fight the Dark Beasts and pose some threat.

Of course, these exotic beasts, both in number and true strength, are far from comparable to Dark Beasts in the Dark Beast Forest.

On this day, in a place in the Dark Beast Forest only a little over a hundred miles from the edge, a giant python with a body seven or eight feet long and covered in green scales was staring with cold, flashing eyes at a Dark Beast in a standoff.

This python looks no different from an ordinary python, but in fact, it is one of the few exotic beasts in the Dark Beast Forest that can fight a Dark Beast: the "Green Night Python."

As the name suggests, when night falls, this giant python's originally strong body gains immense supernatural powers, and it can perform a transformation similar to berserk mode by borrowing the power of the night.

After the transformation, the giant python has powerful strength not inferior to an adult Dark Beast, and once it starts fighting, it becomes extremely bloodthirsty and crazy.

But for the Green Night Python, this transformation naturally has many sequelae.

Not only will its strength be greatly reduced in the next few years, but it will also consume its lifespan. Therefore, unless its life is truly in danger, the giant python will not perform this transformation.

And yet, the Green Night Python's inner core has immense nourishing power for Dark Beasts. As long as the two meet in the Dark Beast Forest, it is immediately a life-and-death situation.

The two beasts in front of them accidentally bumped into each other at the edge of the Dark Beast Forest.

This Green Night giant python held its head high, its black-purple snake tongue flicking continuously. Its body's green scales were even standing up one by one, almost inverted.

It was a dangerous sight of someone ready to devour.

The Dark Beast it was facing looked like a giant wolf three or four times larger. But its body was pitch black, and its tail was as thin and long as a leopard's tail, giving people a feeling of elegance and mystery.

From its size, this Dark Beast had clearly just reached adulthood, looking a bit thinner than its peers, but its black-and-white eyes were staring coldly at the Green Night giant python, with fierce light flashing.

Strangely, however, this beast just stared at the giant python and did not immediately pounce.

The result of a fight between an adult Dark Beast and a berserk Green Night Python is mostly the former obtaining the inner core, but it is not impossible for a Dark Beast to be swallowed by a Green Night Python instead.

The two suddenly met here, and although the Dark Beast was overjoyed, it was not in a hurry to act.

The Green Night Python's strength will increase greatly when it goes berserk, but at that moment, it will also reveal its own weaknesses.

If it could truly seize this opportunity, it would not be impossible to kill the opponent with one claw.

And although the Green Night Python made a posture of preparing to go berserk, it actually did not dare to act rashly.

Therefore, the two were in a strange standoff until now.

Various beasts in the Dark Beast Forest have long developed the habit of coming out at night and resting quietly in caves during the day.

In addition, the trees in the forest are unusually tall. Although it is at the edge of the forest, the dense leaves almost block out nine-tenths of the sky. Looking up, one can only see pitch black through the gaps in the branches.

It is now the deepest part of the night.

If it weren't for some low-lying plants nearby emitting points of light, this place would have become pitch black.

Time passed bit by bit, and the giant python and the Dark Beast stood in a stalemate for a meal's time without moving.

Such a long stalemate is not a good feeling.

The Dark Beast finally couldn't hold back first.

It let out a low growl, moved its four limbs, and slowly circled the giant python. But its movements were silent, as if its body were formless.

Seeing this, the Green Night Python flicked its tongue more rapidly, and at the same time, it made a "hissing" sound of threat.

But the Dark Beast's fierce light grew stronger, and the claws on its two front limbs moved slightly, flashing with black, half-foot-long claw light. At the same time, its thin black tail swung through the void with a series of afterimages, actually emitting a cracking sound that tore through space.

The Green Night Python's head turned as the Dark Beast moved, naturally taking in everything the opponent did. Seeing the Dark Beast's tail-swinging move, it seemed to be suddenly stimulated by something, and its hissing sound became rapid.

The black-green scales on its body flashed with light, actually expanding and contracting, and its body swelled up as if it were being blown up.

The entire snake skin was stretched tight.

In almost the time of a breath, a harsh "chi-la" sound came out!

The entire snake skin cracked inch by inch, and a snake body nearly half larger than before was revealed.

It was still green-colored python scales, but the patterns between the scales had turned silver-white, and these patterns intersected to form runes of different sizes, flashing with pale silver light.

Looking above the Green Night Python, there was an extra white, jade-like horn on its head, with spiral patterns on its surface, spiraling up from bottom to top.

It looked unusually sharp!

The giant python's pair of eyes also changed from their original emerald green to crimson, flashing with madness.

Almost the moment the giant python finished its transformation, the Dark Beast, which had already circled to one side, acted without hesitation.

Only a flash of black light was seen, and the beast's body vanished under the night light.

The next moment, on one side of the giant python's head, black light flashed, and the Dark Beast suddenly emerged from the night. At the same time, several black claw lights shot out first, fiercely grabbing at the giant python's neck under its head.

In the place suspected to be the snake's seven-inch spot, there were several pale red scales.

This was the weakness of this python after its transformation.

Even if an ordinary flying sword were to hack at these scales, it could cause the giant python to be seriously injured. If it were truly grabbed by the Dark Beast's sharp claws, it could be seriously injured and unable to rise.

Of course, this weakness only lasts for a moment after the Green Night Python transforms, and it will soon turn the same color as the other scales.

Even after that, these scales are far tougher than other parts.

With a few muffled thuds, the claw lights hit it solidly, causing the Green Night Python's body to shake, but the claw lights only brushed past the area below the seven-inch spot, and the python subconsciously shook rapidly, barely dodging this fatal blow.

Only a few pale red wounds were left on the giant python's neck, with a few wisps of blood appearing, and the wounds did not look too deep.

Such a sneak attack naturally completely enraged the already somewhat berserk giant python.

Only a roar was heard, and the python's tail shook in the air.

In an instant, green tail shadows appeared in the void, sweeping across and covering the Dark Beast.

The whistling sound resounded through the entire sky.

Seeing that the attack failed and the opponent's counterattack was imminent, the Dark Beast was not panicked. Instead, its body swayed, and two black lights flew out from its body. After rolling, they transformed into two pitch-black monsters.

These two shadow-like monsters looked very similar to the Dark Beast, but their bodies were somewhat blurry and flashed with black-gray spiritual light.

As soon as they appeared, they cooperated with the Dark Beast, baring fangs and brandishing claws as they pounced into the air.

The sound of "chi-chi" claw lights erupted, immediately colliding with the green shadows in the air.

After a series of astonishing explosions, the claw lights and green shadows dissipated simultaneously, appearing evenly matched.

Immediately, a ball of green light erupted above the head of one of the black monsters. A giant python head flashed out from the green light, swallowing the black monster in one gulp with lightning speed, then shook its neck and shot toward the other black monster, looking like it wanted to swallow it too.

Just then, the Dark Beast shot over from the side in a strange way, opening its mouth wide to the size of a foot, full of sharp teeth like blades, and bit toward the giant python's body.

If it were truly bitten by this giant mouth, I believe that no matter how thick the Green Night Python's body was, it would definitely be unable to resist being bitten into two sections.

But the transformed Green Night Python's speed was definitely not inferior to the Dark Beast. Its head suddenly shrank, then twisted, and without showing any weakness, it opened its mouth wide and met it head-on.

And at this time, its original target, the other black monster, twisted its body, stretching its body unusually long, like a thick rope, and shot toward the giant python.

Amidst the rumbling sounds, the two exotic beasts displayed their supernatural powers, fighting in a way that was hard to separate.

But they naturally didn't know that in a place over ten miles away, inside a seemingly ordinary giant tree, there was inexplicably a giant tree hole two feet in diameter.

And in this mysterious space, three people were sitting cross-legged, staring at a mirror floating in the low air.

The back of this mirror was shimmering with silver light, and the mirror surface was shimmering with green light, displaying an unusually clear picture.

It was exactly the scene of the Dark Beast and the Green Night Python fighting!

Everything was exactly the same as the scene in the distance, just shrunk countless times.

And these three people, one wearing a green robe, one wearing a white cloak, and one with deep yellow skin.

They were Han Li, Liu Shui'er, and Shi Kun, who had spent over half a month finally arriving here.

The three looked solemn, staring at the mirror without blinking.

Nearly half an hour later, the Dark Beast in the mirror turned into hundreds of black bats, finally grinding the battered Green Night Python to death, then opening its abdomen to swallow the beast core, before leaving in high spirits.

"How is it? The two of you witnessed the Dark Beasts with your own eyes, what do you think of them?"

A light sigh came from Liu Shui'er's mouth, and she raised her hand to cast a spell on the mirror.

Immediately, the picture in the mirror flashed and vanished.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1713 =====