Chapter 402

Under the lake.

After the half-moon arc released powerful destructive power, it had already dissipated.

On the skull of the Black-Winged Scaled Snake, a layer of thick frost had already condensed.

The extreme cold swept through the whole body of the Black-Winged Scaled Snake from the head like a surging tide, rapidly devouring its vitality.

Under this extreme pain, the Black-Winged Scaled Snake's desire to survive exploded.

Its dark green vertical pupils flashed with light intertwined with madness and fear, subconsciously twitching its tail, which was furthest from the head and had not been completely affected by the cold current, and swung it toward Gao De.

The tail of the Black-Winged Scaled Snake was slender and powerful, and the scales on it were small and dense, and there were two rows of sharp barbs on both sides of the tail.

The barbs were curved, like fishhooks.

As long as they hit the enemy, these barbs would embed into the enemy's body.

The Black-Winged Scaled Snake then pulled and tugged hard, which could tear the enemy's flesh and cause fatal damage to the enemy's body.

This was one of the attack methods that the Black-Winged Scaled Snake was extremely good at.

And the tail it swung at the moment of death reached its peak power, like a steel whip, and the water flow it brought up was as violent as a blade.

Bang!

A dull and loud sound echoed in the lake water.

At this moment, it was exactly when Gao De's old strength was exhausted and new strength had not yet been born, and it was difficult to make effective defensive dodging movements for a while.

He could only watch the tail of the Black-Winged Scaled Snake whip onto his body.

The faint light shield formed by 【Shield+】 was much stronger than 【Shield】, but it was ultimately at the first-circle spell level.

Therefore, under the impact of the snake tail, the faint light shield was like fragile glass, instantly shattering, turning into countless flashing light spots, and dissipating in the lake water.

The snake tail, with its remaining power, fell straight onto Gao De's chest.

Blue light flashed and disappeared.

The chest area was one of the protected areas belonging to 【Winter's Arrival】.

The first-level sturdy rune effect, when facing such a powerful attack from a second-rank serpent monster, the defensive power appeared somewhat stretched.

But fortunately, this attack had already been reduced by a large part of its power by 【Shield+】.

Even so, the powerful impact contained in this tail sweep instantly sent Gao De's body flying.

Fortunately, he was in the water at this moment, and the powerful resistance of the water was like an invisible giant hand, slowing down his backward flying speed.

After retreating seven or eight meters, Gao De finally stabilized his body.

His body trembled slightly in the water, and a sharp pain came from his chest, as if a ball of fire was burning, a burning pain.

But Gao De had no time to treat his own injuries, but endured the pain and looked at the Black-Winged Scaled Snake for the first time.

He knew that the vitality of earth-vein creatures was extremely powerful, but he believed that the power contained in the North Wind, as a Enduring Zhenbing magic weapon, was more powerful.

His Enduring Zhenbing sword energy released at close range must have brought unbearable huge damage to the Black-Winged Scaled Snake.

The counterattack just now was nothing more than its final struggle.

The fact was also the case.

After swinging this tail whip, the dark green vertical pupils of the Black-Winged Scaled Snake were still trembling slightly, as if still trying to maintain the last trace of vitality.

But apart from occasional uncontrollable twitching, the body could no longer make any other movements.

However, Gao De didn't dare to relax, fearing that the Black-Winged Scaled Snake was bluffing, and just waited quietly on the side.

Until its huge body could no longer maintain buoyancy and slowly sank in the lake water.

Gao De's heart moved, and in the second-circle origin, which was still very slippery, the entry of the Black-Winged Scaled Snake had already appeared.

The overall situation was settled.

The moonlight today was a bit brighter than yesterday.

At the pier belonging to the sheriff's office, dozens of patrol boats were moored neatly together, shaking gently with the fluctuation of the lake water, the hulls colliding with each other, making a crisp sound.

On the pier, there were several bright lamps hanging.

The water surface reflected the orange light of the lamps.

The night watchman sat in a small room by the pier, boredly breaking open small things like peanuts, taking out the fruits inside, throwing them into his mouth, and chewing them with a crunch.

This was a local nut, and the taste was okay.

Occasionally, he would raise his head and scan the lake surface.

At this time, it was already the second half of the night and about to sunrise, and the night watchman was already very sleepy, and his attention was no longer concentrated.

His gaze seemed to have been scanning the lake surface, but in fact, it was completely out of focus, just mechanically turning his eyeballs, and his thoughts had long since drifted away.

Therefore, it wasn't until a small boat was about to dock that he suddenly realized, stood up in a hurry, and almost lost his balance because the movement was too urgent.

The night watchman couldn't care about standing firm and shouted toward the still pitch-black lake surface: "Who is it?"

"It's me." Gao De's voice drifted from the lake surface.

The night watchman didn't recognize who it was for a moment, but felt that the voice sounded familiar.

And just as he was thinking, Gao De had already rowed the boat and entered the range illuminated by the lights.

By the faint orange light, the night watchman saw Gao De's face clearly and finally remembered Gao De's identity.

When Gao De borrowed the boat yesterday, he was also at the scene and left a quite deep impression on this young Sea Sentinel mage.

The night watchman stood up quickly, left the small room, walked quickly toward the pier, and helped Gao De dock.

It was just that in the process of helping, he always felt that Gao De's patrol boat seemed to be sinking too deep?

The degree of the hull sinking was much greater than usual, as if the boat was carrying something extremely heavy.

"Master Mage, is this just the end of tonight's search?" The night watchman, whose head was already chaotic after staying up all night, couldn't think carefully, and just chatted while helping.

"Yes." Gao De tied the rope to the wooden stake on the pier.

"You can just leave the boat here, and come to take it when you need to use it tonight. I will explain it clearly to the person on the next shift, or do you need to change a boat?" The night watchman said respectfully.

"No need to change," Gao De shook his head and replied: "I don't need to borrow a boat tonight."

"Ah? Do you have something to do tonight?" The night watchman hadn't reacted yet.

"It's already solved." Gao De jumped from the boat to the pier and breathed a sigh of relief, his chest heaving violently with his breathing.

At this time, the night watchman noticed that there was obvious blood on Gao De's chest.

"Solved?" His head was still lagging, and he didn't understand Gao De's meaning for a while.

"Trouble finding some people to help, this guy is a bit heavy." Gao De pulled another rope tied to the boat.

The night watchman followed the rope all the way down until he looked at its other end disappearing into the lake water, and then his pupils suddenly expanded.

Under the lake water, a huge shadow was floating.

Although the light was dim and he couldn't see clearly, the huge outline already made him feel shocked.

Plop!

Suddenly, a long tail swung out of the water, stirring up large splashes, and the water splashed onto the night watchman's face, scaring him into jumping backward subconsciously, his face full of terrified expression.

"Don't be afraid, it's already dead, it's just that the body can still jump." Gao De comforted him after seeing this.

Long-shaped creatures like serpent monsters often have such characteristics.

Just like an earthworm, even though its head was cut off, its body could still move for a long time.

"Is it that serpent monster?!" The night watchman couldn't help asking, his voice trembling slightly.

"Yes."

"I'll go call someone right away!" He was both surprised and happy in his heart, and said quickly.

His footsteps were hurried, making a "da-da-da" sound on the wooden boards of the pier, which sounded particularly clear in the quiet night.

Before long, the originally quiet pier became lively.

The night watchman brought five or six people and rushed over; some of them were sleepy, obviously just called up from their sleep.

They also brought a winch and an alchemical lifting machine similar to a pulley block.

Someone took the rope into the water, swam quickly to the side of the Black-Winged Scaled Snake, wrapped the rope around its huge body circle by circle, and ensured it was tied firmly.

Then, start the alchemical machine.

The rope was tightened slowly, and the corpse of the Black-Winged Scaled Snake was slowly lifted from the lake.

The lake water kept dripping from its body.

As the body of the Black-Winged Scaled Snake slowly emerged from the water, everyone's eyes couldn't help but widen.

They originally thought that this serpent monster should only be a first-rank Thin-Winged Water Snake, but as a result, this huge head, sturdy body, and the fleshy wings behind...

This is clearly a second-rank Black-Winged Scaled Snake!

(End of chapter)