Chapter 139

"Rumble..."

The scorching flames slammed into the mud, instantly burning with raging fire, shrouding the giant python's body in flames and roasting it.

"Ah~~ ah~~ ah~~ ah!!!"

The giant python's incomparably miserable screams came from the flames, sounding extremely eerie.

"Whoosh~"

The giant python's body struggled violently, then extinguished the flames wrapped around it, drilled out of the mud again, and swam toward the distance.

"Hmph, you actually dare to ambush me? Seeking death!"

Kuchiki Senya snorted coldly, then kicked the ground fiercely with his right foot, his whole person instantly disappeared from where he was, appeared in front of the giant python the next moment, and then raised the samurai sword in his hand and slashed down fiercely.

"Slash!"

191. Escaping the forest

The incomparably sharp samurai sword cut through the void, slashing toward the giant python's head, cutting the giant python in half at the waist.

"Rumble..."

The giant python's head separated from its body and then fell into the swamp, stirring the silt into a mess.

Kuchiki Senya didn't even look at the dead giant python, then turned and continued to go deeper into the forest.

In the swamp, many lizardmen were fleeing crazily, as if they had encountered something terrifying. Moreover, more lizardmen were trying their best to run toward the outside, attempting to escape the forest, because within their line of sight, a human was riding on a white horse, slowly driving toward them.

This human was wearing armor, had a burly figure, bronze-colored skin, and exuded a powerful aura, making people look on with awe.

Behind this human, he was also being followed by an iron cavalry of about a hundred people; those cavalrymen were all wearing armor and holding steel swords. Each of them was a person of decisive killing, their eyes flickering with cold, icy light.

"Killing Legion! Damn it, how could we run into these guys!" A lizardman saw the human man riding on the white horse, was stunned for a moment, and then said with a face full of terror.

The connection between the lizardman race and the human world was not close, and many years ago, lizardmen and humans began to fight.

So it was normal for these lizardmen to recognize some human knights.

This knight team was the cavalry legion of the Heavenly Dragon Empire—the Killing Legion!

This cavalry legion had a total of more than ten thousand people; besides that, behind the Killing Legion, there were large batches of elite troops following closely.

These elite troops were some ordinary militiamen, and because there were so many of them, they also appeared vast and mighty.

The Killing Legion was the most powerful elite force under the Emperor of the Empire; their average strength was comparable to Third-Level Knights, their equipment was even better, so their combat power was also quite considerable.

"Roar!!"

A leopard-type lizardman rushed over, then raised its claws and slashed fiercely toward the knight riding on the white horse.

The knight was expressionless, a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, his wrist flicked, a black short sword suddenly appeared, and he took the opportunity to slash across the leopard-type lizardman's neck.

Blood splattered, and the leopard-type lizardman fell to the ground instantly.

The people of the Killing Legion were all powerhouses who had fought on the battlefield, their combat will was as firm as iron, and they were brave and good at fighting.

"Kill!"

The knight riding on the horse swung his sword fiercely, commanding the knights behind him to charge and kill.

The knights of the Killing Legion also raised the weapons in their hands without hesitation and charged toward those defeated lizardmen.

This was a one-sided massacre; the Killing Legion easily slaughtered the lizardmen without any effort, clearing out the surrounding lizardmen, with only a small number of lizardmen fleeing in panic.

At this time, Kuchiki Senya had already dealt with the giant python that ambushed him and walked over quickly to check on the other wounded lizardmen and the giant python's corpse.

"Hmm, interesting."

Kuchiki Senya examined the giant python's corpse carefully; he saw a scale on the giant python's body, this scale was silver-white, had strange patterns on it, like some kind of text, and also carried a faint fluorescence, looking somewhat special.

"Could it be..."

Kuchiki Senya's heart stirred, and he squatted down directly, preparing to examine this scale carefully; he intended to study it.

"Hiss~"

Just at this moment, the injured giant python appeared again; its lightbulb-like green eyes stared at Kuchiki Senya, and then it let out an eerie hiss, and then crawled toward Kuchiki Senya.

"Seeking death!"

Kuchiki Senya's gaze became incomparably cold; he shouted coldly, raised his right arm, and then a brilliant golden sword light shot out instantly, directly piercing through the giant python's vital spot.

Then the giant python instantly stiffened in place, opening its eyes in unwillingness, dying with its eyes wide open.

"Huff, finally figured it out. This lizardman should be a variant among lizardmen; they can move quickly in the swamp, and their defense and recovery capabilities are also very strong. Moreover, lizardmen also have deadly poison; you only need to be bitten once to be dead for sure."

Kuchiki Senya nodded slightly; he had just finished examining this lizardman's corpse and knew what this lizardman was.

This kind of lizardman was a type of lizardman called the Poisonous Lizardman; they could move freely in the swamp and had incomparably powerful venom; as long as you were bitten once, even if you possessed the strength of a mage, you wouldn't live long, and even a grand mage would be poisoned to death.

192. Fighting by instinct

Of course, the weakness of lizardmen was their low intelligence; they only knew how to fight by instinct.

The leader of the lizardmen, and also the king of the lizardman race—the Poisonous Lizardman, which was the giant python that had just ambushed Kuchiki Senya.

Although the Poisonous Lizardman was only at the Fifth Stage, it controlled many eerie secret techniques and magical beast skills, so its combat power was even more powerful than an ordinary Sixth-Stage grand mage.

Moreover, the lizardman race was very cruel, tyrannical, bloodthirsty, and warlike.

The hatred between the lizardman race and humans had a long history; they had broken out in several small-scale wars, and whether it was humans or lizardmen, the casualties were very heavy.

The combat talent of the lizardman race was very strong; they were born for war, and as long as they fought, they would not spare their lives. Therefore, even if humans occupied an absolute advantage, they could not completely exterminate the lizardmen.

After Kuchiki Senya checked the giant python's memory and discovered the information about this Poisonous Lizardman, he suddenly felt that the lizardmen were very tricky; if he wanted to kill the Poisonous Lizardman, he would probably have to pay a considerable price.

"Roar!"

Just at this moment, another Poisonous Lizardman rushed over; this Poisonous Lizardman was relatively bold, actually jumping directly to Kuchiki Senya's side and opening its big mouth to bite toward Kuchiki Senya.

"Get lost!" Kuchiki Senya's brows furrowed slightly, and he shouted coldly.

The next second, this giant lizardman's head suddenly exploded, and scarlet blood sprayed all over Kuchiki Senya's face.

"This guy is really stupid enough; no wonder it became an existence at the top of the food chain." Kuchiki Senya shook his head.

Although the combat power of lizardmen was powerful, they were not afraid of any attacks, and their defense was super high. But these guys' reactions were too slow and they couldn't dodge the enemy's attacks at all. Such enemies only had the fate of being hunted and could never grow into truly powerful creatures.

And once a lizardman evolved into a powerful fierce beast, its combat power would definitely be even more terrifying.

The meat of lizardmen was very delicious, especially the lizardman's heart.

The people of the Killing Legion searched the entire valley but didn't find any treasures or wealth.

But Kuchiki Senya had a harvest; in a stone cave deep in the valley, he picked up a palm-sized crystal bottle.

"Eh?"

Kuchiki Senya observed the crystal bottle; he discovered that a drop of blue liquid was contained inside the crystal bottle, and this liquid gave people an extremely dangerous feeling, as if it could cause people to die.

"It seems this thing caused the entire lizardman army to be wiped out, making the lizardmen afraid to set foot in this valley." Kuchiki Senya muttered.

At this time, he finally determined what place this was.

The fire elements here were rich, and there were many fire-type magical beasts, so the lizardmen built a city here.

However, there were also many powerful magical beasts here, and lizardmen generally wouldn't leave Katakuri Star too far.

Kuchiki Senya guessed that the lizardmen should have discovered this place and then sent an exploration ship to scout.

But they were killed by the peak magical beasts, so there was this invasion action.

"This thing... has some use, perhaps it's useful to me!"

Kuchiki Senya looked at the crystal bottle in his hand, pondered for a while, and then put the crystal bottle away.

He didn't know why he had such a strong interest.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, Kuchiki Senya noticed a pile of scattered bone powder nearby, and his brows furrowed slightly: "What is this? Could it be left behind by the Poisonous Lizardman eating the giant python just now?"

He walked up and picked up a portion of the bone ash with a dagger.

This bone ash was very sticky, carried a faint fishy smell, was extremely corrosive, and also contained faint toxins.

Kuchiki Senya sniffed carefully, his expression turning solemn immediately; he smelled the scent of decay.

Clearly, the lizardman had been dead for a long time, but the smell of decay hadn't disappeared yet.

This showed that the lizardmen here had been dying continuously recently.

"Could it be because those lizardmen encountered danger while mining?"

Kuchiki Senya guessed secretly, but he didn't believe this was true.

"Boom!"

Just at this moment, a heaven-shaking loud noise came.

"Not good, someone destroyed the seal and angered those powerful demons..." Kuchiki Senya's pupils contracted suddenly; he hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see hundreds of lizardmen fighting with two teams.

Those were two teams with ancient attire, and the leader of one of them was a burly man with dark skin, wearing a bull-headed helmet, and muscles knotted all over his body.

193. Berserk Giant

— Author's Notes —

...Seeking flowers...