Chapter 58: End

First the large hand, then the arm, chest, abdomen, and thighs—the thick, long serpentine body coiled around him step by step, binding him tightly, and only at this moment did the great snake's body fully unleash its danger.

"What?" The smile had not yet faded from his face when Zhang Dadan was stunned by this sudden turn of events. Realizing he had been played by this cunning beast, he immediately exerted his strength.

A pair of strong, powerful large hands gripped hard, and an instant sharp pain surged through, making Baichuan flinch.

Fortunately, he had avoided the vital areas of his body and was not gripped there. Facing the intense pain, he also frantically contracted his own body.

Then his long, slender neck began to move, drawing close to Zhang Dadan's face.

For a moment, man and snake stared at each other from a distance of less than thirty centimeters.

Cold, sharp snake eyes gazed at those fierce, blood-red human eyes.

At this moment, Zhang Dadan saw humanity in those vertical pupils, saw the spirituality of intelligence. He realized: this Dragon Species' wisdom was probably no less than a human's!

But he had realized it too late, before he could even speak.

The dragon-like snake monster suddenly puffed up its neck, the newly grown organ squeezed, and instantly a stream of liquid surged from within the organ, transforming into a high-pressure water line that sprayed from its mouth.

The moment this water line left its snake lips, it immediately Burst forth with a bone-chilling cold that rushed straight at Zhang Dadan's face.

Without a doubt, his whole body bound, at the last moment he could only close his eyes and take the hit head-on. Of course, he was no pushover either—at this final critical moment, he exerted all his strength and gripped the snake body in his hands fiercely.

Instantly, a stream of cold air struck his face and exploded completely. Layer upon layer of terrifying Ice Frost spread across his face, spreading from top to bottom toward the ground beneath man and snake.

From this strike, a small hole was pierced straight through the center of Zhang Dadan's brow—that was where the high-pressure water line had penetrated before it burst open.

After that, unable to stand any longer, he crashed down.

Boom!

Man and snake, tangled together, crashed to the ground and rolled into a ball.

Yet even after suffering such a strike, Zhang Dadan had still not completely died. Countless black patterns fully activated, transforming into tentacles that flew through the air, then suddenly contracted.

Borrowing this force, on Zhang Dadan's face covered in Ice Frost and even blisters, a vicious glint flashed. Knowing he could not survive, he resolved to take his enemy down with him.

At this moment, all the flesh and blood on his body was completely absorbed by the black patterns, his whole body shrank visibly to the naked eye, transforming into a stream of energy that was supplied to those large hands.

Those large hands, especially the mutated right hand, used this to grip with frenzied force, as if to crush whatever was held within them.

"Crack—"

Baichuan, who had crashed to the ground, had just wanted to raise his snake head to deliver a finishing blow, but upon hearing this crisp sound, his sharp snake eyes instantly widened, his pupils nearly dilating.

Without a doubt, he knew a bone there had broken…

Under the intense pain, he too hardened his heart. In his snake eyes, reason vanished, replaced by the brutal savagery of a beast.

A deadly snake mouth instantly bit down toward his neck, and lethal venom gushed forth.

The sharp claws below also suddenly shot out, stabbing in with a vicious grip.

"Hmph—"

Struck by this, the dying Zhang Dadan could not help but grunt.

Before he could resist any further, Baichuan now no longer cared about anything. His sharp claws frantically tore at his body without cease.

Once… twice… three times…

Until he could no longer sense any movement from the big man beneath him, Baichuan finally came back to his senses.

He did not let go directly, but instead drove a claw straight toward the heart, viciously digging it out and crushing it.

Only then did he slowly loosen his serpentine body.

In the end, it was he who survived this battle.

Baichuan looked at the corpse lying on the ground, gradually growing stiff, its head already frozen into a block of ice, before he dared to let out a breath of relief.

Having no Time to check his own injuries, he was starving and had just gone through a fierce fight; he could barely hold back his hunger any longer.

At this moment, his stomach was faintly cramping, his whole body somewhat weakly wanting to lie down.

And this was also why he had not used electric current before—one reason was the need for sustained discharge, another was the consumption of massive physical strength. Once unleashed without effect, the opponent would surely notice and grow wary, and he would also lose a great deal of stamina, thus falling into a disadvantage.

Originally, he had just finished evolving and was in a state of hunger—his condition could truly be called poor.

If he had not been cautious, he might really have capsized in a ditch.

But he found that his understanding of these humans' power was still insufficient.

He had not expected that even after blowing his head open, the man could still struggle at death's door and deal him a vicious blow.

Next time they met, he would definitely tear him in two first!

He looked around, and before long spotted the deer carcass that Zhang Dadan had abandoned there earlier.

Thanks to their battle, not a single animal remained in the vicinity now.

In other words, the only food remaining was the deer carcass Zhang Dadan had discarded not far away. Fortunately, the deer carcass was large enough; it should let him eat his fill.

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated and wanted to head over for a full meal first.

Suddenly his movement paused, and he came to his senses.

Not delivering a finishing blow after a battle was not a good habit. Thinking of this, his serpentine body turned, and he returned to Zhang Dadan's corpse, raised his sharp claws high, and suddenly clawed at his head.

Then with a vicious tear, he ripped it off and tossed it aside.

Only after this did he head toward the deer carcass.

……

Ten minutes later, Baichuan, having eaten his fill and feeling his stomach no longer burning but filled with food and beginning to digest rapidly, finally had Time to check his own condition.

First were the scales on his body; by now the scales in several places had long since shattered and vanished. Next, the position on his body below the abdomen near the tail, because it had been gripped, the bone there had now broken. Finally, his internal organs seemed to have suffered some shock injuries from the battle.

If such injuries were on an ordinary animal, then perhaps all it could do was wait for death.

But, fortunately, he still had the bug-level ability Regeneration LV1. As long as he had sufficient food from now on to bring him massive energy, he would be able to fully recover.

This was also the confidence that let him dare trade injury for injury.

But hunting from now on might not be as easy as before.

Baichuan silently sighed. The broken bone had already severely hindered his movement; during the period before his injuries healed, it would be impossible for him to engage in Burst-style crawling again.

Fortunately, after paying such a heavy price, that powerful enemy had already been killed by him — Baichuan could only say it was worth it!

However, this battle also let Baichuan discover some of his current shortcomings. As his greatest defensive guarantee, his scales and snake skin had already fallen behind his progress, and next was the most important bones.

As the core key supporting his entire body — his bones!

Their strength had already completely fallen behind his current level of power. Based on Zhang Dadan's performance back then, he could suppress two other Six Limits-level humans in a fight.

Then he should be at least Six Limits, or even Seven Limits.

And above this, Baichuan didn't know how many more levels there were, but his own strength should be at the Six Limits level. If he desperately burned the origin of his Ice Frost power, perhaps he could reach Seven Limits.

But among humans there were still Eight Limits, Nine Limits, and even higher levels.

In other words, he was still not that strong. From now on, if he didn't want this kind of situation to happen again, then he had to find ways to evolve these weaknesses to become even stronger.

(End of this chapter)