Chapter 32: New Card, Storage Card!

This was a giant snake, pitch-black all over, with only a few star-shaped markings dotted along its back.

Its body was as thick as a water bucket, immensely heavy, and every patch of grass it slithered through was crushed flat.

Its aura wasn't very strong, and it made no sound at all.

A semicircular head, a forked tongue flicking in and out, tasting the air.

Its direction of travel wasn't toward where Chen Mu was; it seemed not to have noticed him. Its target was very direct — the corpses piled not far away!

Right under Chen Mu's gaze, it slithered to the corpse pile, opened its bloody maw, and swallowed two corpses in one gulp!

No chewing — straight down the throat.

No pause in between — two corpses in one gulp, then another gulp, another two corpses!

'A giant snake that eats corpses?'

Chen Mu found it strange.

This giant snake had an exceptionally good appetite.

In one breath, it swallowed over a dozen corpses whole into its belly.

Looking at its belly area, there wasn't the slightest bulge.

A stomach that big?

Contraction that strong?

A strange beast!

Clearly, this giant snake was a type of strange beast.

An ordinary large snake would absolutely not have this ability — eating over a dozen people without the slightest change to its belly.

Chen Mu watched, clicking his tongue in wonder.

Suddenly, he caught an unusual movement.

Turning his head to look to the right side, beneath a large tree several dozen meters away, an identical giant snake, slightly smaller in build, raised its head and stared unblinkingly at Chen Mu in the darkness.

'Two giant snakes?'

Chen Mu's eyelid twitched. He activated his lightness skill, flew backward, and shifted off to the left.

Swoosh~

Whoosh!

The giant snake followed closely behind, chasing at high speed.

Don't be fooled by its massive size and terrifying weight — this slightly smaller giant snake was very fast and highly agile.

Although it didn't immediately catch up to Chen Mu, it clung to his trail relentlessly.

Even his perfected "Spirit Snake Step" couldn't shake it off.

Thinking about it, it made sense — "Spirit Snake Step" was created by imitating the movement of spirit snakes.

Now, with a strange-beast giant snake of tremendous agility in full pursuit, the fact that Chen Mu hadn't been swallowed outright or injured was already proof of his high attainment in lightness skill.

Swoosh~ swoosh!

"Boom!"

Chen Mu flew ahead, weaving around tree after tree.

The pursuing giant snake, however, held nothing back, smashing through and shattering trees along the way.

The other giant snake also joined in.

Both giant snakes fixed their bite on Chen Mu and refused to let go.

Boom! Boom!

The sounds of trees toppling and shattering carried through the night.

After running for a while and seeing he couldn't shake them off, Chen Mu decisively charged up the mountain.

There happened to be a bandit's den on Little Liang Mountain.

The leader, the big boss Zhao Jinhu, was even a Postnatal Ninth Layer expert.

Diverting trouble eastward — letting the two giant snakes and Zhao Jinhu fight it out — would maximize the effect.

Boom! Boom~

All the way up, Chen Mu flew and ran.

Under his night vision, the treacherous terrain and steep slopes posed no obstacle at all; Chen Mu was practically skimming the ground as he flew, heading straight up to the mid-slope.

"Spirit Snake Step" couldn't shake off a true strange-beast giant snake, but the low-altitude flight of "Skimming the Grass" was a great help.

"Who's there?"

"What is that?"

"Run! What a huge snake!"

"..."

At the main gate of the "Red Turban Bandits" Shanzhai stronghold, the night-watch members cried out in shock and horror — some grabbed their bows to shoot, while others turned and ran.

Chen Mu was fast and small in build; under his sprint, he entered the Shanzhai without anyone seeing him.

The others only saw the massive, thick, long giant snakes.

Hiss~

"Boom!"

A tremendous crash.

The wooden wall and main gate of the Shanzhai were smashed open by the brute force of the giant snake.

The other giant snake followed close behind, charging into the Shanzhai, opening its bloody maw, and pouncing ferociously.

One bite per person — first biting them to the ground, unable to move, only able to scream.

【Corpse detected. Pick up?】

"Yes!"

【Corpse detected. Pick up?】

"Yes!"

……

Chen Mu roamed through the chaotic Shanzhai, continuously picking up cards.

Swish~ swish!

The sound of cutting through the wind suddenly rang out.

A burly figure darted nimbly out from a house. Wielding a large saber, he erupted with a terrifying aura and charged toward the giant serpent.

Swish~

Hiss!

The giant serpent seemed to sense it, abandoned hunting the others, and went to meet Zhao Jinhu head-on.

The newcomer was none other than the chief of the "Red Turban Bandits"!

The large saber in Zhao Jinhu's hand seemed weightless, brandished with flashes of blade-light as he danced around one of the giant serpents.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle~

Sharp, fierce qi trailed lines of blood spraying through the air.

Facing Zhao Jinhu, who was at the ninth level of the Postnatal realm, the giant serpent was injured in a single exchange.

But there were two giant serpents.

The other one stayed close beside it and attacked Zhao Jinhu.

The two giant serpents joined forces, and Zhao Jinhu began to fall at a disadvantage.

Chen Mu paid no heed, picked a corner, and watched from afar as the giant serpents and Zhao Jinhu tangled together in combat.

Boom~

"Ah!"

Roars, screams, and explosions rang out from time to time.

……

Outside the mountain, the allied army camp.

The moment the commotion on Lesser Liang Mountain was reported, everyone in the camp—whether resting or on patrol—sprang into action.

"My lord, are the 'Red Turban Bandits' trying to launch a sneak attack on us?"

A county soldier holding a spear asked Wang Shaowu.

As the Captain of the county soldiers of Liang County, Wang Shaowu had not led troops into battle many times, but he was no stranger to experience.

He stood in place, listened for a moment, his expression startled. "The 'Red Turban Bandits' are shouting—it sounds like they're being attacked. Wait, there are other sounds, not human… some kind of beast's hissing?"

"A strange beast has gone up the mountain and is attacking the 'Red Turban Bandits'?"

After speaking, Wang Shaowu's face turned strange.

The others around him also listened and exchanged uncertain glances.

In the dead of night, a strange beast had actually appeared!

The "Red Turban Bandits" had occupied Lesser Liang Mountain for years; if there were strange beasts on the mountain, they would have discovered them long ago.

It was impossible they would only notice now.

If the strange beast was not from Lesser Liang Mountain but merely passing through, then there must be an underground passage on the mountain!

"Lord Wang, what should we do next? Should we go up the mountain?" A constable who had followed from Liang County walked over and asked Wang Shaowu.

"Go up the mountain now? Looking to die?"

Wang Shaowu glanced at him and said in a low voice, "Wait! Wait for the commotion on the mountain to die down, wait for dawn! It won't be too late for us to go up the mountain then!"

"……Yes!"

……

On Lesser Liang Mountain.

The two giant serpents joined forces to attack Zhao Jinhu alone.

After falling at a disadvantage, Zhao Jinhu retreated step by step, trying to escape, but was intercepted by the giant serpents.

Unable to match them in agility, and unable to flee, he had no choice but to erupt with power.

Zhao Jinhu seized an opening, shoved a pill into his mouth, and the next instant, his aura surged violently, his qi and blood surging like a furnace, his entire body releasing a terrifying, oppressive presence.

Whoosh!

Swish~

Zhao Jinhu's speed instantly multiplied several times over; the two giant serpents could no longer lock onto him.

Terrifying force, accompanied by blade-light, was the first to engulf the slightly smaller of the giant serpents.

He targeted the head and neck, launching a strangling slaughter.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle~

Fresh blood, like arrows of blood, sprayed out in great swathes all at once.

The slightly smaller giant serpent had its head hacked clean off!

The other giant serpent immediately let out a terrifying hiss, its massive body's agility likewise multiplying several times over, and it attacked Zhao Jinhu frantically.

Man and serpent tangled together once more, fighting as they moved.

Seizing the chance, Chen Mu's figure flickered as he approached the dead giant serpent.

【Corpse detected. Pick up?】

"Yes!"

As expected of a strange beast — you can really pick up cards from them.

Chen Mu felt a small thrill in his heart. He retreated back into the dark corner, reached into his pocket, and inspected the newly acquired card.

It was unmistakably a new function card — a Storage Card!