Chapter 183: Giant Python

As soon as his words fell, a huge tiger leapt out from the thicket!

A giant tiger twice the size of a normal one, its face full of ferocity, it opened a blood‑filled maw, its fangs terrifyingly sharp, as large as an infant's arm!

Mu Yuanzhi had never seen such a huge tiger, not even in Shanglin Park, where many strange beasts roamed!

Can they defeat it?

Their only weapons are swords.

Mu Yuanzhi felt her few remaining hidden weapons; fortunately she still had a few explosive arrows.

"Rongjin, step aside!" Mu Yuanzhi shouted to Gu Rongjin, who had rushed forward, sword drawn, ready to fight the tiger.

Gu Rongjin sidestepped in unison, and Mu Yuanzhi shot an arrow at the tiger's mouth!

The stimulated tiger swiped its paw, easily knocking the arrow away, but it didn't realize this arrow's effect didn't depend on hitting the mark.

With a bang, the tiger was blown to the ground before it could react!

The whole process took less than a moment.

Mu Yuanzhi breathed a sigh of relief; Gu Rongjin went ahead to inspect, stabbing the tiger a few times with his sword to make sure it couldn't move, then crouched down.

"Not bad hide!" Gu Rongjin laughed, pulling out a dagger, "I won't stand on ceremony."

"Can you handle it?" Mu Yuanzhi asked.

"Shh." The smiling Gu Rongjin's expression hardened instantly; he said, "Something else is approaching!"

The National Teacher also noticed.

"This time it seems something big is coming." Gu Rongjin rose, gripping his sword tighter.

Mu Yuanzhi also grew alert, searching her hidden weapons, and shockingly discovered that the explosive arrows were gone!

Strange, she had clearly brought many; could they have fallen out at some point?

Not only were the arrows gone, but all her other hidden weapons were missing too!

"Rongjin, my hidden weapons are all gone; I might have lost them." Mu Yuanzhi said anxiously.

Gu Rongjin frowned slightly, then quickly returned to normal, saying, "It's fine; I'll protect you."

How can he protect?!

Their fighting strength here is only him left; Monk Yuan Yan isn't here either—do they have to rely on the National Teacher's magic?

"Strange, I hear no footsteps, but I can feel a huge creature approaching…" Gu Rongjin said.

National Teacher: "It can only be a snake."

"If it's a snake, it shouldn't be hard to deal with, right?"

Snakes are fast, but Gu Rongjin's lightness skill is faster; as long as he's quicker than it, there's nothing to worry about.

A massive oppressive feeling descended without warning, the shadow blotting out the sky.

Gu Rongjin slowly lifted his head and said softly, "What if it's a giant snake?"

Mu Yuanzhi swallowed, unable to believe what she saw.

This giant python must be a hundred feet long!

Its body looks as thick as a millennium‑old tree trunk!

She felt that a flick of its tail could sweep all three of them away.

"Rongjin, maybe we should retreat?" Mu Yuanzhi said.

Gu Rongjin gave a light cough, "The problem is I feel we can't retreat…"

If we don't hard‑resist, it might not work.

"Look at its contemptuous gaze." Gu Rongjin gripped his sword tighter, pondering whether stabbing this giant snake would be like tickling it.

"A snake this big must be tens of thousands of years old—how did it grow?" The National Teacher looked very interested.

Gu Rongjin blushed with sweat: "At a time like this, you still dare ask how it grew?"

"I feel it has become a spirit." Mu Yuanzhi said.

"Whether it's a spirit or not, let's chop it first!" Gu Rongjin leapt up.

Mu Yuanzhi's heart nearly jumped out of her chest from nervousness, "Be careful!"

At that moment, the temporarily sheltered National Teacher had a chance to take out a piece of Tibetan incense, light it, and try to use it to numb the giant python's sense of pain.

Mu Yuanzhi caught it out of the corner of her eye, understood the National Teacher's intent—if the python lost its sense of pain it would become sluggish, and even if ambushed and wounded it wouldn't notice—but in this situation, who could sneak up on the python?!

At that moment Gu Rongjin had already leapt onto the python's back; the smooth scales offered no foothold, so he braced his sword, thrusting it down—yet the python showed no reaction.

But he was certain he had pierced the python, making blood spurt, and it was no hallucination.

Could it be Xiao Yang playing his little tricks again?

Gu Rongjin had no time to think further, for even if the python felt no pain, it still knew someone was on its back; enraged, it violently thrashed its body trying to fling off this bold human.

Man and serpent battled, the python had no spare attention for the other two prey on the ground.

"Run, you two! Get to a safe place!" Gu Rongjin shouted, struggling in a battle of wits and courage with the giant python.

Mu Yuanzhi naturally refused; if anything happened, she could help him right away from here.

The National Teacher also had no intention of retreating; even if they ran a hundred meters away, the python could catch up instantly if it wanted to chase.

Gu Rongjin steadied himself while drawing his sword downward, aiming to slash the python's seventh inch.

To strike a snake, you hit the seventh inch—even a giant snake is no exception.

Alas, the python's flesh was too thick; he could only channel his internal energy, fiercely pushing his sword forward!

Yet even after expending forty‑to‑fifty percent of his internal energy, it still didn't work.

Whenever the python thrashed, he had to worry about not being thrown off.

This damned snake couldn't really have become a spirit, could it?

He had already used nearly half of his internal energy, yet still couldn't budge it!

Suddenly, the giant python fiercely flicked, directly throwing Gu Rongjin flying out!

"Rongjin!" Mu Yuanzhi turned pale with shock.

Fortunately, Gu Rongjin flipped and landed steadily on a nearby big tree.

But this time, trying to jump onto the python's back again is not easy.

He had just taken advantage of its unpreparedness.

"Little Yuanzhi, do you still have poison on you? Give it some."

"Who carries poison around all the time!"

This kind of thing is probably only something the Qilin has.

Hatred has filled Gu Rongjin completely; the giant python does not attack Mu Yuanzhi and the National Teacher, but instead fixes its gaze on the spot where Gu Rongjin sits, opens its huge blood‑basin mouth, and sticks out its massive snake tongue.

Its mouth is like a strong wind, blowing the front trees askew, let alone people—Mu Yuanzhi was blown away directly!

"Princess!" The sharp‑eyed, quick‑handed National Teacher seized Mu Yuanzhi's arm, firmly catching her just before she was blown away.

"Thank you, National Teacher."

Gu Rongjin was so frightened his soul almost flew out; only after seeing that Mu Yuanzhi was unharmed did he relax.

However, just as his three hun and seven po had returned, the giant python swooshed straight at him, its speed like an afterimage; before Gu Rongjin could react, he was almost face‑to‑face with the python.

"Rongjin!" Mu Yuanzhi shouted heart‑wrenchingly, almost thinking the python would directly devour Gu Rongjin's head.

Gu Rongjin reacted quickly; his sword had already pierced the python's eye, and the eyeball came out with the blade as he withdrew it.