Chapter 1127: The Advancing Giant Python

In the second echelon of the snake swarm, there were no crimson Qi-devouring snakes, but medium-sized snakes of varying patterns, each over two to four meters long, numbering at least several hundred!

After these snakes poured into the valley river channel, the wolf-bear melee turned into a wolf-bear-snake melee, the scene chaotic. The battle reached its most intense moment, and the Broken-Waist Wolf on the high ground roared and leapt into the valley to join the fight.

Sharp-eyed Xia Qing noticed that mixed into this echelon were over a dozen unusually conspicuous red-eyed emerald-green small snakes. These small snakes did not come ashore, but swam upstream, desperately heading south.

This thing — Xia Qing was all too familiar with it.

Last autumn, when she was patrolling the valley of Zone Three of Mountain Forty-Nine, she had found one, thought the snake looked quite unusual, and brought it back to her territory to keep in a snake box.

This spring, that small snake suddenly erupted with a Qi-devouring elemental magnetic field, triggering the first Qi-devouring snake emergency extermination procedure in the Zone One territory of the north.

So it wasn't only the red Qi-devouring snakes — the green small snakes had also crawled out of the python lake!

Having received no attack order and not intending to join the chaotic battle, Xia Qing continued to closely watch the four-and-a-half giant pythons on the lake surface, and searched for the four giant pythons that had vanished into the water.

"Aooooo~~~"

From the direction of the western battle line, suddenly came the young roars of Little Wolf Brother and Little Wolf Sister.

Xia Qing quickly turned her head to glance. Because of the terrain, she couldn't see the situation over there, but she could use her keen hearing to catch the muffled thudding sounds of impacts coming from the west.

There were pythons slamming into the river channel she had blocked with stones, trying to swim into Mountain Sixty. Only giant pythons could make such a huge commotion!

After the roars came from the west, the battle in the valley escalated once again. Several medium-sized pythons over seven meters long, hidden at the bottom of the river channel, suddenly burst forth, attacking the evolved wolves and evolved bears in the river channel and those approaching it!

"Aooo — oo —" The Broken-Waist Wolf leapt out of the valley battlefield and howled once, leading four adult evolved wolves from the valley toward the western river channel. As it passed Xia Qing, its hind paw lightly stepped on Xia Qing's right leg.

Xia Qing immediately understood, turned, swiveled the muzzle, and pulled the trigger.

"Bang bang bang —"

After cleanly taking out the five medium-sized pythons over seven meters long in the valley river channel, Xia Qing immediately turned toward the lake.

Just as she had expected, on the lake surface at 2000 meters, only one-and-a-half giant pythons remained standing.

Level Nine Half Visual-Evolution top sniper Xia Qing calmly locked eyes with the Golden-Pupil Giant Python on the lake. The black loach beside the Golden-Pupil Giant Python, showing only half its head, was directly ignored by her.

At this distance, she could easily and accurately blow apart the Golden-Pupil Giant Python's golden pupil, but Xia Qing did not act.

Her reason for not attacking the Golden-Pupil Giant Python was not the regulation that humans must not proactively provoke large evolved-forest beasts. She had formed an alliance with the northern wolf pack; the pythons were invading the wolves' territory, making them the side doing the provoking. Xia Qing could now riddle that python with bullets and not violate any regulation.

The reason she didn't attack was that there was more than just this one giant python in the lake. After Xia Qing shot and killed the Golden-Pupil Giant Python, when the snake swarm launched its next attack, the giant python acting as commander would very likely retreat to 2500 meters or even farther, or simply hide underwater without showing its head.

When that time came, the python commander would truly be outside her firing range. So unless the most critical moment arrived, Xia Qing could not fire on that Golden-Pupil Giant Python.

Her mission now was to find the seven giant pythons that had slipped into the lake as quickly as possible, and not let them rush into the valley's main battlefield.

There was at least one on the western battle line of Mountain Sixty — where were the other giant pythons?

"ROAR!!! ROAR————"

From the east side of Mountain Sixty-One came the furious roars of evolved bears. From an angle Xia Qing couldn't see, giant pythons should be invading Mountain Sixty-One. Xiong Wang roared in fury, and two giant bears left the valley to rush to reinforce.

Of the seven vanished giant pythons, both the west side of Mountain Sixty and the east side of Mountain Sixty-One had erupted into danger. She could not wait — she had to take the initiative!

Xia Qing stood up and ran south, arriving atop the lakeside cliff over three meters high, once again aiming her muzzle at the distant Golden-Pupil Giant Python, while the corners of her eyes watched the waters below.

The hidden giant python had indeed taken the bait!

After the reeds on the lake surface about twenty meters from the cliff swayed unnaturally for a few seconds, a speed-evolution python suddenly burst from the water, opening its huge mouth to ambush Xia Qing atop the cliff.

In the instant its mouth opened, the giant python's head abruptly swelled to three times its original size, the two rows of barbed teeth on its upper jaw strung with silver threads, glinting coldly! In that instant, Xia Qing even heard the creaking sound of the python's skull bones being compressed.

This terrifying sound sent Xia Qing's adrenaline skyrocketing!

As the python — whose single gulp could swallow three Xia Qings whole — lunged to bite, two wolves simultaneously let out short howls and charged toward Xia Qing.

"Bang!" Xia Qing's bullet accurately shot into the dark-red, mucus-coated mouth of the python, and she immediately rolled to dodge.

"Thud!"

The hit python, carried by inertia, slammed into the hard rock, producing an impact sound.

Unexpectedly, the sniper bullet failed to kill this giant python! It nimbly twisted its body and bit again toward Xia Qing, who had rolled to the side.

Just then, the claws of the speed-evolution Wolf King slashed viciously at the giant python's eyes. The giant python neither dodged nor evaded, still lunging to bite Xia Qing.

Just then, a second giant python burst from the water, and together with the first, one on the left and one on the right, simultaneously bit toward Xia Qing!

"Bang!"

Xia Qing's second bullet accurately shot into the first giant python's eye, blasting apart that giant python's brains.

"My lord, retreat!" After killing the first giant python, Xia Qing released the sniper rifle, scooped up Broken-Leg Sister who was charging toward the second giant python, and with a powerful heave dodged backward from the second giant python's attack, then tossed the grenade she had long prepared into the reeking maw lunging at her once more.

"Boom!"

No matter how fearsome a python, it could not withstand humanity's hot weapons. In less than ten seconds, two giant pythons were dead, collapsed on the cliff.

"Get up — for me!"

Xia Qing released Broken-Leg Sister, grabbed the corpse of the first giant python, whose muscles were still twitching, and with both arms hauled its tail out of the lake and tossed it onto the cliff.

After firing the first shot and failing to kill this python, Xia Qing knew it had to be a hardness evolver. This was excellent material for crafting protective clothing — of course she couldn't let the python drag it back into the water!

"Ziii — zii —"

"Slap!"

"Splash!"

The Golden-Pupil Giant Python 2000 meters away was enraged. The scales on its suddenly inflated neck scraped against each other, producing a piercing scratching sound. It used its massive body to slap the water surface, and the lake instantly boiled.

The python leader had grown furious. Xia Qing immediately raised her sniper rifle and searched for the next giant python.

Unexpectedly, after the boiling spray fell, on the rippling lake surface there was no longer any sign of the Golden-Pupil Giant Python or the black loach, nor did any giant python leap from the water to attack Xia Qing again. Only the huge waves created by the giant python's slapping still violently slammed against the cliff, sending up sheets of snow-white foam.

After confirming there were no giant pythons in the nearby waters, Xia Qing forcefully dragged the giant python killed by the grenade ashore as well, placing it beside the first giant python.

The Alpha Wolf raised its head and howled twice, leading Broken-Leg Sister — who was snarling at Xia Qing — back to the valley to continue the battle.

Xia Qing continued to lie atop the cliff, using her sniper rifle to seal off and control the lake surface within 2200 meters.

Until this invasion ended, not a single giant python surfaced again.

Half an hour later, the pythons invading from the east and west also retreated.

In this invasion, four wolves and one bear were injured; two giant pythons over 14 meters long and five medium-sized pythons over seven meters long were killed; the number of small and medium-sized snakes slain was beyond count.

The wolf pack and Xiong Qun, with the overwhelming advantage of zero casualties, blocked the snake swarm's third invasion and held onto their territory.