Chapter 751

Xia Qing was not surprised at all that there were wolf tracks near the Python Pool. Because the last time she and Yang Jin teamed up to lie in wait near the Python Pool to catch Qi snakes, the northern wolf pack had sent a black wolf to monitor the python's movements here.

Xia Qing went over, and upon seeing the wolf tracks left in the wet, soft mud, she knew they were left by the Black Wolf—a direct subordinate of the northern wolf pack's Alpha.

Because the footprints were relatively large and clear, but the paw prints were not obvious, it indicated that this wolf was wearing a protective suit and was also quite large in size. There is only one evolutionary wolf in the northern wolf pack that simultaneously meets these two characteristics.

However, Xia Qing did not reveal the Black Wolf's identity to Xiang Yanlong and Tan Qi, only explaining the reason for the wolves appearing here. "This area originally belonged to the northern wolf pack, but was later occupied by the giant python. The northern wolf pack has always kept an eye on the giant python's movements; it's possible they discovered the giant python had left the pool and gone to Mountain No. 52, so they took the opportunity to come over to hunt the Qi snakes."

If there were no Qi snakes, the giant python would be no match for the wolf pack at all.

Xiang Yanlong nodded. "There is indeed the smell of snake blood here."

Tan Qi looked at the evolutionary wolf footprints, which were not much smaller than her own palms, and felt uneasy. "The giant python knows how to take advantage of the crocodile's weakness to swallow it, and the evolutionary wolves also know how to take advantage of the giant python's absence to ambush the Qi snakes; they are all very formidable."

Xiang Yanlong remained calm. "Therefore, you cannot underestimate any kind of animal in the evolutionary forest. We will still use the method Xia Qing and Yang Jin used to harvest herbs last time: lure the python out first, and then I will go down to harvest the herbs. After harvesting the herbs, I will teach you how to defeat a python in shallow water and in the jungle."

"Yes! I will lure the python away with Sister Qing. When Auntie Yan goes into the water to harvest herbs, Sister Qing will be responsible for the prey in the water, and I will be responsible for the ones on land." Tan Qi has been practicing marksmanship for several months and is already able to shoot and kill medium-to-large prey within two hundred meters.

Xia Qing is familiar with luring snakes.

Xia Qing took the prey she had caught on the way directly out of her backpack, divided it, tied the meat chunks with three ropes, and threw them into the Python Pool to fish for the python.

Not long after the bloody smell spread, three pythons six or seven meters long appeared at the same time. Seeing that only three small pythons had been fished out, Xiang Yanlong, who had already changed into her diving suit, was somewhat disappointed.

After Xia Qing and Tan Qi lured the three pythons into the trap, they returned and fished out two more, and the last time, they fished out one that was over eight meters long.

Xiang Yanlong instructed, "Tan Qi, lure the python into the trap; Xia Qing, defend; I will harvest the herbs."

"Received!" Tan Qi flew off, luring the long python.

Xia Qing used the special pistol that could be used underwater to be responsible for defense, just like last time, while Xiang Yanlong dived into the water to harvest herbs. The difference was that Xiang Yanlong had good swimming skills and was well-equipped, so there was no need to tie a rope around her waist for Xia Qing to pull.

Seeing a small crocodile over four meters long poke its head out from the side of the pool and charge at Xiang Yanlong, Xia Qing felt none of the nervousness from last time, because she had flipped over a dozen of these little things yesterday.

"Sister Yan, left side, a four-meter-long crocodile."

When the crocodile charged over, Xiang Yanlong, who was in the water, stepped on a stone in the pool for leverage, knocked the crocodile unconscious with one punch, and then did a beautiful flip in the water to continue harvesting herbs.

Xia Qing suspected that Xiang Yanlong had evolved some kind of mermaid ability, because she was too agile in the water; the resistance of the water seemed to not exist for her.

The knocked-out crocodile slowly floated to the surface. Tan Qi, who had lured the python away and returned to the side of the pool, was afraid the crocodile would affect Xia Qing's line of sight, so she threw a rope to entangle it and dragged it to the side of the pool with force.

Thirty-five minutes later, Xiang Yanlong, who had circled more than half the pool, jumped out of the water. Xia Qing, who had shot and killed a python, could be certain that Xiang Yanlong's lung function must have evolved; otherwise, she couldn't have stayed underwater for such a long time.

Xiang Yanlong handed a bag of dripping-wet medicinal herbs to Xia Qing. "How many of these do you think are usable? If it's not enough for a hundred thousand, I'll go down and harvest some more."

Xia Qing took inventory and was excited. "If the price is the same as last time, these herbs can sell for over 300,000 points."

We've hit the jackpot!

"That's enough; Auntie Yan doesn't need to go into the water anymore." Although Tan Qi was very happy that they could earn points, her heart had been in her throat for the thirty-five minutes Xiang Yanlong was in the water. She always felt that the next second, a massive python or crocodile would drill out from the pitch-black bottom of the water and swallow Auntie Yan in one bite.

Xiang Yanlong dived into the tent to change back into her protective suit, and then the three went to release the trapped pythons.

The trap Yang Jin made using evolutionary vines could trap a python for over twenty minutes; the trap Xiang Yanlong made with rope was one the python couldn't break free from, requiring someone to go and untie it for them.

After releasing the five slightly smaller pythons, Xiang Yanlong had Xia Qing carry the python that was over eight meters long, found a place slightly further away from the Python Pool, and began today's special training.

Prying open a python's mouth, Xiang Yanlong had the two trainees use their hands to feel the sturdiness of the python's teeth and began to explain.

"The vast majority of pythons do not have venomous fangs; their upper and lower rows of teeth are both curved inward. Their main function is to grip the prey during the swallowing process and guide the prey smoothly into the digestive tract."

After finishing the explanation about the teeth, Xiang Yanlong patted this strip of meat, which was thicker than a human thigh, and introduced its attack methods. "A python's main attack method is constriction, which is using its body to wrap around the prey, causing it to die of suffocation. Xia Qing, feel the constricting force of this python."

"Okay." Xia Qing used both hands to pull the strip of meat in the bag, pulled it straight with force, and gave an accurate judgment. "Its constricting force is equivalent to a human's level-five strength evolution level."

Tan Qi was so shocked her eyes widened. "It's a strength evolver?!"

"This is a python's normal level and does not belong to strength evolution. If you are wrapped by the black python in the crocodile pool, a top-tier human strength evolver would be unable to break free without weapons." Xiang Yanlong answered Tan Qi's question and continued the introduction. "Therefore, the first point in fighting a python is not to let it wrap around you with its head or tail..."

After finishing the explanation of attack methods, Xiang Yanlong explained the python's weaknesses to the two: the heart and the eyes.

After the two trainees had touched the python's key parts with their hands and tested the hardness of the python skin, Xiang Yanlong had them step back, untied the ropes binding the python, and prepared to demonstrate the key movements for fighting a python in actual combat.

Unexpectedly, the freed python didn't want to fight Xiang Yanlong at all; it twisted its body and quickly drilled into a crack in the rocks.

Xiang Yanlong, who had assumed a stance...

Xia Qing and Tan Qi...

The Alpha Wolf, the Broken-Waist Wolf, and the little wolf in the basket watching from the mountain crevice in the distance...

Xiang Yanlong withdrew her stance. "End of the session; return to Mountain No. 50."

The pythons in the Python Pool are even smaller than this one and have no practical combat value. Therefore, she can only use the black python in the crocodile lake on Mountain No. 52 to demonstrate to the two trainees.

"Yes!" Tan Qi immediately went over to collect the ropes and nets.

Over an hour later, the three returned to Mountain No. 52 and discovered that the black python had already left. The three followed the tracks left by the black python and tracked it to outside a rock crevice, unable to proceed any further.

Today's python actual combat special training could only end early. After the three returned to the crocodile pool and beat up a few more small crocodiles, Xiang Yanlong released a giant crocodile over seven meters long that she had trapped in a stone cave.

A crocodile of this size is not something Tan Qi can handle. This fish is Xia Qing's opponent for today.