Chapter 12: Struggle and Seize

The corpse-guarding demon leapt like a small mountain crashing down.

Chu Chen wanted to flee but his reactions were sluggish.

In his mind, he imagined a swift somersault, one hand pushing off the ground, feet exerting force, like an arrow released from a bow, skimming the surface to dodge quickly.

In reality, he writhed on the ground like a dying maggot.

A massive shadow blocked his vision—darkness engulfed his sight.

“Boom!”

A tremendous impact thundered above Chu Chen’s head, like a high-speed train roaring past him.

He was thrown into the air, the tingling sensation all over his body vanished as he found himself tightly entwined.

Only then did Chu Chen realize it was not a train colliding with the corpse-guarding demon, but a three-headed giant python.

As it knocked the demon away, its tail wrapped around Chu Chen, leaving only his head exposed, his body completely immobilized. The two raw stones in his hands slipped to the ground.

At a glance, Chu Chen recognized it as a fifth-rank beast rewarded with the “Coiling Serpent Sword” in the bestiary.

Its entire body was brown with faint golden rings, and it had three heads.

One was venomous; one could breathe fire; the third emitted toxic smoke.

Chu Chen couldn’t fathom why this three-headed python was saving him.

Soon, the python’s actions dispelled his doubts.

Its tail immediately brought Chu Chen to its mouth.

All three heads opened wide, lunging toward their prey.

“Damn! They want to eat me!”

“Looks like I, Chu Chen, am surely doomed today!”

Just escaped from the corpse-guarding demon’s jaws, now the three-headed python was next.

Who had he offended? Two beasts fighting over eating him.

If given a choice, he’d rather die at the python’s mouth.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

All three heads snapped at empty air with loud thuds.

In Chu Chen’s view, the ground was rapidly receding.

The python hung head-down, stretched straight by its head and tail.

Waves of wind buffeted Chu Chen’s head as he glanced up casually.

A Blood Demon Eagle, a fifth-rank beast, rewarded with the “Insight Technique” in the bestiary.

Mastering this technique allowed one to see events occurring hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of miles away as one’s cultivation improved.

No doubt, this was another beast intent on eating him.

Why did his foul scent attract so many monsters?

Scent?

Chu Chen chuckled bitterly but quickly realized something was wrong.

Fifth-rank beasts were not so easily encountered.

That grotesque creature, though unlisted in the bestiary, based on the fight, was probably also fifth-rank.

Three three-headed fifth-rank beasts fighting over me.

There was only one truth: the essence blood of ancient beasts.

The bestiary had already warned him not to be greedy.

A single drop could conceal one’s presence; he had spilled half a bottle over his head, which drew the nearby fifth-rank beasts.

Chu Chen found the root of the problem but had no solution.

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