Venom

In the early morning, a gentle sea breeze caressed the surface of the sea, making it appear as smooth as a mirror. The sun rose over the distant sea, casting a warm glow.

An eagle soared through the sky, occasionally swooping down and snatching up a sea snake.

On the sea surface, several tentacles lay horizontally on the water, slowly swaying.

Give me one, give me one.

If you look closely, you can see that these tentacles are attached to the belly of a sea fish, which is floating on the surface of the sea with its belly up.

Damn it, why aren't they here yet?

Xia Qiu angrily turned over, wanting to catch the eagle herself, so she used her own arms and legs as bait.

But it didn't work.

These eagles were not fooled at all and did not even approach.

Xia Qiu wanted to hunt eagles to see if they could grow wings or claws, although the possibility was low, since he couldn't even catch one himself.

These eagles have excellent eyesight; they can clearly see sea snakes and dangers in the sea, so how could they not see the huge dark shadow beneath these tentacles?

Oh well, I didn't have any expectations anyway.

Xia Qiu turned over and swam downstream, heading towards the distance.

There's a fish over there, about 25 meters away, 500 meters from the shore.

After seven or eight days of observation, Xia Qiu has redefined sound waves and can accurately perceive the length and size of the surrounding sea fish.

Compared to when we were in the East China Sea, the detection range has decreased somewhat, but it is still much more sensitive than when we first entered the Grand Line.

It's cod.

It has a long body, three dorsal fins, and small, round scales.

As Xia Qiu approached, it was discovered that it was a cod.

Upon seeing the cod, Xia Qiu rushed forward, approached it, and bit it, its two venomous fangs piercing its body.

After Xia Qiu lost her own teeth, she grew two venomous fangs, which were slightly different from the sea snake's fangs and were thicker.

Sea snakes belong to the subfamily Cobra. They all have anterior grooved fangs, meaning they have grooves on the sides. Venom enters the grooves through ducts and flows out as toxins.

The anterior teeth are relatively thin and slightly curved backward.

Xia Qiu's teeth are still grooved teeth, but they are thicker and have a smaller curvature.

Its original first row of teeth were sharp fangs similar to those of a tigerfish, and now that it has grown venomous fangs, it still retains some of these characteristics.

In addition, the anterior groove teeth were longer than the original teeth, about fifty centimeters, which caused the two venomous teeth to get stuck outside the mouth when Xia Qiu closed her mouth, with a section of them sticking out.

After Xia Qiu's teeth pierced the cod's body, the venom glands ejected venom through ducts, which then flowed into the cod's body along the grooves of the teeth.

Ten grams of venom.

Xia Qiu injected approximately ten grams of venom into the cod's body, which is a quarter of Xia Qiu's maximum venom excretion capacity.

It may seem like a small amount, but it is actually 100 times the amount of venom a cobra can release, and 25 times the maximum amount it can release.

Even the taipan can only expel 125 milligrams of toxins at a time, with a maximum of 400 milligrams.

There are so many of them for two reasons: first, because they are heavy and have large venom glands; and second, because the enemies are large and heavy.

Once the venom entered the cod's body, Xia Qiu opened her mouth and let the cod swim freely.

The cod were getting farther and farther away, Xia Qiu, they used sound waves to catch them, slowly following them from a great distance.

Ten minutes later, the cod stopped moving; twenty minutes later, it fell to the ground; and thirty minutes later, it died.

The incubation period is about ten minutes. Sea snake venom has a longer incubation period, generally more than thirty minutes, while a small number of venoms have a short incubation period and die quickly, killing people in five to ten minutes.

The incubation period for venom produced by hunting in Xia Qiu is about ten minutes, which is relatively normal.

However, since I am physically strong, the onset of the attack can be delayed for up to thirty minutes.

In addition, the lethal dose was about ten grams of venom, which killed a fish weighing about fifteen tons.

The median lethal dose (LD50) is approximately 0.7 mg/kg, equivalent to that of the Indian cobra. While there are venomous snakes with even higher LD50, it still kills people quite easily.

But it took too long.

The incubation period is ten minutes, but if it is fatal, it can last for fifty minutes.

Based on his venom lethality and his maximum hunting weight, it is estimated to be around sixty tons.

Of course, this is lethal, killing the enemy solely with venom.

If you're assisting in the attack, you can make an impact within ten minutes.

Therefore, as long as it is not a giant Sea King over 500 meters or over 1,000 meters long, it can be an effective means of attack.

It wasn't as useful as I had imagined, but it was still quite useful.

Therefore, what Xia Qiu needs to do next is to eat other venomous snakes to increase the toxicity and reduce the incubation period.

Most snakes that have a rapid onset of action are terrestrial snakes, such as the inland taipan. From the time of being bitten to death, it only takes five minutes, and one milligram can be fatal.

I just wonder if there are any sea serpents in the One Piece world whose venom takes effect very quickly.

Secondly, it must be toxic enough to harm even giant Sea King.

Xia Qiu had already thought of a type of snake, the serpent from the Boa Hancock ship, which was highly venomous. With them around, even giant Sea King dared not approach.

Xia Qiu added snakes to her menu.

However, a venomous snake like this, which even giant Sea King fear, poses a great threat to me. Pure force is useless, and it is very difficult to capture.

Therefore, Xia Qiu still needs some abilities.

After eating the cod, Xia Qiu returned to her habitat, where Moo was resting.

Now, their habitats are not on the back of the island, but on the side.

One reason is that the sea snakes originally had a range of one kilometer, but since Xiaqiu and Moo blocked the way to the island, any sea fish that approached would be driven away. Unable to catch sea fish, the sea snakes moved further away from their Snake Den, thus threatening Xia Qiu and Moo.

The second reason is that he needs to hunt pirates, which can only be done near the main port.

However, the area near the port smelled too bad, and it would be very uncomfortable for them to get close. Therefore, Xia Qiu and Moo stayed on the side of the island, near the side of the Reverse Mountain.

It's been seven days.

I've been here for seven days and haven't encountered a single pirate ship.

Occasionally, a boat leaves the island, but it's only the island's residents. The smell on the boat is so strong that even getting close to it makes you feel nauseous.

It is precisely because of the smell of this ship that the island's inhabitants are able to survive on this dangerous island.

Xia Qiu continued to wait. On the tenth day after he arrived, he felt a violent tremor. He immediately surfaced to observe and saw a huge ship approaching the nearby sea.

This ship is about 60 meters long and 20 meters wide; it is an absolute behemoth.

The bow is a huge lion's head with a wide-open mouth and sharp teeth.

The design on the pirate flag is also that of a roaring lion's head.

It looks very imposing.

But you've already gone bankrupt and restructured, and your movies are getting worse every year. Do you still have the mind to come to the Grand Line?

Die!

Xia Qiu closed the nictitating membrane of her eyes and rushed towards the pirate ship.