Dangerous Big Guy

If he entered the Mysterious Small Island while grievously wounded and on the brink of death, and there were no highly skilled doctors on the island—or legendary medicines capable of bringing the dead back to life—

In such a situation, entering the Mysterious Small Island would only delay his death for a little while.

Lin Li had actually hypothesized about what would happen if someone entered the Mysterious Small Island on the brink of death and ultimately died because of untreatable injuries.

After he died, he should return to the real world, where he would become a sumptuous feast for the exotic beasts in the wilderness.

The thought of becoming a sumptuous feast for an exotic beast drawn by the smell of blood made Lin Li shudder.

"Damn... I can't let that happen. I have to stay on full alert and keep an eye on my surroundings."

Clutching the Spirit Artifact Longsword, Lin Li slowly felt his way along the path he had taken through the wilderness earlier, searching for exotic beasts hiding in the grass.

Five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes, twenty minutes...

"What's going on? I've been looking for so long. How come I haven't even found a single Rabbit Exotic Beast?"

Lin Li searched the area where he had moved about earlier for more than twenty minutes, yet he did not find even one Rabbit Exotic Beast. He was utterly baffled.

In truth, Lin Li had caused a huge commotion in this area earlier, killing several Rabbit Exotic Beasts. On top of that, he had also taken down the strongest boar beast in the area, thoroughly frightening all the Rabbit Exotic Beasts living nearby.

Thus, during the day, some timid Rabbit Exotic Beasts had fled outright. Once night fell, the ones that had been hiding also made a run for it overnight, preparing to settle somewhere safer.

In any case, even if Lin Li dug three feet into the ground now, he would not find a single Rabbit Exotic Beast in this area.

Half an hour later, Lin Li had searched this area, where Rabbit Exotic Beasts had once been extremely active, for a full half-hour, yet he still found nothing.

"I was planning to hunt five Rabbit Exotic Beasts before sunset this afternoon! And now look at me. Half an hour has passed, and I haven't even found a single rabbit hair."

Just as Lin Li's morale had been battered, a faint rustling suddenly came from the grass in the distance. Although the sound was extremely soft, Lin Li, who had remained on full alert, still caught the abnormal noise.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."

A sudden gust of wind blew, making the flowers, grass, and trees around him rustle incessantly.

The interference immediately prevented Lin Li from pinpointing the faint abnormal sound he had noticed earlier.

"Just my luck. That gust of wind couldn't have come at a worse time."

Unable to determine the location of the abnormal noise, Lin Li decisively moved away from the dense vegetation to ensure his safety, heading toward an area with an open view.

The unknown enemy hiding in the darkness seemed unable to hold back when it saw Lin Li preparing to move toward the open area.

It had gone hungry for several days, and the prey already at its mouth was about to slip away. How could it endure that...? Yes, the unknown enemy hiding in the darkness had mistaken Lin Li's retreat for an attempt to flee.

The sudden gust of wind stopped, and the flowers, grass, and trees around him fell silent. However, the rustling from the dense grass not far from Lin Li grew louder and louder.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."

A figure moved rapidly through the dense grass. The sound of weeds brushing against its body was unmistakable. Anyone who was not deaf could tell that a gigantic object was moving swiftly through the grass.

Lin Li, who was moving toward the open area, also heard the tremendous noise behind him. He immediately turned around, retreating while keeping his eyes fixed on the source of the sound.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."

A terrifying figure crawled out of the dense grass.

Its long body was about eight meters in length, covered in black, diamond-shaped scales that looked extremely slick.

Though the creature before him had no legs, it was incredibly fast.

Once it caught its prey, it showed no mercy. It would bite down hard on the prey's neck, then coil its body around the prey.

After killing its prey, it would not chew slowly and savor the meat. Instead, it would swallow the prey bit by bit.

Most astonishing of all, it could devour prey several times larger than itself.

"F*ck?!!"

When Lin Fei saw the creature crawling rapidly out of the dense grass, his scalp went numb, and he could not help blurting out a curse.

A snake. What a huge snake.

Judging by its appearance, this Black Snake Exotic Beast was about eight meters long and roughly thirty to forty centimeters in diameter—entirely capable of swallowing Lin Li whole.

Snakes, those cold-blooded creatures, were one of the three terrifying types of animals, alongside cockroaches and rats, that made most humans' scalps go numb the instant they saw them.

When the Black Snake Exotic Beast saw that its prey had stopped fleeing, it also halted its pursuit.

It slowly crawled to within five meters of Lin Li, coiled its body, aimed its enormous head at him, and occasionally flicked out its scarlet forked tongue.

He had grown this old without ever coming into such close contact with a snake this huge. What was more, it was clearly harboring ill intentions toward him. Lin Li's palms began sweating again from nervousness.

Originally, Lin Li had thought that since he had already killed Rabbit Exotic Beasts and that boar beast that looked like trouble, he would not be as nervous if he encountered another exotic beast as he had been during his first battle.

But what happened? Reality had given him a thorough lesson. A rookie was still a rookie; he had seen too few exotic beasts. The Black Snake Exotic Beast attacking him had once again made him experience the same tension he had felt when he first encountered an exotic beast.

"How can you tell whether a snake is venomous or nonvenomous? I remember it's said that snakes with triangular heads are venomous... The Black Snake Exotic Beast in front of me has a round head, so it should be nonvenomous."

Lin Li gripped the Spirit Artifact Longsword tightly and stared at the Black Snake Exotic Beast's head as he made his judgment.

However, he soon rejected the conclusion he had reached.

"No, that's not right. I once watched an educational video made by a blogger who specialized in studying snakes. He mentioned in the video that judging whether a snake is venomous by the shape of its head cannot produce a correct answer one hundred percent of the time.

"Besides, the enormous black snake in front of me is an exotic beast! It isn't an ordinary snake at all. Under the influence of Spiritual Energy, anything could have changed. Who knows whether it's venomous?

"Good heavens!

"Although I'm desperate to hunt exotic beasts and make the Azure Fruit growing on the Miracle Small Tree ripen faster, you didn't have to send me such a dangerous big guy!"