What's the Point of Acting So Cocky If You're Not Venomous?

While Lin Li was observing the Black Snake Exotic Beast, the Black Snake Exotic Beast was observing Lin Li as well.

The prey before it looked exceptionally delicious. It had come from the wilderness several kilometers away in search of prey, and this long journey had certainly not been in vain.

" hiss..."

The starving Black Snake Exotic Beast hissed at Lin Li. First, a pale golden Spiritual Light blossomed in its eyes, and then pale golden Spiritual Light surfaced over its entire body.

The pale golden Spiritual Light wrapped around its pitch-black scales, making the already imposing giant Black Snake Exotic Beast look even more intimidating.

"It's coming." Seeing the Black Snake Exotic Beast's stance, Lin Li immediately knew that the exotic beast before him was preparing to attack.

" hiss..."

The Black Snake Exotic Beast swayed its head, its cold, pale-gold snake eyes staring straight at Lin Li. After hissing once, its coiled upper body shot forward like a compressed spring.

The enormous head of the Black Snake Exotic Beast streaked toward Lin Li as fast as lightning. At the same time, it opened its jaws wide, its sharp teeth glinting coldly. It intended to swallow its prey whole.

Lin Li had been on full alert. The moment he saw that the Black Snake Exotic Beast intended to attack him, he had already prepared to dodge.

The instant the Black Snake Exotic Beast's head sprang forward, Lin Li moved to leap to the right.

The Black Snake Exotic Beast's attack was incredibly fast. There could be no hesitation. Even half a second of indecision might allow it to land a successful blow.

"Bang."

Lin Li's decisive choice to dodge proved correct. The Black Snake Exotic Beast's attack missed, and its enormous head slammed hard into the grass, producing a deep, muffled thud.

"Phew..."

After narrowly dodging the Black Snake Exotic Beast's preemptive attack, Lin Li looked at the spot where its head had struck and saw a small depression.

As he exhaled slowly, he felt his heart rate suddenly quicken.

Don't be nervous. This Black Snake Exotic Beast may look fierce and terrifying, but I clearly managed to keep up with the speed of its attack just now.

As long as I maintain a good state of mind, relying on my own reaction speed, it won't be easy for it to bite me.

After encouraging himself inwardly, Lin Li instantly felt the heart that had been pounding from nervousness calm down considerably.

" hiss..."

The Black Snake Exotic Beast was extremely dissatisfied that its attack had failed. At the same time, it was somewhat astonished. The prey before it had actually managed to evade that deadly lunge.

As an experienced predator of the wilderness, the Black Snake Exotic Beast was no fool.

Its confident preemptive attack had been dodged by its prey. That meant the prey it had viewed as a delicious feast was not as easy to deal with as it had initially thought.

But that was fine. It had encountered difficult prey before. Relying on its massive body, it would sooner or later take down this little runt before it.

The Black Snake Exotic Beast twisted its body and slowly approached Lin Li. From time to time, it flicked out its bright-red tongue, while its skin-crawling hisses spread in every direction and filled this small patch of land.

In the dense grass around them, some ordinary small animals—snakes, insects, rats, and ants—were hiding. Frightened by the terrifying hisses the Black Snake Exotic Beast occasionally emitted, they trembled violently. Eventually, unable to endure it any longer, they began fleeing into the distance.

" hiss..."

A sharp hiss suddenly erupted. It was the Black Snake Exotic Beast's signal to attack.

Hearing the sudden change in its hiss, Lin Li immediately realized that it was about to launch a fierce attack against him.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."

This time, the Black Snake Exotic Beast did not use its previous springing attack. Instead, it quickly crawled toward Lin Li, intending to close in and fight him at close range.

This was why the Black Snake Exotic Beast was an experienced predator. Since the distance of its previous attack had allowed its prey to dodge, it would simply shorten the distance and attack up close. Then it would see how he could evade.

After dodging the Black Snake Exotic Beast's preemptive attack, Lin Li had also obtained the information he wanted: he had determined that the Black Snake Exotic Beast before him was nonvenomous.

When it had opened its mouth and lunged at him just now, it had not sprayed any venom.

Since you're not venomous, I can fight you without worry.

"Whoosh."

Lin Li raised his left hand, which was wrapped in medical gauze. Spiritual Light blossomed at his fingertip, and as a pale golden glow flashed past, a Small Fireball the size of an egg appeared out of thin air above his fingertip.

" hiss...?"

The Black Snake Exotic Beast charged toward Lin Li with a fierce momentum. When it saw a Small Fireball suddenly appear in the prey's hand, its crawling speed slowed slightly.

In its view, a Small Fireball the size of an egg could not cause it any real harm. Thus, after slowing briefly, its crawling speed suddenly increased again.

Yet in the very next second, the egg-sized Small Fireball hovering at Lin Li's fingertip instantly expanded, growing to the size of an apple.

The Small Fireball had grown several times larger, and its power naturally increased several times over as well.

"You black bastard, what's the point of acting so cocky if you're not venomous? Take this..." Lin Li cursed inwardly at the Black Snake Exotic Beast charging toward him, then swung his hand and threw the Small Fireball he had created.

"Whoosh..."

The apple-sized Small Fireball shot forward with incredible speed.

The Black Snake Exotic Beast had been charging straight at Lin Li too quickly. By the time it saw the egg-sized Small Fireball suddenly expand several times over and shoot toward it, it was already too late to dodge.

However, as an experienced predator, it could still make movements to minimize the damage when faced with such a crisis.

The Black Snake Exotic Beast suddenly exerted force with its slippery body, and its head instantly jerked upward.

Lin Li had intended to strike the Black Snake Exotic Beast's head, but the Small Fireball lost its target and struck the beast's black-scaled body instead.

"Bang."

The orange-red Small Fireball slammed into the Black Snake Exotic Beast's body and exploded at once.

In an instant, the exploding Small Fireball blasted the Black Snake Exotic Beast's flesh apart, sending blood and tissue flying.

The blazing flames produced by the explosion also burned the torn wounds until they were charred black.

" hiss..."

The searing pain made the Black Snake Exotic Beast writhe incessantly. Its enormous body slammed against the ground again and again, kicking up a cloud of dust.