Hunting the Time Python

Whoosh... pop!

A signal flare shot into the sky, swiftly drawing in the team members searching for Time Beasts in the other directions. It also startled the Time Python, which had been leisurely digesting its meal after dinner.

More than a hundred li away, Hua Qiang was also alerted.

"Captain, we're here!"

"What's the situation?"

Zi Furong's team members appeared one after another, asking anxiously.

She hurriedly raised a finger to her lips. Seeing this, the others immediately fell silent and looked around.

"Stop looking. Two thousand meters ahead of us is a massive Time Python. Preliminary estimates say it's a Level Four Time Beast.

"If we can hunt it, we'll obtain at least ten thousand hours of time."

The other team members were instantly thrilled. If they could truly obtain ten thousand hours, their lives would be secure for the near future, and they would have enough time to hunt Time Beasts.

"Captain, give the order. How do we fight it?"

"The greatest threat this Time Beast poses is the venom it spits.

"So, we'll use a rope net to capture it. Then we'll hang it up so it can't gain any leverage, and use bows to kill it from a distance.

"Remember!

"Do not get close. If its venom splashes onto us, we may be driven into a dead end."

"Understood, Captain!" everyone answered in unison.

"Xiao Yuting, Wang Sanmei, Ma Xiaojuan, Niu Li—the four of you are among the strongest in our squad.

"I'm leaving the task of catching the Time Python with the rope net to you. Make sure to keep yourselves safe!"

"Yes, Captain!"

The four girls accepted the order. Taking the bundled net Zi Furong handed them, they silently crept toward the Time Python.

Dusk was like ink, and dense darkness shrouded the ancient