"What is Blood Qi Like Flame? What kind of martial art is this?"
The woman stared at Lin Chen, who was completely unharmed, and froze on the spot. If she had taken that attack, she would probably have been badly injured by now. Yet the Giant Python's methods hadn't posed the slightest threat to Lin Chen.
The Giant Python didn't understand what Lin Chen meant, but it could sense his hostility and the danger he posed. It turned and fled into the depths of the woods.
"Big Baby, don't run! Throw a few more Little Bastards at me!"
Seeing the Giant Python trying to escape, Lin Chen wasn't having it. He darted forward and grabbed the Giant Python by the tail.
Seeing this, the Giant Python swiftly coiled its body, trying to wrap around Lin Chen and crush him to death.
"Whoa, don't come over here! You stink!"
When he saw the Giant Python trying to coil around him, Lin Chen's expression shifted. He put some strength into his arms and swung the Giant Python, smashing it from side to side.
Bang! Bang!
The five- or six-meter-long Giant Python swung in Lin Chen's hands like a long whip. Its head kept making intimate contact with the ground, each impact ringing out with a dull thud.
"Gulp..."
Watching from not far away, the woman couldn't help swallowing. "That's too brutal!"
A moment later, after who knew how many blows, the Giant Python's head was a bloody mess and it had stopped moving. Only then did Lin Chen stop.
"Is it dead?"
Lin Chen looked at the motionless Giant Python and regretted it. If he'd known, he would've held back. Now that the Giant Python was dead, where was he supposed to find a Mutated Venomous Snake?
"Wait!"
Lin Chen's expression suddenly sharpened. Just then, the bloody mess that was the snake's head moved, turning into a streak of blood-red light that shot straight at his head.
Seeing this from a distance, the woman's pupils contracted. She cried out, "Watch out!"
"Nice try. You think you can catch me off guard? Take another punch!"
Lin Chen looked at the oncoming snake head with disdain. He activated Blood Qi True Flame and swung his fist down onto the Giant Python's head.
Boom!
As his fist struck, Blood Qi True Flame engulfed the Giant Python's head. Most of its body exploded along with it, turning to dust and vanishing into the air.
A pungent smell of charcoal-roasted spicy strips wafted over. Catching the distinctly burnt odor, Lin Chen tossed the Giant Python's tail away in disgust.
"The system didn't even say it was slain. Trying to play dead in front of me? You're still too green."
Lin Chen pursed his lips. He had to admit, the Giant Python was tenacious. Its head had nearly been smashed flat, and it still hadn't died. Too bad for it that it had run into Lin Chen, the Cheater.
The system would tell him whether it was dead or not!
"Slain Second-Order Mutated Creature, Poisonous Python. Origin +1000." "Origin: 3000" "Martial art available for enhancement: Phoenix Undying Body, First Stage (0/9)"
"That's more like it!"
Seeing the panel change, Lin Chen understood that he'd slain the Giant Python. Second-Order Mutated Beasts yielded twice as much Origin as First-Order Mutated Beasts!
"Not bad."
Lin Chen was quite satisfied with the two thousand three hundred Origin he'd gained this time. He immediately tried to enhance his martial art, but was once again told that his Origin was insufficient.
"One thousand Origin isn't enough? Could it be ten thousand?"
Lin Chen's expression darkened. He'd assumed that, just like the previous martial art enhancement, he would only need one thousand Origin. He hadn't expected even three thousand to be insufficient.
If it wasn't one thousand, it was most likely ten thousand. That dashed Lin Chen's hopes of becoming stronger quickly.
"Origin, Origin!"
At that moment, only two words remained in Lin Chen's mind: Origin. He had to get more Origin!
"Senior..."
A timid voice sounded beside Lin Chen's ear. He turned around to see that it was the woman in the dark gray short-sleeved shirt who had spoken.
"You're talking to me?"
Lin Chen raised an eyebrow. He was so young, and already someone was calling him Senior?
Besides, why did he feel like the woman was looking at him with a hint of fear?
"Do I look scary?"
"Senior, you're joking. If you hadn't stepped in, I'd have been in danger."
The woman hurriedly shook her head, though she inwardly grumbled, A Second-Order Mutated Beast, playing with you like a loach, and you beat most of its body to bits. Then the remaining chunk turned into charcoal-roasted spicy strips. What do you think? Is that scary or not?
But she absolutely didn't dare say that out loud. She used to enjoy barbecue, but she didn't want to become barbecue herself!
"I'm Chen Xue. Thank you, Senior, for saving my life. May I ask your name—"
"Lin Chen!"
Lin Chen waved a hand, interrupting Chen Xue. "What brought you here?"
Once a Bounty Mission had been accepted, nobody else could accept it at the same time unless the mission failed. Lin Chen had accepted the mission, so Chen Xue shouldn't have had one.
"I heard there were Mutated Creatures around here, so I came looking. I happened to see the Giant Python attack the Chicken Farm and leave, so I tracked it all the way to its nest..."
"What did you say? Its nest?"
Lin Chen's eyes lit up. He looked at Chen Xue excitedly. "Quick, take me to the Giant Python's nest!"
"Huh?"
Seeing how excited Lin Chen was, Chen Xue couldn't help freezing. Was the nest really the point here?
But since Lin Chen had asked, Chen Xue didn't dare refuse. She hurriedly led him toward the Giant Python's nest. Lin Chen's mind was filled with the Giant Python's nest. Maybe there were other Mutated Venomous Snakes there—each one meant more Origin!
"Heh, heh, heh!"
Thinking of all the Origin about to come his way, Lin Chen couldn't help letting out a cheerful laugh.
Chen Xue glanced at Lin Chen as he suddenly laughed. Her heart tightened, and cold sweat ran down her back. No matter how she looked at him, Lin Chen didn't seem like a good person!
Chen Xue instinctively put a little distance between herself and Lin Chen. If he really was an Evil Demon, she'd at least have a chance to run... Wait, she couldn't escape! What was she supposed to do?
"Maybe I should try seducing him?"
A thought flashed through Chen Xue's mind, but the next moment, she pictured herself with half her body missing.
This Old Devil hadn't even looked her in the eye since he showed up. Would seduction even work?
The scariest thing was what you imagined for yourself. Lin Chen had no idea that in just this short while, Chen Xue had already imagined him killing her to silence her and destroying her body.
"That's..."
With Chen Xue leading the way, Lin Chen soon spotted a pile of weeds beside a boulder in the woods. It bore the marks of the Giant Python having nested there, and chicken feathers were scattered nearby. It was obviously the Giant Python's nest.
Whoosh!
Lin Chen pushed off the ground and shot straight toward the Giant Python's nest. With one punch, he flung the pile of weeds aside, revealing several snakes and a nest of snake eggs.
Bang! Bang!
Without hesitation, Lin Chen swung both fists. In the blink of an eye, he had slain several Mutated Venomous Snakes.
"That's all?"
With his heightened senses, Lin Chen could clearly feel that there weren't any Mutated Venomous Snakes left nearby. He was disappointed to have gained only six hundred Origin.
"Six hundred and fifty Origin?"
Lin Chen paused. Six Mutated Venomous Snakes should have been worth six hundred Origin. Why were there an extra fifty?
"The snake eggs!"
Lin Chen recalled the slain notifications, and his eyes immediately lit up. Besides the Mutated Venomous Snakes, there had apparently been a notification for a Mutated Snake Egg!
Whoosh!
Lin Chen's gaze swept quickly over the area before landing on the nest of snake eggs. With a gleeful chuckle, he made a beeline for them.
"What did those eggs ever do to you? You're not even sparing them—and you're this excited about it?"
Watching Lin Chen rush toward the eggs with a creepy grin and burn the whole nest to ashes, Chen Xue's face turned deathly pale.
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