Hunting the Giant Lizard

The blood on the lion's corpse had already dried, making it look like it had been dead for a night.

The lion bore many whip marks on its body, and its frame was thinner than that of a typical adult male lion.

Most players currently had insufficient food, and lions had a large appetite that required meat; Brave the World would never have spared anything good to feed it.

Thinking about it, this lion had likely suffered quite a bit of abuse at Brave the World's hands.

Brave the World was nowhere to be seen now, probably having used this beast pet's life to buy himself time to escape.

What a pity—why hadn't this giant lizard bitten him to death?

Ling Chu gestured for her Skeleton Henchmen to spread out their formation, silently encircling the giant lizard.

The Sulfur Giant Lizard was engrossed in its meal, as if it had never tasted meat like this before. On this small island, only a few wild chickens, insects, and snakes survived, so its diet was monotonous. This lion would be enough to last it several days. But even so, it never forgot to keep the Island Core close by its side, never leaving it.

Ling Chu found the right angle, aimed at the Sulfur Giant Lizard's eye, and drew the bowstring taut.

Without the boost of Double Luck, she wasn't sure if her archery could accurately hit the giant lizard's eye from dozens of meters away.

An arrow coated with Paralysis Toxin left her hand and struck the giant lizard's lower jaw.

The bow she used was a Primitive Bow, far less precise than a Compound Bow or Recurve Bow. At a distance of forty to fifty meters, with the giant lizard constantly shifting slightly, even a champion archer from her past life would struggle to hit the eye with precision.

Disturbed from its meal, the giant lizard lifted its head, looking somewhat bewildered as it searched for its enemy.

At the same time, Titch fired his gun decisively.

The bullet hole landed precisely on the giant lizard's nape, but only left a dark graze as the shell casing clattered to the ground.

This lizard's hide was really thick—even a Revolver couldn't pierce it?

Round Head charged forward with his Shotgun in big strides, sprinting right up to the giant lizard. Bang bang—two shots. The Shotgun's bullets scattered in a spread, packing more power. This time, blood could clearly be seen flowing from the spots where the bullets hit the giant lizard, though the wounds didn't look deep.

The Sulfur Giant Lizard let out an enraged, pained roar, then swept its tail and sent Round Head flying.

Round Head crashed to the ground and hadn't even gotten up yet when the Sulfur Giant Lizard angrily puffed out its cheeks. The two sacs on its jaw could be seen swelling and churning violently. Opening its mouth wide, streams of foul-smelling acid sprayed toward Round Head.

It was its only ranged skill: Acidic Spit.

Physical skills like Pounce and Tail Sweep had no effect on skeletons, but this corrosive acid would definitely damage their bones.

Titch moved swiftly, throwing himself onto Round Head to block the spraying acid. The acid landed on the Crab Shell Armor, corroding it with a foul white smoke. Fortunately, the armor was thick and hard enough; the acid only damaged the surface and didn't penetrate.

While the Sulfur Giant Lizard was attacking Titch and Round Head, Ling Chu had already closed in from behind, dagger in hand.

The giant lizard's Acidic Spit wasn't a skill it could use continuously. After spewing several streams of acid, it paused noticeably, its cheek sacs opening and closing as if brewing an even larger wave of acid attack.

Seizing this opening, Ling Chu leaped forward and drove both daggers viciously into the wounds left by the Shotgun. The sharp blades tore the wounds wider, and the Paralysis Toxin smeared on the blades entered the giant lizard's body almost instantly. The Ice Crystal Dagger's innate freezing effect immediately froze the wounds, with frost visibly spreading from the blade's edge, freezing even the Paralysis Toxin inside the giant lizard's body.

The giant lizard craned its neck high, roaring even more furiously, and lashed out with a powerful tail sweep. Ling Chu had anticipated that the giant lizard would use this move in pain. She planted her feet on its back, executed a backflip, and leaped backward, dodging the tail sweep in time.

Ling Chu's Agility was 7 points, plus the 1 point from the Ice Crystal Dagger, bringing it to 8 points—roughly the standard of a gymnast in reality. Doing this wasn't difficult.

"It's going berserk—fall back!"

Ling Chu shouted to her Skeleton Henchmen.

The Sulfur Giant Lizard was furious. As the undisputed overlord of this island, no creature had ever inflicted such harm and threat on it. Its thick tail swept around wildly in circles on the spot, and streams of acid like cannonballs shot from its mouth. The Skeleton Henchmen obeyed Ling Chu's command and quickly retreated into the jungle. The Sulfur Giant Lizard, helpless in its rage, could only stir up clouds of volcanic ash on the spot, its acid cannonballs all missing their mark.

By the time it came to its senses and twisted its limbs, trying to charge at them, the Paralysis Toxin began to take effect.

The giant lizard's speed noticeably slowed—from a run to a walk, from a walk to a standstill, until finally it didn't even have the strength to stand and simply collapsed onto the ground.

The duration of the Paralysis Potion's effect varied depending on the target's constitution. Ling Chu didn't know how long it would work on this giant lizard, so she didn't dare waste time. She advanced again with her twin daggers.

The motionless giant lizard was like a lamb waiting for slaughter. The sharp blade tips sank inch by inch into the scales on its nape, icy cold seeping into its marrow.

—Until she severed its head completely, through skin and bone.

Ling Chu kicked aside the giant lizard's head, still full of beast blood, and confirmed it was dead beyond any doubt before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

This giant lizard was the largest creature she had ever seen. Its size was no less than a Nile crocodile's. Killing it had taken a lot of effort.

If she hadn't had her Skeleton Henchmen to draw its fire, she definitely couldn't have taken down this giant lizard on her own. It was true—summoners needed to recruit more minions.

The newly crafted weapons were also very effective. With her old Iron Dagger, she couldn't even cut through its scales.

[Congratulations! You are the first player to kill a Tier 2 Monster. Reward: System Blind Box*1. It will be airdropped to your raft shortly. Please check and receive it.]

[Automatically decompose the Sulfur Giant Lizard?]

Ling Chu chose to decompose. This giant lizard was so huge—she'd never finish butchering it herself.

[You have obtained: Beast Bones*30, Giant Lizard Scales*20, Giant Lizard Meat*300kg, Acid Sac*2]

This giant lizard looked like it weighed at least seven hundred kilograms, yet it only yielded three hundred kilograms of meat. This system was pretty shady.

Still, this giant lizard didn't look edible, and it had been hit by her Paralysis Toxin. She definitely wasn't going to eat the meat. Ling Chu decided not to argue with the system. Sticking to the principle that trash might come in handy someday, she tossed everything into the Ring Space.

Ling Chu walked over to the grass nest the giant lizard had left behind. Calling it a grass nest was generous—it was just a bit of soft grass gathered from the nearby jungle. The Island Core sat quietly inside it.