Method of Resistance

But from that point on, Bai Yang and the Blood Brake Squad's luck took a sharp turn for the worse.

They never again encountered small beast packs; every engagement involved at least three to four hundred monsters.

As strong as Bai Yang's perception was, if there was nothing to sense, there was nothing to sense.

It seemed those tiny beast packs had completely vanished from the Third Circle Layer.

For three whole days, the group barely gained anything.

Instead, several intermediate war generals were nearly surrounded and killed by beast packs, suffering severe injuries.

Bai Yang expended great effort just to lead them out of the encirclement.

Fortunately, they had all been strengthened by Monster Cells, giving them astonishing recovery abilities, so the squad didn't lose any members.

"This won't work. The efficiency is too low! Even if I send the Blood Brake Squad back and act alone, facing that many monsters, I can at most defend myself—I can't wipe them all out."

Bai Yang began to wonder if he had come to the Third Circle Layer too early.

A lone low-level Lord Level monster didn't frighten him at all.

But even high-level beast general-level monsters, once they led more than two hundred underlings, became tough bones to crack.

And here, let alone lone monsters, even those leading only a small number of minions were rare.

This gave him a much deeper understanding of the threat beast packs posed.

When he built his War Base, what kind of scene would that be?

How many monsters would come to siege it?

And that time, as the defender, he would even lose the advantage of mobility!

Most of the time, he'd probably be stuck in a passive, defensive position!

"Master, have you forgotten about Psychokinesis?" An Zhengxin, seeing his displeasure, brought it up.

"It's useless. I've already tried." Bai Yang had actually attempted it before.

"My Psychokinesis can ignore numbers in an area and directly snap the necks of weaker monsters or strike their vital points.

But the monsters here are at least low-level war general level! Group Psychokinesis can't kill them in one blow.

In that regard, it's indeed inferior to manipulating flying weapons with Spirit Reader power for greater lethality."

"So that means, Master, you can injure them but can't kill them instantly?" At that moment, a squad member suddenly interjected.

"Yes, I can only inflict minor wounds. Monsters have extremely strong vitality—they don't care at all." Bai Yang didn't mind the interruption and answered directly.

That man was absolutely loyal to Bai Yang; as long as he thought something would benefit him, he could muster the courage to speak up.

So he cautiously added, "Master, why don't we try poison? Many monsters aren't strong, but their venom is terrifying.

If we can inflict light wounds on monsters, even just breaking the skin, and combine it with toxins, wouldn't that..."

Bai Yang suddenly realized—so that was possible!

Yes, it really could work!

Wasn't the Two-Headed Black-Line Snake from the original story exactly that kind of monster?

Delighted, he immediately asked, "What's your name?"

The slave, flattered, replied, "My name is Yuan Jingfu!"

"Excellent. Yuan Jingfu, from now on you are my third subordinate. If you have any ideas in the future, you can tell me."

Yuan Jingfu was overjoyed and quickly bowed in gratitude.

He was only an intermediate war general, yet now he ranked after Yang Wu and An Zhengxin!

More importantly, he had actually helped his master!

This method was definitely feasible. Bai Yang immediately began calculating the details.

Why hadn't anyone done this in the original story?

Spirit Readers didn't need this method, and martial artists couldn't pull it off.

The simple reason was that the venom of the Two-Headed Black-Line Snake was expensive and not easy to obtain.

Moreover, the stronger the venom, the more damage it would likely do to the spoils, making them unsellable.

It was a complete loss!

But Bai Yang was different. As long as he absorbed the genes of that type of monster, he could secrete that venom himself.

Though the effect might not be as good as the original, he had plenty of it.

Especially since he only wanted the monsters' flesh and blood—whether it was poisonous or not didn't matter to him.

Could the poison he created himself kill him?

This way, he could manipulate over a hundred flying blades.

Even if they only slightly cut the monsters' skin, he could poison them all.

With that kind of killing efficiency, most beast packs wouldn't be a concern anymore.

Flying blades are easy enough to handle—some monsters' pulled teeth can do the job.

The main issue is choosing a venomous monster, one that can at least deal with a high-level Warlord.

Thinking it over, that Two-Headed Black-Line Snake would be quite suitable, wouldn't it?

Bai Yang considered it in his mind. If this snake were gone, Luo Feng might never encounter Li Yao's son Li Wei, triggering the chain of events that followed.

That would be too disruptive to the plot, but he wasn't one to hesitate.

He'd go find the snake first, and maybe stumble upon a better option along the way.

If worst came to worst, he'd secretly dig out some of its flesh for genes without killing it outright.

He carefully recalled the original story—that snake should be dwelling near the Vanke Dream City residential area.

The group pulled out a map and planned a route.

They deliberately detoured around the Carrefour supermarket where the Iron Armored Dragon nested, then quickly set off.

Traveling from the Third Circle Layer toward the outer perimeter was naturally easy and pleasant.

The small monsters along the way, after the grand scenes the group had already experienced, felt almost beneath their notice.

Only Bai Yang, encountering a monster that could enhance his tactile sensitivity, paused briefly to collect its genes.

The group moved extremely fast and soon reached that area.

That Two-Headed Black-Line Snake was originally as thick as a person's waist, about twenty meters long, with nearly parallel black stripes across its body.

The closer these black lines got to the heads, the thicker they became.

Such a large creature wouldn't be hard to find.

The group spread out to search, but after several hours, they found nothing.

Considering the timeline was still early, a full three months ahead of that plot point.

"Could it be that it hasn't moved nearby yet? This range is too vast."

Now things were getting tricky.

As for venomous monsters, aside from this one, he only knew of the Black Widow Spider King, said to be beyond War God level, capable of poisoning even that.

Only the Spirit of Vegetation's 'Hundred Dew Grass' could cure it.

He pulled out his handheld computer and checked the data—indeed, this venomous snake was the best choice.

That's why it sold for such a high price in the story.

Without any clues, even with his heightened perception and using the spirit energy meter, he couldn't find it.

Sharpening the axe won't delay the woodcutting. Bai Yang thought it over and decided to persist in the search.

This thing would be of great use to him later; he could afford to spend some time.

If it truly wasn't there, he'd eventually spend money to put a bounty on this type of monster's flesh.