Clue Activated: 100% Chance to Hunt a Draconic Subspecies—Fire Glass Vine Serpent?

"Datura Snake!"

A massive purple-black serpent coiled atop a large tree behind them, flicking its tongue as its pair of dark violet slit pupils remained fixed on the three people ahead.

Hiss—hiss—

It hissed sharply at them, saliva dripping continuously from the corners of its mouth. It had clearly regarded Ao Yin and the others as a delicious meal.

"Datura Snake!"

"Four hundred and twenty-two years of cultivation—it's exactly the Datura Snake I mentioned earlier!"

Yu Xiaogang recognized it at a glance and said to Ao Yin with delight, "Little Ao, even if you like that Ten-Year Lone Bamboo, you should deal with the trouble in front of you first, shouldn't you?"

Ao Yin snorted. Who would care about a Ten-Year Lone Bamboo? He had merely been putting on an act to fool Tang San.

But before he could finish the act, this Datura Snake had emerged on its own, forcibly interrupting his grand scheme of fooling Tang San!

"Still, this four-hundred-and-twenty-two-year Datura Snake is indeed suitable as Tang San's first soul ring, but it's equally... suitable for me!"

Since it had delivered itself to his doorstep, there was no reason for Ao Yin to refuse it.

Ao Yin glanced at Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, muttering, "To be safe, I should shake these two off first!"

Even if he took down this Datura Snake, with Tang San and Yu Xiaogang around, no one would stand guard for him while he absorbed the soul ring. It would be difficult for nothing to go wrong!

"I don't have a habit of leaving my back to others!"

With that thought, Ao Yin immediately put on the appearance of a reckless brute. He picked up a small stone from the ground and flung it straight at the Datura Snake's head!

Clang!

It struck dead on, but the Datura Snake's scales were as hard as metal and stone. Not only did it suffer no real damage, but it was thoroughly enraged.

Hiss—

The Datura Snake shot down from the tree, opening its bloody maw as it sped low across the ground!

Yu Xiaogang's eyes lit up. He had not expected Ao Yin to be so cooperative and actually provoke the Datura Snake himself. Excitedly, he said, "Little Ao, go! Don't be afraid, your teacher will help you..."

Yet though he had clearly seen Ao Yin standing beside him from the corner of his eye just moments ago, in the blink of an eye, the spot beside him was empty. There was not even a trace of Ao Yin left!

When Yu Xiaogang turned his head, he saw that Ao Yin had already used [Mist Step] and vanished in a flash, apparently fleeing several li away!

Whoever started the trouble had to answer for it. The Datura Snake was also an extremely vengeful soul beast. It sped directly past them and frantically pursued Ao Yin.

Yu Xiaogang believed that Ao Yin was no match for the four-hundred-and-twenty-two-year Datura Snake. Without his help, it would be difficult to seriously injure the snake, so he immediately prepared to chase after them.

Before leaving, he did not forget to tell Tang San, "Little San, this is a heaven-sent opportunity. You mustn't let it slip away! You know what to do, right?"

The sudden string of changes left Tang San slightly stunned, but he quickly came to his senses and nodded firmly at Master. "Little San understands!"

However, just as Yu Xiaogang was about to give chase, he caught sight of Tang San pulling out a huge cleaver from somewhere, his eyes gleaming as he stared at that... Ten-Year Lone Bamboo!

He even muttered excitedly, "Master must have known long ago that this [Ten-Year Lone Bamboo] was guarded by a soul beast. Master deliberately brought Ao Yin here to draw the Datura Snake's attention, giving Little San the chance to obtain this incomparably precious Ten-Year Lone Bamboo!"

"How could Little San fail to understand Master's painstaking inten—"

Slap—

Before Tang San could finish, Yu Xiaogang swung his hand and smacked Tang San across the face.

"Hey, wake up!"

"Little San, when Teacher said that Ten-Year Lone Bamboo was incomparably precious, he was fooling Ao Yin. Why did you take it seriously?"

Master had always had a good temper, but even he could not hold it in this time. He stared at Tang San in utter disbelief.

"Fooling him? It was fake!?"

Tang San's face burned hot.

Yu Xiaogang did not know whether to laugh or cry as he hurriedly explained, "It's not entirely your fault for believing it. This Ten-Year Lone Bamboo truly is very suitable for your Blue Silver Grass martial soul, but its cultivation is too low, and it has neither paralysis nor poison. It is far inferior to that Datura Snake!"

"Set this Ten-Year Lone Bamboo aside for now. If that Datura Snake escapes, you'll have no choice but to choose it!"

"Master means that I should follow behind you. After Master and Ao Yin seriously injure the Datura Snake, I'll catch it off guard and deliver the final blow!"

"What else would I mean?"

Yu Xiaogang looked utterly helpless. He truly had not known Tang San could be this foolish!

Buzz—

Tang San's mind rang. He had nearly been completely fooled by that bastard Ao Yin just now!

Fortunately, Master had explained it in time. Otherwise, he truly would have missed out on the best possible first soul ring.

"Ao Yin!!!" Tang San roared in fury!

"Hurry up and follow!"

Yu Xiaogang gave a cold snort, then hurriedly chased after Ao Yin and the Datura Snake.

Bang!

Bang! Bang!

Wherever Ao Yin and the Datura Snake passed, great trees toppled one after another. The tremendous commotion startled countless soul beasts lurking within the Hunting Soul Forest!

Mist Step!

Ao Yin unleashed his combat skill, moving so fast he left afterimages behind. Yet the Datura Snake was no slow creature either, pursuing him relentlessly!

"That should be far enough!"

After putting some distance between himself and Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, Ao Yin came to an abrupt stop!

The Datura Snake was slightly stunned as well. Why had this human stopped running? And why was he staring straight at it with such a calm expression?

Ao Yin stroked his chin and muttered to himself, "The age of the Coiling Dragon Staff's first soul ring doesn't really matter, but as for its quality... I suppose it's barely acceptable!"

As he spoke, he prepared to strike, kill the Datura Snake, and absorb its soul ring.

However, at that moment, a cold system notification sounded by his ear.

["Sub-Dragon Species—Fire Glass Vine Serpent" clue activated!]

[The Douluo map will guide you! Please follow the markers on the ground to investigate!]

[Successful hunt probability: 100%]

"Hm? What's this?"

Ao Yin narrowed his eyes and realized that this was the clue reward he had received from checking in earlier. It had actually activated automatically at this moment.

Moreover, a fluorescent green arrow that only he could see appeared out of thin air before him, pointing directly toward the deepest part of the Hunting Soul Forest.

"Wait! What the hell is this successful hunt probability?"

"Does 100% mean that as long as I find this Sub-Dragon Species—Fire Glass Vine Serpent, I'll definitely be able to kill it?"

Ao Yin could not help swallowing. This Fire Glass Vine Serpent was a creature whose tribe had only been severely wounded after the ancient Da Yi used his divine bow. But Ao Yin was no ancient powerhouse—wasn't this 100% successful hunt probability a little too outrageous?

However, the system gave no response at all. Only the green arrow before him flashed wildly.

"This is a Sub-Dragon Species!"

Ao Yin was immensely tempted. Other than the Datura Snake, this was undoubtedly the most suitable choice for the Coiling Dragon Staff's first soul ring!

"Let's do it!"

Gritting his teeth, Ao Yin immediately decided to give it a try.

"I'd like to see what this 100% successful hunt probability is all about!"

Mist Step

The Datura Snake lunged at him fiercely, but it only bit through an afterimage.