Amazing Haul

"Now!"

Er Dongsheng pounced fiercely straight down from directly above the Abyss Snake, landing right on its head.

Thud. Like sharp blades, his magic claws, aided by gravity, easily tore open the scales on the Abyss Snake's head from top to bottom. With a backhanded twist, he crushed the Abyss Snake's head while his tail simultaneously stabbed viciously at its vital spot. Er Dongsheng did not care whether the snakes of this world actually possessed a fatal vital spot or not; giving one extra strike could never be wrong anyway.

"Boom!" The massive snake corpse crashed heavily to the ground. Under Er Dongsheng's rapid strike, the Abyss Snake had failed even to react before marching toward death!

Er Dongsheng quickly jumped down from the Abyss Snake's body, flexed his slightly numb limbs, and felt a lingering sense of fear.

It seems my experience is still insufficient. The surface toxicity of this kind of snake is actually paralyzing, and my scales couldn't even block it. Fortunately my attack was swift, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable!

Pondering this, Er Dongsheng turned and walked over to the male Velociraptor that had fainted and fallen first. His sharp tail rapidly pierced back and forth through this Velociraptor's head several times. The unconscious Velociraptor twitched a few times and died completely.

Sure enough, this Velociraptor wasn't poisoned to death. It seems that Abyss Snake's venom isn't fatal, leaning instead toward paralysis.

"Rumble, rumble."

The thunder in the sky grew louder and louder. The Abyss wind began to blow slowly, and thick gray mist started to billow across all parts of the forest. The Abyssal Rain Season was on the verge of arriving.

Er Dongsheng turned and ran toward the felled tree. Although food was also important, there was something far more crucial waiting for him to retrieve right at this moment. By now the flames on the tree had diminished significantly, and he estimated that it wouldn't be long before this raging fire, which had been burning just moments ago, would go out.

Running to the center of the tree that had not been burned through, he struck the wood fiercely with his scaled claws, sending sparks flying in all directions.

Normally, the fire resistance of ordinary Abyssal Species was very low. For some reason, however, the demonic body Er Dongsheng inhabited was exceptionally fond of high temperatures and was completely unaffected by ordinary high-temperature flames and the like.

Slash, slash. A few claw strikes later, the charred bark of the tree scattered in all directions. For some reason, while this Abyss Tree was alive, its bark was so tough that First-Tier or Second-Tier Abyss Demons and Abyssal Creatures had no way of making a start on it, yet after death, even ordinary sharp weapons could break through this bark.

Before long, a large hole was dug leading to the center of the tree. From the mouth of the hole, a milky-white cylinder about a meter long and half a meter in diameter was exposed. Countless fibrous tissues surrounded this object, linking it to the tree. At that moment it was still emitting a faint white light, and one could clearly see that its interior was also filled with countless huge crown-shaped blood vessels, resembling a biological heart precisely.

"That's right, this is it!" Gazing at the object before him, which was even larger than his own height, Er Dongsheng's face was filled with excitement.

Right now, however, danger lurked on all sides, and there was no time for careful observation. His claws swung energetically, and shortly after, the tree trunk wrapping around this section of white material was cut open by Er Dongsheng. Then, despite his seemingly small body, he lifted this section of tree trunk with a single hand and began running toward the cave where he lived.

Passing the corpse of the Abyss Snake, he cast a slight glance at it before running forward without the slightest hesitation.

"I'll come back to deal with these things later. If my luck holds out, they'll probably all still be there!"

"Boom, boom, boom, rumble." The thunder grew even louder.

The wind picked up too, howling past his ears. Er Dongsheng mustered the greatest strength of his life and in less than ten minutes ran all the way to the cave where he lived...

"Huff, huff, this is damn well exhausting!" Panting heavily, Er Dongsheng settled that section of tree trunk in place, rested for a little while, and then headed back out to the Abyss Snake.

Fortunately, everything was still there, and no other creatures had come over yet.

Upon returning this time, Er Dongsheng had a large back basket strapped to his back. This was something he had spent a huge amount of time weaving out of dead vine roots, and it could be said to be his proudest work in three years.

He first came to the corpses of the several Velociraptors. With claws and tail moving together, the inedible parts such as the internal organs of the several Velociraptors were quickly scooped out. Not all Abyssal Creatures were edible; for instance, the internal organs and heads of Velociraptors could not be eaten. Still, this was just the fastidiousness of Er Dongsheng as an heir of Internal Martial Arts. As for ordinary Abyssal Species, being able to have something to eat was already good enough—who would be so picky? In front of the powerful digestive capacity of Abyssal Creatures, nothing was a problem.

Yet Er Dongsheng actually didn't want to waste so much food like this either, for wasting food in the Abyss was the most damned behavior. However, before this hunt he simply hadn't expected to reap such a huge haul, so the prepared miscellaneous supplies were far from adequate! Take the Nectar Powder used to mask the bloody scent, for example—it was severely short of enough.

Nectar Powder was an item Er Dongsheng used to cover up the scent of blood. Synthesized from various Abyss pollens, it possessed a intensely sweet and cloying odor that could effectively mask the stench of blood.

At that moment Er Dongsheng began piling the carved-up meat onto several enormous leaves and retrieved a small wooden box from the back basket; Nectar Powder was stored inside it.

With a heavy heart, he scooped out a large handful of Nectar Powder, thought better of it, and put some back—these things were not easy to collect, so every bit saved was a bit gained. He gently pinched up some Nectar Powder and quickly smeared it over the meat. Before long, that entire pile of meat placed on the leaves had been coated, and the soaring smell of blood was replaced by an intense floral fragrance.

"Cough, cough!"

"No matter how many times I smell it, it still makes a person feel uncomfortable. This is just too pungent!" Snot and tears streamed down uncontrollably, unable to be stopped.

Rolling up several leaves together with the meat pile, he placed them in the back basket. Because the originally large back basket was loaded with an even more gigantic load, it emitted cracking sounds of "creak, creak" under the unbearable burden, and it seemed some branches had snapped!

Gazing at the pile of meat in the back basket, Er Dongsheng frowned slightly. He wasn't worried that the vine branches would break—back when he went through great effort to snap those vine branches, his hands hurt just thinking about it! Rather...

"Freezing leaves aren't enough anymore either. It looks like I'll have to venture out again after a while!"

Slinging the back basket on his back, he walked over to the Abyss Snake. Gazing at this fellow, Er Dongsheng was somewhat at a loss for words.

Although this Abyss Snake fellow was extremely massive and full of meat, the crucial point was that this fellow was poisonous—who would dare eat it? Its whole body contained toxins, and eating this thing wasn't that different from courting death! Any Abyssal Species knew that this broad category of creatures called Abyss Snakes were hateful fellows that were nice to look at but inedible, and even ordinary Abyssal Creatures gave its corpse a wide berth.

Er Dongsheng did know that venomous snakes could actually be eaten, except that high temperatures were required to kill the venom. Right now, however, he simply couldn't carry away any more food, so he had no choice but to abandon this second-rate food with a face full of regret.

"Some things can be discarded, but other things cannot." Swiftly slicing open the entire body along that Dragon-Forming Line on the Abyss Snake's belly, Er Dongsheng rummaged around inside the Abyss Snake's abdomen.

The Dragon-Forming Line was said to be the evolutionary symbol of snakes in the Abyss. When a Dragon-Forming Line ran all the way through one side of the abdomen, it would gain the recognition of the Abyss and evolve into an Abyss Demon. This was merely what Er Dongsheng had learned from his initial inherited memories, and he didn't know whether it was true or false.

Looking at the object in his hand—pitch-black on the outside yet faintly shimmering with a dark green luster—Er Dongsheng was extremely satisfied. Every Abyssal Species had its own essence, and this single pellet was the essence of the Abyss Snake, hidden within the snake gallbladder and a truly great restorative item.

Pondering for a moment, Er Dongsheng cautiously extracted the venom sacs from the Abyss Snake's head as well. Toxins capable of paralyzing enemies were very rare, and perhaps they would come in handy later.

"Time to go. The Abyssal Rain Season has arrived, and I need to go back and prepare properly!"

Without looking back, Er Dongsheng left.

"Awoo."

In the distant distance behind him, the hunters chasing the scent of blood arrived.