Chapter 526: Chapter 518: Look Again and I’ll Twist Your Head Off
Qian Qi swallowed slightly, not daring to move at all.
The Lanshan Python’s attack speed was incredibly fast, and it was extremely sensitive to the scent of blood. Even if Qian Qi used an illusion technique to kill the Lanshan Python, the result would be attracting a siege of hundreds of A+ level Lanshan Pythons.
Luckily, it doesn’t attack those creatures that attack it.
So Qian Qi remained frozen in place, letting the Lanshan Python extend its head from the vines, its cold pupils staring at the top of her head, flicking its tongue out again and again.
But while Qian Qi was a peaceful person, the Emperor Python King wasn’t, especially since this particular Emperor Python King had been influenced by the elegant language of modern humans.
"What are you looking at? Looking at your dad?" The Emperor Python King poked its head out from Qian Qi’s hair and cursed at the Lanshan Python, "Look again and I’ll twist your head off!"
The Lanshan Python’s vertical pupils shrank instantly, hissing dangerously towards the Emperor Python King.
This was a signal to attempt an attack, scaring Qian Qi into running, while stuffing the Emperor Python King back into her hair, "Big bro! I beg you, please don’t talk!"
"What?" The Emperor Python King replied in confusion, "Weren’t you asking me to protect you? I am not who I used to be, I’m now someone whose strength has reached A-level peak after eating dragon meat!"
It remembered to add, "Besides, even if I, as a single snake, can’t win, don’t I have my minions here?"
"Exactly, exactly."
"Don’t be a coward, just do it!"
"Leave no traces! Extinguish them all!"
The Emperor Python King’s minions shouted enthusiastically.
Qian Qi chuckled, "You only have over twenty minions, and that Lanshan Python just now, it has hundreds of same-level pythons behind it."
Emperor Python King: !!!
The Emperor Python King let out a scream, grabbed Qian Qi’s hair tightly, and ran even faster than Qian Qi, "Ah—Run fast—"
Qian Qi also screamed, "Ah—My hair—!"
Thankfully, although the Lanshan Python had maxed out on agility, its endurance wasn’t as good as the Emperor Python King’s. After running around the forest for more than two hours, Qian Qi finally shook off the Lanshan Python.
She rested her hands on her knees, panting for breath, and warned, "This is an A-level dungeon, there are many A-level magical beasts, our task is only the dungeon BOSS and the Lanshan Pythons, we should keep a low profile and avoid unnecessary trouble."
The Emperor Python King flicked its ear fins with some dissatisfaction, "I don’t know what keeping a low profile means."
Qian Qi gave the Emperor Python King a deep look.
"Listen to me, or you will regret it."
Who knows if the Emperor Python King heard her or not, but soon, Qian Qi knew, the Emperor Python King hadn’t listened at all.
This Emperor Python King thought of itself as clever. When Qian Qi set up camp in a hidden cave to start planting Magic Plants for dealing with the Lanshan Pythons, it secretly sneaked out with its minions and found a lone Lanshan Python.
Qian Qi said Lanshan Pythons were extremely sensitive to blood and even more to the scent of their kin’s blood. So if it simply lured this Lanshan Python far enough from the group, killed it, and swallowed it whole, quickly erasing all traces before the Lanshan Python group arrived, wouldn’t that solve the problem?
The Emperor Python King thought this plan was foolproof, and this lone Lanshan Python seemed quite stupid, actually following them.
Until the Emperor Python King and its minions were surrounded by dozens of Lanshan Pythons on a hill.
Emperor Python King: ?
Something wasn’t right.
In its plan, it was supposed to surround a lone Lanshan Python with its minions, so how did it suddenly become surrounded by dozens of Lanshan Pythons?
One Lanshan Python slowly slithered out at this time, hissing something to the lead Lanshan Python.
The Poisonous Emperor Python sensed it was the same Lanshan Python from that night.
Oh no, they had fallen into a trap!
"Boss, can you understand what they’re hissing about?"
"Can’t understand, no beast language knowledge!"
"Then why aren’t they attacking us? What are they plotting?"
The Emperor Python King swung its ear fins with a deep gaze, assessing the battle power of both sides. Lanshan Pythons had poor endurance in battle; it wasn’t an unwinnable fight, but it might result in mutual destruction.
Fighting means unable to protect its contractor later.
Not fighting means death.
Just as the Emperor Python King hesitated, the lead Lanshan Python suddenly slid forward. Its vertical pupils rippled with friendly smiles, it hissed at the Emperor Python King and spat out a blue bead, rolling it towards the Emperor Python King’s side.
Then it looked at the Emperor Python King expectantly.
Emperor Python King: ?
"What does it mean?" The Emperor Python King tilted its head and asked its minion.
"Don’t know, maybe it’s flaunting its hidden treasure?"
"It hissed just now, could it mean seeing you, Boss, makes it want to puke?"
"Nonsense, if so, why not throw up some leftover food, why a bead?" The Emperor Python King retorted.
"What if they’re well-digested and have no leftovers?"
"Exactly, exactly, it surely mocks the boss’s ugliness; otherwise, it couldn’t possibly be presenting a betrothal gift, right?"
Emperor Python King: "You roll away too."
It had to tackle this by itself.
The Emperor Python King studied the blue bead for a while, confirmed it posed no danger, and spoke to the lead Lanshan Python, "What does this mean? Do you understand human language? Get a translator."
The Lanshan Pythons looked at each other, it was clear they had no magical beast heritage involving human language. The lead Lanshan Python, waiting impatiently, rolled the blue bead toward the Emperor Python King and nudged several other Lanshan Pythons, as if urging them.
The nudged Lanshan Pythons, one by one, spat out a blue bead from their stomachs and used their tongue to roll the blue gems toward the Emperor Python King, their gaze filled with urgency and a hint of "don’t be ungrateful" warning.
"Are they giving this to us?" The Emperor Python King used its ear fin’s tip to scratch its chin, subtly gathered the blue bead covered in Lanshan Python gastric juice under itself, and saw all the surrounding Lanshan Pythons cheering.
"Hiss hiss—!"
"Hiss~~~"
"Hiss hiss hiss~~~!"
In the next moment, the Lanshan Pythons rushed towards the Emperor Python King, their aligned snake bodies forming a moving carpet, lifting the Emperor Python King and swiftly carrying them afar.
"Boss! What are they doing?"
"Where are they taking us?"
"Aren’t they taking us to be boiled and eaten?"
The Emperor Python King scratched its chin again. As a magical beast, its perception of an enemy’s battle intent was very keen; it could sense these Lanshan Pythons had no battle intent at this moment.
Could it be...
The Emperor Python King’s eyes lit up, "They surely submit to my majestic presence and decided to honor me as their leader!!"
In the Magic Beast World, the strong are revered. In a one-on-one scenario, a same-level Poisonous Emperor Python absolutely trumps a Lanshan Python, even though Lanshan Pythons have many advantages, their endurance falls short.
Therefore, these Lanshan Pythons undoubtedly want it to defeat the current Lanshan Python King and then enthrone it as their king!