Chapter 633: Full Of Surprises
After collecting the Parasitic Spiritual Herb, Ou Yangming was about to ask Big Yellow to continue the search when he noticed a pair of resentful eyes staring at him. It was so expressive that even he felt embarrassed.
Big Yellow was making a soundless complaint. It went through a lot of effort to find the spiritual herb and even eliminated the guarding spiritual beast, but why was the herb given to the lazy turtle in the blink of an eye?
Ou Yangming flushed and immediately explained, “Big Yellow, that lazy turtle’s an expert in taking care of spiritual herbs, whose greatest potentials can only be unleashed by it. Don’t worry, I’ll give you a drop of immortal liquid every day until you’re satisfied.”
The big yellow dog’s eyes lit up, and it started to drool.
Although Ou Yangming had given it immortal liquids before this, they were mostly shared between him and the little red bird. It could not forget the immortal liquids’ taste and most importantly, they were extremely beneficial toward a spirit beast’s growth, hence it intuitively longed for them.
Most spirit beasts would pay any price for a drop of immortal liquid a day.
Seeing how excited Big Yellow was, Ou Yangming felt rather guilty.
‘If Big Yellow finds out that I’ll be getting a drop of concentrated immortal liquid, what will it think?’
Ou Yangming did not tell the big yellow the truth, but he decided that he would not disappoint it if he distributed the resources in the future.
Big Yellow twitched its nose hard and continued to look for new spiritual herbs.
After it was promised that it would be given a drop of immortal liquid every day, it became so exhilarated that its eyes reddened, and it was eager to find more spiritual herbs.
Needless to say, spiritual herbs were harder to find than poisonous pills. It would be difficult to find 2 spiritual herbs that coexist in an area, thus Big Yellow became thrilled again after they went hundreds of meters away.
Big Yellow sped up instantly after it picked up the smell of another spiritual herb, and it moved faster than before.
When it finally stopped and looked ahead, Ou Yangming spotted a nearly 9-meter-long python coiling around a big tree.
The big tree was also incredibly firm. It was being coiled around by the giant python, but it grew straight at tall without tilting at all.
There was a faint energy fluctuation around the big tree. It was a combination of fluctuations; apart from the aura released by the giant python, there were also energies from the tree.
“Spiritual… Herb?” Ou Yangming’s mouth twitched. It turned out that the huge tree was a spiritual herb.
Mm, this was definitely the largest spiritual herb that he had seen so far.
“Woof…” Big Yellow barked and cast a hostile look at the giant python on the tree.
The giant python glanced lazily at Big Yellow, then it kept shifting its gaze between the big yellow dog and Ou Yangming. It was slow, but it was evident that it was carefully scanning with its sinister eyes.
Big Yellow barked again, then it leaped up and swung its claws at the giant python.
“Ding…”
The sound of metals clashing was heard when Big Yellow hit the giant python with its claws. It seemed like the python’s body was not inferior to the big yellow dog’s armor at all in terms of toughness.
Even though the giant python was not hurt from the hit, it was clearly infuriated. It glided down the tree like flowing water, then it zoomed toward Big Yellow. The big yellow dog flashed and evaded at lightning speed.
In terms of speed only, Big Yellow was lacking as compared to the small spirit beast from before, but it was much faster than this giant python.
Once the giant python demonstrated its power, it crept around like a monster. Ou Yangming, who was observing the fight from a distance away, was shocked by its immense power.
Whether it was the small spirit beast’s quickness or the giant python’s power, they gave Ou Yangming a deeper understanding of how formidable the spirit beasts here were. In the aspect of absolute strength, the spirit beasts here were probably superior to the ones on the 10,000 Beasts Ridge.
Big Yellow could only remain undefeated from the continuous encounters because it had advanced by leaps and bounds.
Ou Yangming did not intend to help Big Yellow in its fight against the giant python. Of course, as he supervised the fight, he would not stand by idly if the big yellow dog’s life was being threatened.
He might be considered shameless for bullying the giant python with Big Yellow, but he would not hesitate and be pedantic during a life-or-death situation.
“Woof…” Big Yellow barked all of a sudden, causing it to slow down a little.
The giant python’s eyes glowed, and it eagerly caught up to Big Yellow and coiled around it. This was a serpent’s best trick, where living beings that were coiled by them would simply be killed.
Ou Yangming twitched his mouth but instead of releasing the magic art that he had gathered, he dispersed the power.
This was because he perceived Big Yellow’s intention. The big yellow dog was obviously doing this on purpose, and if the python was not anxious about gaining victory, it would not have been tricked so easily.
Nevertheless, it was in a python’s nature to strangle their opponents. Even if it saw through Big Yellow’s plan, it might have still done the same.
The python coiled itself around Big Yellow’s body in a split second. Big Yellow, which was wearing its armor, could not help but stick out its tongue as though it was out of breath and was going to be suffocated to death.
Who knew, from seeming like it was in a disadvantageous spot and would be killed at any time, Big Yellow suddenly roared.
Following that, its body expanded.
Big Yellow’s body did not merely expand; along with the expansion, its combat power underwent an unparalleled increase. In particular, in terms of strength, it seemed to have become an ancient monster, and it had an unimaginable upper hand against the python.
“Pow…”
It took almost an instant for the python’s massive body to be ripped into pieces.
The python was in terrible luck. It could have choked Big Yellow to its death if they met before the big yellow dog devoured the insect king’s inner core. However, Big Yellow had undergone an unusual change, where it could release powers several times greater especially when its body enlarged.
When the python exerted all its force to strangle Big Yellow and suddenly faced the frightening tension, before it could even think about relaxing its body, it was already killed by the queer force.
Snakes had long life forces, so the python was still alive and kicking after being ripped into sections. Its head even did its best to bite Big Yellow’s body as it wanted to perish together with it.
Unfortunately, Big Yellow’s armor was made whole-heartedly by Ou Yangming, and it could not be broken by the python.
Big Yellow scoffed. Without warning, a stone awl emerged from the ground and penetrated the python’s head, causing it to be hung in mid-air.
Ou Yangming shook his head slightly. He simply went around the battlefield and withdrew his saber to uproot the tree, then he sent it into the Long Feather Band.
Inside the vast space, the lazy turtle happened to be stretching its head. It was delighted to see the Parasitic Spiritual Flower being planted on its back.
While the flower leeched off others for nourishments, it was a priceless treasure to the Turtles.
The Turtles had exceptionally long lives, so they would not mind releasing some powers for Parasitic Spiritual Flowers. After all, they would also gain more benefits through a unique cycle when they cultivated the flowers.
In other words, the more spiritual herbs and flowers they grew, the higher their equivalent ranks. With that, they could constantly grow and advance even if they slept every day.
How wonderful it would be for the Turtles?
Just as the lazy turtle was daydreaming about its beautiful life in the future, something fell from mid-air and hit its head hard.
It was a tough, straight, and bulky object. As it appeared out of the blue, the lazy turtle felt dizzy after being hit.
The lazy turtle looked fierce and was about to rage when it noticed the fallen log through the corners of its eyes.
It no longer had a savage look in its eyes.
The lazy turtle reached out its long mouth and carefully picked up the log from the sea. It could not help but lose its temper after it verified the log’s species.
‘What exactly is that young human fella doing? How could it simply throw such a precious item? This is unforgivable.’
Having said that… It would be willing to be hit by such a treasure every day even if it would hurt.
The lazy turtle planted the log on its shell. After thinking seriously, it opened its mouth and released a magic power to apply a defensive magic art on its shell.
With the layer of defense, the rare treasures on its back would not be damaged even if something else fell from the sky.
Just as it was feeling proud and became sleepy, the sky opened up again, and another object fell like a shooting star.
The lazy turtle tensed up a little. According to its past experiences, it made a subconscious choice.
It extended its neck and used the softest part of its body to catch the falling object.
“Pow…”
When the object hit its neck, it was enveloped by a gentle airflow and was not damaged at all.
The lazy turtle was surprised yet overjoyed after it saw what it was.
Sure enough, it was another spiritual herb. It was not as valuable as the last 2 objects, but it was also a rare one. That said, the spiritual herb was slightly damaged.
The lazy turtle swore by its ancestors’ blood that it was not the one that damaged the spiritual herb.
It figured that Ou Yangming must have accidentally hurt the herb when he collected it. Its heart broke when it sensed the energy that flowed out from the slit, and it almost felt like killing the young fellow.
‘How could he be so careless about handling such a precious treasure? This is unreasonable.
While the lazy turtle lamented and planted the spiritual herb even more carefully, another opening appeared in the sky.
The lazy turtle widened its eyes and shouted internally, ‘What’s going on?’
‘Spiritual herbs and spiritual flowers are usually rare, but why are they all here today?
‘What exactly did that young human do?’
At this point, the lazy turtle was highly-spirited, and its sleepiness from before disappeared.
Its blood boiled as it looked up at the sky, and it was exhilarated like never before.