Chapter 90: Battle Between Dragon and Tiger (Part 2)
“Could it be dead?”
Tong Dongjie couldn't hold himself back any longer and lowered his voice.
“Uncle Jing, didn't you say that three inches below the head is where the cervical spine is? Could that leopard have snapped the giant python's cervical spine?”
The giant python's enormous body lay motionless on the ground. Blood was still slowly seeping from the deep claw wounds beneath its head, each of which was twenty to thirty centimeters long.
Tong Dongjie felt that even with the giant python's incredible vitality, injuries like these would still be fatal. It might already be dead.
If so, the creature they needed to guard against now was that leopard-like creature.
That thing was simply too fast. Human eyes couldn't even keep up with it.
If it attacked them, he doubted any of them could withstand it.
“Don't rush. Let's wait and see. If it's truly a supernatural creature, it won't die that easily.”
Jing Shizhen shook his head.
They were far enough away that speaking in low voices wasn't a problem. As long as the giant python couldn't sense the heat from their bodies, they were safe.
Time passed second by second.
Su Xiaofan and the others soon noticed that the bleeding from the wound beneath the giant python's head had stopped.
The creature really wasn't dead.
In fact, its injuries were already beginning to heal.
“It moved.”
Suddenly, the giant python's body on the ground trembled.
Its enormous body slowly began to move, heading toward the well it had emerged from.
“This guy is trying to escape!”
The others immediately understood what the giant python was trying to do.
In such an open space, the giant python was definitely no match for that leopard-like creature.
Its enormous size, which should have been an advantage, was actually a weakness here. A python that specialized in constriction couldn't even get its body wrapped around its opponent.
“The leopard is coming out too.”
As the giant python moved, the leopard-like creature began moving as well, leaving several more claw marks across the python's body.
This time, however, the giant python didn't roll around wildly or attempt to defend itself.
Its wide-open jaws merely protected its head and other vital areas. It made no effort whatsoever to defend the rest of its body from the attacks.
Su Xiaofan and the others could all tell that the giant python had only one thing on its mind now:
Get back into the well.
But because of its earlier rolling, it was still more than ten meters from the well.
Over that short distance, the giant python endured seven or eight attacks from the leopard.
“If this thing gets back into the well, none of us will be able to do anything to it.”
Seeing what the giant python was doing, Jing Shizhen couldn't help frowning.
The mouth of the well didn't look particularly large, but something this enormous could hide inside it.
Who knew whether the well connected to some underground river?
If that were the case, once the giant python crawled inside, even blowing up the well wouldn't hurt it.
Leaving such a menace here would be troublesome.
Even if Jing Shizhen managed to resolve the problem with the spatial rift, Tong Dongjie's plans for a resort would be out of the question.
Who knew when this creature might come out again?
At this moment, the giant python's head had already entered the well.
The enormous body still outside was like a living target, and the leopard-like creature was attacking it relentlessly.
However, the python's body was simply too large, and its scales provided a certain degree of protection.
Although the leopard-like creature could inflict huge wounds with every attack, it couldn't actually kill the giant python.
Watching the leopard-like creature repeatedly attack the python, Su Xiaofan couldn't help saying,
“These two definitely have a blood feud. Otherwise, the leopard wouldn't keep going after it like this.”
Jing Shizhen watched the situation below carefully.
The giant python was about to disappear completely into the well, but Jing Shizhen couldn't make up his mind.
He was worried that if they went down there, the leopard-like creature might regard them as enemies as well.
Just as Jing Shizhen was hesitating, the situation below suddenly changed.
The giant python's head had seemingly already entered the well.
But suddenly, it shot back out.
Its jaws opened wide as it twisted around and lunged toward the leopard-like creature, which was clinging to the area around its seven-inch point.
The giant python's movement was sudden and extremely fast.
However, compared with the leopard, it was still too slow.
The instant the python's head shot back out, the leopard had already reacted.
It sprang away and raced toward a large tree more than ten meters away.
But something unexpected happened.
The giant python's tail, which had been hanging limply on the ground the entire time, suddenly whipped out, completely blocking the leopard's escape route.
“Yow!”
The careless leopard was struck directly by the tail.
It let out a miserable cry as its body was sent flying more than ten meters before crashing heavily into a large tree.
“Holy crap! This giant python is too cunning!”
Everyone on the slope was stunned.
They had thought the giant python had given up resisting, but it had suddenly launched such a deadly counterattack.
The leopard-like creature had extremely powerful attacks, but its defenses were another matter entirely.
When the python's tail slammed into its body, Su Xiaofan, who was forty or fifty meters away, could still hear the sound of bones breaking.
“They're both badly injured!”
Jing Shizhen's eyes immediately lit up.
“Xiaofan, get down there! Attack the giant python three inches below its head!”
As he spoke, Jing Shizhen had already leaped into action.
He jumped directly down from the tall slope.
“He's actually jumping from that height?”
Su Xiaofan looked at the height of the slope and pulled back the leg he had just extended.
Are you kidding?
It was more than twenty meters high, roughly the height of a seven- or eight-story building.
Going around would definitely take too long.
So Su Xiaofan simply sat down on the vine-covered slope and slid down.
Although he wasn't as fast as his master, it was definitely faster than taking the long way around.
By the time Su Xiaofan reached the ruined courtyard, Jing Shizhen was already engaged in battle with the giant python.
Calling it a battle was giving Uncle Jing too much credit.
In reality, Jing Shizhen was relying on his nimble movements to continuously dodge the giant python's attacks.
The giant python's movements were actually quite fast as well.
Despite its enormous size, it wasn't clumsy in the slightest.
However, after being attacked by the leopard-like creature for so long, its massive body was covered in wounds.
Several of those injuries seemed to have reached its bones, affecting its movements.
Jing Shizhen was extremely cautious.
Not only did he have to guard against the python's snapping jaws, he also had to keep an eye on its tail.
The leopard from earlier was a perfect example.
One careless move and the python could counterattack and kill him.
“Can this really kill the giant python?”
When Su Xiaofan got closer, he couldn't help feeling speechless.
Unarmed, Uncle Jing was currently completely on the defensive and had no opportunity to counterattack.
Su Xiaofan didn't think that even with him joining the fight, they would necessarily be able to kill the giant python.
But thinking was one thing.
They still had to fight.
Su Xiaofan had never backed down from a fight with another person, so naturally he wasn't afraid of this beast either.
Seeing the giant python locked in combat with his master, Su Xiaofan quietly approached to within more than ten meters of them.
He raised his right palm.
A Palm Thunder instantly shot out.
Bang!
The Palm Thunder struck the area beneath the giant python's head.
The giant python had been preparing to bite Jing Shizhen, but the Palm Thunder caused its head to jerk to a stop.
However, that was the extent of the damage Su Xiaofan managed to inflict.
“Master, this thing isn't afraid of energy attacks!”
Su Xiaofan shouted.
His Palm Thunder was powerful enough to blast through a solid wooden door, yet when it struck the giant python, it couldn't even break a single scale.
“Hey! Playing dirty, huh?”
Su Xiaofan was preparing to launch another attack when he suddenly felt the wind shift beside him.
He immediately retreated.
At the exact moment he moved away, the giant python's tail swept past in front of him with a foul, fishy gust.
“Keep attacking it and draw its attention. Just watch out for yourself.”
Jing Shizhen didn't seem to be planning something, but he continued circling around the giant python.
“Can I really do this with these skinny arms and legs?”
Su Xiaofan felt that his master was giving him a little too much credit.
He had been the one to suggest killing the python in the first place, but surely young people were allowed to be a little reckless, right?
Now that things had come to this, there was no way for Su Xiaofan to retreat.
He could only fire two more Palm Thunders in succession, striking the giant python's body.
To be honest, if he had been able to aim properly, Su Xiaofan could still have targeted the area beneath the python's head.
But with the python's tail constantly harassing him, his Palm Thunder attacks had little accuracy.
Fortunately, by coincidence, his second Palm Thunder struck directly into one of the python's existing wounds.
A spray of blood burst out.
The giant python's enormous body trembled involuntarily.
This successfully turned Su Xiaofan into the group's “tank,” completely drawing the giant python's aggro.
Its body twisted across the ground, and its huge jaws immediately lunged toward Su Xiaofan.
“Master, I can't block this!”
Su Xiaofan didn't possess Jing Shizhen's graceful footwork.
He could only perform a clumsy backward roll to dodge the attack.
The broken stones on the ground were kicked up by the python's tail and shot toward Su Xiaofan like bullets.
They struck his body, making him grimace in pain.
“This thing is trying to constrict me!”
Seeing the giant python's body curling around him in a circle, Su Xiaofan hurriedly retreated.
At the same time, he continuously fired Palm Thunders at the python's body.
At this point, he no longer cared about the three-inch or seven-inch target.
He simply aimed for the python's existing wounds.
He couldn't break through the defense of the python's scales, but when his attacks struck exposed flesh, Su Xiaofan's Palm Thunder still had some power.
Every strike caused the python's body to stiffen for a brief moment.
Although the effect lasted only an instant, it was enough for Su Xiaofan to barely escape the python's attacks.
For the moment, he hadn't been injured.
“Master, I can't keep going! I'm running out of true qi!”
After firing another Palm Thunder, Su Xiaofan felt that the true qi in his dantian was almost completely depleted.
He could fire Palm Thunder instantly, but he still needed true qi to do it.
Otherwise, what he fired wouldn't be Palm Thunder anymore.
It would be nothing more than a fart from his palm.
“Damn, I got careless! This thing isn't a water snake!”
With his true qi nearly exhausted, Su Xiaofan's movements slowed considerably.
His foot caught on a stone, and he failed to dodge the python's sweeping tail.
He only had time to raise his arm in front of his chest.
Then he felt an enormous force slam into him.
His body was sent flying backward.
At the same time, he heard a sharp crack.
Su Xiaofan immediately knew that his arm was probably broken.
When pythons attacked humans, they rarely relied on biting.
As the giant python's tail sent Su Xiaofan flying, its enormous body had already coiled around him.
“I'm supposed to be the tank! Where the hell did my master's damage output go?”
Su Xiaofan was on the verge of tears.
His body was still in midair when the giant python's body wrapped around him.
An utterly irresistible force pulled him toward the python's head.
Damn it!
(End of Chapter)
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