Dragon's Origin

Chapter 26: There's More?

Anyone would be startled by such a loud noise in a moment of despair, especially when a thirty-meter-long Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent is staring at you menacingly, ready to strike, less than ten meters away.

Song Yan and Old Man Song were not just startled; they were shocked.

It wasn't just the sound; the sound itself wasn't that loud. The M200 isn't as earth-shattering as the M82; at most, it's just a bit surprising when heard unexpectedly.

What truly shocked them was the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent. Both of them had been staring at the serpent's eyes, because the eyes of a demon beast usually reveal when it's about to attack. Although they were at their wits' end, they could still inflict some minor damage on the serpent if they fought desperately.

It was because they were staring at the serpent's eyes that they clearly saw the changes happening to it. Specifically, the changes happening to its eyes.

Simultaneous with the sound, the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent's massive right eye suddenly burst open without any warning. Strictly speaking, the serpent's eye burst first, and then they heard the sound. However, because the change was so astonishing, they could hardly distinguish the order in which things happened.

The Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent hissed with extreme shrillness, its front half rearing up, raising its several-meter-long body high into the air before writhing in pain a couple of times.

Bang, another sound. This time, it was the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent's left eye that burst open. But this time, the serpent didn't make any sound. Its raised body, along with its head, fell heavily from the air, crashing onto the open space in the valley not far in front of Song Yan and Old Man Song.

The entire body of the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent began to twist and thrash erratically, slamming against the valley floor and leaving behind chaotic and deep marks. After thrashing for a while, the serpent began to convulse, the convulsions gradually stopped, and then everything returned to silence, leaving only the dumbfounded Song Yan and Old Man Song and the motionless corpse of the serpent in the valley.

Wang Sheng was afraid that the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent might still have some tricks up its sleeve, so he held back from attacking. It wasn't until the serpent was about to attack Song Yan and Old Man Song that Wang Sheng calmly pulled the trigger.

The scales of the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent were thick and hard enough that Wang Sheng didn't dare to be careless, even with armor-piercing bullets. This was a matter of life and death; if the timing was off, Song Yan and Old Man Song would lose their lives.

Although the seven-inch spot was fatal, Wang Sheng thought that the serpent's seven-inch area was too thick. Besides, even a shot to the heart might not kill it immediately. Wang Sheng didn't dare to take the risk, so he chose the head.

The serpent's head was also covered with scales, except for the mouth and eyes. Wang Sheng chose the eyes, aiming directly at the brain. One shot wasn't enough, so Wang Sheng fired two.

The sniper rifle had been specially modified before leaving Earth to fire armor-piercing bullets. The specially customized, extra-loaded armor-piercing bullets were extremely powerful, capable of penetrating three hundred millimeters of homogeneous steel plate within a kilometer. Although the eyes of the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent were protected by a layer of keratin, it was not enough to withstand the powerful force of these armor-piercing bullets.

Two shots, and the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent, which Song Yan and Old Man Song had been attacking for a full hour without being able to kill, lay stiffly in front of them.

If that wasn't shocking enough, the fact that Wang Sheng had taken down the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent, in its full strength and protected by impenetrable scales, in less than ten breaths, was enough to turn Song Yan and Old Man Song into two stunned statues.

Disbelief, incredulity, impossibility! How could this be? A 'useless person' who Song Yan and Old Man Song had unanimously agreed before departure couldn't help in any way, and was just brought along to participate and cultivate combat camaraderie, had so easily solved the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent that they two had failed to deal with after an hour of combined effort?

Old Man Song didn't believe it. After the shock, he rushed forward to carefully examine the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent.

The Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent was motionless, it should be dead. After inspecting it, Old Man Song confirmed this conclusion: the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent was indeed dead. Moreover, the fatal wounds were clear: the wounds on its two eyes.

One side only had a wound on the eye, while the other side's wound penetrated deep into the brain. Even more exaggerated, it directly pierced through the hard skull, exiting from the other end of the serpent's head, forming a bowl-sized hole. Fresh red blood and snow-white brain matter were gurgling out of that hole.

Old Man Song couldn't believe that this dead serpent was the same Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent that he and Song Yan had been attacking for so long without being able to kill. He wondered if Wang Sheng had secretly replaced it with another one during the molting process. But everything had happened before his eyes, leaving him no choice but to believe it.

The problem was, how was it possible? Old Man Song knocked on the scales of the dead Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent. The scales were frighteningly hard; even after Old Man Song drew his knife and hacked at it many times, he couldn't make a dent. Wang Sheng was still hundreds of meters away; how did he do it?

Before Wang Sheng could come over and reveal the answer to Song Yan and Old Man Song, Old Man Song had already found the source of the binding formation on the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent's head. Beneath a scale in the very center of the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent's head, under the broken skin and flesh, was a complete formation stone.

A formation stone is a stone engraved with a complete formation, waiting only to be activated with spiritual energy. This stone was buried in the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent's head, so that whenever it became enraged, its peak Third Stage strength would easily mobilize spiritual energy and automatically activate the formation.

The problem was, the formation stone couldn't have formed naturally. That meant that everything had been deliberately arranged, to prevent Song Yan and Old Man Song from escaping at a critical moment, ultimately leading to their deaths at the serpent's mouth.

Wang Sheng's footsteps came from afar. Song Yan and Old Man Song raised their heads in unison, watching Wang Sheng slowly walk down the mountain. Song Yan felt a strange and indescribable emotion in her heart.

Wang Sheng was still wearing that set of camouflage clothing, holding that short Tiger Tooth military knife in his hand. The sniper rifle had already been stored in Wang Sheng's storage ring. To this day, Song Yan and Old Man Song still didn't know how Wang Sheng had killed the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent.

Wang Sheng's position had changed when he attacked; it was normal that they couldn't see Wang Sheng's hiding place and weapon. If a veteran ace sniper was easily seen using his weapon, would he still be an ace?

"Be careful!" Song Yan was a bit distracted, but that didn't mean Old Man Song was also distracted. Even though Old Man Song was still in shock, he was still carefully observing. Seeing Wang Sheng's actions, Old Man Song couldn't help but remind the distracted Song Yan.

Wang Sheng wasn't walking very fast; on the contrary, he was walking a bit slowly, and every step he took seemed to be guarding against something. Wang Sheng's gaze was constantly scanning, as if trying to find something abnormal in this empty valley.

Seeing Wang Sheng's actions, Old Man Song also became vigilant. At this moment, Old Man Song realized that there seemed to be a heavy atmosphere in the air, as if something terrible was about to appear, which was very abnormal.

Old Man Song had been immersed in the shock of Wang Sheng easily killing the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent, and he had been a bit negligent. Only now did he realize that something was wrong.

As soon as he entered the valley, Wang Sheng sensed something was wrong. There was a different kind of killing intent here. It was just very faint; someone not as sensitive as Wang Sheng wouldn't be able to detect it. That's why even Old Man Song hadn't noticed it.

Wang Sheng's gaze finally focused on the entrance of the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent's lair. From this direction, the two-story-high entrance was dark and gloomy, like a dark mouth, opening to devour something. The invisible pressure was coming from this entrance.

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"How much do your elders want you dead!" Wang Sheng had already walked in front of Song Yan, naturally reaching out to pull Song Yan behind him, while staring at the entrance and asking, "Arranging such a big snake plus that formation wasn't enough; there's still a backup plan. What kind of heinous things have you done? Even your own family wants you dead?"

Where could Song Yan say anything at this moment? Uncle Old Fish and Wang Sheng were both on guard, and even though she couldn't sense that aura, she knew that something big must have happened. But this Wang Sheng was really foul-mouthed. What did he mean by what kind of heinous things have I done?

"Go!" Wang Sheng leaned back and pushed Song Yan, calling to Old Man Song, "If you don't leave, you won't have to leave!"

All three of them were experienced in combat. Even if they were leaving, they couldn't turn around and run, as facing their backs to the enemy was suicide. Moreover, they couldn't run away at full speed, as that would definitely provoke the enemy in that location. They could only slowly retreat.

Whether it was the death of the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent that suppressed the enemy in that cave, or not, at least he or it didn't immediately rush out and chase after the three. The three were able to safely retreat more than ten steps.

Then, the three knew what they were facing. From the Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent's lair, another, relatively smaller but obviously of the same species, large serpent emerged: a Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent about twenty meters long.

Although it was a third smaller, this Thousand Illusions Poison Serpent gave Wang Sheng a greater sense of oppression than the one he had killed before. Wang Sheng couldn't help but curse, "Old Fish Head, is this the result of your investigation? You saw two snakes as one? Are you blind?"

"This one has never appeared before!" Song Yan was also dumbfounded, but she still explained, "We didn't know there were two."

"Bullshit, can a female snake lay eggs by herself?" Wang Sheng retorted, "There has to be a male snake, right?"

"That's right, this one is a male snake." Old Man Song suddenly interjected, "An early Fourth Stage male snake!"