Human-faced Dead Leaf Snake

Inside the misty forest, Su Yuan trudged through the soft, thick fallen leaves, gazing at the lush canopy of trees above, where sunlight could not penetrate, remaining highly vigilant.

Due to the fog and heavy foliage, even though it was the time of day with the brightest sunlight, visibility in the misty forest was still somewhat dim.

A gentle breeze rustled the leaves, bringing a refreshing coolness.

"Xiao Xuan, come out!"

Upon entering the Misty Forest, Su Yuan did not hesitate at all. With a thought, he summoned Xiao Xuan, which had been stored in the Beast Taming Bracelet, to protect himself.

In this world, only after becoming a Lord-level Beast Tamer can a Beast Tamer have the ability to open up a Beast Taming Space within their body.

Prior to this, beast tamers generally used beast taming bracelets as the dwelling place for their tamed beasts.

In this world, the Beast Taming Bracelet is equivalent to the Poké Ball in the Pokémon world.

No matter how large the beast is, it can be taken in, but each beast-taming bracelet can only hold one beast.

Moreover, besides collecting tamed beasts, the beast-taming bracelet has no other function of storing other items, making it far less practical than the beast-taming space of a beast tamer.

If a Beast Tamer has a large number of beasts and has not yet become a Lord-level Beast Tamer to open up the beast taming space within their body, then they can only buy more Beast Taming Bracelets to carry with them.

As Su Yuan summoned, Xiao Xuan flew out of the beast-taming bracelet and landed with a thud on the fallen leaves next to Su Yuan.

Xiao Xuan's level has reached the ordinary seventh rank, and the true form of the Xuan Water Turtle has grown to more than six meters long.

However, Xiao Xuan is still in disguise, appearing next to Su Yuan in the form of an ordinary Blastoise.

However, at Su Yuan's request, Xiao Xuan is now disguised as an ordinary fourth-tier water turtle, and its size has changed from the size of a soccer ball when it first hatched to the size of a millstone.

Its size is exactly what a typical Tier 4 Blastoise should be, making it impossible to spot any flaws.

With Xiao Xuan by his side as a protective force, Su Yuan felt much more at ease.

"Let's go."

After summoning Xiao Xuan, Su Yuan spoke softly to Xiao Xuan, and then the two of them walked deeper into the Misty Forest.

rustling... rustling...

The two walked on the thick layer of fallen leaves, inevitably making noise along the way.

Such a sound could easily attract ferocious beasts from the vicinity.

It was Su Yuan's first time in the wilderness, so he was very cautious and moved very slowly.

Su Yuan and Xiao Xuan walked forward for about fifteen minutes, and only covered half a kilometer.

Suddenly, Xiao Xuan, who was following Su Yuan, darted out and rushed in front of Su Yuan. He quickly condensed a water column and shot it towards the open space not far away.

Whoosh!

The water jet struck a patch of dead leaves and branches five meters away, and the powerful impact instantly shattered all the fallen leaves and broken branches.

A clearing was created in an instant.

Only then did Su Yuan understand why Xiao Xuan had suddenly made a move.

Under the impact of Xiao Xuan's water gun, the ferocious beast hiding among a pile of withered branches and leaves had nowhere to hide and revealed its true form.

This is a ferocious snake-like beast with patterns resembling a human face under its head. Its withered yellow snake body is almost indistinguishable from the surrounding fallen leaves.

This nearly five-meter-long serpentine beast, coiled on the ground with its body taut and ready to attack, had almost perfectly concealed itself with the help of the surrounding fallen leaves, making it nearly impossible to spot with the naked eye.

Human-faced dead leaf snake

Species: Snakes/Venomous

Quality: Excellent (1 star)

Level: Common Tier 3

Status: Angry

Skill: Poison Injection

Number of evolutions: 0

Evolvable scheme: 2

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"It's a human-faced dead leaf snake!"

"Thank goodness for Xiao Xuan, otherwise I wouldn't have noticed this guy at all!"

When Su Yuan focused his attention on the human-faced withered leaf snake five meters away, he noticed the information appearing above it and couldn't help but feel a little scared.

This human-faced dead leaf snake was on Su Yuan's path and had almost completely blended into its surroundings.

If it weren't for Xiao Xuan's presence, Su Yuan would have been subjected to a thunderous sneak attack the moment he entered the attack range of the human-faced withered leaf snake.

Although Su Yuan now possesses the physical attributes to fight against ordinary fifth-tier ferocious beasts thanks to Xiao Xuan's energy feedback.

However, the most powerful weapon of the human-faced dead leaf snake is the venom contained in its fangs.

A typical Tier 3 Human-Faced Dead Leaf Serpent possesses venom powerful enough to pose a fatal threat to enemies three or four tiers higher than itself.

If Su Yuan were bitten by this human-faced dead leaf snake, even if he could kill it, he would have to use a signal gun to send out a distress signal and withdraw from the combat training to seek treatment.

"Xiao Xuan, well done!"

"Let's keep going and use the water gun to take down this human-faced dead leaf snake in one go!"

Upon discovering the human-faced dead leaf snake, Su Yuan took a deep breath and issued a battle command to Xiao Xuan.

When facing the highly venomous Human-faced Leaf Snake, the safest approach is to use ranged attacks to kill it, rendering its venom ineffective.

Whoosh!Whoosh!

Upon hearing Su Yuan's command, Xiao Xuan nodded, and a dense energy rapidly gathered above his head.

Almost instantly, an even thicker column of water condensed.

The next moment, the water jet shot towards the human-faced dead leaf snake that had stood up one-third of its body.

Its speed was so fast that the human-faced dead leaf snake had no chance to dodge.

boom! ! !

Xiao Xuan has already reached the ordinary seventh rank level, and is even a high-quality beast tamer of the excellent nine stars.

Even without unleashing the full power of the water gun attack, this jet of water instantly killed the human-faced dead leaf snake five meters in front of it.

The thick jet of water slammed into the head of the human-faced dead leaf snake, shattering its entire head.

After losing its head, the human-faced dead leaf snake's body went limp, and its previously upright upper body collapsed to the ground, beyond dead.

At the same time, a gray crystal core the size of a peanut fell to the ground.

"It's a ferocious beast's crystal core! Little Xuan, it seems we're in luck!"

The sharp-eyed Su Yuan immediately spotted the gray crystal core, a look of surprise flashing across his face. He then smiled and said to Xiao Xuan.

The strength levels of ferocious beasts are divided into nine major realms: Ordinary, Awakened, Extraordinary, Commander, Lord, King, Emperor, and Saint. Each major realm is further divided into nine ranks.

Under normal circumstances, only ferocious beasts with the strength of ordinary fifth rank or above can condense crystal cores with 100% success rate.

Ordinary ferocious beasts below the fifth rank have an extremely low probability of condensing an energy crystal core.

The human-faced withered leaf snake that Xiao Xuan killed was only a regular third-tier snake, making it almost impossible for it to condense a crystal core.

That's why Su Yuan was so surprised.

Whoosh!Whoosh!

Xiao Xuan was very pleased with Su Yuan's praise. After hearing Su Yuan's words, it immediately nodded and hummed to Su Yuan, and a feeling of joy also entered Su Yuan's mind.

"Let's go, let's keep up the good work. We can keep all the loot from the ferocious beasts we kill in this Misty Forest combat training."

"After this combat training is over, we'll sell the unused crystal cores and use the money to buy you high-grade beast fodder!"

Su Yuan sensed Xiao Xuan's joy and smiled as he spoke to Xiao Xuan.

He then led Xiao Xuan forward, picked up the crystal core of the human-faced withered leaf snake, and put it in his pocket.

The man and the beast continued to venture deeper into the misty forest.