Astral Cockroach

Xun grass produces seeds similar to wheat ears, but the grains are much smaller, and the quantity per ear is much larger. Banbu carefully counted, a total of 32 grains.

On the second day after setting the strategy, the grass seeds at the lowest end of the ear no longer emitted a halo at night, marking the completion of their maturity.

Acting according to the plan, Banbu did not touch the one mature grass seed, and stopped using the stink bug's odor to set up a defensive circle.

The Rainbow Boa unceremoniously took up residence in front of Banbu's burrow, not in a hurry to devour the mature grass seeds.

A day later, another 3 grass seeds matured successively, but the Rainbow Boa still refused to eat them.

Obviously, it was waiting, waiting for all the grass seeds to mature, and then swallow them in one gulp.

Just like the descriptions in its inherited memories, the Rainbow Boa is a greedy and insatiable beast.

"The more you eat, the more miserable you'll die!"

Banbu cursed fiercely.

Silently squatting at the entrance of the burrow, anxiously waiting.

Unexpectedly, in the dark of night, a black-gray figure suddenly darted out, pouncing towards the Rainbow Boa without warning.

A cat?

The sudden outbreak of fighting caught Banbu, who was secretly watching, somewhat off guard.

A marbled cat.

According to its inherited memories, Banbu recognized the sudden attacker.

The situation of the battle completely tilted to one side. The petite marbled cat arched its back and raised its tail, revealing a ferocious look. Its movements were as fast as lightning, and its sharp claws constantly left bloody scratch marks on the Rainbow Boa.

Compared to the Rainbow Boa's large size, the marbled cat was completely a big, clumsy fool. Coiled into a circle, it shrank its head, lying there like a sandbag taking a beating. It wasn't that it didn't want to fight back, but the opponent's movements were too fast, making it impossible to lock onto the target.

The one-sided beating stopped after a while.

The marbled cat finished its entire set of punches, probably a little tired, retreated to a safe position, and vigilantly stared at the Rainbow Boa, which was covered in scratches.

The Rainbow Boa shrank its head, motionless, seemingly dead or alive.

The marbled cat dared not relax in the slightest. After resting for a moment, it began to circle around the Rainbow Boa, as if looking for a fatal weakness.

Banbu witnessed the entire process and suddenly understood that the Rainbow Boa's skin was thick and its flesh was tough. The marbled cat's seemingly fierce attacks were actually just superficial wounds that didn't hurt or itch.

Conversely, once the Rainbow Boa attacked and landed a hit, then the marbled cat would inevitably lose its life.

The marbled cat was an experienced hunter, clearly understanding the key to this, so it suddenly stopped and changed its tactics, pacing around the Rainbow Boa. After a dozen laps, seeing that the opponent still didn't show its head and couldn't find any other weak points, it finally lost its patience and suddenly pounced forward, biting the exposed snake tail.

The snake tail was like bait, or a locator.

The coiled Rainbow Boa suddenly stretched out its head, its entire body shot out straight like an arrow released from a bow, opening its upper jaw and biting towards the marbled cat.

But the marbled cat was not careless, it was a premeditated tease. Its taut body suddenly bounced, leaping up high, dodging the fatal attack sideways, while simultaneously waving its claws, attempting to claw at the Rainbow Boa's seven inches of the neck, but unfortunately, it was a little slow and failed to hit.

This time, the marbled cat put all its strength into its attack, leaving 3 deep, bloody scratch marks on the snake's abdomen and back.

Banbu watched in amazement, realizing that the primitive battles of natural creatures could also be so wonderful.

The agile but physically weak marbled cat, the strong but clumsy Rainbow Boa, snake and cat, each with their own strengths, not only fighting bravely, but also fighting with wits, both trying to exploit their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, giving their opponent a fatal blow.

The Rainbow Boa quickly coiled its body up, assuming a defensive posture.

The marbled cat continued to circle around the Rainbow Boa, not in a hurry to attack, wearing down its patience.

The Rainbow Boa shrank into a circle, refusing to show its head.

Banbu noticed that the wounds on the Rainbow Boa's broken scales quickly dried up after the blood seeped out, without wasting a drop of blood. The powerful healing ability seemed to be a necessary skill for all cold-blooded animals.

It was already possible to initially judge the outcome of this battle.

Competing in patience? Cold-blooded animals are often better at it.

The Rainbow Boa lay in front of the Xun grass life seed for two whole days, without moving an inch.

But the marbled cat couldn't do that. After circling a dozen times, it couldn't help but try to tease it again, repeating its old trick, suddenly pouncing forward and biting the Rainbow Boa's exposed tail.

In a battle between experts, the most taboo thing is using the same trick a second time.

This time the Rainbow Boa was prepared. At the moment the marbled cat bit its tail, it suddenly pulled back, like fishing, dragging the marbled cat towards it. At the same time, it raised its head high, opened its jaws wide, standing still, but not attacking immediately.

The marbled cat was pulled off balance, jumping in panic. At the moment of leaping into the air, the Rainbow Boa's raised head locked onto it, and then it attacked like lightning.

"Wah..."

The marbled cat let out a miserable cry like a baby's wail.

The Rainbow Boa bit the marbled cat, its body quickly contracting, coiling and strangling.

Banbu, who was hiding at the entrance of the nest, vaguely heard the "crackling" sound of bones being crushed by immense force.

The battle ended.

The Rainbow Boa swallowed the marbled cat with some difficulty, and its abdomen swelled up as a result.

A rare full meal.

A medium-sized mammal could not only recover the losses from the battle, but also provide sufficient nutrients for growth.

However, the victory of the dangerous fight made it lose its vigilance.

It was careless, eating itself too full.

Its swollen abdomen made it difficult for its body to curl and coil, and it could only lie flat, making its movements slow.

Seeing the scene in front of it, Banbu's heart bloomed with joy.

"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, no, it's the python catching the cat, and the cockroach behind."

How could the Rainbow Boa have imagined that the tiny cockroach, hiding in the burrow and not daring to come out, would dare to attack it?

Banbu circled the black boulder a large circle, went behind the Rainbow Boa, quietly approached, and then suddenly flapped its wings and flew, landing on its three-inch neck.

All six limbs exerted force at the same time, the four hind legs gripped firmly, clinging tightly, and the two forelegs with sharp toe tips cut horizontally.

One toe went down, breaking the snake scales, sliding back forcefully, cutting open the muscles, then exerting force to cut horizontally again, all the muscles were cut open, touching the snake bone, damaging the nerves...

The Rainbow Boa felt the pain, shaking violently and rolling over, but its swollen abdomen seriously hindered its movements.

The wound width was too small to be fatal, Banbu was not in a hurry at all, the front claws toe tips embedded in the muscles, stabilizing its body, letting it struggle and roll.

After struggling for a while, the Rainbow Boa ran out of strength and stopped.

Banbu then began to cut, expanding the length of the wound.

The Rainbow Boa felt that something was wrong and struggled desperately.

Banbu stopped in time, giving priority to ensuring that it would not be shaken off.

A large amount of bright red blood flowed out along the wound, and the violent struggle accelerated the heartbeat, also making the cold-blooded animal's ability to heal wounds ineffective, and the injury became serious.

The Rainbow Boa quickly weakened. This time it was not the exhaustion caused by the violent struggle, but the fatal weakness of excessive blood loss.

Unwilling to die, it began to crawl towards the pool where it lived.

Banbu immediately waved its forelegs, continuing to cut and expand the wound.

Soon, half of the snake's neck was cut open, the muscles rolled up, and blood flowed horizontally. The Rainbow Boa's brain seemed to have lost control of its body, suddenly stopping its winding movement, slowly curling up, its tail instinctively swinging left and right, its jaws opening 180 degrees, seemingly unwilling to die, wanting to bite the despicable attacker.