Green Monster Epic

The venom in the forest python's stomach seemed endless. Allen had to avoid the snake's tail attacks while also being wary of the venom raining down from above. The ground, the grass, and the huge tree trunks that took several people to encircle were all covered in pits left by the venom's corrosion, even dyeing the original hazy mist a grassy green.

After inhaling another mouthful of the foul-smelling venomous mist, Allen felt it corroding his internal organs, indicating that the antidote he had drunk earlier had lost its effectiveness. Just as he was preparing to take out another vial of potion and gulp it down, the venomous python in the air suddenly began to thrash violently, its body, tens of meters long and wrapped around the tree trunk, contorting into a ball, as if it had suffered a tremendous injury.

At this moment, Allen began to climb upwards, knowing that Saru, the Shadow Warrior, must have succeeded. Although he didn't know where his teammate was, Allen also understood that he should seize the opportunity created by his teammate to launch a fatal attack on the enemy before him.

A tree trunk tens of meters high was nothing more than a few breaths for Allen. When he climbed to a tree trunk adjacent to the one the giant python was wrapped around, he suddenly sensed the presence of something foreign beside him. Just as he was about to swing his sword, a familiar voice came: "Don't move, it's me."

Immediately, Saru's figure appeared beside Allen, and together they watched the giant python, which was still writhing in the faint mist.

"When the giant python attacked you just now, I pierced its pair of eyeballs."

Saru spoke lightly, but Allen knew that this required great courage and the ability to seize the opportunity.

"Let's not go over there for now, lest this guy hurts us when it goes crazy."

Saru stopped Allen's movements, calmly waiting for the giant python to calm down.

However, Allen and Saru clearly underestimated their opponent's strength. Just when they thought their opponent had lost its fighting power, the giant python's slender, twisting body had already quietly crept over at some unknown time. As the tree trunk they were standing on shook violently, causing them to lose their balance, the giant python's head, which had been so well protected, suddenly opened its mouth and bit down directly.

The four long fangs between its upper and lower jaws were comparable to the daggers in Saru's hands, emitting a fishy stench, while several drops of verdant venom surged on the tips of the teeth. Allen's vision went dark, and knowing that things were bad, he steeled his heart and simply stopped dodging. He retracted the heavy sword in his hand and slashed straight out in one go, then, with an unstoppable momentum, plunged it directly into the python's open mouth, which was even thicker than his waist.

The Three-Layer Force was the core essence of Allen's new move, Three Swords as One. The sword move, which seemed to have only the power of one sword, actually contained three layers of force superimposed like waves. When the first wave of force was exhausted and about to stop, the crest of the second wave would bite the tail of the first layer of force, superimposing the two to exert even greater power. And when the second layer of force was about to weaken, the third layer of force would follow up again, finally unleashing the strongest wave of power.

When Allen's heavy sword slashed fiercely into the most resilient basilar bone in the giant python's oral cavity, the Three Swords as One sword force burst out directly. Accompanied by a crisp cracking sound, Allen actually penetrated the giant python's snake head, emerging from the back of its throat and tongue. However, at the first moment of protruding from the snake's head, Allen, as if possessed, vigorously waved his body, while tearing at the leather armor on his body, which was covered with corrosive venom shot out by the snake's teeth.

The giant python finally lost its vitality, its long snake body like a long rope without a backbone, slowly sliding down from the tree trunk. At this time, Saru, who had just used Shadow Leap to dodge the giant python's sneak attack, reappeared, saying apologetically: "I forgot that snakes, in addition to their eyes, can also use their snake heads to sense the temperature of surrounding animals…"

Allen only glanced at Saru, and then made no other movements. He carefully picked off the flesh on his body that had been corroded by the venom with a dagger, and then, after gulping down a bottle of healing potion, he saw that the bleeding gradually stopped. The bear goblin's recovery power, combined with the healing potion, ultimately prevented Allen's injuries from worsening.

"Wow, if we can take this python's entire skin out, we'll really make a fortune!!"

The dense layer of scales on the forest python's exterior could directly face Allen's heavy sword strikes, and its defensive power was naturally self-evident. Even without Saru's reminder, Allen knew its value.

"Everything else on this python belongs to you, but this skin has to belong to me!"

Allen's words completed the division of items. Saru wanted to argue a few words, but seeing Allen's serious and earnest eyes, he finally gave up dejectedly. Fortunately, this kind of distribution wasn't too disadvantageous to Saru, and the volume and weight of the giant python's skin, once it was scraped off, would really be a big burden, making it almost impossible for Allen to move lightly next.

Scraping off the outer skin of a giant python alone took Saru and Allen three hours. After all the spoils were collected, the pile of snake skin in front of Allen was more than a meter wide, and its height had reached his waist, with a weight of more than 200 pounds.

Allen lifted the thick snake skin with one hand and weighed it, and then said something that made Saru a little collapse.

"Let's get out of the forest first and find a place to bury this python skin!!"

"I said, big brother, we're already four days late. Who knows if the relic passage has already opened, or when it will close?"

Saru almost pleaded as he looked Allen in the eye, but seeing Allen's unwavering eyes and attitude, Saru knew that there was no room for negotiation on this matter. The only thing that made Saru a little gratified was that they had only been in the forest for half a day, so even if they wasted a little time, it wouldn't really delay them too much.

One round trip took another day. This time, Saru was considered smart. He and Allen once again made three rules, vowing never to enter or leave the forest again because of spoils or other reasons until their relic journey was over.

In this way, the two of them spent five days wandering around in the forest, constantly groping towards the central area of the forest. During these few days, Allen and Saru encountered several more strange magical beasts. They either cooperated to kill them, dividing up the useful parts of the magical beasts, or were no match for the other party's strength, fleeing in embarrassment into the deeper parts of the forest until the pursuers behind them no longer chased after them.

"Shh!!"

A intermittent cry suddenly came from the mist, interspersed with fierce fighting. After Saru silenced Allen, the two of them sneaked towards the direction the sound came from like ghosts.

When they reached the vicinity of the direction the sound came from, Allen only heard 3-4 people speaking in Common, while seemingly fighting with a powerful magical beast.

"Let's go."

After hearing the voice clearly, Saru suddenly said softly to Allen with a low mood, and then turned to leave.

"What's wrong, are they people you know?"

Seeing the other party's expression, Allen asked curiously.

"They are my previous teammates."

Saru was heartbroken. Years of friendship had suddenly been betrayed. Now that he suddenly encountered the other party, Saru really didn't know how to face them.

Allen looked at Saru, said nothing more, but picked up the heavy sword and walked towards the source of the sound.