153 Luckyly in the Maw
Han Li stood in the middle of a clearing, hidden, his face filled with complex emotions, which he quickly cleared away.
Before him, settled inside a small cradle, was a baby; he was crying out loud while all around the baby boy, were foxes. White foxes and all of them seemed to shine in the twilight like the lustrous moon. They appeared strangely ethereal.
None of these foxes were Beasts. They were normal animals. But around the cradle of leaves where laid the baby, they walked around, as if they were protecting the baby. As if they were sentient beings filled with pity at the small lifeform.
Han Li looked at them as the foxes snorted and walked around; everything felt calm; there was no reason for him to waste any time here—only if there was not a Life Type Magical Resource in the baby's hand. Yes, there was a tangerine-like fruit tied to the baby's hand, and with one glance, he knew what it was.
Any other person might have jumped at the chance, saving the kid in the process from the bloodshed around. Han Li would have also done that; he would have returned to his mom's side already. He was feeling anxious now, even though he was pretty sure his mom was safe and that no one could find her in merely 40 minutes that remained till sunset. He didn't like putting it to an off-chance. But no, he didn't move to take the fruit. He stayed still. Just looking at the baby and the cradle, his sense of danger alarmed out crazily. There appeared to be no danger, nothing at all. Yet, his life vision told an entirely different story.
It was the first time he had used Life Vision on a beast like this, and he could feel the lack of a name the thing had. Instead, the feedback he received was the name of its species instead.
[Parasite Bait Snake] [Age: 39 years]
[Current Cultivation: Ordinary Beast—Blood Dao Beast Core.] Rread latest chapters at novelhall.com
[End time cultivation in the first life Premonition: Ordinary Animal]
[End time cultivation in the last Premonition: Beast King, Life Great Dao Beast King Core.]
[Death: (in the last premonition) At age 56 in a battle against another Beast.]
"What a pity," the youth said, his voice airy, "I would've loved to have you guys back home as my pets. What beautiful fur, what moon-like brilliance, but sadly, I have not the power to leave nor the ability to take you away with me. We could have some fun here if you wish, though."
He said with a weird grin and added with an emotional chuckle. "I really love these animals who care for human life, you know? Better than humans, at least."
The wolves looked at him coldly, slowly surrounding him. The youth sighed, "My family was like you, wolves. I used to think of them as mighty, you see. But in the end? When they surrounded me to kill me, I was far too strong for them. Just like now."
He walked forward and suddenly chanted something inaudible. The weight on the wolves seemed to have suddenly doubled, tripled. Magical Power: Weight of Mud!
The youth didn't immediately move to the baby, though, making the hidden Han Li frown in irritation. The youth instead walked towards one of the white wolves and ran his hand through its fur with a weird, blissful expression.
Han Li coldly snorted to himself. The fool!
The chance of them both dying to each other was now out of the list.
The snake slithered, gently and silently, moving towards the youth like a silent wind. Even the grass it slithered upon seemed not to have felt it as it suddenly appeared behind the youth and suddenly stood long. Han Li felt his heart thump at the sight. Seven meters, the whole thing was at least 7 meters!
It was like a sudden spring, as before the youth could even realize what was happening, a huge maw devoured him, and a great tail surrounded him with the fox he was caressing together.
The snake's hold tightened. A small geyser of blood exploded; the boy's body was then devoured whole, soon followed by the 2-meter big wolf.
The snake stood there, blood completely bathing it as it hissed coldly at the remaining foxes. With another hiss, it heavily rolled around in the blood-soaked mud, and the blood was slowly absorbed into its skin. About ten minutes later, the snake hissed and returned to where it had been hiding. But then it looked with its green eyes at the empty cradle-like structure where neither the baby nor the fruit was visible.
It was silent for a second before it opened its mouth wide in a hiss. Han Li smirked from some meters in front of it. His gaze focused, he spun the sword now firmly in his grip, adjusting his hold until the hilt felt just right. The world seemed to hold its breath as his leg was planted heavily onto the ground, and he hurled it. The sword spun through the air like a dark flash, a streak of deadly precision. It had crossed the distance in a second, and in another second, it pierced the soft tissues of the beast's inner mouth. It screeched and closed its mouth like a toothpick stuck inside the throat; the flying sword wreaked havoc inside. It didn't take long for the squirming beast to stop squirming; just 4 minutes after the heart was destroyed inside like tofu, its movements came to a halt. Like a balloon losing air, blood leaked through its pores.