CH 2

Translated by Frozenmirage

The way down the mountain was not easy to walk, in other words, there was no road at all. It proved that there were no humans on the mountain. 

But that was impossible, because this area wasn’t a virgin forest, but a hill outside a small town in FJ Province.

From time to time Zhou You had to jump to the top of the tree to look around. But what greeted him was always the vast and boundless green forest. 

The probability people lived in this green ocean was close to zero.

His heart became colder and colder. 

The movement of the fight with the giant bird just now scared away the beasts around him, but as he went further, he encountered more and more animals, each of which was much larger than that of ten years ago.

Even a pheasant looked like an ostrich, continuously refreshing his cognition.

Most importantly, these animals were very aggressive. 

Fortunately, he didn’t meet any as abnormal as the fighting power of the giant bird. 

Most of the time, he could frighten them away with his flying feather array, and could easily kill those who were not scared away.

It was in the morning when he left the cave. In the evening, after the sun went down, he clearly felt that the temperature had dropped sharply, and the scattered strips of cloth on his body could not protect against the cold at all.

So he had to bear the bloody smell and peel several hare skins and wrap them around him.

After nightfall, the forest seemed to suddenly become alive as the number of beasts doubled. Even though Zhou You could see things at night, it wasn’t as clear as in the daytime. 

He did not dare continue on the journey because it might be dangerous, so he must find a cave for the night.

There lived a lone wolf in the cave. It was very old and injured. Perhaps it was driven out of the packs and lived alone here. The old wolf was intimidated by Zhou You and it gave up the cave obediently.

Zhou You blocked half of the hole with a big stone, and found a dry place to start meditating. He walked out alive in the jungle, he didn’t dare to slack off for a moment.

Taiyi Heart Sutra was an internal mental skill. Everything he met after leaving the custom today made him understand that only when he was strong enough could he walk out of the dangerous jungle alive. 

He dared not relax for a moment.

At dawn, a huge python crawled in from above the entrance of the cave. Its body was as thick as a bucket, and it was covered with a layer of hard scales that made a rustling sound when rubbed against rocks.

With two green eyes glowing in the dark, spitting out its forked tongue, it slowly crawled towards Zhou You.

When Zhou You entered a meditation state, his mental power would spread at a certain range for protection, so he was aware of the python. 

The snake was so long, its head almost reached him while the snake tail was still outside the cave.

Zhou You was secretly frightened. He quickly jumped up to avoid the venom that the python spurted and quickly fled the hole.

The python turned around to catch up, slapped the snake’s tail hard and smashed the big stone at the entrance of the cave. 

Zhou You took the opportunity to drill out of the cave and punched the soil slope above the cave with a fist.

Large chunks of dirt and stone fell down and hit the python, but it didn’t affect its speed at all.

Zhou You wanted to escape, but the two sides had just met and he didn’t know the strength of the python. 

If he escaped today, he could still meet other beasts tomorrow. It would be better to fight with all the strength and try the level of the beasts in the forest.

When jumped to a big tree, the python had already exited the cave, standing up high. Even with Zhou You’s line of sight, it still really scary so that he almost fell off a branch.

He embraced the tree to stabilize his body and said loudly, “Brother Snake, you’re already this big so why are you chasing after me? I’m not big enough to stuff your teeth, right?

“How about we just part ways without hard feelings?”

The python spit out its tongue and opened its big mouth at him, a foul stench hit his face.

Seeing the python trying to bite him, Zhou You attacked it with his flying feathers.

As soon as the smell of natural enemies appeared, the python quickly retreated and hovered on a tree, watching Zhou You warily.

Zhou You was stupefied for a moment, and then asked happily, “So you’re afraid of birds? Do you still fight? If not, I will leave.”

This python’s IQ was not low. After looking at the flying feathers for a while, it judged that the species opposite it was not its natural enemy. It hissed angrily and sprayed a mouthful of venom at Zhou You.

Zhou You avoided it easily, and turned his head to see that the trunk contaminated by the venom instantly corroded a large area and the tree was crumbling.

If it was sprayed on him, he would turn into a bloody man.

“Very poisonous!” 

Zhou You controlled 108 feathers to stab at various parts of its body.

With his current skill, he could only inject half of the feathers into his internal force, and the other half could only be used to confuse the enemy.

The scales on the back of the python were extremely hard and the flying feathers could not leave a trace, only a few shallow marks were drawn around its belly.

He thought he could nail the python to the ground, but his strength was not enough.

“Damn, each beast is tougher than the other, how do I fight this?”

Zhou You now wished to have a good weapon. Give him a bazooka and the big python could be blasted with no scum left.

“Yeah!”

Zhou You climbed to a persimmon tree and picked more than a dozen large persimmons, each of which was the size of a pumpkin and tasted especially sweet. 

Yesterday he ate two and was too full that it almost killed himself.

He injected his inner strength into the persimmons, and when the python opened its mouth to attack him, he threw them into its mouth.

“You want to spit it up? I won’t let you!” 

Zhou You jumped on its head and attacked both of its eyes with the army knife, leaving it no time to pay attention to the fruits it ate.

The python was agile in dodging. It threw Zhou You away in a few moves and flicked its long tail forcefully, sweeping across the surrounding trees. 

Zhou You needed to tumble around a few times before avoiding its tail’s attack range.

He ducked far away, closed his eyes to control his mental power, and shouted loudly, “Explode!”

Each persimmon wrapped with internal force was like a bomb, which exploded in the python’s belly. The internal force swam in its belly and the pain caused it to roll all over the ground.

“Right now!” Zhou You ran quickly with the army knife in his hand, jumped and stabbed at its vital point1. This position was not covered by scales, so his knife plunged into it immediately.

The python let out a loud scream and fell to the ground. After a few convulsions, it completely stopped moving.

Zhou You’s body was soft as his internal energy was exhausted. He sat on the ground and gasped for breath.

The persimmon bomb just now was experimentally created during his retreat. It was comparable to a grenade, but it consumed a lot of internal energy and could only be used once.

If he faced a group of enemies, he would surely be cold. 

He returned to the cave to rest, and would continue on the road after his internal strength recovered.

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