Chapter 105 Killing the Two-Headed Serpent
Now! Ruan Ning's eyes flashed with a sharp light! She abandoned all defenses, pushed her remaining mental energy and water-based abilities to the limit, and focused all her thoughts on one point—the surging blood below the two heads of the two-headed snake and inside its main body!
"Get out here...!"
An invisible, domineering force, mixed with icy water, penetrated the air, ignoring the partial obstruction of scales and muscles, like the most greedy vampire tentacles, fiercely "grabbing" a large amount of blood from the snake's main body!
"Agh—!!!"
The two-headed snake's two heads simultaneously emitted a shrill, distorted scream!
It felt its life force being frantically drained from its body by some incomprehensible force! Its massive body convulsed and writhed violently as if electrocuted!
The flames spewed from the dark red firehead became scattered and weak, and the chilling air emitted from the eerie blue icehead also became intermittent. It tried to struggle, tried to fight back with its energy, but the draining force came from within, strange and direct!
Ruan Ning began to bleed from her seven orifices, her body swaying precariously—a sign of being overburdened. But she persevered, her mental strength like the most resilient thread, manipulating the extracted blood to surge and wreak havoc within the snake's body, destroying more blood vessels and tissues!
"Now's the time! Attack its head!" Ruan Ning shouted hoarsely.
Lin Yan and Zhou Min seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Lin Yan leaped up, channeling all her strength into the blade, and slashed fiercely at the wound on Bingtou's neck, which was drooping in pain!
Zhou Min also mustered her last mental strength and unleashed it upon Huo Tou's consciousness!
The fire raged even more violently, pouring its intense flame energy into the firehead's body through the wounds it had created!
Attacked from both inside and outside! The two-headed snake's struggles grew weaker and weaker, its rolling force gradually diminishing. Finally, just before Ruan Ning was about to faint, she suddenly detonated the last gust of blood drawn from within the snake's body!
"puff--!"
Blood mist exploded from several parts of the snake's main body, and its massive form crashed to the ground. Its two heads drooped limply, and the light in their eyes quickly dimmed.
He died.
The battle was over. The parking lot was a mess, littered with scorch marks, frost, blood, and snake carcasses.
Exhausted, Ruan Ning knelt on one knee and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Lin Yan could only stand by leaning on her knife, her body covered in abrasions and frostbite. Zhou Min's face was ashen, her mental energy severely depleted, and her head throbbing with pain. Da Huo lay sprawled on the ground, his body covered in wounds and charred patches, panting heavily, the flames long since extinguished.
There were no cheers of victory, only the exhaustion and excruciating pain of surviving a catastrophe. But they survived, and they killed a fourth-tier mutated two-headed snake.
The massive, two-headed snake corpse lay sprawled in the center of the wrecked parking lot, the air thick with the stench of blood, burnt flesh, and icy chill.
Ruan Ning struggled to stay upright on her knees, her vision blurring, her ears ringing, and her chest burning with pain—signs of severe mental exhaustion and internal organ damage.
But she knew she couldn't give up completely now.
"Lin Yan..." Her voice was so hoarse it was almost inaudible, "Backpack...innermost compartment...water...take it out..."
Lin Yan herself was unsteady on her feet. Hearing Ruan Ning's words, she gritted her teeth and moved to the backpack that was left at the entrance of the convenience store. Her hands trembled as she unzipped it and felt her way to a thickened inner compartment.
Inside were indeed three bottles of water sealed in thick plastic. The bottles looked ordinary, but they felt slightly cool to the touch, and the texture seemed a little different.
She first unscrewed a bottle and handed it to Zhou Min, who was pale-faced and curled up with her head in her hands: "Zhou Min, drink some water first."
Zhou Min took it, and without thinking twice, tilted her head back and gulped down several mouthfuls.
The cool liquid enters the throat, without the blandness of ordinary water, but with a very faint, indescribable sweetness, flowing down the throat as if a gentle warm current quickly spreads to every part of the body.
The sharp, stabbing pain in my head immediately subsided considerably. Although I was still exhausted, the feeling of being about to explode was significantly reduced.
She paused for a moment, glanced at the bottle, then at Ruan Ning and Lin Yan, and said nothing, but carefully took a few more sips.
Lin Yan also downed half a bottle herself. She felt the same way; the burning abrasions and frostbite on her body were replaced by a cool and comfortable sensation. Her strength seemed to have recovered a little, and more importantly, the feeling of utter exhaustion after the battle was suppressed.
A look of surprise flashed in her eyes, but she quickly suppressed it.
Ruan Ning took the third bottle of water from Lin Yan and drank most of it down.
The effects of the spiritual spring water were even more pronounced for her, a long-term user. Although it could not instantly heal serious injuries, it quickly moisturized her parched meridians, stabilized her disordered breathing, and greatly relieved the tingling and dizziness in her head.
She caught her breath, pushed herself up, grabbed the remaining half-bottle of water, and staggered to the fire.
The fire lay on its side on the ground, its body covered in charred wounds, and its breath was heavy and weak.
When it saw Ruan Ning approaching, it barely raised its head, letting out a low whimper. Ruan Ning crouched down, carefully positioned the bottle opening to its mouth, and slowly poured the remaining spiritual spring water into it.
The fire struggled to swallow, and as the spiritual spring water entered its belly, its heavy breathing gradually calmed down, and a bit of light returned to its dim eyes. It stuck out its tongue and licked the back of Ruan Ning's hand.
"Come here... deal with... the snake carcass." Ruan Ning rested for less than five minutes, feeling that he could barely move, and spoke in a hoarse voice. The spiritual spring water was not a panacea; it could only alleviate and accelerate recovery. They had to leave this blood-soaked place as soon as possible, otherwise it might attract more trouble.
Lin Yan and Zhou Min also felt a little better and struggled to get up. The three of them helped each other and walked to the huge corpse of the two-headed snake.
The snake corpse still exuded a chilling aura. Ruan Ning directed the effort to deal with the relatively important crystal core first. Both heads had to be removed. The snake scales were incredibly tough; even in death, they were difficult to handle.
"Lin Yan, use your knife to pry open the firehead along the gaps in the scales next to the eye." Ruan Ning herself took the Tang Hengdao and aimed it at a similar spot on the icehead. Both of them were injured and lacked strength, so they pried it open with great difficulty, and the blade tips made a teeth-grinding sound as they rubbed against the scales.
Zhou Min helped stabilize the snake's head while vigilantly sensing their surroundings. Da Huo also struggled to his feet and stood guard beside them, remaining alert despite his weakness.
With great difficulty, the two of them managed to pry open enough gaps.
Ruan Ning stirred the ice skull with the tip of his knife, picking out a prismatic crystal core the size of a quail egg, with a dark blue color and a chilling aura. It felt cold and heavy to the touch, yet exuded surging energy.
Lin Yan also dug out a crystal core of the same size, as red as fire, and warm to the touch from the fire.
The crystal cores of a fourth-tier dual-attribute mutated beast are extremely valuable. Ruan Ning quickly put the two crystal cores into his pocket, or rather, into his storage space.
"Snake gall...snake tendons...and intact snake skin, try to peel off as much as possible," Ruan Ning said breathlessly. These are all high-grade materials, which can be exchanged for a lot of resources, or used to make equipment.
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