Chapter 18 Alive?! Little Silver Snake
As night fell, dark clouds obscured the crescent moon. The rugged terrain, shrouded in thick blackness, appeared as terrifying as various monsters. At its center was a pool, the source of a downstream stream.
“We’ve searched this whole area… how can it not be here?”
As the sky darkened, Su Jiu’s expression grew increasingly solemn. She repeatedly compared the current location with the descriptions in the novel from her memory.
No mistake, it was this area…
Bai Ming found it here. What could she be overlooking?
“Jiu-jie, it’s getting late. Should we come back tomorrow?” Bai Qianyu leaned against a rock, regulating her breathing. Today’s battle was quite a strain for her, a high school student.
Glancing at her companion, Su Jiu suddenly thought of something and murmured to herself:
“Wait, at night… The novel described: As deep night approaches, clear moonlight pours down. Bai Ming, covered in monster beast blood, finally stepped onto the rocky mountainside. Following the scent, he easily discovered the giant egg… Does it mean it has to be at night?”
“Probably in about another half hour, it should be about time.”
She then took out her phone to check the time—”17:56″. Su Jiu moved closer to Bai Qianyu, sat on a smooth stone beside her, and popped a piece of Dragon Whiskers into her mouth to chew.
“Just wait a little longer. You cultivate here, and I’ll protect you.”
There was no difficulty like the first time she took it. It only made her lower abdomen feel slightly warm, and the energy continuously nourished her body’s muscles. Her veins felt warm, as if being nurtured.
Physical strength was definitely something the more the better. She estimated her current external power. In her normal form, she could reach 3000 jin, almost the limit for an intermediate warrior.
Under the amplification of the Ice Cicada transformation, she could reach 4000 jin, already at the passing line for a high-level warrior. As for the Ghost Car transformation… she had only tested it in her dimension, reaching about 8000 jin, which was around 4 tons. This already surpassed the limit of 3 tons for a high-level warrior but was still some distance from the passing line of 5 tons for a War General Level.
Her goal was simple: reach the War General Level standard and directly learn War General Level martial skills. In this world, strength was everything.
As Su Jiu cultivated, night deepened, and some stealthy black shadows appeared in the corners of the rocks.
It was unclear what gave them the courage to form a circle and surround them. The black shadows gradually surged forward, and a pungent, fishy odor emanated from the puddles on the ground.
“Swish!”
Su Jiu’s eyes suddenly snapped open. Swiftly and smoothly, she drew the dagger from her leg, scanned her surroundings, and revealed a mocking smile: “Old friends?”
A wave of cold energy surged from her, startling Bai Qianyu beside her. She looked around and was instantly shocked: “How are there so many Scarlet Flame Wolves?”
Even if Jiu-jie could handle two, she could only barely deal with one… She had already sent the distress flare to Su Xiao Yu. Would it really be over now…
The wolf pack didn’t pounce as Bai Qianyu expected. The five or six Scarlet Flame Wolves around them took a few steps back. Their wild survival instincts warned them that the person in front was very dangerous.
This time, Su Jiu didn’t rush forward to hunt. Their numbers were indeed too many, and getting covered in blood would not be good.
“Little White, close your eyes.”
“Swish! Swish! Swish!…”
She gently caressed the dagger and slowly closed her eyes. Cold energy surged around her. In the next moment, several sword beams of azure blue illuminated the surroundings.
The area suddenly became blindingly bright, like a flashbang.
A few seconds later, Bai Qianyu subconsciously opened her eyes. Seeing the scene before her, she mechanically turned her head towards Su Jiu, who had already put away her dagger.
All six Scarlet Flame Wolves were cut in half. They had died without even a whimper! Jiu-jie, what had she done?
Everything that was happening now was beyond Bai Qianyu’s imagination. Su Jiu was even more monstrous than her own brother, instantly killing six Scarlet Flame Wolves!
These were Scarlet Flame Wolves! Not some insignificant monsters like Mischievous Monkeys. They were ferocious beasts that could use magic attacks.
Just as Bai Qianyu was lost in self-doubt, Su Jiu looked at the wolf corpses and spoke suddenly, her eyes filled with seriousness: “We need to find that egg quickly. The Scarlet Flame Wolves have started to move in groups. A Wolf King might appear in this area…”
“Wolf King? But aren’t Dragon Hunters clearing them out periodically? There shouldn’t be any lord-class creatures, right?” Bai Qianyu replied instinctively.
“It might not be a lord, but there must be a leader among them, or these Scarlet Flame Wolves wouldn’t be able to organize and surround us,” Su Jiu said. She had activated her avatar, and her entire demeanor turned cold. “We’ll search for another half hour. If we don’t find it, we’ll have to go down the mountain immediately. It wouldn’t be good to be surrounded by a wolf pack.”
Su Jiu leaped onto the highest strange rock, surveying the surroundings, but found that there was still no sign of anything.
Whether it was the rocks or the bottom of the small pool, Su Jiu had searched everywhere she could.
The clarity of the water in the small pool was indeed very high, proving that the egg was indeed here. But why couldn’t she find it?
“Jiu-jie, there’s a strange floor tile here, like a group of people kneeling and praying to a circular object,” Bai Qianyu said, standing on a pile of rubble opposite the pool, holding up a brick-colored tile.
“This must be some kind of ritual.”
Su Jiu leaped down. Illuminated by the bright little flame in Bai Qianyu’s palm, she could clearly see the strange patterns.
To verify, Su Jiu, in a silly manner, bowed towards the small pool several times, mimicking the actions in the drawing, but it was still no use.
Under Bai Qianyu’s curious gaze, she brushed the dust off her skirt and fell into thought again.
Was the large circular object missing?
But Bai Ming never encountered such a thing?
She then entered the novel’s description into her phone again, her brow furrowed, and looked up at the night sky…
Was there any connection between the two?
As deep night approaches, clear moonlight pours down… Wait!
Su Jiu’s pupils constricted sharply. A flash of inspiration struck her. The key wasn’t “as deep night approaches,” but the latter part, “clear moonlight pours down”…
“Draw Sword Slash!”
As if she had thought of something, Su Jiu took out her dagger again, closed her eyes, gathered her strength, and struck the sky with a heavy blow. The wisps of smoke and clouds in the air, which looked like dark clouds, were like the stamens of a flower being stirred by a large stick. After a few gasps, they dispersed.
The cool moonlight poured down like a veil. As the moonlight shone, a glowing white giant egg appeared about three meters above the small pool. A drop of liquid slowly solidified from below it, appearing as if it were about to drip into the pool.
Su Jiu, possessing a dragon’s vision, quickly spotted a bird-pecked hole on the lower left side of the dragon egg. With a slight exertion, she easily lifted the floating dragon egg into her hands.
The surroundings were sticky due to the egg fluid. Su Jiu asked Bai Qianyu to find some bottles, as she planned to drain all the egg fluid from this egg. After all, it wouldn’t do to let another living person know about this.
“It really is an egg.”
Bai Qianyu, looking astonished, placed the widest bottle she had under the egg to prevent it from bursting open suddenly.
Seeing that Bai Qianyu was ready, Su Jiu took out her dagger and forcefully made a small hole at the top. Then, seeing about half the clear egg fluid inside, she began to pry open the eggshell.
However, as she pried it open towards the center, Su Jiu saw that the surface of the normally calm egg fluid was actually rippling. She hesitated and said,
“There seems to be something inside.”
Upon hearing this, Bai Qianyu got up and looked into the egg fluid. After about thirty seconds, there was no movement. She looked at Su Jiu, puzzled, and asked, “Are you tired from the battle?”
“Probably?”
Su Jiu relaxed her brow, took a mineral water bottle, and scooped the egg fluid directly into it. With a “glug glug~”, she quickly filled a bottle.
Looking at the full bottle of egg fluid, her mood gradually lifted, and her smile stretched from ear to ear.
“Damn! What is that?!”
After repeating this about one or two more times, Su Jiu suddenly felt a sharp pain on the back of her hand, and the water bottle instantly dropped into the egg fluid.
Pulling her hand out, she found herself being fiercely bitten by a silver-white snake about the length of her index finger.
Just as she was questioning what this thing was, a white magic array suddenly appeared between her and the little snake. Before she could react, a young girl’s voice echoed in her mind.
“Ma… Mama?”
