Mysterious Hunting Ground

Chapter 281 271. Snake of Fusion Power, Box

After returning to the hotel, the companions who had worked hard all day went back to their rooms to rest and digest the various gains and insights from the battle and blood-sucking tonight.

Dean entered the bathroom and looked at the mirror on the sink. He had clear muscle lines and a slender and well-proportioned figure.

The practice just now proved that the effect of the mirror shield was unexpectedly good. If a level 3 melee ability user dared to launch a close attack on him, he would immediately be counterattacked with life energy.

Not long ago, the physique and strength attributes were upgraded, which enhanced the life energy foundation. Now the full burst of life energy can reach 25 tons of power.

This means that a single counterattack from Dean's Mirror Shield feat is enough to destroy most attackers' bodies.

Dean's current physical limit strength is 15 tons.

The normal power of telekinesis is 30 tons.

If the physical power, life energy, and mental power are combined and exploded at the same time, then Dean can explode with an ultimate power of 70 tons in one go, which is no less than the phantom snake that chased and beat him in the heart of the temple, and he Its size is only a few tenths of that of the phantom snake, and it is more flexible and concealable.

What a humanoid monster!

Now when fighting against the phantom snake, Dean is confident that he can defend the opponent head-on.

……

Next.

Dean glanced at the skill - Mimicry. As a major improvement after the skill upgrade, the blood volume required for the sample has been greatly reduced. One drop is enough to copy. And he had just fought with Seth briefly and smashed the opponent's arm to obtain a blood sample. .

Crash.

The showerhead sprays hazy steam.

The figure on the bathroom glass door began to shrink rapidly, from 1.8 meters to 1.7 meters and a half in the blink of an eye. The face had three-dimensional features, the black hair was thick and slightly curly, the muscles were bigger and more defined, and a black and gray revolver appeared on the chest. tattoo.

Dean touched the newly grown beard on his chin and looked at the face that was exactly the same as Seth Goko. Even the temperament of a mature man was exactly the same.

If he and Seth stood side by side, even Ricky, his brother who grew up together, probably wouldn't be able to tell who was real and who was fake.

This is the power of Analog Soul.

In addition, Dean noticed that in addition to his original 8 skills, there was an additional temporary skill bar on the system template, which included various abilities of the simulated snake monster Seth: snake scale armor, blood-sucking self-healing, and hibernation. , licking memory, etc., all have no proficiency, and are fixed at level 3, which is consistent with the mimicry level.

"It used to take dozens of seconds to transform, but now it only takes five seconds, and there is no horrific physical pain."

Dean moved his nose and immediately smelled a complex smell of rust mixed with a strange fruity smell of blood coming from the vent in the guest room. It made people salivate involuntarily and create a burning thirst.

"The snake demon's sense of smell is unique. It can smell the subtler differences in the blood and use it to lock the target. But the bloodthirsty desire is not as strong as I imagined. Maybe it's because my will is high enough?"

Dean opened and closed his mouth a few times, and dark brown scales sprouted from the skin on his cheeks, forehead, and smooth chest and abdomen. His entire body turned into an ugly human-shaped venomous snake. Two more conical fangs popped out from his upper gums. If you look closely, you can see that the fangs are hollow and filled with crystal liquid.

"Now that I also have poison glands and fangs, can I remove them and produce extraordinary materials on my own?"

As soon as he came up with this idea, he instinctively felt something was wrong.

"No, if you forcefully remove the poison glands and fangs, it will take at least half a year to recover. This simulated body will be severely damaged."

"If I become a queen, will my resilience be stronger?"

As soon as the idea came together, Dean immediately rejected it. He rejected becoming a woman from the bottom of his heart and would never consider it.

Next, Dean's eyes turned to the "Snake of Power", a rare object collected in the space. He still clearly remembered the Queen's words - as long as he swallowed this snake and became one with it, he could command all the snake monsters, but It will also transform into a snake demon.

It is impossible for Dean's body to be transformed into a snake demon, but now it is in a mimic state, so there is no need to worry.

Dean immediately waved his hand, and a snake of power with fine black scales all over its forearms appeared in his palm. It raised its upper body and swam mechanically in the air, spitting out slender forked snake messages.

Dean turned it around so that the snake's head was pointed at his face, with its mouth open to the base of his ears.

The snake of power seemed to be attracted by some strong attraction and headed straight for the big black mouth.

Whoosh whoosh.

Cold, stiff, traveling through the mouth and deep into the stomach.

Dean felt a burst of suffocation and nausea, but he had no time to vomit. The cold and twisting snake of power had already taken root in the flesh and blood of his stomach wall, curled up in the slightly raised bulge, and fell asleep.
At the same time, the snake of power radiated wisps of liquid substantial vitality from its entire body, flowing through the Di'an body along the stomach, transforming the simulated body from the inside out.

Dean stared into the mirror with his pitch-black vertical pupils, which reflected a large piece of strange light, and a magnificent illusion surged out——

The vast universe, the endless stars, the snakes crawling beneath you, the fragrant pool of flesh and blood.

Finally, before his eyes, the snake demon's pupils in the mirror disappeared.

Dean nodded with satisfaction,

"After combining with the snake of power, the snake demon's blood-sucking self-healing, licking memory, scale armor...all abilities have been enhanced, but it has not exceeded level 3 to reach level 4."

In addition, several new abilities have been added to the temporary skill bar: spitting venom, command of serpent forgiveness, snake wings, sea of ​​stars...

"Most of the abilities are weaker than my own abilities and are of little use. The only ones that are useful are the 'licking memory' which reads the target's memory through blood, the 'hibernation' which adapts to harsh environments such as vacuum and deep sea, the sea of ​​stars with unknown uses, and the control The 'Snake Order' of snake demons and humans..."

Dean opened his mouth again, and the snake of power sleeping in his body obeyed his will, got out of his mouth, and entangled itself between the fangs, its black bean-like eyes sparkling.

The mirror reflects snake scales, fangs, and human faces, matching the black snake spitting out of its mouth.

The image is grotesque and terrifying.

"Shadow" looked at his strange image with strange eyes.

Dean was unmoved.

"As long as you bite a snake demon or human with the snake of power, you can transform it into my servant."

"And when I want to eliminate this simulation, I can take out the snake of power and recycle it in advance."

At the same time that the snake of power emerged from Dean's mouth——

The five-headed snake demons Seth, Gonzalez, Night Queen, Scott, and Lena who lived next door all shook their bodies. They felt a kind of suppression and call from the depths of their blood, and turned around. Turning to the room where Dean was in awe and enthusiasm, it was like a hound that had been domesticated by humans for a long time seeing its owner.

Dean's God's perspective noticed the abnormality of his companion through the wall, and immediately swallowed the snake back into his stomach, and the five-headed snake demon returned to normal.

"What happened just now?" Aisha held her high chest in surprise, and then realized that Dean was doing something to the snake of power.

She bit her plump lips, her face showing desire and unwillingness. With the snake of power, the queen can be considered a real queen.

But thinking about her current situation, she shook her head and smiled,
"Be satisfied. Freedom is already the best gift I have received in these hundreds of years. I can't ask for more."

……

On the other hand, Seth returned to the bed with a palpitating look on his face. He unconsciously grabbed the small golden-patterned box on the bedside table and started playing with it. "I seemed to have seen the phantom snake again just now."

"What are you daydreaming about? That thing has been split in half by Dean." Ricky couldn't help but snatched the small box, looked at it carefully and rubbed it with his fingertips. It looked like a Rubik's Cube. "Where did this come from? , why do you do it every day?”

"Didn't Dean give me a bunch of things to exchange for money? This toy is quite unique, so I kept it," Seth laughed. "It's a pity that I can't untie it when I have nothing to do."

"Let me try."

……

Dean flew out of the room with the body of the snake demon and came to a deserted countryside. He experimented with the ability to spit venom and fly with snake wings. The former's corrosive poison made him shine, and it could spray out as far as a hundred meters. Distance can not only corrode ordinary materials such as steel and stones, but also life energy and telekinesis. It can be regarded as a powerful and unique short-range attack ability.

The snake wing ability is not very useful, and the flying speed is far inferior to telekinesis.

As for the Sea of ​​Stars skill, Dean tried to bathe in starlight and moonlight, but unfortunately there was no response at all, and there was no skill description, so there is currently no use for this ability.

Two hours later, the experiment was completed. Dean entered Seth, who was combined with the Serpent of Power, into the simulated body slot. 0/3 became 1/3, and he could re-transform into an enhanced version of Seth at any time.

Looking at the skill description again, it is still lv3 (20/400), and the proficiency has not changed.

"Improvement is getting slower and slower. I used to have 15 proficiency points in a month, but now I can have 10? If there are no divine points added, it will take at least three years for the next upgrade of Mimic. It is too difficult, but it also shows the value of Mimic. .”

Dean then released his form and returned to his true form. He sat cross-legged and sat back on the bed. He took out the broken and cracked weapons and equipment in the space one by one and piled them on the bed. He rubbed them one by one. The fingertip spray gun sprayed platinum flames to burn the weapons to remove impurities and repair them.

Then there’s that copper wheat penny, instilling will.

……

The next period is until early December.

The climate is getting colder.

Dean regularly polished the Alpha Wolf's fangs and repaired the extraordinary weapons to restore them to their perfect condition. At the same time, he used snake demon materials to supplement fifty extraordinary sharp arrows and twenty transformation arrows.

The phantom snake's feather scale armor is also on the agenda, but there is a lack of suitable adhesive to firmly stick the scales and feathers together, so the construction of the scale feather armor cannot be advanced for the time being.During this time, he also took the Queen of the Night and his entourage throughout the entire city of Juárez, admiring the churches, bullrings, large markets, and museums, and searching for criminal targets such as those selling tainted milk powder. After dark, They tracked them to a suitable location, attacked them, killed them, and then destroyed their bodies to eliminate any traces.

The snake demon is a natural predator. Under the guidance of Dean's unreserved experience in killing and clearing areas, the snake demon has made rapid progress. In just half a month, he has learned to select and solve targets alone, deal with traces on the scene, and has become a professional assassin + scavenger. .

In addition, the snake monsters' control over their bloodthirsty cravings has been greatly improved, and they can easily stop the blood-drinking process midway.

Under the repeated abuse by Dean and the Queen, their combat effectiveness has also improved by leaps and bounds. With their abundant self-healing power and as long as they protect their vital points, they can take on a small group of gunmen without any pressure.

The snake demons are making progress, and Dean has also gained a lot. First of all, he has mastered the skyrocketing life energy, strength, and various special abilities of the body of the snake demon in daily training, but the "Sea of ​​Stars" is still no idea.

Secondly, "Shadow" purified a large number of criminals and absorbed abundant soul essence to reach lv3 (135→185/400).

Various abilities have been improved:

Fighting lv4 (442→460/500)
Call of the Underworld lv0 (8→23/100)

Red Dragon Meditation lv3 (55→70/400)

Simulated lv3 (20→25/300)
Fantasy Abyss lv0 (70→85/100).

However, during this period, compared to the tainted milk powder dealers, the strip club owners were the hardest hit in the city.

In this kind of border city where the police don't care much, the club more or less kills innocent and poor ladies and then dumps their bodies in the desert. This touches Santanica's bottom line. She leads a group of The companions cleaned up three strip clubs in the city, killing all the men and leaving only the unconscious dancers.

Southwest Heels Club.

Dean and a group of companions looked at the corpses scattered in the hall and shook their heads.
"Aisha, this is the last time. Our actions have brought chaos to the entire Juarez. The gunfights on the streets have been reduced by half. The gang members have begun to look for the murderer everywhere, and they will stop every stranger they see. Ask for a long time."

Dean and his group had been blocked two or three times, but there was no doubt that every time the blockers were killed, they were killed cleanly.

"I understand." Aisha nodded, "I am being willful during this period, but the dirty strip clubs in the city have almost been cleaned up, and my actions have come to an end."

"Let's go, everyone..." Seth looked at everyone with complex eyes, hooked Aiden and Ricky's shoulders, "Go back to have dinner and drink, and go our separate ways after tomorrow!"

……

The RV drove to a quiet motel outside Juarez.

An oven and barbecue grill were set up in the yard. As the charcoal fire exploded and the iron skewers were flipped, skewers of beef, pork, chicken, green peppers, and onions were sizzling with oil. The aroma of meat rose into the air along with the curling smoke. .

A group of nine people sat by the flower bed, drank juice and beer, and talked freely, their faces all red from the "smoke" of fireworks and alcohol.

"Well... although this period is not the happiest time in my life, it is definitely the most unforgettable and will benefit me for the rest of my life." Seth squeezed a packet of yogurt sauce onto the meat skewers, took a big mouthful, and narrowed his mouth. He closed his eyes, then looked at Dean gratefully, picked up a glass of Chico cocktail, "Man, I will never forget your guidance and help to our brothers in my life. I'd like to toast you with this glass."

Dean picked up a jar of cactus juice, clinked a glass, drank it all in one gulp, and patted Seth on the shoulder, "This guy seems unreliable, but in fact he does things very quickly and is a trustworthy companion."

Seth pursed his lips and smiled, "You have discernment! By the way, Dean, I would like to ask, what are your and Lena's plans after tomorrow?"

As soon as Seth's question came out, everyone's ears perked up.

During this period, Dean remained tight-lipped about his movements and did not disclose them to anyone.

But this time, Dean faced the expectant eyes and thought for a moment, "Let's go back to Indiana to meet a group of my friends. What about you?"

The Goko brothers looked at each other and smiled, "We will stay in Mexico for a while, then sneak back to our hometown in the Kansas countryside to reunite with Uncle Sam. We will hide well and wait until the spotlight of the wanted order has passed. Then we can find some serious jobs and kill a few more people in our free time." A criminal sucks some blood."

"Aisha?"

The Queen of the Night smiled brightly, holding a beer and looking at the stars in the sky. "There are too many evil snake monsters in Mexico that have not been cleaned up. Countless sisters who have been kidnapped and forced need to be rescued. And I also want to meet this girl who has been away for a long time." A century-old wonderful world. So I plan to first save the sisters in various cities in Chichihua State, and then enter the United States to see different scenery in big cities such as New York and Chicago."

"I will miss you." Lena reluctantly took one of the Queen's hands, "Contact me as soon as you enter the United States and I will take you back to your hometown."

The Queen smiled and nodded, "We have an appointment."

"Are you going to be a snake superwoman?" Katie said with admiration, her eyes shining, "I wish I could be as cool as you."

"It's very simple, any one of us will bite you and inject venom into it," Seth smiled evilly, "You will also become Superwoman!"

Katie paled and shook her head.

"Don't even think about it!" Scott glared at Seth fiercely.
"It's a joke, don't take it seriously. Where are you siblings?"

"Take dad back to my hometown." Scott said without hesitation, his face full of desire for a new life. "Katie and I still need to rent a house and continue to finish the 12th grade. Maybe we will go to college in the future."

"Then I wish you both good luck in your studies." Gonzalez patted the Asian boy's chest, "Be a man from now on and protect your sister, but be low-key and don't bully your classmates because of your superpowers."

"I will remember everyone's teachings during this period and abide by the principles of selecting prey." Scott looked at everyone with a serious look and assured everyone, "What about you, police officer?"

"My vacation is almost over. I will continue to work as a patrolman when I go back. I will use my teeth and claws to judge criminals and fill my stomach." Gonzalez glanced at the Goco brothers emphatically, "You two, stop doing those illegal crimes. If you are caught with your behavior again, I will never forgive you lightly."

Seth shrugged this time and rarely spoke back. Instead, he raised his glass and said, "Sir, patrolman, thank you for your kindness in sparing my life. I'd like to toast you with this glass!"

"Aiden, what about you?" Dean finally looked at the professor,
The professor took a sip of beer, suddenly looked at Ricky, and exchanged a knowing look, "Actually, I have a suggestion. Our team should not be disbanded and cut off contact. It would be a waste of the tacit understanding cultivated during this period. "

"Because of your so-called supernatural convergence law, we can't stay together for a long time, but we can form a loose mutual aid organization."

"Aside from keeping the identity of the other party secret, there are not many restrictions. In the future, even if you are in a different place, anyone who needs help can contribute money and effort."

"I am involved in various myths, legends and history, and I know many experts and professors. You can ask me anything about supernatural things."

The professor gave this advice as soon as he said it.

Everyone's eyes sparkled.

"I couldn't agree more!" Brother Goko said, as if he had rehearsed countless times, "We are still related in the Texas underworld. Who of you needs to apply for a fake passport, driver's license... to buy firearms and ammunition, and get some contraband, although give it to me!"

"I agree!" Katie and her brother raised their hands excitedly.
"I have some connections in the American police community," Gonzalez adjusted his cowboy hat. "If any of you cause trouble in the future, if it is not a big evil, I will be happy to make it easier. If one day I am I have been unfortunately killed in various accidents, and I hope you can help take care of my wife and daughter at home."

"No problem at all." The Queen smiled, then lowered her pretty face and sighed, "I am very happy to lend a helping hand to people with the same ideas, but unfortunately I am just an old woman who has been imprisoned for hundreds of years and has no money. No power..."

"Your Majesty, don't be modest. You can easily control four of us newcomers by yourself. You have power that we will never be able to match." Ricky began to boast,
"Speaking of strength, how can I compare to this one?" The queen looked at Dean through her long eyelashes. Everyone looked at him. Everyone knew it. Only Dean nodded. Only mutual aid organizations can be successful,
Dean's eyes slowly swept across the expectant faces, and then glanced at Lena and Shadow beside him.
With a casual move, he took out a large backpack half a person's height from the space.

He opened it and rummaged around, put away the large number of fake certificates and passports that the Goko brothers had handled for themselves some time ago, and then swiped them——

A large bag of beautiful knives exuding a strong scent of ink was spread out in front of everyone, filled with 750 million knives that the Goko brothers exchanged for bonds.

Dean took out eight bags and divided each of them into one.

Dean said, "Everyone uses 50 dollars as start-up capital."

"Gulu..." Scott, the youngest, looked straight in the eyes, "Don't be kidding, why did you share your money with us?"

"When we entered the temple together, I never planned to keep this money alone. Besides, now you need money to buy blood bags and live." After Dean distributed 400 million, he also took 350 million, plus the original deposit With the harvest of criminals during this period, the deposits in the space exceeded 420 million.

"I can't take it." Gonzalez refused righteously.

"Don't be pretentious." Seth took out a bundle of knives and sniffed it in front of his nose, then he and Ricky took out a bunch of brand new BP machines that had been prepared in advance in the bag behind him, "Guys, one for each person, with all the numbers and Kansas numbers. Several secret safe houses, let’s keep in touch in the future.”

"Then I won't be polite." The queen smiled like a beast, put away the money and BP machine, and toasted everyone with a glass of wine.

The remaining few exchanged glances and moved their hands.

"Come on, everyone, have a drink to celebrate the establishment of this unreliable mutual aid association!"

"Kiss——"

The wine glass collided with the juice can, and the splashing liquid pulled out crystal colors in mid-air.

"It seems like something is missing!" Katie rushed into the RV with a red face and took out an acoustic guitar. Then she sat on a high stool by the campfire with everyone's expectant eyes, holding the plectrum with her white fingertips. The strings are strummed, the red lips are lightly opened:
People say life is always full of sunshine
But in my memory, we have always been just wandering like wild beasts

The seasons change, we remain the same

……

In the sweet and melodious singing, everyone listened and smiled, and Seth unknowingly took out the golden Rubik's Cube from his suit pocket and started playing with it.

"Listen to the song..." Santanica snatched Seth's Rubik's Cube, her eyes were focused, as if she was attracted by a certain quality, and she unconsciously followed the golden sun in the center of one side with the tip of her right index finger. Like patterns, as well as the four corners of the sun hour hand-like texture rub.

One lap, two laps.

The music is melodious.

three laps...

Click.

The Rubik's Cube suddenly made a crisp sound and began to transform rapidly.

(End of this chapter)