Doomsday: Gain experience by hunting

The sun was scorching, and the breeze was dry and hot.

It was the height of summer, yet there were neither birds singing nor insects chirping.

Apart from the sounds of people, there were very few sounds from other animals.

Because any creature daring to make a sound would be caught and eaten.

Swish, swish, swish!

Cui Lian and Xiao Liu, wearing skirts, squatted on the ground, revealing large expanses of fair skin, brushing a set of green leather armor with pig-bristle brushes.

The leather armor had fine scales, shimmering with a verdant, cold light under the sun.

It was made from the skin of a green water python.

In the kitchen, sweat trickled down Tang Tang's forehead as she made dough with Tao Hua, grumbling, "Twenty-seven, twenty-seven roujiamo!"

"A dignified general comes to visit and brings nothing but a snakeskin armor!"

"And then, he ate a whole twenty-seven of my roujiamo! Three for ten copper coins, that's ninety copper coins! More than a hundred pounds of millet, no, grain prices are up now, hmm, the roujiamo price has to go up too, how about three for twenty copper coins?"

Tao Hua and the other two girls smiled faintly, Tao Hua nodding her head occasionally, as if agreeing with everything their young lady said.

The three of them had long seen that Tang Tang was kind-hearted and particularly cherished food.

She was extremely good to them, not only teaching them martial arts, literacy, and how to make roujiamo, but also giving them pocket money.

Tang Tang held out her flour-covered, fair little hands, earnestly calculating the new price: roujiamo could be sold, but the money earned each day had to be converted into grain!

The green water python soft armor, after being carefully washed with lime, soap beans, and rice water, was hung on the clothesline in the yard.

When the wind blew, the soft armor swayed slightly, like shimmering green jade.

The green jade dripped water, drop by drop, onto the cucumber vines that were just bearing fruit.

The cucumbers were small and tender, covered with prickles, the yellow flowers at the top not yet withered.

Tang Wen was tempted to pick one to eat, but seeing his sister was still in the yard, he ultimately didn't dare to.

He didn't need to guess, he knew she would say: It's so small, and you're already eating it?

Ah, I think it will grow to at least one and a half pounds!

It's only grown to an ounce or two now, and you're already eating it?

Is there any justice?

Tang Wen went back to his room for a nap.

In the afternoon, he put on the green soft armor that had been baking in the yard.

It was a thin layer, with little weight.

Feeling it wasn't secure enough, he put on a heavy layer of scale armor despite the heat.

When General Zhao came, besides dropping off the soft armor, he also brought a mission.

The waterwheels by the lake outside the city had been destroyed, and it was suspected that there were higher-level exotic beasts in the water, requiring Tang Wen to take care of it.

At least, to prevent them from harming the craftsmen working on the shore.

After more than a month of closed-door training, Tang Wen was restless and went straight to the lake.

Two rows of three-story-high giant waterwheels, fully loaded with large wooden buckets.

The front waterwheel had fallen into the mud by the lake, and several craftsmen were busily working with hammers and nails, clanging and banging.

Around them, three or four hunting team captains, wearing iron bucket-like plate armor, warily surveyed the lake surface.

Tang Wen glanced over them and looked at the two silver wolves not far away.

The two silver wolves were lying on a protruding rock by the lake, their four emerald green eyes scanning the water.

Even sensing Tang Wen's gaze, they only glanced at him before continuing to stare at the lake, occasionally paying attention to the repair progress of the craftsmen.

Human-wolf cooperation, huh?

Tang Wen shielded his eyes from the sun and said to Li Ge, who ran over, "Find a few bold people to build a shed for the silver wolves over there."

"Huh?"

Tang Wen gestured, "Just enough to block the sun."

"Oh, uh, okay, okay, okay! I'll go ask."

Li Ge wasn't sure if he could find anyone.

Suddenly, Tang Wen sensed something, and his expression changed drastically: "Retreat! Everyone by the lake, retreat!"

His perception hadn't given a warning, and he didn't sense a great danger.

Tang Wen leaped high, like a cannonball, and plunged into the lake.

Thump!

Water splashed everywhere.

Tang Wen opened his eyes in the water.

A snake body as thick as a water tank brushed past his body.

Mid-level exotic beast, green water python!

Tang Wen reached out and pulled out a dagger, visualized, and threw the hidden weapon!

The dagger was like a high-speed torpedo, creating countless air bubbles.

With a whoosh, the dagger pierced through the python's body and into its head.

The giant python thrashed wildly, stirring up countless silt!

Li Ge looked down from the lake surface, the originally clear lake water now turbid.

"Commander Tang Wen is fighting an exotic beast in the water, go get help quickly."

"Awoo!"

The silver wolf howled without any offensive power.

As if conveying something.

Li Ge seemed to understand, feeling slightly relieved, and said to the messenger, "No need to go, the thing below doesn't seem too dangerous?"

He lacked confidence, looking in the direction of the silver wolf as he spoke.

A few minutes passed, and the lake surface calmed down.

Tang Wen moved his hands and feet, floating to the surface with the heavy scale armor.

Just as he exposed his nose and mouth to breathe, the python's huge corpse suddenly shook, and a stream of emerald green shot straight at his lower body.

"Crap!"

Whoosh!

The emerald green stream was blocked by Tang Wen's foot.

The skin on the sole of his foot felt a stabbing pain as if sharp teeth had scraped across it.

High-level green water python, highly venomous!

Knowing he couldn't dodge, Tang Wen took a breath, gritted his teeth, and sank into the water.

The lake water was turbid, making it difficult to determine direction.

Whoosh!

Strength was transmitted through the water, followed by a green light attacking.

Tang Wen panicked and quickly raised his arm.

The green light broke through the scale armor, pierced the python skin, and the teeth struck his black skin on his arm.

But it didn't even break the skin.

The green light bounced nimbly and disappeared in an instant.

Tang Wen saw the attacker clearly: a high-level exotic beast green water python, about three feet long.

This was a characteristic of the green water python clan.

Low-level green water pythons are as thick as water buckets.

Mid-level green water pythons are the size of water tanks.

High-level green water pythons are as thin as a child's arm.

As for the python king, it is said to be able to change its size at will.

When fleeing from the pursuit of the queen and the silver wolf king, it shrank its body to escape.

Whoosh, clang!

Whoosh, clang!

...

High-level green water pythons are three times more agile in the water than the most agile fish.

It attacks once and leaves, never lingering.

The python-skin inner armor that Tang Wen had just obtained was bitten full of holes.

In the water, Tang Wen was at an absolute disadvantage.

But he didn't panic, he even closed his eyes, waiting patiently.

Not to mention the green water python couldn't penetrate his "Golden Bell Shield", even if it did, he had just drunk a bottle of green water python secret medicine yesterday, his anti-toxicity was still in effect, and the poison would never be fatal.

[Visualization Martial Art: Golden Bell Shield, Mastery (201→206/3000)]

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It was like specialized training for dealing with surprise attacks and high-speed hidden weapons.

Tang Wen was completely focused, single-mindedly defending.

The green water python's speed was undeniably fast, but it had a fatal problem in the water.

That was, each time before its attack arrived, it would cause a slight disturbance in the water flow.

This disturbance could not escape Tang Wen's mental perception.

Even if the green water python was faster, it couldn't be faster than his thoughts. After a single thought, the Golden Bell Shield's defense was complete.

The green water python could only return empty-handed again and again.

Three times, five times... after a full twenty-three sneak attacks.

The lake water returned to its clarity, and the green water python disappeared without a trace.

Tang Wen stood in place, that is, it wasn't good to make sounds in the water, otherwise he would definitely mock it: No way, no way! Can you really only attack these few times?

Weakling, no, weak snake, are you okay!

Those snake galls that your wife laid, couldn't they be the little cubs of another male snake?

Unfortunately, these provocative words could not be said in the water.

After waiting for a few minutes, there was no more movement.

Tang Wen walked out of the lake step by step.

[Visualization Martial Art: Golden Bell Shield, Mastery (361/3000)]

Experience increased by more than a hundred, which was equivalent to several days of hard cultivation.

"Commander Tang Wen, are you alright?" Li Ge handed over a towel.

Tang Wen took off the scale armor that had been smashed and the snake-scale soft armor full of holes, and shook his head: "Tell everyone to be vigilant, don't be careless even if you encounter a mid-level green water python! Especially don't rashly go into the water."

"Yes, I'll go right away."

Tang Wen had no good solution for the exotic beasts in the lake.

After waiting boredly for a while, the lake surface was quiet.

He led a few craftsmen towards the pool where the two silver wolves were lying, feeling bored.

"Roar!"

One silver wolf bared its fangs, and the other silver wolf left its spot, watching Tang Wen warily.

There was trust between humans and wolves, but not much.