"White horse?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly.
Given his previous experiences, he felt the sudden appearance of a glossy white horse was somewhat unusual.
The white horse had its rear facing them and was positioned ahead of the Hummer, so its head was not visible.
Upon hearing the approaching Hummer, it showed no intention of yielding or evading.
Ling Xi slowed the vehicle, steered slightly, and continued forward.
"Speaking of which, the trees here are too tall!"
Ye Feng observed the surroundings, filled with trees so massive that several people would be needed to encircle them, and murmured.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Ye Feng's gaze was drawn back to the white horse ahead.
The white horse moved its neck, lifting its head slightly to reveal a pointed, horn-like object.
"Xiao Xiao, that's not a white horse. It might be a unicorn!"
Ye Feng said to Xiao Xiao, who was watching intently.
"A unicorn? It really has a long horn!"
Xiao Xiao observed for a while and nodded.
"Huh? Why is there such a strong smell of blood?"
As the Hummer moved forward and a gentle breeze blew from ahead, Ye Feng detected a potent smell of blood.
He instinctively tightened his grip on the AK47.
"Yi... "
Suddenly, a whinnying sound arose from the creature in front.
"Big brother, it sounds like a horse!"
Xiao Xiao turned to Ye Feng with a puzzled look.
"Xiao Xiao, unicorns don't just look like horses; their calls are also very similar to horses..."
"It's said some even have wings..."
Ye Feng naturally understood Xiao Xiao's confusion and quickly explained.
"Yi... "
Another whinnying sound.
As the Hummer continued its advance, the creature that Xiao Xiao thought was a horse and Ye Feng believed to be a unicorn finally turned its head.
"Ah...! "
Xiao Xiao, who had been curiously watching the horse-like white creature, let out a scream of fright upon seeing its head.
"What... what is this creature?"
Ye Feng was also genuinely shocked.
The creature he thought was a unicorn did have a horn.
As for its head... strictly speaking, it had no head, nor a face, eyes, or nose.
The entire front of its neck was a large, sphere-like suction cup.
Inside were numerous tentacles and long, interlocking fangs, resembling a ferocious, gaping maw...
At that moment, the horse-like white creature was chewing on a dismembered human corpse. Fragments of internal organs and bones occasionally fell to the ground, a gruesome and horrifying sight...
Not far away, an off-road vehicle had crashed into a tree, its hood completely buckled...
"Yi... "
As Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao stared in astonishment, the horse-like white creature let out a whinny.
Then, it lowered its neck slightly and charged at them with its long horn.
"Beep~ Hint: Detected Unicorned Beheaded Beast, highly poisonous swamp creature, carnivorous, no vision, relies on tentacles in its disc-shaped mouth to sense heat, judging creature location. Its horn changes color upon contact with poisonous substances. Unicorned Beheaded Beasts survive in the toxic swamp by means of their horns..."
Just as Ye Feng was about to blast the charging Unicorned Beheaded Beast with his AK47, the system's prompt sounded.
"Oh~ What an interesting horn!"
Ye Feng changed his mind.
He put away the AK47, switched to his Tang blade, and opened the Hummer door.
With a sidestep, he grabbed the Unicorned Beheaded Beast's charging horn with one hand and swung his blade with the other.
"Crack~"
The Unicorned Beheaded Beast's long horn snapped off.
"Yi... "
The Unicorned Beheaded Beast cried out, and the hundreds of crimson tentacles in its disc-shaped mouth lunged towards Ye Feng.
At such close range, Ye Feng could see the countless barbs on the tentacles, and the foul, bloody stench assailed his nostrils.
"Bang bang bang!~"
Ye Feng severed the nearby tentacles with his Tang blade and instantly drew a Glock 18 in his left hand, pulling the trigger.
"Yi... "
The Unicorned Beheaded Beast let out several screams and quickly retreated.
"Boom!~"
Ling Xi also accelerated the Hummer, and it surged forward, creating distance from the Unicorned Beheaded Beast.
The Unicorned Beheaded Beast swayed its neck slightly, its disc-shaped mouth wriggled, and a large amount of mucus emerged. The severed tentacles regrew at a visible rate...
Immediately, the Unicorned Beheaded Beast let out a shriek and charged at Ye Feng again.
"So fast!~"
Ye Feng was somewhat surprised.
The Hummer had created a hundred-meter gap, but the Unicorned Beheaded Beast, after a short run, was rapidly closing in.
Seeing this, Ye Feng took out his Barrett M82A1.
"Yi... "
As Ye Feng aimed and before he could fire, the Unicorned Beheaded Beast let out a startled sound.
It stomped its hoofs on the ground, forcibly halting its charge.
The force of the creature's step was so immense that it pulverized small stones on the ground...
"What's going on? Did it recognize the Barrett M82A1 and get scared off?"
Watching the Unicorned Beheaded Beast turn and flee, even faster than when it was chasing him, Ye Feng was perplexed.
Seeing the creature disappear, Ye Feng paid it no mind and turned to examine the horn he had cut off.
"Truly a good find~"
Ye Feng was quite pleased with the horn in his hand.
It could be used to detect poison in food, water, and air.
Before, when the water replenished by the [Shop] was insufficient, he had always worried about this when collecting water from the wild...
"Bang~ Bang~ Bang~........."
Suddenly, a series of dull, heavy thuds echoed.
Ling Xi also slowed the vehicle.
"Bang~ Bang~ Bang~........."
The deafening sounds continued, growing louder and closer, causing the very ground to vibrate.
"What's happening? Another giant beast approaching?"
Ye Feng frowned.
"Big brother, there's a huge figure approaching from over there~"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao, having tossed the last of the Unicorned Beheaded Beast's disgusting tentacles out the window, spoke.
Ye Feng turned and saw that in the lush broadleaf forest, a very tall object was indeed approaching, the immense thuds originating from that direction.
As the object moved, it caused large amounts of dead branches and leaves to fall...
"Little one, should we turn back?"
At this point, Ling Xi spoke.
The giant object was located on the only path through the broadleaf forest that could accommodate the Hummer, and it was heading directly towards Ye Feng and his companions.
"Gi... Giant..."
As the colossal object took a few more steps forward, Ye Feng's vision cleared, and he exclaimed in shock.
It was a human, approximately twenty meters tall, unclothed, with a massive beer belly!
"Bang bang bang...!~"
Just then, heavy stomping sounds also came from behind Ye Feng. Shortly after, another giant, about fifteen meters tall with a crooked mouth, appeared on the road Ye Feng had taken.
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