Chapter 1 The Serpent's Gluttony

Outside the deep pit cave, a titanic king cobra coiled, its three hideous heads looming in the mist, blood dripping from its scales.

"Evolution points +1 million"

A metallic voice reminded in his mind.

Zhang Ji was invigorated. As expected, imported living creatures provided more evolution points!

The natives of Xichuan Town were too disappointing, unable to provide even 100,000 evolution points. Utterly useless!

"Hiss hiss hiss"

Zhang Ji flicked his forked tongue, his scarlet vertical pupils watching the dark pit cave. There was considerable activity inside, accompanied by baleful aura and a fishy wind. Clearly, many creatures were climbing out.

"Rustle rustle rustle"

Soil and rocks around the pit cave fell.

Zhang Ji quietly moved backward, shrinking his body and concealing himself in the mist.

"I was too quick to bite last time. This time, I must control myself and eat after a few more come up... Damn alien monster mouth, stop drooling!"

Nearby, Liu Youshan hurriedly retreated with Gao Xin and a group of Rat Hall subordinates. Serpent Lord was hunting here, and they were likely to be accidentally eaten if they stayed.

Sure enough.

Soon after they left, they heard terrifying wolf howls coming from the pit cave, filled with excitement and agitation, the sound like roaring waves.

But instantly.

The earth shook, screams erupted, and shrill howls echoed. A bloody aura filled the turbulent mist, and a colossal figure emerged, its scarlet scales appearing and disappearing.

In a breath, the world fell silent.

The wind blew through the wasteland, bringing "rustling" and "cracking" sounds, as if a monster was drinking blood and chewing bones.

Liu Youshan was terrified, his eyes filled with fear.

"When I took Serpent Lord to devour my mother-in-law, Serpent Lord wasn't this ferocious. Now, he's becoming increasingly bloodthirsty and terrifying!"

"Serpent Lord is the only true horror in Xichuan Town. Does anyone object to this statement?"

The Rat Hall members around him shook their heads like rattles.

Liu Youshan was worried. "Serpent Lord is so gluttonous, with an ever-increasing appetite. What will we do in the future?"

He feared that Serpent Lord would eventually devour all living things, including himself.

Gao Xin gesticulated, "Hall Master, you worry too much. This subordinate believes that Serpent Lord is not just being gluttonous, but has other considerations!"

His rat-like eyes gleamed.

Liu Youshan was surprised and gesticulated, "Oh?! Why do you say that?"

Gao Xin bowed in the direction of Zhang Ji, then gesticulated with a face full of emotion and admiration:

"Serpent Lord may appear cold-blooded and ferocious, with three hideous heads, but in fact, he is warm-hearted on the inside, a typical good Samaritan."

"Serpent Lord is warm-hearted?"

Liu Youshan's eyes widened. This was the first time he had heard anyone say that Serpent Lord was warm-hearted.

Gao Xin analyzed seriously:

"Last time, the extraterrestrial giant wolves attacked from the pit cave. Not long ago, the evil tiger from the Tiger Stele ambushed us. And this time, the pit cave has changed again. Serpent Lord is always the one intercepting the enemies, fighting bloody battles."

"Isn't that so?"

"He is always fighting on the front lines, single-handedly battling the most terrifying enemies, the danger of which is unimaginable."

Gao Xin sighed to the sky.

"In the dead of night, Serpent Lord must also feel tired, feel weary, and be sick of blood and slaughter. But when dawn breaks and the enemies attack, Serpent Lord has no choice but to raise his noble oval heads again and go to war, slaughtering in all directions."

"It's not that Serpent Lord is hungry again, but that we are all too useless to help and can only hold him back!"

Gao Xin gesticulated, his expression growing more excited, his tail standing up, his eyes reddening.

Liu Youshan was moved.

The Rat Hall members behind him listened with rapid breathing, their rat claws clenched. For the first time, they felt Serpent Lord's pain and suffering.

"So we all misunderstood Serpent Lord!"

Seeing the changes in the eyes of the crowd, Gao Xin was encouraged and continued to gesticulate:

"How can we say that Serpent Lord is gluttonous when he is acting so righteously? No! Serpent Lord is concerned about Xichuan Town, concerned about the elders and villagers, so he has been silently contributing and protecting us!"

"For this reason, he is unwilling to reveal the truth that he is a king cobra, preferring to bear the infamy."

"Because most people are foolish. They can only see the petty interests in front of their eyes. They only know that Serpent Lord has harmed their families and friends, but they don't know that Serpent Lord is just trying to eat his fill so he has the strength to kill the enemies!"

Gao Xin's eyes were bloodshot, his emotions even more agitated, and all the fur on his body stood up.

"The enemies are so terrifying, and Serpent Lord is fighting against them all alone. He doesn't know how much blood and sweat he has shed. Is it too much to ask for a bite of meat?"

"If it weren't for Serpent Lord, the entire Xichuan Town would have been destroyed long ago, and we would have all become food!"

"Believe that when Serpent Lord eats their relatives, he must be bleeding in his heart and tears flowing from his eyes, because Serpent Lord has no choice, he wants to protect more people."

After saying this,

Liu Youshan took a deep breath, his eyes bursting with excitement, and sighed to the sky: "All of us, including all the survivors in Xichuan Town, owe Serpent Lord a 'Thank you, Serpent Lord, you've worked hard!'"

"He would rather bear sin and evil than save the vast majority of people. Serpent Lord is so righteous, yet those people actually call him a ferocious king cobra. It's truly hateful!"

He looked at Gao Xin and gesticulated seriously: "After we return, immediately organize what you just said into text, print it in the newspaper, and distribute it throughout Xichuan Town."

"Let everyone see how much blood and sweat the ferocious king cobra in their eyes has paid for the survival of Xichuan Town, how much abuse and evil he has endured. And what have they paid?"

"Just a little bit of meat!"

Gao Xin nodded, "Hall Master, rest assured, I will definitely give Serpent Lord justice... No, I will give our lovely king cobra justice!"

Liu Youshan smiled very satisfied, looked back at the direction of the pit cave, saluted, and waved his claws to lead the crowd to retreat.

In the mist,

Liu Youshan asked curiously: "Gao Xin, my helmsman, your words just now were deafening and enlightening, you spoke wonderfully. I am very curious, what kind of work did you do before?"

"Reporting to Hall Master, this subordinate used to be in pyramid schemes, in charge of ideological education..."

.......

Outside the pit cave.

Zhang Ji opened and closed his fangs, swallowing the last giant wolf. When he raised his head, his scarlet vertical pupils showed a hint of melancholy.

"I've become more gluttonous than before!"

"I'm starting to lose control of my mouth. I clearly controlled the mouths of the alien monster and the king cobra, but I didn't control the mouth of the white-eyed wolf king!"

"Alas, having too many mouths is also a source of trouble!"

Zhang Ji sighed in his heart, vowing to control all three mouths this time.

He shrank his massive body back and disappeared into the mist again.

At the edge of the pit cave, a sea of blood remained, along with a few eyeballs that had been burst by the bite force, white and terrifying with blood.

The blood congealed and flowed along the low-lying areas towards the pit cave...

At the same time.

At the bottom of the ten-thousand-zhang deep pit cave.

This was a dark and vast world, like an underground underworld, with no end in sight.

The land was desolate, gray and barren were the themes, without any green or vitality. The world was filled with gray dead silence and desolation, as if the entire world had been drained of life, withered and dead.

The ground was dry and cracked, and terrifying array patterns flickered from time to time.

"Crack~"

Gray clouds gathered in the void, with red lightning crisscrossing, occasionally striking the barren land, bringing streaks of blood-colored thunder and fire, and filling the air with a destructive aura.

A group of black-haired giant wolves advanced on the wasteland, numbering in the tens of thousands, in a mighty formation.

They were huge, the smallest being fifteen meters tall, their aura fierce and terrifying. Yet they marched like a military legion, their steps neat and powerful, their bodies covered in armor, revealing only their claws, wolf muzzles, and eyes. Their scarlet eyes were cruel and cold.

"Doo——"

A desolate horn sounded, and the black wolf legion stopped on the spot, obeying the order.

A majestic and domineering voice came from the legion's central tent...

"The Holy Master is on a hunting expedition to the east, and the Great Priest accompanies him with the tribe's ancestral artifact. This battle will be victorious!"

"The souls of our Black Wolf tribe's fallen family members will be at peace, and the deceased Buck Wolf King will also rest in peace, because in this battle, our fangs and claws will tear apart all living creatures in this ancient abandoned star's ancient ruins of the Twelve Divine Kingdoms!"

"Warriors of the Black Wolf tribe, Barton Wolf King has led the vanguard into enemy territory and is now drinking the enemy's blood. We cannot fall behind. Issue the order, attack——"

In an instant, ten thousand wolves stampeded, the earth shook, and a mighty baleful and fishy wind surged, rushing towards the pit cave...