Pretending To Be A Boss

"It's not clear yet, we'll have to experiment to find out. After all, they are not hellhounds, just belonging to the same canine family."

Tang Xian began setting up the tent while Tang Xiaojiu, Tang Gazi, and Tang Bingxiang, the three non-humans, waited inside for Tang Xian and Akasi.

Akasi was still confused about what Tang Xian had said. Tang Xian walked towards the darkness of the west and said,

"Consider it one of my abilities, for now, killing dogs can enhance my sense of smell. To find that Nvwa Snake, my sense of smell needs to be stronger."

"This is indeed... a legitimate reason to eat dog meat."

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The reason why it's called the White Bone Mountain Range is simply that there is a huge centipede-like skeleton here—spanning the entire range.

No one knows what creature this skeleton belongs to, nor how long it has been here.

If the mining world and the Earth actually have the same age, then millions of years ago, this world may have also harbored many gigantic creatures.

Perhaps some remnants still exist.

Compared to this skeleton, the Nvwa Snake seemed much smaller.

This was a Nvwa Snake that had just reached adulthood, its gray scales had mostly turned white.

At the very beginning, the first white scale appeared on its belly, a time when its kin had yet to discover it.

But every member of the snake tribe knew what this meant.

It left on its own.

It fled the battlefield to the south. The heart of a snake and scorpion describes the malice of humans and also represents the cruelty and intelligence of these creatures.

The leader of the snake tribe has always been the youngest and most powerful White Phosphorus Serpent Demon.

After that white scale appeared, its intelligence also began to slowly evolve.

Instinct led it away from the group, alone in search of survival resources enough to get it through evolution.

Until it became the youngest and replaced that woman, Bai Mansheng.

What evolution demands is nothing more than food, and human flesh is the most delicious.

These invaders from another world, weak and greedy.

They covet the creatures' Soul Crystals, but they themselves are also a delicacy to this world's predators.

The Nvwa Snake had eaten many people, and its body bore more and more white scales, lacking only the most crucial scale at the forehead.

Its huge body roamed the beastless White Bone Mountain Range.

The beast tide migration two days ago wiped out all of the Nvwa Snake's sources of food.

Just at the last critical stage of evolution.

This afternoon was calmer compared to other days; it (the snake) swam in the great swamp, flicking its tongue. Its huge body gradually shrank.

Until it took human form.

But it couldn't speak, and its ordinarily handsome appearance, now with a touch of wickedness, was marred by the lack of the last scale covering, leaving half of its face covered in gray scales.

Destroying the beauty of the whole face, as if it were a creature with snake genes recombined.

The Nvwa Snake looked at its reflection in the water, gently touching the gray scales on its face.

The desire in its eyes was enough to show its craving for food.
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"Go!"

The sudden sound startled the Nvwa Snake; it was a disaster-level creature, with the power to turn rivers and seas.

But when it transformed into a human, its power was greatly reduced.

Originally, it was supposed to do this after completing evolution, but the beast tide migrated, and it thought this place would surely be empty of life, so it let down its guard.

It prematurely enjoyed the privileges of a leader-level creature.

But who could have imagined that humans were lying in ambush in this place!

How could humans step so deep into this territory?

The terrifying wind pressure came at it; from more than ten meters away, Dong Ran let loose several blows.

Initially worried whether her attack could harm a disaster-level creature, she didn't understand why this creature could transform into a human form!

And after transforming into a human, its strength was clearly much weaker.

The Nvwa Snake instinctively prepared to dodge.

But just as it was about to evade, a flash of silver light appeared.

A man with silver hair holding a dagger began to slash frantically!

A look of astonishment was in the snake's eyes, this speed far exceeded its understanding of humans.

"Take advantage of this moment to suppress it, try not to let it revert to its original form!"

Several teammates didn't understand why the Nvwa Snake appeared in this form, but they didn't doubt Tang Xian's words.

The wind pressure was imminent, but Akasi held the Nvwa Snake in check.

Just as Dong Ran's terrifying force was about to hit both the Nvwa Snake and Akasi together—

Akasi suddenly disappeared.

The Nvwa Snake again looked at this speed with astonishment, while Dong Ran's next wave of attack had already arrived!

At the same time, on the surface of the lake, flashes of silver light!

Akasi's attacks were like a ferocious storm, not only making it impossible for the Nvwa Snake to defend itself but even blocking its vision with the storm-like rapid strikes!

"Its vitality still conforms to that of a disaster-level creature, but its other stats have dropped drastically, what's the reason for this?" Qiao Shanshan asked from a distance.

"Being human isn't so easy, is it?" Tang Xian's gaze was fixed on the Nvwa Snake, without any relaxation.

Two days ago, after he and Akasi hunted down the bone hyenas, Tang Xian's sense of smell indeed improved.

Apart from feeling sympathy for the canine creatures of this world, Tang Xian had no other thoughts.

After further enhancing his sense of smell, Tang Xian was finally able to precisely locate the Nvwa Snake from a great distance.

In fact, the group had already been ambushed at the edge of the great swamp in the White Bone Mountain Range seven hours earlier.

Tang Xian was accurate in his calculations. The beast tide migration meant the Nvwa Snake was without food.