<h4>Chapter 179: The Behemoth On The Brink of Death, The Immortal Fairy</h4>


    Trantor: As Studios Editor: As Studios


    This was a polluted swamp!


    Large patches of withered trees and vegetationid in the muddy shallow waters. The bark had already fallen off the trees, causing the surfaces to be bald and smooth, and the polluted, yellowishke waters gave off a terrible stench.


    The whole swamp was barren, deste, and quiet. There were no traces of life, and the whole ce was silent.


    Then, all of a sudden...


    A huge shadow rushed from afar before ultimatelying to a stop in mid-air above the swamp. Thick, dense fur and powerful intertwining muscles covered its body—it was Sacas the Behemoth!


    “Boss, this is the Scarlet Swamp Snakes’ territory,” Sacas said as it turned to Meng Lei. “The Scarlet Swamp Snake is an extremely powerful snake species that lives in a pack in the Lost Continent. Their numbers are fairly big.”


    “How strong are they?”


    “They vary in strength. Some are sixth-grade to seventh-grade, and some are eighth-grade to ninth-grade, while the Scarlet Swamp Snake Emperor itself is a Saint Domain Magical Beast.


    “Generally speaking, the Scarlet Swamp Snakes are not any weaker than the Golden Corpse Bugs. Both are Magical Beast species that live inrge packs.”


    “Not bad.”


    A satisfied Meng Lei waved him away. Then, he ordered, “Go on and get the Scarlet Swamp Snake Emperor out here.”


    “Yes, Boss!”


    Sacas casually picked up a withered branch and threw it into the swamp, causing the waters to ssh about everywhere and the mud to spatter.


    “...”


    Two minutester, a 20-meters-long water snake covered in reddish-brown spots weaved out of the swamp and slithered over to them in a crooked line.


    “That’s the Scarlet Swamp Snake, Boss.”


    As it watched the Scarlet Swamp Snake intently, Sacas exined, “This particr group of snakes is too greedy and has eaten all the living things inside the swamp.


    “Therefore, Scarlet Swamp Snakes are constantly hungry. The moment there’s even the slightest bit of motion, they’ll be lured out of their den.


    “Take a look over there!”


    Meng Lei looked over on his cue to see Scarlet Swamp Snakes of varying sizes also popping out from other areas of the swamp. Additionally, their numbers were getting bigger and bigger. It was as though thousands upon thousands of snakes were spilling forth from their den.


    “They’re a bunch of starving snakes, indeed.”


    Meng Lei bent his fingers and made a stroking motion as if he were strumming a guitar. As he did so, wind des also shot out one after another toward the Scarlet Swamp Snakes.


    Splurt!


    Splurt!


    Splurt!


    Amid constant jarring noises, the wind des severed the Scarlet Swamp Snakes’ heads one by one, and they died one after another.


    Blood spurted everywhere, and decapitated snakeheads were thrown out in all directions.


    In a mere instant, the Scarlet Swamp Snakes that had crawled out of their den had all been killed. Freshly-spilled blood dyed the swamp red in dozens of spots, and the faint smell of blood slowly began to pervade the air.


    Was everything over?


    Of course not!


    As though they’d caught the smell of blood, more and more Scarlet Swamp Snakes emerged from the swamp, like mushrooms sprouting after rain.


    , 50, 100...


    In less than the amount of time it took to take a few breaths, the initially-quiet swamp had be incredibly lively. Scarlet Swamp Snakes that had been hiding in unknown ces made their grand appearances and filled up every corner of the swamp.


    At one nce, the whole ce was a scarlet red.


    As far as the eye could see, big snakes were everywhere.


    “Tsk, tsk! There must be at least 8,000 of them, if not 10,000!” Meng Lei marveled at the sight. “Just as well! I can just take them all out, then!”


    “Absolute Zero!”


    Boom!


    A white, chilly air current burst forth and shrouded the whole area within 10,000 meters. Amid crisp snaps and cracks, everything in the surroundings was fixed in ce during this instant.


    The scarlet swamp became a nation of frost, and all the Scarlet Swamp Snakes within 10,000 meters turned into vivid-looking ice sculptures.


    “Ding! 1 Scarlet Swamp Snake killed. 13 million gold coins gained!”


    “Ding! 1 Scarlet Swamp Snake killed. 3.97 million gold coins gained!”


    Meng Lei rose into the air and flew further into the swamp’s depths while Sacas followed closely after him.


    Just like that, the pair slew everything in their path as they advanced. Snake carcasses were littered all about, and innumerable ice sculptures were created everywhere they passed through.


    When the pair reached the very center of the swamp, a deep pool appeared in front of them. As though an old well, the pool waters were a clean and clear dark green. Deep and bottomless, it waspletely different from the unbearably polluted swampy waters around it.


    A powerful Saint Domain Magical Beast aura emanated from the pool, leaving no doubt to the fact that an enormous, savage beast was lurking within.


    “Sacas, get him out here!”


    “Yes, sir!”


    Sacas grabbed a huge piece of wood and threw it right into the pool. At the same time, he also started to hurl abuse loudly. “Albin, here’s a f*cking coffin for your ancestors! Hurry and get the hell out here...”


    Ssh!


    There was no way of telling whether it was the huge piece of wood that’d rmed the savage beast in the pool or Sacas’ verbal abuse that’d taken effect!


    Ssh!


    Amid great sshes, an enormous snakehead jumped out of the pool and bit at Sacas—who was in mid-air—at lightning-quick speed! Its huge mouth opened wide, and a fishy, pungent stink rushed toward their faces.


    “Hmph!”


    Sacas was already prepared for this a long time ago. In the instant the snake dived toward it, its sharp ws closed together, and it grabbed viciously at it!


    Unexpectedly, in the instant that it was about to make contact with the snake, its head whipped to the side in an S-shape and bypassed Sacas’ sharp ws to mp its jaws down at its waist!


    Ssh!


    The next moment, the snake’s massive body followed closely and wound around Sacas at high speed. It went one round, two, two and a half...


    Roar!


    As a raging Behemoth, how would Sacas possibly allow the huge snake to get its way? With a roar into the sky, six two-meters-long barbed ws grabbed viciously at the snake’s body!


    sh!


    sh!


    The ws created deep fissures in the snake’s body with every grab Sacas made as though metal hooks. Blood sprayed everywhere and dyed the snake—as well as the pool waters underneath them—red.


    Hiss!


    Pain came over the huge snake. It opened its cavernous jaws and bit at Sacas’ neck. Two sharp venomous fangs gleamed with a cold, greenish glow under the sunlight as they bit viciously at Sacas.


    Meng Lei couldn’t help but shake his head with a lightugh at the sight of that. Just how tough and solid was Sacas’ body? First-ss spells might not even be able to break its defenses, so how would two venomous fangs possibly be able to wound it?


    Splurt!


    However, something unbelievable happened the next moment. The two venomous fangs actually managed to pierce through Sacas’ skin and sink viciously into its body with a splurt.


    Large amounts of venom were injected into its body and began to spread rapidly. Sacas stiffened up, and the movements of its sharp, barbed ws that were brandishing about fervently also gradually began to slow down—evidently, it had been poisoned!


    “What the f*ck!!!”


    Meng Lei, who was awfully shocked, hastily got ready to go forward to render aid. Not only was Sacas his trusted subordinate and favored aide, but he was also loyal and devoted. He couldn’t just watch it die from the snake’s venom.


    Whoosh!


    Unexpectedly, a sudden turn of events urred at this point.


    A shrill whiz abruptly rang out, and a green arrow shot toward them at an unbelievable speed. In an instant, it’d pierced through the snake’s point of weakness!


    At once, the snake’s eyes rolled up, and its massive body immediately froze up. From the look of it, it wasn’t going to survive.


    At the same time, the green arrow continued its momentum and pierced through the snake’s head to shoot toward Sacas’ throat!


    The green arrow’s might hadn’t diminished by much. Even Meng Lei couldn’t be sure whether or not it would pierce through Sacas’ throat.


    He couldn’t take chances with it!


    “Damn!”


    Meng Lei hastily grabbed at the arrow. After he had raised the Gods-ying Rat bloodline assimtion rate to 2%, his speed had improved even further. In an instant, he hade right up to Sacas.


    Unfortunately...


    It was ultimately still a step toote.


    Splurt!


    The green arrow’s ability to prate had reached terrifying levels. It easily broke through Sacas’ superbly strong defenses and shot right into its throat.


    “Ugh!”


    Blood sprayed into the air. Sacas let out a mournful cry as blood began to spurt madly from its throat, instantly dyeing the thick fur at its chest red.


    “Bastard!”


    Meng Lei almost went berserk. However, he managed to barely hang on to hisst vestige of rationality and stop himself from killing the person that hadunched the sneak attack. Instead, he cast a wood-elemental first-ss spell—Blessings of Life!


    Buzz!


    The Wood Elements within 10,000 meters of where he was converged fervently to form a 100-meters-wide funnel that covered Sacas within. Wood Elements containing abundant vitality began to rapidly heal the wound at Sacas’ throat.


    Under Blessings of Life’s healing powers, the wound at Sacas’ throat began to visibly heal. The bleeding gradually stopped in just a few moments, and the wound had be close to closing.


    “Eat this.”


    Meng Lei also brought out a wood-elemental Saint Domain Magical Beast’s vitality core and stuffed it into Sacas’ mouth to continue healing its wound.


    “Thank you... Boss!”


    The sessive blows had made Sacas, a strong and muscr Behemoth, rather weak, and its voice was no longer as fierce and ferocious as it had previously been.


    “All I can do is heal your physical wound. I can’t remove the snake venom in you.” Meng Lei had a grave look on his face as he asked, “Are you able to tough it out?”


    “Don’t worry, Boss!”


    Sacas grinned a little and replied weakly, “It’s nothing but just the Scarlet Swamp Snake Emperor’s venom. It can’t kill me. We Behemoths are immune to most snakes’ venom. If you let me take a short break, I’ll be alive and kicking in a while!”


    “Good to hear that.”


    Meng Lei heaved a sigh of relief. His tightly-knitted brows also smoothened out. As he patted Sacas’ shoulder, he saidfortingly, “Have a good rest. Leave the rest to me!”


    “Yes, Boss!”


    Meng Lei turned round, the look in his eyes already reced by a chilling harshness. As he gazed at the direction from which the green arrow had shot out 0f, murderous intent suffused his eyes as he said, “You sneaky bastard, get the hell out here!”


    Boom!


    The order, once given, was strictly enforced. As a furious roar rang out, endless ck mes suddenly rained down from the sky and shrouded the forest in the other direction.


    Boom, boom, boom!


    As though the mes of Amaterasu1, the ck mes set everything in their path on fire and turned them into zing mes that sprayed everywhere. In the twinkling of an eye, the forest had turned into a sea of ck fire.


    Whoosh!


    A green feminine figure flew out of the sea of fire. The tips of her toes tapped lightly in the air, and shended gracefully on the ground like a green butterfly. Her movements were light and nimble like an otherworldly celestial maiden’s.


    Pointed ears, a tall, slender figure, a beautiful, exquisite face, soft, tender skin, and a pair of gentle, attractive, jet-ck eyes that looked as though they could speak...


    Added to those her emerald-green armor that covered only the essentials and left everything else exposed, she was innocent-looking yet sensual at the same time and brimmed with endless allure.


    When faced with such an enchanting woman, any man would be moved. Meng Lei was also a little stunned by her beauty, but what he felt, even more, was fury—fierce, zing fury!


    “Were you the one that ambushed my prey and attacked my mount? How bold of you!”


    “All the Magical Beasts on this continent are my prey. Those two Saint Domain Magical Beasts are naturally no exception.”


    The beautiful woman’s lips moved as she replied. Her voice was clear and melodious as if a trickling stream that moistened the bottom of one’s heart. She said, “You can leave now. They are mine.”


    Meng Lei broke intoughter at her words. His sinisterughter resounded in the air above the swamp.


    “And if I don’t?”