Zero To Hero In The Martial Arts Library Novel - Chapter 103
Chapter 103: The Big One Comes After the Small One
“This is Ye Xiao, an old customer of our shop. He is young and promising. Ye Xiao, this is my daughter, Xu Damao.”
“Hello!”
Xu Damao wiped her hands on her pants and stretched out her right hand.
That broad back reminded Ye Xiao of the American Brawny Man in the movie. Her skin was dark, she had thick hair, wide palms, and thick lips… No wonder her name was Xu Damao. She was like a really big cat!
The kind that was really fluffy and big!
Ye Xiao raised his head and looked at the other party. He simply shook her hand.
“Hello.”
“My dad wanted to introduce me to you, right? Don’t worry, my dad is thick-headed but I’m not. I’m still very self-aware. After all, you’re such a handsome man. It’s impossible for you to fall for me.”
Xu Damao’s had a good attitude which surprised Ye Xiao a little.
Boss Xu glared at Xu Damao fiercely.
“You wretched girl, what nonsense are you spouting?”
Xu Damao glanced at him unhappily.
“Dad! Can you stop? If you keep making silly bargains and ‘introducing’ me to people, not to mention myself but won’t you be harming them for the rest of their lives?
“You wretched girl, you can’t even find a partner. In the future, when I’m old, who will take care of you?”
“Then I’ll just stay in a nursing home.”
Ye Xiao saw the father and daughter bickering and helplessly shook his head as he smiled.
“Miss, you don’t have to sell yourself short too much. A beautiful heart is truly beautiful.”
Xu Damao was not interested and waved her hand.
“There’s no need to say any more polite words. My ears are almost callused from listening to it. If there’s nothing else, I’ll continue to move my pig iron. There are still a few tons left.”
Ye Xiao nodded. Xu Damao left quickly while Boss Xu said with some resentment,
“This wretched girl really doesn’t have a brain at all.”
Ye Xiao said unhurriedly,
“I think it’s pretty good. At least it’s better than you, she’s honest.”
Boss Xu smiled embarrassedly, but he was thick-skinned and did not say anything.
Ye Xiao spoke again.
“Boss Xu, I don’t want news about me to spread. I hope that when you sell throwing knives, you don’t mention me to others. Otherwise, I’ll never deal with you again.”
“Don’t worry, I understand all the business secrets.”
Ye Xiao nodded.
“In that case, I’ll be leaving first.”
“Okay.”
The two of them said goodbye. Ye Xiao walked to a corner where no one was around. After confirming the direction of Lingnan, he used the Divine Intent technique and disappeared on the spot.
…
At the same time, in the deep mountains of Lingnan, a team was slowly approaching a pool of water.
In the forest, there were many white bones lying quietly. Most of them were animals and star beasts. There were also a few belonging to humans.
The young man in the lead said in a low voice,
“Everyone, be careful. The black-scaled snake in the pool ahead is already a transcendent-grade star beast. Its level is at least equivalent to the strength of a Houtian ninth grade to tenth grade star beast.
“This time, we hired the company with great effort, but it wasn’t easy to obtain this information.
“The black-scaled snake’s entire body is a treasure. Its skin and scales can be refined into armor, its flesh can replenish a martial artist’s blood essence, its gall bladder can be refined into pills, improving one’s eyesight, snake bones, snake teeth, and so on. It can also be used to make weapons, and its venom can be refined into poison pills.
“If we can catch it, its value will definitely not be lower than three million!”
Everyone’s eyes could not help but light up. Their excitement was beyond words.
Everyone approached the pool. From afar, they saw a ten-foot-long black-scaled snake that was as thick as an adult woman’s arm. It coiled up and sat on the shore to bask in the sun.
As long as their sneak attack was successful, they might be able to kill the black-scaled snake in an instant and take it down at the smallest cost.
Everyone held their breaths. No one dared to take a deep breath. They could only move forward slowly.
However, at that moment, one of the team members accidentally stepped on a rib that was already brittle, giving off a crisp ‘crack’ sound.
“Oh no!”
Everyone’s hearts trembled. In the next second, the black-scaled snake that was basking in the sun suddenly lifted up its head and looked toward the forest vigilantly.
That pair of dark green slits in its eyes spun around, and no one knew what it was thinking.
“Go! Don’t let it run away.”
The leader shouted, and everyone immediately swarmed forward to surround it from many positions.
The warriors near the pond threw out a few hot weapons, voltage pulse grenades, and cut off the black-scaled snake’s escape route to the pond, forcing it into the forest.
The other warriors attacked in an orderly manner. In the blink of an eye, a few sparks appeared on the black-scaled snake’s body.
Some martial artists’ weapons were of a higher grade, so the black-scaled snake was able to see why the flowers were so red on the spot.
The black-scaled snake felt the pain and let out a sharp hiss. Its long tail whipped toward the two people on the left like lightning. Spiritual energy wrapped around its long tail, and like a long blade, it directly tore apart the armor of the two people, it left two bright red blood marks on their chests.
The two people were sent flying, spitting out fresh blood in the air as they flew backward. However, before they could land on the ground, the others had already taken the opportunity to rush forward and lock onto the black-scaled snake’s body with their weapons.
The leader directly chopped off the black-scaled snake’s head with a sword.
An exciting battle had ended.
Looking at the black-scaled snake’s head that was constantly twitching on the ground and the black-scaled snake’s body, everyone started to reveal happy smiles.
It was done.
The leader did not waste any time and immediately spoke,
“Healers, heal the injured teammates. The rest of you, quickly coil up the snake’s body. The fresh blood will attract the other star beasts over. We have to leave quickly.”
“Yes!”
Everyone methodically went about their tasks, and the entire team was filled with joy.
However, at that moment, the leader suddenly heard a hiss!
That sound was even deeper than the black-scaled snake’s. It was as if a large amount of air in the surroundings had been absorbed into a huge space.
At that moment, the leader’s entire body could not help but feel cold, as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
When he had just arrived, he had seen quite a number of white bones. He had originally thought that they should have been eaten by the black-scaled snake.
Now that he thought about it, something did not seem right.
That was because the black-scaled snake was too small.
It could not possibly eat animals the size of cows!
After all, snakes ate food directly, digested it in their stomachs, and spat out the bones.
Moreover, it was impossible to eat so much!
Then… How big was a black-scaled snake that could eat so much food and eat so many large animals?
Thinking of that, the leader immediately shouted,
“Quick! Let’s go! Leave the black-scaled snake. Let’s retreat!”
However, it was too late.
He had just opened his mouth when a huge black shadow suddenly jumped out of the forest and spat out a mouthful of poison. In an instant, the two martial artists were melted to the point that not a single bone was left.
