Chapter 851: Chapter 851

851: Chapter 837: The Hunter 851: Chapter 837: The Hunter The enemy of my enemy is an ally?

Uh, theoretically it’s possible, if that “enemy” is rational enough.

The giant frog grumbled an angry roar incomprehensible to outsiders, spitting slime and rocks at the intruders.

It looked like an act of “spitting saliva,” but paired with her size, it was as though mountains were collapsing and the earth was shaking.

Mountains crumbled, and a rain of stones fell.

So, in Kun Ba and his companion’s eyes, it was a creature beyond communication, launching an attack the moment they met.

In the midst of the stone rain, the three of them retreated without hesitation; it wasn’t that they couldn’t win, but in that scene, killing or even just injuring her was not worth it.

Meanwhile, a familiar Qi once more awoke not far away; the giant serpent had completed its resurrection.

The Feng Shui Master’s “Fengshui Instrument” firmly locked onto that direction.

“Let’s go, lure her over…”

Even if they couldn’t achieve cooperation, taking advantage of her power wasn’t hard.

When the giant serpent appeared before her again, she would naturally know what to do.

On the other hand, Lu Ping’an and his group were accelerating their escape.

“…Damn, still a bit too slow.”

Luck couldn’t always be on Lu Ping’an’s side; before they could extract the third Snake Shedding, the seed began to resurge ahead of time.

This was clearly quite bad.

Thankfully, it wasn’t resurging while they were digging…

If they had ended up face to face with unlucky diggers and the reviving corpse, the scene would have been worse than a horror movie.

But fortunately, the newly resurrected Snake King had no interest in the “little insects” several kilometers away.

After her revival, her mind was filled with rage.

As an Abyss Lord that reigned over this world, she had only died three times over the lengthy span of years.

in just a few hours, she had already died twice.

Fear that her not-so-long life might actually come to an end today.

“Damned toad, actually colluding with humans, a lowly breed, just like that Glaug, a bunch of traitors, all of you!”

Shouting and venting in impotent rage couldn’t solve the problem.

After tasting the uneasy rage of fear, she alarmingly realized that she had been left isolated and without support.

Her Legion, her Generals, her most trusted guards, were all left on the second and third levels of the frontline, and now it was impossible for them to return.

And for this war, she had dispatched the majority of her main Legion (other lords were utterly unreliable), leaving only the “little snakes” at the base.

Now, given the clearly devastated geography and the ruins, the survivors probably needed her to rescue them; she couldn’t expect them to come to aid their King.

This time, the master of the Abyss, having been isolated from her Legion and guards and severely weakened after two deaths, thought of the choice reserved for cowards for the first time.

And if she ran, it would probably be more humiliating than dying in battle; afterwards, she would lose prestige in the Abyss, and the local demons would not obey a deserter.

“…The deceased have no memory; just do a big purge afterwards.”

The cunning Snake King naturally thought about terrible things – to her, the entire seven layers of the Abyss were her playground, and the demons and Magic Monsters above were just cannon fodder and crops that needed to be harvested periodically.

As long as she could retain her authority, what harm would there be in purging them afterwards?

The crafty Snake King thought of running, but it would probably not be so easy.

The hunters, a three-person team, were quickly approaching, their presence not great, but the giant toad that followed behind them was massive.

Whenever the Monster tried to turn and leave, a slash of Sword Qi from Kun Ba would make it continue its furious pursuit.

But if they really tried to kill her, it wouldn’t be an easy task…

A real high-level Abyss Monster was quite difficult to kill, let alone the mountainous one who had invested most of its points in defense and regeneration.

The Snake King was different…

Anyone who had revival abilities wouldn’t place their talent in the useless areas of regeneration and armor.

Among high-level demons, her Life Force was mediocre at best, but in physical combat, spellcasting, and offensive Abnormal Abilities, she was top-notch.

But now, accompanied by two deaths, her Soul had suffered greatly; not only had her size decreased yet again, but she couldn’t use some high-level abilities anymore.

What’s more frustrating is that to regenerate her Body, she expended a considerable amount of her essence…

It was hard to say if death or rebirth was more draining for her.

Even if the fighting stopped now, she would need at least three or four years to refill her emptiness.

She knew that she couldn’t afford to continue fighting ; she had to find a way to leave.

“…At least, go fetch a weapon, go to the upper levels.”

What she hated was that her first death not only severely wounded her, but also caused her armor and equipment to be far away from her now.

But that persistent, bizarre roar came again, that dumb, sluggish idiot had actually come back again!

How could it be, how had she been tracked down?

She wasn’t good at this kind of thing…

In this moment, Didirona saw in front of the giant toad, those three cloak-clad figures, it was one of their sneak attacks that had caused her to have her heart torn out by the giant toad.

These guys, they were the true Black Hands behind it all, the conspirators causing all of this…

I’m not your enemy…..”

In a sense, Didirona wasn’t wrong, in the grand scheme of things, wasn’t this the humans’ extermination campaign against the Abyss, would the other lords fare any better if she died?

The slightly more composed her, tried to persuade her own kind, tried to make the raging giant toad realize that something was off with the current situation, she tried…

“I will kill you countless times.”

Your bite hurts me a lot!”

The giant monster’s response, with no skill just raw emotion in its bellow, clearly demonstrated the deep Abyss’ nature of being too “straightforward.”

The two behemoths collided again, and this time, the first to scream out in pain was Didirona….

Her strength was no longer a match for the monster before her.

Both sides once again entered a death match, the pain rendered the Snake King unable to dodge, and the ignited fighting instinct made her forget everything else….

Everything seemed no different from before.

Meanwhile, Lu Ping’an and his group were rushing on their way.

Although losing that Snake Shedding was unfortunate, it also meant that the original battlefield, that ruin with the colossal beasts fighting, had come to an end.

“Chris, are you sure there will be good stuff there?”

“Of course, if there weren’t high-value items, how could a Rule-level Abyss Magic Monster like her achieve infinite resurrection?

Even a Quasi-God of the Life system doesn’t have that ability.”

In this moment, Lu Ping’an instantly remembered the “Throne”…

“…The first task is to shatter the ‘Scales Throne,’ that is the core of this Abyss, as well as the Snake King’s throne and crown, which will have a certain impact on the frontline war…”

This was a task previously mentioned by Kun Ba, he wondered how far along they were with it, but considering the state of that ruin, it was probably quite difficult.

But this mission also informed Lu Ping’an that the “Scales Throne” definitely existed here, and it was no ordinary object.

And given that all these events had happened much too quickly, Lu Ping’an estimated that Kun Ba and the others had not found the target item…

With the opportunity to hunt down the Snake King herself, that “weakness item” was apparently not their top priority anymore.

The original plan of “stealing the throne to weaken Didirona before killing her,” due to the chaotic intervention of the giant toad Tank, no longer held much significance.

Therefore, a rational decision-maker would naturally revise the plan, considering the repeated killing of Didirona as the top priority…

If it was a game where key props were used to open doors, without the props, the door could be forced, thus looking for the key props would be a waste of time.

“Didirona’s resurrection is her ability, but it’s not just reliant on her alone, it should be based on some object at the core of its range for targeted resurrection; otherwise, she would have placed more of her own Snake Sheddings in other layers, and wouldn’t be so passive at this time.”

Having observed the Snake King up close and felt her power, Chris also confirmed her strength.

She was still a Rule-level creature, her complete state was probably that of a high-tier tier seventh Abyss life form, but if in the Abyss environment, her overall strength could go up another notch.

As for her profession, she seemed to be a curse sorcerer or a casting profession, but clearly, that wasn’t popular in the Abyss, where the big guys are each better at close combat than the last.

Such an existence like hers was more suited to casting spells behind a legion; if someone rushed her, then through her natural ability, she could engage in close combat.

Her skillset was very suitable for internal warfare in the Abyss when she had underlings; alone, she would be forced into head-on encounters.

“She doesn’t have the unique scent of the Life system…

that sense that no matter how you hit, she just can’t die.”

Such a being, to say nothing of infinite resurrection, even specialists in “Life Regeneration” could only achieve short-term survival or limited revival, it was not possible for someone to hop around alive after dying twice.

After fully bursting forth with speed, Lu Ping’an quickly arrived; the distance wasn’t far, and soon the now-quiet ruins were before him.

And on top of it, some surviving breeds of snake-men and snake monsters were cleaning up the ruins, seemingly looking for something.

So, Lu Ping’an silently pulled out his giant Beheading Sword…

he had already sensed that with every act of slaughter in the Abyss, the sword became more complete, more lucid.

It was constantly urging Lu Ping’an to kill, and although he had originally intended to refuse, what was fed back from “sharing”…

[Host has gained a minor amount of Abyss Purification, Physique has a slight increase.]

[Host has absorbed a minor amount of Ancient Snake Vein (Abyss Type) Life Essence, body’s self-healing ability has a slight enhancement….]

“Sorry, it gives too much.”