Chapter 109: Let’s Get Some Poison First.
Behold, the blond man slightly raised his arm, palm spread into a hand blade.
Not even hesitating or gathering strength.
Terror-inducing power burst forth naturally, and with a heavy chop, it came down.
“Slap!”
The outer layer of the coconut cracked, and the hard shell inside shattered open.
“Not bad, this coconut isn’t fully soaked yet.”
After picking out the core, the team leader first dabbed some coconut water on his fingertip, tasted it with his tongue, confirmed it wasn’t too strange, then tilted his head back to drink deeply.
“Hmm~”
The fragrant coconut water slid down his throat, and the blond man let out a satisfied hum. After finishing, he didn’t forget to scrape off some coconut flesh to share with his companion.
Suddenly, they weren’t in a rush to explore anymore. Instead, they began searching for undamaged coconuts nearby.
They also gathered other usable resources, storing them away to bring back after their exploration was over.
After doing all that, they glanced around at the plain turned swamp, confirming there was nothing else worth noting, before advancing toward the forest at the edge of the plain.
“The direction the thief dragon king came from.”
The team leader glanced at the footprints on the ground and looked around.
Pairs of thief dragon eyes were watching them, waiting for them to show any sign of weakness so they could swarm them.
“Hey!”
But that blond man lifted his hand, greeted them with a sunny smile.
The thief dragons scattered instantly, leaving the blond man who waved awkwardly scratching his head as he continued forward.
Until they saw a massive green creature blocking their path.
The flying dragon monster coiled its body, tail wrapped around its head, peacefully sleeping. Some impudent thief dragons were trying to attack it but clearly couldn’t break through its defenses.
It slept harmlessly, but the short fur on the mountain cat’s body stood on end due to the damp environment.
Because when the thief dragons attacked, they collided with the bright red spines and were cut, wailing as they convulsed on the ground.
A monster that can sleep on the road without needing its nest—how could it possibly be harmless?
“Relax, our trip hasn’t been in vain.”
The team leader pressed his hand on his companion’s shoulder, showing no fear facing this tree sea lord-like monster.
In fact, he got quite close, examining the sleeping beauty that was the spiny dragon.
Its powerful beauty.
Just from reports about slaying dragons, the enormous ecosystem of the new continent might very well allow already large monsters to surpass the size limits witnessed on the original continent, making them even stronger.
“A sleeping spiny dragon isn’t easy to wake up. I think we have plenty of time to collect its data.”
The blond man wasn’t content just looking anymore; he reached out and touched the spiny dragon’s face.
The shell, which was the color of soft plant stems, was actually as hard as stone, yet flexible at the same time.
His nails couldn’t even leave a mark.
His hand moved up from the nose tip, and the team leader climbed onto the spiny dragon’s head without directly touching the red base of its horns.
He drew out the skinning knife, wrapping a piece of cloth around the blade, using the flat side to scrape the spiny dragon’s horn.
The horn was slippery, and purple-red traces spread across the cloth, oozing poison under pressure.
Monsters’ toxins are excellent materials, useful for studying their components to aid alchemy or poisoning blades to fight other monsters.
The spiny dragon’s strong poison can not only suppress other poisons but also enhance a hunter’s five senses.
Of course, it must be used in moderation.
The team leader carefully collected the spiny dragon’s poison, his muscular body calm and patient.
Finally, the little bit of toxin filled an entire bottle, but the team leader didn’t stop. He pulled out a second bottle and kept collecting, determined not to stop until all his bottles were full.
The mountain cat gave him a worried glance, silently keeping watch nearby in case any monsters came to disturb.
“Hum~”
Hot breath sprayed from the spiny dragon’s nostrils as the master of the tree sea gently shook its head in slumber.
The team leader, half-climbing on the spiny dragon, quickly jumped down, observing every movement of the spiny dragon.
But it just shook its head. Confirming this, the team leader continued collecting the toxin.
Stopping? That’s impossible!
Even if the spiny dragon woke up and turned hostile, he wouldn’t stop.
There’s just too much you can do with a good vial of poison.
And at this moment, was Jié Jié really asleep?
Yes, he was really asleep.
When he first lay down, he was pretending to sleep, but within two minutes, he fell asleep for real.
Why lie down if you’re not going to sleep?
Why not observe.
Why.
For.
Zzzzz…
Sleepiness deleted his thoughts one by one, and Jié Jié drifted into sweet dreams.
What survey team? What grand team leader? They won’t run away.
Spiny dragon, perfectly playing its role!
“Huff, let’s stop here for now. Next—”
The team leader put away the fourth bottle filled with poison, shifting his attention from the spiny dragon’s horn to its face.
There was always this urge to peel its eyelids open.
The blond man rubbed his chin but abandoned this dangerous idea, instead moving to an even more perilous spot on the spiny dragon.
Near its mouth.
When the spiny dragon sleeps, its mouth doesn’t stay closed; it slightly opens, revealing its sharp teeth.
Even the team leader wouldn’t dare stick his hand in, so he grabbed a branch and poked around, trying to pry open the spiny dragon’s mouth.
The natural reaction to something entering your mouth is to bite.
The branch was immediately crushed under the weight of the spiny dragon’s head, breaking into two pieces.
Seeing this wouldn’t work, the team leader paced back and forth in front of the spiny dragon’s head, observing its oral structure through those gleaming sharp teeth.
He wanted to find the venom glands in the spiny dragon’s mouth, to get some different poison from its back.
But the intimidating teeth provided too strong protection, forcing him to abandon this idea and search for a good spot on the thief dragon with the skinning knife instead.
The spiny dragon’s shell was so hard that even a great sword would bounce off, and despite being slashed by the great sword, the spiny dragon still slept soundly.
Rather than breaking through the shell, finding some gaps to shave off bits of shell tissue should be fine, like collecting some flakes of skin.
The sharp skinning knife scraped against the spiny dragon’s shell, veins bulging on the arm holding it as green crumbs were scraped off and collected.
These flakes were only useful for the ecological researchers to take a look at; there was no need to put in too much effort.
Just as the team leader was pondering what else could be done with this spiny dragon, the eyelid below the small horn opened, revealing golden pupils.
The colossal beast slowly unfurled its broad wings and stood up.
But the team leader and the ailu cat had already hidden in the nearby woods, observing from the shadows.
Although the spiny dragon was a neutral-type monster, flaunting themselves openly in front of it was too reckless.
Though they sensed an inevitable battle in the future, confronting the spiny dragon now would be unwise.
After Jié Jié opened his eyes, he quietly thought about the particularly noticeable circle of human footprints on the ground.
So, they’d been here already?
Lifting his head to look left and right, he spotted the two figures hiding behind the bushes.
Was he stupid enough not to see them?
But he really pretended not to notice or care about them.
Chapter 110
