Swoosh swoosh swoosh!
It was already night. Cold winds constantly rustled through the jungle.
However, as far as Ye Bei and the snakes were concerned, the night couldn't stop them.
They could immediately lock on any creature, so long as it was moving or shaking.
"Yes! My King!"
As soon as Wang Wen heard Ye Bei's orders, he turned around to go look for the eggs. After becoming Ye Bei's disciple, he would execute Ye Bei's orders to the letter.
"Hold up!" But just as Wang Wen was about to lead the way, Ye Bei suddenly shouted, forcing him to stop.
The eight Blood Pythons—Spring, Flower, Autumn, Moon, Pursuing, Joy, Making, and Merry—had been under Ye Bei's control since the very beginning. The system had even assisted them in evolving this far. They would never betray him. As for Wang Wen, he had only just become Ye Bei's disciple, so he was more likely to betray him.
Hence…
Before dealing with the eggs, Ye Bei felt that it was necessary for them to gain some wisdom.
After all, now, he was all alone. If they were to gain some wisdom, they would undoubtedly be more efficient in expanding the snake group. Plus, just now, through his mental power, Ye Bei also sensed the presence of numerous mutated beasts nearby. If he wanted to solve these problems as soon as possible, it was absolutely necessary that his subordinates became more intelligent.
"Yes, my King!" Wang Wen said, looking at Ye Bei confusedly.
"Spring, Flower, Autumn, Moon, Pursuing, Joy, Making, Merry, the eight of you, also come here." Ye Bei spoke to the eight pythons, who were still manically devouring the corpses in the swamp. Those fellas were evolving exceptionally fast. They didn't know when they were full, so they were eating more and more. But when they heard Ye Bei's orders, they all stopped immediately and then moved over to Ye Bei and waited for him to speak.
"I will bestow upon you, wisdom! From today onward, you will have a higher IQ than humans. And starting today, you will be my most loyal and obedient servants, and will never betray me…" Hunkered on the ground, Ye Bei solemnly said all this while looking at the pythons condescendingly.
Although everyone heard what Ye Bei said, they didn't understand what he meant.
There was a bit of bewilderment in their eyes.
However, Ye Bei didn't hesitate. Instead, he immediately said to the system, "Give all of them some of the Evolution Potion. Enough for nine will suffice! Let them evolve completely…"
"Received!" The system complied.
Subsequently, nine streams of light-blue mist emerged from thin air and, as if a strange, otherworldly power were moving them, quickly tunneled into the nine pythons' nostrils.
Evolution!
Unceasing evolution!
This time, they would improve more than just physically. Their intelligence, memory, and mental powers would also be enhanced.
Ye Bei could vividly see the nine streams of light-blue vapor enter the bodies of these pythons, who were hunkered on the ground. The pythons' eyes, which were full of either murderous intent, or greed, or murkiness, quickly became bright.
It was as if wisdom was flooding through them.
The nine snakes lay motionless on the ground.
10 minutes!
20 minutes…
One hour!
After an hour had gone by, the nine pythons started to move.
Wang Wen was the first to react after getting up. His eyes kept gleaming, and he even sweet-talked Ye Bei. "Thank you for your reward, my King!" he said, his scarlet forked tongue sticking out of his mouth. "I, Wang Wen, will serve you until the day I die. May you live a long life, my King."
The nine Blood Pythons also started talking, and they also flattered Ye Bei.
"My King! We will nurture the most outstanding group of snakes."
"Thank you for your blessing, my King!"
"Long life, my King!"
When Ye Bei heard what they said, he felt a little unaccustomed to their flattery. In fact, he felt really, really awkward. These snakes' intelligence had significantly improved, but why did their speech seem so childish?
"Stop talking nonsense." Deep down, Ye Bei was speechless, but on the surface, his eyes were incredibly cold, and his tone was emotionless, like always. "I'm giving you one hour to devour all the food here."
One hour later.
Only bloodstains remained at the scene of the battle between the Reticulated Python group and the King of the Crocodiles.
The eight Blood Pythons and Wang Wen grew once again.
Each Blood Python grew to a terrifying 18 meters!
As for Wang Wen, his body had grown from its previous 40 meters to 50 meters.
His dreadful length, as well as his girth, were absolutely frightening.
Without further ado, Ye Bei immediately ordered the pythons. "Wang Wen! Lead the way and find where the eggs are! Spring, Flower, Autumn, Moon, Pursuing, Joy, Making, and Merry, you're all in charge of catching prey. There's an abundance of mutated beasts around us. Don't hold back when you come across any. Kill all of them! When the time comes, we'll use their flesh to feed the juvenile snakes."
After saying this, Ye Bei finally allowed Wang Wen to lead the way.
While Wang Wen led the eight Blood Pythons, Ye Bei followed closely behind.
As for the three mutated Reticulated Pythons that had survived the previous battle, because they had eaten too much, their stomachs were bloated with food that couldn't directly be converted into energy, so it wasn't possible for them to move that quickly. Therefore, they were left behind, and they were all resting in a safe place they'd found beside the swamp
Hiss hiss hiss!
Rustle!
Boom…
Loud, aggressive voices kept resounding throughout the jungle.
10 pythons that were terrifyingly large in size were moving quickly through the jungle.
Especially Wang Wen, who was at the very front. In order to quickly accomplish the task that Ye Bei had assigned to him, he moved in a straight line towards the location of the eggs.
The giant trees in front of him were instantly knocked down by his colossal body.
And the stones that were blocking his path were crushed beneath his weight.
Like a hurricane, a murderous atmosphere was boiling, and it devastated everything in its path…
Once they moved through an area, ten gullies half a meter deep were left in their wake. Their body weight was simply terrifying.
In this way, they slithered for almost five kilometers!
But eventually, Wang Wen gradually slowed down, because he could sense that there was a large number of mutated beasts in front of him.
Wang Wen stopped and respectfully said to Ye Bei, "My King, the mutated beasts have shown up. If I'm not wrong, they must be the ones who were waiting for me and the crocodile king to kill each other, so they could eat us for food. Now that they're blocking us here, it's obvious they have malicious intent. My King, please allow me to slaughter them all!"
Wang Wen was able to guess the motive of these mutated beasts, and his speech was also very eloquent.
Ye Bei was rather satisfied with this style of communication.
However… he didn't intend to waste any time over here.
Hiss hiss!
He squirmed, his colossal body eerily appearing in front of Wang Wen.
His eyes became murky.
With his eyes squinted, he stared seriously at the beasts in front of them.
After glancing at the group of mutated beasts, Ye Bei stuck out his scarlet forked tongue. Originally, he'd intended to let the eight Blood Pythons—Spring, Flower, Autumn, Moon, Pursuing, Joy, Making, and Merry—go and slaughter the beasts. But at this moment, Ye Bei changed his mind.
There were numerous mutated beasts surrounding them.
From the looks of it, there were tens of thousands of them.
Looking at these mutated beasts, Ye Bei felt that perhaps he could use them… now, what he needed to do was display his might as the king of snakes.
He once again swept his eyes over the beasts in front of him.
The next second, Ye Bei was overflowing with murderous intent.