A Top Scholar in Everything

Chapter 1257: Chapter 1243: Giant Serpent

At first glance, these Rules seem simple, but they reveal a thick layer of bloodshed.

Baiyu had no doubt.

If someone had confidence in obtaining the leaves in his hand, they would absolutely strike without hesitation. Even if encountering a kind person, who doesn’t want to grab your leaves, there’s still a chance they’d attack, unsure whether you’d strike them.

There’s no way around it.

Between people, especially strangers, suspicion is the main theme.

Rather than trust.

If everyone could trust each other upon meeting, then there wouldn’t be so much slaughter and conflict.

Moments later.

Baiyu stepped into the forest, starting his search for the leaves’ traces.

Aside from killing other leaf holders, killing certain Exotic Beasts also gives you leaves; he decided to start with that.

His current situation.

He should have already entered the battle for the Prison Warden position.

This is just the first round.

If he can conserve his strength and cards, avoiding conflict with others, his chances of winning later would be greater.

After progressing in the forest for a long time.

Though Baiyu encountered some Exotic Beasts, the leaves he carried showed no reaction.

This proved those Exotic Beasts didn’t have such special leaves.

However.

When Baiyu reached a cave, a green giant snake slowly crawled out, its vertical pupils fixed on Baiyu, carrying a hint of danger.

On top of the snake’s head, a green leaf tightly adhered to it, very conspicuous.

This snake is very powerful!

Its size is exceedingly large, at least two meters wide, and over twenty meters long!

Baiyu’s Blood Qi surged.

In the next moment.

The snake shot out like an arrow, fiercely rushing towards Baiyu, opening its bloody mouth from which a stench assaulted him.

Baiyu was almost suffocated.

He spread his hands, firmly catching the snake’s head, and rolled with it, wrapping it, then flung it aside.

Right after.

The giant snake’s body twisted, flipped over instantly, crashing into several large trees nearby.

Hiss...

The snake spat its tongue, twisting in pain, and furiously charged at Baiyu again.

"Blood Qi Burst!"

Baiyu internally shouted, a vast ocean of Blood Qi surged forward, instantly pressing against the giant snake, causing it to turn from anger to fear.

It must be said.

This creature had a high level of Spirituality.

Considering the flesh’s power together, it should have reached the strength of Eclipse Moon Realm Martial Artist.

But faced with Baiyu’s sheer rampaging Blood Qi, it reacted with no space, with its head directly exploded.

Its massive snake head burst open.

The elongated snake carcass lay lifelessly, like a twisted rope.

Baiyu’s Blood Qi gradually calmed.

He then picked up the green leaf from the ground, his brows furrowing.

"The snake was already injured previously, not in peak form; otherwise, it should have taken more effort."

Baiyu mused to himself.

He could evidently feel it; this snake wasn’t at Peak.

Baiyu paused briefly, then pocketed the leaf, preparing to leave.

Shortly after he left.

A figure slowly crawled out from the nearby brush.

It was a young girl.

Her hair was messy, dressed in light green clothing, previously squatting motionless in the shrubs, blending completely into them, her breath-holding Ability preventing detection.

"Phew, glad he left, really scary. The forest is full of monsters... all the candidates for Prison Warden have been cultivated from various powers’ Elite.

Not sure how long they’ve prepared for this election."

The girl patted her chest, muttering to herself.

"Yeah, the monsters in this forest are really too many."

Just then.

A sudden voice sounded behind her.

The girl instinctively nodded in agreement: "Exactly, my hiding ability’s really exceptional."

Yet.

After saying this.

She suddenly realized, mechanically turned her head, seeing Baiyu looking at her with a slight smile.

In an instant.

The girl’s limbs went cold.

She showed a clenched silver tooth, forcedly smiling, "Hello... I hold no hostility towards you! Sorry, I accidentally entered here, here’s the leaf, take it, I’m surrendering it, please spare me."

In an instant.

The girl immediately begged for mercy, without any hesitation, pulling a leaf out from her pocket.

Baiyu frowned.

The opponent was so direct.

Furthermore, it wasn’t fake; it was a genuine leaf.

"Can you let me go? I’ve already given you the leaf; I don’t have anything valuable or of worth left."

The girl raised her hands, eyes pleading.

Baiyu took the leaf, breathed deeply, "Quickly leave; this place is not suited for you."

He could see.

The girl was indeed very weak, ridiculously so.

Even that she managed to harm the giant snake earlier, Baiyu found a bit unbelievable.

She must’ve used some treasure to achieve this.

Baiyu hadn’t walked far when suddenly in the sky, paths of Fire Spears shot down, a man grasping flames continually spewing out, forming Fire Spears, ruthlessly piercing the ground.

And where he aimed.

Was right at the girl’s previous position.

Soon, the man stood on the ground, while the girl from before had her heart penetrated by his Fire Spears, pinned to a large tree trunk.

The girl’s face was terrified, eyes wide open, clearly having experienced immense pain while alive.

Baiyu silently gazed at her corpse.

Then.

His gaze turned to the man.

"In this forest, you can’t survive if you’re soft-hearted. I helped you remove a future trouble; you should thank me, yet you show killing intent towards me."

The man raised flames, again gathering into Fire Spears.

He licked his lips, eyes flashed frantically: "Hand over the leaf, and I can let you die pleasantly, otherwise you’ll regret opposing me."

However.

As soon as he spoke.

Baiyu was already near him, Blood Qi swirling around, the upper body turning golden yellow, crashing towards him like a meteor: "You dare to be my enemy?"

Bam!

The fist, imbued with intense Golden Power, smashed harshly into the man, sending him flying, breaking several large trees.

The man was both angry and anxious, obviously not expecting Baiyu to be so strong, his freshly formed Fire Spear was about to pierce, but Baiyu had moved close again, that terrifying oppression nearly suffocated him.

"Flame Explosion!"

The man loudly shouted at the moment; flames exploded all over, but they couldn’t even scorch Baiyu’s Golden Body.

Massive fist descended.

The fiery man was slammed into the ground.