Chapter 47: The Black Flame Ignites (1/2)

Chapter 47: The Black Flame Ignites

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At the first glance, Junior Leopard thought that this creature which hiding in the rocks and had made such a strange noise must be an earthworm or water-snake, but after looking more closely he realized that it was not.

This black-colored creature was not very long — only about 30 centimeters or so — and its body had a diameter of only two or three centimeters. This peculiar thing was also densely coated in black scales, much thicker than the scales on an earthworm. Under the moonlight, the black scales gave off a faint metallic sheen, what around its neck was a circle of fins. When it made that groaning noise, these fins stretched out, giving the creature an appearance as though it had an umbrella around its neck.

”So I was frightened by a strange monster just now!” seeing how small this creature was, Junior Leopard had let his guard down a little. It seemed that this may not be an earthworm, but it was something similar. Actually, earthworms in this world looked different to how they did in his previous life. But this was not rare in such an amazing world At worst. It may be a little toxic — but so long as he didn't go underwater this was no risk to him.

On that thought, he relaxed and looked around once more. Apart from this strange creature in the rocks, there was nothing else untoward around. Sensing that the coast was clear, he jumped down and headed toward the rootless grass.

There was enough rootless grass here. So then, with four days remaining, he needed only to find some wandering flower and then the task was complete.

In such a good mood, he could not help further letting his guard down. He took a few steps towards the rootless grass, and stretched his hand out to take it — and then something unexpected happened.

While Junior Leopard approached the rootless grass, the sound of that strange creature in the rocks became shriller and shriller, but Junior Leopard ignored it. That was just an earthworm. No matter how loudly it screamed, it made no difference to him.

But, just as his hand was about to reach the rootless grass, the strange creature which had been in the rocks all along suddenly hurled itself through the air, lunging forth with its mouth wide-open, ready to bite down on Junior Leopard's hand.

”My God!”

Junior Leopard let out a terrible yell and pulled his hand back, narrowly dodging the creature. He had never thought that this earthworm would be able to spring out of the water; nor had he thought that it could be so fast or jump so high. The fact that this creature could jump out from the rocks, with its gaping mouth wide open, had really terrified Junior Leopard.

How could this creature be an earthworm? It was just like a mini monster from the deep sea as what was shown in Alien . When it opened its mouth, the white teeth revealed cold lights row after row. And on the top row, there also were countless sawteeth, emitting a faint pale blue glow. Junior Leopard believed, if he was bitten by this creature, he would most likely lose his life.

Junior Leopard pulled back quickly and the monster's bite missed him. Its body twisted round in mid-air, contorting itself into a strange angle so that it dropped down towards Junior Leopard's foot. After it had fallen, it moved along the ground like a snake and, as fast as lightning, rushed to bite Junior Leopard's foot.

”Damn!”

Junior Leopard was fired up and raised both hands to cast down two Kunai towards his feet.

”Ding! Ding!” A sound rang out as the two Kunai ricocheted off the creature's body. Two bright and beautiful sparks shot out, bringing the creature’s momentum to an abrupt halt.

In those few moments, Junior Leopard activated his Yanfu Inner Strength and leaped up 30 or 40 feet through the air, and almost in the same instant that creature also leaped up, snapping at his feet.

”What a strange creature!” Junior Leopard went into a deliberate hard fall, falling to the ground and moving smoothly into a roll, and picked up the two Kunai from the ground. He jumped down towards the crevice and grabbed a handful of the rootless grass; he dared not stay any longer, and prepared to use his body movement skills to break free of that strange creature. But all of a sudden, he felt a chill on his back, and then almost every pore on his body felt like they were bursting open.

”Awful!” Junior Leopard threw his body forward in shock, and fell flat on his face on the ground. The moment when he crashed to the ground, he felt a scorching hot air out rightly brush his face.

”Is that...”

Though Junior Leopard had fallen down, he had not stopped moving. He performed another roll, rolling away several meters until he found an opportunity to get back up, and could finally see clearly what had happened just now.

There was a blaze.