Chapter VI: Breaking through the Barriers to Knowledge
The world, which had been blurry at first, was once again clear when the skin outside the eyes was peeled off, called a transparent film.
At this time, after the eleventh molt, he has a body that is longer than five and a half meters, and his body width is also ten .5 centimeters, and he can no longer be called a small snake.
Jiuyu, who has shed his old skin, quietly enjoys the feeling of being reborn, and this unstoppable enjoyment makes him taste for it.
'Huh, what does that feel like?' ’
Jiuyu, who had calmed down, finally sensed the existence of a new force in his body.
The power that was still transforming qi and blood into the same kind made him feel surprised and vigilant.
Fortunately, the faint comfort brought to him by these extremely thin aliens after circulating in the flesh and blood made Jiuyu's worries slightly diminished.
However, this uncontrollable force has always made it difficult for him to be completely reassured.
So, Jiuyu began to try to control this inexplicable power.
But it was only the first step that made it difficult for him.
How to control it?
'This is not flesh and skin, how can you control it without nerves?' ’
‘……’
Is it possible that it is controlled by consciousness? ’
After thinking about it for a long time, Jiuyu could only helplessly rely on his mind to try.
Half a day later, although the result was a little difficult to believe Jiuyu, but with his almost meditative devotion, that power was really manipulated for a moment.
Feeling the strange power deflecting the direction of the flow under the direction of his mind, Jiuyu was amazed and delighted.
However, although this novel feeling excites Jiuyu, the growing hunger after molting also begins to wake him up slightly.
Put that aside, it's time to find something to eat." ’
Unfortunately, it's a bit dangerous to go to the entrance. ’
'No, you have to find a way, or you'll starve again.' ’
Kuyu pondered leisurely, and a sharp snake tail that was different from other snakes also swayed at will.
Smack.
The tough and sharp snake tail swept away, shattering a slightly raised stone in the depths of the cavern.
Although it has a hearing defect common to snakes, it is possible to hear the sound of the ground vibration.
At the same time, the strange appearance from the snake's tail also made him look at the place where the rubble fell.
'Is your strength so great! ’
Looking at the fragments of falling stones, Jiuyu was slightly surprised, and a new idea sprouted in his heart.
Kuyu lifted the snake's tail and easily shattered a layer of crypt walls in the cavern, leaving rubble everywhere.
After swallowing all the food everywhere, Jiuyu concocted the same method, expanding the size of the cave again.
After repeating this several times, Jiuyu thought about it and did not continue to raise the snake's tail, but raised the snake's head with its mouth wide open and slammed it into the wall.
With a soft "poof", Jiuyu easily poked the snake's head into the wall.
Feeling the resistance like crushing tofu, Jiu Yu withdrew his head deep into the stone wall, easily crushing the stone that had greatly opened the mouth of the snake, and swallowed it.
'Looks like you're not going to starve to death!' ’
At this moment, Jiuyu only felt that his sense of security increased instantly.
'No......
'Even I can break stones so easily, how can that weak bird dig so slowly?' ’
'No, it's not really just a weak bird, is it?' ’
Thinking of this, outside of the excitement, Jiuyu only felt a burst of shame.
Thinking about it, I didn't dare to move because I was afraid of pain after I was scratched. ’
And all the wounds will be healed. ’
Jiuyu felt that there was no trace of pain in his body at this time, and he felt more and more embarrassed and ashamed in his heart.
"Could it be, that weak bird can't beat the master at all, right? ’
"Hiss~"
Jiuyu sighed lightly and felt extremely ashamed, and the much larger cave around him also gave him great confidence.
So, even if he had broken through the obstacle of knowing and seeing, Jiuyu's body turned around and set off towards the entrance of the cave, and he decided to be ashamed.
In just a few seconds, Jiuyu climbed to the entrance of the much enlarged cave, and he opened the mouth of the snake slightly, and carefully poked out the snake's head.
After all, faith is faith, but life is only once...... Maybe twice.
At least Kuyu wasn't ashamed of his careful actions.
But even though he was very careful, the result was not satisfactory.
It's just that the feathered eagle, which is physically and mentally tired, has already endured the pain and spread its wings and flew into the sky, far away from this sad place.
Jiuyu's psychological struggles were all in vain in the end.
'It's a pity that a weak bird must be hungry!' ’
With a sigh in his heart, the helpless Jiuyu thought about it slightly, and then cast his eyes on the big tree behind him.
I couldn't prove that I was stronger than the weak bird, but I didn't have any other ways to try! ’
Jiuyu meandered to the big tree behind him, which was full of fourteen or fifteen people, and looked at it for a moment.
Then, the snake's body writhed, and the snake's tail flicked violently.
The tough and sharp tail was like a chopping knife with only the tip of the knife opened, and it smashed the towering tree into a narrow and deep gap.
A deafening cracking sound rang out, startling the birds in the forest.
The huge trees clicked like a wail, and large leaves fell like raindrops in a rainstorm.
Looking at the scene in front of him, the pleasure of violence filled Jiuyu's heart, and he couldn't help but flick his tail again, and slashed at the trunk again in a way that was completely inconsistent with the habits of snakes.
Click! Click!
……
With the catharsis of Jiuyu's violence, this tall ancient tree that was seven meters wide finally collapsed under the heavy blows again and again.
Jiuyu calmly or looked at the giant tree that fell beside him, the joy in his heart became higher and higher, and his confidence swelled more and more.
"Hiss!"
'Weak bird, you'd better pray not to be found!' ’
Next to the huge ancient tree that was tragically broken, the inconspicuous black snake swore a poisonous oath with a smile in his heart.
After a while, after a moment of self-satisfaction, the confident Jiuyu turned around and crawled towards the deep forest.
Now that he knows his own strength, Jiuyu naturally won't continue to spend a lot of effort hunting those little green worms.
Although the nutritional value of green worms is indeed extremely high, the individual is too small to outweigh the benefits compared to the efficiency of preying on large animals.
That's right, Kuyu is no longer satisfied with the nutrients that insects can bring, and now, he will become a predator that is feared by all beasts.
After all, Kumi, who knew his strong bite force, didn't have to swallow the target whole, he could easily eat the huge prey.
And after a hunt, you can get much more food than a mere green worm.
The snake letter swayed at great speed in the hissing breath, and a large number of stray odor particles were captured by Jiuyu.
'This smell, go and see it.' ’
After walking dozens of meters, Jiuyu's figure paused slightly, and he could distinguish several strong breaths from the mixed smell.
Although it is still a rare sight, Hisago is not sure what kind of animal the owner of the smell is.
But at least the smell was so strong that he knew that the target wasn't small.
Without thinking too much, Jiuyu quickly chased after the source of the smell.
As Jiuyu moved forward quickly, the dead branches and fallen leaves everywhere were crushed by him and made a crunching sound.
His undisguised actions soon alarmed the owners of the scent.
It was a big, three, small, and four wild boars.
'I've won the lottery. ’
'How long can you eat so much meat!' ’
Jiu Yu hissed with joy as he looked at the two-meter-tall giant boar in front of him, and a pair of golden snake eyes seemed to glow with joy.
Jiuyu, who underestimated his appetite, was satisfied at the moment, and drip saliva slid down the corners of his mouth.
The huge boar on the opposite side snorted and laughed as it looked at the arrogant five-meter black snake.
Obviously, for them, even the cubs are one meter tall, and this greedy black snake is simply beyond its own strength.
'Come on, my lunch. ’
Needless to say, Jiuyu, who was beginning to feel his hunger, rushed forward first.
And as Jiuyu charged, a pair of huge yellowed fangs also came at him.
In the face of the wild boar's precise and skillful attack, Jiuyu did not have the slightest idea of dodging, and let the fangs crash into the snake's belly.
As expected, the wild boar's enormous strength and sharp fangs failed to hurt Kuyu in the slightest.
The black scales didn't show a single scratch, and they didn't feel any pain in their bodies.
But even so, with the advantage of size, the wild boar also picked up Jiuyu's body.
Jiuyu, who was picked up, had expected this, but he was not surprised.
Just calmly took the opportunity to climb the fangs of the wild boar, climbed onto the body of the prey, and then opened the snake's snout, unfurled a pair of long fangs, and bit the wild boar.
The venom was discharged smoothly, but Kumi, who withdrew the snake kiss, was not happy about it.
'Is this pig's shell so thick!' ’
To his annoyance, he realized that he had made a mistake, that is, wild boars would roll in the mud every day in the summer, which would prevent them from sunburning.
Although the height of summer had passed, the mud shell had not been stripped away.
And it was the natural armor formed by the drying up of this layer of mud that prevented Kugo's fangs from successfully breaking through the skin of his prey, allowing venom to be injected into his body.
But even so, Kugo's venom burned the boar's skin, causing it to feel excruciating pain.
And this pain made the wild boar go a little crazy.
So, feeling that the enemy on his body did not leave, the wild boar rolled directly on the ground, intending to crush the thin black snake to death and crush it into pulp.
Jiuyu, who had little hunting experience, naturally couldn't dodge, and was easily suppressed by the wild boar, pressing the ground and crushing back and forth three or four times.
‘……’
'What's going on?' ’
'I'm ......'
Although there was no pain, Jiuyu, who quickly realized from his daze, suddenly had a deep sense of shame and anger in his heart.
So, as anger erupted, the snake's tail with its sharp tail tip flicked violently.
Suddenly, accompanied by a continuous miserable wail, one of the boar's hind legs was broken, torn apart, and stripped off.
The great beast could not stand up again this time, and the pain caused the boar to wail.
And the three "little" wild boars also came back to their senses in a daze and panic.
What is sighing is that they did not run away, but aimed their small fangs at the long queen and rushed over frantically.