Chapter 177: Double Bow.

Looking at the Monster before him, Xiao Fen thought for a moment, then suddenly said: “Let me try.”

Daoist Yuan smiled faintly, took a step back, and said: “Fine, fine. Let me see Immortal Lin’s true capability.”

Xiao Fen gave a bitter laugh, reached out, and once again pulled out his Berela’s Lingering Staff from his bag. His other hand was empty, and a ball of light gradually appeared in it. When this ball of light was fully formed, that Blood Python also recovered at the same time. It raised its huge head high. That eye, which had been cut to pieces by Daoist Yuan, returned to normal and stared dead at Daoist Yuan again, suddenly diving down.

Xiao Fen suddenly bent his waist, crouched, and leaped up high. He raised Berela’s Lingering in the air and fired a series of random shots at the snake head, which was close at hand and reeked of fishy odor.

“Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.” There were five consecutive Qigong explosions. Amidst the sound of explosions, Xiao Fen’s body twisted in mid-air, and the Neuro-paralytic Poison Agent in his left hand was suddenly thrown out.

“You dealt 52 points of explosion damage to the Filthy Blood Python.”

Such data flashed five times in a row before Xiao Fen’s eyes, followed by a new data.

“The Filthy Blood Python resisted your Neuro-paralytic Poison Agent. Your poison agent did not cause any damage to the Filthy Blood Python.”

Immediately after, another data that Xiao Fen expected appeared before his eyes.

“The Blood Pool provides life support to the Filthy Giant Python. The Filthy Giant Python’s Health Value recovered by 30.”

Just as this data passed, in the next second, an identical data appeared again. The blood python recovered another 30 Health Value. It seemed that this giant python could self-recover at a speed of 30 per second in the Blood Pool. Therefore, no matter how major the attack was, for this blood python, it only needed to rest for a moment to return to its original state.

Xiao Fen nodded slightly, not finding anything unusual about this answer. He just had to try various methods to know which one would cause greater damage to such a blood python.

At this point, Xiao Fen raised his left hand again and gave a low shout at the giant python’s head: “Hit.”

With a bang, after another explosion on the giant python’s head, a fire suddenly ignited. This fire spread extremely fast. In a short while, it almost completely surrounded the entire head of the blood python, and even that eye could not escape.

“You dealt 52 points of explosion damage to the Filthy Blood Python.”

“Your Greek Fire dealt 15 points/second damage to the Filthy Blood Python. Duration: 12 seconds.”

“Affected by Greek Fire, the Filthy Blood Python’s Health Value cannot recover.”

Seeing this, Xiao Fen clenched his fist slightly. As expected, Greek Fire could interrupt the self-recovery of the python before him.

As long as the python’s self-recovery could be interrupted, there was a chance to finish off the opponent. The only problem was, for now, Xiao Fen only had one method to interrupt the opponent’s self-recovery: Greek Fire.

As for creating the Withered Flower, that was not Xiao Fen’s current choice.

The fact that the Neuro-paralytic Poison Agent was ineffective against the blood python had already proved that the opponent before him had high resistance to biological poisons. The corrosion and poison of the Withered Flower might not be able to cause continuous damage to the blood python, and thus could not be counted on to interrupt the blood python’s self-recovery ability.

Moreover, Xiao Fen had a vague feeling that the blood python’s life recovery occurred once per second. To interrupt such recovery, a poison like the Corrosive Poison which ticked every three seconds might not be of much use. Only a Skill like Greek Fire would be effective.

Before the fatal weakness of the blood python was fully exposed, if he wanted to finish off the opponent, there was only one choice: within the 102 seconds that the Greek Fire was burning, cause as much damage as possible to this giant python. This required not just Xiao Fen alone, but possibly the addition of Daoist Yuan’s power . If the damage caused during this time exceeded the upper limit of the giant python’s Health Value, then there was still a chance of success.

Otherwise, Xiao Fen could hardly imagine what it would look like if just one python head was so huge, and the entire body completely left the Blood Pool. By then, his mission would likely be impossible to complete.

Just at this moment, he suddenly felt a pain under his feet, and text appeared before his eyes again.

“You have been attacked by toxin pollution. You lost 5 Health Value.”

Xiao Fen was startled and looked down. He saw that at some point, a large amount of blood water had already flowed everywhere. Above this blood water, faint black mist was constantly drifting. Obviously, this Filthy Giant Python also possessed the ability to apply toxin pollution to the surrounding environment.

He jumped back sharply, grabbed Daoist Yuan’s clothes, and the two retreated a few steps. Watching the giant python’s head crash into the blood water again due to Xiao Fen’s previous continuous attacks, splashing more blood water, Xiao Fen said in a low voice: “This blood water is poisonous.”

Daoist Yuan froze for a moment, looked down at the cloth shoes on his feet, and saw that the high-quality white cotton cloth soles were now completely black. In some places, they were even corroded with holes, faintly revealing the white socks inside.

“This beast is quite troublesome. Immortal Lin, you tried it just now, is there any way?”

Xiao Fen also looked at the giant python floating in the Blood Pool and said in a low voice: “Using the fire I used just now, I can make it unable to recover for a short time. The only problem is, in that short time, can we work together to kill it? If not, we have to wait for it to come out completely and move on the ground, losing the blood water, before we can make a move.”

“We cannot wait for it to come out. Just the head has already stirred up so much blood water, and it is poisonous. I, a Daoist, can withstand it, but the common people outside cannot. We have no choice but to do as you say, act together, and kill it on the ground.”

Xiao Fen nodded and said: “Give me the time of a cup of tea to rest, and then we will act together.”

It took 75 seconds to create one Qigong storage. Creating five Qigong charges plus the subsequent Qigong carrying Greek Fire would take a total of 7 minutes and 30 seconds. If one included the time to recover from the Energy loss caused by continuously creating Qigong and Greek Fire, it would take at least 10 minutes. Although Berela’s Lingering could provide an extra +3 Energy recovery speed, the Energy consumption of Qigong and Greek Fire was simply too high. Too short a time would be of no use.

Daoist Yuan frowned slightly and said: “One stick of incense? I can hold it off. It’s just that this beast’s body is getting bigger and bigger, and the blood water will likely be difficult to control from flooding.”

Just as the two were frowning together, a sharp laugh suddenly came from behind. Wei Zhongxian said there: “Do not panic, do not panic. Have you forgotten me? The time of one stick of incense, I will give it to you.”

As he spoke, Wei Zhongxian turned his head to look at his “sons.” Those young eunuchs all understood. Before long, a heavy-looking large bow was carried up by three young eunuchs. Just by looking at the effort these eunuchs used, one could tell that they were not faking it; this bow was truly incredibly heavy.

Xiao Fen did not know what kind of wood was best for making bows, but he faintly smelled a faint fragrance coming from this large bow, which was repeatedly wrapped in purple cords, looked incredibly simple, but was full of killing intent.

This fragrance seemed ordinary when smelled, but once it entered his mind, it seemed to explode like a silver bottle breaking or iron cavalry charging out. Every wisp of fragrance cleared his mind. Before long, his mind, which had been groggy from the continuous use of Energy to create Skills, actually became completely clear.

Looking at this large bow which seemed to rapidly increase Energy recovery speed, Xiao Fen could not help but move his finger slightly. Although he did not know how to draw a bow and shoot arrows, this bow alone was already a very good treasure.

Wei Zhongxian looked at Xiao Fen’s appearance, pursed his lips into a smile, and said: “This is my treasure. I cannot easily give it to you.”

As he spoke, he carelessly took that large bow. The heavy weight seemed to have no effect on this old man, whereas the three young eunuchs carrying the bow looked relieved.

“Thinking back, I was also a good hand who could draw ten-stone heavy bows with both hands. It is a pity that age makes people old. I am becoming more and more useless. I do not know how many more times this bow, which has accompanied me for many years, can be used?”

Wei Zhongxian spoke thus, with not a hint of a down-and-out look on his face. He casually took the three-foot-long arrow presented by a eunuch on the other side, placed it on the bowstring, and looked from afar at the Blood Python not far away. He took a slight breath, suddenly exerted force with both arms, and without using a thumb ring to protect his fingers, drew the large bow until it was as full as the moon.

At this moment, Wei Zhongxian showed none of that decaying look of old age. In that instant, he stood like a Martial God in this courtyard, majestic and awe-inspiring. His white hair, amidst the gloomy wind in the courtyard, did not make him look old at all; instead, it gave this Head Eunuch a sense of oppression that transcended the Mortal World.

Seeing this scene, not to mention the eunuchs and Eastern Depot Agents behind Wei Zhongxian, even Xiao Fen could not help but let out a low cheer.

That an old man nearing sixty could possess such martial prowess completely exceeded Xiao Fen’s expectations. He turned his head to look at those Commandants on the ground who were already scared out of their wits, and a thick sorrow rose in Xiao Fen’s heart.

These military officers could not even compare to a Head Eunuch. If natural disasters and man-made calamities were to strike together, could one really expect anything from these military officers?

Just then, a “whoosh” was heard. Wei Zhongxian suddenly released his hand. The long arrow with a sharp four-edged steel arrowhead flew towards the Blood Python with a piercing sound that tore through the air. In an instant, it struck the Blood Python. The speed of this arrow was so fast that even someone with Xiao Fen’s eyesight could not track its flight. It was like a firearm; the moment it was released here, it had already flown onto the Blood Python’s body over there.

Completely different from the constant “bang bang” sounds of the Qigong explosions earlier, this long black-feathered arrow pierced through the Blood Python’s body with almost no sound at all. Carrying huge impact force, like a knife cutting through tofu, it easily pierced through the Blood Python’s entire body. It flew with the Blood Python’s huge body for several yards and nailed it dead onto the rockery on the other side of the blood pool.

Only then did Xiao Fen faintly hear the sound of the arrowhead hitting the stone, but this sound was not loud either. The entire arrowhead had almost deeply embedded itself into the rockery’s stone in a split second.

“This isn’t a bow and arrow; this is simply a human-shaped siege crossbow!”

Xiao Fen’s heart churned with this thought.