Book 7, Heaven and Earth Turned Upside Down – Chapter 11, The Titanic ck Python


    When a catastrophe urred, the only thing a person could do was ept it.


    After leaving Wushan township, Linley and Bebe headed north. Everything Linley saw only made him all the more taciturn. The entire Kingdom of Fei had turned into a yground for magical beasts, and human corpses were nothing more than food for them.


    On the long road north, magical beasts asionally dotted thendscape. Not a single living human being could be seen.


    But suddenly, a human form appeared at the end of the road. The human form was moving forward quickly, and was being pursued by several howling magical beasts. But with a few shes of violet light, those magical beasts were diced apart, and the human form continued northwards. On this person’s shoulders, there was an adorable little ck Shadowmouse.


    “Boss, shouldn’t we find a ce to rest? I’m getting a bit hungry.” Standing on Linley’s shoulders, Bebe mentally spoke to Linley.


    Linley cast a helpless look at Bebe.


    This entire trip, he was the one who had been actively moving, while Bebe was either just standing on his shoulders, enjoying the wind, or sleeping inside Linley’s clothes. How exactly was he tired?


    “Fine. There’s a mountain up ahead. We can kill a few magical beasts and cook them for food.” Linley still pampered and spoiled Bebe as always. To Linley, aside from his three bros and his younger brother Wharton, who was in the O’Brien Empire along with Uncle Hillman and Housekeeper Hiri, he had no close kin. But meeting with Wharton or his three bros was and would be an extremely rare thing.


    Only Bebe would always be by his side.


    In Linley’s heart, he viewed Bebe as a younger brother to be pampered and spoiled.


    “This Bloodviolet Godsword is still quite handy when dealing with magical beasts of the seventh or eighth ranks. But it is quite hard for it to prate the defense of a magical beast of the ninth rank and deliver a sufficiently deadly wound.” Linley nced at the sword at his waist and sighed.


    The Bloodviolet Godsword was very sharp, very fast, and could bend in any which way he desired it to. It was thus extremely useful when dealing againstrge numbers of weaker enemies. But when used to deal with a single powerful magical beast, this Bloodviolet Godsword of Linley’s was actually not even as good as Linley’s own ws and draconic tail.


    At the base of the stubby mountain, Linley and Bebe were roasting a pair of wolf legs. Bebe and Linley had not yet left the boundaries of the Kingdom of Fei, and so the area was swarming with magical beasts. But given Linley and Bebe’s current power, as long as they didn’t encounter any Saint-level magical beasts, they would be safe.


    “It’s cooked.” Bebe immediately grabbed a haunch of wolf leg and began to chomp through it.


    With a wave of his hand, Linley extinguished the fire, then grabbed a roasted wolf leg and began eating as well. This roasted wolf leg, when cooked alongside some wild herbs and grasses, was actually quite tasty. In the mountain wilderness areas, one could often find some ingredients which could be used for cooking. This was a survival skill one learned in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, and Linley naturally knew it.


    That wolf leg was muchrger than Bebe, but Bebe finished eating it before Linley had. By the time Linley was halfway through, Bebe had finished his portion.


    “Slither slither.”


    Suddenly, a very minute sound could be heard from far away. Linley froze in mid-bite, while Bebe’s little ears perked up as well. In unison, the man and the magical beast turned to stare behind them.


    It was a python.


    An enormous python, easily the size of a house. Those two bizarre, reptilian eyes looked like giant rednterns. Only ten or so meters of its enormous body could be seen outside of a grove, but just judging from the fact that its body was three meters thick, Linley could easily imagine how terrifyinglyrge this creature really was.


    The visible ten or so meters was just a small part of it.


    Seeing the dense ck skin, tattooed with yellow lines, the expression on Linley’s face changed.


    “It’s a Titanic ck Python.” Linley was instantly sure of this magical beast’s breed.


    Titanic ck Pythons were considered one of the more powerful types of pythons. Generally speaking, adult Titanic ck Pythons were magical beasts of the ninth rank, roughly on par with the Nine Headed Serpents. Amongst python-type beasts, the Titanic ck Python was famed as a war machine.


    If you were to ce a Titanic ck Python in the middle of an army, it could definitely kill a hundred thousand soldiers.


    It was a darkness-style magical beast with incredible defensive powers. Its fangs were poisonous. These were the special traits of the Titanic ck Python.


    “Hisssss. Hisssss.” The forked tongue of the Titanic ck Python flicked in and out, and its cold eyes stared at Linley and Bebe. Clearly, this Titanic ck Python had already decided that Linley and Bebe were to be its next meals.


    “Bebe. Be careful.”


    Linley’s gaze was locked on the Titanic ck Python, not daring to rx in the slightest. At the same time, dense ck scales began to erupt from Linley’s skin, and a row of spikes rose up out of his back. His forehead, elbows, and knees all sprouted fierce, sharp spikes as well.


    “Whap. Whap.” Linley’s draconic tail pped the ground a few times. By Linley’s side, all of the hair on Bebe’s body was standing up straight.


    Seeing this, the Titanic ck Python suddenly rose up high in the air. Clearly, it was now on guard and vignt.


    “Whoosh!”


    Like a gust of wind, the entire body of the Titanic ck Python shot forward. In less than a second, its enormous, hundred-meter long body was striking against Linley and Bebe, who both also almost simultaneouslyunched attacks against the Titanic ck Python.


    “Swish!” Bloodviolet shed.


    “ng!” Linley heard a sound simr to a hammer striking against an anvil. His Bloodviolet Godsword had only been able to leave behind a white mark on the Titanic ck Python’s skin, and hadn’t managed to wound it at all.


    “It really is very durable.”


    The enormous body of the Titanic ck Python began to wrap around Linley. Linley knew that if he allowed it to constrict him, not only would he be unable to breathe, the terrifyingly powerful constrictive force would probably be able to crush him to death.


    “Haaaa!”


    Linley’s sharp ws suddenly pierced towards the Titanic ck Python’s body. With a ‘rip’ sound, his ws prated the Titanic ck Python’s outeryer of scales. However, Linley could feel that his ws could go no further. Beneath the scales, Linley could sense an astonishingly durable force.


    “Whoosh!” The Python was about to constrict Linley!


    Linley onlyughed coldly. He suddenly ripped his ws free and leaped outside of the Titanic ck Python’s coils, while at the same time smashing his elbows down at the Titanic ck Python. Linley’s elbows had those sharp spikes on them, which were the unique traits of Armored Razorback Wyrm’s and possessed astonishing power.


    “Riiip!” The spike pierced through the ck scales and slowly prated downwards.


    “What exactly is underneath the scales of this Titanic ck Python? Its defense is so formidable.” Linley’s sharp spike was only able to prate halfway through before being stopped.


    “Aaaargh!”


    The Titanic ck Python let out an angry, pain-filled roar, and in a sh, its massive head struck towards Linley, its bloody maw opened wide. Suddenly, a ck liquid shot out from its mouth and was spat towards Linley.


    “Venom.” Linley immediately leapt off against the body of the Titanic ck Python, hurriedly dodging backwards.


    But the amount of ck venom was too great, and the area it covered toorge. Some of it still managed tond on Linley’s legs.


    “Sizzle, sizzle.” A strange sound could be hearding from Linley’s legs.


    Linley could feel that the ck venom whichnded on his legs had been totally blocked by thatyer of defensive scales. The defensive powers of an Armored Razorback Wyrm were quite formidable, and the venom didn’t pose much of a danger to the scales.


    “Boss, let’s run. That Titanic ck Python is freakishly tough. Its scales and flesh are too thick.” Bebe urged.


    “Run.”


    Without hesitating in the slightest, Linley and Bebe went running northwards. Slithering forward rapidly, the Titanic ck Python gave chase for a while, but in the end, Linley and Bebe managed to leave it in the dust.


    After escaping the Titanic ck Python’s pursuit, Linley and Bebe finally left the boundaries of the former Kingdom of Fei. However, despite having left its boundaries, they still saw the same deste sights. It seemed as though the ‘King’ of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts had told the truth.


    They intended to take over half of the territory which had belonged to the Holy Union.


    “Swish!”


    Bloodviolet shed, easily cutting a Dragonhawk in two.


    “Bebe, tell me, why is it so hard for us to deal with magical beasts of the ninth rank?” By now, Linley had already encountered several magical beasts of the ninth rank, such as the ck Dragon and Violet Tattooed Bear in Fei City. When faced with these creatures, Linley was forced to dodge. There was no way for him to take them head on.


    Even when dealing with the fairly slow Violet Tattooed Bear and Titanic ck Python, Linley wasn’t able to truly harm them.


    Bebe was speechless as well.


    Bebe and Linley both had the same problem. Bebe’s problem was that he was physically small, and probably wouldn’t even be able to chew past the opponent’s thick skin with his teeth. How would he harm the enemy?


    “Linley.” Doehring Cowart’s voice rang out.


    Linley suddenly came to his senses.


    Right. Why not ask Grandpa Doehring? Grandpa Doehring had vast experience, and certainly should’ve seen many Saint-levelbatants. He must have some sort of understanding in this regard.


    “Linley, are you frustrated by the question of dealing with magical beasts of the ninth rank?” Doehring Cowartughed.


    Linley nodded. “Yes, Grandpa Doehring. Do you know what I should do?”


    Doehring Cowart continued, “Linley, actually, your Bloodviolet Godsword is quite powerful. But the problem is, pre-Dragonform, you are only a warrior of the seventh rank. Post-Dragonform, you are still only an early-stage ninth rank warrior. As an early-stage ninth rank warrior, you think you can kill a magical beast of the ninth rank?”


    Linley was startled.


    Right. The problem was that he wasn’t strong enough.


    “When you enter the eighth rank, you will be a peak-stage warrior of the ninth rank in Dragonform. By then, you will be able to harm magical beasts of the ninth rank using your ws or using Bloodviolet.” Doehring Cowart chuckled. “However, it’s still possible for you at your current level of power to deal with magical beasts of the ninth rank as well.”


    “How?” Linley exulted. Grandpa Doehring really did know a way!


    Doehring Cowart said, “Linley, did you notice that both Kaiser and yde used greatswords?”


    Linley thought back to his battles. Right, Kaiser and yde did indeed both use greatswords.


    “Do you know why they use greatswords?” Doehring Cowart asked.


    Linley was beginning to grow curious. Right. As warriors of the ninth rank, yde and Kaiser naturally knew that using lighter weapons would be faster. Why did they choose to use greatswords instead? Linley couldn’t help but to think back to those battles he had with Kaiser.


    “Linley, when I was young, I remember that whenever my father was cutting down trees, he would always use heavy axes, rather than small hatchets. Why is that?” Doehring Cowart guided patiently.


    Linley started to have an inkling of understanding.


    “Light weapons are sharp. When dealing withrge groups of enemies, they are very effective. But when fighting in solobat against a powerful foe, they are inferior to heavy weapons. Through usage of a heavy weapon, a person can utilize more of his power and increase the force of his blows. And...to a warrior of the ninth rank, even a weapon weighing a few hundred pounds won’t slow him down too much.”


    Linley was now beginning to trulyprehend.


    Only through using heavy weapons could one truly unleash all of the power they were capable of.


    For example, would a strongman deliver more powerful blows using a massive mace, or a light sword? A Dragonblood Warrior was capable of lifting boulders weighing tens of thousands of pounds. Their potential strength was extremely astonishing.


    “No wonder why when I faced the Titanic ck Python, I felt as though using the Bloodviolet Godsword wasn’t as effective as using my own fists and ws.” Linley said. “Perhaps I too should find a heavy weapon to use.”


    While chatting, Linley continued to make his way northwards into the deste wilderness.


    “Boss, there’s a squad of knights up ahead.” Bebe suddenly said to him mentally.


    Linley looked carefully. Indeed, up ahead, there was a squad of knights taking a break up ahead. Linley had already encountered quite a few such squads. Generally speaking, squads capable of surviving in these magical beast infestednds wereposed of elite soldiers belonging to major ns.


    “No need to pay them any mind.” Linley ignored these people, continuing forward.


    But when he drew near, Linley suddenly noticed a familiar face.


    “Shaq? Second Prince Shaq?” Linley was startled.


    As the Prime Court Magus for the Kingdom of Fei, Linley knew both Crown Prince Carre and Second Prince Shaq.