This time, Bai Zhe planned to hunt the pheasant.
When he was only 20 cm long, encountering a pheasant meant hiding nervously in the grass to avoid detection.
Now, however, he had the capability to prey on pheasants.
The pheasant was casually foraging on the ground, unaware it was being targeted by death.
Unnoticed, it gradually approached Bai Zhe.
When the distance was less than half a meter, Bai Zhe shot his head out of the grass and bit the pheasant's neck.
The pheasant's neck was covered in thick feathers, making it difficult to inject venom into its flesh.
But Bai Zhe didn't intend to kill the pheasant with poison.
His jaws clamped onto the pheasant's neck, and his body quickly followed, coiling around the bird.
In an instant, the pheasant was brought down.
"Cluck! Cluck!"
The pheasant made several sharp cries but was silenced within seconds.
Bai Zhe's coils compressed its chest, allowing air out but blocking intake.
Eventually, the pheasant suffocated to death.
Bai Zhe started swallowing it from the head.
His body suddenly expanded three to four times, almost looking ready to burst.
But Bai Zhe was unconcerned; he calmly crawled away and hid.
About half an hour later, he finished digesting the pheasant.
After upgrading "Fast Digestion" again, his digestion improved further.
[Ding, Host successfully gained 80 Evolution Points.]
Hearing the system, Bai Zhe woke from rest and sighed, "With this 80 Evolution Points, my total is now 320."
He crawled through the forest, pondering.
After days of intense hunting, prey in this area had greatly diminished.
Today, Bai Zhe hadn't seen a single mouse or frog.
Luckily, the pheasant gave him a big boost.
"I need to go farther."
He gazed at the forest ahead, a voice in his mind.
The trees ahead were thinning.
Bai Zhe carefully prowled through the bushes, occasionally pausing to smell the air and glance at the sky.
He had emerged from the dense woods; this new area had fewer thick-crowned tall trees and more shrubs and wild grass.
With temperatures dropping, Bai Zhe faced a serious problem: hibernation.
Not wanting to hibernate, he felt time was running out.
From what he knew, snakes eat less as temperatures near 15C, migrate to wintering sites, and hibernate when below 10C.
He guessed it was late summer or early autumn, so a sharp temperature drop was imminent—especially in the mountains.
Before the cold struck, he had to prepare.
Evolution!
Only evolution could help him avoid hibernation—for higher levels brought Skill Points to improve "Phosphorus Armor Resistance."
This skill had three effects, one being cold resistance.
While thinking, he searched for prey.
He had 320 Evolution Points, still far from 1,000.
Suddenly, Bai Zhe's eyes sharpened.
Ahead, a creature nibbled grass roots in the bushes.
[Target locked: Hare! Devouring grants 100 Evolution Points.]
The system's voice sounded again as Bai Zhe stared at the hare.
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