Bai Zhe opened the system interface and found the Skill learning panel.
[Based on the Host's current Evolution Level, two Skills are available for selection.]
[Color-Changing Camouflage: Active Skill. You can change your skin color to match the surrounding environment as needed. Learning costs 5 Skill Points. Current level: 0/5]
[Venomous Fangs: Active Skill. You will grow a pair of venomous fangs that release lethal venom when attacking. Learning costs 5 Skill Points. Current level: 0/5]
One Defense Skill and one Attack Skill. Because Skill Points were limited, Bai Zhe had to choose one.
Obviously, even with his toes, Bai Zhe would choose the offensive Venomous Fangs Skill.
Without hesitation, Bai Zhe made his choice: "Learn Venomous Fangs Skill."
Attack is the best defense; being a turtle hiding its head was not what Bai Zhe wanted.
[Ding, congratulations to Host for successfully learning Skill — Venomous Fangs!]
Soon after Bai Zhe made the choice, he felt an itch on the roof of his mouth.
Quickly, a pair of sharp venomous fangs grew out.
Bai Zhe opened his mouth, and the fangs extended, looking terrifying.
The Forest Anaconda, known for its deadly constriction, now had venomous fangs — what a wild twist!
Powerful physical strength combined with lethal venomous fangs made this a definitely greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts combination.
However, Bai Zhe's Venomous Fangs Skill was currently only level 1, producing a small amount of venom with weak toxicity.
It was enough for small animals but posed little threat to large ones.
This was not a problem — as Bai Zhe upgraded the Venomous Fangs Skill, venom volume and toxicity would increase accordingly.
Returning to the system's main page, Bai Zhe checked his attributes:
Host: Bai Zhe
Species: Forest Anaconda
Planet: Blue Planet
Evolution Level: 2
Evolution Points: 0.14/30 (Obtained by devouring prey; evolution event triggers when points reach threshold.)
Skill Points: 0 (Gained during evolution; used for learning and upgrading Skills.)
Skill: Venomous Fangs (1/5)
System Task: Obtain 10 million Evolution Points.
Task Progress: 10.14/10 million
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At this time, Bai Zhe was about 30 centimeters long, double his length before evolution!
His strength had increased severalfold. With the Venomous Fangs Skill, if he encountered the rat from before again, he would no longer be afraid!
Thinking of that rat, Bai Zhe suddenly felt hungry.
Freshly evolved, Bai Zhe seemed as if he hadn't eaten for weeks and needed energy badly.
"I'll go out for a walk and find something to fill this unbearably hungry belly."
Flicking his tongue, Bai Zhe twisted his body and slipped out of the narrow termite nest.
The sun was high, and warm sunlight filtered through the leaves onto Bai Zhe's body.
Very comfortable!
Snakes are cold-blooded animals, meaning their body temperature changes with the environment.
As his body temperature rose, Bai Zhe's agility increased rapidly, and his body became very sensitive.
"Rustle! Rustle!"
At that moment, faint sounds came from the nearby grass.
"Hm?"
Bai Zhe instinctively went on alert, muscles tensing, ready to attack or flee back to shelter.
He flicked his tongue to collect scent particles from the air.
"A familiar smell."
Bai Zhe fixed his gaze on the grass patch that produced the noise.
Next moment, a rat emerged from the grass.
Bai Zhe was stunned, then overjoyed.
It was him! The rat brother he met yesterday.
[Ding, target discovered: Brown Mountain Rat! Devouring gains 10 Evolution Points.]
"Well, speak of the devil!"
Bai Zhe flicked his tongue, and some unknown liquid seemed to drip from the corner of his mouth.
However, the rat turned its small eyes sharply on Bai Zhe, staring intently.
Its drooling looked like it had its eyes on Bai Zhe's two taels of meat.
"Wow, it wants to prey on me too?"
Bai Zhe shuddered.
In terms of size, Bai Zhe and this rat were almost evenly matched.
That meant if they fought, the outcome was uncertain.
However, Bai Zhe now had Venomous Fangs; if he bit the rat at the right moment, The fight would likely be over.
He also wanted to test the Venomous Fangs Skill's power.
With this in mind, Bai Zhe's gaze toward the rat grew appraising. Perhaps this was a gift.
Plus, the rat offered 10 Evolution Points — awesome!
Obviously, this rat didn't know that this once non-venomous Little Forest Anaconda now had deadly Venomous Fangs.
For a moment, both stared at each other like tigers ready to pounce; a life-or-death battle was about to unfold.
But just then!
"Whoosh!"
A sudden sharp sound broke the air. From the corner of Bai Zhe's eye, a black shadow fell like a meteor to the ground!
Without hesitation, Bai Zhe reflexively turned and fled!
With a swish, Bai Zhe dashed into the nest and turned his head to look outside.
At that moment, the black shadow crashed into the grass patch opposite.
Then a heavy thud sounded.
The sound struck Bai Zhe's heart like a hammer blow, making him weak and unable to move.
"What was that?"
His heart pounded as he stared at the grass patch with a large hole smashed into it. Suddenly, a black bird stood tall from within the grass.
"A Falcon?"
Bai Zhe's heart skipped a beat, struck with shock.
Opposite him stood a large bird with blackish-brown feathers, about sixty or seventy centimeters long, with a wingspan of over a meter, a hooked iron-like beak, and sharp eyes.
Clearly, it was a Falcon, a carnivorous raptor that hunts rats, snakes, Hares, or small birds.
From a human perspective, Falcons posed almost zero threat.
But to Bai Zhe now, this Falcon could take his life in minutes.
Bai Zhe felt for the first time the great intimidation from a natural enemy.
If he grew to three, five, or even ten meters, he would not fear the Falcon.
But that would require several evolutions.
Until then, the Falcon remained a deadly sword hanging over Bai Zhe's head.
Because the area where Bai Zhe lived was within the Falcon's territory.
One day, when Bai Zhe went out hunting, the Falcon might swoop down and carry him away.
"This feeling of facing death at any moment sucks big time."
Bai Zhe couldn't help but complain.
He recalled that while being human last life had its pressures, this was on a completely different level.
"Flap! Flap!"
At that moment, the Falcon suddenly shook its wings, causing the surrounding grass to ripple.
At the same time, the Falcon grabbed a hare and flew out of the grass!
Seeing this, Bai Zhe's heart grew heavy.
Could this be the so-called "The snake grieves over the hare's death"?!
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