The entrance to the hole wasn't very big, but it was enough for Bai Zhe to squeeze into. However, just two or three meters in, a creature suddenly crawled toward him from the other side.
A hare.
The lighting inside the burrow was extremely dim, and Bai Zhe couldn't see clearly with his eyes.
But his forked tongue sharply picked up the scent emitted from the hare.
Fully prepared, Bai Zhe immediately launched an attack. The hare, crawling toward him from the other end, clearly hadn't expected a snake to invade its own burrow.
Startled upon seeing Bai Zhe, it instinctively jumped backward—but it was a second too slow. Bai Zhe bit it directly on the neck.
The moment he bit down, a dose of venom was injected through Bai Zhe's Venomous Fangs into the hare's flesh and blood.
In pain, the hare began to thrash violently, but the tunnel was too narrow—it simply didn't have enough room to escape. After struggling a few times, it still couldn't break free.
Its struggle grew weaker and weaker. After all, Bai Zhe had upgraded his "Venomous Fangs" skill three times already, and the potency of his venom had become quite deadly.
In less than a minute, the hare went still.
Its heartbeat had stopped—killed by Bai Zhe's venom.
Bai Zhe released his grip and began swallowing the hare whole from the head down, inch by inch. He then slithered to the deepest part of the burrow and lay down to rest.
A while later, the hare was completely digested in his stomach, and he successfully gained 100 Evolution Points.
Now, his total Evolution Points had reached 2240. He only needed a little over 700 more to level up.
The number of prey in this area had far exceeded his expectations. Acquiring another 700 or so Evolution Points wouldn't be difficult at all.
As Bai Zhe thought this, he grew sleepier and sleepier. In his half-conscious state, he faintly heard a few wild beast howls. But since he was nestled safely in a burrow, Bai Zhe didn't worry about his safety and quickly drifted off into a deep sleep.
At dawn, Bai Zhe woke from his slumber and immediately crawled out of the hole, beginning a new day of adventure.
Today, he planned to thoroughly scout this entire mountain area.
While he couldn't yet swallow a fully grown goat, he could definitely go after lambs. Plus, there were still plenty of hares in the area.
So, this place could absolutely serve as a primary hunting ground—it was well worth the time to explore it in full.
After crossing two hills, Bai Zhe encountered many hares burrow along the way, and he committed each one to memory.
Originally, Bai Zhe intended to catch a hare for breakfast, but after crawling into three different hare holes, he didn't find a single hare.
Maybe they had all woken up early and gone out to forage.
Wandering along, Bai Zhe suddenly froze. His gaze locked onto a grassy field just ahead.
There, a group of goats had appeared.
There were eight in total, including two lambs.
Bai Zhe's thoughts began to churn, and he focused his attention on the two lambs.
The lambs followed closely behind a large adult goat, bleating occasionally. After observing them for a few minutes, Bai Zhe chose his target.
He picked the larger of the two lambs, which kept a slightly greater distance from the adult goat than the smaller one—perhaps due to its size.
[Target Locked: Young Goat! Devouring it will yield 150 Evolution Points.]
The system's prompt echoed in his mind, but Bai Zhe didn't dwell on it. He kept his eyes fixed on the young lamb, slowly slithering across the grass.
Before long, he had closed the distance to just over ten meters from the goat herd.
His body coloration worked well as camouflage in forests, but it was much less effective on open grasslands.
Fortunately, his movements were quiet enough that the goats didn't notice him.
Bai Zhe continued creeping closer to his chosen target. Now, only about three meters separated them.
At that moment, the lamb—while grazing—suddenly lifted its head and tilted it toward Bai Zhe's direction.
It had spotted him.
Bai Zhe froze. Just as he thought the hunt had failed, the lamb stared at him blankly.
It didn't realize Bai Zhe was a predator.
Perhaps in its limited understanding, only Jackals were considered predators. And while it hesitated, Bai Zhe suddenly lunged at it with a swift whoosh.
The lamb instinctively jumped back.
But Bai Zhe was faster, immediately biting down on its right front leg.
"Baa!"
The lamb cried out and half-collapsed to the ground.
At this point, the other goats noticed Bai Zhe's presence and quickly surrounded the injured lamb. Two adult male goats lowered their heads, aiming their horns at Bai Zhe, trying to drive him off.
Bai Zhe slowly retreated. He didn't choose to fight the two rams head-on. After all, he had already injected venom into the lamb's body—he just needed to wait.
Sure enough, after two minutes, the lamb collapsed to the ground, motionless.
The other goats gathered around its body, gently nudging it with their heads, seemingly urging it to get up.
They couldn't understand why the lamb had collapsed from a single bite.
After all, this herd had lived in the mountain area for a long time, but this was their first time encountering such a situation.
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