29. Does This Even Work?
“Name: Hilt of the Broken Steel Holy Sword.
Item Grade: Immortal Artifact (Specific grade unknown)
Attack Power: ?
Defense Power: ?
Other: Although the sword itself is rusted and unusable, this is the hilt. A divine brick is still divine, and a divine hilt is still divine.”
The strange object was stained with fresh blood, clearly from the Flame Python.
Gong Yiling stared at it for a long time, rereading the description several times, before finally understanding what happened.
She had used the momentum from the bouncy net, combined with the Flame Python’s own venom, and wielded this hilt, which could bypass its defenses…
To decapitate it?
Nothing involved was hers, and yet… this worked?
Ignoring her injuries, she rushed to the python’s corpse.
This creature was truly unlucky.
If she had struck anywhere else, the impact would have probably broken her arms again.
But she hit its most vulnerable spot, its neck, severing its true lifeblood.
She knew about this weakness, but the difference in their strength was so vast that she hadn’t even considered exploiting it.
And yet… she not only hit it by accident, but also almost severed its head, killing it instantly.
“I think I’ve lost the ability to speak.” Gong Yiling rubbed her forehead. “So, for this level-skipping kill, aren’t you going to give me a reward?”
“The reputation reward has already been given. What else do you want?”
“Don’t world bosses drop loot?” Gong Yiling pointed at the corpse. “Where’s my legendary gear? My crystals? My legendary weapons? My Breath of the Undying? My artifacts?”
“Do you think this is a game?” The system interrupted impatiently. “Do you think a ferocious python’s stomach would be filled with legendary weapons and glowing crystals instead of half-digested food?”
Gong Yiling thought about it.
That was indeed impossible.
She could only examine the corpse for anything valuable.
The meat was definitely inedible. She didn’t know if it was more delicious than pufferfish, but it was definitely more poisonous.
Then there were the scales. Although they looked valuable, impenetrable by ordinary weapons…
Her sword hilt couldn’t even scratch them, so she gave up on skinning it.
Then there was the demonic core.
This was easy to find. Gong Yiling, sensing the venomous energy, found a purple core inside the python’s body. It contained the beast’s cultivation of millennia, more than enough to boost her own power.
Finally, she returned to the rest of the python.
After much effort, she severed its head and tossed it into her Universe Ring.
As for the rest… she could only take some meat and leave the rest behind.
“I killed a Flame Python, and this is all I get?”
Feeling cheated, she walked back. Nearing the barrier, she suddenly remembered something.
Strange, she had bumped into a bouncy net twice. What was that thing?
Since it wasn’t far from the barrier, she reached out and felt around.
She found an invisible, intangible, elastic net, feeling like dough but with incredible elasticity.
“What is this?”
“Since you’ve been wondering for so long, I’ll make an exception and tell you.” The system said, “This is a barrier set up by Gong Muzhi to trap the Flame Python.”
“If the python tries to escape, it expands into an elastic net that can stretch for dozens of kilometers, flinging the python back.”
“The reason you experienced the same thing earlier is because—”
“Because I absorbed its venom, and the net mistook me for it?”
“Precisely.”
Gong Yiling’s lips twitched.
Although she wanted to complain about her mother’s ridiculous design, only reacting to the venom…
It was precisely because of this that she could injure the Flame Python the first time and kill it the second time.
After learning this, she dispelled the remaining venom in her body. The net no longer affected her, and she easily returned to the outer area.
The fresh air was a welcome change from the cloying sweetness of the central area. Miss Gong stretched and muttered,
“I wonder how Qiu Shui and Xinyao are—”
Just then, two people walked past, not noticing the disheveled girl, talking amongst themselves. “Is it true? Someone framed the First Prince?”
“Yes, I heard it was a beautiful young lady, but what good is beauty? Truly, appearances can be deceiving.”
“Let’s go and see. It seems the two are confronting each other.”
“But didn’t you want to check out that sound earlier? Maybe the Flame Python was beaten to a pulp.”
“Even a beaten Flame Python is still a Flame Python. Would you dare go near it? Better to watch the drama unfold up ahead.”
“You’re right. We can’t miss this. We have time. We can collect number cards later.”
Hearing their conversation, Gong Yiling’s heart sank.
The only ones who would confront the First Prince here were Qiu Shui and Lu Xinyao.
So, that bastard went to find trouble with them while she was gone?
Gong Yiling’s eyes turned cold.
This was all the First Prince and Xuli’s fault. She wanted to see how they would try to twist the truth!
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