Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 26 Purple-Gold Dragon-Patterned Python

After listening to Yang Ping'an's reprimand, the golden mastiff remained silent throughout, clearly knowing that it had caused trouble.

However, it still embarked on its exploration journey with a face full of grievances, while Yang Ping'an gave a wry smile.

For the rest of the time, Yang Ping'an followed the Purple-Gold Mastiff and continued to wander around the Star Dou Great Forest, but he still couldn't find any good soul beasts. Actually, the three hundred-year-old Golden-Backed Wolves were quite good, but unfortunately, he didn't have the strength, and besides, so much time had passed, and their soul rings had long since disappeared.

Half a month passed in the Star Dou Great Forest in the blink of an eye. During this time, Yang Ping'an gradually adapted to life in the Star Dou Great Forest and to this cruel forest of soul beasts.

They basically spend their days searching for soul beasts and their nights resting to conserve their energy and restore their soul power.

On this day, the sounds of fighting could be faintly heard, and a look of longing appeared in the eyes of the Purple-Gold Mastiff once again, clearly indicating that the spirit beasts fighting this time were very unusual.

In the more than half a month since entering the Star Dou Great Forest, the Purple Gold Mastiff has only shown this look twice.

After hesitating for a while, Yang Ping'an slowly approached to observe.

In the middle of a forest, a bear and a python were fighting.

On each side was a raging demonic bear, each reaching a full four meters in height. They appeared to be over two thousand years old, and in terms of strength, they were far superior to the golden-backed wolf that had chased them back then.

On the other side was a very strange python. This python was covered with scales all over its body, and it was purple in color, with even a hint of metallic sheen. This python was over fourteen meters long and over half a meter in diameter. In particular, there were two fleshy growths on its huge head, which made it look rather ferocious.

But at this moment, the older, ferocious bear was in trouble, clearly because the python had taken the bear as its prey.

The raging demonic bear had bloodshot eyes and appeared extremely crazed. It swung its huge claws from time to time, leaving large scratch marks on the ground.

But the python seemed unusually calm, maintaining a distance of four meters from the raging demon bear. It was able to quickly evade the bear's attacks while also using its massive tail to strike it.

Yang Ping'an felt a chill run down his spine when he saw this, because this python was more powerful than he had imagined, or rather, more difficult to deal with than he had thought.

Yang Ping'an originally intended to call the Golden Mastiff away, but seeing the longing look in its eyes, he could only grit his teeth and continue watching from the side.

Yang Ping'an could manage to deal with the raging demonic bear, but this python was simply beyond his capabilities.

Snake-type spirit beasts don't have much of a sense of smell, but they have a more terrifying ability: they can sense the creatures around them through temperature and spirit power. This python in front of us is probably a very unusual species.

Yang Ping'an stared at the python for a while, and was suddenly shocked. Could this python be the legendary Purple-Gold Dragon Python?

Thinking of this, Yang Ping'an carefully observed the Purple-Gold Dragon-Patterned Python. It was indeed as the legend described, with its entire body in purple-gold color, two fleshy bumps on its head, and even four indentations on its abdomen. According to legend, the Purple-Gold Dragon-Patterned Python would grow four small claws after a thousand years, and after ten thousand years it would transform into a dragon claw. A thousand years is a python, ten thousand years is a dragon, and a hundred thousand years is a dragon. When it truly reaches the hundred thousand-year level, its strength will probably surpass that of the legendary Azure Bull Python. It is a top-grade python-type soul beast and may even possess a trace of dragon blood.

Thinking of this, Yang Ping'an also showed endless longing for the purple-gold dragon-patterned python.

Based on the length of this type of soul beast, it should be around eight hundred years, or even slightly less than eight hundred years, but very close. For me, the age is slightly too high.

However, Yang Ping'an was very confident in his physical fitness. After a long period of training, his physical fitness and endurance in all aspects far exceeded those of other Soul Masters of the same level. It was not hopeless for him to obtain his second Soul Ring after eight hundred years.

The main problem is how to hunt this purple-gold dragon-patterned python. In terms of strength, I am far from being its match, especially its purple-gold scales, which are probably difficult to pierce even with a bow and crossbow.

On the field at this moment, the Purple-Gold Dragon-Patterned Python had its green eyes wide open, devoid of any light, like a cold and ruthless lover. Especially when it occasionally flicked out its half-meter-long forked tongue, even Yang Ping'an felt a chill.

As the raging demonic bear missed its attack, the purple-gold dragon-patterned python moved with lightning speed, quickly coiling around the bear's right hand. Then, a huge snake tail lashed out, striking the bear's back.

The raging demonic bear roared in pain and tried to use its other arm to grab the purple-gold dragon-patterned python away.

But the snake's tail was exceptionally agile. The purple-gold dragon-patterned python spiraled its entire body, quickly covering the raging demon bear's arm, while its tail also began to coil around the raging demon bear's other arm.

Yang Ping'an was shocked to see this. He hadn't expected that this Purple-Gold Dragon-Patterned Python would be stronger than the Berserk Demon Bear. This was a bit exaggerated. Bear-type soul beasts were known for their strength, and the Berserk Demon Bear was one of the strongest among them.

Before the raging demonic bear could roar again, the purple-gold dragon-patterned python revealed a set of sinister long fangs. These fangs were completely different from those of ordinary snake-like soul beasts. Instead of being composed of four long, sharp fangs, they were a set of purple-gold fangs, each of which appeared exceptionally sharp, somewhat resembling the fangs of a golden-backed wolf.

The purple-gold dragon-patterned python bit down on the arm of the raging demonic bear, tearing off a large chunk that went deep enough to expose the bone.

However, judging from the wounds of the berserk demon bear, which are still bright red, it does not appear to be poisoned. It seems that this purple-gold dragon-patterned python is not poisonous.

The raging demonic bear roared repeatedly, its body thrashing wildly, even rolling on the ground in an attempt to use the ground's force to shake off the purple-gold dragon-patterned python. Even though several large pits appeared in the ground, it was to no avail, and the purple-gold dragon-patterned python remained tightly coiled around it.

As time went on, the purple-gold dragon-patterned python completely wrapped its body around the head of the raging demonic bear, and even the sound of bones cracking could be heard, clearly indicating that the raging demonic bear's bones were being slowly crushed by the purple-gold dragon-patterned python.

During this process, Yang Ping'an did consider taking action against the Purple-Gold Dragon Pattern Python, but even if he did, he could only barely injure it and could not seriously damage it. Moreover, if he was not careful, he might be entangled by the Purple-Gold Dragon Pattern Python. Snake-type soul beasts are generally cautious and will quickly leave or directly attack the third party if they encounter an attack from a third party.

But Yang Ping'an's eyes turned cold: I'm determined to have this purple-gold dragon-patterned python.

(End of this chapter)