Chinese Martial Arts: My Super Beast Clone

Chapter 94 Wilderness Hunting: Search Dogs and Pursuers

For several days in a row, Lin Hai and the Earth-Splitting Crocodile Dragon roamed the wilderness.

The human and the beast worked together with increasing harmony.

In the evening, as they passed a secluded pond, they happened to encounter a red-headed duck preening its feathers by the water's edge.

This is a rare and precious bird found in the wilderness, whose meat contains pure energy.

The Earth-Splitter Crocodile silently submerged underwater, bursting out the water the instant the Red-crested Duck lowered its head to drink, and swallowed it whole.

That meal increased his spiritual energy by 10 points.

On the afternoon of the third day, the sun was blocked by thick clouds, and a cold wind swept across the wilderness.

The Earth-Splitter Crocodile Dragon patrolled a gentle slope a dozen miles away, searching for prey. Lin Hai leaned against a large tree behind him, closing his eyes to rest.

Suddenly, the Earth-Splitter Crocodile Dragon emitted an alarm signal.

Lin Hai immediately focused his mind and switched his perspective through mental connection.

The sound of hurried footsteps came from below the gentle slope.

Lin Hai immediately gave the Earth-Splitting Crocodile Dragon the order to hide on the spot. The massive Earth-Splitting Crocodile Dragon immediately lay down in a shallow pit.

The color of its scales began to change rapidly, from the original dark blue to a grayish-yellow that matched the surrounding soil and withered grass.

Talent: Mimicry.

In just a few breaths, the Earth-Splitter Crocodile Dragon completely blended into its surroundings.

The footsteps grew closer, and four figures emerged from the waist-high weeds.

Leading the way was an elderly hunter in his fifties, holding a black hunting dog that was about half his height tightly on a leash.

Three men followed behind, all dressed in the martial arts uniforms of Japanese ronin, wearing wooden clogs, and carrying samurai swords at their waists.

"Hurry up," the leader of the ronin urged in broken Chinese, his hand still on the hilt of his sword. "This area must be searched today."

The old hunter, his back hunched, nodded repeatedly: "Sir, in this desolate wilderness, finding someone is like looking for a needle in a haystack. I bet they've already gone somewhere else."

"Enough with the nonsense." Another ronin stepped forward and impatiently kicked the hunter.

"Even if he crawls into a mouse hole, we have to dig him out."

The search dog stopped abruptly when it was less than ten meters away from where the Earth-Splitting Crocodile Dragon was hiding.

It sniffed the ground twice with its nose pressed against it, then its fur stood on end, it tucked its tail between its legs, and its legs went weak, causing it to collapse onto the ground.

It whimpered and moaned on the ground.

No matter how hard the old hunter pulled on the leash, the dog refused to move forward even a single step.

The leader of the ronin frowned and drew half of his katana: "What's wrong with this beast?"

The old hunter was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, clinging tightly to the dog's neck: "Sir, please calm down! This dog is intelligent. Its behavior means that a powerful monster must have been there and left its scent. Dogs are afraid of demonic energy; even if you kill it, it won't dare to leave."

The ronin snorted coldly and strode forward.

He was standing less than half a meter away from the mimicking Earth-Splitter Crocodile. If he took another step forward, he would step directly onto the Earth-Splitter Crocodile's back.

The Earth-Splitter Crocodile remained motionless, completely holding its breath.

The ronin noticed nothing unusual and looked up at the deep forest ahead.

"Let's go around in another direction." The ronin sheathed his sword. "Our mission is to find someone. There's no need to provoke monsters in the wilderness and create unnecessary trouble."

The four people bypassed the gentle slope and headed towards the grove of trees on the right.

Lin Hai watched their retreating figures, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

The soil stirred slightly. The massive body of the Earth-Splitting Crocodile Dragon silently sank into the ground, following the direction the four had left in...

They followed us deep underground.

The grove was dimly lit, and a thick layer of fallen leaves covered the ground.

The four men walked slowly. The old hunter led the way, his search dog clinging tightly to his trousers, appearing extremely uneasy the entire way.

Three ronin followed behind in a triangular formation, their eyes constantly scanning the bushes on both sides.

The last ronin was bending down to step over a rotten log.

The soil beneath his feet suddenly cracked open, and a gigantic mouth full of interlocking fangs burst forth from the earth with incredible speed, biting directly into the ronin's waist.

"Click."

The sound of bones breaking was extremely jarring in the quiet woods.

The ronin didn't even have time to utter a scream before his body was torn in two by the terrifying force of the bite. His upper body crashed heavily onto the fallen leaves, while his lower body was dragged deep into the ground.

This change happened within a second or two.

Upon hearing the sound, the two ronin walking in front immediately turned around and drew their swords.

"Enemy attack!"

The two stood back to back, their katanas held horizontally across their chests, their eyes fixed on the half-corpse and the large pool of blood on the ground. The surroundings were eerily quiet; there wasn't a soul in sight.

The old hunter was so frightened that he fell to the ground. The search dog broke free of its leash and hid behind a tree, trembling.

"That monster Arimura-kun mentioned has reappeared?" A ronin's palms were sweating as he gripped his sword.

The other ronin took half a step back, his back close to a large, old tree.

As he approached, a ripple suddenly appeared at the base of the tree trunk, which had originally displayed the texture of grayish-brown bark.

The Earth-Splitter Crocodile Dragon abandoned its mimicry and lunged forward with its massive body.

The distance is too close.

The ronin had barely sensed the strong wind behind him and hadn't even had time to swing his sword when the gaping maw of the Earth-Splitting Crocodile Dragon was already upon him.

Two rows of sharp teeth covered his head.

The Earth-Splitter Crocodile Dragon strained its neck and yanked backward violently.

Blood spurted two feet high, and a headless corpse fell straight down, the samurai sword clattering onto the fallen leaves.

The last ronin witnessed his companion being instantly killed, and his mental defenses completely collapsed.

"Monster!" he yelled, turned around, and scrambled out of the woods.

The Earth-Splitter Crocodile Dragon stomped heavily on the ground with its four limbs, sending mud flying, and caught up with him in just two steps.

Upon hearing the sound of wind behind him, the ronin instinctively tried to dodge to the side.

The Earth-Splitter Crocodile Dragon's thick tail swept out with a whistling wind.

"Snapped!"

The tail lashed solidly across the ronin's back.

With a muffled crack as his spine shattered, the ronin was sent flying, crashing through two small trees as thick as an arm before finally landing in a thicket. He twitched a couple of times and then fell still.

From the start to the end of the attack, it took only a few breaths, and all three Black Dragon Society ronin perished.

The woods reeked of blood.

The old hunter slumped to the ground, his crotch soaked, his mouth agape as he stared in terror at the giant beast before him.

The Earth-Splitter Crocodile turned its head, its huge vertical pupils staring at the hunter on the ground.

The hunter scrambled to his feet and ran wildly out of the woods without looking back, not even bothering with the search dog.

The Earth-Splitter Crocodile Dragon did not pursue the old hunter who had been coerced into coming. Instead, it swallowed the terrified mountain hound whole, then flicked its tail and slowly sank into the ground.

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