Chi!
The cyan longsword slashed across the Shadow Snake's body, which was as thick as a bucket. Although the Shadow Snake's black scales were dense and tough, they were still cut open by the cyan longsword's sharpness as if they were cowhide.
Dark red blood splattered, and a long diagonal wound was left on the shadow snake's body.
Chi!
Chi! The shadow snake, which was in pain from its injury, suddenly turned its head and bit at Viscount Fergus, who had already rushed behind it.
Whoosh!
It was as if Viscount Fergus had eyes on the back of his head. Blood power poured into his legs, and under his battle armor, his legs became visibly thicker. His veins and muscles were clearly visible.
He suddenly stomped on the ground, and his golden body moved very strangely to the side, avoiding the bite of the shadow snake's head.
At the same time, the green longsword in his hand slashed again. Another clear wound appeared on the shadow snake's bucket-thick body.
Chi! Chi! Chi!
Viscount Fergus and the shadow snake quickly tangled together.
The head's bite, the giant black tail's strike, and the body's entanglement. The shadow snake used three of its usual attacks, but Viscount Fergus easily dodged them all with his speed.
On the other hand, Viscount Fergus slashed the shadow snake's body again and again, leaving long gashes on the shadow snake's body.
Seeing that Viscount Fergus had the upper hand in the battle, Gray and Bernal, who had been watching the battle without being able to help at all, slowly relaxed.
"Father won!"
Bernal, whose forehead was covered in sweat, laughed happily.
"Yes, he won!"
Gray also nodded happily.
The shadow snake's strongest point was its ability to hide in the shadows. When it was exposed in the shadows, its threat was greatly reduced.
In other aspects, its strength was greater, but its speed was average. Facing the extremely fast Viscount Fergus, it was obviously not a match.
Moreover, the important thing was that Viscount Fergus had not used the killing move "Wind Blade" until now. However, Gray knew that Viscount Fergus would definitely use this killing move at the most appropriate time to give the shadow snake a fatal blow.
Chi!
Chi! Even though its body was injured, the human in front of it was jumping around like a monkey. It could not even touch him. The shadow snake gradually had the intention to retreat. It twisted its body and scuttled toward the dense mangrove forest, preparing to hide in the shadows of the mangrove trees.
It was confident that as long as it could hide in the shadows, the opponent would not be able to detect it.
"Ha!"
However, right at this moment, Viscount Fergus, who was fighting with it, seized the opportunity when it turned its body and let out an explosive roar.
Shua!
A wind blade that looked like it was made of green metal appeared and quickly slashed towards the shadow snake's body near its head.
Pu!
The green wind blade was sharper than a blade. It easily cut through the fine black scales of the shadow snake. Like a kitchen knife cutting through meat, it cut deeply, almost cutting the bucket-thick body of the snake into two.
Bright red blood splattered all over the ground and onto the surrounding red-leafed trees, turning the originally red leaves into an extremely enchanting bright red.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As if in its last frenzy, the shadow snake's huge tail whipped wildly, leaving straight marks on the ground. Dirt and rocks flew everywhere. Even some of the red leaves were broken by the brute force.
The struggle lasted for a full minute before it finally stopped powerlessly.
Shua!
Viscount Fergus did not let his guard down in the face of the completely paralyzed giant shadow snake.
The golden figure flashed and appeared where the giant snake's body was cut by the wind blade. The green longsword slashed down from the other side without hesitation.
Chi!
Like cutting through cowhide, the green longsword cut through the fine black scales of the shadow snake and merged with the huge wound on the other side. Finally, the snake's body was completely cut in two.
During the entire process, the shadow snake's body did not show any signs of trembling. Clearly, it was completely dead. Otherwise, it would not have allowed Viscount Fergus to cut it in two.
"Father."
Seeing that the shadow snake was indeed dead, Gray and Bernal walked forward.
Viscount Fergus raised his head and looked at Gray and Bernal. When he saw Bernal's powerless hands hanging down, he could not help but frown.
"Bernal, how is your hand?"
"It should be dislocated."
Resisting the pain, Bernal said with an ashamed expression.
Gray was also unscathed when facing the shadow snake's giant tail, but both his hands were dislocated. Without a doubt, he had once again lost to Gray in the face of the shadow snake's surprise attack.
"Gray, collect the blood. I'll reposition Bernal's joints."
Viscount Fergus did not say much and immediately instructed Gray.
"Yes."
Gray hurriedly took out two folded, shriveled leather bags from his backpack. There were twisted runes arranged in a circular pattern on the surface. In the center, there was a purple-black magic crystal embedded.
It was the blood bag that he had used to collect Hanhu's blood.
Although he did not plan to hunt the blood fiends, it was better to be prepared. He still brought it.
Whoosh!
He aimed the sharp beak of the blood bag at the giant snake's severed body and then stimulated the purplish-black magic crystal with a trace of blood power. The blood bag immediately produced a suction force and sucked the dark red blood into the blood bag.
While using the blood bag to absorb the blood, Gray did not forget to look back in the direction of Viscount Fergus and Bernal.
He saw Viscount Fergus take off Bernal's armor, revealing the white undershirt inside. He then reached out to pinch Bernal's left and right hands.
He should be confirming the position of Bernal's dislocated hands.
During the process, the sweat on Bernal's forehead kept dripping. It was obvious that this process was not an ordinary pain.
Crack!
"Ah —"
Crack!
"Ah —"
Then, Viscount Fergus's hands shook extremely quickly. Accompanied by a crisp sound and two screams from Bernal, Bernal's dislocated joints had been repositioned.
"Fortunately, there are no fractures, only dislocations!"
Viscount Fergus said.
"Phew!"
Hearing this, Bernal let out an obvious sigh.
A dislocation and a fracture were two different concepts.
A dislocation was only a dislocated joint that could be repositioned. However, if it was a fracture, it would not be as simple as repositioning.
Not only did the broken bone need to be repositioned, it also needed to be fixed and wait for it to grow and heal automatically.
Although Blood Warriors had a stronger recovery ability than ordinary people and had a special ointment that accelerated the self-healing of bones, it would still take at least a month to fully recover.
During this one month, inconvenient movements were secondary. There were servants in the castle and life would not become inconvenient, but it would delay his training.
Now that Gray had caught up, if he delayed his training for a month because of this, he was afraid that he would immediately be left behind by Gray.
"Hmph, hmph, hmph …"
Then, Viscount Fergus rolled up Bernal's sleeves. It was obvious that Bernal's shoulder joints had a huge red swelling.
He took out a box of Green Jade Hemostatic Ointment from his backpack, scooped out the green ointment from within, and applied it on Bernal's swollen shoulder joints before quickly rubbing it.
During the process, although Bernal resisted the pain, he still let out muffled groans from time to time. It was obviously not an ordinary pain.
It was worthy of being auctioned at a high price of three gold coins and ten silver coins. An ordinary person would not be able to afford this ointment in their lifetime. The efficacy of this Green Jade Hemostatic Ointment was indeed extremely strong. Following Viscount Fergus's rubbing, the red swelling on Bernal's shoulders quickly subsided, leaving only a slight bulge and crimson.
When the two bags became bulging, Gray could no longer suck blood from the snake's body. Gray stopped collecting blood and weighed the bags in each hand.
Taking the blood of the blood beasts that he usually consumed as a unit, it weighed about two hundred units. Because he collected it in time, it was double the amount of Hanhu's blood last time.
"Father, we collected it in time this time. We should be able to extract the essence of the blood, right?"
Gray asked as he walked over with the two heavy bags of blood.
Essence of the blood was the essence extracted from blood. This was a precious item that could be used to implant a bloodline when combined with medicine. It could be said to be extremely precious.
Generally speaking, only one portion of essence could be extracted from the blood of a blood beast. Moreover, it could only be extracted under the condition that the loss of blood was not large.
Last time, Hanhu had lost more than half of its blood, and the remaining blood was not enough to extract the essence of the blood.
"It's enough."
Viscount Fergus said with certainty after taking a glance.
"If we can extract the essence of the blood, we can sell the Shadow Snake's blood this time!"
Bernal, who had already donned his battle armor, could not help but say with a joyful expression.
"You want to sell it?"
Gray's expression did not change, but he could not help but feel that it was a pity.
The amount of Hanhu's blood last time was too small to extract the essence of the blood. Even if he sold it, he would not be able to sell it for a good price, so he kept it for his own use.
However, the effects of Hanhu's blood on those who practiced the blood art "Wind Wolf" were not as obvious as the Wind Wolf's blood. In order to make up for the difference, the castle changed the supply of Hanhu's blood to twice a month.
Due to the uniqueness of his body, the effects of Hanhu's blood did not change when Gray consumed it. Therefore, it was equivalent to him consuming the Wind Wolf's blood twice a month.
If he kept the Shadow Snake's blood for his own use, it would inevitably be like the Hanhu's blood, consuming the Wind Wolf's blood twice a month.
"But this is also good. I don't dare to consume the Shadow Snake's blood right now."
The extreme fatigue from consuming Hanhu's blood last time had already rung an alarm bell. He did not dare to consume the Shadow Snake's blood again in the short term as it would cause his body to undergo another metamorphosis.
"But with the Shadow Snake's characteristics, I can't just let it go. When we return, I'll keep a portion of the Shadow Snake's blood for future use."
Gray did not collect the Shadow Snake's skin and flesh. The smell of blood was too strong and could easily attract the blood fiends' attacks. Therefore, the three of them quickly left their original location.
There were two bags of blood fiends' blood, each about ten kilograms. Since Bernal was injured, Gray and Viscount Fergus each carried one bag. With their physical fitness, it would not affect them too much.
After that, they did not encounter any more blood fiends' attacks. After traveling for several kilometers, they finally arrived at their destination on the map.
"This is …?"