manynovel Chapter 30 The Bloodthirsty Alligator Turtle
Chapter 30 The Bloodthirsty Alligator Turtle
"Looks like we've really stirred up a hornet's nest."
However, the two turtle-like spirit beasts in front of us have flat shells covered with aquatic plants, making them clearly less aggressive than the alligator snapping turtle.
The alligator snapping turtle opened its mouth menacingly at the turtles that surfaced, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth—a threat and a way to drive them away.
However, the green-haired turtles, whose hibernation had been disturbed, were naturally not to be outdone and all moved closer to the Thundertooth Alligator Turtle.
"Big brother, it seems you've caused a conflict between them."
"These creatures have top-notch defensive capabilities. It's hard to say who will win if the two sides fight. It would be best if they could both be severely injured, then you can choose your spirit ring."
The ecosystems in the lake are each governed by their own domains. Judging from the green hair growing on the shells of these turtle spirit beasts, they must have lived at the bottom of the lake for most of the year. They probably didn't interfere with the crocodile turtles in the past.
However, it happened to be the feeding time for the alligator snapping turtles, and the pebbles that Xiao Yan threw disturbed the green-haired turtles' sweet dreams. No turtle would believe that these pebbles had nothing to do with the alligator snapping turtles.
So these turtles, which seemed to have only four or five hundred years of cultivation, also started fighting with the alligator snapping turtle.
Seeing that its threat was useless, the alligator snapping turtle swallowed the last bite of venison, turned its body around using the water's momentum, and immediately bit down hard on the neck of the nearest green-haired turtle. The green-haired turtle cried out in pain and kept swatting at the alligator snapping turtle with its claws, since only its shell was hard.
Seeing this, its companion quickly sprayed a powerful water jet from its mouth, which hit the alligator snapping turtle's head. The brief pain did not make it loosen its grip; instead, it tightened its jaws even more.
Gradually, the green-haired turtle that was being bitten stopped struggling, as if it had become accustomed to the damage inflicted by the other party.
"Big brother, this green-haired turtle has such strong defensive resilience. After being bitten by that Thunder Fang Alligator Turtle, it only felt pain at first, but now it has actually gotten used to it."
At this moment, the green-haired turtle whose neck was being bitten had begun to have the strength to thrash around in the water, trying to shake off the alligator snapping turtle that was sticking to it, but Xiao Yan shook his head.
"Little San, think about it carefully again. Do you remember what I told you about the strongest characteristic of the Thunder Fang Alligator Turtle?"
"Does Big Brother mean that it's not that the green-haired turtle has stopped struggling, but rather that the alligator snapping turtle's lightning teeth have paralyzed it, making it lose its sense of pain?"
Xiao Yan nodded. Right now, the green-haired turtle looked like it was launching a fierce attack, but none of its moves hit the alligator turtle's weak points. It seemed that it was already in its final moments.
"But given the hardness of their shells, even if they can't win in a fight, they should at least be able to retreat inside and survive, right?"
As Xiao Yan was thinking this, the battle in the lake had progressed to the next stage. The green-haired turtle whose neck had been bitten by the alligator snapping turtle finally breathed its last, and its entire body floated on the surface of the lake, followed by the glow of a yellow halo.
The remaining green turtle, seeing its companion die, finally became somewhat fearful. Its attack methods were simply no match for the alligator snapping turtle, which was already adapted to the surface environment.
The green-haired turtle immediately retreated into its shell, wanting to sink to the bottom and enjoy a peaceful time with the alligator snapping turtle, but the alligator snapping turtle was clearly unwilling to let go of its fellow creature who shared a small lake with it.
The remains of the three deer on the shore strongly suggested that the alligator snapping turtle had already eaten its fill, and the current killing was merely to demonstrate its status as the apex predator of the lake.
It opened its mouth wide and bit the green-haired turtle's shell without any regard for reason.
Just when Tang San thought the other party was just wasting their time, a slight cracking sound reached their ears clearly.
The green-haired turtle's proud self-defense mechanism was thus torn apart by the Thunder Fang Alligator Turtle.
Without the protection of its shell, the turtle is just a soft-tissue animal, and the alligator snapping turtle naturally killed it without mercy.
After finishing its work, the alligator snapping turtle looked at its two trophies floating on the surface of the water and carried them into the lake one by one.
"Although it was full, turtle-type soul beasts can eat carrion, so it needs to store the food," Xiao Yan explained.
"Brother, why was it so difficult for that alligator snapping turtle to bite the green-haired tortoise's neck at first, but it was able to crush their shells in one bite just now?"
"This fight was nothing short of a battle of fangs between wild beasts." Xiao Yan looked at the blood mist spreading across the lake, the stench of blood occasionally wafting on the wind, somewhat unpleasant.
The only reason this alligator snapping turtle could do this was because it was in a frenzy. When people go crazy, they can be much stronger, let alone a thousand-year-old turtle.
There's also a simple truth: in a game of strategy, once you've decided to kill someone, you have to act quickly. You can't be sure if your opponent can survive a fight to the death. But after thinking about it, Xiao Yan decided not to tell Tang San.
The Tang Clan is known for its ruthless and decisive nature. If I, as his elder brother, were to say something like that, he would probably take it as gospel.
"If they are the same type of soul beasts, it is naturally fine for them to live peacefully on their own. But you should know that there is no creature like the alligator turtle that it will not bite if it can hunt it."
These two green turtles have clearly lived peacefully at the bottom of the lake for so many years, I think they must have other means of attack, which is why even the alligator snapping turtles are wary of them.
So, I think that fierce bite just now was actually a way of concealing their true strength, making those two green-haired turtles think they could handle alligator snapping turtles on the surface of the water. At the very least, with that creature's bite force, it wouldn't be able to break through their defenses. It was precisely this underestimation that led to their deaths.
"I see."
"Although these two green-haired turtles are the most basic turtle-type soul beasts, they don't have many fancy features. Therefore, their strongest attribute is their defensive capabilities. Once the alligator turtle calms down, you can choose one to absorb, and I will protect you."
Xiao Yan was particular about choosing spirit rings for Tang San. On one hand, they couldn't be too weak, otherwise how could Tang San be his subordinate? On the other hand, they couldn't be stronger than him, so that he could have a way to counter Tang San's every move.
This is the purpose of bringing him here to find a turtle-type spirit ring. Even if the Blue Silver Grass that has absorbed a turtle-type spirit ring is very tough, it cannot withstand a single breath of dragon fire from his Agumon.
Moreover, most of these water-attribute spirit beasts have healing abilities, and having myself (Agumon) as a strong attacker in my team is enough.
Two yellow spirit rings float on the surface of the lake. Their owner has been buried in the mud at the bottom of the lake by the crocodile turtle, and the color of the spirit rings is gradually fading over time.
"Hey bro, we've already moved the corpses, so why did that alligator snapping turtle come back?"
Tang San maintained the state of his Purple Demon Eye, so he naturally saw that the big guy was about to float to the surface of the water again.
Xiao Yan snapped out of his thoughts and looked at the lake again. The smell of blood in the air was unusually strong at this moment.
"Has this beast gone mad with bloodlust and is he really planning to attack us?"
As soon as Xiao Yan finished speaking, Tang San immediately opened the hidden arrow mechanism in his wrist and aimed it at several vital points of the crocodile turtle.
However, the alligator snapping turtle's destination was not Xiao Yan and his companions, but rather it swam towards the center of the lake.
There was a small open space less than a meter wide in the middle of the lake, which Xiao Yan and his companion had noticed when they arrived.
But even with the Purple Demon Eye's gaze, it was nothing more than an ordinary little floating island, without roots or soil, just drifting in the very center of the lake, the soil smooth with only a single tender green grass seedling.