Catastrophe Card King - Chapter 1580

Chapter 1580: Chapter 481: Sun Temple and Plague Fruit_2 Chapter 1580: Chapter 481: Sun Temple and Plague Fruit_2 Seeing the traces, the team was not afraid but instead looked forward to the blind swamp snakes taking the initiative to appear.

The [Thornback Dragon Python] wasn’t very intelligent and was brutally ferocious; humans were their preferred food.

The leading Black Knight speared a large chunk of bloody meat, using it as bait like fishing, walking while surveying the surroundings.

Leonard Churchill also carefully observed the surroundings, when suddenly, in his peripheral vision, he saw the water beneath his feet ripple, and his gaze sharpened.

Almost simultaneously, a Perceptive Card Master in the team also abruptly noticed something and shouted, “Here it comes!”

Though it was a preemptive warning, the danger had actually been lurking beside them for a while.

The group had just raised their weapons when the ground not far away began to bulge, as if something was burrowing through the earth at high speed.

“Splash!”

Mud splattered, and the earthy smell assaulted their noses as a huge snakehead burst forth from the swamp, rushing with its gaping mouth towards the bloody bait.

Leonard Churchill took a closer look, the snakehead was as large as a calf, with exaggerated, cobra-like pleated scales and menacing, protruding spines. Most of its body was still in the swamp, and it was likely over twenty meters long.

As it opened its mouth, two arm-sized fangs sprayed out green venom.

Leonard Churchill frowned, “So this is the [Thornback Dragon Python]…”

He had only seen pictures of it in classic books; this was his first time encountering this mythical bloodline Demon Beast.

Hmm… truly ferocious.

Once a snake creature launched a covert attack, its speed was incredibly fast.

In the blink of an eye, the giant snake was about to swallow the Black Knight whole.

But the team was prepared and almost instantly, with the sound of a “thud,” Sam with the ‘Holy Hammer’ charged with a shield bash, hitting the neck of the snake. At that moment of pause, the Black Knight tasked with drawing aggro speared through its lower jaw.

Pained, the snake realized these humans were not to be trifled with and tried to escape at once, but the puddles around it quickly turned into icy pits. Its scales began to spread and without a sound, a stealthy dagger had already pierced the snake’s heart…

In just a moment, the menacing ambusher lay on the ground, skinned and gutted for materials.

“Ah… it’s just a Fourth Tier Dragon Python. With such a large size, I thought it was Sixth Tier. Almost interesting…”

“Haha, what a great start! As expected of the mythical bloodline, an intact venom Magic Core! This is a rare item…”

“This leather’s Tenacity is also top-notch, so intact, we can make several sets of quality Leather Armor.”

“…”

There was no intense battle at all.

In the Great Sword Group, where card masters were at least Fourth Tier, being controlled meant death.

The understanding among the team members allowed them to exert several times their combat power.

As the assassin skillfully extracted the fist-sized green Magic Core from the snake’s head, everyone got excited.

Not all Demon Beasts had a Magic Core, nor did Demon Beasts with a Magic Core necessarily yield one so large.

This single [Venom Magic Core] was worth more than an average Fifth Tier Magic Core.

While others were excited, Leonard Churchill watched thoughtfully.

Sophia Jones had not taken action throughout, she looked at Leonard Churchill’s expression and asked, “What are you thinking about?”

Leonard Churchill replied gravely, “I’m thinking about the food chain of the Blackwater Swamp.”

Sophia Jones didn’t immediately grasp the meaning of his words, “Food chain?”

Leonard Churchill nodded, “Yes. Just the water source attracting some Demon Beasts isn’t sufficient to support such a large [Thornback Dragon Python] population. That means there are other sources of food here. I’m wondering… what it could be, and where.”

“Hmm.”

Upon his explanation, Sophia Jones also nodded, understanding.

What seemed like a trivial detail to the average person was to Leonard Churchill an essential part of a complete logical thread.

From small details, he could deduce the origin.

He had a feeling that there might be something special about this swamp.

…

After collecting the materials from the snake, the group moved on.

Although the [Thornback Dragon Pythons] were a community of Demon Beasts, there were quite a few in the swamp.

But they had no sense of community and mostly kept to themselves.

Like fishing, even if one was caught, as long as the bait remained, others would still bite.

Thus, the Great Sword Group encountered more than a dozen ambushing snakes along the way; one Sixth Tier, two Fifth Tier, and the rest were Third and Fourth Tier…

Their loot was substantial.

This was deep in the Magical Beast Forest, where anyone with the strength to avoid being wiped out would definitely return loaded with spoils.

However, because they had heard from the Elemental Elf that there had previously been a Seventh Rank Lord Level Demon Beast in the swamp, the team was cautious.

As they proceeded, Leonard Churchill began to suspect: “Strange… why haven’t we encountered it? Could it be that the Lord isn’t in the swamp?”

The previous battles hadn’t been quiet, so theoretically, the Lord Level Demon Beast should have noticed by now.

But it still hadn’t appeared, and Leonard Churchill found it odd.

At that moment, Sam in front shouted excitedly, “Look, there are ruins over here!”

Leonard Churchill heard this and his mood shifted, his expression becoming expectant.

Elf Kola in his pocket muttered to itself, “I don’t understand why you humans are so interested in those stones…”

Indeed, this was also the direction the little Elf had guided them.

Many ancient relics, buried by history, littered the Magical Beast Forest; to the original inhabitants like the Elemental Elves, they were nothing more than strange stones.