Hundreds of bees swarmed out of the beehive that had rolled onto the ground.
These were just the bees that had rushed out; there were even more bees still in the beehive, gradually emerging.
Soon, they discovered Xiao Teng, the intruder.
Hundreds of bees swarmed him, surrounding Xiao Teng densely.
The worker bees continuously attacked the intruder with their stingers.
However, they could not pierce through the Reticulated Python's rough snakeskin no matter what.
Xiao Teng's entire body was completely covered by bees.
And at that moment, Xiao Teng felt a tingling sensation, as if many toothpicks were pricking him.
"Tch~ So small and thin, useless~"
Enduring the worker bees' attacks, Xiao Teng swayed his python body and moved next to the large tree.
Then, he suddenly exerted force with his body, slamming into the large tree.
Many bees that couldn't dodge in time were squashed to death.
In just this one impact, dozens of bees perished.
As the bee corpses fell, a clear patch appeared on Xiao Teng's python body.
At the same time, a continuous stream of System prompts echoed in Xiao Teng's ears.
"Ding! Killed a bee (Mortal Body 1st Rank), Evolution Point +0.1!"
"..."
"Killing insects really yields very few Evolution Points; one bee is only 0.1."
"I'd have to kill a hundred bees to equal one Golden Eagle chick."
"However, there are probably over a thousand bees here; if I kill them all, I can get a lot of Evolution Points."
After one strike, Xiao Teng quickly ate the bees on the ground that showed signs of having a talent.
"Ding! Endless Devour is active..."
"Ding! Congratulations on devouring a D-rank talent: Swiftness!"
"Swiftness (D-rank): Your movement speed and reaction speed are increased by 30%."
"I devoured a talent so quickly!"
The moment the System prompt sounded, Xiao Teng felt that his movement speed had indeed become a bit faster.
However, the speed of these bees seemed to slow down in Xiao Teng's perception.
This was a result of Xiao Teng's reaction speed also increasing simultaneously.
Keep it up~
With the Swiftness talent, Xiao Teng moved even faster, continuously striking the trees with his body.
Thump~ Thump~ Thump~
He felt pain on his body, but even more bees were killed by Xiao Teng.
"Damn, it hurts a bit, but luckily I have thick skin."
With a few more splats, over a hundred more bees were cruelly killed by Xiao Teng, and a layer of bee corpses piled up on the ground.
Even the bees flying in the sky visibly decreased significantly.
"I'm exhausted, this is really hard labor."
Continuously crashing into trees, Xiao Teng felt pain all over his body.
There was no other way; a Reticulated Python had no means to deal with a large swarm of bees, so Xiao Teng could only kill them by crashing into trees.
Now, very few bees dared to sting Xiao Teng; perhaps they had realized that Xiao Teng was not afraid of them at all.
Looking at the bee swarm in the sky that no longer attacked him, Xiao Teng felt a bit of a headache.
"Why aren't you fighting? If you don't come at me, how can I kill you?"
Seeing that the bee swarm no longer attacked, Xiao Teng simply twisted his body and slithered to the front of the beehive.
"If you don't come at me, I'll destroy your home!"
He wrapped his body around the beehive, exerting muscle force.
The beehive was crushed by the immense force.
Countless bee corpses mixed with honey flowed down.
Immediately, a series of System prompts came.
"Ding! Killed a bee, Evolution Point +0.1!"
"Ding! Killed a bee larva, Evolution Point +0.05!"
"..."
With a large number of Evolution Points credited, Xiao Teng was stunned.
"Holy crap! There were actually so many bees in the beehive, this is awesome!"
Xiao Teng's ears were immediately filled with a continuous stream of System prompts, and he was overjoyed.
"This harvest is good! Accumulating small amounts, it's also a large sum of Evolution Points."
However, even though Xiao Teng had crushed the beehive, the bees in the sky no longer attacked Xiao Teng.
Instead, they scattered and flew away, attacking other small animals nearby.
"It seems the Evolution Points for this wave end here."
Xiao Teng's gaze fell upon the stacked bee corpses on the ground, his eyes filled with excitement.
These corpses that could yield talents were the main prize.
Xiao Teng had probably killed over a thousand bees, even if only one-tenth of them.
There were still hundreds of bee corpses with a chance of yielding a talent.
Next was the meticulous work.
As long as he devoured the bees on the ground, Xiao Teng could gain talents.
Several hours later...
Xiao Teng was coiled up in a heap, exhausted on the ground, not wanting to move at all.
He had never imagined that eating could be so tiring.
A Reticulated Python had no hands, so he could only lie on the ground and pick up bee corpses one by one.
Picking them up hundreds of times had completely worn him out.
However, as long as he thought about the harvest this time, Xiao Teng felt it was extremely worthwhile.
This time, he had devoured several talents in total.
Most of them were E-rank and F-rank.
It's worth mentioning that some of these talents could modify Xiao Teng's body.
His body had undergone some subtle changes compared to before.
Looking closely, Xiao Teng's scales reflected a metallic sheen under the sunlight.
This was one of the talents he had devoured, which allowed his scales to possess hardness comparable to an alloy.
"After devouring so many talents, I must have already surpassed the realm of ordinary beasts by now."
"Let's see exactly what talents I have."
While resting on the ground, Xiao Teng also had time to check what talents he had devoured.
"Panel!"
A light blue screen appeared before Xiao Teng.
"Race: Reticulated Python"
"Rank: Mortal Body Seventh Rank (0/70)"
"Status: Length eight meters, strength limit 4 tons, speed 20 kilometers/hour"
"Innate Talent: Endless Devour (SSS-rank)"
"Other Talents: Glutton (D-rank), Aura Concealment (A-rank), Swiftness (D-rank), Steel Armor (B-rank), Strength Enhancement (F-rank), Copper Teeth and Sharp Fangs (F-rank), Speed Enhancement (F-rank), Killing Intent Perception (E-rank), Paralyzing Toxin (E-rank), Mental Manipulation (A-rank), Telepathy (F-rank)"
"Evolution Points: 50"
During the slaughter of the bee swarm, Xiao Teng had already advanced once, so he was now at Mortal Body Seventh Rank, and his body length had reached eight meters.
Looking at the large pile of talents on the panel, Xiao Teng was incredibly excited.
Simply put, these talents had significantly boosted Xiao Teng's physical strength; whether it was speed, strength, or defense, he had already surpassed others of the same size and species.
Especially his defense, Steel Armor made it very difficult for ordinary beasts to bite through Xiao Teng's defenses.
Among them, there were a few talents that interested Xiao Teng.
Copper Teeth and Sharp Fangs made Xiao Teng's teeth much larger, somewhat similar to an alligator's teeth.
Xiao Teng licked his fangs with the tip of his tongue.
"I have one more attack method; now I should be able to tear at prey instead of just having to swallow them whole."
And Paralyzing Toxin even gave Xiao Teng venom glands; his teeth could secrete venom that paralyzed creatures.
It was also very useful during hunting.
He might only need to bite his prey once, and the prey would lose the ability to resist.
However, the talent that Xiao Teng was most interested in was Mental Manipulation!
"This is an A-rank talent, too. What's the effect of Mental Manipulation? It sounds really awesome!"
Xiao Teng was also very curious and touched the panel with his head, opening the talent description.