Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 19: Second Level Eagle Strike
The woodcutter dragged his broken leg and crawled down the mountain screaming.

Outside Ziwu Valley where the pond is located, in the gloomy old forest, faint roars of beasts can be heard, as if they smell the sweetness of human blood.

Liu Qing raised his head and stared coldly at the direction where the woodcutter left, feeling that there was no need to finish him off.

Sink back to the bottom of the water.

The fishing net was left hanging underwater again without anyone pulling it.

Hong Gu was trapped in a fishing net, wagging her tail anxiously, her eyes filled with a look of panic.

Liu Qing approached the fishing net and swung his tail whip violently, and the fishing net that even the more experienced Hong Gu was helpless to deal with was easily torn open.

There was ecstasy in Hong Gu's eyes. She swung her tail violently and got out of the fishing net. She swam quickly behind Liu Qing and looked back at the fishing net before she recovered from her shock.

Liu Qing spit out the snake core and gently touched Hong Gu's cheek. After a lot of comfort, Hong Gu finally calmed down.

A snake and a carp swam back to the east side of the pond together.

The sun is warm, the autumn wind is intoxicating, and the cattails and water celery sway in the wind, as if congratulating the successful passing of the first level of transformation into a demon.

Just as the afternoon arrived, a faint muffled thunder was heard.

Hong Gu beside him let out a sigh of relief, and felt relieved. The pressure that had been weighing on her at that moment quietly disappeared.

A red line vaguely appeared on Hong Gu's body, starting from the tail and winding to the fontanel on the top of the head. The next moment, the red line contracted and quickly sank into the fontanel.

Hong Gu closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them again and said in surprise, "Xiao Qing, I passed the Fishing Gate and was rewarded with a drop of dragon blood."

The carp was born with the appearance of a dragon. After swallowing the earth treasure black spirit ginseng, it began to take on the shape of a dragon. Now it has passed the first stage of transformation into a demon and received a drop of dragon blood as a reward from heaven and earth.

From the carp turning into a dragon, all that’s missing now is the dragon nature!

You should know that all scaly creatures can transform into dragons. To transform into a dragon, they need to gather the four qualities of a dragon, namely dragon shape, dragon appearance, dragon blood, and dragon nature!
Carp has the appearance of a dragon, snakes and pythons have the shape of a dragon, loach has the nature of a dragon, and eel has dragon blood. These four creatures are the ones that are most likely to transform into dragons.

Liu Qing's pupils were filled with joy, and he made a sound like a snake, congratulating Hong Gu.

Hong Gu looked at Liu Qing gently, and suddenly opened her mouth and spat out the drop of dragon blood in her body, and stuffed it into Liu Qing's mouth with lightning speed.

Liu Qing was shocked and hurriedly wanted to return the drop of dragon blood to Hong Gu, but the dragon blood melted in his mouth and seeped into his flesh and blood in a blink of an eye. No matter what Liu Qing did, he could not find the dragon blood.

There was a sudden pain on the top of his head, as if something was trying to come out. Liu Qing hurriedly lowered his head to look at the water surface, and saw that in the middle of his head, a half-inch long fleshy horn appeared out of thin air.

[Name: Liu Qing]

[Race: Horned Python]

[Bloodline Talents: 1 Swallow Elephant (Beginner); 2 Tail Whip (Minor Success); 3 Thick Armor (Beginner)]

[Heaven and Earth Source Qi: 5 points]

A drop of dragon blood allowed Liu Qing's body to transform from the lowest level water snake into a horned python. With dragon-shaped dragon blood, he was already two steps away from becoming a dragon.

Although this drop of dragon blood has not yet had any significant effect on the body, Liu Qing knows that

As it continues to grow and transform, its size will become larger and larger, completely breaking the racial limit of water snakes.

Moreover, the lifespan of a horned python will far exceed that of a water snake.

Liu Qing looked at Hong Gu, who had spit out dragon blood and looked quite exhausted, with his eyes full of emotion and his heart beating fast.

"You protected Hong Gu through the barriers, how could Hong Gu not repay you? Xiao Qing, your cultivation is still young, and it's too early for you to transform into a demon. This drop of dragon blood will help you achieve twice the result with half the effort."

Hong Gu said gently, but Liu Qing was anxious, and his mouth made a series of snake noises. Hong Gu seemed to understand and explained, "It's okay, it's just a drop of dragon blood. If it weren't for you, Xiao Qing, Hong Gu would have been killed by a thief. Maybe, she will be rewarded with dragon blood in the next two levels."

Seeing that things had come to this, Liu Qing was no longer stubborn and secretly decided in his heart that he would help Hong Gu pass the remaining two hurdles.

It was night, sixteen.

The moon is rounder, but the concentration of moonlight is much lower than that of the fifteenth.

But the moon exists in the sky for a longer time, so Liu Qing accumulated another 4 points of heaven and earth source energy tonight.

[Heaven and Earth Source Qi: 9 points]

"Should I consume the source energy of heaven and earth to unlock new bloodline talents, or increase the growth of existing talents?"

"Yes, increase the growth of the thick armor talent."

Liu Qing responded silently in his heart. The next moment, the source of heaven and earth Qi disappeared at 9 o'clock, and the familiar cool Qi body surged in his body again.
The cool Qi acted on the snake scales on the body, and layers of cuticle rapidly proliferated under the scales. After about half an hour, the growth rate of Liu Qing's thick armor talent was increased to a small level.

Under the passive effect of the thick armor talent, the snake scales on Liu Qing's body became harder and thicker, making his body look larger.

I originally wanted to ask Hong Gu to help shoot a water arrow to verify the defense of the thick armor talent of the minor success level.
But Hong Gu refused, fearing that Liu Qing would be hurt.

Liu Qing had no choice but to give up. Fortunately, the opportunity to verify it would come soon.

[Today's intelligence: Level Black. The mountain demon hawk from last time couldn't forget the taste of Hong Gu's flesh and blood. Heaven and earth were moved, and ordered it to come tonight at midnight, transforming into the second of the three demon transformation stages, the Eagle Attack Stage.]

Liu Qing's eyes flashed, and his vertical snake pupils became even colder.

This time, Liu Qing did not plan to take Hong Gu to hide.

First of all, the three stages of transformation arranged by heaven and earth cannot be avoided. The big hand in the dark arranges everything.
Even if you hide under the water, you may be attacked for unexpected reasons. Instead of passively avoiding it, it is better to face it head-on.

Secondly, the mountain monster goshawk is not only Hong Gu's natural enemy, but also Liu Qing's natural enemy. It returned empty-handed last time and is full of resentment and will definitely find an opportunity to come again.

However, this time, she was arranged by the big hand in the dark to be one of the three stages of Hong Gu's transformation into a demon.

For the sake of the future, Liu Qing made up his mind that this time he would make sure that the hawk would never come back!

As night fell, the moon reappeared, there was no wind, and the pond was dead silent.

Liu Qing had something on his mind, so he inhaled and exhaled the moonlight carelessly, putting most of his attention on the sky.

And Hong Gu seemed to have sensed something. She looked inexplicably anxious and was unable to sit still due to the invisible pressure.

The next moment, a black shadow suddenly swooped down from under the moon.

Hong Gu suddenly let out a cry of panic and was so scared that she couldn't speak.

Liu Qing quickly climbed onto Hong Gu's back, coiled into a snake mountain, raised his tail, and when the hawk approached, he swung his tail whip with all his strength.

Snapped--

The snake's tail hit the hawk's outstretched claw hard, breaking it. The hawk let out a shrill scream, its body tilted, and it quickly flew sideways.

Liu Qing hurriedly yelled at Hong Gusisi, and Hong Gu instantly understood, suppressed her panic, opened her mouth and blew out bubbles,

The air bubble swelled up against the wind, trapping the hawk as it flew away. The hawk desperately tried to pull back. Seeing that it was trapped, a fierce light flashed in its eyes and it flapped its wings rapidly several times.

In an instant, the feathers under the eagle's wings shot out like crossbow arrows.

(End of this chapter)