Chapter 259: Fang Xiaocao: Oh My God!
Fang Xiaocao and Hummingbird searched for Taotie and Tom amid the scattered flesh, one on the left and one on the right. After a long search, they finally found Tom behind a stalactite.
Tom, still maintaining his intelligence, had sought cover. Although he had been knocked unconscious by the explosion’s shockwave, at least he wasn’t buried in the flesh pile.
Seeing Tom with his eyes shut, Fang Xiaocao blinked and signaled to Hummingbird with her eyes:
“Hummingbird, wake Tom up!”
After the last incident where she nearly got choked to death by Hummingbird, Fang Xiaocao finally understood just how terrifying the muscle reflexes of a top-tier assassin could be.
They didn’t even need to open their eyes to kill someone.
And she wasn’t about to risk experiencing that again—if even Hummingbird nearly strangled her, then if it were Tom…
By the time he came to, she’d probably already have a snapped neck.
Hearing Fang Xiaocao’s command, Hummingbird gave her a strange look before nodding.
Fang Xiaocao didn’t realize that her order had led Hummingbird to another misunderstanding—she now assumed that Fang Xiaocao avoided touching men because she was into women.
Had Fang Xiaocao seen Hummingbird’s expression, she would have squatted down again and drawn circles on the ground in frustration.
“Tom, wake up!”
Hummingbird patted Tom’s face lightly, softly calling his name.
Tom, still unconscious, frowned slightly.
Seeing a response, Hummingbird smiled.
She continued calling his name, patting his face gently.
“Tom…”
Hummingbird’s voice was soft.
The next second—
Tom’s eyes shot open, staring at Hummingbird.
At the same time, a black dagger pressed against Hummingbird’s slender neck.
Seeing this, Fang Xiaocao let out a sigh of relief.
“Phew~”
“Thank goodness it wasn’t me…”
She muttered to herself, secretly relieved.
However, Tom’s self-control was clearly much stronger than Hummingbird’s. Although he drew his blade, he didn’t act aggressively—his move was purely defensive.
Once he saw that it was Hummingbird, Tom smirked and retracted his dagger.
After briefly assessing his body and confirming that nothing was broken, Tom stood up and examined his surroundings.
Looking at the ground covered in snake blood and flesh, even someone as experienced as Tom couldn’t help but click his tongue.
This scene was just too overwhelming.
It looked exactly like something out of mythological hell—wherever one looked, there was nothing but blood and gore.
“Your Highness, are you alright?”
Tom walked up to Fang Xiaocao and asked with concern.
“I’m fine!”
Fang Xiaocao shook her head.
Tom’s eyes scanned her up and down, confirming that the blood on her was from the giant snake and that she wasn’t actually injured. Only then did he relax.
“Where’s Taotie?”
Tom glanced around but didn’t see Taotie. He frowned and asked Hummingbird.
“Haven’t found him yet!”
Hummingbird replied.
“Find him quickly. During the explosion, Taotie was the closest to the giant snake—he might be injured.”
“If he passed out lying face down, he could be suffocating under all this flesh.”
Tom said with a serious expression.
Hearing Tom’s words, Fang Xiaocao was shocked.
She hadn’t even thought of that!
Now that Tom pointed it out, she realized they should have been searching near the explosion center first.
“Quick! Find Taotie!”
Fang Xiaocao shouted and sprinted toward the explosion site.
Tom and Hummingbird followed.
While Fang Xiaocao and Hummingbird searched, Tom was calculating.
He tried to determine where Taotie might have been blasted to by the shockwave.
Following his calculations, Tom began searching.
But no matter how hard they looked—even after nearly digging three feet into the ground—they still couldn’t find any trace of Taotie.
“It’s over~”
“Did Taotie get blown to pieces along with the giant snake?”
Fang Xiaocao squatted beside half of the giant snake’s severed head, wailing in despair.
Hearing her words, Hummingbird fell silent.
In fact, she had been thinking the same thing.
After all, they had been searching for half an hour.
They had already dug through every pile of flesh large enough to hide a person, yet there was still no sign of Taotie.
Tom frowned in deep thought and shook his head.
“Impossible!”
“Even if he got blasted apart, there should be remains.”
“The fact that we haven’t found anything actually proves that Taotie is still alive.”
Hearing Tom’s logic, Fang Xiaocao nodded.
That made a lot of sense.
If Taotie had really been blown to pieces, they should at least have found some scraps of his clothing.
But since they hadn’t found even a single shred, that meant at the very least, Taotie was still in one piece.
Just then—
The severed giant snake head beside Fang Xiaocao suddenly moved.
“Oh my god!”
Fang Xiaocao screamed and bolted.
Hearing her scream, Tom and Hummingbird immediately snapped to attention, rushing over.
“Your Highness! What happened?”
Tom pulled Fang Xiaocao behind him, scanning the surroundings with sharp eyes.
“I-It moved…”
“T-The snake isn’t dead…”
“The snake head moved…”
Fang Xiaocao pointed at the half-severed snake head, panicked.
Hearing this, Tom froze.
His sharp gaze locked onto the snake’s head.
His eyes were full of doubt and scrutiny.
Snakes were known for their resilience—there had been many records of their tenacity.
For example, snakes that had been cut in half sometimes managed to slither away.
Or decapitated snake heads leaping up to bite people.
But no matter how strong a snake’s life force was, after being blown to bits like this, it should be completely dead.
Even if the entire head was intact, Tom might still believe it could move.
But only half a head?
Still alive?
That was a bit too far-fetched.
Suddenly—
Tom’s pupils shrank.
Because…
He also saw the severed snake head twitching.
For a brief moment, Tom felt his hair stand on end.
“It really moved!”
Hummingbird cried out in shock.
Even she had never seen anything like this before.
She looked visibly shaken.
She wasn’t afraid of killing people.
But this kind of unnatural occurrence?
It freaked her out.
“Don’t panic!”
“If we could kill it once, we can kill it again.”
“We took down the whole snake—why should we be afraid of half a head?”
Tom said calmly.
As he spoke, he pulled out his gun.
The black muzzle aimed at the snake’s head.
Tom took a deep breath and pulled the trigger.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Tom fired continuously.
He emptied the entire magazine.
All eight bullets hit the snake’s head.
The snake’s head started twitching even more violently.
Tom was shocked and quickly changed magazines.
Just as he was about to fire again, he hesitated.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a Pokéball-shaped grenade.
Between bullets and explosives, the grenade was obviously the better option.
“Damn it…”
“Which son of a b*tch is shooting at me?!”
Just as Tom was about to activate the grenade and blow the snake’s head to hell…
A loud, angry voice suddenly erupted from beneath the snake’s head.
