12: Battle with the Alligator Snapping Turtle

After hunting for most of the day, Su Yuan stopped.

The Tilapia around him had already fled, and even the Black Carp, Silver Carp, and other fish in the upper layers had been scared away by him.

After all, such brutal devouring is almost unseen in nature, practically a super-predator.

“Sigh, they’re really timid. Wouldn’t it be better if they just stood there?”

Su Yuan swallowed the last Tilapia in his Claws, complaining as he opened his system panel to check.

[evolution points: 40.3 / 40] (Devouring Psionics Increasing) (Evolvable)

“Good, it just meets the evolution requirements.”

Su Yuan nodded in satisfaction, found a large patch of aquatic plants, changed his body shape and color, hid in the environment, and began to evolve.

With 40 evolution points deducted, the System's secret power descended, covering his entire body.

Su Yuan once again felt a drastic change throughout his body; every inch of his tissue, flesh, and even cells transformed under the secret power.

This was a type of evolution, very rapid under the influence of the System's secret power.

In a short time, this evolution ended.

Su Yuan stretched his body, and a thicker Claw appeared in his vision, confirming that his body was even larger.

“Not bad, as long as I can continue to grow larger, that’s good.”

Su Yuan nodded. In the world of wild animals, size represents everything.

He looked at the system panel to understand the specific changes.

[Species: Adaptable Octopus]

[Rank: 7]

[Body Length: 460 cm]

[Body Aberration: Claws (Claws that can automatically retract, covering the tentacles)

Powerful Muscles (Your strength has been enhanced)

Elementary Toxin Resistance (You have resistance to most common toxins)

Elementary Toxin (Your ink and Claws contain Elementary toxicity, which can dissolve biological carapaces, and you can freely choose whether to secrete it)

Elementary Tough Skin (Your skin is soft yet tough, and your defense has been improved)]

[Skill: Survival of the Fittest (Passive skill, can adapt to most environments)]

[evolution points: 0.3 / 80] (Devouring Psionics Increasing)

“My body length has reached four meters six. After one more evolution, I should be able to Breakthrough five meters.”

“However, with my current body length, even among sharks, I'm considered large. And my combat power far exceeds that of a normal octopus, definitely not weaker than a shark of the same body length.”

“Moreover, this tough skin should have significantly enhanced my defense.”

Su Yuan stretched out a Claw, swung it forcefully, creating a fierce undercurrent that slammed against a rock at the riverbed.

In the past, due to his immense strength, he would feel pain when slamming so forcefully against a rock.

But now, he felt no pain at all.

His skin was more resilient, and his defense had indeed improved, by no small margin.

Su Yuan looked up at the outside of the river; the sun was already setting, and it was afternoon.

In the distance, a dark cloud had appeared, slowly drifting from the sky.

Su Yuan looked back into the river; many fish were swimming towards the surface.

“Is it going to rain again?”

Su Yuan used to hate rainy days. Without a car or a house, he could only use an umbrella when going out in the rain, often getting soaked.

But now, this made him very happy.

If the heavy rain came again, it would affect human investigations of him, and also allow him to devour and evolve wantonly again.

Because of the Bureau of Flora and Fauna Administration incident in the morning, Su Yuan had been more restrained in his devouring today, afraid of exposure and attracting that group of people again.

“Let the storm rage even more fiercely!”

Su Yuan thought, seeing pedestrians by the river. Due to the rare clear weather, there were quite a few people.

He could only look at the large schools of fish in the shallow water, drooling, and then search the riverbed for any animals he could devour.

Suddenly, Su Yuan saw a giant turtle crawling from afar.

This turtle was so large that it even shocked Su Yuan. It was estimated to be about two meters long, with a deep brown carapace, and slightly lighter colors on its four feet and head.

Its head was very thick, especially its mouth, which was triangular. The back of its head and neck were also covered with many fleshy, granular things.

Its four limbs were even thicker and stronger, with hard scales on the surface, and sharp Claws on its toes.

If an ordinary person saw this scene, their scalp would tingle, thinking it was a river monster.

“Is this a Alligator Snapping Turtle? Its weight must be over three hundred kilograms!”

The Alligator Snapping Turtle is not a creature of Rabbit Country; it is an invasive species from the Bald Eagle Country, a very fierce aquatic turtle.

However, an ordinary Alligator Snapping Turtle cannot grow this large. Let alone a Alligator Snapping Turtle, even an Alligator Turtle cannot grow this large.

Needless to say, it must be the influence of the psionic revival.

Even Su Yuan felt that this was the most substantial creature he had ever encountered.

Unlike the Water Snake and wild wolves he encountered before, the Alligator Turtle is also a fierce creature, and its body is very wide, with a carapace. Its weight alone is enough to crush the previous creatures, which means its strength is absolutely terrifying.

In nature, the size and weight of a creature determine everything.

Like the Water Snake from before, if it encountered this giant Alligator Snapping Turtle and didn't escape, it would only be instantly killed.

Even a wild wolf, if it fell into the water, would be in grave danger.

“I don’t think I’ve ever eaten turtle meat before.”

Su Yuan decided, he would definitely eat this giant Alligator Snapping Turtle today.

Soon, the huge Alligator Snapping Turtle crawled from the distant riverbed and also discovered Su Yuan’s presence.

Su Yuan’s body length had reached four meters six, which was already quite intimidating in the animal world.

But this giant Alligator Snapping Turtle showed no fear of the very large Su Yuan. Its eyes fiercely stared at Su Yuan, seemingly angry that Su Yuan had trespassed into its territory.

The Alligator Snapping Turtle’s feet, with their sharp Claws, stepped on the thick muddy riverbed, propelling its huge body forward like a massive rock charging head-on.

This kind of fierce and domineering charge would even make top predators like lions and tigers wary, and they would not confront it directly.

Su Yuan naturally would not either. The moment the Alligator Snapping Turtle was about to arrive, his flexible body quickly swam away, avoiding the opponent's violent charge.

At the same time, Su Yuan's Claws wrapped around it, like a snake. Every suction cup exerted force, firmly adhering to the Alligator Snapping Turtle's uneven body and its four thick legs.

With the added suction from the suction cups, the sharp Claws easily pierced the skin of the Alligator Snapping Turtle's leg, embedded themselves, and began to rotate, cutting through flesh and blood.

Immediately, bright red blood seeped out.

The Alligator Snapping Turtle cried out in pain, its eyes becoming even more ferocious. Its head suddenly shot out and bit down on the Claw that was wrapped around its front leg.

This Alligator Snapping Turtle was so massive and had evolved under the influence of psionics, so its bite force naturally far exceeded that of a normal Alligator Snapping Turtle, especially its triangular mouth, which made its lethality even more terrifying.

Even Su Yuan's newly evolved Elementary Tough Skin couldn't withstand it; one of his Claws was directly bitten off, and blue blood flowed out.

“You’re looking for death!”

Su Yuan’s killing intent surged from the pain. He immediately used his toxin ability, allowing it to seep into the giant Alligator Snapping Turtle's body through the Claws on his tentacles.