Chapter 123 – Acidic Bite
Novel Title: 龙血 (Dragon Blood)
Author：水千丞 (Shui Qian Cheng)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists: 单鸣 (Shan Ming -MC), 沈长泽 (Shen Changze -ML)
*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*
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“Do you have any weapons to deal with Dragon Blood people?”
“Yes. There is a high-voltage stun gun.” Shan Ming patted his waist.
“Why do you carry a high-voltage stun gun?” Shen Changze asked, feeling puzzled as to how he obtained one.
Shan Ming didn’t want to say that it was your own father who asked your adoptive father to use it against you. Anyway, he wouldn’t use it on Shen Changze at all. So he said casually, “Just in case.”
“Don’t use it until the moment of crisis. The high-voltage stun gun has limited power storage. It will be useless after a few uses.”
“I know. Give me some bullets to deal with the Dragon Blood people.”
Shen Changze took off his equipment while running. He took out the magazine plug and gave it to Shan Ming.
Shan Ming stuffed it into his vest and suddenly felt a lot more at ease in his heart. As long as he has a weapon that can hurt the dragon blood man, he is not afraid of those monsters.
Shen Changze said in a low voice: “Be careful. I can smell the scent of Dragon Blood Man around.”
The two lowered their bodies and shuttled through the jungle. It is daytime. The sky is as blue as water and the visibility is excellent. Thereby, it is not conducive to concealment. At this time, they need to be extra careful. It will be troublesome if they are targeted by snipers hiding in the forest.
With sharp eyes, Shan Ming spotted a figure flashing behind a tree in front of them. He raised his gun and fired several bullets at the tree, causing the bark to fly wildly. After the fight, the two of them hid behind the tree. Shen Changze gave him a ‘cover me’ gesture and then counted one, two, three with his mouth before jumping out suddenly. He made an S-shaped shuttle between the trees and ran towards the tree where the figure was hiding.
Shan Ming turned his head at the same time. A shuttle of bullets hit the person behind the tree without daring to stand up. In just a few seconds, Shen Changze had already run in front of the person and killed him with one shot before the other party fired.
Shan Ming ran over. There was a person lying on the ground. It turned out that Shen Yao had brought some human soldiers along with him.
The two continued to move forward and finally encountered two Dragon Blood men on a downhill road.
Shen Changze shot without thinking while Shan Ming hid behind a tree to cover him.
Since the hands will become sharp claws in the state of Dragon Blood Man, it is inconvenient to pull the trigger. This is especially for small pistols and rifles. They are basically useless. So they can only choose to use large heavy machine guns and heavy weapons, which makes their attack speed drop significantly. Moreover, if the bullet reserves of a large individual soldier’s magazine box provide continuous fire support throughout the whole process, at the rate of 400 to 600 bullets per minute, the bullets will basically be used up in only two to three minutes. So for the Dragon Blood Man, there are many limitations in terms of weapons usage. Which is why Shen Changze does not change his form until only the critical moment. Sometimes in the state of a human, coupled with his physique far superior to that of a normal human being, he can better defeat the Dragon Blood Man holding a weapon. If they have used up their bullets, they can go for hand-to-hand combat. Otherwise, even if he is in the state of a Dragon Blood Man, he can’t deal with heavy machine guns.
The two Dragon Blood men had two M134s with them. Shan Ming couldn’t show himself because he hid behind a tree while he was being desperately shot at. The thick tree trunk was quickly beaten to pieces of sawdust and became thinner by the seconds. Shan Ming knew that the tree trunk would be pierced through if it continued to be shot at like this. Bullets of M134 could even pierce through the cement wall. Let alone a tree. It won’t be able to stand it.
He took out a grenade from his arms and pulled the safety ring. As he threw it out, he shouted: “Run.”
The two jumped and ran to the side. There was a slope in front of them. They ran sideways on the slope. This running method is the most effective way to avoid bullets. Gunshots rang out again soon after. Shen Changze hugged Shan Ming around his waist and the two quickly rolled down the slope and fell into a pit covered with rotten sticky leaves. As soon as the two of them landed, tens of thousands of fingernail-sized crimson soft-bodied insects hiding under the leaves laying eggs crazily jumped out from both sides of their bodies. It was as if a red shadow suddenly spread around. The sound of squishing and squashing the meat worms from under his body kept coming. Eleven the sound was disgusting.
Although he can’t name these insects, he knew that they gather in groups and specialise in sucking the blood of animals. Generally, the animals they attacked would end up being left behind as horrible corpses among drywood. They will turn into another kind of food. The food for other animals. If Shen Changze was not here, he would definitely be sucked into lean meat by these bugs.
Shen Changze crushed many bugs to death with one hand. His hands were full of flesh and blood and he was so disgusted that he shook his hands again and again. He quickly dragged Shan Ming out of the bug pit.
As soon as the two climbed up, two Dragon Blood men came over and pushed them back into the pit.
The four of them fell into the bug pit together and the squashed bugs. The bugs that had no time to escape flew away but some of them landed directly on Shan Ming’s face. His nose and mouth were covered with the smell of stinky corpses.
Shan Ming yelled frantically and punched the Dragon Blood Man’s temple.
The Dragon Blood Man shook his head and reached out to grab Shan Ming’s neck.
Shan Ming stretched his neck and rolled aside. He rolled along the flesh and blood and then jumped up suddenly. He took out his sabre and rushed towards the Dragon Blood Man. The Dragon Blood Man was too fast. His tail drew over towards Shan Ming with a squat. He was already desperate. He grabbed a handful of worm meat and threw it at the face of the Dragon Blood Man.
The Dragon Blood Man was caught off guard and his face was blurred. He couldn’t see clearly for a while and he stepped back a few steps. Shan Ming jumped on him and bit his nose with his mouth!
The Dragon Blood Man screamed in pain.
The claws desperately grabbed Shan Ming’s back. Shan Ming’s back had a backpack, ammunition box, and a layer of body armour. Shan Ming found gaps in his scales between the wings. He pierced it with a sabre from bottom to top.
The dragonblood man trembled in pain. He finally realised that the back was not easy to penetrate. So he instead attacked Shan Ming’s head. Shan Ming sensed his intentions. He pulled hard and tore off his ear. He then turned his head to the side but it was still a bit late. The grass-stuffed bulletproof cap on his head was removed at once and the sharp claws ran across his hair, leaving behind a trace of blood.
Shan Ming put his legs between his waist and refused to let go. He stabbed the sabre with a strong force into the Dragon Blood Man’s body. He knew that he could hide for a while now but he would not be able to hide next time. Killing him is the only way to save yourself.
The sharp claws slapped towards his head again. Shan Ming closed his eyes, yelled, and stabbed the sabre halfway in again.
The expected pain did not come. Instead, he heard the sound of bones being broken. Opening his eyes, Shen Changze had already twisted off the dragon blood man’s arm and then slit his throat with his claws.
Shan Ming let go of his limbs and slowly fell down. Shen Changze hugged him, flapped his wings and took the two of them away from the disgusting insect pit quickly.
Shan Ming took out the kettle and poured water on his face, washing away the stinky flesh and blood on his face, “Damn. It’s disgusting.” As soon as he opened his mouth, he was startled by his own voice. At this moment, he not only feels pain in his mouth like fire. He opened his mouth and felt that his lips and tongue were burned. It was so painful that he wanted to hit his head to the wall…
Shen Changze touched his lips distressingly, “Why did you bite him? Did you forget that our blood is acidic in the state of Dragon Blood Man? Fortunately, the blood of this one is not too acidic. Or else, your oesophagus will be burned off.”
Shan Ming smiled wryly and said with his tongue stuck out, “Nevermind.” He felt that the tongue was still there. But there must have been a big circle of blisters on it. This feeling is similar to drinking boiling water directly. The only good thing is that he didn’t swallow the blood of the Dragon Blood Man. So only the lips, mouth and tongue were burned.
Shen Changze couldn’t help him so he could only fan him in vain. His tail patted Shan Ming’s thigh lightly, as if to comfort him. Shan Ming patted his slippery tail, which immediately wrapped around his hand. Shen Changze looked at him with a frown. His eyes were full of worry. Shan Ming reluctantly said, “I’m okay.”
Shen Changze’s wings hung down and fell on his sides, forming a natural barrier. It was as if covering Shan Ming like this would protect him from harm.
Shan Ming’s mouth was swollen a lot. His lips were also split. But this was considered a minor injury. As long as he didn’t hurt his arms or legs and he could still move, it was a minor injury.
Shan Ming tried his best to salivate, which made him feel better. He got up from the ground. It hurt too much to speak so he could only point to the front. The two ran towards the direction where the two Dragon Blood men came.
Five minutes later, they saw the corpses of seven to eight Dragon Blood men and some human corpses, including Shen Yao’s men and special soldiers.
The sound of gunfire in the front was very concentrated. The whole forest trembled with it. Shan Ming knew that they had found them.
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*Translator’s Note: M314 is also a gatling sub-machine gun. I have shown the picture of gatling in some previous chapters. -K
Next update: 2023.–.–(*TBA)
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