Chapter 208:

Rather, it was an order from a superior to a subordinate.

And these snake groups, rushing towards Su Lan 789 one after another, were clearly at the lowest rung of this hierarchy.

Seeing the snake groups surrounding Su Lan, Mario naturally wouldn’t just stand by and watch.

He neatly pulled out the ultimate weapon Liang Yu had previously placed in his pocket.

The Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, a name that strikes unknown fear into all carbon-based life forms.

There’s no need to elaborate on the commentary; it’s enough to know that it rotates three thousand six hundred times per breath.

Even a main battle tank would be rendered useless, let alone these snake groups before him.

At this moment, Mario held the Gatling with one hand, aimed it at a position on Su Lan’s other side, and pulled the trigger.

The barrel of the Gatling began to rotate slowly.

As the barrel rotated, it meant that the Gatling had successfully started.

The Gatling’s barrel spun rapidly, spitting out flames.

Bullets poured out like a storm towards the snake groups in front.

Soon, the air around Mario was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder.

The snake groups approaching Su Lan were caught off guard by this sudden attack.

They twisted their bodies, exhibiting their serpentine movements, trying to dodge the Gatling’s sweeping spray of bullets.

However, the Gatling’s bullet speed and power were both too immense.

It was simply beyond what these carbon-based snakes could endure.

Moreover, while snakes are swift, their speed was not enough to evade the Gatling’s firing.

Many snakes were shattered into pieces the moment bullets entered their bodies, with blood splattering all around.

Under the Gatling’s barrage, the number of snakes began to decrease as time went on.

However, Mario’s attack did not stop the snake groups’ advance.

Instead, some of them gave up on attacking Su Lan.

These snakes began to circle around to Mario’s sides and rear, attempting to find an opportunity to counterattack.

Liang Yu, who was observing the battle, quickly perceived their intentions.

But he did not have Mario adjust his aim; instead, he continued to sweep the snake groups and the snake people rushing in for support.

Mario gripped the Gatling tightly, his eyes fixed on the snake people in front.

The reinforcing snake people were rapidly closing in on Su Lan and Mario.

As the snake people drew closer, Mario unhesitatingly pulled the trigger.

The Gatling let out a deafening roar, spewing flames and forming a dense curtain of bullets.

Bullets rained down on the snake people, instantly tearing countless gashes in their bodies.

The snake people hissed in pain, but they did not retreat.

Instead, it ignited their bestial nature, and they charged even more wildly at Mario.

Not just the snake people, but even the snake groups seemed to enter a berserk state.

They even began to abandon Su Lan’s side and started to focus their fire on Mario’s position.

Mario faced them fearlessly, continuing to fire fiercely, the Gatling’s barrel becoming scorching hot from continuous shooting.

The accumulated snow at his position also began to melt due to the Gatling’s high temperature.

Under Mario’s unreserved barrage, the snake people’s assault was gradually curbed.

Some snake people fell into pools of blood, and their proud snake scales were rendered useless in the face of the Gatling’s firepower.

At this point, Mario also stopped firing.

One reason was that the gun barrel was too hot; the second was that the magazine Liang Yu had given him was empty.

Mario didn’t bother to retrieve the Gatling; he simply tossed it aside.

At this moment, there were no more snake people around him, only a few stragglers.

Those snake people had been genuinely terrified by the Gatling’s firepower.

As soon as a bullet hit them, the immense power shattered the area around the wound.

Most of the snake people who survived Mario’s sweep were severely wounded.

Only a lucky few were mostly unharmed.

Mario’s output significantly reduced the pressure on Su Lan’s side.

Don’t let it seem like Su Lan was currently being besieged by five snake people.

Her body was covered in already frozen blood.

However, none of it was her blood.

The Bright Silver Spear in her right hand continuously repelled the attacking snake people.

Meanwhile, her left hand held a portion of a snake person’s body, which she was eating during the battle.

She was clearly not treating them as sentient beings.

Although snake people are somewhat related to humans, Liang Yu believed they couldn’t be considered human.

Even Su Lan, who was eating them, looked no different from a normal person from a distance.

However, anything that can be captured by a spirit ball falls within the category of beasts.

Su Lan had now almost finished eating the snake person’s body in her hand.

So she tossed it aside disdainfully and turned her gaze to another snake person.

In Su Lan’s eyes, it wasn’t a snake person, but a moving, plump, and juicy meal.

Using the sharpness of the Bright Silver Spear, a horizontal sweep cut the snake person in half at the waist.

And before the upper half of the snake person’s body fell, she spun around and struck again with the spear, separating the head she wouldn’t eat.

She quickly reached out and grabbed the falling snake person’s body, and began to eat again.

Liang Yu had little interest in watching this one-sided battle.

The combat power displayed by the snake people made him question the veracity of the information Su Lan herself had told him.

According to Su Lan, the purpose of this human-beast, snake-bodied race of snake people was to pursue eternal life.

However, their current performance showed very little combat capability.

This made Liang Yu doubt the abilities of a race that emulated ancient legends.

Or perhaps, these snake people that had appeared were merely the lowest-level cannon fodder.

The true snake people who had taken the step of evolution had not yet appeared.

Liang Yu’s conjecture was not without basis.

Su Lan 789 was a living example.

Perhaps there was an existence more powerful than Su Lan on the other side.

It was just like fighting a boss in a game now.

If the small monsters haven’t been cleared yet, how could the final boss appear?

He glanced at Su Lan’s progress again.

She would still need some time to finish off these snake people.

At a time like this, it was enough to have Mario keep watch; there was no need for him to personally oversee it.

After all, besides watching Su Lan eat raw meat, there were no other anomalies near the Blood Pool.

The snake people and snake groups were also almost cleared out.

Mario’s vicinity was practically an absolute restricted zone.

The Gatling was placed on the snow, and even though Mario wasn’t holding it, its deterrent effect remained.

The remaining snake people simply didn’t dare to approach.

Instead, they ran towards Su Lan again.

They also understood that one should pick the softer persimmon to squeeze.

But ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ are relative, just like Mario and Su Lan.

They could only choose to face Su Lan.

But was the Su Lan they chose truly a soft persimmon?

Liang Yu was already lying in the driver’s seat, picking up his handheld console again.

By the time he finished challenging the Four Heavenly Kings, Su Lan had also finished most of her killing.