He struggled to get up, crawling out from the heart of the Ghost-Faced Heron, standing on its back, and retrieving the Short Bee Dagger into his hand.
Scanning the surroundings, he looked for any large pits nearby that he could use to dig a hole and hide.
Looking at the still-intact corpse of the Ghost-Faced Heron beneath his feet, Qin Siyang couldn't help but sigh: "As expected of a mid-tier god."
Even after crashing down twice, its body remained intact, and its posthumous appearance was lifelike.
'What a pity. The Ghost-Faced Heron I just killed is too far away. I wonder if I can still retrieve that round armor piece.'
'Forget it. First, I should dig a hole, find a place to settle, and then carve off some of the heron's meat. Eat as much as I can. Can't let this trip be for nothing.'
'As for Little Zhao... there's nothing I can do. You're on your own now...'
Just then, another figure rushed toward him.
Qin Siyang looked up.
It was actually the last Ghost-Faced Heron.
Greed flashed in its eyes.
It dove toward Qin Siyang at high speed.
Qin Siyang's eyelids twitched: "Damn it! I told you not to come earlier, and now that I'm too exhausted to fight, you finally show up?"
His vision darkened.
"This familiar feeling... I give up...", And just like that, he smoothly entered the stomach of the Ghost-Faced Heron.
Even though Qin Siyang had already fought with two Ghost-Faced Herons and killed them both,
Only a little over a minute had passed in total.
In less than two minutes, he had been swallowed again.
As soon as Qin Siyang entered the stomach, he suddenly sensed a light in front of him.
"Brother Qin! Why are you here?"
Qin Siyang looked—
It was actually Zhao Sifang.
He was holding a round ball made of some unknown material, illuminating the surroundings.
"I... I came to save you. Ah, what a shame. Brother-in-law is already dead... Eh? Brother-in-law, why are you here?"
Just as he was about to deliver the news of Gu Yunpeng's death to Zhao Sifang, he suddenly saw a handsome figure behind him.
"You're not dead? I thought that Ghost-Faced Heron had already digested you! I didn't see you inside its stomach!"
"I didn't expect... you two actually got swallowed by the same Ghost-Faced Heron?"
"Yeah. We were afraid we wouldn't be able to kill it, so we didn't dare to separate."
Qin Siyang's eyes widened: "So, even with two of you together, you still couldn't kill a single Ghost-Faced Heron?"
The two of them exchanged glances, momentarily unsure how to respond.
Because... that was indeed the truth.
But for some reason, they just couldn't bring themselves to say it out loud.
Besides, it had only been a little over a minute, and their opponent was a mid-tier god.
Not killing it... was that really embarrassing?
Zhao Sifang asked, "Brother Qin, did you kill the Ghost-Faced Heron that swallowed you?"
"One? I killed two!"
"Huh? Brother Qin, for real?"
"What? You killed two Ghost-Faced Herons?"
Qin Siyang looked at Gu Yunpeng's shocked face, feeling very satisfied.
Perfect.
He had finally seen the expression he wanted on this cold and handsome guy's face.
Qin Siyang smirked, "Didn't I say that when I cut open another Ghost-Faced Heron's stomach, I didn't see him? I thought he had already melted into water."
"If I hadn't killed two, how could I have escaped from one's stomach and seen the situation inside another?"
"This...", Zhao Sifang and Gu Yunpeng were stunned, unsure how to respond.
"You two stayed here for more than a minute and didn't even try to kill the Ghost-Faced Heron?"
"Brother Qin, we tried, but we couldn't! The Ghost-Faced Heron recovers too fast! There was no way."
Gu Yunpeng suddenly thought of something: "Qin Siyang, does your sequence ability suppress the Ghost-Faced Heron's regeneration?"
Qin Siyang exchanged glances with the two of them.
It seemed they really didn't know that the lizardfish could counteract the Ghost-Faced Heron's regeneration.
These two couldn't kill the Ghost-Faced Heron and, unlike Qin Siyang, had no teleportation abilities to escape, so they had obediently stayed in its stomach.
Qin Siyang shook his head.
A real lack of imagination and creativity.
A whole bunch of lizardfish came in with them. Wasn't that worth some thought?
But then again, he understood.
After all, someone as intelligent and brave as himself was one in a million.
Qin Siyang picked up a few lizardfish.
"I don't have that kind of ability. It's thanks to these things."
"What? Lizardfish?"
Qin Siyang punched the Ghost-Faced Heron's stomach wall, and his entire arm instantly sank in.
"Damn..."
Zhao Sifang and Gu Yunpeng shrank back in shock.
The Ghost-Faced Heron's stomach wall was incredibly tough.
But Qin Siyang's punch was like hitting cotton, he easily made a deep wound.
"Brother Qin, it's useless. The wound will heal right awa—Wait, why isn't it healing?"
Qin Siyang withdrew his arm and pointed at the wound, "That's the lizardfish's effect. It suppresses the Ghost-Faced Heron's regeneration."
Gu Yunpeng and Zhao Sifang's eyes widened.
"Brother Qin, how did you figure that out? No one ever taught me this!"
"My [Insurer] never mentioned it either."
Qin Siyang frowned, "I just figured it out myself."
"You figured it out yourself?"
"I thought about it. Lizardfish have no way of getting into the Ghost-Faced Heron, yet they can live inside it. There must be a reason for that."
"The most likely explanation is that they burrow into the Ghost-Faced Heron from the outside and end up parasitizing its stomach."
"And to burrow in, they must have a way to suppress the Ghost-Faced Heron's regeneration, or they wouldn't be able to get inside."
"So I guessed that the lizardfish's skin contains a substance that inhibits the Ghost-Faced Heron's healing ability."
"I tested it—and sure enough, that was the case. So I escaped."
Zhao Sifang and Gu Yunpeng exchanged looks, both seeing shock in each other's eyes.
'It actually works like that?'
Gu Yunpeng murmured, "This is a major discovery. Not only could it be published in a paper, but it might even lead to the development of powerful god-hunting weapons..."
Qin Siyang raised an eyebrow, "Huh? That impressive?"
In a flash, an idea formed in Qin Siyang's mind.
He immediately said, "Don't tell anyone about this. Let's keep it our little secret."
"Not tell anyone?"
Qin Siyang's expression suddenly turned solemn. He sighed.
"I risked my life to discover this and have always wanted to research it further. But I haven't had the chance yet. I kept this secret to myself all this time."
Then, he looked at Zhao Sifang and Gu Yunpeng, "Today, I had no choice but to reveal it in order to save you two."
"I'm willing to share this secret with you, but I hope you won't tell anyone else. Otherwise... I'd be really disappointed."
Zhao Sifang nodded heavily, "Brother Qin, don't worry! This isn't the first secret I've kept for us. You came to save me, so I'll definitely keep this quiet."
Qin Siyang smiled slightly and looked at Gu Yunpeng, "And you, brother-in-law?"
"You saved my life. Of course, it's your call."
"Good. One more thing. Even though we technically teamed up to kill this Ghost-Faced Heron, I'm taking all the points. Any objections?"
"No objections."
"No objections. The money and sequence potion are yours too."
"Yeah, Brother Qin, it's all yours."
"Alright. Then let's finish this thing."
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