Chapter 65: Elixir of Life! Devil's Bull Snail!

Silent all night.

After breakfast the next morning, Zhang Fan and Guo Mi set off.

After yesterday's hunting, most of the medium-sized monsters in the Guangyuntan Bridge area were basically caught.

The two changed locations and came to Iris Island to continue hunting.

The first Titan monster discovered was a big one!
Iris Island is a sandbar in the river, surrounded by water.

Because of the abundant water resources, the aquatic plants on the island are very lush.

This is not.

A giant bull with a body length of more than 12 meters, a shoulder height of more than 6 meters and a muscular body was eating grass by the river.

This giant bull has tiger stripes all over its body, and its muscles are simply explosive, more explosive than those of a bodybuilding champion.

The two curved horns on the head have circles of threads, which are sharp and hard, and seem to be able to pierce everything.

Iron-horned tiger bull!

A very powerful bovine Titan monster that possesses the strength of a bull and the agility of a tiger. Very terrifying!
An adult Iron-Horned Tiger Bull is definitely one of the top ten medium-sized Titan monsters, and its combat power is quite exaggerated!

"What good luck! I encountered such a big one right after I came out!"

Zhang Fan licked his lips and patted the flute-playing dragon girl under his seat.

The flute-playing dragon girl understood, swung her dragon tail, and flew towards Iris Island.

The iron-horned tiger bull stood in the river, nibbling on the lush aquatic plants on Iris Island. Just by the sound, it looked very appetizing.

The rolling river water washed over its body, but the Iron-Horned Tiger Ox did not move at all.

Guo Mi flew to the center of the river, and Zhang Fan leaped into the river.

His body changed rapidly, and when he fell into the river, he had turned into a giant ape covered in golden hair.

Golden Zhuyan!

Yesterday, when I was hunting the monsters in the river, I had been using the Nine-headed Golden Dragon and the Iron Sea Dragon to transform, so the Golden Vermillion Transformation was not useful.

Now, it is finally Golden Zhuyan's turn to transform and take action!

"Roar--"

Hearing the noise, the Iron-Horned Tiger Ox immediately turned around and stared at Zhang Fan with its huge eyes.

The Iron-Horned Tiger Ox has a bad temper. Even when it stands in the river, the monsters in the water dare not provoke it.

Therefore, Zhang Fan's appearance did not scare away the Iron-horned Tiger Bull. Instead, it regarded it as a provocation, making it very unhappy.

"Not running? That's perfect!"

Zhang Fan roared, stepped on the waist-deep river water, created huge waves, and flew towards the Iron-horned Tiger Bull.

"Moo-"

The Iron-Horned Tiger Bull roared, thrust its head forward, and charged straight at Zhang Fan with its two curved horns.

Living in the wilderness, all the weak Titan monsters died.

The rest either have amazing reproductive abilities or are just tough stubble.

The Iron-Horned Tiger Ox is a tough guy!
"boom--"

The two huge monsters met in the center of the river and collided in an instant.

Zhang Fan originally wanted to kill the old cow with one punch, but unexpectedly the cow shook its head and avoided his fist.

Then it shook its head and poked at him with its sharp horns, trying to stab him to death.

Zhang Fan reacted quickly, grabbed the sharp horn, and with a burst of arm strength, he directly pressed the Iron-Horned Tiger Bull down.

With his other hand, he grabbed the other horn of the Iron-Horned Tiger Ox, and both arms exerted force at the same time, causing the muscles on his arms to bulge.

"Wake it up for me!"

Zhang Fan shouted loudly.

"Crash-"

The Iron-Horned Tiger Bull flew up and was lifted high by Zhang Fan, above his head.

Then he drew a circle in the air and fell into the river on his back.

Zhang Fan stepped forward and pressed on the Iron-Horned Tiger Bull's neck, pinning it to the bottom of the river so that it couldn't raise its head.

As he breathed, river water flowed into the Iron-Horned Tiger Ox's lungs through its nose, choking it and almost suffocating it.

The Iron-Horned Tiger Bull struggled frantically, releasing all its brute force at this moment in an attempt to break free from its restraints.

But Zhang Fan held it down tightly, and it could not lift its head out of the water. In the end, the Iron-horned Tiger Ox was drowned in the river by Zhang Fan!

This is the most miserable monster death at Zhang Fan’s hands in the past two days!
Zhang Fan grabbed the bull's head and dragged the Iron-horned Bull Tiger to Iris Island.

Zhang Fan was also very tired and sat down.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I sat down, I heard a crisp sound under my butt, as if something was crushed.

Zhang Fan lifted his butt and saw a lot of pink eggs.

These eggs are bigger than watermelons, like enlarged versions of apple snail eggs.

“Is this the devil snail egg?”

Zhang Fan's whole body was shaking violently, and his breathing became rapid.

The Devil Bull Snail is a Titan monster evolved from the Golden Apple Snail.

Adult devil bull snails are low-level monsters with average strength.

However, due to the large number of parasites contained in the devil bull snail's body, few people hunt the devil bull snail.

Coupled with its terrifying reproductive ability, the devil bull snail once became a disaster and almost occupied the wilderness area.

It was not until humans discovered a parasite called "Immortal Worm" in the body of the devil bull snail that the devil bull snail's crazy expansion came to an end.

The immortal worm is a parasite that lives in the body of the devil bull snail. It contains a special enzyme:
Telomerase!
Telomerase is an enzyme in cells that is responsible for extending telomeres.

Its function is to repair and extend the telomeres at the ends of chromosomes so that the telomeres will not be shortened due to cell division, thereby increasing the number of cell divisions.

The function seems simple, but it has extraordinary significance!

Because it can prolong people's lifespan and make people live longer!
Normally, telomerase activity is suppressed in tissues, but is reactivated in tumors.

Therefore, tumor cells can proliferate indefinitely without any limit on the number of times they can divide.

Normal cells can’t do this!

Therefore, normal cells have a limit to the number of times they can divide. Once the number is reached, the telomeres are consumed and the cells can no longer divide.

People will also reach the end of their lives!
However, the telomerase extracted from the body of the immortal worm can extend the telomeres, increase the number of cell divisions, and thus extend human life!
In other words.

The immortal worm is a magical parasite that can extend human life!

What is the elixir of life?
The immortal worm is it!
After this discovery was announced, human society went completely crazy.

The purchase price of the devil bull snail was once driven to a sky-high price.

The devil bull snail, which was originally unpopular, suffered a devastating disaster.

Not only was the crazy breeding path curbed, but it was almost extinct.

So much so that in just a few years, the devil bull snail was almost extinct!

Nowadays, except for a small number of devil bull snails raised in farms, devil bull snails are rarely seen in the wild!
However, the devil bull snails raised in farms have very few parasitic worms, which cannot be compared with wild ones.

Therefore, the price of wild devil bull snails is much higher than that of farmed ones!
"Big tits, come here!"

Zhang Fan waved at Guo Mi.

Guo Mi didn't understand why, but still flew down immediately.

"what happened?"

Guo Mi asked in confusion.

Zhang Fan asked hurriedly, "How much is a devil snail?"

"Devil's Bull Snail?"

Guo Mi blinked her big eyes, pondered for a while, and shook her head, "This thing is too rare, I really can't remember it for a while!"

"Let me check!"

Guo Mi changed back into human form and took out his cell phone to check.

There is an app on the Internet that specifically records the prices of monsters, and the price of each monster is clearly marked.

Guo Mi opened the software, searched for the devil snail, and soon got the result.

"Brother Zhang Fan, the current market price of the devil bull snail is 18750 yuan/kg!" Guo Mi replied.

“1!!!”

Zhang Fan gasped: "This price is comparable to that of a high-level monster, right? It's really outrageous!"

"It's outrageous, but it's also normal!"

Guo Mi said: "Who made the devil snail have such an unlucky neighbor?"

(End of this chapter)