Douluo planet, Star Dou forest 

The primitive forest of Star Dou is filled with ancient trees and lush foliage. It is also home to dangerous predators called soul beasts. 

In the outer skirts of the jungle, one such spirit beast is fleeing for its life. Between the thick forest bushes, an ink-green serpent is slithering in quick motion from bush to bush, trying to find cover from its assaulting predator. 

Swirling in the sky is a wind falcon spirit beast looking for the right moment to swoop in and attack the ink-green serpent. 

Luckily, it could escape from the wind falcon spirit beast due to its quick thinking and hid itself in a small burrow in the bushes. 

The Datura snake lay there in the bushes, and after a while, it flicked its tongue in the air for any signs of a wind falcon spirit beast. 

After detecting no signs of the presence of the wind falcon, it slithered out of the bush. The appearance of the snake had ink-green scales, with the snake being 4 meters in length. But distinct from other kinds of its species, this snake had anthropomorphic traits; the serpent's eyes held wisdom, which made it unique because this snake housed a soul from a faraway world. 

Wang Lin woke up in this serpent body a couple of hours ago. He couldn't quite remember what he was doing before waking up in this body. 

It took a while for him to get used to this new body. A reptile's movement of slithering is completely different from walking on legs. When it came to senses, he was able to see the normal spectrum of visible light along with infrared, but his main method of perceiving the world was to sense the vibrations and scents with his tongue. 

Just as he was getting used to this body, a floating screen appeared before his eyes. 

Status: On Hook, Panel 

Name: Wang Lin 

Race: Datura snake 

Age: 435 years 

Grid 1: Available 

Grid 2: Locked 

Grid 3: Locked 

He looked at the floating screen in wonder; it looked similar to a videogame inventory, with one of the grids glowing and all the others grayed out. 

To test the function of the floating windows, he carried out a small experiment as he rested his reptilian head on a blade of bluish grass and willed it to appear in the glowing grid of the floating screen. 

In a flash, the blade of blue grass disappeared, leaving some soil. Simultaneously, the image of grass appeared on Grid 1: Blue Silver Grass [1 year old]. 

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Before he could check whether the floating window functioned as inventory by taking the grass out, the bright sun in the sky was blocked by a huge shadow. The shadow was cast on the ground, blocking the sun from reaching the place where Wang Lin lay. 

Fearing for his life, Wang Lin scuttled into the nearest bush. Just as he moved, the sharp claws of the wind spirit falcon swooped in an attempt to catch Wang Lin's body. Luckily, he escaped by an inch due to his quick reaction. 

Furious from missing its prey, the wind spirit falcon flapped its majestic wing and continued its pursuit. Wang Lin hid in the thick foliage and moved away from the wind falcon spirit beast, gaining some distance. 

This cat-and-mouse chase continued for a while after some repeated unsuccessful attempts. The wind, a falcon spirit beast furious at losing sight of Wang Lin, released a shriek in indignation at the failure of the hunt, took off into the sky, and disappeared. 

Wang Lin hid in the burrow, motionless. After a period of silent waiting, Wang Lin slowly emerged from the burrow, peeking for any signs of a wind falcon spirit beast. 

After detecting the presence of no immediate threat, Wang Lin completely emerged from the forest and slithered towards the denser parts of the forest, fearing the return of the wind falcon spirit beast at any time. 

He continued for a while without taking any rest. Unknowingly, the journey continued for a while. As the sun set in the sky, the forest took on a more sinister nature, with different sounds ringing in the air. 

Tired of the grueling journey, Wang Lin stopped near a half-dead tree that looked like it had been burned by a lightning strike. He noticed a small opening in the tree and promptly entered. 

After entering the opening, he saw a hollow den in the tree that was a couple of cubic meters wide. He lay there, recovering his energy. A couple of hours passed as he regained some vigor. 

Just as things were looking good, the whole tree quaked in a violent motion. Fearing for his dear life, he lay in the pit of the hollow den, motionless. as he heard roars from outside the tree. 

After a while, the tree stopped shaking. Curious about the situation outside, Wang Lin slowly peered into the darkness with his serpentine eyes. 

As he surveyed the outside world, he saw a huge, grotesque spider-like beast with a human head dangling from its torso, consuming a deer-like beast with its flaps. 

It devoured the poor little deer spirit beast as its blood was spraying all over the human-shaped head. It continued the feast. But suddenly, the man-faced demon spider turned its body in the direction of Wang lin. 

For a moment, Wang Lin's soul left his body. Wang Lin thought he was done for good this time. The man-faced demon spider clicked its flaps in a frenzied manner as it dashed towards Wang Lin in a swift motion. 

It quickly reached the tree where he was staying. Wang Lin's snake heart was racing madly in panic. Just as it was about to reach the tree, a huge behemoth of a beast dashed towards the man-faced demon spider and tackled it as they rolled away from the tree. 

The beast looked like a lion with a red mane around its neck. As its paws rested on the torso of the man-faced demon spider holding it down, the man-faced demon spider retaliated, trying to pierce the Fire Mastiff through the neck with its grotesque, hairy legs. 

Anticipating the attack, Fire Mastiff backed away from the man-faced demon spider. It stood a couple of meters from the man-faced demon spider as its mane lit up in fire. The fire mastiff bombarded the man-faced demon spider with a scorching fireball. 

The man faced The demon spider and leaped away from the oncoming fireball using its abnormally long legs. Due to the size of the fireball, a portion of its torso was burned. 

It dashed into the tree covering as Fire Mastiff chased behind it. Wang Lin stared in a daze as the whole debacle went on in front of him. 

Wang Lin flicked his serpentine tongue in relief. He shifted his attention toward the cold corpse of the light deer spirit beast.