Chapter 400: Chapter 183: The Mutant Snails in the Swamp_3 Seeing the two about to be engulfed by the quagmire. Suddenly, from the bushes, two vines rapidly extended forward. The two vines, like giant pythons, instantly wrapped around their bodies and then forcefully pulled them out. Liang Yuan quickly turned his head and saw that Song Wen had somehow already crawled out of the swamp. She wasn’t standing in the swamp but on a thick tuft of grass! The grass gathered spontaneously under her feet, lifting her up like an empress, away from the swamp. As she stood on the grass, green light glowed from her hands. Vines extended all around; she was controlling them to rescue. Liang Yuan was overjoyed, saying, "Well done, Song Wen!" This lush, green place was, indeed, Song Wen’s home ground. He immediately threw out two more water boards, lightly leaping to Ding Yan’s side. He then grabbed Ding Yan’s arm with his large hand and shouted, "Hold on!" Ding Yan gritted her teeth and firmly grasped Liang Yuan’s arm. Liang Yuan’s muscles tightened, and with a powerful pull, he directly yanked her out of the quagmire. As Ding Yan’s body left the swamp, what was wrapped around her ankle revealed its true form. It was a dark brown, soft, tubular object, one end coiled around Ding Yan’s ankle, the other deeply burrowed in the mud. Liang Yuan’s eyes grew cold as he grabbed the tube-like thing and yanked hard. The entire blob of mud was upheaved with a loud squelch. The owner of the tube seemed to sense danger, quickly letting go of Ding Yan’s body and trying to retract. The tube exuded a sticky liquid, becoming slippery. Liang Yuan almost lost his grip, but it managed to escape! "So slippery!" Liang Yuan immediately grabbed a piece of clothing with his other hand, wrapping it around the tube to increase friction, then pulled hard again. Squelch! The mud was lifted entirely. Next, a giant, one-cubic-meter, greenish-brown object was yanked out forcefully. This thing was covered in mud, with exposed parts showing a greenish-brown, hard shell. The tube was connected to one end of the shell. At the head, there was another tube. But the other tube had someone bound by it. "Wang Xiaoli!" Liang Yuan recognized the person entangled by the tube as one of the residents of Building 76! At this moment, Wang Xiaoli was covered in mud and already lifeless. Ding Yan finally recovered from her shock, turned her head, and saw this scene, her face full of killing intent. "Is this thing playing tricks?" With anger, her delicate fists clenched, empowerment light bursting out as she punched fiercely! Bang! In an instant, the empowered cannon fist burst out, striking the exterior of the monster. Thud! A muffled boom echoed, mud splattering from the monster’s shell. Amidst the flying mud, the greenish-brown shell was exposed! This shell had a calcium-like shine of green stone, very thick, spiral, with a pointed top and a swollen bottom. Though they had never seen such a monster before, both Liang Yuan and Ding Yan immediately thought of one creature! "A snail!" The two exchanged glances, showing surprise. A snail over a meter tall, carrying a tabletop-sized shell, and with such strong aggression! The tube-like tentacles were actually its two antennae! No one could have imagined that the snail, once a delicacy on human tables, evolved and mutated to this terrifying degree. In these muddy areas, they were the absolute masters of the battlefield! Ding Yan’s empowered cannon fist couldn’t even break this thing’s shell! Its defensive power was apparent! Ding Yan, unconvinced, raised her fist and attacked several more times. The constant thudding sounds echoed, but the snail’s shell continued to emit a faint calcium light, unbroken. Liang Yuan said, "Let me give it a try!" He raised his hand, muscles bulging, and struck the mutated snail’s shell with a powerful punch. Boom! The snail shell trembled violently, yet it still didn’t break! Liang Yuan frowned and activated his Muscle Burst skills directly! He punched again! Boom! After the loud noise, the snail shell shivered with light, almost dimming, but ultimately held up. Liang Yuan was astonished. "Such strong defense!" He couldn’t help but exclaim. With his Muscle Burst skills, his Strength Value had doubled. Even a wall could be punched through in an instant. This snail shell was incredibly solid, almost unbelievable! Unwilling to concede, Liang Yuan punched again! Boom! This punch was without any reservation, with his Muscle Burst Skills; his Strength Value skyrocketed to nearly 32! Bang! With a loud muffled sound, the light on the shell shattered instantly. The calcium light flickered and dissipated, the greenish-brown shell cracked open. As if sensing danger, the giant snail inside the shell quickly released its tentacles. In an instant, the tentacles loosened their grip, the left one trying to escape from Liang Yuan’s hand. The right tentacle dropped the corpse it had held with a thud into the swamp. The giant snail recoiled into its shell and quickly burrowed into the swamp. Seeing this, Liang Yuan sneered and unleashed his Spiritual Power. "Buzz—!" A Spirit Shock crashed into the snail. "Squeak—" The snail emitted a strange shriek under the Spirit Shock, with transparent mucus oozing from the shell bottom! Taking advantage of this chance, Liang Yuan delivered a powerful kick! Boom! In an instant, the shell exploded, fragments scattered everywhere. Beneath the shards was a mass of flesh like a giant snail’s body! Its snail flesh was pale, with a blue-black head and a deep black tail. The part smashed by Liang Yuan was deeply indented. Evidently, without that layer of calcium light protection, its shell couldn’t withstand Liang Yuan’s might. "Ding, you have killed a mutated creature and earned 400 Points!" Liang Yuan’s heart skipped a beat, eyes widening; this snail was worth 400 Points! It ranked among the top five creatures he had encountered so far in terms of Points value. The Meat Mountain Monster was worth 1,000 Points; aside from the Singing Woman Liang Hong and the Big-headed Monster Yang Xue he had killed, this snail scored the highest Points. Of course, if he could kill the giant mutated octopus, its Points wouldn’t be few either. In summary, the high Points of this mutated snail indicated just how advanced its Mutation Progress was.