The snake's body was still coiled deep within the crack, its muscles briefly twitching after death before stiffening completely.
Duke withdrew his right hand, and the four-colored light blade silently dissipated at his fingertips.
He slid down along the stone wall, landing beside a pile of rubble at the base of the high wall, squatting down to flip the snake's head over.
This giant snake was quite large, its head the size of a barrel, and its dark yellow vertical pupils had completely lost their luster.
He used his fingers to pry open the snake's mouth, inspecting the skeletal structure of the upper and lower jaws and the shape of the venomous fangs, then took out a short dissection knife from the Space Ring, slicing along the gap behind the snake's head scales.
The scales were extremely hard, producing an ear-piercing friction sound similar to scraping on a metal surface as he peeled them off piece by piece, revealing the dark gray muscle tissue below.
